By Howard Pousner
hpousner@ajc.com
On Wednesday, the Georgia Council for the Arts announced grant awards of nearly $1 million for fiscal year 2012 to more than 100 arts organizations across the state. Here’s who got what:
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Community Arts
ART Station $6,609
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College $2,700
(The) Arts Council $2,700
Athens Clarke County Unified Government $8,510
A.W.O.L. All Walks of Life $2,934
City of Savananah, Department of Cultural Affairs $5,951
Colquitt County Arts Council $3,919
Colquitt/Miller Arts Council $9,274
Creative Arts Guild $3,972
Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville Douglas County $2,700
(The) Fox Theatre $4,325
Fulton County Arts Council $18,851
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association* $11,029
Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences $4,013
Lowndes-Valdosta Arts Commission $3,337
Macon Arts Alliance $2,700
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center $5,804
Milledgeville-Baldwin County Allied Arts $2,700
Sautee Nacoochee Community Association $5,084
Statesboro Arts Council $2,798
VSA Arts of Georgia Inc. $2,700
*Denotes Arts Education Bonus of $8,029 is included in award
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Dance
(The) Atlanta Ballet $25,941
Ballethnic Dance Company. $2,700
(The) Georgia Ballet $3,123
Moving in the Spirit* $10,819
Northeast Atlanta Ballet Ensemble $2,700
Several Dancers Core $2,700
South Georgia Ballet $2,700
*Denotes Arts Education Bonus of $8,029 is included in award
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Literature, Music
(The) Atlanta Boy Choir $3,907
(The) Atlanta Opera* $33,970
Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus $3,860
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra $24,320
Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde $2,700
Columbus Philharmonic Guild $4,552
LaGrange Symphony Orchestra $2,700
Macon Symphony Orchestra $3,056
(The) Michael O’Neal Singers $2,700
Poetry at Tech (Literature) $2,700
Savannah Music Festival* $20,298
Symphony Orchestra Augusta $7,825
*Denotes Arts Education Bonus of $8,029 is included in award
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Presenters
Atlanta Dogwood Festival $3,463
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center $5,773
Ferst Center for the Arts $8,801
(The) Grand Opera House $5,626
NBAF, National Black Arts Festival $11,104
Oconee Performing Arts Society $5,881
Rialto Center for the Arts $9,670
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts $14,026
Spivey Hall at Clayton State University* $15,458
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center $5,720
Young Audiences Woodruff Arts Center $9,264
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Theater
Actor’s Express $2,870
(The) Alliance Theatre $24,320
Atlanta Coalition of Theatres $3,266
Atlanta Lyric Theatre $5,376
Atlanta Shakespeare Company $10,240
(The) Augusta Players $2,700
Aurora Theatre $4,852
Center for Puppetry Arts* $26,551
Gainesville Theatre Alliance / Gainesville State College $3,015
Georgia Ensemble Theatre $4,882
Georgia Shakespeare Festival $9,048
Horizon Theatre Company $5,973
Push Push Theatre Company $2,700
Seven Stages $3,545
Springer Opera House* $19,544
Synchronicity Performance Group $2,700
Theatre Albany $2,700
Theatre in the Square $9,630
Theatrical Outfit $6,470
True Colors Theatre Company $6,806
*Denotes Arts Education Bonus of $8,029 is included in award
FY2012 Operating Support Grant Awards: Visual Arts
(The) Albany Museum of Art $3,395
Art Papers $4,234
Atlanta Film Festival 365 $3,142
Atlanta Celebrates Photography $2,700
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center $3,420
Georgia Museum of Art $11,104
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art $2,700
(The) High Museum of Art, Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center $25,671
LaGrange Art Museum $4,309
Michael C. Carlos Museum $26,665
Museum of Arts and Sciences $6,500
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia $3,488
Museum of Design Atlanta $9,630
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art $2,700
Spruill Center for the Arts $7,040
Telfair Museum of Art $23,895
Academy Theatre $2,500
Athens Youth Symphony $2,500
Atlanta Chinese Dance Company $2,500
Atlanta Concert Band $2,500
Atlanta Sacred Chorale $2,500
Bent Frequency $2,500
Dance Canvas $2,500
DeKalb Choral Guild $2,500
Full Radius Dance $2,500
Georgia Dance Theatre $2,500
Griffin Ballet Theatre $2,500
Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra $2,500
Out Of Hand Theater $2,500
Out on Film $2,500
Pickens Arts & Cultural Alliance $2,500
Room To Move $2,500
Serenbe Playhouse, The Serenbe Institute $2,500
Steffen Thomas Museum and Archives $2,500
Theatre du Reve $2,500
Young Artists Harp Seminars $2,500
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus $2,500
Zoetic Dance Ensemble $2,500