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Grant Awards

At its September meeting in Alexander City, the Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) awarded 179  grants totaling $2,155,865 for projects scheduled October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2010. This round of grants also include operating support grants for larger institutions.

These recent grants are in response to applications submitted under a June 1, 2009 deadline and are awarded for the 2010 fiscal year. The 15-member Council, chaired by Ralph Frohsin of Alexander City, awarded fifteen Fellowships this period and nine Arts and Cultural Facilities grants. The next grant deadline will be for the submission of Fellowship and Arts and Cultural Facilities applications,  March 1, 2010.

County Grantee City Project Description Discipline Grant
Autauga Prattville Creative & Performing Arts Council Prattville Fountain City Arts Festival  Visual Arts $3,000.00
  Prattville Creative & Performing Arts Council Prattville Fountain City Arts Festival Coordinator Visual Arts $3,000.00
Baldwin Artemis Media Project Foley Heavenly Sight public radio special Music $4,870.00
  Baldwin Pops, Inc. Fairhope 2009-2010 Concert Season Music $1,720.00
Butler Greenville Area Arts Council Greenville Broadway's CABARET Multi-discipline $3,850.00
Calhoun Jacksonville  State University Jacksonville Jacksonville Opera Operating Support Music $1,000.00
  Knox Concert Series Anniston Moscow Symphony & Camelot Music $8,000.00
Choctaw Ballet & Theatre Arts Company Gilbertown 2009-2010 Season Theatre $4,000.00
Clarke Clarke County Historical Society Grove Hill Documenting the Mt. Nebo Death Masks Folk Arts $3,750.00
  Grove Hill Arts Council Grove Hill Arts Council & Art Center Director Multi-discipline $8,000.00
Clay Ashland Elementary School Ashland Arguing the Arts Theatre $4,000.00
  First Assembly Christian School Ashland Arguing the Arts Multi-discipline $3,910.00
Coffee Coffee County Arts Alliance Enterprise Bill Oberst, Jr. - A Christmas Carol Multi-discipline $1,000.00
Colbert Tennessee Valley Art Association Tuscumbia Threads of Tradition Music $5,850.00
  Tennessee Valley Art Association Tuscumbia TVAA Operating Support Multi-discipline $13,000.00
Covington Covington Arts Council Andalusia Music at the Crossroads Multi-discipline $3,640.00
  Lurleen B Wallace Community College Andalusia Hymnody Conference Music $4,000.00
Cullman Cullman City Schools Cullman Electrify Your Strings Workshop/Concert Music $1,400.00
  Cullman County Schools Cullman Artist Residency - Theatre/Choral Theatre $7,380.00
  Wallace State Community College Hanceville Arts 2010- Dancing with the Stars Multi-discipline $3,250.00
Dale Dale County Council of the Arts Ozark Regional juried art exhibition Visual Arts $2,140.00
Dallas ArtsRevive, Inc Selma Montgomery Ballet Multi-discipline $5,000.00
  Southside Primary School Selma "Back to School Blues" 4 Wk Residency Music $2,565.00
DeKalb Big Wills Arts Council Fort Payne Salary Stabailizatiion Multi-discipline $8,000.00
  Fort Payne City Schools Fort Payne Artist Residency Music $9,840.00
Escambia Brewton Council of the Arts Brewton Arts for Youth Multi-discipline $2,195.00
Etowah Alabama Vocal Association Gadsden Alabama All State Choral Festival Music $4,000.00
  Downtown Gadsden Inc. Gadsden Live music in historic Downtown Gadsden Multi-discipline $6,500.00
  Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc. Gadsden "Frogtown" Outdoor Art project Visual Arts $3,000.00
  Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc. Gadsden Support for Gadsden Cultural Arts Fdn. Multi-discipline $42,300.00
Etowah Gadsden Symphony Orchestra Gadsden Fall & Winter Concerts Music $4,000.00
Fayette Fayette Art Museum/City of Fayette Fayette  Catalogue/Computer Upgrade Visual Arts $2,500.00
Hale Greensboro Opera House Greensboro Achitectural design for Phase I Design Arts $6,500.00
Houston Center For Community Advancement Dothan American Indian History Month Festival Multi-discipline $5,200.00
  Cultural Arts Center Dothan "Centered" Multi-discipline $11,220.00
  Dothan Landmarks Foundation Dothan Landmark Park Master Plan Design Arts $2,500.00
  Patti Rutland Jazz, Inc. Dothan 'PRJ Outreach' Dance $4,000.00
  Southeast Alabama Dance Company Dothan 2010 Spring Performance Dance $6,500.00
  Wiregrass Museum of Art, Inc. Dothan Commissioned Art by Randy Gachet Visual Arts $3,930.00
  Wiregrass Museum of Art, Inc. Dothan Traveling Exhibition: "Handed Down" Folk Arts $6,500.00
Jefferson Alabama Ballet Birmingham Audience Engagement Technology Project Dance $7,000.00
