Grants Awarded

Fiscal Year 2012 Grants Awarded As of January 20, 2012

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 General Operating Support Grants for Large Arts and Humanities Organizations
$2,600,223 for July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 

General Operating Support Grants provide general operating support to 31 nonprofit arts and humanities organizations in Montgomery County that have annual operating expenses of over $150,000, full-time paid directors, and an annual audit. For FY12, grants were awarded to the following organizations:

• Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo ($54,035) – Adventure Theatre, founded in 1951, is the longest-running theater program for children and families in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area as well as a highly regarded artistic and family institution in the region.
• American Dance Institute, Inc., Rockville ($81,720) – Founded in 2000, the American Dance Institute (ADI) is a nonprofit arts organization that offers comprehensive dance education to children and adults, produces and presents performances, and supports emerging artists in an arts incubator program.
• Arts for the Aging, Inc. (AFTA), Bethesda ($17,223) – Arts for the Aging engages older adults in health improvement and life enhancement through the arts. Programs led by trained teaching artists provide accessible, cost-effective strategies for coping with physical and cognitive impairments.
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc, Baltimore ($329,404) – A founding partner of the Music Center at Strathmore, the BSO provides annual, year-round seasons of varied concert hall performances and educational outreach programming for Montgomery County residents of all ages, ethnicities and financial means.
• CityDance Ensemble, Inc., North Bethesda ($40,770) – CityDance Ensemble's mission is to advance the appreciation for and participation in the art of dance through excellence in performance and education through a professional dance company, free community programs, and an education center.
• Class Acts Arts, Inc., Silver Spring ($33,229) – Class Acts Arts brings interactive performances, workshops and residencies representing a range of artistic disciplines and cultural traditions into the community to strengthen education, stimulate self-expression, and inspire a global world view.
• CREATE Co, Silver Spring ($10,174) – CREATE Arts Center is a non-profit community arts organization that offers classes in art education and art therapy, participates in community festivals, and provides opportunities for community members to volunteer.
• The Dance Exchange Inc, Takoma Park ($57,423) – Liz Lerman Dance Exchange was founded in 1976. With a company whose ages span six decades, Dance Exchange's work consists of formal concerts, interactive performances, specialized residencies, and professional training in community-based art.
• Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Inc., Rockville ($37,955) – Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to enhancing Montgomery County Public Libraries through fundraising, advocacy, programs, and new initiatives.
• Germantown Cultural Arts Center, Inc. d.b.a BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown ($54,459) – BlackRock is a multidisciplinary arts center providing music, dance and theater performances; education programs; and gallery exhibits. BlackRock houses two indoor theaters, an outdoor stage, two dance studios, an art gallery, and four classrooms.
• Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Glen Echo ($88,308) – The Partnership sponsors arts classes, dances, exhibitions, concerts, festivals, and events at Glen Echo Park as well as maintaining and managingthe Park’s historic facilities and providing services to resident arts organizations and artists.
• Imagination Stage, Inc., Bethesda ($216,639) – Imagination Stage presents innovative youth programming and a safe haven to explore creatively. Reaching 100,000 children and families through theatre productions and creative classes, Imagination Stage open hearts, inspires minds and ignites imaginations.
• Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Rockville ($46,621) – The Arts and Culture Division coordinates the JCC's performance and arts education programs. The Division helps to fulfill the Center's mission by building community through opportunities for creative expression and Jewish culture.
• The Selma M. Levine School of Music, Washington ($85,130) – Levine School of Music, the DC region's preeminent center for music education, is a welcoming community where children and adults find lifelong inspiration and joy through learning, performing, listening to, and participating with others in music.
