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12/9/2024 10:35:00 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala., (December 9, 2024) — At its
December quarterly meeting in Cullman, Ala., the Alabama State Council on the
Arts awarded 198 grants totaling $1,218,500 to organizations and
individuals across the state.
The latest round of grantees includes organizations
specializing in arts education, folk arts, community arts, literary arts,
dance, music, theatre, and visual art forms. These grants serve as catalysts
for new and innovative public offerings, enhancing educational programs and
fostering artistic growth.
Additionally, traditional artist apprenticeships were
awarded to 27 individuals. Through the Alabama Folk Arts Apprenticeship
Program, the Council awards grants to individuals for teaching folk and
traditional arts found in the state. It is designed to preserve and pass on
these important cultural and community-based traditions through an
apprenticeship model.
“The Council on the Arts is proud to serve as a catalyst for
artistic programming across our state. This latest round of grants reflects our
dedication to fostering a vibrant arts ecosystem and underscores our commitment
to investing in the creative future of Alabama,” said executive director Elliot
Knight.
During their time in Cullman, the Council on the Arts board
learned more about the community and its arts-related initiatives. The Cullman
Chamber of Commerce, ‘Visit Cullman’ Tourism Bureau, Cullman Parks &
Recreation, and two-time Council Visual Arts Fellow Gary Chapman gave
presentations during the two-day meeting. Council members and staff also toured
the Ave Maria Grotto at St. Bernard Abbey. The historic Grotto received a
Council on the Arts grant in 2022 to assist with the restoration of some of the
handcrafted miniatures in this unique art environment as well as updating
safety barriers. Additional grant funding was awarded in 2024 to address
treatments needed to these one-of-a-kind sculptures on the grounds.
PROJECT GRANTS
The following grant recipients represent a broad range of
organizations, from grassroots community collectives to established cultural
institutions. The funds awarded will fuel the activation of festivals,
exhibitions, artist residencies, theatrical productions, workshops, public art,
and more, bolstering Alabama’s artistic scene and enriching lives across the
state. The Council on the Arts’ commitment to providing administrative support
is also reflected in this grant cycle, ensuring that organizations can continue
to focus on artistic programming.
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Organization
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City
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County
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Amount
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Project
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Academy for Academics and Arts PTA
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$4,200
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Dance Africa 2025
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Alabama Barn Quilt Trail
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Killen
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Lauderdale
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$9,600
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Modernizing the Alabama Barn Quilt
Trail
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Alabama Blues Project
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Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$6,600
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Alabama Blues Productions - Advanced
Student Band
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Alabama Blues Project
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Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$5,800
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Salary Support
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Alabama Contemporary Art Center
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Mobile
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Mobile
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$6,600
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Bout It Bout It: Community
Residencies and Portrait Series
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Alabama Dance Council
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$6,600
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IMPACT: All the Feels II
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Alabama Dance Council
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$6,100
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Spectra Series at Sloss Furnaces
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Alabama Dance Theatre
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$4,100
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Enriching Our Community Through
Dance
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Alabama Institute for Education in
the Arts
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$11,600
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Summer Institute 2025
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Alabama Institute for Education in
the Arts
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$8,400
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Summer Institute 2025 Administrative
Support
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Alabama International Education and
Economic Partnership (A-IEEP)
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$5,100
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Scripts and Lettering: The Artistry
of Calligraphy
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Alabama Orchestra Association
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Dothan
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Houston
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$6,100
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Alabama All-State Orchestra Festival
2025
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Alabama Repertory Theatre Company
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Attalla
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Etowah
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$5,100
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Production of "Disney's
Descendants: The Musical"
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Alabama Visual Arts Network
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Vestavia Hills
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Jefferson
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$5,800
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40th Anniversary Alabama Clay
Conference
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All Things Africatown
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Prichard
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Mobile
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$12,600
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Festival of the Arts and Culture
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Andalusia Ballet Association
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Andalusia
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Covington
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$12,600
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Spring Into Dance
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Art in Public Places
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Dothan
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Houston
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$6,600
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The Loop Art Festival
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Art in Public Places
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Dothan
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Houston
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$5,100
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Art Outside
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Arts Huntsville
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$2,100
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Arts for All: Community
Conversations
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ArtsRevive
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Selma
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Dallas
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$12,600
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Salary Support
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Auburn Area Community Theatre
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Auburn
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Lee
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$3,800
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2025 Season Productions
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Ave Maria Grotto
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Cullman
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Cullman
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$1,600
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Giza Pyramid Restoration at Grotto
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Azalea City Center for the Arts
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Mobile
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Mobile
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$5,100
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Broadway Master Class Weekend 2025
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Azalea City Center for the Arts
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Mobile
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Mobile
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$5,000