  Alabama Ballet Birmingham 2009-2010 Operating Support Dance $47,400.00
  Alabama Conference of Theatre Bessemer ACT  theatre statewide program Theatre $4,000.00
  Alabama Dance Council, Inc. Birmingham 2010 Alabama Dance Festival Dance $7,000.00
  Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Birmingham Saturday Morning Jazz Greats Music $7,000.00
  Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Birmingham The Langston Hughes Project Music $7,000.00
  Alabama Moving Image Association Birmingham Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival Media/Photography $6,500.00
  Alabama Symphony Orchestra Birmingham 2009-2010 Season Alabama Symphony Music $158,400.00
  Aldridge Botanical Gardens Hoover Arts Alfresco Multi-discipline $3,000.00
  Aldridge Botanical Gardens Hoover Arts Alfresco Series Visual Arts $5,370.00
  Aldridge Repertory Theatre Birmingham Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill Theatre $7,000.00
  Birmingham Chamber Music Society Birmingham Jeffrey Solow in Concert Music $2,600.00
  Birmingham Chamber Music Society Birmingham Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Music $4,520.00
  Birmingham Children's Theatre Birmingham 2009-2010 Season Operational Support Theatre $30,600.00
  Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham  Operating Support Visual Arts $230,100.00
  Birmingham Music Club Birmingham Presenting the Moscow State Symphony Music $4,550.00
  Birmingham Music Club Birmingham Presenting Gabriela Montero, Pianist Music $5,200.00
  Birmingham Public Library Birmingham BPL @ Night, 2009-2010 Season Multi-discipline $5,000.00
  Birmingham Summerfest Inc. Birmingham General Operating Support for 2009-2010 Theatre $43,700.00
  Black Warrior-Cahaba Rivers Land Trust Birmingham Moss Rock Festival Multi-discipline $3,250.00
  Bluff Park Arts Association Hoover Bluff Park Art Show Visual Arts $3,250.00
  Bluff Park Arts Association Hoover Projections and Reflections Visual Arts $4,450.00
  Children's Dance Foundation Birmingham Extensive dance education programs Multi-discipline $23,300.00
  Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham Birmingham Organizational Support Multi-discipline $36,800.00
  Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc. Birmingham The Big Read: Alabama Reads in JeffCo Literature $6,500.00
  Leeds Arts Council, Inc. Leeds Executive Director Salary Multi-discipline $8,000.00
  Magic City Smooth Jazz, Inc. Birmingham To support workshop with Joshua Redman Music $4,000.00
  Metropolitan Arts Center/Virginia Samford Theatre Birmingham Operating support for 2009-10. Multi-discipline $25,300.00
  Miles College Birmingham Alabama Premiere THE OLD SETTLER Theatre $3,250.00
  Music Opportunity Program Birmingham String Academy Music $3,000.00
  Nathifa Dance Company and Outreach Inc Birmingham "Yes You Can Dance" Artist & Residency Dance $2,210.00
  Opera Birmingham Birmingham Opera Birmingham Operating Support Music $18,900.00
  The Seasoned Performers Birmingham Plays and Readings for Senior Adults Theatre $7,200.00
  Sloss Furnaces Foundation Birmingham Metal Arts Workshops and Classes Visual Arts $6,500.00
  Sloss Furnaces Foundation Birmingham Summer Youth apprenticeship Visual Arts $6,500.00
  Space One Eleven Birmingham Art Education programs Multi-discipline $5,000.00
  Space One Eleven Birmingham Internship Multi-discipline $6,500.00
  Space One Eleven Birmingham Project Consolidation Multi-discipline $8,450.00
  UAB/Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Ctr Birmingham ASC Make It Happen Ensemble Multi-discipline $6,500.00
  UAB/Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Ctr Birmingham Hubbard Street 2 Dance Company Dance $7,000.00
  United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham, Inc. Birmingham UCPGB Music Education Program Music $2,500.00
  VSA arts of Alabama Birmingham In Public View Visual Arts $4,880.00
  VSA arts of Alabama Birmingham Community Arts Program Multi-discipline $13,000.00
Lauderdale Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Florence Twain Along the River Literature $5,200.00
  Shoals Symphony Orchestra Florence Cavalleria Rusticana Concert Version Music $2,200.00
Lee AU/Auburn University Auburn Univ Art of Agriculture Multi-discipline $5,000.00
  AU/Auburn University Auburn Univ APAEP Arts and Creative Writing Classes Multi-discipline $13,000.00
  AU/Jules Collins Smith Museum Auburn Fall 2009 exhibitions and programming Visual Arts $6,500.00
  City of Auburn Auburn Adventures in Art: Alabama Narratives Music $2,440.00
