Charleston County awarded $277,389 in arts funding

Image by Marie-Noëlle Robert/Spoleto Festival USA Spoleto was one of the major recipients, as you might have expected. But who else got the big bucks?

The South Carolina Arts Commission has released its grant awards for the next fiscal year. All in all, Charleston County recipients will get $277,389 of the nearly $2 million in awards statewide.

The full list of recipients is available at the S.C. Arts Commission Web site, but those receiving funds in Charleston County, as listed in an S.C. Arts Commission press release, are:

• Actors' Theatre of South Carolina, Long Term Operating Support, $8,022
• Art Forms & Theatre Concepts, Long Term Operating Support, $8,690
• Ashley River Elementary, ABC Advancement, $6,891
• Carolina Art Association, Long Term Operating Support, $26,739
• Chamber Music Charleston, Annual Operating Support, $3,925
• Charleston Academy Of Music, Long Term Operating Support, $12,701
• Charleston Artist Guild, Annual Operating Support, $4,906
• Charleston Ballet Theatre, Long Term Operating Support, $10,027
• Charleston Collegiate School, Arts in Education, $750
• Charleston Concert Association, Long Term Operating Support, $18,940
• Charleston Stage Company, Long Term Operating Support, $20,055
• Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Long Term Operating Support, $12,033
• City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, Long Term Operating Support, $20,055
• City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs, Subgranting, $9,217
• City of North Chas. Cultural Arts Department, Long Term Operating Support, $16,712
• Company Company, Long Term Operating Support, $4,011
• Creative Spark Center for the Arts, Arts in Education, $2,991
• Creative Spark, Long Term Operating Support, $16,935
• Footlight Players, Long Term Operating Support, $9,804
• League of Charleston Theatres, Annual Operating Support, $2,616
• McClellanville Arts Council, Annual Operating Support, $6,214
• Metropolitan Civic Orchestra, Annual Operating Support, $654
• PURE Theatre, Annual Operating Support, $9,812
• Redux Contemporary Art Center, Long Term Operating Support, $6,685
• Spoleto Festival USA, Long Term Operating Support, $26,739
• Village Repertory Co., Long Term Operating Support, $8,022
• Wando High School, ABC Advancement, $3,243