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Mobile Area School Theater
Productions
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Ballyhoo Festival of Fine Art and
Culture
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Gulf Shores
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Baldwin
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$9,600
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Salary Support
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BAMA Kids
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Camden
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Wilcox
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$7,100
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Broadway Comes to the Black Belt
2025
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Bib & Tucker Sew-Op
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$4,800
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Building Sewing Skills for Youth
Stitch by Stitch
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Birmingham Art Music Alliance
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$1,500
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Vuorovesi Trio
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Birmingham Chamber Music Society
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Mountain Brook
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Jefferson
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$12,500
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Spring Concerts and Outreach Events
2025
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Birmingham Children's Theatre
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$5,600
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Free Summer Theatre in the Parks
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Birmingham Folk Festival
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$6,500
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Unite Alabama Through Folk Arts
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Brass Band of Huntsville
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$6,400
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Community Performances and
Educational Activities
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Camp McDowell
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Nauvoo
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Walker
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$13,600
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Folk School Salary Support
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Carnegie Visual Arts Center
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Decatur
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Morgan
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$3,200
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Salary Support
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Central Alabama Caribbean American
Organization
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$6,600
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Marvel City Caribbean Food and Music
Festival
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Choctaw County Arts Council
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Butler
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Choctaw
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$11,300
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Children's Arts Education Project
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City of Auburn
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Auburn
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Lee
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$6,100
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Adventures in art "Muscle
Shoals"
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City of Center Point
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Center Point
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Jefferson
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$7,000
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Jump Start Art
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City of Dothan
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Dothan
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Houston
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$4,600
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Community Concert Series
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City of Florence Department of Parks
and Recreation
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Florence
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Lauderdale
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$3,700
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Stars and Guitars Festival
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City of Oxford
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Oxford
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Calhoun
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$7,100
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Rubato International Piano
Competition 2025
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City of Thorsby
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Thorsby
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Chilton
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$2,500
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Chilton County Strawberry Festival
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City of Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$5,200
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Harvesting Heritage: Celebrating
Alabama’s Culture Through Music at the Tuscaloosa River Market
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City of Winfield - Pastime Theatre
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Winfield
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Marion
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$12,600
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2025 Concert Season
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ClefWorks
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$2,200
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Classroom Concert Series
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Cloverdale Playhouse
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$12,600
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2025 Mainstage Season
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Cohill Foundation
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Bessemer
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Jefferson
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$12,600
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S.E.L.F. (Self-Expression Learning
Fundamentals)
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Coleman Center for the Arts
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York
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Sumter
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$12,600
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Salary Support
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Coleman Center for the Arts
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York
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Sumter
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$2,500
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The Creative Well Studio Lab
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Community Actors Studio Theatre
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Anniston
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Calhoun
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$5,000
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Mainstage Season - Spring 2025
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Community Foundation of West Alabama
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Northport
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Tuscaloosa
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$3,800
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Southeast Fiddle Championship
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Compelling Stories of the Southeast
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Tuscumbia
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Colbert
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$4,600
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Return Walk of Life
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Dale County Council of the Arts
& Humanities
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Ozark
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Dale
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$1,000
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Annual Regional Art Exhibition 2025
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Dance All Productions
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$6,400
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Salary Support
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Dance Levels
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Pinson
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Jefferson
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$8,200
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J2A and Cultural Arts Street
Festival 2025
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Decatur Orchestra Sul Ponticello
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Decatur
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Morgan
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$8,600
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A Series of Three Classical Concerts
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Desert Island Supply Co.
