GRANTS
THE ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS $275,000 IN GRANTS
TO LOCAL ARTISTS AND ART ORGANIZATIONS
The Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County is pleased to award $275,000 in grants to local artists and arts organizations.
- A total of $200,000 in NC CARES for Arts federal funding to 28 local arts organizations
- A total of $50,000 in Grassroots Arts Program grants to 21 local arts organizations
- A total of $25,000 in Artist Support Grants to 27 artists in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Columbus and Bladen countie
New Hanover County’s allocation in NC CARES funding was $268,093. The Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC subgranted $180,000 to nonprofit arts organizations and established a $20,000 Gallery Recovery Fund. The Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC retained $68,092.96 for its agency’s operations.
Grassroots Arts Program Grant FY 2020-2021
Black Arts Alliance – $2500
18th Annual NC Black Film Festival (Virtual)
Brooklyn Arts Music Academy – $1000
Music is Life! early education program at DB Johnson Pre-K
Cape Fear Jazz Society – $1250
Operating expenses/livestream concerts
CFCC Foundation – $2500
Cleo Parker Robinson community dance residency
Chamber Music Wilmington -$1000
Operating expenses
Mouths of Babes Theatre -$2500
Operating expenses
NC Jazz Festival – $5000
Master classes for music students and workshops
Opera House Theatre Company – $2500
Operating Expenses
Opera Wilmington – $2000
“Victorian Divas at Latimer” livestream
Port City Music Festival – $1000
13th Annual Port City Music Festival
Port City Playwrights Project – $1000
Virtual play festival
Techmoja Dance & Theatre – $1000
Loud as We Want workshops/online dance community
Thalian Association – $5000
Storage/build space rental
Thalian Hall – $5000
Pied Piper Theater’s “Bossy and the Bard”
Theatre for All – $5000
Salary support
Turning the Wheel – $750
Turning the Wheel Caravan, Facilitator Training
WHQR – $3000
Operating expenses to support local arts programming
Wilmington Boys Choir – $1000
Rehearsals and free “Voices of Spring” concert
Wilmington Jewish Film Festival – $1000
Rescheduled 7th annual festival
Wilmington Symphonic Winds – $1000
Operating support
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra – $5000
Music for Youth education program
Total: $50,000
NC CARES for Arts Grants
Cameron Art Museum – $20000
Thalian Association – $15000
Thalian Hall – $15000
North Carolina Azalea Festival – $15000
Dreams Center for Arts Education – $15000
Cucalorus Film Festival – $15000
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra – $15000
Techmoja Dance & Theater – $7500
The Dance Element – $7500
Opera House Theatre – $7500
Theatre for All – $7500
Wilmington Ballet – $7500
Chamber Music Wilmington – $4000
Opera Wilmington – $4000
Panache Theater – $4000
Wilmington Boys Choir – $4000
Orange Street Pottery – $4000
Big Dawg Theater – $4000
Cape Fear Chordsmen – $2500
Pineapple Shaped Lamps – $2500
Forward Motion Dance – $2500
Mouths of Babes Theatre – $1000
Gallery Recovery Fund
Valhalla Gallery – $3333.33
Dan Beck Gallery – $3333.33
Port City Pottery– $3333.33
Art in Bloom Gallery– $3333.33
New Elements Gallery – $3333.33
Gallery of Fine Art – $3333.33
Total: $200,000
Artist Support Grants FY 2020-2021
Formerly Regional Artist Project Grants
Raven Aguilar – $600 – New Hanover
Produce four 4′ X 3′ oil paintings
Rachel Baker – $1000- New Hanover
Create 20 16″x20″ mixed media drawings of inspirational minority women
Chris Bloom – New Hanover – $1000
Attend art workshop in Tybee Island, GA
Angela Fernot – New Hanover – $817.99
Purchase equipment to produce online art classes
Joel Finsel – $1000 – New Hanover
Research trip to the site of the former Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center
Elizabeth Gordon – New Hanover – $509.99
Membership to two professional guilds and Final Draft II software
Jacob Herrman – New Hanover – $1000
Studio rent/materials and firing fees
Kathy Irvine – Brunswick – $1000
Purchase kiln for home studio
Janet Johnson – New Hanover – $1000
Acquisition and application of sealing methods for pastels and watercolors
Kirsten Kiromilas – Pender – $1000
Art supplies and research trip to North Carolina Museum of Art
Kristin Logan – New Hanover – $972
Purchase camera, one year to Fine Art Studio Online and acrylic workshop
Jennifer Mace – New Hanover – $1000
New body of work incorporating photography, encaustics, and assemblage
Joshua Marquez – New Hanover – $1000
Purchase musical recording equipment for fixed media projects
Regina McLeod – New Hanover – $1000
Filmmaking software and upgrades
Carolyn Colby Millis – New Hanover – $1000
Bulk purchase of heavy acrylic paints
Dana O’Malley – New Hanover – $1000
Purchase professional inkjet printer
Kristen O’Malley – New Hanover – $1000
Portfolio development program offered through the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Lauren Rogers – New Hanover – $1000
Purchase of clay and glaze
Amanda Sgarlata – Pender – $1000
Purchase a digital drawing tablet
Austin Sheppard – Bladen – $949.97
Purchase of a large air compressor to complete a life-sized wood carving
Jerald Shynett – New Hanover – $1000
Rehearse and perform a concert of original compositions and arrangements
Melissa Story – New Hanover – $600
Art supplies and classes
Bess Taylor – Columbus – $1000
Purchasing signboard, paint/primer, a scroll saw, and laser work
Melissa Wilgis – New Hanover – $970.61
Purchase supplies to create and exhibit large photograms
Elena Wright – New Hanover – $1000
Purchase of clays and supplies to create 2-D and 3-D glass sculptures
Catherine Young – New Hanover – $1000
Equipment and supplies to create new work
Josh Youse – Brunswick – $600
Voice coaching, recording and lessons
Total: $25,020
