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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2012
Contact: Barbara Reed
Public Information Officer
334-242-4076, ext. 223
barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov
STATE ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS GRANTS TOTALING
$1,433,365 AT SEPTEMBER MEETING IN VALLEY
Montgomery, Ala. -- The Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) awarded 140 grants totaling
$1,433,365.00 at its meeting in Valley on September 7, 2012. This round of grants will support arts in education,
folk art, community, literature, performing, and visual arts programs October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013.
Also included in this round of awards are operating support grants for major art institutions.
The Council makes grants to non-profit organizations, schools, universities, cities, and a wide range of
community groups. ASCA funds are matched by contributions from businesses, individuals, local government
and earned income by the grantee. Arts programs, assisted by Council grants, have a track record of
contributing to community development, education, cultural tourism and overall quality of life in virtually all
regions of the state.
The recent grants are in response to applications submitted under the June 1, 2012 deadline and
represent the second round of grants awarded in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Jim Harrison, III of Tuscaloosa
chairs the 15-member Council. Board members are appointed for 6-year terms by the Governor to help promote
the arts statewide. A primary responsibility of the Council is to make decisions on grants awarded to support art
programs and arts education throughout the state. Board members are selected from all regions of the state in
order to strive for a geographic spread representing all areas of the state.
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 programs and provides technical assistance in 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 about a particular grant, contact Barbara Reed, Public Information Officer at 334-
242-4076, ext. 223.
County Grantee Description Discipline Grant Amount
Autauga Prattville Creative & Performing Arts Council 8th Annual Fountain City Arts Festival multi-disciplinary $ 2,500.00
Prattville Creative & Performing Arts Council Fountain City Arts Festival Coordinator multi-disciplinary $ 2,500.00
Baldwin Baldwin Pops, Inc. Outreach Concert and Activity Tour music $ 4,500.00
John McClure Snook Youth Club of Foley After School Arts Learning: Dance/String multi-disciplinary $ 5,250.00
Calhoun Knox Concert Series China National Symphony Orchestra music $ 4,500.00
Choctaw Ballet & Theatre Arts Performing Co Consolidated Season Programs theater $ 4,500.00
Clarke Grove Hill Arts Council Art Education - Clarke County visual arts $ 2,700.00
Coffee Coffee County Arts Alliance Fiddler on the Roof musical theater $ 1,680.00
Colbert City of Sheffield "Threads of Tradition" folk/traditional music $ 3,000.00
Tennessee Valley Art Association Nicola Ginzel: Philosophical Anthropology visual arts $ 3,600.00
Tennessee Valley Art Association Theatre Education Collaboration musical theater $ 3,750.00
Covington Andalusia Ballet Association The Andalusia Dance Project dance $ 2,610.00
Dallas Arts Revive-Selma, Alabama 34th Annual Alabama Tale Tellin’ Festival oral traditions $ 3,750.00
DeKalb Crossville Elementary School Telling Our Stories Through Art visual arts $ 3,000.00
Elmore Alabama Wildlife Federation Alabama Flora and Fauna Arts Festival visual arts $ 2,000.00
McCraney-Cottle Arts Council A World of Music with Todd Green music $ 1,000.00
Talisi Historical Preservation Society Tecumseh at Tuckabatchee Presentation theater $ 3,000.00
Escambia Brewton Council of the Arts BCT-Sleeping Beauty,Three Little Kittens theater for young audiences $ 1,000.00
Brewton Council of the Arts A World of Music with Todd Green music $ 1,000.00
Etowah Downtown Gadsden, Inc. Live music in downtown Gadsden music $ 2,625.00
Etowah County Board of Education Etowah County String Orchestral Program orchestral music $ 4,500.00
Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc. Operating Support multi-disciplinary $ 34,200.00
Geneva Geneva County Elementary School GCES is going on a World tour visual arts $ 4,500.00
Houston Patti Rutland Jazz, Inc. PRJ Outreach dance $ 4,500.00
Music South Music South Concert Series music $ 4,500.00
Southeast Alabama Dance Company Spring Performance dance $ 4,500.00
The Cultural Arts Center Play, Paint, Perform multi-disciplinary $ 5,000.00
Jefferson Alabama Symphony Orchestra Operating Support music $ 155,400.00