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$12,600
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Salary Support
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Dream Weavers Children's Theatre
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Decatur
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Morgan
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$1,300
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Production of "Disney's 101
Dalmatians KIDS"
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Dream Weavers Children's Theatre
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Decatur
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Morgan
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$2,500
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Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
"Cats"
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DRUM The Program
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Montevallo
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Shelby
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$5,400
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DRUM The Program 6th Annual
Juneteenth Youth Summer Camp
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Eufaula Heritage Association
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Eufaula
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Barbour
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$3,700
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Music for the 58th Eufaula
Pilgrimage
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Evalyn Washington Humphrey
Foundation for Arts and Education
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$9,100
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Capacity Building Through Staffing
and Technology
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Excelsior Band Preservation
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Mobile
|
Mobile
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$4,600
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The Jazz Studio
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Exposure Community Development
Corporation
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$9,600
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Salary Support
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Files Arts Project
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$12,600
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Arts Workshops and Showcase 2025
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Firehouse Community Arts Center
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$3,700
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Music Mondays
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Firehouse Community Arts Center
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$11,600
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Salary Support
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Firehouse Community Arts Center
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$8,500
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Community Arts Program Series
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First Responders Committee of Greene
County
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Eutaw
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Greene
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$6,100
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New Year's Resolution: Celebrating
the Elderly
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Floretta P. Carson Visual and
Performing Arts Academy
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Mobile
|
Mobile
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$8,600
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Spring Student Showcase
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Foundation for Arts and Cultural
Connections
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Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$5,600
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Imagination Festival @ Magic City
Art Connection
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Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy
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Alberta
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Wilcox
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$5,600
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The Quilt at the End of the World
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Friends of the Birmingham Public
Library
|
Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$9,600
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Art for Everyone Visual Arts Series
2025
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Girls Rock Birmingham
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Homewood
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Jefferson
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$6,100
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Girls Rock Birmingham Workshops and
Summer Camp
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GirlSpring, Inc.
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$3,700
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Poetry Contest 2025
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GirlSpring, Inc.
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$5,100
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SHE Camp 2025
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Grove Hill Arts Council
|
Grove Hill
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Clarke
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$9,600
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Art Leadership in Rural Community
Arts Center 2025
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Heritage Hall Museum (Jemison
Carnegie Foundation)
|
Talladega
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Talladega
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$5,100
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Arts Camp for Kids 2025
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Heritage Hall Museum (Jemison
Carnegie Foundation)
|
Talladega
|
Talladega
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$7,000
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Exhibits: Tradition to Innovation
and Local Artist Showcase
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Homewood Theatre
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$5,000
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Student Musical in the Park
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Huntsville Botanical Garden
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$11,600
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Mother Earth Troll Garden
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Huntsville Hospital Foundation
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$5,100
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Transforming Spaces, Touching Lives:
Art's Healing Effect
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Huntsville Hospital Foundation
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$6,600
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Healing in Harmony: Expanding the
Reach and Resonance of Music Therapy
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Huntsville Youth Orchestra
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$6,600
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Tennessee Valley Music Festival
2025: Legends
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IMPHuntsville
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Huntsville
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Madison
|
$9,600
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Productions of "Rocket
Boys" and "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"
|
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Institute of Intercultural Studies:
Dance Arts, History, Culture
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$6,000
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African Diaspora Dance Performances
2025
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InToto Creative Arts Forum
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$12,600
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Salary Support
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Jacksonville State University
|
Jacksonville
|
Calhoun
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$6,500
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Jax State Kaleidoscope 2025
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Jasper Main Street
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Jasper
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Walker
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$6,100
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Sculptures for Jasper Sculpture
Trail
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Jubilee Community Center
|
Montgomery
|
Montgomery
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$2,500
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Ramayana, A Showcase of Indian
Classical Dances
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Judah School of Worship and Fine
Arts
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McCalla
|
Jefferson
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$1,500
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The Creative Arts Leadership and
Legacy Dance Conference
