The Frederick Arts Council introduced on Thursday that it awarded $400,000 in Generate and Activate Now (C.A.N.) Get well awards to arts companies and artists during Frederick County.
C.A.N. Get well Grants and Stipends assistance artists and arts companies who have been impacted by the Coronavirus and need help for impending plans and arts assignments. This funding possibility is created probable by means of a Nationwide Endowment for the Arts (NEA) American Rescue Plan (ARP) Grant to Regional Arts Organizations (LAA) awarded to the Frederick Arts Council for sub-granting.
Creative pursuits are supported to strengthen our county’s — and the nation’s — cultural infrastructure. The sub-grants will aid restore the area community’s cultural infrastructure, benefitting arts personnel, artists and audiences.
“Frederick County artists and arts businesses — and the group as a entire — will profit from these awards that enable activate and energize the area financial state via the ripple outcomes that the arts give,” reported Louise Kennelly, government director of the Frederick Arts Council. “These grants and stipends are an possibility for the arts to keep on healing the local community after a difficult time.”
C.A.N. programs ended up evaluated by a focused grants committee, which consists of community associates. The committee was co-chaired by Bruce Zavos, FAC president Ted Luck, FAC board member and Griff Garwood, FAC volunteer. FAC officers are Bruce Zavos, president Linda Roth, vice president Andrew Rosenfeld, secretary and Terri Almacy, treasurer.
Awardees consist of the next arts business grantees: AIR Institute dba Air Collaborative Choral Arts Society of Frederick Clustered Spires Chorus Local community Arts, Inc Delaplaine Arts Center Endangered Species Theatre Undertaking FCC Foundation Frederick Book Arts Centre Frederick Children’s Chorus Frederick County Art Affiliation Frederick Regional Youth Orchestra Frederick Symphony Orchestra Fredericktowne Players World wide Z Recording Hood University Ceramics Application Maryland Ensemble Theatre National String Symphonia Potters’ Guild of Frederick the Frederick Chorale The Academy for the Wonderful Arts at Thomas Johnson Higher College Transformative Arts Venture and the Weinberg Middle for the Arts.
Individual artist stipends had been awarded to Esperanza Alzona, Nicole Ambush, Aaron Angello, Aaron Beebe, Karin Birch, Anthony Brock, Alan Browne, Goodloe Byron, John Carrera, Craig Cavin, William Cochran, Jeff Cosgrove, Adrien Dawson, Jacqueline Douge, Andrea Dulanto, John DuRant Jr, Adeyemi Fagbohun, Janet Fox, Corey Frey, Elayne Bond Hyman, Rula Jones Brock, Elizabeth Knapp, Johan Lowie, Elizabeth Lucas, Jillian Abir MacMaster, John Maestri, Chaz Martinsen, Sheryl Massaro, Andrea Mccluskey, Colin McGuire, Christine Mosier, Chris Perry, Katie Powderly, Sean Reel, Robert Rooy, Lori Rounds, April Sandi, Cynthia Scott-Johnson, Mike Shaffer, Ray Shaw, Lisa Sheirer, Laura Sherwood, Monthly bill Shoemaker, ErinRose Sincevich, Sue Slagle, Robert Strasser, Amanda Thorstad, Michelle Venable, Danica Warden, Virginia Warwick, Bill Watson, Ira Wexler, Altimont Wilks, Logan Wilms, Deborah Winram and Harriet Clever.
