Funding Arts Broward Awards More Than $185,000 to Arts Organizations

This season, when you engage in Broward County arts programming and find yourself wistfully enjoying Master Chorale of South Florida as they perform Songs of War and Peace, or viewing a local production of Through the Looking Glass at Fort Lauderdale's Children's Theatre- remember Funding Arts Broward (FAB!). Twenty-three local arts programs have been supported through the Funding Arts Broward (FAB!) grant program for the 2013 - 2014 season.

The objective of Funding Arts Broward is to create a sustainable funding pool to provide grants to eligible Broward County arts organizations. Individual members contribute $1000 annually, business members $3500, which enables FAB! to make a significant impact as a funding source. Since its first awards in 2004, FAB! has awarded more then $1.8 million locally. It is the belief of Funding Arts Broward members that developing the arts has a direct positive economic impact as well as enhancing the quality of life.

This year, the FAB! recipients are:

Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra - Concerto Competition and Winners Concert, $ 6,000
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida - The Rite of Spring, $6,000
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood - Augustine Woodgate: The Skin Rug Collection, $11,000
Association of Performing Arts of India - Spiritual Sound of Violin, $5,000
Broward County Film Society - Classic Hollywood Exposed, $3,500
Broward Center for the Performing Arts - Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
Coral Springs Museum of Art - 2014 Saturday Chautauqua: A Community Arts Infusion, $8,000
Fantasy Theatre Factory - Cultural Arts Program for Community Audiences, $8,000
Florida Grand Opera - Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco, $10,000
Florida Singing Sons Boys Choir - FSSB Spring Concert, $7,500
Florida Youth Orchestra - 2014 Spotlight Family Concert, $8,000
Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre - Through the Looking Glass, $8,000
Girls' Club Foundation - TM Sisters Curated Exhibition and Related Programs, $8,000
Gold Coast Jazz Society - 2014 Winter/Spring Jazz Project, $8,000
Master Chorale of South Florida - Songs of War and Peace, $7,500
Miami City Ballet - Nacho Duato's Jardi Tancat, $9,500
Museum of Art ?Fort Lauderdale - William J. Glackens Survey Exhibition, $11,000
Old Dillard Foundation - 2014 Cannonball Jazz Series, $7,000
Seraphic Fire - 2014 Broward Season, $10,000
Symphony of the Americas - Classic Events, $12,000
The Women's Theatre Project - Girl Play 2014, 5th Annual Lesbian Reading Festival, $2,000
The Girl Choir of South Florida - Sound Sense, $7,500
Young At Art Museum - 2014 YAA Artist Collaborative, $12,000

Funding Arts Broward, FAB! is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and cultivating the arts in Broward County. Now in its 10th year, the organization was created in response to the need for private financial support. Members volunteer to review grant applications, conduct site visits and evaluate and recommend funding for specific projects. Grantees are then selected by a vote of the FAB! members.

Artwork: Don Lambert -- Lawn Jobs