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Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
Volunteers
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Florence
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Lauderdale
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$5,100
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Arts Alive 2025
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King's Canvas Gallery and Studio
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Montgomery
|
Montgomery
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$5,100
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Montgomery Artist's Pop-Up
Exhibition - Creative Placemaking Conference 2025
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Leeds Arts Council
|
Leeds
|
Jefferson
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$10,600
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Small Town Spotlight: A Production
Season for All Ages
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Levite Jewish Community Center
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$4,600
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LJCC Theater
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Little River Arts Council
|
Mentone
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DeKalb
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$3,800
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Summer Music Series 2025
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Little River Arts Council
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Mentone
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DeKalb
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$1,400
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Follow Your Art 2025
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Live at the Opera
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Dothan
|
Houston
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$6,200
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Music for the Loop Festival 2025
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Magic City Performing Arts
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Shoal Creek
|
Shelby
|
$12,600
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Salary Support
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Magic City Poetry Festival
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Mountain Brook
|
Jefferson
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$3,000
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Magic City Poetry Festival 2025
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Magic City Smooth Jazz
|
Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$9,600
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Jazz in the Park 2025: The Legacy
Series
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Maitland Arts Initiative
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$6,600
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Filmmaking, Broadcasting, and
Podcasting Program at Huntsville College Preparatory School
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Maitland Arts Initiative
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$12,600
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Administration Support for Modern
Arts Technology Programming
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Marion County Board of Education
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Hamilton
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Marion
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$12,600
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Building Community Through a
Collaborative Theatre Production
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Meals On Wheels Montgomery AL Metro
Area
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$5,600
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Mural Project
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Mobile Opera
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Mobile
|
Mobile
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$3,500
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A Portrait of Three, a Movement Film
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Monroe County Museum
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Monroeville
|
Monroe
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$7,100
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Monroeville Literary Festival 2025
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Montgomery Ballet
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$12,600
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Enhancing Operational Capacity of
Montgomery Ballet
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Montgomery Ballet
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Montgomery
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Montgomery
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$12,600
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Expanding Ballet Performances Across
Alabama
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Mountain Valley Arts Council
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Guntersville
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Marshall
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$3,000
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Concert Series
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Nathifa Dance Company & Outreach
|
Birmingham
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Jefferson
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$8,600
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Birmingham African & African
American Dance & Drum Expo
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Oka Kapassa Festival
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Tuscumbia
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Colbert
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$6,100
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Sharing The Legends
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Opportunity 4 Entertainers &
Performing Arts
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Mobile
|
Mobile
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$11,600
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Mobile’s Musical Summer Series
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Ozark Leisure Services
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Ozark
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Dale
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$4,400
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Ozark Crawdad and Music Festival
2025
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Pelham BEAT
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Pelham
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Shelby
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$4,600
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Dinner Theatre Series 2025
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Pioneer Museum of Alabama
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Troy
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Pike
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$2,800
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Thunder on the Three Notch
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Prattville Creative and Performing
Arts Council
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Prattville
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Autauga
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$12,600
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Prattville Celebration of the Arts:
Workshops and Events
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Red Mountain Makers
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Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$4,100
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Wood Arts
|
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Redemption Town Partners
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Scottsboro
|
Jackson
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$6,600
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Pictures of Hope
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Sacred Harp Musical Heritage
Association
|
Huntsville
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Madison
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$4,000
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Camp Fasola
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|
Sanspointe Dance Company
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
|
$5,600
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Guest House: A Choreography and
Performance Project
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|
Self Express Productions
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Winfield
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Marion
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$3,400
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Reading Takes Center Stage
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|
Selma Dallas County Historic
Preservation Society
|
Selma
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Dallas
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$5,600
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Art Camp 2025
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Shoals Storytelling Festival
|
Florence
|
Lauderdale
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$5,100
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Shoals Storytelling Festival 2025
