RECENT GRANT AWARDS

FY08 Awards

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE CULTURAL SERVICES GRANT		LEON COUNTY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
621 Gallery $14,300.00 2007-08 exhibition season.		621 Gallery $10,000 General support for the organization.
African Caribbean Dance Theatre $18,434.00 To support the 11th Annual Florida African Dance Festival.		African Caribbean Dance Theatre $10,000 To provide matching support for percussion contract positions.
Anhinga Press $8,905.00 Promotion of books and local poets through community literary events.		Anhinga Press $10,000.00 General support for Anhinga Press operations.
Artist Series of Tallahassee $12,750.00 The Artist Series concert programs and educational outreach.		Apalachee Press $3,500 General Support for Production of Issue #58.
FAMU Department of English $2,775.00 FAMU Visiting Writers Series and a Journal of Poetry & Art: Cake.		Artist Series of Tallahassee $10,000 General Support for the Artist Series and Big Bend Community Orchestra.
Florida State Opera $7,000.00 Outreach to Leon County schools.		F.A.C.E. $10,000 Professionally directed classes in Caribbean steel drum and percussion for at-risk children.
FSU Museum of Fine Arts $7,000.00 Education programs for K-12, seniors and special needs patrons.		FSU Museum of Fine Arts $10,000 Rreaching new audiences and addressing the public, K-12 and senior constituencies by means of thematic and topical exhibitions accompanied by lively museum events.
Goodwood Museum & Gardens $30,000.00 A Series of Public Programming to help provide cultural and educational opportunities for the community.		Goodwood Museum & Gardens $20,000 Duplication and proper storage of historic nitrate and acetate negatives that are actively deteriorating and are potentially explosive.
John G. Riley Center $25,000.00 Welcome to My Home: an animatronic life-sized model of John Riley with audio to further intepret the historic home.		John G. Riley Center $20,000 Preserve the Riley House and enable it to carry out its mission by helping to meet infrastructure expenses.
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts $36,000.00 General support for the 2007-2008 season.		LeMoyne Art Foundation $20,000 Chain of Parks Art Festival VIII: An annual event that brings visual arts to our community and promotes North Florida as a cultural destination.
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science $172,880.00 General Operating Support.		Mary Brogan Museum $150,000 General operating support.
Mickee Faust Alternative Performance Club $4,680.00 Disability Factor: video performance providing an intelligent (and funny) critique of contemporary cultures' response to disability and the disabled.		Mickee Faust Alternative Performance Club $3,500 General support for 2007-2008 season.
Rossier Productions, Inc. $10,493.00 Operation Filmmaker: an educational outreach program focusing on character education through the art of filmmaking with hands-on experience in creating a documentary.		Tallahassee Ballet $10,000 Support the Tallahassee Ballet's DanceChance program.
Runaway With Words $2,031.00 Poetry workshops for underserved populations and training for teachers and staff to implement reading/writing outreach program.		Tallahassee Community Chorus $10,000 Operational, educational, and production assistance for the Chorus' 20th Anniversary Season.
Tallahassee Ballet $25,000.00 Support for the Cultural Opportunities for Youth program.		Tallahassee Film Society $3,500.00 The World Lens: a year-long project using international cinema to introduce area residents to cultures, crises and political concepts of nations few may visit.
Tallahassee Civic Chorale $605.00 General support for 2007-2008.		Tallahassee Little Theatre $10,000 Operating support for a volunteer-driven and professionally managed community theatre's 2007-2008 season of plays, workshops and educational opportunities.
Tallahassee Film Society $3,200.00 Reels on the Rails, a series of films exploring American themes.		Tallahassee Museum $150,000 Funding to its mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Leon County.
Tallahassee Little Theatre $25,000.00 Mainstage Series: Artists, volunteers and audiences will benefit from production and marketing support for six plays.		Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $20,000 Three Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Casual Concerts - An American Celebration and Holiday Magic- seek a broad community audience through a variety of musical genres, themes, and guest artists.
Tallahassee Museum $172,880.00 To advance the Museum's mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Tallahassee.		Tallahassee Writers' Association $2,200.00 A multi-genre writers' retreat for writers and students from Tallahassee, Leon and more. Faculty includes noted writers, creative writing professionals, literary agents, and editors.
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $30,000.00 Classic Concerts Project		Voces Angelorum $3,500.00 Support for December 2007 concert of high quality chamber vocal music, employing a professional instrumentalist, and taking the concert into two youth outreach sites.
Theatre A La Carte $7,600.00 Production of A Little Night Music.		Young Actors Theatre $20,000 To introduce preschool aged children in Leon County to the benefits of live theatre and theatre education.
Voces Angelorum $1,762.25 Spring concert season of high quality chamber vocal music concerts and community service concerts.
Young Actors Theatre $30,000.00 To introduce more youth to live musical theatre by implementing and expanding annual outreach programs.