  Opelika Arts Association Opelika Operating Support Multi-discipline $9,200.00
Madison Ars Nova Incorporated Huntsville Administrative Support Music $8,000.00
  Ars Nova Incorporated Huntsville Musical Productions Music $13,000.00
  Arts Council, Inc. Huntsville Operational Support Multi-discipline $21,000.00
  Broadway Theatre League of Huntsville, Inc. Huntsville Circo Comedia and In-School Workshops Theatre $3,250.00
  Dance All Productions, Inc. Huntsville Administrative Coordinator Dance $8,000.00
  Huntsville Chamber Music Guild Huntsville HCGM International Performance Events Music $13,000.00
  Huntsville Community Chorus Association Huntsville Winter Concert: "Gloria!" Music $2,000.00
  Huntsville Literary Association Huntsville American Shakespeare Cntr Performances Theatre $3,250.00
  Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Huntsville Commission/3 Composer-Artist Residencies Music $7,000.00
  Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Huntsville HSO 2009-2010 Season Operating Support Music $53,900.00
  Huntsville Youth Orchestra Huntsville Professional Staff Development Music $1,160.00
  Huntsville Youth Orchestra Huntsville HYO Fall Concert Series and Master Class Music $4,000.00
  Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center Huntsville Dance Your Dreams! dance class Dance $3,000.00
  Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center Huntsville The Spencer Theatre Illusion Theatre $4,870.00
  Oakwood University Huntsville Festival of Spirituals VI (2010) Music $6,500.00
  Tennessee Valley Jazz Society Huntsville Jazz Education-in-the-Schools Music $4,000.00
Marshall Mountain Valley Arts Council Guntersville BCT-Lion, witch and Wardrobe Multi-discipline $1,495.00
  Mountain Valley Arts Council Guntersville Lakeside Concerts Multi-discipline $4,875.00
Mobile Alma Bryant High School Irvington Merging With Technology (MWT) Media/Photography $14,760.00
  Centre for the Living Arts, Inc. Mobile Outer Space-Inner Space School Outreach Visual Arts $6,000.00
  Centre for the Living Arts, Inc. Mobile Contemporary Visual Art Exhibitions Visual Arts $6,500.00
  Legacy 166 Incorporated Mobile Lula Washington Dance Theater in Concert Dance $3,000.00
  Mobile Arts Council Mobile Southern Circuit/ Filmmakers Media/Photography $2,280.00
  Mobile Ballet, Inc Mobile  Operating Support  Request 2009-2010 Dance $23,000.00
  Mobile Chamber Music Society Mobile Three Chamber Music Concerts Music $3,690.00
  Mobile International Festival Mobile "The World in Musical Harmony" Multi-discipline $2,985.00
  Mobile Museum Board, Inc. Mobile Yoruba Cultural Festival Multi-discipline $1,950.00
  Mobile Museum of Art Mobile  Operating Support Visual Arts $95,700.00
  Mobile Opera Inc. Mobile 2009/10 Season -Operating Support Music $19,000.00
  Mobile Symphony, Inc. Mobile Mobile Symphony Operating Support Music $38,700.00
  Peter F. Alba Middle School Bayou La Batre Merging With Technologies (MWT) Media/Photography $14,760.00
  US/University of South Alabama Mobile American Brass Quintet Music $1,240.00
  US/University of South Alabama Mobile Arts In Education: Mentoring & Materials Multi-discipline $6,000.00
  Westlawn Elementary Schools Mobile Preludes Music Music $3,200.00
Monroe City of Monroeville Monroeville Feasibility Study & interior design Design Arts $6,500.00
Montgomery Alabama Alliance for Arts Education Montgomery Artist Residencies/Prof. Development Crafts $6,000.00
  Alabama Dance Theatre Montgomery Alabama Dance Theatre: Operating Expense Dance $13,500.00
  Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts Montgomery Follow Up Support for Site Visits Multi-discipline $5,400.00
  Alabama Shakespeare Festival Montgomery ASF's 2009-2010 Season Theatre $250,000.00
  Arts Council of Montgomery Montgomery Doing Our Own Thing - "DOOT" Visual Arts $1,270.00
  Booker T. Washington Magnet High-Dance Theatre Montgomery The Retablos Project Dance $3,900.00
  Capri Community Film Society, Inc Montgomery Southern Circuit Filmmakers Tour Media/Photography $2,100.00
  Montgomery Area Business Committee for the Arts Montgomery Annual Arts Awards and Program Multi-discipline $2,700.00
  Montgomery Civic Ballet, Inc. Montgomery Growing Dance in Montgomery and Alabama Dance $6,000.00
  Montgomery Civic Ballet, Inc. Montgomery Operating Support Dance $11,800.00
  Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery Operating Support Visual Arts $117,700.00
  Montgomery Symphony Orchestra Montgomery 2009-2010 Season Operating Support Music $28,900.00
  Montgomery Weed & Seed Montgomery Art in the Afternoon/Public Art Project Visual Arts $4,290.00
