Boulder awards $450,000 in grants to arts organizations
BOULDER — The city of Boulder Arts Commission has distributed nearly $450,000 to artists and community organizations for 2016.
“These grants provide valuable funding to our community’s arts and cultural organizations as well as individual artists, to enable a vibrant and rich cultural landscape in our city,” said Matt Chasansky, manager of the city’s Office of Arts & Culture.
Artists and organizations were selected by the commission, a group of volunteers appointed by Boulder’s city council. The money comes from the city’s general fund. Last year, $225,000 was distributed, and Chasansky said the city’s plan is to up the annual budget to $1 million in the future.
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Recipients of the grants are:
The Dairy Arts Center, $50,000 per year for three years.
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, $50,000/year for three years.
eTown, $50,000/year for three years.
Parlando School for the Arts, $50,000/year for three years.
KGNU, $20,000/year for three years.
Colorado Film Society, $20,000/year for three years.
Frequent Flyers Productions, $20,000/year for three years.
Open Arts, $20,000/year for three years.
Boulder Chorale, $10,000/year for three years.
Boulder International Fringe Festival, $10,000/year for three years.
Motus Theater, $10,000/year for three years.
Boulder Opera, $10,000/year for three years.
Colorado Hip Hop Collective, $10,000/year for three years.
NoBo Art District, $10,000/year for three years.
LOCAL Theater Company, $10,000/year for three years.
The Boulder Chamber Orchestra, $10,000/year for three years.
The Catamounts, NFP, $10,000/year for three years.
Band of Toughs, $10,000/year for three years.
JLF Boulder, Jaipur Literature Festival @ Boulder, $10,000.
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Music for Everyone: from the Outdoors to Macky, $10,000.
Boulder Samba School, 2016 Colorado Brazil Fest: Brazil Comes to Boulder, $5,000.
Bridge House, 2016 Community art Show, $5,000.
BMoCA, ARTlab, $3,000.
Jan Osburn, Classroom Curriculum Through a Drama Lens, $3,000.
Parlando Inc., BVSD On-Site Music Lessons, $3,000.
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare and Violence Prevention, $3,000.
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Tech Tuesdays Event Series, $5,000.
Square Product Theatre, Season on a Theme: Power & Privilege, $7,000.
In addition, nine professional development scholarships were awarded, and three organizations were granted free rent at Macky Auditorium for three programs.
BOULDER — The city of Boulder Arts Commission has distributed nearly $450,000 to artists and community organizations for 2016.
“These grants provide valuable funding to our community’s arts and cultural organizations as well as individual artists, to enable a vibrant and rich cultural landscape in our city,” said Matt Chasansky, manager of the city’s Office of Arts & Culture.
Artists and organizations were selected by the commission, a group of volunteers appointed by Boulder’s city council. The money comes from the city’s general fund. Last year, $225,000 was distributed, and Chasansky said the city’s plan is to up the annual budget to…
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