The
Northampton Arts Council is pleased to announce the awarding of 27 grants
totaling $20,000 in support of a variety of projects from funds raised through
event-programing within the Northampton community. Our signature events include
the Silver Chord Bowl, Summer Concert Series in Downtown Northampton/Paradise City Cultural District,
Transperformance, RETROFaire, and First Night Northampton. The funding of these
projects would not have been made possible without our community members who
continue to show up in support of our benefit events and the sponsors and
donors who contribute time and again. Each year we are in awe of the outstanding
applications we have the honor of reviewing, and unfortunately we were unable
to fund many worthy projects. The Arts Council received 57 requests for almost
$71,120 of funding. This year grants were awarded in the following categories:
Dance, Film/Video, Literature, Mixed Media, Music, Theater and Visual Arts.
Dance:
Roger
D Aucoin for Salsa in Pulaski Park, $1,250.00
Molly
Stamell of Amherst Ballet Theater Company, Inc for A Midsummer Night's Dream,
$500.00
Film/Video:
Gabriel
Bernini for A Week In Paradise--Gabriel Bernini's Div III Short Film, $750.00
Literature:
Emily
Wojcik of The Massachusetts Review for A Pop-Up Reading (Un)Seen: Women, Art,
Objectivity, $750.00
Joy
Baglio of Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop for The Writer's Tool Box: Fall
Fiction Series + Storytelling Panel, $1,250.00
Tara
Jean Bernier of Northampton Poetry for Ongoing funding of poets, $500.00
Gregory
D McCarthy of Departure Reading Series for Departure Reading Series, $500.00
Mixed
Media:
Dylan
Gaffney of Forbes Library for Bay State Hotel Music History Project, $1,250.00
Rebecca
Martin for Meadowbrook Arts Camp Pilot Project, $500.00
Taylor
Lopatofsky of Take Care Zine for Take Care Zine Volume 4, $500.00
Sylvia
Boston-Johnso for Intergenerational Puppet and Doll Workshop, $1,000.00
Music:
Paul
Arslanian of Northampton Jazz Workshop for Northampton Jazz Workshop, $800.00
Ruth
Griggs of Northampton Jazz Festival for 2018 Northampton Jazz Festival,
$1,000.00
Em
Withenbury of Iconica Social Club for Parklet Summer Music Series, $1,000.00
Marie
Westburg of Northampton Senior Services/Senior Center for Our Community Sing on
the Forbes Library Lawn, $500.00
Sharon
Arslanian for Performance of Northampton Middle Eastern Music Ensemble with
Dance, $185.00
Alan
Schneider of Panopera for La Traviata, $1,250.00
Michael
Tillyer of Anchor House of Artists for New Music Platform Project, $500.00
Theater:
Jodi
Lyn Cutler of North Star for CIRCUS SMIRKUS: Big Top Tour Northampton,Massachusetts,
$250.00
Scott
Braidman of Happier Valley Comedy for Happier Valley Comedy presents
Scripted/Unscripted, $500.00
Real
Live Theatre for When Last We Flew, $750.00
Visual
Arts:
Lisa
Thompson of Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. (A.P.E.) for ARC.18,
$1,000.00
Eva
Fierst for The ArtSalon Special, $800.00
Terry
Jenoure for Great Expectations, $900.00
Jim
Gipe of Pivot Media for Wall Mural - Pivot Media Building, $750.00
Penny
Burke of Northampton Center for the Arts for Arts Night Out En Plein Air,
$500.00
Judith
Inglese for Art Exhibit entitled "Lost and Found", $600.00