FY07 Awards

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE CULTURAL SERVICES GRANT		LEON COUNTY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
621 Gallery $9,017.60 2006-07 exhibition season.		621 Gallery $10,000 General support for the organization.
African Caribbean Dance Theatre $13,455.90 To support the 10th Annual Florida African Dance Festival, which will be held June 7-9, 2007.		African Caribbean Dance Theatre $10,000 To provide matching support for percussion contractor positions.
Anhinga Press $12,000.00 Promoting Anhinga poets and books through community literary events.		Apalachee Press $3,500 General Support for Production of Issue #57 of the Apalachee Review.
Big Bend Community Orchestra $12,000.00 The Artist Series 2006-2007 Concert Season.		Artist Series of Tallahassee $10,000 General Support for The Artist Series and Big Bend Community Orchestra.
Florida State Opera $6,300.00 To present two one-act operas for children to local elementary and middle schools.		F.A.C.E. $10,000 Provide opportunities for underprivileged/at-risk youth to participate in professionally directed Caribbean steel drum class performances.
FSU Museum of Fine Arts $6,650.00 Education programs for Leon County K-12 students.		FSU Museum of Fine Arts $9,900 Addressing the regional constituency / reaching new audiences with public exhibitions through K-12 and community events during Seven Days of Opening Nights and throughout the calendar.
Goodwood Museum & Gardens $27,000.00 A Series of Public Programming that will help Goodwood provide cultural and educational programs for the local community.		Goodwood Museum & Gardens $20,000 Re-roofing of one of the most publically used historic buildings on the property to avoid potential catastrophic loss.
John G. Riley Center $20,251.25 Cultural Enclaves is another in a series of projects undertaken to document important Tallahassee/Leon landmarks, landscapes, and legacies that are unknown, even to locals.		John G. Riley Center $20,000 Expenses associated with the day-to-day operations of the Riley House and its heritage education programs.
LeMoyne Art Foundation $38,000.00 General support for the 2006-2007 season.		LeMoyne Art Foundation $20,000 Chain of Parks Art Festival VII: An annual event that brings visual arts to our community and promotes North Florida as a cultural destination.
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science $172,880.00 General Operating Support.		Mary Brogan Museum $150,000 General Operating Support to benefit The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.
Mickee Faust Club $4,000.00 Actual Lives and the ADA.		Mickee Faust Club $3,500 To help with outreach and service to disabled population.
Rossier Productions, Inc. $6,142.40 Operation Filmmaker is a 15-day program designed to let young people have a hands-on experience of creating a documentary from concept to completion.		Rossier Productions, Inc. $6,600 Red Hills Heritage Trail - the second in a series of 30-minute heritage education and tourism DVDs that capture the rich and unique historic sites located in Leon County.
Runaway With Words $2,275.00 Poetry workshops for under-served populations in the local area; providing training of teachers and staff for this outreach program.		Tallahassee Ballet $10,000 Support the Tallahassee Ballet's DanceChance program.
Tallahassee Ballet $23,750.00 Support for the Cultural Opportunities for Youth program.		Tallahassee Community Chorus $10,000 General support in an effort to continually build funding for operational, educational, and production assistance.
Tallahassee Civic Chorale $998.10 General support for operation and activities.		Tallahassee Little Theatre $10,000 TLT, a volunteer-driven and professionally managed community theatre, is seeking operating support for its 2006-2007 season of plays, workshops and educational opportunities.
Tallahassee Community Chorus $7,800.00 Unity in the Community concert celebrating the diversity of Tallahassee through song.		Tallahassee Museum $150,000 To advance the Museum's mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Leon County.
Tallahassee Film Society $2,880.00 Reels on the Rails, a series of films exploring American themes.		Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $20,000 Three Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Casual Concerts - An American Celebration, Holiday Magic, and Family - seek a broad community audience through a variety of musical genres, themes, and guest artists.
Tallahassee Little Theatre $23,750.00 Produce a series of five Mainstage plays. Artists, volunteers and audiences will benefit from support for production costs and marketing.		Voces Angelorum $3,500.00 A project of collaboration between Voces Angelorum and Tallahassee Girls Chorus of CHOICE bringing diverse cultures and musical styles together in rehearsal and performance.
Tallahassee Museum $172,880.00 To advance the Museum's mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Tallahassee.		Young Actors Theatre $20,000 To introduce preschool aged children in Leon County to the benefits of live theatre and theatre education.
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $28,500.00 Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra 2006-2007 Classic Concerts Project
Tallahassee Writers' Association $2,210.00 A multi-genre writers' conference for published authors, aspiring writers and students from Tallahassee and beyond. Presenters will include noted writers, creative writing professionals, literary agents and editors.
Theatre A La Carte $4,900.00 Summer 2007 production of the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel, one of the two productions in the 2006-07 season.
Voces Angelorum $989.80 Spring Concert Season of high quality chamber vocal music concerts; increasing from 2 to 3 concerts.
Young Actors Theatre $28,500.00 To introduce more youth in Tallahassee to live musical theatre by improving and expanding on YAT's annual outreach programs.