Arova Contemporary Ballet "The Snow Queen" dance $ 2,250.00
Arova Contemporary Ballet "Fortuna" dance $ 2,250.00
Birmingham Art Music Alliance BAMA Players - South Alabama Tour music $ 1,000.00
Jefferson Birmingham Art Music Alliance Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra music $ 1,050.00
Birmingham Chamber Music Society Academy of St. Martin in the Fields music $ 2,250.00
Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) Operating Support visual arts $ 145,300.00
Bluff Park Art Association Bluff Park Art Association Operations visual arts $ 1,000.00
Children's Dance Foundation Extensive dance education programs dance $ 19,400.00
City Equity Theatre City Equity partners with Aldridge Rep theater $ 4,500.00
Leslie S. Wright Fine Arts Center, Samford Univ. Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Residency dance $ 2,400.00
Metropolitan Arts Ctr/Virginia Samford Theatre Operating Support multi-disciplinary $ 15,500.00
Opera Birmingham Operating Support music $ 17,200.00
Red Mountain Theatre Company Operating Support theater $ 39,900.00
Sanspointe Dance Company Dances Along the Line dance $ 2,160.00
Sloss Furnaces Foundation Summer Youth Apprenticeship visual arts $ 3,000.00
Sloss Furnaces Foundation Metal Arts Open Studios and Workshops visual arts $ 4,125.00
Southeastern Diabetes Education Services Enhancing the Arts in Camps multi-disciplinary $ 2,000.00
Southern Danceworks Dance for Parkinson's Program dance $ 4,500.00
Space One Eleven (SOE) City Center Art/Alabama Charcoal visual arts $ 2,700.00
Space One Eleven (SOE) Service to Alabama artists visual arts $ 3,800.00
Space One Eleven (SOE) "Aria #3" - Giorni Infiniti di Luce" visual arts $ 4,125.00
State of Alabama Ballet, Inc. Operating Support dance $ 34,300.00
The Seasoned Performers Senior Adult Play and Readers Tours theater $ 7,500.00
UAB/Alys Stephens Center Todd Green and the ASC's Global Fest music $ 2,250.00
VSA Alabama Community Arts Program visual arts $ 3,750.00
VSA Alabama ArtPartners Program visual arts $ 3,750.00
Vulcan Park and Museum Birmingham History on the Road theater $ 3,000.00
Vulcan Park and Museum Class on the Grass – “Vulcanalia “ dance $ 3,510.00
Lauderdale Shoals Symphony Orchestra Music and the Musician Extraordinaire music $ 2,640.00
Shoals Symphony Orchestra Celebration Concert music $ 3,090.00
Lee Alabama Prison Arts + Ed Project Writing a& Performance: APAEP Classes literature $ 7,500.00
Auburn University Gee's Bend Visitor Housing Multi-disciplinary $ 3,750.00
Auburn Univ CMD Center for Arts & Humanities Auburn Writers Conference literatrue $ 4,200.00
IAMBK, Inc. Dance, music, & theatre production multi-disciplinary $ 2,625.00
Lee County Historical Society Lee County Gathering folk/traditional music $ 1,000.00
The Arts Association of East Alabama Performance Series multi-disciplinary $ 7,500.00
Madison Academy for Academics and Arts Shakespeare Residency theater $ 3,000.00
Ars Nova Incorporated Ars Nova Consolidated Season Prod music $ 4,500.00
Broadway Theatre League of Huntsville, Inc. The Stinky Cheese Man theater $ 3,780.00
Community Ballet Association, Inc. Discover Dance dance $ 4,070.00
Huntsville Botanical Garden Exhibition of Wade Wharton's Folk Art visual arts $ 2,000.00
Huntsville Chamber Music Guild Educational & Performance Events music $ 9,000.00
Huntsville Community Chorus Association "The Music Man" Summer Musical music $ 2,400.00
Huntsville High School Shakespeare Residency theater $ 3,000.00
Huntsville Museum of Art Operating Support visual arts $ 39,400.00
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Operating Support music $ 42,800.00
Independent Musical Productions, Inc. Ain't Misbehavin' production theater $ 2,625.00
Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center Community Sculptures with Kevin Reese visual arts $ 3,000.00
The Arts Council, Inc. SPACES 2012-14 Biennial Sculpture Trail visual arts $ 3,000.00
The Arts Council, Inc. Operating Support multi-disciplinary $ 15,000.00
Marengo Two Rivers Arts Council A World of Music with Todd Green music $ 1,000.00
Two Rivers Arts Council Montgomery Ballet “The Nutcracker” dance $ 1,500.00
Marion City of Winfield Pastime Theatre Event coordinator/manager support multi-disciplinary $ 2,625.00
Marshall Marshall Co Retired & Senior Volunteer Prog Melodies and Musings Dulcimer Festival music $ 3,750.00
Mountain Valley Arts Council Ryan and Ryan solo/recital music $ 2,625.00
Mountain Valley Arts Council Presentation of "Young Abe Lincoln" theater for young audiences $ 3,750.00
Mobile Alma Bryant High School Merging Cultures and History (MC&H) media arts $ 3,000.00
Centre for the Living Arts, Inc. Operating Support multi-disciplinary $ 30,800.00
