The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts announced the recipients of its Partner, Project, Arts Education and literary arts grant funding for fiscal year 2017. One hundred and one organizations throughout the state were collectively awarded more than $913 thousand in funding. Funding for operating support (Partner Grant) was awarded to 54 organizations across the state, support for arts projects (Project Grant) was awarded to 25 organizations, 20 organizations received the Arts

Education Program Grant and two organizations received funding for the delivery of statewide literary arts programs.

Funds awarded by Georgia Council for the Arts include appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.

“GCA staff is continually inspired by the extraordinary work being done in the arts by organizations throughout the state,” said Karen Paty, executive director of Georgia Council for the Arts. “Though we are unable to fund every worthy applicant, we are honored to be able to support the 101 organizations who received the highest scores from our panelists. Their work in the arts strengthens local communities and the overall vitality of our state.”

Georgia Council for the Arts uses Peer Review Panels to adjudicate applications following National Endowment for the Arts precedent. Panelists are GCA Council members and fellow professionals who are experienced in the arts discipline, familiar with the type of grant being reviewed, or are citizens with a record of arts activities, experience, and knowledge. Grant recipients include theaters, dance companies, museums, cities, colleges and multi-discipline arts entities. A complete list of fiscal year 2017 grantees is below:

Partner Grants:

AIR Serenbe | The Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture and the Environment

Art Rise Savannah, Inc.

Atlanta Ballet

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Atlanta Music Project

Atlanta Printmakers Studio

Atlanta Shakespeare Company

Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde

Aurora Theatre

Averitt Center for the Arts

Bulgarian American Cultural Association Rosa Atlanta, Inc.

C4 Atlanta Inc.

Callanwolde Foundation

Center for Puppetry Arts

Clayton State University

Colquitt County Arts Center

Columbus Philharmonic Guild

Dance Canvas

Dashboard

Deep Center

Gainesville Theatre Alliance – University of North Georgia

Georgia Children’s Chorus

Georgia Ensemble Theatre Company

Georgia State University Foundation – Rialto Center for the Arts

Georgia Symphony Orchestra

Greater Augusta Arts Council

Gwinnett Council for the Arts/Hudgens Center for the Arts

Hammonds House Museum

Horizon Theatre Company

Independent Media Arts of Georgia dba Atlanta Film Society

Macon Film Festival, Inc.

MINT, Inc.

Mountain Regional Arts and Crafts Guild, Inc.

Moving in the Spirit

Museum of Arts and Sciences

Otis Redding Foundation

Out of Hand Theater

Out On Film

Reforming Arts Incorporated

Rose of Athens Theatre, Inc.

Savannah Music Festival

Savannah Philharmonic

Serenbe Playhouse

Springer Opera House

Synchronicity Performance Group

Telfair Museums

The Atlanta Opera, Inc.

The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)

True Colors Theatre Company

University of Georgia- Georgia Museum of Art

VSA arts of Georgia, Inc.

Woodruff Arts Center (Alliance Theatre)

Youth Ensemble of Atlanta

Project Grants:

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Arts Connection

Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Atlanta Chinese Dance Company

Atlanta Master Chorale

Atlanta Theatre-To-Go

Augusta Players

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

Carrollton Parks Recreation and Cultural Arts Department – Arts Division

Chattahoochee Valley Libraries

Choral Society of West Georgia

Downtown Dalton Development Authority (1000 Words)

Georgia Mountain Theatre, Inc.

GFWC Georgia Woodbine Woman’s Club

Monroe Cultural & Heritage Museum

Oglethorpe University

Pike Historic Preservation

Savannah Ballet Theatre

Savannah Voice Festival

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System

Steffen Thomas Museum & Archives

The Essential Theatre, Inc.

The Hapeville Arts Alliance, Inc.

Thomasville Center for the Arts

Tybee Post Theater

Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus

Arts Education Program Grants:

Arts Clayton

Atlanta Shakespeare Company

Center for Puppetry Arts

Dance Canvas

Deep Center

DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment Charter School
Georgia Ensemble Theatre & Conservatory

Georgia Symphony Orchestra

Gwinnett Council for the Arts/Hudgens Center for the Arts

Horizon Theatre Company

LaGrange Art Museum

Morris Museum of Art

Moving in the Spirit

Out of Hand Theater

Savannah Music Festival

Seven Stages
The Columbus Museum

University of Georgia/Georgia Museum of Art

University of Georgia/Performing Arts Center

WonderRoot

Statewide Literary Arts Programs:

Atlanta History Center for Poetry Out Loud

Georgia Writers Association for Literary Events Grants of Georgia