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With support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Ohio arts organizations and poets were awarded $650,000 in federal grants for future community projects.
Twenty-nine state organizations received funding through NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects program, and three Ohio poets were selected among 35 total recipients of the Creative Writing Fellowships.
Donna Collins, executive director of the Ohio Arts Council, said this funding ensures organizations and artists of all creative practices are recognized for their contributions. More important, it allows them to put their dreams into action through the development of artistic projects, which will help magnify their community-focused efforts, she said.
[
Milwaukee] The Florentine Opera Company has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award to support its mainstage La Boheme production. Taking place in 1950s Bronzeville, Florentine’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from the Florentine Opera,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chairman
Ann Eilers. “Florentine Opera is among the arts organizations across the country that have demonstrated creativity, excellence, and resilience during this very challenging year.”
NER + NEA = More Support for Writers
We are delighted to announce that the
New England Review will receive $10,000 in support from the National Endowment for the Arts for 2021, to publish and promote the journal and NER Out Loud programs.
New England Review will publish original poetry, fiction, essays, and works in translation in a quarterly journal, available in print and digital formats. The work will be promoted through
NER’s active website, events, and monthly thematic e-mails. The NER Out Loud programs will include an event in which student actors rehearse and read works from
NER to a live theater audience, as well as a series of podcasts, which will include readings and conversations by students as well as by the authors themselves. These audio components will broaden the audience for the excellent work published in the journal and bring it to life in new ways.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – The Virginia Film Festival is getting a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The 2021 Virginia Film Festival is one of 1073 entities receiving an NEA Grants for Arts Projects award for the first round of fiscal year 2021. Festival Director Jody Kielbasa says they’re honored to be selected “for this important and generous grant”.
Last year, the festival was all virtual because of the pandemic with the exception of two new drive-in movie venues. There were more than 11,000 streams recorded and over 680 vehicles attending ten drive-in screenings.
2021 festival plans are underway with announcements at a later date.