MONTPELIER – The Vermont Council on the Arts has awarded grants to local artists and organizations. Grants include artist development grants to Genese Grill, Plainfield, $2,000 to support the purchase of image licenses for use in the first English-language biography of Austrian Modernist Robert Musil for Yale University Press and to Edward Lemery, Hardwick, $1,000 to support the purchase of a dust collection system.
Artists in schools grants were awarded to Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union, Hardwick, $4,000 to support a series of artist residencies during the spring session of WonderKids Afterschool program that will culminate in a community-wide festival bringing students and families across the district together.
One-year operating grants were awarded to Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation, Plainfield, $5,000 to support operating and administrative costs and The Civic Standard, Hardwick, $5,000 to support operating and administrative costs.
Three-year operating grants were awarded to Circus Barn, Inc., Greensboro, $10,000 to support operating and administrative costs; Rural Arts Collaborative, Greensboro, $11,000 to support operating and administrative costs and Scrag Mountain Music Inc., Marshfield, $11,000 to support operating and administrative costs.
An art project grant was awarded to Cabot Arts Inc., Cabot, $4,000 to support the 6th annual Cabot Village 12th Night Celebration.
