The Nebraska Arts Council announces the list of the most recent grant awards given to organizations for upcoming projects. The awards, which are presented to the Nebraska Arts Council Board for ratification, were approved by the board at the Nebraska Arts Council’s December 8, 2011 quarterly meeting. These grant awards will be used by the following organizations for projects taking place between January 1 and June 30, 2012:

Artists in Schools-Communities Sponsor Grants:
El Museo Latino, Omaha, $3,050

Arts Learning Project Grants:
African Culture Connection, Omaha, $8,609
Arts for All Inc., Omaha, $1,957
Friends of Lied, Lincoln, $8,007
Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, $2,270
Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, $1,801
Omaha Community Playhouse, Omaha, $4,353
Omaha Public Schools, Omaha, $2,339
The ARTery, Omaha, $9,207
University of NE Omaha – College of Education, Omaha, $8,388
University of NE Omaha – Department of Music, Omaha, $4,453

Arts Project Grants:
Angels Theatre Company, Inc., Lincoln, $4,926
Ballet Nebraska, Omaha, $4,862
First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, $4,478
Fremont Midland Entertainment Series, Fremont, $2,737
KANEKO, Omaha, $4,030
Lincoln Civic Choir, Lincoln, $3,597
Metropolitan Community College Foundation, Omaha, $4,974
Omaha Chamber Music Society, Omaha, $4,943
Omaha Summer Arts Festival Inc, Omaha, $4,982
Orchestra Omaha, Omaha, $2,701
Organ Vesper Series, Inc., Omaha, $2,441
River City Mixed Chorus, Omaha, $2,456
South Sioux City Library Foundation, Inc., South Sioux City, $4,590
Stuhr Museum Foundation, Grand Island, $1,463
The Kent Bellows Foundation, Omaha, $4,441

Arts Project Grants – Underserved:
Bone Creek Art Museum, David City, $4,022
College of Saint Mary, Omaha, $2,194
Crane River Theater Company Inc., Kearney, $3,297
Friends of Homestead, Beatrice, $3,246
Great Platte River Road Archway, Kearney, $4,959
Indian Center Inc., Lincoln, $4,235
Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, Omaha, $2,612
McCook Arts Council, McCook, $3,779
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, $5,231
Omaha Conservatory of Music, Omaha, $4,579
Panhandle Resource Conservation and Development Inc, Scottsbluff, $4,867
University of NE Kearney/Board of Regents, Kearney, $4,023