Arts Council Awards $44,000 To Support Evansville Youth Arts Programs

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EVANSVILLE – The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana awarded $44,000 to 15 local organizations and schools this week.
The grants allow the groups to create and continue unique arts programming for Vanderburgh County students.
The 15 schools and organizations applied for the Arts Council’s annual Sponsorship of the Arts grant this spring. An Arts Council committee selected the organizations over the summer. The funding comes from the Arts Council’s Community Arts Fund.
“Children thrive when provided opportunities for creativity and expression,” said Anne McKim, executive director of The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana. “The 2021 Sponsorship Grant programs will allow thousands of young people to participate in the arts in their schools and throughout our community, and we’re delighted to be a catalyst for this inspiration and enrichment.”
Organization/School Amount
AIS Diamond Middle School, $500
Children’s Center for Dance Education, $1,500
Culver Family Learning Center, $500
Evansville Lutheran School, $3,000
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, $4,570
F.J. Reitz High School Department of Theatre, $4,050
Highland Elementary School, $5,000
Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville (cMoe), $4,250
McGary Middle School, $300
Memorial Community Development Corp., $3,000
North High School, $4,794
Signature School, $2,000
University of Evansville, $4,000
Washington Middle School / Twymon Art Gallery, $5,000
William Henry Harrison High School, $1,536
FOOTNOTE: Caze Elementary School students painting birdhouses during the last week of school in May 2021. The program was funded through a Sponsorship of the Arts grant from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.

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