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The Virginia Commission for the Arts met recently and approved grant awards totaling more than $4.1 million. Arts organizations, schools and school divisions, and units of local government across the state will benefit from funding through several categories.
Grants awarded in Rappahannock included: Headwaters: Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation, Summer art workshops for children, $2,293; Ki Theatre, General Operating Support $5,400; Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community, General Operating Support, $2,000 and Rappahannock County Elementary School, Artist Residence: Dance, Folk Arts and Visual Art, $3,232.
The Commission awarded grants totaling $3,164,300 to non-profit arts organizations under its General Operating Support Program. General Operating Support provides financial assistance to arts organizations for on-going artistic and administrative expenses. The program is designed to continue, strengthen, and expand the programs of organizations of artistic merit.
Applicants request a portion of their total cash income in their most recently completed fiscal year. Applicants were evaluated competitively on the basis of artistic quality and effective management. The Commission supports organizations with a wide variety of artistic programs, including both the preservation of an artistic heritage and the presentation of new artists.
The Commission also awarded grants totaling $339,041 to non-profit arts organizations under its Project Grant Program. This
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