Legacy 166, Inc. Family Theater and Student Education theater for young audiences $ 3,750.00
Mobile Arts Council SoAL Film Festival film $ 2,000.00
Mobile Ballet, Inc. Operating Support dance $ 20,700.00
Mobile International Festival MIF presents "National Treasures". interdisciplinary $ 3,750.00
Mobile Museum of Art Operating Support visual arts $ 82,100.00
Mobile Opera, Inc. Performance Series music $ 9,000.00
Mobile Symphony, Inc. Operating Support music $ 39,100.00
Peter F Alba Middle School Merging Curriculum with Movies (MCM) media arts $ 3,000.00
Montgomery Alabama Dance Theatre Operating Support dance $ 13,800.00
Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts Support for Change: Site Visits multi-disciplinary $ 4,500.00
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Performance Series theater $ 143,600.00
Montgomery Auburn University at Montgomery Outdoor Sculpture at AUM visual arts $ 3,000.00
City of Montgomery (partnership w/ ACTS CDC) Art in the Afternoon visual arts $ 2,870.00
Booker T. Washington Magnet H.S. (Dance) Isadora is Alive and Dancing in Alabama! dance $ 3,900.00
Booker T. Washington Magnet H.S. (Dance) "Glass Class" dance $ 3,900.00
Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery/SAFE Lucas Tavern Music Festival: Tavern Fest music $ 1,750.00
Montgomery Civic Ballet, Inc. Montgomery Ballet dance $ 15,000.00
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Operating Support visual arts $ 89,900.00
Montgomery Symphony Association Conductor's Season music $ 17,100.00
Troy University Rosa Parks Museum Nikky Finney: The Poet and her Poetry poetry $ 2,000.00
Morgan Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts General Operating Support - Performing theater $ 15,200.00
Perry Perry County Commission Perry County Theater Workshop theater for young audiences $ 2,450.00
Pickens Aliceville Elementary School Music Across the Curriculum music $ 1,950.00
Pickens Co Courthouse Preservation Found Artistic Event with Educational Outreach theater $ 4,500.00
Pike Brundidge Historical Society Charlie Lucas Shares Life Stories multi-disciplinary $ 1,000.00
Troy University Wiregrass Blues Fest folk/traditional music $ 2,370.00
Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc. Cataloging to Preserve Art for Posterity visual arts $ 4,125.00
Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc. Moving Ahead with Strategic Planning visual arts $ 6,000.00
Russell Central Activity Center, City of Phenix City Performing Arts Series multi-disciplinary $ 1,000.00
Shelby Alabama Conference of Theatre Alabama Community Theatre Festival theater $ 1,580.00
Montevallo Community Chorale Choral Music Outreach Project choral music $ 2,250.00
Shelby County Arts Council Education and Community Arts Exhibits visual arts $ 3,500.00
Shelby County Arts Council Writing Our Stories literature $ 4,500.00
University of Montevallo Comm School of Music Montevallo Music Connection music $ 2,600.00
Sumter Coleman Center for the Arts Education Programs visual arts $ 4,125.00
Coleman Center for the Arts Consolidated Artist Projects visual arts $ 8,250.00
Sumter County Fine Arts Council Mobile Opera Performance opera $ 1,000.00
Sumter County Fine Arts Council British Invasion Tribute multi-disciplinary $ 2,760.00
Talladega Sylacauga Area Arts Council "Marble Symposium & Cultural Exchange" visual arts $ 4,125.00
Tallapoosa Alexander City Arts, Inc 2012-2013 Season multi-disciplinary $ 4,850.00
Tuscaloosa Alabama Blues Project Program Manager support music $ 3,750.00
Alabama Blues Project After School Blues Camps folk/traditional music $ 4,500.00
Arts & Humanities Council Theater Classes/Workshops for Children theater for young audiences $ 2,625.00
Arts & Humanities Council Operating Support multi-disciplinary $ 15,700.00
Tuscaloosa Kentuck Museum Association Festival Music Demos & Performances music $ 3,000.00
Kentuck Museum Association Guest and Demonstrating Artists visual arts $ 4,000.00
Theatre Tuscaloosa "Bubba" - a new work by southern artist theater $ 1,470.00
Theatre Tuscaloosa "Ain't Misbehavin'" theater $ 3,580.00
Theatre Tuscaloosa “Godspell” theater $ 3,970.00
Tuscaloosa Community Dancers, Inc. Transportation for school performances dance $ 2,700.00
Tuscaloosa Community Dancers, Inc. TCD presents “Delibes Coppelia” dance $ 4,500.00
UA/Center for Public TV & Radio "Alabama Bound" - Radio Book Reviews literature $ 4,500.00
University of Alabama - English Department Slash Pine Poetry Festival poetry $ 1,500.00
Wilcox Black Belt Treasures Community Arts Programs multi-disciplinary $ 1,750.00
140 Grant Awards $ 1,433,365.00
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