NEA announces more than $1.1 million in grants to support the arts in Vermont | Vermont Business Magazine
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Vermont Business Magazine The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced seven grants totaling $1,113,735 to Vermont arts and cultural organizations, including the Vermont Arts Council, which has been approved for an $973,735 NEA FY 2024 partnership agreement to deliver arts programs, services, and activities throughout Vermont.The Vermont awards are part of more than $110 million in recommended NEA grants to organizations in all 50 states and US jurisdictions.Funding to our state and regional partners nationwide is crucial to sustaining vibrant local arts ecosystems, said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. We are proud to work in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to support Vermonts vibrant cultural landscape, and we congratulate the six arts organizations that have received awards for their outstanding work, said Vermont Arts Council Executive Director Susan Evans McClure.Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, $25,000, to support artist fees for dance presentations at the FlynnDorset Theatre Festival, $20,000, to support staff and artist salaries and fringe benefits for the production of "True Art" by Jessica ProvenzNorthern Stage, White River Junction, $30,000, to further development of "Shook" by Zoe Sarnak and Mike LewMusic to Life, Wilder, $20,000 to support the Musician Changemaker Accelerator WorkshopsStowe Story Labs, $30,000, to support Stowe Launch, an artist development program for emerging screenwriters and filmmakersWeston Playhouse Theatre, $15,000 to support the touring production of a musical for young audiences.For more information on the projects included in the NEA grant announcement, visit https://www.arts.gov/news.About the National Endowment for the ArtsEstablished by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Engagement with the arts transforms individuals, connects us more deeply to each other, energizes the economy, and sustains the vibrant cultural landscape that makes Vermont a great place to live. Since 1965, the Council has been the states primary provider of funding, advocacy, and information for the arts in Vermont. Learn more at www.vermontartscouncil.orgTo support great journalism, access our archives and get unique features like our award-winning profiles,