• Lumina Studio Theatre, Inc, Silver Spring ($13,941) – Lumina Studio Theatre is a production company that provides unique opportunities for young and adult actors of all levels of experience to perform classic-primarily Shakespeare-theatre in a professional setting.
• Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, Inc., N. Bethesda ($21,640) – Founded in 1946, MCYO is the oldest, largest & most well-regarded youth orchestra program in this region. Residing at the Music Center at Strathmore, MCYO provides training & performance opportunities for over 450 students aged 8-18 in 9 ensembles.
• Maryland Youth Ballet, Silver Spring ($72,367) – MYB is a 40-year old ballet training institution dedicated to preparing young dancers for a career in the performing arts. MYB also offers classes to adults of all ages and levels and provides the area with professional quality ballet productions.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Inc., Rockville ($17,775) – Founded in 1989, Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (MBT) provides professional quality dance training and professional performing opportunities to all who are interested, regardless of body size, technical ability, physical limitations, or future goals.
• Montgomery Community Television, Inc., Rockville ($138,367) – Montgomery Community Media (MCM) operates two public access cable channels - The Montgomery Channel and Access.19 - and is the only independent, nonprofit in the County encouraging residents to create programs communicating their personal vision.
• Montgomery County Historical Society, Rockville ($18,196) – MCHS recognizes the vital role history plays in creating the cultural and social fabric of a community. MCHS seeks to reflect the heritage, growth and diversity of the County through its programming, exhibits, and collections.
• Musical Theater Center, Rockville ($46,675) – For over 26 years, MTC has provided K-12 students with performing arts education.
• National Philharmonic, N. Bethesda ($252,534) – The National Philharmonic presents high-quality classical music concerts and education programs. The organization offer all kids 7-17 free admission to regular season concerts.
• Olney Theatre Corp, Olney ($206,027) – Olney Theatre Center is one of the mid-Atlantic region’s premier theatre companies. Olney has been presenting high-quality theatrical performances and educational programming to audiences locally and across the U.S. for over 73 years.
• the Puppet Co., Glen Echo ($23,622) – The Puppet Co. is approaching the 30th anniversary of its work creating quality puppet theater for the children and families of Montgomery County. The Puppet Co. has presented over 12,000 performances to about two million audience members.
• Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring ($21,608) – In 1981, Pyramid Atlantic was founded as a workshop/studio for paper, print and book artists. Thirty years later, Pyramid Atlantic continues to serve artists, to bring arts education to schools, and to be a hub for community engagement.
• Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center - Montgomery College, Rockville ($64,882) – The Parilla Performing Arts Center presents a guest artist series and a children's Series that offer a rich assortment of performances for every age. Additionally, the Center houses approximately 100 rehearsals and performances by community arts organizations.
• Round House Theatre, Inc., Bethesda ($131,531) – Round House Theatre is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed performing arts institution based in Bethesda and Silver Spring, MD. Round House was established 33 years ago, and performances and outreach now reach nearly 85,000 people per year.
• Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc., North Bethesda ($308,381) – Strathmore Hall Foundation operates two multidisciplinary art venues. The Mansion at Strathmore primarily hosts visual arts programs, while the Music Center at Strathmore hosts the 30-plus concert series known for its diverse mix of music styles.
• The Washington Conservatory, Bethesda ($48,825) – Founded in 1984, The Washington Conservatory, a nationally accredited community music school in Glen Echo Park and Bethesda, offers music lessons, ensembles and classes for all ages, professional concerts, master classes, kids' shows and music camps.
• Washington School of Photography, Bethesda ($21,785) – Washington School of Photography provides both a career program in professional photography, and workshops for the anyone seeking to improve their skills or learn to use their cameras. Also, the school hosts gallery show openings and other events.
• Writers Center, Inc, Bethesda ($38,977) – The Writer's Center cultivates the creation, publication, presentation and dissemination of literary work.

