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Madison receives $50K grant to create more equitable music scene
May 13, 2021 2:10 PM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. Efforts to create a more equitable music scene in Madison will soon get some extra help thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced Thursday the city has been approved for a $50,000 Our Town grant from the NEA. It’s one of 63 grants approved nationwide to support the integration of arts and culture into community-based equity efforts.
“Madison is working to tackle issues of systemic racism in the music industry, to attract more music tourism, and to build on our strengths as a music city,” said Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, “Being awarded NEA funding during this critical time for musicians and others in the music industry will help us achieve more equitable economic recovery in the arts.”
City launches Greater Madison Music City program to build recovery plan for local music industry
January 16, 2021 3:39 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– The city of Madison is launching a new organization that aims to broaden access to stages for diversity and strike down discrimination in the local music industry.
Greater Madison Music City Program launched in early 2020, but their goal intensified as COVID-19 closed music venues and discouraged gatherings.
“If that was the case a year ago, it’s even worse now,” Angela Puerta said. “In music we struggle a lot, especially in Madison. We have lost many musicians and that was prior to COVID-19. So, the situation is more difficult right now.