  Old Alabama Town Montgomery Lucas Tavern Music Festival: Tavern Fest Multi-discipline $2,250.00
  TU/Troy University Rosa Parks Museum Montgomery Faith Ringgold Exhibit Visual Arts $6,500.00
Morgan Carnegie Visual Arts Center Decatur Nall Exhibition Visual Arts $4,880.00
  Decatur City Schools Decatur Attendance Support for Title I Schools Theatre $3,000.00
  Eva Elementary School Eva Creative Dramatics and Writing Theatre $3,000.00
  Princess Theatre Decatur General Operating Support 2009-2010 Theatre $16,700.00
Pickens Aliceville Elementary School Aliceville Everyone's an Artist at AES Visual Arts $1,650.00
  Gordo Elementary School Gordo Visual Artist Residency for K-6th Visual Arts $9,840.00
  Gordo Elementary School Gordo Music Residency for K-6th Music $14,760.00
  Town of Gordo Gordo Gordo Arts in the Streets Fall event Multi-discipline $2,145.00
Pike Alabama Art Education Association Troy Art Mobile Visual Arts $3,530.00
  Brundidge Historical Society Brundidge Kathryn Windham Christmas Performances Multi-discipline $1,250.00
  Pioneer Museum of Alabama Troy 2009 Fourteenth Annual Pioneer Days Multi-discipline $2,875.00
  Troy Arts Council Troy Rose Ensemble Performance & Workshops Multi-discipline $3,250.00
  Troy Arts Council Troy Music in Our Schools Project Multi-discipline $4,875.00
  Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc. Troy Art in the Curriculum Teachers Workshop Visual Arts $4,000.00
  Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc. Troy Moving Forward With Strategic Planning Visual Arts $8,000.00
  TU/Troy University - Long School of Music Troy Opera Production "Noah's Flood" Music $4,000.00
Shelby Academy of Fine Arts Shelby County Columbiana Art Therapy for Special Needs Students Visual Arts $5,700.00
St. Clair St. Clair County Day Program Ashville The Pottery Project Visual Arts $4,500.00
  St. Clair County Day Program Ashville Building Esteem Through Art Visual Arts $4,880.00
Sumter Coleman Center for the Arts York  Education Program Visual Arts $4,880.00
  Coleman Center for the Arts York Coleman Center Consolidated Application Visual Arts $13,000.00
  Sumter County Fine Arts Council Livingston BCT: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrob Multi-discipline $1,000.00
  Sumter County Fine Arts Council Livingston Performance by the Karkowska Sisters Duo Multi-discipline $1,425.00
Talladega Talladega First Inc. Talladega Montgomery Ballet Dance $1,400.00
Tallapoosa Alexander City Arts Inc. Alexander City 2009-2010 Season Multi-discipline $9,190.00
  Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Colony Alexander City Art Colony Workshop on Lake Martin Visual Arts $3,580.00
Tuscaloosa Alabama Blues Project Northport Support for Programs Manager's salary Multi-discipline $6,500.00
  Arts & Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa Co. Tuscaloosa Operating support  Multi-discipline $14,100.00
  Kentuck Museum Association Northport Guest Artist Education Outreach Visual Arts $6,500.00
  Kentuck Museum Association Northport Kentuck Music Performances Multi-discipline $6,500.00
  Tuscaloosa City Schools Ed Foundation Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra Development Music $1,000.00
  Tuscaloosa Community Players Tuscaloosa "Honky Tonk Angels" Theatre $1,910.00
  Tuscaloosa Community Players Tuscaloosa Youth Ensemble Development Theatre $6,490.00
  Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra Tuscaloosa Family Discovery concert Music $1,600.00
  UA/University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama Bound Radio Book Reviews Literature $3,750.00
  Zelpha's Cultural Development Corp. Tuscaloosa Admin. & Artistic Coordinator Project Music $4,000.00
  Zelpha's Cultural Development Corp. Tuscaloosa Free Applied Music Lessons Music $8,000.00
Wilcox Black Belt Treasures Camden Youth & Community Arts Programs Multi-discipline $9,650.00
Winston AL Folk School at Camp McDowell Nauvoo Alabama Folk School Fall Workshop Folk Arts $1,950.00
GRAND TOTAL $2,155,865.00

The Alabama State Council on the Arts is the official state arts agency of Alabama.  The staff of the Council, directed by Al Head, administers the grants program and provides financial assistance in the arts planning and programming.  The Council receives its support through an annual appropriation from the Alabama Legislature and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

For more information, contact Barbara Reed at 334-242-4076 or barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov

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