Kansas Arts Commission's Arts Education Grants

This article is from the October 2010 issue of KC Stage

The Kansas Arts Commission announced its Fiscal Year 2011 arts-in-education grant recipients who will receive a total of $207,380 in funds. The program supports innovative, structured arts-learning experiences for Kansas children from birth through the 12th grade. The Commission believes that the arts are a vital component of education and that the arts are a core part of 21st-century workforce skills.

Kansas Arts Commission Grant Recipients

• Arkansas City Area Arts Council Inc., Arkansas City, $8,000
• Associated Youth Services Inc., Kansas City, $6,360
• The Baker Arts Foundation, Liberal, $4,392
• Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, $16,000
• Emporia Arts Council, Emporia, $8,000
• Hays Arts Council Inc., Hays, $8,000
• Junction City Arts Council Inc., Junction City, $3,334
• Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Fairway, $10,000
• Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Overland Park, $16,000
• Kansas City String Quartet Program, Prairie Village, $8,000
• Lawrence Arts Center Inc., Lawrence, $10,000
• Lawrence Children’s Choir, Inc., Lawrence, $8,000
• Lawrence Community Theatre Inc., Lawrence, $7,840
• Lied Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, $10,000
• Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc., Overland Park, $10,000
• Ottawa Community Arts Council Inc., Ottawa, $8,000
• Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, $3,454
• Salina Art Center Inc., Salina, $10,000
• Salina Community Theatre Association Inc., Salina, $8,000
• Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, $16,000
• The Storytellers Inc., Kansas City, Kan., $8,000
• Topeka Symphony Society, Topeka, $10,000
• Van Go Mobile Arts Inc., Lawrence, $10,000