GCAC Awards Over $40,000 To Area Organizations Through Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program

Ashland Inc. and Franklin County Board of Commissioners renew sponsorships

The Greater Columbus Arts Council awarded a total of $41,246 to 30 organizations during its 3rd round of grants for the 2006 Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program, an initiative designed to increase community participation in the arts throughout Franklin County. Grants were awarded in December.

The Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program assists neighborhood and community groups including amateur and avocational, traditional arts organizations, civic and neighborhood associations, guilds, social service organizations, youth centered and cultural organizations with specific arts projects in all disciplines, provided they are offered to the public. Programming that actively provides access to the arts for people of all cultural backgrounds, economic status, sexual orientation, age and physical ability receives priority consideration.

Ashland Inc. and the Franklin County Board of the Commissioners have renewed their generous sponsorships of this program for 2007.

"We are grateful to Ashland, Inc. and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, who recognize the importance of funding these special projects," said Tim Katz, GCAC Director of Community Arts Education. "Their support is vital to the success of this unique program."

More than 16,000 Franklin County residents will benefit from this round of grants. The following is a list of grant recipients and the amount they will receive:

• AIMS Middle School $1,500.00
• Anatomical Scenario Movement Theater $1,000.00
• Bread and Circus Theatre Company $873.00
• CAMP (Community Arts & Mural Projects) $1,000.00
• Central Community House $2,000.00
• Columbus Chamber Singers $1,000.00
• Columbus Children's Choir $2,000.00
• Columbus Gay Men's Chorus $2,000.00
• Communities in Schools $1,000.00
• Con Brio Children's Choir $2,000.00
• Dunloe Elementary $627.00
• Emerson Elementary $1,000.00
• Friends of Art for Community Enrichment $1,575.00
• Friends of Town Hall $2,000.00
• Gahanna Lincoln High School $1,785.00
• Grandview Heights Middle School $1,000.00
• Hilltop Reunion Committee $1,500.00
• Indianola Informal K-6 PTA $1,000.00
• Inner City Performing Arts Conservatory/ Center $1,000.00
• Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra $2,000.00
• Prevention Council of Central Ohio $961.00
• Shot Tower Gallery $2,000.00
• Special Events League "AH"leluia $1,200.00
• St. John's Episcopal Church $1,225.00
• UCP of Central Ohio $2,000.00
• Upper Arlington Community Orchestra $1,000.00
• Vaud-Villities $2,000.00
• Word to Life Drama Ministry $1,000.00
• Worthington Arts Council $500.00
• Youth Sew $1,500.00

GCAC funds and administers the Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program through its Community Arts Education Department. In 2006, GCAC awarded a total of $79,841 to 54 organizations.

To receive an application, contact GCAC by calling (614) 224-2606 or visit GCAC's Web site to download the guidelines and application form. Views expressed by the program and its grant recipients do not necessarily represent those of the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. The Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program is also supported by a generous donation from Ashland Inc.