Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
$5,000 / 2004 / Arts
For expenses in support of the symposium, “The Role of the Arts in Urban Revitalization.” The event’s focus was on the role of arts and culture as a force for improving the quality of life in cities.
The African-American Festival Foundation
$5,000 / 2004 / Arts
In support of the 2004 African-American Heritage Festival. Typically, the festival has attracted more than 475,000 people over a three-day period.
Arena Players
$5,000 / 2004 / Arts
Challenge grant for the purchase of new sound and lighting equipment for the longest-running African-American community theater in the country. By providing programs designed to preserve and present the African-American experience, the theater develops local artistic talent, cultivates minority playwrights, provides cultural enrichment, and advances cultural and professional opportunities for adults and young people interested in theater.
Access Art, Inc.
$25,000 / 2002 / Arts
Two grants toward the renovation of a vacated branch library building to house an art gallery, studio, photography laboratory and graphic computer center for after-school art programs to serve at-risk youth in the Pigtown and Morrell Park neighborhoods. This initiative has been designed to deter anti-social behavior of disengaged youth.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$5,000 / 2002 / Arts
In support of the 2002 Baltimore Book Festival.