Alabama State Council on the Arts

12/11/2017 1:48:00 AM

State Arts Council Awards Grants Totaling $504,245 At Its December Meeting In Montgomery

Montgomery, Ala. -- The Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) awarded 137 grants totaling $504,245 at its Council meeting in Montgomery on December 10, 2017. This round of grants will support arts in education, folk art, community, literature, performing, and visual arts programs January 1, 2018 – September 30, 2018. Also included in this round of awards are 17 Folklife apprenticeship grants.

The Council makes grants to non-profit organizations, schools, universities, cities, and a wide range of community groups. ASCA funds are matched by contributions from businesses, individuals, local government and earned income by the grantee. Arts programs, assisted by Council grants, have a track record of enhancing community development, education, cultural tourism and overall quality of life in virtually all regions of the state.

These recent grants are in response to applications submitted under the September 1, 2017 deadline and represent the third round of grants awarded in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The 15-member board is appointed by the Governor to help promote the arts statewide. A primary responsibility of the Council is to make decisions about grants awarded to support art programs and arts education throughout the state. Board members are selected from all regions of the state in order to strive for a geographic spread representing all areas of the state.

Dora James, Chairman of the Council emphasized, “Our state is fortunate to have so many programs that support and enhance education for students and improve the quality of life for all citizens. A vibrant arts environment helps to draw new industry and investment to Alabama.”

The next deadline for the submission of grant applications is March 1, 2018 for Fellowships, and Art & Cultural Facilities Grants, covering activities taking place between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019.

The agenda of the December meeting, in addition to the awarding of grants also included the announcement of three new appointments to the Council by Governor Kay Ivey for six year terms beginning January 1, 2018. These new appointments are John C. Coleman of Dothan; Warren Duncan of Tuskegee; and Lynne Berry Vallely of Huntsville. In another action by the Governor, former Council member Lisa Blach Weil of Montgomery was reappointed to fill the remaining two year term of William Sellers resigning to assume a Governor’s appointment to the Alabama Supreme Court.

Commenting on Council appointments, Al Head, Executive Director of the Council said, “These three newly appointed Council members bring outstanding backgrounds of service to the arts and their level of expertise and leadership will contribute significantly to the mission of the Council. The newly appointed members represent awareness of the arts from diverse geographic regions of the state and a track record of support for enhancing the quality of life in Alabama,” Head emphasized.

John C. Coleman, Dothan is executive vice-president and general counsel for Coleman World Group, LLC, a transportation company with 250 million in annual revenue and operating in nineteen U.S. States and one U.S. Territory. Mr. Coleman manages all regulatory, compliance and legal issues for the company. Mr. Coleman is a past board member of Southeast Alabama Community Theatre and is an active participant in its productions. He has also been a financial partner of education programs at the Wiregrass Museum of Art.

Warren Duncan, Tuskegee is the MVA Chair, and Head of Fine & Performing Arts at Tuskegee University. Mr. Duncan has been at Tuskegee since 1972, and served as Director of Bands from 1976 to 2015. Mr. Duncan is a member of several fraternal and music oriented organizations including Kappa Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Phi Omega. Under his direction, the band has won several awards and recognition for their excellence in performance, timing and presentation.

Lynne Berry Vallely, Huntsville is the former Director for Advancement at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville. Prior to HudsonAlpha, Berry was the founding executive director of the Community Foundation of Huntsville/Madison County. She has service experience on a number of important boards, including Leadership Alabama, the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Blackburn Institute at the University of Alabama, and the Bryant-Jordan Scholarship Program.

The Council elected a new slate of officers for two-year terms through 2019. Joel T. Daves IV of Mobile, as Chairman; Jim Harrison III of Tuscaloosa as Vice-Chair and Dr. Henry Panion of Birmingham, as Secretary of the Council.

Rebecca T. B. Quinn of Huntsville and Elaine Johnson of Dothan rotated off the Council board after twenty-years of distinguished service. Both served in numerous capacities while on the board. Ms. Quinn served as Chairman from 2006-2007.

Final action at the December meeting was the presentation of a token of appreciation to Dora James as she completes her 2-year term as Council Chairman. Mr. Head, making the special presentation to Mrs. James commented, “Dora represents a dedication to supporting the arts and her state with honor and distinction. She deserves a place in the Council’s Hall of Fame because her contributions are significant and long-lasting.”

For more information about a particular grant listed below, contact Barbara Reed, Public Information Officer at 334-242-4076, ext. 223.