Grants to Mid-Size Arts and Humanities Organizations
$252,700 awarded for July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Grants to Mid-Size Arts and Humanities Organizations are available to arts and humanities organizations with annual cash operating expenses above $25,000 who are not apply for General Operating Support Grants. These grants support the presentation of high-quality programs, the improvement of management skills, the purchase of equipment, or capital improvements. Organizations are eligible to receive up to $25,000 per year in one or more grants.

For the first half of fiscal year 2012, there were 19 awards to 17 organizations as listed below:

• Artpreneurs, Inc., dba Arts on the Block, Wheaton ($15,000) – Grant funds will be used to support ARTpreneurs Workshop, a social enterprise initiative for creative young people from an area of Montgomery County facing some of the most severe economic challenges.
• ArtStream, Inc., Silver Spring ($7,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the half-time Director of Development.
• Bel Cantanti Opera Company, Silver Spring ($8,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the production of one opera: Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" an opera in two acts with four performances, eight principal soloist roles and approximately eight singers in the chorus.
• Cantate Chamber Singers, Bethesda ($12,000) – Grant funds will be used to support a 27th season to build appreciation of the choral art by sharing with audiences the finest choral repertoire of all eras.
• Chevy Chase Historical Society, Chevy Chase ($3,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the creation of a series of online exhibitions using material in CCHS’s collection.
• ClancyWorks Dance Company, Silver Spring ($17,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the development and performance of two dance concerts as part of ClancyWorks Dance Company’s 10th Anniversary Performance Season.
• Coral Cantigas, Inc, Rockville ($13,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the 2011-2012 concert season.
• Damascus Theatre Company, Gaithersburg ($6,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the musical "Oliver" at Olney Theatre Center in November 2011.
• Docs In Progress, Inc., Silver Spring ($7,500) – Grant funds will be used to support Documentary Dialogues , a series of public programs presented by Docs In Progress in 2011-2012 which connect documentary filmmakers and audiences.
• Docs In Progress, Inc., Silver Spring ($9,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the purchase a variety of new equipment for use in classes and workshops.
• Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo ($4,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the expanded position of Yellow Barn manager, first initiated last year.
• Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County, Germantown ($3,750) – Grant funds will be used to support the development of a new Five-Year Plan.
• International Conservatory of Music, Chevy Chase ($20,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the 2011-2012 John E. Marlow Guitar season.
• Symphony of the Potomac, Inc., Glen Echo ($6,750) – Grant funds will be used to support four classical concerts at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center.
• Takoma Park Folk Festival, Takoma Park ($5,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the Takoma Park Folk Festival which showcases more than 50 individual performances on seven stages in an all-day, family-friend celebration.
• The Bach Sinfonia, Inc., Silver Spring ($18,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the 2011-12 season concert series at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in downtown Silver Spring.
• Washington Musica Viva, Takoma Park ($7,750) – Grant funds will be used to support a concert series that combines classical, contemporary and jazz-based music.
• Washington Revels, Inc., Silver Spring ($8,500) – Grant funds will be used to support the hiring of a full-time Administrative Assistant and Database Manager to be responsible for handling routine office and administrative functions.
• Washington Revels, Inc., Silver Spring ($8,000) – Grant funds will be used to support the purchase of sound equipment for use in the wide variety of performances The Revels present in differing venues.

For the second half of fiscal year 2012, there were awards to nine organizations as listed below:

• Artpreneurs, Inc., dba Arts on the Block, Wheaton ($8,000) - Grant funds will be used to support Arts on the Block's flagship out-of-school-time program, Pour Your ART Out, which offers job training and visual art instruction to youth ages 14 to 21.
• Bel Cantanti Opera Company, Silver Spring ($12,000) - Grant funds will be used to produce and present two fully staged opera productions, first a double bill of Mozart's The Impresario and Offenbach's Monsieur Choufleuri in January 2012, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in April/May 2012.
• Damascus Theatre Company, Gaithersburg ($3,050) - Grant funds will be used to offset the costs associated with producing the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn Theatre.
• Gandhi Brigade Incorporated, Silver Spring ($11,400) - Grant funds will be used to support the Fifth Youth Media Festival in Silver Spring.
• Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County, Germantown ($3,500) - Grant funds will be used to develop and launch a Civil War Tour of Montgomery County smart phone application (app).
• The Bach Sinfonia, Inc., Silver Spring ($5,000) - Grant funds will be used to build infrastructure through a strengthened outreach and publicity plan.
• The Jazz Academy of Music Inc., Silver Spring ($19,000) - Grant funds will be used to support the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival.
• Washington Revels, Inc., Silver Spring ($6,500) - Grant funds will be used to plan and produce Revels SunFest 2012, a multicultural performing arts festival.
• Zemer Chai, Washington's Jewish Community Chorus, Kensington ($2,500) - Grant funds will be used to share the rich musical heritage of the Jewish people and a message of universal respect in a choral concert celebrating the choir's 36th anniversary.

