Arkansas Arts Council Awards $1.17 Million To Arts, Education

The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, has awarded $1,178,773 to 93 Arkansas organizations for Fiscal Year 2013.

The investment in community arts and educational activities is funded by state funds and the National Endowment for the Arts. To view the complete list with grant totals, visit here.

The following is a list of the Arkansas organizations that received grant awards:

Arts in Education (After School/Summer Residency)    
DREAM at Jacksonville High School – North Little Rock
Ozark Foothills FilmFest – Locust Grove
Pulaski Technical College Foundation – North Little Rock
Southwest Arkansas Arts Council – Hope
University of Arkansas Razorback Writers – Fayetteville

Arts in Education (Curriculum Development Project)         
Batesville School District
Delta Symphony Orchestra – Jonesboro
DeltaArts – West Memphis
TheatreSquared – Fayetteville

Arts in Education (In School Residency)
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation – Little Rock
Batesville Area Arts Council
Center for Art & Education – Van Buren
DeltaArts – West Memphis
Eastside Elementary – Rogers
Methodist Family Health Foundation – Little Rock
Museum of Discovery – Little Rock
South Arkansas Arts Center – El Dorado
Southwest Arkansas Arts Council – Hope
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council – Texarkana
TheatreSquared – Fayetteville
Tricycle Theatre for Youth – Bentonville
Walton Arts Center – Fayetteville
Wildwood Park for the Arts – Little Rock

Arkansas Folk Arts Program
Arkansas State University College of Humanities – Jonesboro

Collaborative Project Support
Arkansas Choral Society – Maumelle
Arkansas Delta Arts Partnership – West Helena
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre – Conway
Chamber Music Society of Little Rock – Little Rock
Community Partnership of West Carroll County – Eureka Springs
Fulbright College Arts and Science/History Dept. – Fayetteville
Gospel on the River – North Little Rock
Jonesboro High School
Low Key Arts, Inc. – Hot Springs
National Museum of Women in the Arts – Sherwood
Rural Community Alliance – Fox
Turtle Island Native American Association – Jonesboro
Van Buren Schools Fine Arts Center – Van Buren
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute – Morrilton

Expansion Arts Program   
Blackbird Academy of Arts, Inc. – Conway
Clark County Arts and Humanities Council – Arkadelphia
Conway Community Arts Association – Conway
Tricycle Theatre for Youth – Bentonville
Young Actors Guild – Fort Smith

Support for Arts Organizations    
Alma Education & Arts Foundation
Arkansas Arts Center – Little Rock
Arkansas Chamber Singers – Little Rock
Arkansas Craft School – Mountain View
Arkansas Festival Ballet – Little Rock
Arkansas Repertory Theatre – Little Rock
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra – Little Rock
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas – Pine Bluff
Arts Center of the Ozarks – Springdale
Arts Council of Conway County – Morrilton
Arts Council of Mississippi County – Blytheville
Arts Live Theatre – Fayetteville
Ballet Arkansas – Little Rock
Batesville Area Arts Council
Center for Art & Education – Van Buren
Center on the Square – Searcy
Communication Arts Institute, Inc. – Eureka Springs
Delta Symphony Orchestra – Jonesboro
DeltaArts – West Memphis
Eureka Springs School of the Arts
Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs
Fort Smith Symphony Association
Foundation of Arts – Jonesboro
Guachoya Cultural Art Center – Lake Village
Hot Springs Jazz Society
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony – Eureka Springs
Interarts, Inc. – Hot Springs Music Festival
Magnolia Arts Council
Muses Creative Artistry Project – Hot Springs
Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center – Fayetteville
Oxford American – Little Rock
Ozark Arts Council – Harrison
Ozark Foothills FilmFest – Locust Grove
Pine Bluff Symphony
River Valley Arts Center – Russellville
Rogers Little Theater
Sonny Boy Blues Society – Helena
South Arkansas Arts Center – El Dorado
Southwest Arkansas Arts Council – Hope
SouthWest Artists, Inc. – Mena
Studio for the Arts – Pocahontas
Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansa s- Fayetteville
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council
Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
THEA Foundation – North Little Rock
TheatreSquared – Fayetteville
Walton Arts Center – Fayetteville
Western Arkansas Ballet – Fort Smith
Wildwood Park for the Arts – Little Rock

The Arkansas Arts Council was established in 1966 to enable the state of Arkansas to receive funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1975, the Arts Council became an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.