The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) today announced the recipients of its Partner and Project grant funding for fiscal year 2015. Seventy – two organizations throughout the state were collectively awarded approximately $750 thousand in funding for operating support (Partner Grant) or arts projects (Project Grant). Eleven organizations also received support for exceptional arts education programs.

Funds awarded by Georgia Council for the Arts include appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.

“This grant cycle presented many difficult decisions due to the overwhelmingly high number of qualified applications we received from strong organizations delivering some of the state’s most outstanding arts programs and services,” said GCA executive director Karen Paty. “These organizations execute extraordinary artistic work that has a significant impact on the communities served and the state as a whole. It is our honor to support the funded institutions’ efforts and we look forward to working with them in the coming year.”

Georgia Council for the Arts uses Peer Review Panels to adjudicate applications following National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) precedent. Panelists are GCA Council members and fellow professionals who are experienced in the arts discipline or type of grant being reviewed or are citizens with a record of arts activities, experience, and knowledge. Grant recipients include theaters, dance companies, museums, cities, colleges and multi-discipline arts entities. A complete list of 2015 grantees is below: 

Partner Grants: 

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

Atlanta Ballet, Inc.

Atlanta Celebrates Photography

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Atlanta Film Festival

Atlanta Opera, The

Atlanta Shakespeare Company

Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde, Inc.

Aurora Theatre, Inc.

C4 Atlanta INC

Callanwolde Foundation, Inc.

Center for Puppetry Arts, Inc.

Clarkston Community Center, Inc.

Flux Projects, Inc.

Full Radius Dance

Gainesville Theatre Alliance/University of North Georgia

Georgia Shakespeare Festival

Georgia State University – Rialto Center for the Arts

Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Inc.

Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art

Gwinnett Council for the Arts-Hudgens Center for the Arts

Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences Inc,

Hammonds House Museum

Horizon Theatre Company, Inc.

Mercer University-The Grand Opera House

Moving in the Spirit

Reforming Arts Incorporated

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center- Alliance Theatre

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center- High Museum

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center-Young Audiences

Savannah Music Festival

Savannah Philharmonic Corporation

Several Dancers Core

Springer Opera House Arts Association, Inc.

Symphony Augusta

Telfair Museum of Art, Inc.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia

Theatrical Outfit

Thomasville Cultural Center, Inc.

True Colors Theatre Company

University of Georgia-Georgia Museum of Art

Voices of North Georgia

VSA arts of Georgia Inc

Project Grants: 

7 Stages

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Art Rise Savannah, Inc.

Athens Folk Music and Dance Society, Inc.

Atlanta Chinese Dance Company

Beacon Dance Company

Bent Frequency Inc.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta

Carrollton Parks Recreation and Cultural Arts Department

City of Toccoa

Clayton State University

Creative Arts Guild

Greater Augusta Arts Council

Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy

Kennesaw State University

Out Of Hand Theater

Pike Historic Preservation, Inc.

Sautee Nacoochee Community Association

Savannah Ballet Theatre

Serenbe Playhouse

South Georgia Ballet, Inc.

Steffen Thomas Museum and Archives, Inc.

The Columbus Museum, Inc

The Essential Theatre, Inc.

Theatre du Reve

UGA Performing Arts Center

Wilcox County Arts Council

Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus