For Immediate Release: Worcester County Arts Council’s grant submission deadline is approaching fast!
We are only month away from the October 15th submission deadline for the Community Arts Development Grant applications for art events that will take place in Worcester County between January 1 and June 30, 2009. New organizations are encouraged to apply.
The purpose of Community Arts Development Grants (CAD) program is to support art organizations that provide quality art programs, events and services in Worcester County.
The applicant must be affiliated with a non-profit group, and the amount requested must be matched one-for one by organization funds.
Credit for the grant must be given to the Worcester County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council as one of the Grant requirements.
Please contact the Arts Council office, 410-641-0809, for grant forms, guidelines or additional information or simply visit our website at www.worcestercountyartscouncil.org
Thank you for your continued support of the Arts in Worcester County.
The mission of the Worcester County Arts Council is to aid, encourage, advise and correlate all activities dedicated to the promotion of the arts in Worcester County, as may be found feasible; to integrate such activities into the total life of the communities served by the council.
The Arts Council is founded and supported by the Maryland State Arts Council, the Worcester County Commissioners and membership of more than 450 local friends and businesses.
2 comments:
At least they HAVE arts organizations in Worcester County. In Wicomico, every arts organization except for the main arts council has failed.
We have a great Arts Council in Worcester County! During a review by the State Arts Council last spring we were given the highest marks available.
As a non profit organization we are allowed to spend 60% of our monies on staff and administrative costs, but instead we spend only 30%! The remaining 60% we give away! We give to High School Seniors who are going to college to pursue a career in the arts, we give to community organizations that are pursuing artist ventures,and we support new artists embarking on new projects. We also provide the absolutely most incredible summer camp for 3rd to 8th graders every summer, where we employ real artists to teach their skills to these eager young artists.
We have paid off our mortgage for our property in Berlin, and are remodeling additional space within it to increase our classes that we offer to both adults and children.
Our mission is to bridge the two ends of our long skinny county together so that citizens from both ends can reap the benefits of artistic influence in their lives.
Last year we were granted through local organizations the money to lease a space in Snow Hill, that provides us additional hanging space for artists in the Snow Hill area, plus a mid county space for classes.
We are also actively pursuing space in Pocomoke City, to establish a gallery for those artists in the South end of the county to display, and to engage Pocomoke and surrounding areas in even more cultural events to compliment the works in progress in the Marva Theater and Discovery Center.
We are always looking for artists, volunteers and members. As we feel the more people that can contribute their time and talents to our organization the better our organization will be.
We have a lot of fun, and do a lot of really interesting projects. So if you are interested in joining a really great team of people, call us at the WCAC, and tell Anna what you do, and ask how you can help.
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