Past Grants

Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Inc.

Challenge grant for support of a residency at Baltimore City College High School. The Festival places a teaching artist for a semester to work with a class of up to 20 students. The students participating in the class often come to the program with no prior theatrical experience and a limited understanding of Shakespeare’s work. Students develop stage presence, vocal projection, and text comprehension, and they learn to perform on stage before an audience in a production of a version of a Shakespeare play.

High Zero Foundation, Inc.

For support of the High Zero 2007 Festival of Experimental Improvised Music. The four-day event, now receiving national notice, attracts high quality avant-garde musicians from around the world to participate in all-new collaborations with Baltimore artists.

Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation

For continued support of educational and outreach arts programs designed to increase public awareness and support for the cultural arts in Maryland.

The African American Festival Foundation

In support of the 2006 festival, showcasing and celebrating the history, culture, heritage, and arts of African Americans. The Festival attracts a local and national audience of more than 500,000 visitors.

Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.

Toward the cost of relocating the satellite ceramic arts studio from Mondawmin Mall to the Forest Park Senior Center. In the new studio, Clayworks artists will continue to offer affordable and accessible arts programs, including after-school and summer programs, to adults and students.