Grants to Small Arts and Humanities Organizations
$27,468 awarded thus far for July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Grants to Small Arts and Humanities Organizations are available to arts and humanities organizations with annual cash operating expenses up to $25,000, and are intended to support the presentation of high-quality programs for the public. Organizations are eligible to receive up to $5,000 per year.

For the first half of fiscal year 2012, there were awards to six organizations as listed below:

• Inscape, Inc., Bethesda ($3,000) – Grants funds will be used for Inscape's fall concert entitled, "Vienna Redux II."
• Musical Arts International, Inc., Silver Spring ($2,400) – Grants funds will be used to fund four chamber music concerts.
• NIH Philharmonia, Bethesda ($4,000) – Grants funds will be used to to assist with the Music Director and Conductor's stipend for the 2011-2012 season.
• Potomac Review, Rockville ($1,500) – Grants funds will be used to develop and offer a half-day writing conference for students, especially at Montgomery College, including craft lectures on fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, poetry and publication.
• Takoma Park JazzFest, Inc., Takoma Park ($3,000) – Grants funds will be used to help the Takoma Park JazzFest to pay musicians at the 2012 Fest.
• Washington Print Foundation, Silver Spring ($2,068) – Grants funds will be used for the continued funding of the upcoming National Small Works Exhibitions.

For the second half of fiscal year 2012, there were awards to three organizations as listed below:

• After School Dance Fund, Silver Spring ($3,500) - Grant funds will be used to facilitate 12 weeks of Latin dance coaching that will be showcased at the annual MCPS Latin Dance Competition.
• Art and Remembrance, Inc., Bethesda ($4,000) - Grant funds will be used to hold two screenings of the documentary “Through the Eye of the Needle: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Kinitz
• Doorway Arts Ensemble, Bethesda ($4,000) - Grant funds will be used to present HERCULES IN RUSSIA, by award-winning playwright Allyson Currin, a local resident. This character-driven drama will be performed by a 6 member multi-racial ensemble of talented, professionally trained actors.

Grants to Individual Artists and Scholars
$31,100 awarded for July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Grants to Individual Artists and Scholars support the work of individual artists and scholars who reside in Montgomery County. Activities funded by these grants may focus on the creation of artistic or scholarly work or the development of professional skills by an artist or scholar.

For fiscal year 2012, awards of up to $5,000 were made to nine artists and scholars as listed below:

• Adrienne Clancy, Silver Spring ($3,000) – Grant funds will be used to engage in a two-week intensive professional development program: taking MELT movement and dance workshops, attending concerts in NYC, and networking with dance experts.
• Benjamin Abramowitz, Rockville ($4,000) – Grants funds will be used to protect, shape and share a lifetime legacy of 80 years of artwork: 5500 works including painting, drawing and sculpture, including Federal WPA work, personal papers, and press.
• Christopher Lornell, Silver Spring ($2,100) – Grant funds will be used for to record interviews with members of the Montgomery County bluegrass community (musicians, record makers, promoters, etc.) to be used as the basis for CAPITAL BLUEGRASS, a book about local bluegrass, Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Christopher Morgan, North Bethesda ($3,500) – Grant funds will be used for develop and produce the grantee's first evening length work "Limited Visibility", as well as a new solo work blending Hawaiian and modern dance.
• Frank Turner, Chevy Chase ($3,500) – Grants funds will be used to continue documentation of the adult entertainment industry via intimate photos and interviews. The material will be used in a coffee table book and traveling exhibition titled, "Hit it Harder."
• Joan Belmar, Takoma Park ($3,500) – Grants funds will be used for creation, presentation and exhibition of art work for ONCE (Solo Show).
• Laura Hambleton, Chevy Chase ($4,000) – Grant funds will be used to complete a rough cut of SPEED SKATE, a 30-minute documentary film intended for PBS.
• Laurie Breen, Silver Spring ($4,000) – Grants funds will be used to obtain the necessary equipment to participate in fine art festivals and cover the costs of participation, a continuation of a comprehensive marketing plan currently underway.
• Sabrina Mandell, Rockville ($3,500) – Grant funds will be used for the creation of an hour-long devised theatrical work inspired by Vanitas still-life painting, a genre that depicts objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience of earthly things, and exhorts the viewer to consider spiritual life.