FY06 Awards

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE CULTURAL SERVICES GRANT		LEON COUNTY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
621 Gallery $7,163.65 2005-06 main gallery exhibition season.		621 Gallery $4,799 General support for 2005-2006 season.
African Caribbean Dance Theatre $13,784.40 To support the 9th Annual Florida African Dance Festival (FADF), June 8-10, 2006.		African Caribbean Dance Theatre $10,000 To provide matching support for percussion contractor positions.
Big Bend Community Orchestra $12,750.00 The Artist Series 2005-2006 Season.		Anhinga Press $10,000 Runaway with Words Poetry Workshops for At-Risk Youth.
Fiction Collective Two (FC2) $2,800.00 The popular FCTuesday Reading/Workshop Series presents four FC2 authors performing free public readings and conducting free workshops.		Big Bend Community Orchestra $10,000 General Support of the Big Bend Community Orchestra Association, Inc. and its activities: Community Orchestra free concerts, The Artist Series, and the Artist-in-Residence Outreach programs.
Florida Arts & Community Enrichment (F.A.C.E.) $12,750.00 FACE the Future provides opportunities for underprivileged youth to participate in professionally directed visual arts projects and music, dance and theater performances during non-school hours.		FSU Museum of Fine Arts $9,800 Addressing our regional constituency and reaching new audiences with public exhibitions and programs, particularly for High Roads and Low Roads (university/city Seven Days festival) and The Family Experience (focus on K-12 and special needs populations).
Florida State Opera $5,700.00 Florida State Opera Outreach presents two one-act operas to local elementary and middle schools.		Goodwood Museum & Gardens $20,000 To address public safety and security issues relating to insufficient lighting on the grounds of this historic site.
Friends of Historic Properties and Museums $22,500.00 Napoleon: An Intimate Portrait is a traveling exhibit featuring an extraordinary collection of art and objects owned by Napoleon and those closest to him.		John G. Riley Center $20,000 General support for 2005-2006 program year.
FSU Museum of Fine Arts $5,700.00 Education programs for Leon County K-12 students.		LeMoyne Art Foundation $20,000 Chain of Parks Art Festival VI: An annual event that brings visual arts to our community and promotes North Florida as a cultural destination.
Goodwood Museum & Gardens $28,500.00 A Series of Public Programming that will help Goodwood provide cultural and educational programs for the local community.		Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography $6,000 To develop a community pilot project that unites MANCC programs, faculty and students, and international and national artists with children from disadvantaged circumstances.
John G. Riley Center $20,502.85 To present the first in a series of exhibitions that recognize local deceased African American artists whose talents, because of the times, were not shared with diverse audiences.		Mary Brogan Museum $150,000 General Operating Support to benefit The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.
LeMoyne Art Foundation $38,000.00 General support for the 2005-2006 season.		Mickee Faust Club $3,500 General support for 2005-2006 season.
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science $172,880.00 General Operating Support to benefit The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science.		Rossier Productions, Inc. $9,401 First in a series: 10-minute educational, historical, cultural and promotional DVD depicting various historic sites in Tallahassee & Leon County.
Mickee Faust Club $3,150.00 Production of A Movable Misummer Night's Dream at Railroad Square.		Southern Shakespeare Festival $10,000 The Southern Shakespeare Festival will produce the play "Much Ado About Nothing" over two weekends in June, 2006.
Tallahassee Ballet $21,250.00 To provide cultural and educational opportunities in dance for youth in Tallahassee.		Tallahassee Ballet $10,000 Provide tuition-free classical ballet instruction, dancewear and cultural opportunities to economically/culturally disadvantaged students in Leon County elementary schools.
Tallahassee Little Theatre $22,500.00 MAINSTAGE SERIES: TLT will produce a series of five Mainstage plays.		Tallahassee Community Chorus $3,500 General support for The Tallahassee Community Chorus four concert series during the 2005-2006 Season: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Unity Concert.
Tallahassee Museum $172,880.00 To advance the Museum's mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Tallahassee.		Tallahassee Little Theatre $10,000 General support for TLT, a volunteer-driven and professionally managed community theatre, and its 2005-2006 season of plays, workshops and educational opportunities.
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $27,000.00 Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra 2005-2006 Classic Concerts Project		Tallahassee Museum $60,000 To advance the Museum's mission and to support the educational, cultural, and economic benefits the Museum provides to the citizens of Leon County.
Theatre A La Carte $3,898.10 General support for 2005-2006 season.		Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra $20,000 Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Casual Concerts, An American Celebration! and Holiday Magic!, seek a broad community audience through a variety of musical genres, themes, and guest artists.
Young Actors Theatre $28,500.00 To introduce more youth in Tallahassee to live musical theatre by improving and expanding on YAT's annual outreach programs.		Young Actors Theatre $20,000 To introduce more preschool-aged youth in Leon County to the benefits of live theatre and theatre education.