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SC Arts Commission Grant Awards

Arts in Education (AIE) Awards: Arts Education Projects (AEP)

Purpose

Arts Education Project (AEP) grants are designed to support quality arts education programs in both traditional arts education settings (schools, arts organizations) and other organizations that utilize the arts to advance learning in children (social service, health, community, education or other organizations). AEP grants fund projects and programs that use the arts to meet the educational, developmental and social needs of K-12 students. Activities should expand student access to arts education opportunities and should complement, augment, or advance standards-based arts instruction or arts integration activities delivered to students during the course of the school day curriculum. View the current guidelines >>>

All S.C. Arts Commission grant awards are contingent upon availability of funds, submission and approval of final reports, and compliance with program grant guidelines. Additional grants are awarded throughout the year.

NOTE TO GRANTEES: The grant amounts listed below are based on the Arts in Education grant budget that received tentative approval from the Board of Commissioners on April 19, 2018. Final approval for Arts in Education grants typically occurs at the June Board of Commissioners meeting, scheduled for June 21, 2018.

However, this year we requested additional EIA (Education Improvement Act) funds from the SC Legislature, which will have an impact on our Arts in Education grant budget. A conference committee is scheduled for June 27, where the state’s General Appropriations bill (including our EIA funding) will be debated and a formal budget recommendation will be made.

We do not know the timeline for finding out if we will receive this additional funding. As soon as we have finalized the grant award amounts, we will post an update here. In the meantime, please note that the funds listed below are tentative, and may be subject to change.

Tentative FY2019 AIE Arts Education Project Grant Awards

Grantee	Project	County	Award
701 Center for Contemporary Art	Fifth Annual Young Artists Festival for Ages 6-17	Richland	$4,818
Aiken Symphony Guild	Fifth Grade students exposed to a symphony	Aiken	$12,000
Aiken Civic Ballet Company	Expand Ballet Outreach Programs into Local Schools	Aiken	$5,905
Anderson County Arts Council	Year Long Arts Education Program for At Risk Youth	Anderson	$12,000
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina	Visual Arts STEAM Program for Beaufort & Jasper County	Beaufort	$12,000
Arts Council of Greenwood County	Art Education Field Trip for grade K-5	Greenwood	$13,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate	Visual & Performing arts classes after school and summer	Spartanburg	$12,000
Cainhoy Elementary School	Provide students with arts-rich curriculum and experiences	Berkeley	$9,700
Carolina Art Association	Art Education projects and outreach	Charleston	$10,500
Chapman Cultural Center	Muse Machine In-School Performances for grades K-12	Spartanburg	$12,000
Charleston Gaillard Management Co.	Education Initiative Teacher Training	Charleston	$10,500
Charleston Jazz	After school jazz music education program for 4-5th graders	Charleston	$4,190
Charleston Symphony Orchestra	Music education programs for school age children	Charleston	$10,500
Claflin University	Residential Summer Arts Intensive	Orangeburg	$10,496
Columbia Children's Theatre	Stone Soup: The Musical Tour to the SC Promise Zone	Richland	$12,000
Columbia Museum of Art	SC history/arts education for 8th grade students/educators	Richland	$12,000
Columbia Film Society	Lower Richland Story Lab	Richland	$12,000
Fort Lawn Community Center	Arts Camps for Children and Youth Ages 5 - 18	Chester	$10,500
Greenville Center for Creative Arts	Free visual arts camp for low-income k-5 students	Greenville	$10,500
Greenville Little Theatre	High quality theatre to area Title One schools, free of charge	Greenville	$13,500
Greenville Symphony Association	Children's Concert for Elementary School Students	Greenville	$10,500
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston	Photography and storytelling program for students	Charleston	$10,500
Holly Springs Center	Pre-K, Elementary, Middle School field trips in mountain arts	Pickens	$12,000
Metropolitan Arts Council	SmartARTS Arts Integration Program	Greenville	$10,500
Redux Contemporary Art Center	Arts Education programming and outreach	Charleston	$10,500
SC Children's Theatre	Title I Theatre Arts Residency for 3rd Graders	Greenville	$3,518
SC Orchestra Association	SC Philharmonic's Youth Orchestras program	Richland	$10,500
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice School District	Artist residencies for students in the SCDJJ School District	Richland	$12,000
Steam Ed Publishing, dba A Backpack Journalist	Stories of community courage during the Civil Rights Era	Charleston	$10,500
Sue-Ham Community Development Center	Theatrical production and theatre/musical workshops	Williamsburg	$8,934
The Children's Museum of the Upstate	Visual Arts Programming for children ages 4-11	Greenville	$12,000
The Drama Lady Theatre Group	Macbeth rural arts/literacy education	Marion	$12,000
Trustus, Inc.	Summer Youth Conservatory Camp for High School Students	Richland	$7,000
Yo Art Inc.	STEAM Programming Using Media Arts	Charleston	$7,132
Total Tentaive FY19 Arts Education Project Grant Awards			$348,192

Arts Education Projects (AEP) Panelists:

David Platts - Fine Arts Coordinator, Lancaster County School District, Lancaster County
David Smalls - Legislative Delegation Director, Colleton County
Gail Hubbard-Mack - Fine Arts Coordinator, Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5, Orangeburg County
Nick Washington - Program Manager, The Original Six Foundation, Richland County
Robin Berlinsky - Executive Director, Engaging Creative Minds, Charleston County

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