Howard County Arts Council Announces 2011 Grant Awards

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced that 38 arts and cultural organizations will receive $342,943.00 in matching grants from the Howard County Arts Council for Fiscal Year 2011. The awards were announced at the Arts Council's annual meeting and reception at the Howard County Center for the Arts on September 24, 2010. These matching grants will be used by 18 Howard County organizations; 9 Howard County public schools; and 11 key Baltimore City organizations to support general operations, artist residencies, and special projects in the arts. Community Arts Development Grants fund day-to-day activities for Howard County arts organizations as well as special projects in the arts. $193,641.00 was awarded to the following 18 organizations for FY2011:

Candlelight Concert Society Operating $22,802.00
Chesapeake Shakepeare Company Operating $25,068.00
Columbia Bands Project $2,652.00
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Operating $32,272.00
Columbia Festival of the Arts Operating $27,300.00
The Columbia Orchestra Operating $23,138.00
Columbia Pro Cantare, Ltd. Operating $19,905.00
Howard County Ballet Project $2,142.00
Howard County Poetry and
Literature Society Operating $11,053.00
Hua Sha Chinese Dance Center Project $1,550.00
Kinetics Dance Theatre Operating $10,118.00
Little Patuxent Review Project $1,659.00
Misako Ballet Company Project $2,547.00
Orchestra of St. John's Project $2,261.00
Rep Stage Project $1,741.00
Showtime Singers Project $2,223.00
Silhouette Stages, Inc. Project $2,325.00
Sundays at Three Project $2,244.00

The Jim Rouse Theatre (JRT) Subsidy Program assists community arts groups by partially underwriting theatre rental fees. $10,000.00 was awarded to the following 3 organizations for FY2011:

The Columbia Orchestra $5,984.96
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society $987.32
Kinetics Dance Theatre $3027.72

Artist-in-Education Project Grants are a partnership between the Arts Council and local
Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) to place professional artists in residence at Howard
County Schools to help student's foster creative expression. $17,560.00 in funding was awarded to the following 9 schools for FY2011:

Dunloggin MS PTA $560.00
Glenwood MS PTSA $2,133.33
Harpers Choice MS PTA $1,028.33
Hollifield Station ES PTA $1,540.00
Longfellow ES PTA $775.00
Northfield ES PTA $1,458.33
Waterloo ES PTA $2,146.67
West Friendship ES PTA $1,633.34
Wilde Lake MS PTSA $1,086.00
HeadStART in Art: Ellicott City and Tubman Head Start Centers $5,199.00

Baltimore City Arts and Cultural Grants provide funding to key Baltimore City organizations
that provide significant services to Howard County residents. $121,742.00 was awarded to the
following 11 organizations for FY2011:

American Visionary Art Museum $4,864.00
Baltimore Museum of Art $21,600.00
Baltimore Museum of Industry $3,620.00
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra $18,803.00
Center Stage Associates, Inc. $14,213.00
Maryland Historical Society $2,377.00
Maryland Science Center $9,043.00
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore $7,505.00
National Aquarium in Baltimore $20,506.00
Port Discovery Children's Museum $4,792.00
Walters Art Museum $14,419.00

Howard County Arts Council grants are awarded on the basis of artistic merit, ability of the applicant to carry out the project, and level of service to the community. Grants are made through a competitive process in which applications are reviewed by an advisory panel made up of academics and artists representing a variety of disciplines. Grant award recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the Howard County Arts Council Board of Directors.

The Arts Council's grant program is supported through grants from the Howard County government and the Maryland State Arts Council as well as through the Howard County Arts Council's own foundation, corporate, and individual giving initiatives.