The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) has awarded nearly $13.4 million in grants to 263 arts organizations and programs, as well as to Maryland’s 24 local arts councils. Nineteen of these organizations are in Kent, Talbot, and Queen Anne’s Counties. Grant applications are evaluated by an advisory panel of arts professionals, who make awards on the basis of “artistic merit, organizational effectiveness and service to the community.”
Read more about the awards announcements here.
The following organizations received funding in Kent, Talbot, and Queen Anne’s Counties.
Kent County
Chester River Chorale, Inc. Music $5,031
Chestertown Arts League dba Chestertown RiverArts Visual Arts/Media $2,000
Mainstay, The Music $10,372
Maryland Council for Dance, Inc. Arts Service $1,650
Prince Theatre Foundation Multi-Discipline $16,776
Washington College Concert Series Music $2,000
Total Grants for Organizations $37,829
Community Arts Development Grant to Kent County Arts Council $94,920
County Total $132,749
Talbot County
Academy Art Museum Visual Arts/Media $102,427
Avalon Foundation, Inc. Multi-Discipline $111,646
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Folk and Traditional Arts $2,656
Chesapeake Chamber Music, Inc. Music $24,812
Easton Choral Arts Society Music $2,500
Hugh Gregory Gallagher Motivational Theatre Theater $1,000
Tidewater Chamber Singers, Inc. Music $2,250
Waterfowl Festival, Inc. Folk and Traditional Arts $60,000
Total Grants for Organizations $307,291
Community Arts Development Grant to Talbot County Arts
Council, Inc. $95,681
Queen Anne’s County
Church Hill Theatre, Inc., The Theater $5,251
Queen Anne’s Chorale, Inc. Music $1,500
Total Grants for Organizations $6,751
Community Arts Development Grant to Queen Anne’s County Arts
Council $96,129
County Total $102,880
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