NEWS
Recent Awards
The following is the list of grants awarded to organizations at the Nebraska Arts Council’s June 11, 2013 council meeting. These grants are for projects taking place between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
Artists in Schools-Communities Sponsor Grants
El Museo Latino, Omaha, $4,737
Omaha Conservatory of Music, $9,763
Arts Learning Project Grants
African Culture Connection, Omaha, $4,583
The ARTery, Omaha, $9,286
City of Papillion - Sumtur Amphitheater, Papillion, $4,183
The Kent Bellows Foundation, Omaha, $4,583
Lincoln Music Teachers Association, Lincoln, $3,129
Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, Omaha, $3,467
Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, $1,863
Omaha Conservatory of Music, Omaha, $4,423
Omaha Theater Company, Omaha, $9,786
People United for Families, Nebraska City, $3,452
Sheldon Art Association DBA NE Art Association, Lincoln, $2,245
Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha, $3,000
Arts Project Grants
Ballet Nebraska, Omaha, $4,456
Concordia University - Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival, Seward, $2,882
Creighton University - Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Omaha, $4,100
First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln, $4,494
Flatwater Shakespeare, Lincoln, $4,494
Friends of Joslyn Castle Inc DBA Joslyn Castle Trust, Omaha, $3,865
Kearney Visitors Bureau, Kearney, $1,171
Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, $3,908
Lincoln Civic Choir DBA Lincoln Choral Artists, Lincoln, $1,841
Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music, Lincoln, $4,246
Nebraska Music Teachers Association, Omaha, $2,416
Nebraska StoryArts, Omaha, $1,853
Omaha Summer Arts Festival, Inc., Omaha, $4,176
Orchestra Omaha, Omaha, $2,819
Organ Vesper Series, Inc., Omaha, $4,564
Plain Song Folk Festival, Roca, $2,303
Playing with Fire, Omaha, $4,627
River City Mixed Chorus, Omaha, $4,270
Theatre West Summer Repertory, Scottsbluff, $4,608
University of NE Lincoln/Board of Regents - Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, $4,678
Voices of Omaha, Omaha, $4,729
Arts Project Grants – Underserved
Central Plains Foundation, Holbrook, $1,970
City of Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln, $2,351
Crane River Theater Company Inc., Kearney, $4,462
Estrellitas de Omaha DBA South Omaha Arts Institute, Omaha, $3,774
Harlan County Dam Playhouse, Republican City, $2,736
Hear Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, $4,554
Metropolitan Community College Foundation, Omaha, $4,794
Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands, Omaha, $2,079
North Omaha Foundation for Human Development, Omaha, $2,950
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Niobrara, $4,277
Sacred Heart Church, Greeley, $4,280
The UNION for Contemporary Art, Omaha, $2,070
Vision Maker Media aka NAPT, Lincoln, $4,503
Basic Support Grants – Community Arts Organizations
Albion Area Arts Council, Inc., Albion, $8,397
Alliance Arts Council, Alliance, $6,812
Bassett Arts Council, Bassett, $3,433
Butler County Arts Council, David City, $5,057
Carnegie Arts Center, Inc., Alliance, $15,379
Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, $16,483
Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont, $10,766
Geneva Arts Council, Geneva, $3,149
High Plains Arts Council, Sidney, $7,143
Lincoln Arts Council, Lincoln, $35,216
Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, $32,359
Ogallala Regional Arts Council, Ogallala, $5,795
Valentine Area Arts Council, Valentine, $5,347
West Nebraska Arts Center, Scottsbluff, $21,764
WhyArts? Inc., Omaha, $10,781
Basic Support Grants – Discipline-Based Arts Organizations
Abendmusik: Lincoln Inc., Lincoln, $5,907
Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, $9,579
Brownville Fine Arts Association, Brownville, $5,607
El Museo Latino, Omaha, $12,810
Friends of International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, $22,836
Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Lincoln, $16,792
Friends of the Midwest Theater, Scottsbluff, $9,872
Grand Island Little Theatre, Grand Island, $6,771
Kearney Community Theatre, Kearney, $6,456
Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln, $19,927
LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, $10,940
Minden Opera House, Inc., Minden, $9,702
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Inc., Lincoln, $6,535
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Inc., Omaha, $18,203
North Platte Community Playhouse, North Platte, $8,340
Omaha Area Youth Orchestras, Omaha, $11,582
Tassel Coordination Council Inc., Holdrege, $7,626
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial & Educational Foundation, Red Cloud, $15,286
Basic Support Grants – Major Arts Organizations
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, $34,962
Film Streams, Inc., Omaha, $34,682
Friends of Lied - Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, $33,803
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, $34,358
KANEKO, Omaha, $28,709
Lincoln Orchestra Association, Lincoln, $33,710
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, $33,658
Omaha Community Playhouse, Omaha, $34,663
Omaha Performing Arts Society, Omaha, $35,426
Omaha Symphony Association, Omaha, $32,600
Omaha Theater Company, Omaha, $32,367
Opera Omaha, Inc., Omaha, $33,061
Sheldon Art Association DBA NE Art Association, Lincoln, $34,451
Basic Support Grants – Sustaining Organizations
Circle Theatre, Inc., Omaha, $6,192
Community Players, Inc., Beatrice, $9,683
Hastings Community Theatre, Inc., Hastings, $5,619
Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, $6,573
Lincoln Association for the Traditional Arts, Lincoln, $2,410
Lincoln Municipal Band Association, Inc., Lincoln, $7,353
Nebraska Brass, Inc., Lincoln, $5,728
Nebraska Folklife Network, Inc., Lincoln, $4,950
Omaha Symphonic Chorus, Omaha, $6,418
Post Playhouse, Chadron, $6,578
Third Chair Chamber Players DBA Nebraska Chamber Players, Lincoln, $3,136
Statewide Arts Education Initiatives
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, $15,000
University of NE Lincoln/Board of Regents (Lied Center for Performing Arts), Lincoln, $23,000
University of NE Omaha/Board of Regents (Center for Innovation in Arts Education), Omaha, $25,000
Sheldon Art Association DBA NE Art Association, Lincoln, $22,000
Contractual Partnerships
Humanities Nebraska, Lincoln, $192,580
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO, $56,700
NAC Development Corporation, Omaha, $17,500
Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Omaha, $20,000
Nebraskans for the Arts, Omaha, $30,000
NET Foundation for Television, Inc., Lincoln, $20,000
Photo Credit: Omaha Theatre Company's production, "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake"
