ORGANIZATIONAL
SUPPORT GRANTS
(13 Awards Totaling $800,000)
Bookmarks $19,000
Little Theatre of Winston-Salem $94,000
North Carolina Black Repertory Company $120,000
Old Salem Museums and Gardens $25,000
Piedmont Craftsmen $55,000
Piedmont Opera $55,000
Piedmont Wind Symphony $29,000
Reynolda House Museum of American Art $39,000
RiverRun International Film Festival $63,000
Sawtooth School for Visual Art $70,000
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art $76,000
Winston-Salem Festival Ballet $30,000
Winston-Salem Symphony $125,000
This program receives additional support from the N.C. Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
ANNUAL EVENT AND
SERIES GRANTS
(15 Awards Totaling $83,750)
40+ Stage Company $ 750
a/perture $ 7,500
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem $ 5,000
Authoring Action $15,500
Downtown Arts District Association $ 2,500
Downtown Jazz $ 5,000
Hispanic League $ 5,000
Kernersville Little Theatre $ 7,500
Korner’s Folly $ 5,000
Peppercorn Theatre at Kaleideum $ 5,000
Spring Theatre $ 2,000
Triad Cultural Arts $ 3,500
Triad Pride Performing Arts $ 2,000
Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts $ 12,500
Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance $ 5,000
This program receives additional support from the N.C. Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
WELLS FARGO ARTS-IN-EDUCATION GRANTS
(21 Awards Totaling $111,400)
a/perture: $ 1,920 To conduct Mis en Scene (Telling a Story) workshops for middle and high school theatre classes
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem: $ 4,600 To provide artist-led workshops in the creative process, calligraphy, Chinese painting, and papermaking to art classes in all grade levels
Bookmarks: $ 5,080 To support bringing award-winning illustrator and author, James Ransome and Lesa Cline-Ransome, of Before She Was Harriet to visit and distribute 200 copies of their book to second-grade students
Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company: $ 1,000 To provide flamenco dancing workshops and performances
Carolina Music Ways: $ 7,000 To present assembly performances of Carolina Live! Our Musical History, a musical program that introduces elementary school students to the
Piedmont’s cross-cultural musical legacy featuring jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, Moravian, and old-time string bands
Hispanic League: $ 1,000 To present an assembly performances of Che Apalache, a nationally known Argentine-based band that fuses Appalachian and Lain American string music
Jordan Medley (dancer): $ 2,000 To provide contemporary dance masterclasses and workshops to high school dance classes
Karl Kassner (brass musician): $ 7,200 To provide one-on-one instructive brass clinics for middle school music students
Kathryn Gauldin (fiber artist): $ 1,800 To provide an artist residency for middle school art students who will design and create a collaborative tapestry using traditional and repurposed items
Mark Donnell (actor/director): $ 4,500 To provide three Commedia dell’arte (comedy of art) artist residencies for high school theatre classes
Mary D. Williams (vocalist): $ 1,000 To present, “Moments in History,” an interactive performance of music and history with acclaimed singer, educator & historian, Mary D. Williams
Music Carolina: $ 6,000 To present multiple performances of “Brass Under the Big Top” which integrates musical performances with the magic of the circus to expose elementary school students to classical music and history
Piedmont Craftsmen: $ 10,000 To provide multiple craft artisans-in-residencies for high school art classes including ceramics, basket making, mixed-media, and weaving
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: $ 2,000 To provide photojournalism workshops for third-grade students to explore photography, journalism, and history
Shared Radiance: $4,500 To present ShakesCollage, a 45-minute compilation of Shakespeare, for middle and high school students
Tam Tam Mandigue: $8,000 To bring hands-on African drumming and dancing residencies and workshops to elementary and middle school students
UNCSA Foundation: $ 6,980 To conduct contemporary dance workshops with multiple high school dance classes
WS Festival Ballet: $5,000 To conduct dance master classes for high school dance students that will include ballet, jazz, contemporary, and musical theatre dance instruction
WS Symphony: $8,500 To support “The Mary Starling In-School Music Education Program,” a program that engages all the public 4th and 5th grade students through intimate ensemble performances in schools and a full orchestra concert at R.J. Reynolds Auditorium
WS/FCS - Arts Professional Development: $ 15,820 To support professional development opportunities for core arts teachers
WS/FCS Public Art Project: $ 7,500 To support a one-time public art project for a WS/FC school
This program receives support from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and from the N.C. Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS
10 Awards Totaling $20,000
Michael Anderson (Music) $2,000 - To produce an album containing a collection of original songs that reflect on physical and mental postures.
Tony Artimisi (Music) $2,000 – To construct an online drum sampling kit called "DIY Drum Grooves" for studio recording purposes.
Destiny Brothers (Music) $2,000 – To record and produce an urban jazz album.
Grant Coversano (Film) $3,000 - To complete a research project that will conduct interviews with queer youth growing up in the American South and will serve as the basis for a narrative film project.
Nicole Lawson (Dance) $1,000 - To convert a solo work that explores internalized racism and white privilege into a dance film.
Cheryl Ann Lipstreu (Visual Art) $1,500 - To attend the World Bodypainting Festival in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Jazmine Moore (Visual Art) $2,000 - To produce an illustrated children's book for kids who have experienced trauma.
John Ray (Music) $2,000 - To assist with the promotion and marketing of his band's live-recorded album featuring progressive jazz.
Michael Tyson (Music) $2,000 - To record and produce his band’s third full-length album featuring Americana storytelling songs.
Cory Williams (Visual Art) $2,500 - To help scale his sculpture into works of public art.
This program receives support from the N.C. Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.