The Arts Council of Winston-Salem announced $90,000 in Arts-in-Education grants yesterday, providing money for 16 arts organizations and individuals to present programming aimed at students in grades K-12.
Milton Rhodes, the president and chief executive of the Arts Council, said that the council was able to increase its education grants by 23 percent this year, thanks to a successful fundraising campaign.
"The community has been very giving to arts organizations and the Arts Council," he said. "I think a lot of it is reciprocity. People are very generous in down times, they want things that brighten their lives and make them better."
The largest of the grants was to the UNC School of the Arts Foundation, which will receive $11,000 to present 11 performances of Peter and the Wolf, Dream Machine and Peril on the Red Planet at public schools as well as a three-day residency at a private school to increase students' appreciation of the arts.
Other grants include $10,500 to Tam Tam Mandingue Winston-Salem for a program that provides African drumming and dancing workshops; $10,000 to the Winston-Salem Symphony; $10,000 to Piedmont Craftsmen; and grants to the alban elved dance company, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Carolina Ballet, Carolina Music Ways, Diana Greene, Downtown Arts District Association, Giannini Brass, Hispanic Arts Initiative, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Robert Moyer, SECCA and the Secrest Series from Wake Forest University.
Rhodes said that more grants will be announced by the Arts Council in the next few weeks.
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