4:00 pm on Tuesday July 7, 2009
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Charleston-area awarded $278,824 in arts funding
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$278,824 is coming to the arts community in the tri-county area thanks to grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission.
Read more stories on this subject in our South Carolina Arts Commission topic page. The amount awarded to each county was: $217,514 to Charleston; $43,142 to Berkeley; and $18,168 to Dorchester.
In all $1,511,150 was awarded to South Carolina communities, artists, arts organizations and schools.
“Although these grant amounts reflect a reduction in state funding over the past year, these annual awards continue to help make the arts available to schools and communities across our state," said Ken May, acting executive director of the S.C. Arts Commission.
Last year Charleston County received $277,389.
Here's the full list of grants in the tri-county area:
(You can get the entire list of county grants in this PDF.)
| Charleston County | |
| $21,456 | Spoleto Festival USA |
| $21,456 | Carolina Art Association |
| $16,093 | City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs |
| $16,093 | Charleston Stage Company, Inc. |
| $15,198 | Charleston Concert Association |
| $13,589 | Creative Spark Inc. |
| $13,410 | City of North Chas. Cultural Arts Department |
| $10,192 | Charleston Academy Of Music |
| $9,656 | Charleston Symphony Orchestra |
| $8,046 | Charleston Ballet Theatre |
| $7,873 | PURE Theatre |
| $7,867 | Footlight Players Inc. |
| $6,973 | Art Forms & Theatre Concepts, Inc. |
| $6,437 | Village Repertory Co. |
| $6,437 | Actors' Theatre of South Carolina |
| $5,530 | Wando High School |
| $5,530 | Ashley River Elementary |
| $5,364 | Redux Contemporary Art Center |
| $4,986 | McClellanville Arts Council |
| $3,937 | Charleston Artist Guild |
| $3,219 | Company Company, Inc. |
| $3,149 | Chamber Music Charleston |
| $2,400 | Creative Spark Center for the Arts |
| $2,100 | League of Charleston Theatres |
| $525 | Metropolitan Civic Orchestra Inc |
| $217,514 | |
| Berkeley County | |
| $10,408 | Berkeley County School District |
| $7,396 | City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs (Berkeley portion) |
| $5,205 | Boulder Bluff Elementary School |
| $5,205 | H E Bonner Elementary School |
| $5,205 | Howe Hall AIMS Elementary |
| $5,205 | Marrington Middle School |
| $3,470 | Hanahan Elementary School |
| $1,050 | New Music Collective, Inc. |
| $43,142 | |
| Dorchester County | |
| $6,079 | Sculpture in the South |
| $5,900 | Flowertown Players, Inc. |
| $5,205 | Knightsville Elementary School |
| $984 | Summerville Community Orchestra |
| $18,168 |
