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Quad City Arts Awards $84+K to 25 Local Organizations

3/8/2021

 
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​Quad City Arts is excited to be able to provide over $84,000 in funding for 25 organizations, arts-centered programs, and individual artists in 2021.  


The goal of the Arts Dollars Project and Education Grants is to provide funding for a variety of organizations and projects that have strong community impact and feature unique and interesting artistic ideas and to ensure that artists are being paid in the process.  

Capacity-Building Grants are highly competitive and specially designed for arts-centered nonprofit organizations who are seeking support to expand their reach and impact through the arts in their community. 
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Artistic Ideas. 
Glenview Middle School is paying artists to design a mural for their school which reflects the “beauty and diversity of [their] student population”. Not only will this artistic creation live on in the halls of Glenview Middle School for years to come, but students, teachers, faculty, and parents will be involved in bringing this piece of art to life. Arts Dollars funding helps make projects like this one possible!   ​
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​Community Impact. 
The Project of the Quad Cities recognizes the benefits of art therapy, and Quad City Arts is proud to fund projects like this one because of the profound and deep effect this project will have on our community. The Project of the Quad Cities will provide art therapy sessions to their clients living with HIV/AIDS which furthers their mission and fits squarely within the mission of Arts Dollars to impact the community through the arts.  ​
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​Building Capacity. 
Quad City Music Guild
 is seeking to strengthen its organization by strategically building inclusivity through outreach, restructuring, and training. Strategic Planning and the implementation of these plans is something that Quad City Arts continues to support through Arts Dollars and looks forward to continuing this type of funding in the future.  
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Paying Artists. 
Joshua Graves is leading a project called “QC Collabs” that is bringing together hip-hop artists from around the Quad Cities to create and produce an album dropping this summer. Not only will their voices be amplified, but Joshua is also using this platform to provide industry-specific education and tips. This project features more than 15 artists, all of whom are being compensated for their work. Quad City Arts is excited to fund this project through Arts Dollars!  ​
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Our 2021 grant awards were recommended by a panel of community members who sifted through the nearly $140,000 in requests from across the region and approved by the Quad City Arts Board of Directors. Please join us in celebrating these individuals and organizations!  

Capacity Building Grants 
  • Bix Beiderbecke Museum and World Archives – to hire third-party assistance to increase the museum's reach in the community through search engine optimization, website development, and virtual outreach. 
  • German American Heritage Center - to create a new strategic plan for the years 2021-2026 with the assistance of a professional consultant 
  • Living Proof Exhibit - to help develop strategies and action steps to make the public more aware of Living Proof Exhibit and its therapeutic arts programs and to increase their accessibility. 
  • Quad City Music Guild - to address one of their three strategic planning initiatives: recruitment, retainment, and development of diverse constituencies of current and future volunteers. 
  • STEAM on Wheels – to fund laser engraver machine for participants to use as part of programming 
 

Education Grants 
  • Cambridge CUSD 227– to fund “School of Rock”, bringing performing artists to Cambridge Schools to share their craft  
  • Glenview Middle School - to create murals or other art installations in the school hallways, incorporating community workdays in which parents, students, and community members can contribute to the project.   
  • Muscatine Art Center  - to fund summer programming for school-aged children through Visiting Artist Workshops 
  • QCCF/Love Girls Magazine  - to host a media arts camp, creating media that will be shared with the community in the form of a hard copy magazine, and a recorded podcast. 
 
Project Grants  
  • Azubuike African American Council for the Arts – to fund Azubuike Presents, presenting Black voices in the arts, culture, and music, from the community, and for the community. 
  • Epilepsy Advocacy Network of Illinois & Iowa - to reinstate the Studio E Program throughout the Quad Cities area. 
  • Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre - to create Drive-In Puppet Shows to provide live theater during the pandemic when large audience gatherings are dangerous. 
  • Freight House Farmers Market – to fund Music at the Market is a program designed to utilize local performers during regular market days as well as special events 
  • Geneseo Public Library– to fund free art classes at the library 
  • LULAC 5285 Council – to fund local musical groups as part of the LULAC 5285 parade 
  • NormaLeah Ovarian Cancer Initiative – to help fund girlpARTs 
  • Playcrafters Barn Theatre - To present a high-quality production of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson"  
  • Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico – to fund outdoor folkloric dance performance highlighting 3-5 states of Mexico complete with music, costumes, and props 
  • River Action, Inc– to fund The Arts Along the River program will actively engage citizens while maintaining a socially distant and safe environment 
  • Scott Community College- to expand the visual art experience into the main library stacks and study spaces to reaffirm books and literature as artistic expression 
  • The Black Box Theatre/Fourth Wall Films – to fund a portion of the creative work by actors and filmmakers for the fourth film in the Hero Street Film Series, “An Infantryman From Hero Street” 
  • The Project of the Quad Cities – to fund art therapy for clients 
  • YouthHope – to fund the Creative Arts Enrichment Program, using art, creativity, and storytelling in combination with new skills and experiences to empower self-expression, enrich student’s lives, provide a storyline of hope, and impact their futures! 
  • Gabi Torres  -  to fund The Painting Pathways Towards Understanding classes, which will focus on abstract art, will be the first important step in achieving my vision: developing community-based art initiatives that promote engagement and dialogue and work towards creating a culturally rich, diverse, inclusive, and equitable community. 
  • Joshua Graves - to create a collaborative hip hop/top 40 album supported by videography and photography elements, featuring over a dozen of the area's top artists & producers. 

Our 2021 grant awards were recommended by a panel of community members who sifted through the nearly $140,000 in requests from across the region and approved by the Quad City Arts Board of Directors. Please join us in celebrating these individuals and organizations!  
 
We are excited about the impact each one will make on our community as they advance their mission and the mission of Quad City Arts: to enrich the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts.  
 

Thanks to our 2020 Arts Dollars funding partners, The Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency and The Hubbell-Waterman Foundation.​
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