*County*	*Grantee*	*City*	*Description*	*Discipline*	*Grant*
Autauga	Prattville Creative and Performing Arts Council	Prattville	Festival Coordinator Position	Community Arts	$2,550.00
	Prattville Creative and Performing Arts Council	Prattville	Celebration of the Arts/Festival	Community Arts	$10,000.00
Barbour	Eufaula Heritage Association	Eufaula	Music for the 53rd Eufaula Pilgrimage	Community Arts	$3,250.00
Bibb	City of Brent	Brent	Jazz in the Park	Community Arts	$1,000.00
Bullock	Tourism Council Bullock Co-Red Door Theatre	Union Springs	Present 3 plays at the Red Door Theatre.	Community Arts	$4,500.00
Chilton	Chilton County Arts Council	Clanton	March Gourd Madness Festival, 2018	Community Arts	$2,650.00
Coffee	Foundation154	Elba	Artistic Director Salary	Community Arts	$2,400.00
Colbert	City of Sheffield	Sheffield	SummerStock at the Ritz/Les Miserables	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area	Florence	Muscle Shoals Music Makers	Folklife	$2,800.00
	Oka Kapassa Festival, Inc.	Tuscumbia,	Oka Kapassa--Sharing the Legends	Community Arts	$3,500.00
	Tennessee Valley Art Association	Tuscumbia	Aaron Tennessee Benson' Ceramics	Visual Arts	$3,000.00
	Tennessee Valley Art Association	Tuscumbia	SummerStock at the Ritz/Les Miserables	Community Arts	$5,000.00
Covington	Andalusia Ballet Association	Andalusia	Ballet Concert with Alabama Ballet	Performing Arts	$5,310.00
	Lurleen B. Wallace Community College	Andalusia	"Our Story, Our Song"	Folklife	$3,500.00
Dale	Dale County Council of Arts & Humanities	Ozark	Quilts of Many Colors - Past and Present	Folklife	$1,130.00
Dallas	Arts Revive-CDC	Selma	Administrative salary support	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Blackbelt Benefit Group	Selma	Play Selma in the Street	Community Arts	$1,000.00
	Downtown Selma Assoc./Main Street Selma	Selma	Elementary Art in Downtown Windows	Community Arts	$4,500.00
	Selma Art Guild	Selma	Part-time staff position	Visual Arts	$1,100.00
DeKalb	Mentone Area Arts Council	Mentone	Summer Music Series 2018	Community Arts	$1,000.00
	Mentone Area Arts Council	Mentone	Alabama Shakespeare Festival	Arts in Education	$1,000.00
	Gary Waldrep	Albertville	Old-Time/Bluegrass Music Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
Etowah	Gadsden Symphony Orchestra	Gadsden	GSO Winter Classics/Spring Pops Concerts	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
Fayette	Fayette County Board of Education	Fayette	BES Arts in the School Project 2018	Arts in Education	$2,000.00
Greene	Annette Jordan	Eutaw	Pine Needle Basketry Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,000.00
	Odessa S Rice	Eutaw	Pine Needle Basket Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,000.00
Hale	The Newbern Library, Inc.	Newbern	Taking a Second Look: following the path	Community Arts	$2,600.00
Henry	Sherry Burkhalter	Newville	Quilting Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
Houston	Wiregrass Blues Society	Dothan	2018 Wiregrass Blues Fest	Folklife	$6,000.00
	Wiregrass Museum of Art, Inc.	Dothan	Art Education Technology	Arts in Education	$5,000.00
Jackson	Redemption Town Partners	Scottsboro	Pictures of Hope	Community Arts	$4,000.00
Jefferson	Alabama Asian Cultures Foundation	Birmingham	Alabama Asian Cultures & Food Festival	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Alabama Dance Council, Inc.	Birmingham	Alabama Minority Choreographers Festival	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Alabama Folklife Association	Birmingham	Common Threads: Sewing Our Stories	Folklife	$1,400.00
	Alabama Moving Image Association	Birmingham	20th Anniversary Sidewalk Film Festival	Visual Arts	$4,500.00
	Ballard House Project, Inc	Birmingham	Cooking Samba Project	Performing Arts	$5,220.00
	Better Basics, Inc.	Birmingham	Ruth and the Green Book	Arts in Education	$2,000.00
	Bib & Tucker Sew-Op	Birmingham	QUARK: Quilting Activity Resource Kit	Visual Arts	$5,200.00
	Birmingham Chamber Music Society	Mountain Brook	SÅ Percussion Concert & Outreach	Performing Arts	$3,870.00
	Birmingham Chamber Music Society	Mountain Brook	Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center	Performing Arts	$4,000.00
	Birmingham Civil Rights Institute	Birmingham	Foot Soldiers Portraits Exhibition	Visual Arts	$4,500.00
	Jason Burns	Birmingham	Musical Instrument Making and Repair	Folklife	$2,000.00
	Foundation for Arts and Cultural Connections	Birmingham	Imagination Festival	Community Arts	$3,050.00
	Bob Friedman	Birmingham	Gospel Quartet Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,000.00
	Gardendale Magnolia Festival, Inc.	Gardendale	Jugtown Pottery Demonstration and Class	Community Arts	$1,150.00
	Girls Rock Birmingham	Birmingham	Girls Rock Birmingham Camp Workshops	Community Arts	$1,250.00
