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Darke
County Endowment for the Arts announces grant awards
Darke County Endowment for the Arts recently granted funds to eight
applicants who submitted requests for financial assistance with their
arts-related projects. According to DCEA Chair Marilyn Delk, one of
DCEA's major purposes is to help organizations and individuals achieve
artistic goals that benefit the citizens of Darke County. The grants
were awarded to: Ansonia High School Art Club, Darke County Association
of Garden Clubs, Darke County Park District, Friends of Bear’s Mill,
Greenville Art Guild, Greenville Instrumental Band Boosters, Greenville
Municipal Concert Band, and Towne & Country Players.
“All of the applications were worthy of support, and will provide
opportunities for enjoyment of the arts by a broad range of people;
this year's grants will benefit musical performances and art exhibits,
as well as music and art education,” Mrs. Delk stated. “We look forward
to the community embracing the opportunities provided by the projects
we've funded,” she concluded.
Ansonia High School Art Club provides students with enriching
after-school art activities; the DCEA grant will help fund these
projects. Money awarded to the Darke County Association of Garden Clubs
will contribute to the organization’s flower shows at the Darke County
Fair this summer which will be themed around art. In addition to their
annual Prairie Days event at Shawnee Prairie, Darke County Park
District will host an Historical Encampment during The Gathering at
Garst this summer; Endowment funds will help cover artists’ fees for
both of these culturally enriching events.
“Art At the Mill” in the Clark Gallery at historic Bear’s Mill received
assistance from the Endowment; this series of art exhibits gives local
residents the opportunity to view and possibly purchase the work of
fine artists who are eager to display their talents to a broad
audience. Greenville Art Guild will sponsor fine art workshops offering
instruction in acrylic painting and color pencil drawing to beginning
and advanced students; Endowment funds will help offset the cost of
equipment and supplies.
Greenville Instrumental Music Boosters requested money to purchase
instruments essential to musical performance by high school students;
DCEA will help fund these purchases. The Endowment also granted funds
to help cover operating costs for Greenville Municipal Band's popular
annual concert series in Greenville City Park that has provided free
entertainment to generations of local residents. As part of Towne &
Country Players’ mission to enrich their community, the organization
presents a series of free performances in downtown Versailles each
summer; a DCEA grant will help cover expenses for this year’s
“Staycation” entertainment series.
DCEA is a non-profit organization that receives and manages charitable
gifts that are invested to produce income benefitting the arts in Darke
County. In addition to the General Fund from which grant monies are
allotted, the Endowment maintains other funds, one specifically
dedicated to assisting Darke County Center for the Arts in their
mission to culturally enrich our community, and the Memorial Hall Fund
to help preserve and maintain historic Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall.
For more information about how you can become involved in keeping the
arts alive in our community, visit www.SupportDCEA.org, or contact DCEA
at P.O. Box 155, Greenville, OH 45331. In addition to Mrs. Delk, DCEA
trustees are Gary Brown, Roberta Feltman, Barbara Greiner, Becky
Hartnagle, and Andrea Jordan. Nicole Gillespie serves as DCEA treasurer.
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