Endowment for the
Arts announces grants recipients
Darke County Endowment for the Arts recently granted funds to six
applicants who submitted requests for financial assistance for their
arts-related projects. According to DCEA Chair Marilyn Delk, one of
DCEA's major purposes is to assist organizations and individuals in
achieving artistic goals that benefit the citizens of Darke County. The
grants were awarded to: Friends of the Cardinal Center, Greenville
Municipal Concert Band, Darke County Park District, Main Street
Greenville, Town and Country Players, and Friends of Bear's Mill.
“This year's grantees were chosen from many worthy applicants, and will
provide opportunities for enjoyment of and participation in the arts by
a broad range of local residents,” Mrs. Delk stated. This year's awards
will financially assist an arts camp, art exhibits, and musical
performances. “We look forward to the community embracing and
benefitting from these delightful programs,” Mrs. Delk concluded.
The Friends of the Cardinal Center who are working to preserve the
historical and educational heritage of Gettysburg School will host two
weeks of music and arts education at free arts camps this summer.
Endowment funds will help offset the cost of materials, instruction,
and facilities. Greenville Municipal Band's popular annual concert
series in Greenville City Park has provided free entertainment to
generations of local residents. The granted funds will be used to help
cover operating costs including musicians' fees so that this summer
tradition can continue to fill summer nights with music for Darke
Countians of all ages.
Performers who will share songs and tales to enhance Darke County Park
District 's Prairie Days Festival include bluegrass, Americana and
country group Berachah Valley Band, folk singer and
multi-instrumentalist Joseph, bluegrass band Silver Grass, and classic
country string band The Thien Snipps plus Darke County Civic Theatre
performing their annual melodrama. DCEA funding will help compensate
the artists at these free events celebrating the cultural heritage of
the area. Main Street Greenville requested and received funds to
continue Street Arts Saturdays, a newly-initiated recurring event
presenting high quality performing and visual artists on the streets of
Greenville during warm weather months.
Town and Country Players produce one or two musicals each year, and
during the summer provide entertainment on Versailles' Fountain Square;
Endowment funds will support these popular community events. From March
through December, Friends of Bear's Mill presents the work of diverse
area artists in the Mill's rustic Clark Gallery; money provided by DCEA
will support these art exhibits and the events surrounding them.
DCEA is a non-profit organization that receives and manages charitable
gifts that are invested to produce income benefitting the arts in Darke
County. For more information, contact a member of DCEA's governing
board; in addition to Mrs. Delk trustees are Suzi Brown, Roberta
Feltman, Tom Graber, Barbara Greiner, Becky Hartnagle, and Andrea
Jordan. Julie Strait serves as DCEA treasurer.
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