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|
Shoals Symphony Orchestra
|
Florence
|
Lauderdale
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$5,100
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The Lion King in Concert 2025
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Sloss Furnaces Foundation
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$8,700
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National Conference on Contemporary
Cast Iron Art - Workshops and Education
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Sloss Furnaces Foundation
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$5,300
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Visiting Artist Residency
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Sound Wall Music Initiative
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Opelika
|
Lee
|
$9,500
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Unleashing Alabama’s Sound:
Empowering Alabama through Music
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Sound Wall Music Initiative
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Opelika
|
Lee
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$6,100
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Opelika Songwriters Festival:
Celebrating Stories Through Song
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Southern Danceworks
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$6,600
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Lurks Behind 2025
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Southern Fried Film Festival
|
Huntsville
|
Madison
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$5,100
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Annual Film Festival
|
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Southern Fried Film Festival
|
Huntsville
|
Madison
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$12,600
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Administrative Support for Film
Festival
|
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Studio By The Tracks
|
Irondale
|
Jefferson
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$12,500
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Artist-In-Residency Program
|
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Studio By The Tracks
|
Irondale
|
Jefferson
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$9,600
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Salary Support
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Sylacauga Area Council on the Arts
& Humanities
|
Sylacauga
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Talladega
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$6,100
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Sylacauga's Marble Sculpting Symposium/Cultural
Exchange
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Tennessee Valley Arts Association
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Florence
|
Lauderdale
|
$4,900
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Artist Retreat for Indian American
Artists Association
|
|
The House Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$2,300
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Rose's Leadership Academy Arts
Programming
|
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The House Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
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$3,600
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Girl Power Book Club
|
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The March Quilts
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$8,400
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Filming and Documenting 10 Years of
The March Quilts
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Tombigbee Healthcare Authority
Foundation
|
Demopolis
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Marengo
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$4,600
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Providing Art Therapy for Behavioral
Health Patients at Whitfield Regional Hospital
|
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Tri-State Community Orchestra
|
Dothan
|
Houston
|
$2,300
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Strings Across the Wiregrass 2025
|
|
Tri-State Expo Juneteenth Affairs
|
Cowarts
|
Houston
|
$9,600
|
Salary Support
|
|
Tri-State Expo Juneteenth Affairs
|
Cowarts
|
Houston
|
$11,600
|
Juneteenth: A Celebration Through
the Arts
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Troy Arts Council
|
Troy
|
Pike
|
$11,100
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Annual Arts and Performance Series
for the City of Troy and Pike County
|
|
Troy City Schools
|
Troy
|
Pike
|
$11,600
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Music Curriculum Support
|
|
Troy University
|
Troy
|
Pike
|
$6,100
|
Alabama Aloud with Don Noble Season
3
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|
Troy University
|
Troy
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Pike
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$3,700
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Junior Warriors - Children's Art and
Culture Program
|
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Troy University
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Troy
|
Pike
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$5,100
|
Fall Arts Series - Winter Rusiloski
and Angel Fernandez Exhibition
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TroyFest Foundation
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Troy
|
Pike
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$6,600
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Downtown Troy Art Invasion 2025
|
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Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center
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Troy
|
Pike
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$6,100
|
Summer Art Explosion
|
|
Troy-Pike Cultural Arts Center
|
Troy
|
Pike
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$3,700
|
Sunshine Seniors 2025
|
|
Tuscaloosa City Schools
|
Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
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$8,600
|
From Classroom to Concert: Elevating
Young Musicians Through Expert Collaboration
|
|
Tuscaloosa County Schools
|
Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$12,300
|
Making Tuscaloosa Beautiful:
Bridging Literacy and the Power of the Arts
|
|
Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra
|
Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
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$8,700
|
Collaboration with Tuscaloosa Area
Schools
|
|
Tuskegee Repertory Theatre
|
Tuskegee
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Macon
|
$3,300
|
Booker T's Towns, a Tuskegee Legacy
Production
|
|
Two Rivers Arts Council
|
Demopolis
|
Demopolis
|
$4,200
|
Main Street Demopolis Mural
|
|
University of Alabama
|
Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
|
$5,600
|
The Paul R. Jones Museum Exhibition:
Taj Matumbi
|
|
University of Alabama
|
Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
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$6,600
|
Moods of Dotts Johnson in Song
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|
University of Alabama
|
Tuscaloosa
|
Tuscaloosa
|
$2,100
|
New Voices Theatre Festival
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
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$5,600
|
Kate Meissner Exhibition
|
|
University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
Birmingham
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Jefferson
|
$6,600
|
Aging Creatively
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|
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Huntsville
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Madison
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$3,300
|
Spring Constellation Series
|
|
University of Alabama in Huntsville
|
Huntsville
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Madison
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$4,600
|
Shakespeare in the Garden 2025:
"Macbeth" and "The Comedy of Errors"
|
|
Valiant Cross Academy
|
Montgomery
|
Montgomery
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$3,400
|
Murals for Valiant Cross Academy
|
|
Wallace Center for Arts and
Reconciliation
|
Harpersville
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Shelby
|
$6,600
|
Creative Aging through Poetry and
Art
|
|
Wallace Center for Arts and
Reconciliation
|
Harpersville
|
Shelby
|
$5,300
|
Juneteenth Music and Arts
Festival: A Partnership with the Town
of Harpersville
|
|
Wetumpka Depot Players
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Wetumpka
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Elmore
|
$9,600
|
45th Season Productions
|
|
Winfield Main Street Program
|
Winfield
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Winfield
|
$8,600
|
Salary Support
|
|
Wiregrass Blues Society
|
Dothan
|
Houston
|
$6,100
|
Wiregrass Blues Fest
|
|
Wiregrass Blues Society
|
Dothan
|
Houston
|
$6,100
|
Blues in Schools
|
|
Wiregrass Museum of Art
|
Dothan
|
Houston
|
$5,100
|
Art & Design Challenge II
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TRADITIONAL ARTS APPRENTICESHIPS
Among the grant recipients this year are artists working in
craft traditions including quilting, pine straw basket weaving, piñata making, lutherie,
and pottery, along with performance traditions such as Bluegrass and old-time
fiddling, Bodhrán (Irish frame drumming), Greek folk dancing, and Kathak
(Indian classical dancing).