	Nathifa Dance Company and Outreach Inc.	Irondale	NDC 25th Anniversary "The Journey"	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Norwood Resource Center	Birmingham	"Oh Happy Day!" Celebrating 50 years	Community Arts	$2,800.00
	PaperWorkers Local	Birmingham	Printmaking workshops and exhibitions	Visual Arts	$6,500.00
	Sanspointe Dance Company	Birmingham	2018 Summer Tour: Have Dance Will Travel	Performing Arts	$3,780.00
	Sloss Furnaces Foundation	Birmingham	Summer Youth Apprenticeship	Visual Arts	$6,500.00
	Space One Eleven	Birmingham	Women's Exhibition-Emerging Artists	Visual Arts	$4,500.00
	Space One Eleven	Birmingham	Summer Art Camps	Visual Arts	$6,500.00
	Barry Taylor	Birmingham	Gospel Quartet Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
	The Exceptional Foundation	Homewood	Art Program Enhancement	Community Arts	$2,500.00
	UAB's Alys Stephens Center	Birmingham	UAB's ASC Presents Ronald K. Brown	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	UAB's Alys Stephens Center	Birmingham	UAB's ASC Presents ThirdCoastPercussion	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Vulcan Park and Museum	Birmingham	Birmingham History on the Road	Arts in Education	$3,000.00
Lauderdale	Kennedy-Douglass Ctr. for the Arts Volunteers	Florence	Arts Alive 2018 - Visual Arts Festival	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Shoals Symphony Orchestra	Florence	Honor Orchestra for High School Players	Performing Arts	$2,100.00
	Shoals Symphony Orchestra	Florence	Disney Live: Ratatouille	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	University of North Alabama -- Writer's Series	Florence	Performance by Joy Harjo	Literary Arts	$5,225.00
Lawrence	Community Information & Education Radio	Moulton	Downtown Live! 2018	Community Arts	$1,000.00
Lee	Auburn University	Auburn Univ	Out of the Box Artist Lecture Series	Visual Arts	$4,500.00
Lee	City of Auburn	Auburn	Adventures in Art 2018	Arts in Education	$4,000.00
	The Arts Association of East Alabama	Opelika	East Alabama Arts Performance Series	Community Arts	$7,500.00
Macon	Tuskegee University	Tuskegee	M.U.S.I.C. for the Masses	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
Madison	Alabama Educational Theatre Association	Madison	2018 Alabama Thespian Festival	Performing Arts	$2,400.00
	Alabama Orchestra Association	Huntsville	Alabama All State Orchestra Festival	Performing Arts	$4,540.00
	Alabama Youth Ballet Theatre	Huntsville	The Dance Connection	Performing Arts	$3,870.00
	Ars Nova Incorporated	Huntsville	2018 Season of Operas, Recitals & Tours	Performing Arts	$12,000.00
	Loretta Bennett	Huntsville	Quilting Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
	Community Ballet Association, Inc.	Huntsville	Consolidated Spring/Summer Performances	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Community Ballet Association, Inc.	Huntsville	Public Relations/Development	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Huntsville Chamber Music Guild	Huntsville	Presentation of chamber music concerts	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Huntsville Community Drumline	Huntsville	Travelling Drums Percussion Program	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Huntsville Literary Association	Huntsville	American Shakespeare Center on Tour	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Huntsville Youth Orchestra	Huntsville	Tennessee Valley Music Festival	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Independent Musical Productions, Inc.	Huntsville	Shrek the Musical	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Lyrique Music Productions	Madison	Hunchback of Notre Dame	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association	Huntsville	1942 Alan Lomax Sacred Harp Recordings	Folklife	$5,000.00
	Tennessee Valley Jazz Society, Inc.	Huntsville	The Evolution of African-American Music	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
Marengo	Estelle Jackson	Demopolis	White Oak Basketry Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
Marion	City of Winfield Pastime Theatre	Winfield	Salary for Event Coordinator/Manager	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	City of Winfield Pastime Theatre	Winfield	2018 four-performance concert series	Community Arts	$6,000.00
	Jeff Wilburn	Hamilton	Folk Pottery Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,000.00
Marshall	Mountain Valley Arts Council	Guntersville	Spring and Fall Concert Series 2018	Community Arts	$1,750.00
Mobile	Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival	Mobile	Jazz Music Appreciation	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	History Museum of Mobile Board	Mobile	African American Music Festival	Community Arts	$1,200.00
	Mobile Assoc. for Retarded Citizens	Mobile	Art Education to Enhance Lives	Visual Arts	$3,250.00
