The Northampton Arts Council is pleased to announce the awarding of 24 grants totaling
$10,593 in support of a variety of projects. The caliber of applications this
round was outstanding, and we were unable to fund many worthy projects. The
Arts Council received 61 requests for almost $69,000 of funding. These grants were
awarded in the following categories: Dance, Film/Video, Mixed Media, Music,
Theater and Visual Arts from funds allotted by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
DANCE
$500 to Nancy
Stark Smith of Contact Quarterly for A Conversation on Contact.
$500 to Kelly
Silliman of the tinydance project for The Second Annual tiny tour.
$400 to Maureen
Shea of The Dance Generators for A Season, and New Works.
$500 to Jennifer
Polins of The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought for RIFF Talks.
FILM/VIDEO
$1000 to Emma
Weinstein for Guerrilla Filmmaking For Teens.
$250 to Carlin
P. Trietsch for the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival.
MIXED MEDIA
$500 to Katie
Martin for Dance and Music Performance with Katie Martin and Jake Meginsky.
$500 to Elena
Zachary for Group Landscape Show.
$200 to Davis
Bates for Summer Reading Song & Story Celebration @ Forbes Library.
$300 to
Benjamin Swift of Pleasure Editions for 3-4 Artist Books.
MUSIC
$250 to Karen
Collins of Music In Deerfield for new Concert Season.
$250 to Martha
Roman of Novi Cantori of Greater Springfield for Visions of Peace, a Choral
Concert.
$600 to
Rachel Courtney of Valley Free Radio for Valley Free Radio Community Production
Studio.
$400 to
Charles Neville for Jazz Improvisation/ African American Music History Workshop
and Performance.
$250 to
Susanne Dunlap of Pioneer Valley Symphony for CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA; A
semi-staged opera.
$750 to
Lynne Bertrand of The Parlor Room for The Parlor Sessions.
$200 to
Sheila Ayala Heady of Ensemble Musica Humana for Pioneer Valley Early Music
Day.
$250 to
Ashlee Cancio-Bello of the Northampton Council on Aging for Northampton Group
Sing.
THEATER
$950 to
Russell Brooks for eLviS D - Tripping With The King.
$200 to Keith
Black of Starlight's Youth Theatre for CATS.
VISUAL ARTS
$800 to
Elizabeth Pols for “Letters from Away” Contemporary Art at Historic
Northampton.
$250 to
Katie Richardson for Disease: Reflections of History.
$350 to Jan
Ruby-Crystal of Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary for Art and Nature.
$443 to
Michelle Mallory for JFK Middle School Community Mural.