Fiscal Year 2008 Howard County Arts Council Grant Awards Announced
It is with all due respect that I venture to row in Howard County’s pond. We certainly have great bloggers in Howard County who cover the territory quite well. Nevertheless, it appears that the arts are alive and well in Howard County.
I have written about the enormous positive economic impact of the arts. The social, cultural, and economic return for every dollar a community spends on the arts is unexpectedly high – and it is a critical economic indicator of a thriving community…
Many years ago I participated in a group show in Howard County under the auspices of the Howard County Arts Council and was quite impressed with the organization…
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PRESS RELEASE --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2007 – Received Tuesday, October 2, 2007 1:27 PM
Contact: Coleen West
Phone: (410) 313-2787
E-mail: coleen@hocoarts.org
FISCAL YEAR 2008 HOWARD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL GRANT AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Ellicott City, MD - On Friday, September 7, 2007, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced that 38 arts and cultural organizations will receive $361,017.31 in matching grants from the Howard County Arts Council for Fiscal Year 2008. Senator James N. Robey, Joyce Leviton representing Senator Ben Cardin, Howard County Council member ' s Calvin Ball, Jennifer Terrasa, Greg Fox, and Jay Dick of Americans for the Arts supported Mr. Ulman in presenting the awards to grantees.
The awards were announced at the Arts Council's annual meeting and reception on September 7, at the Howard County Center for the Arts. These matching grants will be used by 19 Howard County organizations; 11 Howard County public schools; and 8 key Baltimore City organizations to support general operations, artist residencies, and special projects in the arts. Over 300 HCAC members and friends joined state and local politicians at the grant award ceremony.
Community Arts Development Grants fund day-to-day activities for Howard County arts organizations as well as special projects in the arts; $205,605.65 was awarded to the following 19 organizations for FY2008:
Blossoms of Hope ... The Howard County Cherry Tree Project Project
$339.65
Candlelight Concert Society
Operating
$30,000.00
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Project
$3,000.00
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts
Operating
$23,618.00
Columbia Community Players
Project
$1,800.00
Columbia Concert Band and Jazz Band
Project
$3,000.00
Columbia Festival of the Arts
Operating
$50,465.00
Columbia Orchestra
Operating
$18,800.00
Columbia Pro Cantare
Operating
$24,154.00
Harmony of the Sol
Project
$3,000.00
Howard County Ballet
Project
$340.00
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society Operating $11,515.00 Hua
Sha Chinese Dance Center Project $3,000.00 Kinetics Dance Theatre
Operating $8,775.00 Little Patuxent Review Project $1,800.00 Misako
Ballet Company Project $1,500.00 Rep Stage/HCC Educational Foundation
Operating $14,999.00 Showtime Singers Project $3,000.00 Sundays at
Three Project $2,500.00
The Jim Rouse Theatre (JRT) Subsidy Program assists community arts groups by partially underwriting theatre rental fees; $14,370 was awarded to the following 6 organizations for FY2008:
Columbia Orchestra
$5,478.75
Columbia Pro Cantare
$3,641.25
Howard County Ballet
$1,355.00
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society $827.50 Hua Sha Chinese
Dance Center $750.00 Kinetics Dance Theatre $2,317.50
Artist-in-Education Project Grants are a partnership between the Arts Council and local Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) to place professional artists in residence at Howard County Schools to help students foster creative expression; $17,841.66 in funding was awarded to the following 11 schools for FY2008:
Bollman Bridge Elementary School PTA
$1,133.00
Elkridge Landing Middle School PTA
$2,000.00
Folly Quarter Middle School PTA
$674.00
Guilford Elementary School PTA
$2,025.00
Hammond Elementary School PTA
$1,333.00
Harper ' s Choice Middle School PTA
$1,773.33
Jeffers Hill Elementary School PTA
$1,831.67
Longfellow Elementary School PTA
$725.00
Patapsco Middle School PTA
$1,333.33
Running Brook Elementary School PTA
$2,513.33
Swansfield Elementary School PTA
$2,500.00
Baltimore City Arts and Cultural Grants provide funding to key Baltimore City organizations that provide significant services to Howard County residents; $123,200 was awarded to the following 8 organizations for FY2008:
Baltimore Museum of Art
$27,300.00
Baltimore Museum of Industry
$6,625.00
Center Stage
$16,750.00
Maryland Historical Society
$5,000.00
Maryland Science Center
$10,500.00
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
$9,250.00
National Aquarium
$25,125.00
The Walters Art Museum
$22,650.00
Howard County Arts Council grants are awarded on the basis of artistic merit, ability of the applicant to carry out the project, and level of service to the community. Grantees are selected through a competitive process in which applications are reviewed by an advisory panel made up of academics and artists representing a variety of disciplines. Grant award recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the Howard County Arts Council Board of Directors.
The Arts Council ' s grant program is supported through grants from the Howard County government and the Maryland State Arts Council as well as through the Howard County Arts Council ' s own foundation, corporate, and individual giving initiatives.
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The Howard County Arts Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the citizens of Howard County by fostering the arts, artists and arts organizations. The Howard County Arts Council receives major grants from the Howard County Government and the Maryland State Arts Council and sustaining annual support from corporate, foundation and individual sponsors. Howard County Arts Council offices are located at the Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043. The Howard County Center for the Arts is a handicapped accessible facility and full participation of individuals with disabilities is encouraged. For information, call 410.313.ARTS (2787), fax 410.313.2790, or email info@hocoarts.org.
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