Arts Council now taking grant applications

 

The Ontario County Arts Council is accepting grant applications through April 1 from local nonprofit and government organizations for small projects to enhance the visual and performing arts in the county.

The arts council has established a budget of $4,000 for 2023. Grants of up to $1,000 will be announced by May 15. Projects must benefit the Ontario County community and enhance the arts as a whole.

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Last year, the arts council distributed $4,000 in grants as follows:

• $1,000 for ChamberFest Canandaigua to support a free concert at Cobblestone Arts Center for special-needs children and adults

• $1,000 for Bristol Valley Theater in Naples to launch a first-ever fall theater performance

• $1,000 for Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs to support a plein air event

• $1,000 for Geneva Concerts Inc. to subsidize ticket prices for the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ performance at Smith Opera house

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Some operational costs may be included in the grant application if they are critical to the project’s success and may be no more than 50 percent of the grant.