The Alliance Arts Council has recently been awarded grants from two arts organizations.
The Alliance Arts Council announced that it has been awarded a grant of $5,713 by the Nebraska Arts Council. This grant will support their upcoming 2012-2013 season of performing & visual arts events.
Nebraska Arts Council’s Executive Director, Suzanne Wise, commended the Alliance Arts Council for its programs.
“The Alliance Arts Council does an outstanding job of providing arts activities for Box Butte County,” she said. “It is through fine organizations like this that Nebraska’s children receive a better education in the arts, and the quality of life is improved for all Nebraskans.”
The Nebraska Arts Council grants monetary resources to Nebraska’s nonprofit organizations for arts projects and programs in communities throughout the state. This financial support is made possible by funds appropriated by the Nebraska Legislature, through competitive grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a federal agency, and funds from the Nebraska Cultural Endowment (NCE). Nebraskans wishing to learn more about NEA grants or the NCE should visit the NAC website at www.nebraskaartscouncil.org.
The second grant makes the Alliance Arts Council among a select group of regional presenters to receive a Mid-America Arts Alliance Regional Touring Program grant.
This award will support an upcoming 5-day school residency and public performance by artist Martha Hannah from Austin, TX. Funding for M-AAA’s grant is drawn from generous underwriting by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nebraska Arts Council, and foundations, corporations, and individuals throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Mid-America Arts Alliance, the nation’s oldest regional arts organization, was founded in 1972 to foster cultural growth in heartland communities. Today, M-AAA primarily serves communities throughout those states and it develops and delivers arts and humanities programs for a national audience. Mid America Arts Alliance programs attract more than one million people annually in more than 300 communities.
For more information about the Alliance Arts Council and its programs visit their website at www.allianceartscouncil.com