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Name
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City
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County
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Amount
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Apprenticeship
|
|
Amita Bhakta
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Florence
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Lauderdale
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$2,000
|
Rangoli
|
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Andrew Kruspe
|
Huntsville
|
Madison
|
$3,000
|
Bodhrán (Irish Frame Drumming)
|
|
Annette Jordan
|
Eutaw
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Greene
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$2,000
|
Pine Straw Basket Weaving
|
|
Brenda Powell
|
Alabaster
|
Shelby
|
$3,000
|
Chair Caning
|
|
Cassandra Pettway
|
Alberta
|
Wilcox
|
$3,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Cathy Mooney
|
Birmingham
|
Jefferson
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Charlie Mato-Toyela
|
Cottonwood
|
Houston
|
$3,000
|
Native American Flute Making
|
|
Edy Aguilar
|
Athens
|
Limestone
|
$2,000
|
Piñata Making
|
|
Edwina Pettway
|
Harvest
|
Madison
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Emma Pettway
|
Boykin
|
Wilcox
|
$3,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Estelle Jackson
|
Demopolis
|
Marengo
|
$3,000
|
White Oak Basketmaking
|
|
Gary Waldrep
|
Albertville
|
Marshall
|
$3,000
|
Old Time Fiddle Music &
Bluegrass
|
|
Hendon Eric Miller
|
Brent
|
Bibb
|
$2,000
|
Pottery Apprenticeship
|
|
Jason Burns
|
Fultondale
|
Jefferson
|
$3,000
|
Musical Instrument Building &
Repair
|
|
Jason Russell
|
Gadsden
|
Etowah
|
$3,000
|
Traditional Decoy Carving
|
|
Jemica Williams
|
Alberta
|
Wilcox
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Lue McCloud
|
Alberta
|
Wilcox
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Marlene Bennett Jones
|
Boykin
|
Wilcox
|
$3,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Mitchell Buchanan
|
Alabaster
|
Shelby
|
$3,000
|
Luthiery
|
|
Rania Charalambidou
|
Montgomery
|
Montgomery
|
$3,000
|
Greek Folk Dance
|
|
Robert Haygens
|
Opp
|
Covington
|
$3,000
|
White Oak Basketmaking
|
|
Sally Mixon
|
Huntsville
|
Madison
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Sherry Burkhalter
|
Newville
|
Henry
|
$3,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Stella Pettway
|
Boykin
|
Wilcox
|
$3,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Sudha Raghuram
|
Montgomery
|
Montgomery
|
$3,000
|
Kathak (Indian Classical Dance)
|
|
Veronica Renee Carter
|
Opelika
|
Lee
|
$2,000
|
Quilting
|
|
Wayne Curtis
|
Mobile
|
Mobile
|
$3,000
|
Hand Drumming
|
The grants above are in response to applications submitted
by the September 3, 2024, deadline and support activities taking place between
January 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025.
The next grant application deadline is March 1, 2025, for
individual artist fellowships. The application portal will open on January 1,
2025. Organizations can apply for funding for projects beginning April 1, 2025.
For more information and to stay up to date on the Alabama
State Council on the Arts, visit arts.alabama.gov.
# # #
About Alabama State Council on the Arts
The Council on the Arts is the official state agency for the support and
development of the arts in Alabama. The Council works to expand and preserve
the state’s cultural resources by supporting nonprofit arts organizations,
schools, colleges, units of local government, and individual artists. Arts
programs, assisted by Council grants, have a track record of enhancing
community development, education, cultural tourism, and overall quality of life
in all regions of the state. Alabama State Council on the Arts grants are made
possible by an annual appropriation from the Alabama Legislature and additional
funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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