	Mobile Medical Museum	Mobile	Commissioned works by April Livingston	Visual Arts	$2,000.00
	Mobile Museum of Art	Mobile	Posing Beauty in African American Culture	Visual Arts	$6,500.00
	Charlie Tran	Irvington	Traditional Lion Dance Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
Monroe	Coastal Alabama Community College	Monroeville	21st Annual Alabama Writers Symposium	Literary Arts	$3,950.00
Montgomery	Alabama Alliance for Arts Education	Montgomery	Bicentennial Youth Art: People	Arts in Education	$5,000.00
	Alabama Dance Theatre	Montgomery	RDA/SERBA Dance Festival	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts	Montgomery	ACES for Students 2: Arts Connections	Arts in Education	$5,000.00
Montgomery	Alabama Music Teachers Association	Montgomery	Alabama Music Educators Conference	Performing Arts	$1,000.00
	Alabama Shakespeare Festival	Montgomery	2018 Alabama Bicentennial Plays	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Auburn-Montgomery Southern Studies	Montgomery	Southern Studies Artist Exhibition	Visual Arts	$1,000.00
	Booker T. Washington Magnet H.S.	Montgomery	Collaborative Residency	Arts in Education	$5,000.00
	Capri Community Film Society, Inc	Montgomery	First Lady of the Revolution Screenings	Visual Arts	$2,650.00
	ClefWorks, Inc.	Montgomery	Westerlies Festival - Schools & Concerts	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	DesignAlabama, Inc.	Montgomery	DesignPlace	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Faith Crusade Ministries	Montgomery	Art On the Square: More To The Story	Community Arts	$3,000.00
	Friends of the Archives	Montgomery	Alabama Quilts: Wilderness Through WWII	Folklife	$6,000.00
	Jubilee Community Center	Montgomery	Discover India through Dance	Folklife	$2,450.00
	Montgomery Civic Chorale	Montgomery	Cultural and Artistic Exchange Tour	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
	Montgomery Symphony Association	Montgomery	Alabama Bicentennial Jubilee Concert	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	Montgomery Symphony Association	Montgomery	MMP Summer Camp	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	The Arts Council of Montgomery	Montgomery	Aces	Community Arts	$3,550.00
	The Cloverdale Playhouse	Montgomery	3 productions, 2018 Mainstage Season	Performing Arts	$12,000.00
Morgan	Princess Theatre Center for Performing Arts	Decatur	Administrative support Programs	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
Pike	Brundidge Historical Society	Brundidge	Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival	Folklife	$2,800.00
	Pioneer Museum of Alabama	Troy	Spring Plantin':New Beginnings, Old Ways	Folklife	$2,080.00
	Troy Arts Council of Troy, Alabama	Troy	2018 Performing Arts Season	Community Arts	$3,700.00
	Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center, Inc.	Troy	ArtBridges Teacher Development Workshop	Arts in Education	$5,000.00
Randolph	Deborah Traylor	Woodland	Rag Rug Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
Shelby	Shelby County Arts Council	Columbiana	Fine Folk Art Event and Exhibition	Community Arts	$1,900.00
	University of Montevallo Foundation	Montevallo	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, an Opera	Performing Arts	$1,000.00
	D. Jan Walker	Alabaster	Chair Weaving Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,500.00
Sumter	Sumter County Fine Arts Council	Livingston	Legacy Concert: The Rhythm of Life	Community Arts	$500.00
	Sumter County Fine Arts Council	Livingston	Community Unity Concert	Community Arts	$500.00
	The University of West Alabama	Livingston	The Sucarnochee Folklife Festival	Folklife	$2,220.00
	Voices of Triumph, LBT	Aliceville	Voice of Triumph Celebration of the Arts	Community Arts	$4,000.00
Talladega	Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind Foundation	Talladega	Deaf.Blind.Limitless: Art Unlimited	Community Arts	$5,000.00
	Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall	Talladega	"Sense of Place: Past"	Visual Arts	$5,200.00
Tuscaloosa	Alabama Blues Project	Northport	Summer Blues Camp	Folklife	$2,200.00
	Sharon W. Bounds	Northport	Old-Time Fiddling Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
	Kentuck Museum Association	Northport	Kentuck Education and Events 2018	Visual Arts	$3,500.00
Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra Association	Tuscaloosa	Dancing Musical Characters	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	UA Theatre and Dance	Tuscaloosa	Separate and Equal	Performing Arts	$6,000.00
	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	TREE ARMY: The CCC Project	Performing Arts	$3,000.00
Wilcox	Claudia Pettway Charley	Boykin	Quilting Apprenticeship	Folklife	$2,000.00
	China Pettway	Boykin	Quilting Apprenticeship	Folklife	$1,000.00
	Stella Pettway	Boykin	Quilting Apprentic