Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Invests Nearly $1 Million to Enhance the Quality of Life for Residents | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/arts-and-culture/757 | Arts and Culture | | 7/25/2019 11:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/757/CALA Alliance Revised.jpg | | Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Invests Nearly $1 Million to Enhance the Quality of Life for Residents | <div class="ExternalClassA09A596B883544E1B16FB52517B8A5F7"><html>
<p>The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Arts Grants Program for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. This month the city of Phoenix will award a total of $940,346 in the form of 84 grants to 70 not-for-profit arts and culture organizations serving Phoenix residents through arts and culture services. This is an increase from last year — 72 grants were awarded to 60 organizations in 2018-2019.<br><br>Grant categories are A+CCESS I, A+CCESS II, A+CTION, Rental Support, Youth Arts Engagement, Arts Learning, and Festival Project grants.<br><br>Approved by the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission in June and the Phoenix City Council on July 3, 2019, the funding allocation also includes an increase of $25,000 in dedicated grants for youth and underserved communities. This increase will bolster the Collaborative Communities (Arts Learning and Festival Project grants) and Youth Arts Engagement grant programs.<br><br>“We are grateful for the increase in funding, which helps ensure cultural services to all areas of the City" stated Mitch Menchaca, executive director of the Office of Arts and Culture.<br><br><strong>GRANTS CATEGORIES and RECIPIENTS</strong><br><strong>A+CCESS I (Arts + Culture Community Engagement Services Support)</strong><br>General operating grants for not-for-profit arts or cultural organizations with a budget of at least $2,500,000.<br>Arizona Opera: $29,335<br>Arizona Science Center: $19,001<br>Arizona Theatre Company: $26,780<br>Ballet Arizona: $39,308<br>Children's Museum of Phoenix: $22,002<br>Desert Botanical Garden: $32,780<br>Heard Museum: $40,670<br>Musical Instrument Museum: $26,113<br>Phoenix Art Museum: $29,224<br>Phoenix Symphony Association: $17,001<br>Phoenix Theatre: $35,891<br><br><strong>A+CCESS II (Arts + Culture Community Engagement Services Support)</strong><br>General operating grants for not-for-profit arts or culture organizations with a budget between $250,000 and $2,499,999.<br>Arizona Jewish Historical Society: $9,693<br>Black Theatre Troupe, Inc.: $11,366<br>Free Arts of Arizona: $16,042<br>Great Arizona Puppet Theater: $11,946<br>Jazz in Arizona, Inc.: $12,927<br>Phoenix Boys Choir Association: $8,294<br>Phoenix Center for the Arts: $7,000<br>Phoenix Chamber Music Society: $8,123<br>Phoenix Children's Chorus: $12,731<br>Phoenix Chorale: $11,127<br>Phoenix Conservatory of Music: $12,356<br>Phoenix Film Foundation: $9,489<br>Phoenix Girl's Chorus: $11,878<br>Rosie's House: A Music Academy for Children: $14,847<br>Rosson House/Heritage Square Foundation: $8,669<br>Valley Youth Theatre: $13,107<br>Xico: $10,751<br><br><strong>A+CTION (Arts + Culture Targeted Infrastructure and Organizational Needs)</strong><br>Capacity building for not-for-profit arts or culture organizations with a budget between $25,000 and $249,999.<br>Alwun House Foundation: $5,000<br>Artlink, Inc.: $5,000<br>CALA Alliance: $7,000<br>Convergence Ballet Company: $5,000<br>Cultural Coalition: $7,000<br>Grand Canyon Performing Arts, Inc.: $5,000<br>iTheatre Collaborative: $7,000<br>Kids In Focus: $7,000<br>MusicaNova Orchestra: $6,000<br>North Valley Symphony Orchestra: $6,000<br>Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix: $5,000<br>Phoenix Women's Chorus: $6,000<br>Red Rocks Music Festival: $5,000<br>Rising Youth Theatre: $7,000<br>Roosevelt Row CDC: $6,000<br>Scorpius Dance Theatre: $6,000<br>SOUNDS Academy: $6,000<br>Space 55 Theatre Ensemble: $7,000<br>Voices of the Desert: $6,000<br>Young Arts Arizona: $6,000<br><strong><br>Project Grants</strong><br>To support organizations in their efforts to provide quality arts and cultural programming through community festival, youth engagement, or arts learning activities.<br><br><em>Arts Learning</em><br>ArtabilityAZ, Access 101 Workshop: $1,000<br>Ballet Theatre of Phoenix, PLIES: $3,500<br>Cultural Arts Coalition: Celebrating Global Connections, Visual Stories of Place Inspired by the Huichol Worldview: $3,500<br>Kids in Focus, Photography Project 2020: $3,500<br>Orpheus Male Chorus, Orpheus Male Chorus/Phoenix Children's Chorus Collaborative Project: $3,500<br>Playback Theatre of Arizona, Visibility and Voice: $3,255<br>Re:Frame Youth Arts Center, Poetry and Beats: $3,500<br>Rising Youth Theatre, Genesis Arts Residency 2019: $3,500<br>School of Hip Hop PHX: Jazz Hip Hop and STEM Summer Camp 2020: $3,000<br>Young Arts Arizona, The Art of Healing 2020: $3,500<br><em><br>Festivals</em><br>African Association of Arizona, African Festival 2019: $3,500<br>Arab American Festival, Arab American Festival: $3,150<br>Arizona Matsuri, Matsuri 2020: $3,500<br>Artlink, Inc., Art Detour: $2,800<br>Cultural Coalition, Dia de Los Muertos: $3,150<br>Dimitrov, Bulgarian Folklore Festival 2019: $3,500<br>DiRTYOGA, Root to Rise Festival: $1,764<br>Flamenco Por La Vida, Lluvia Flamenca: $3,325<br>India Association of Arizona, Holi-Festival of Colors: $3,150<br>Indio American Cultural Connect, Indradhanush 2020-Folk Dances of the World: $2,625<br>Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Haru in the Garden-A Festival of Welcoming Spring 2020: $3,150<br>[nueBOX], DANCEFEST: $3,325<br>Pathways to the World, Inc.; Soul West Fest: $2,975<br>Phoenix Blues Society, Blues Fest 2020: $3,325<br><br><em>Youth Engagement</em><br>Arizona Facts of Life, Inc., Passion Dance Annual Concert: $3,000<br>Creative Youth of Arizona, The Phoenix Youth Poet Laureate: $3,900<br>Re:Frame Youth Arts Center, Joy Circles: Artistic Conversations for and by Young People: $5,000<br><br><strong>Rental Support</strong><br>Designed to support primary users (at least 15 performances) of Orpheum Theatre, Symphony Hall, or Herberger Theatre stages.<br>Arizona Broadway Theatre: $14,677<br>Arizona Opera: $12,115<br>Arizona Theatre Company: $32,701<br>Ballet Arizona: $40,370<br>Center Dance Ensemble: $5,115<br>Childsplay Inc.: $32,131<br>iTheatre Collaborative: $1,986<br>Phoenix Symphony Association: $74,575<br>Valley Youth Theatre: $11,330<br><br>To learn more about the Phoenix Office of Arts + Culture Community Arts Grants Program, please visit: https://www.phoenix.gov/arts/grants-program.<br><br><strong>About the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture</strong><br>The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture was established in 1985 to make Phoenix a great place to live, work, and visit. Today, its programs and services enhance quality of life for residents, sustain a healthy cultural workforce, and champion the city's vibrant arts and culture community. For more information on the Office of Arts and Culture, visit phoenix.gov/arts or call 602-262-4637.<br></p>
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