2010-2011 Lincoln Arts Council Project Grants
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December 9th, 2010 the Lincoln Arts Council Board of Directors approved the distribution of grant dollars to the arts community as recommended by a community review panel. This was a very competitive process with 20 organizations applying for funds. As approved by the board, eleven of the nonprofit arts organizations that applied were funded to help with the costs of a variety of different projects. Our thanks to the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation, Inc. for funding these worthy organizations and outreach projects:
Funds will support Angels new education space “The Roost” in Studio E, in the lower level of the Burkholder Project. This will be a space that will be available to members and friends of the company, as well as small arts groups and individuals who need a safe place for a rehearsal or a meeting.
FlatWater Shakespeare Company
Funds will support the production of “Angels in America” (chronicles the AIDS crisis of the 1980’s). The play will be held at The Haymarket Theatre and will open their 2011 and 2012 seasons.
Haydon Art Center
Funds will support having artist Margaret Berry to provide outreach programming. Berry will provide an encaustic workshop called, "Hot Wax/Cool Apps", which will to be held at Lighthouse and be for high school students at Lighthouse and also for North Star High School CLC.
International Quilt Study Center and Museum
Funds will help make the exhibitions at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum accessible to senior citizens in the Lincoln area.
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Funds will support the Alvin Ailey “Revelations” Project. The goals of this project are to excite and inspire Lincoln area students and parents about the power of arts, reach students with on hand experience, and to build cultural awareness.
Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music
Funds will support the concerts in 2010-2011 featuring performers and composers with ties to Lincoln and to Nebraska. Their goal is to present chamber music groups with national and international reputations and to highlight the “Nebraska connections” and thereby to showcase the role of Nebraskans in the wider chamber music scene.
Lincoln Municipal Band
Funds will support Lincoln Municipals summer series of free public concerts at Antelope Park during the summer of 2011.
Lincoln Music Teachers Association
Funds will support the ongoing support for the Music Outreach Program which allows underprivileged children get music lessons at a discounted price and also will support the performances that they put on.
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
Funds will support LSO’s annual Young People’s Concerts. Held annually since 1927, the YPC’s are orchestra concerts targeting fourth and fifth graders from Lincoln and from schools within 75 mile radius. It is a daytime one hour interactive concert at the Lied Center prepared by their Teacher’s Advisory Committee.
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
Funds will support the MRRMAC’s outreach activity “Jensen’s Cinema Collection Movies on the Green” summer’s series.
Sheldon Museum of Art
Funds will support a community wide celebration of photography in February 2011, coordinated by Sheldon Museum of Art and anchored by an abstract photography exhibition at Sheldon. Local galleries and museums will exhibit photographic-based works concurrently with the Sheldon.
As a bit of background, LAC Project Grants are given each year and are dependent on the LAC securing the resources to fund them. We are pleased that we can help projects such as these come to life and hope that we can continue to provide funding for grants such as this in the future. Congratulations to all of the organizations that were funded! To those who did not receive funding this year, we highly encourage you to apply again in the future. Thank you to all of the organizations for what you do to make the arts a vibrant and important part of our community!
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