Arts Integration Residency Grants
$31,184 awarded for September 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Arts Integration Residency Grants support individual teaching artists trained in curriculum-based arts integration techniques who collaborate with a classroom teacher to develop an arts-integrated program for students during the school day. The program must serve underserved students during the school day in a public or non-public elementary, middle or high school located in Montgomery County.

$16,620 awarded for September 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011

• Adrienne Clancy ($2,800) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from JLG Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) to produce the Out of This World Residency combining Earth and Space Science together with Dance.
• Adrienne Clancy ($2,800) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from Washington Grove Elementary School to produce the Out of This World Residency combining Earth and Space Science together with Dance.
• Ali Oliver ($2,640) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from Sargent Shriver Elementary School to conduct a literature-based creative drama residency with 4th and 5th graders.
• Joanne Miller ($1,900) – Grant funds will be used in leading students from Watkins Mill High School on a photographic exploration of land use in their community.
• Joanne Miller ($3,000) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from Rolling Terrace Elementary School in leading a photographic journey integrating art, science and technology.
• Lenore Blank Kelner ($1,480) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from Arcola Elementary School to lead a creative drama residency which uses creative drama strategies to promote reading comprehension and oral language skills among students.
• Suzanne Fierston ($2,000) – Grant funds will be used to work with students from Silver Spring International Middle School in the Identity Project which will instruct 162 7th grade students in the graphic design of a computer-based poster on family history and personal identity.

$14,564 awarded for January 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012

• Adrienne Clancy ($2,967) - Grant funds will be used to work with students from Twinbrook Elementary School to produce an Earth and Space Dance Residency combining Earth and Space Science together with dance.
• Adrienne Clancy ($2,996) - Grant funds will be used to work with students from Wheaton Woods Elementary School to produce an Earth and Space Dance Residency combining Earth and Space Science together with dance.
• Ali Oliver ($2,860) - Grant funds will be used to work with students from Georgian Forest Elementary School to conduct a Readers’ Theatre residency as part of the Kindergarten’s author study in May.
• Carien Quiroga ($2,792) - Grant funds will be used to work with students from The Pathways School-Edgewood to integrate art, world cultures, language arts and environmental studies while producing a metal and glass mosaic mural.
• Joanne Miller ($2,949) - Grant funds will be used to work with students from Gaithersburg Elementary School to lead 4th grade students on a photographic journey integrating art, science and technology.

 Artists and Scholars in the Community Grants
$7,470 awarded for October 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Artists and Scholars in the Community Grants support a variety of arts and humanities programs that bring high quality artists and scholars to community-based audiences in the County. These grants bring the arts and/or humanities to underserved populations that have fewer opportunities to participate in programs available to the general community.

Six grants of up to $1,500 each were awarded for the first half of fiscal year 2012 as listed below:

• Clancy Dance Works ($1,500) - Grant funds will be used for dance education classes for at-risk Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington students.
• ClancyWorks Dance Company ($1,500) - Grant funds will be used for three Seniors Movement Workshops at Springvale Terrace and a culminating performance from Clancy Works Dance Company, all designed to serve the elderly.
• Leila Cabib ($1,070) - Grant funds will be used to provide seven one-hour, hands-on cartooning and animation workshops for pediatric patients of all ages and their siblings at The Children's Inn at NIH's Camp INNcredible.
• Marcie Wolf-Hubbard ($1,500) – Grant funds will be used to allow participants at Family Services Inc. to collaborate in the creation of a mural documenting their memories or dreams of time and place.
• Marcie Wolf-Hubbard ($1,300) - Grant funds will be used for the artist to facilitate a series of art sessions for transition-age youth at the Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Inc.
• Tracie Eldridge and Company ($600) - Grant funds will be used to fund a performance with Tracey Eldridge and Company, an American folklore trio of Tracey Eldridge, Jon Glick and Christine Galanta at CHI Centers Inc.

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