Lyric Opera Baltimore
$5,000 / 2011 / Arts
In support of the Opera to Go program, designed to bring operatic experiences into Baltimore City public schools. The students are exposed to the rudiments of opera, and are given the opportunity to perform.
High Zero Foundation, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Arts
For continued support of an annual international festival of experimental music and culture. The program emphasizes improvisations and collaborations among the avant-garde, featuring musicians from the region and around the world, and includes free workshops, and street and site-specific performances.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$25,000 / 2011 / Arts
Toward support of Free Fall, an initiative designed to provide 30 low-budget arts and cultural organizations with the opportunity to offer free events. The initiative is intended to attract audiences from diverse communities and increase accessibility to the arts.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$5,000 / 2011 / Arts
In support of the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival, a three-day literary regional event. The 16th annual free festival, which attracts more than 200 local, regional, and national authors, offers to its more than 55,000 festival attendees the opportunity to participate in author readings, panel discussions, literary workshops, children’s activities, and the creation of original work.
Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Arts
Toward funding of ceramic art workshops at the Zeta Senior Center for more than 500 children, youth, and senior citizens who have little or no access to the arts in the Pimlico/Park Heights community.