Young Victorian Theatre Company
$5,000 / 2008 / Arts
Toward a permanent endowment of a Gilbert and Sullivan acting company.
Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
$20,000 / 2008 / Arts
Toward the renovation of the Gallery Building, 1883 Provincial House. The renovations will provide additional space for handicapped-accessible exhibitions, offices, workshops, visiting artist housing, and community meeting space.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$5,000 / 2008 / Arts
A challenge grant for support of the 2008 Baltimore Book Festival. The September festival features more than 300 authors, exhibits, workshops, discussions, reviews of student work by professionals and peers, storytelling, nonstop readings, street performances, and live music.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$125,000 / 2008 / Arts
Five-year funding for support of the Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, awarded annually at Artscape. The purpose of the prestigious award is to encourage artists to live and work in Baltimore.
Baltimore Opera Company
$32,000 / 2008 / Arts
Toward the purchase of equipment to accommodate Metropolitan Opera Simulcasts at the Lyric Opera House, as a strategy to expand the audience for opera in Baltimore. A series of eight operas will be scheduled Saturday afternoons.