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Darke County Endowment for the Arts announces grant awards
Darke County Endowment for the Arts recently granted funds to four
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, Friends of Bear’s Mill,
Main Street Greenville, and Mississinawa Valley Schools
“All of the applications are worthy of support, and will provide
opportunities for enjoyment of the arts by a broad range of people;
this year's grants will benefit art exhibits as well as 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 which, if possible, will include a visit to
an Ohio art museum; the DCEA grant will help fund this enrichment
opportunity. “Art At the Mill” in the Clark Gallery at historic Bear’s
Mill also 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. Additionally, funds were awarded to
provide cash prizes to worthy artists participating in Main Street
Greenville’s upcoming Artisan Stroll, and Mississinawa Valley High
School will be assisted in developing an impressive photography course
with cameras purchased through the Endowment grant.
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 Ted Abney, Antonia Baker, Gary Brown, Becky Hartnagle,
Andrea Jordan, and Kent Zechar. Nicole Gillespie serves as DCEA
treasurer.
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