FY 25 Grant Recipients
Thanks to Arts Council's 2024 Community Fund for the Arts, we invested $1,050,712 in grants, awards, and programs for artists and organizations in FY25.
Artist Support Grants
(ASG) Recipients
Emily Emerson, $2000
Montelle Lemon, $2,000
Stephanie Patterson, $1,875
Kendra Harding, $1,200
Quique Rodriguez-Pastor, $2,000
Christopher Hudson, $2,000
Xhenet Aliu, $1,000
Jacinta V. White, $1,983
Petra, $1,855
Rebecca Juliette-Deux, $2,000
Kate Waltman, $1,900
Anna Partna, $1,125
Amy Funderburk, $2,000
Jerstin Crosby, $2,000
Les Caison III, $2,000
Marianne DiNapoli-Mylet, $2,000
Elzena Anderson, $1,420
Ryan Osbourne, $1,883
Zach McCraw, $1,259
Total Awards: $33,500
Mixxer Community Makerspace, $35,000
Christina Soriano, $34,500
Senior Services, $19,305
Action4Equity: WS Freedom Schools, $12,860
Authoring Action, $33,500
Arts District of Winston-Salem, $32,500
Winston-Salem Symphony, $32,500
a/perture cinema, $30,000
Mona King, $20,000
Sawtooth School for Visual Art, $19,035
Total Awards: $269,200
General Operating Support Grant
(GOSG) Recipients
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, $25,000
Bookmarks, $33,400
Winston-Salem Symphony, $32,700
North Carolina Black Repertory Company, $31,900
Piedmont Opera, $26,400
The Enrichment Center, an Affiliated Chapter
of The Arc, $26,400
Sawtooth School for Visual Art, $95,097
Total Awards: $270,897
Arts In Education
(AIE) Recipients
William Scheidt, $12,000
Nicholas Psihountas, $1,500
Karl Kassner, $8,640
Music Carolina, $5,700
Winston Salem Symphony, $9,000
Carolina Music Ways, $9,720
Bamboo Roots, $500
The Pluck Project, $1,500
Winston Salem Festival Ballet, $5,000
Spring Theatre, $800
Shared Radiance Performing Arts Company, $1,400
Diane Faison, $3,600
Mark C. Donnell, $4,500
North Carolina Museum of Art W-S, $8,500
Marlene Kuser, $3,440
Redhawk American Indian Educational and Cultural, $1,000
Kathryn Gauldin, $3,870
Piedmont Wind Symphony, $2,500
Hispanic League, $3,000
Piedmont Craftsmen, $15,000
The Ugly Duckling, by Jon Deak with Jodi Burns, Paul Sharpe, and Mary Siebert, $2,573
WSFCS Professional Development, $17,257
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Teacher Supplies, $125,000
Spring Arts Extravaganza for K-12 at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, $12,500
Arts Council AIE Discretionary Fund, $8,615
Total Awards: $267,115
Multicultural Grassroots Arts Grant
(MGAG) Recipients
Royal Curtain Drama Guild, $35,000
Comunidad Mujer Valiosa, $35,000
Triad Cultural Arts, $35,000
Hymns for Him, Inc., $34,000
Hispanic League, $33,000
Thankful Heritage Museum, $26,300
Action4Equity: WS Freedom Schools, $11,700
Total Awards: $210,000
