Past Grants

High Zero Foundation, Inc.

For continued support of an annual international festival of experimental music and culture that emphasizes improvisation and collaborations, and features musicians from Baltimore and around the world. In addition to the 20 large-scale concert sets, the festival includes free workshops, street and site-specific performances, private recording sessions, and collaborations.

Creative Alliance, Inc.

Toward redesign and upgrade of the Creative Alliance website. Centered in the former Patterson Theater, funding allows the Alliance to provide interactive artistic and educational programming to a wider audience. The upgrades intend to improve connections to social media, ticketing, and marketing, and the development of virtual tours.

Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

Toward support of the 15th annual three-day Baltimore Book Festival. The funding allows the festival to increase its hours of operation as well as expand its space to accommodate 25 new exhibitors, along with more than 200 authors, booksellers, and publishers.

Baltimore Clayworks

In support of a satellite location of Baltimore Clayworks at the Newborn Ministries Jubilee Art Center in Sandtown-Winchester. The center offers workshops and classes for senior adults, adults, youth, and multi-generational groups in a dedicated clay studio. The new facility makes it possible for Baltimore Clayworks to provide the opportunity for an underserved population to explore artistic programming.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

For continued support of the Environmental Connections Project, in support of expanding capacity, educational outreach, and grassroots programs to energize voters about public policy issues such as global warming, land protection, and Bay restoration.