Charleston area pulls in $217,760 in grants from S.C. Arts Commission

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In its annual round of grants, the South Carolina Arts Commission has awarded $1,278,726 to communities, artists, arts organizations and schools for the 2011 fiscal year.

The money this year goes to 221 projects in 37 counties, and $217,760 of the purse goes to groups and individuals in Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties (a full breakout is below.)

You can check out the full press release on the Arts Commission's website to learn more, or learn more about past grants and the group on our South Carolina Arts Commission topic page.

Charleston, $197,824

  • City of Charleston‐Cultural Affairs: $6,809
  • Actors' Theatre of South Carolina: $5,346
  • Carolina Art Association: $8,553
  • Charleston Academy of Music: $10,157
  • McClellanville Arts Council: $4,277
  • Redux Contemporary Art Center: $6,415
  • Art Forms and Theatre Concepts, Inc.: $5,321
  • Chamber Music Charleston: $2,827
  • Charleston Artist Guild: $3,534
  • Charleston Concert Association: $13,642
  • Charleston Stage Company, Inc.: $14,445
  • Charleston Symphony Orchestra: $8,667
  • City of Charleston‐Cultural Affairs: $14,445
  • City of North Charleston‐Cultural Arts: $12,038
  • Creative Spark Center for the Arts: $12,198
  • Footlight Players: $7,062
  • League of Charleston Theatres: $1,885
  • New Music Collective Inc.: $943
  • PURE Theatre: $7,067
  • Charleston Ballet Theatre: $7,223
  • Metropolitan Civic Orchestra, Inc: $471
  • Spoleto Festival USA: $19,259
  • Village Repertory Co: $4,910
  • Wando High School: $7,500
  • Windsor Hill Elementary School: $5,000
  • Ashley River Elementary: $3,300
  • Creative Spark Center for the Arts: $2,280
  • Wigfall Henry: $2,000
  • Keith Durell: $250

Berkeley County, $8,300

  • Berkeley County School District: $5,000
  • Boulder Bluff Elementary School: $3,300

Dorchester County, $11,636

  • Flowertown Players, Inc.: $5,296
  • Sculpture in the South: $5,457
  • Summerville Community Orchestra: $883

 

 

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