Grants
Arts council awards Keyswide grants
The Council named the Keyswide winners of its current round of Artists in Schools and ArtReach grants.
The Florida Keys Council of the Arts announces the winners of its current round of Artists in Schools and ArtReach grants.
These grants are given twice a year.
Applications are available at the arts council office at 1100 Simonton Street in Key West and on its website, www.keysarts.com.
Private donations are sought to fund these grants and others each year, and over $250,000 has been awarded to date.
Grantees in the Artists in Schools program, in which an artist partners with a teacher or librarian to enhance the existing curriculum include:
Musician Wade Barnes with Marathon teacher Charles Williams and parent activist Tina Belloti for a Music Imitative Workshop and Summer Program Preparation
Artist Rick Worth with Montessori Elementary Charter School teachers Lynn Barras and Monica Sullivan and parent Lucy Paige for View of the World
Key Largo musicians and teachers Susan Bazin and Robert Sax for Music Mentors Program
Sugarloaf teacher Joanne Brennan with writer June MacArthur for The Poet Within
Grantees in the ArtReach program, in which an artist partners with a community business or organization to reach a wider audience:
Key West painter/sculptor Roberta Marks with the Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House for Roberta Marks at the Custom House
Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center Founders Society with Gerald Adams Elementary School for Street Beat
Painter Pamela McLeod with Big Pine Blue Heron Park for Kids Art for Blue Heron Park
Dancer/choreographers Zoe Hawkins-Wells and Aimee McNally with the Red Barn Theatre for Brazen Hussies Dance for Key West
Pianist Franko Richmond with the Bahama Village Music Program for Bahama Village All-Stars
Artists in Schools grants (AIS) are funded in part by the sale of Florida State of the Arts license tags.
AIS and ArtReach are made possible by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and private donations.