City hands out $75,000 in arts, culture and heritage grants
By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
16 Apr 2012 03:04AM
Fredericton’s arts, culture and heritage funding program has awarded $75,000 in grants to 21 non-profit organizations.
The recipients range from new and returning festivals, theatre productions, performing arts, visual arts, musical series, heritage activities and, new this year, a writer-in-residence program at the Fredericton Public Library.
Friends of the Fredericton Public Library is introducing the program, and the $2,500 grant from the city will assist in delivering outreach, support and mentorship to writers and readers of all ages through a variety of hands-on activities and services that integrate the visual and literary arts.
Angela Watson, Fredericton’s cultural development officer, said the $75,000 in funding is the same amount given in the last several years.
The funding program is open to non-profit organizations whose primary purpose is related to the arts, culture or heritage.
The grants were awarded through a jury process, based on set criteria, said the city.
Among the groups getting funding are Bard in the Barracks, which received $5,000 to present Shakespeare’s Love’s Labours’ Lost in Odell Park, and $3,500 for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery to co-ordinate a national touring exhibition by Fredericton visual artist Janice Wright Cheney.
The Playhouse received $5,000 for its Arts for Everyone program that provides discounted and complimentary tickets to members of the public who may not otherwise get to enjoy theatre.
The Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Maritime Countryfest and the Highland Games received a community asset grant of $4,200 for the shared purchase of a portable storage container to store festival equipment.
“We will be able to attain valuable assets that will allow all three events to continue to grow in and for the Fredericton community,” said Ken Critchley, Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival chairman.
Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne received $4,200 for 2012-13 cultural programming.
Dance Fredericton received $4,500 for set development in order to continue expansion of its annual presentation of the Nutcracker Ballet, first staged in 2007.
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