Black Belt Community Foundation to Award $80,000 on Saturday, April 29th at Selma-Dallas County Public Library, 11am
$80,000 in arts grants will be awarded to arts organizations across 12 counties of the Alabama Black Belt. 27 non-profits from across 12 counties to be awarded.
Selma, AL, April 27, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Twenty-seven nonprofit organizations from across the Black Belt region of Alabama will come together on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Selma, Alabama for the Black Belt Community Foundation's (BBCF) 12th Black Belt Arts Initiative (BBAI) Grants Ceremony. The awards ceremony will begin at 11:00 AM at the Selma-Dallas County Library, Selma, Alabama. In total, $80,000 will be awarded to area museums, community theatres, festivals, and youth organizations offering concentrated arts programs.
Through these individual projects, it is anticipated that nearly 22,000 Black Belt residents will be inspired, affected, or touched in some way - whether by taking a local art class, by viewing a musical or theatrical performance, or by visiting a local folk arts festival.
BBCF was established in 2004 to support community efforts in the Black Belt that contribute to the strength, innovation, and success of all the region's people and communities. A partnership formed in 2006 with BBCF, the Youth & Cultural Committee of the Black Belt Action Commission, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA), which established the Black Belt Arts Initiative. The goals of this project are to work in partnership with local community based organizations to forge collaborations with local schools to advance arts education, to document and promote the region’s artistic assets, to assist arts organizations in becoming more efficient and effective and to Provide opportunities for citizens of the Black Belt region to be exposed to and participate in the arts
Since 2006, $1,320,671 has been awarded through BBAI Arts Grants to support various arts activities across BBCF's twelve-county service area. In total, BBCF has invested over $3.7 million from BBAI Arts, Community and other grants into regional nonprofits, based in and serving Alabama's Black Belt.
For more information on the Black Belt Arts Initiative, please visit www.blackbeltfound.org, or contact Jo Taylor, BBCF Program Manager for the Arts, at jtaylor@blackbeltfound.org, or (334) 874-1126.
The Black Belt Arts Initiative has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment on the Arts.
The Black Belt Community Foundation’s mission is to forge a collective stream of giving that transforms a 12-county region and connecting those interested in having an impact in our area with the nonprofits that are making a difference today. Founded in 2005 with the idea that those living and working in the Black Belt best knew the area’s challenges and opportunities, the Black Belt Community Foundation actively puts needed resources into the region to make a lasting impact.
Through these individual projects, it is anticipated that nearly 22,000 Black Belt residents will be inspired, affected, or touched in some way - whether by taking a local art class, by viewing a musical or theatrical performance, or by visiting a local folk arts festival.
BBCF was established in 2004 to support community efforts in the Black Belt that contribute to the strength, innovation, and success of all the region's people and communities. A partnership formed in 2006 with BBCF, the Youth & Cultural Committee of the Black Belt Action Commission, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA), which established the Black Belt Arts Initiative. The goals of this project are to work in partnership with local community based organizations to forge collaborations with local schools to advance arts education, to document and promote the region’s artistic assets, to assist arts organizations in becoming more efficient and effective and to Provide opportunities for citizens of the Black Belt region to be exposed to and participate in the arts
Since 2006, $1,320,671 has been awarded through BBAI Arts Grants to support various arts activities across BBCF's twelve-county service area. In total, BBCF has invested over $3.7 million from BBAI Arts, Community and other grants into regional nonprofits, based in and serving Alabama's Black Belt.
For more information on the Black Belt Arts Initiative, please visit www.blackbeltfound.org, or contact Jo Taylor, BBCF Program Manager for the Arts, at jtaylor@blackbeltfound.org, or (334) 874-1126.
The Black Belt Arts Initiative has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment on the Arts.
The Black Belt Community Foundation’s mission is to forge a collective stream of giving that transforms a 12-county region and connecting those interested in having an impact in our area with the nonprofits that are making a difference today. Founded in 2005 with the idea that those living and working in the Black Belt best knew the area’s challenges and opportunities, the Black Belt Community Foundation actively puts needed resources into the region to make a lasting impact.
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