Sen. McCrory Celebrates Grants Awarded to Local Cultural, Arts and Music Organizations
State Senator Doug McCrory, (D-Hartford, Bloomfield, and Windsor), co-chair of the Education Committee, celebrated the announcement that the Board of Directors of CT Humanities awarded significant grant funding valued at over $3.1 million for close to 60 non-profit museums and cultural, humanities and arts organizations located in Hartford, Bloomfield, or Windsor.
First Night Hartford, the Connecticut Science Center, The Artists Collective, Windsor Arts Center, and the Wintonbury Historical Society in Bloomfield are among the recipient organizations.
Almost 50 Hartford organizations have been collectively awarded slightly over $3.05 million in grant funding. $57,700 has been awarded to Bloomfield organizations and $85,900 for organizations in Windsor.
“Neighborhoods, students, and the local economy will benefit from this tremendous amount of funding,” said Sen. McCrory. “These grants will boost the ability of many local arts and cultural organizations to provide a social and educational outlet to our young people, while continuing to be a vital partner to the neighborhoods and communities they serve.”
The CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grants are part of $30 million in support allocated over the next two years by the Connecticut General Assembly and approved by Governor Lamont.
These grants are intended to assist organizations recovering from the pandemic and aid their ability to provide services and programming the local community and the public. It is also aimed to connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content and improve information technology and digital infrastructure.
Grant funding ranged from $5,000 to $500,000 and any organization offering cultural, humanities and arts-based projects and activities for the public were eligible. The organizations to receive grants located in municipalities that Sen. McCrory represents are:
Hartford
Actup Theater – $12,000
Amistad Center for Art & Culture – $28,100
Ancient Burying Ground Association – $8,300
Artists in Real Time – $6,000
Ballet Hartford – $9,200
Bated Breath Theatre Company – $17,200
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation – $14,100
Charter Oak Temple Restoration – $5,000
Cinestudio – $17,900
Connecticut Ballet – $33,800
Connecticut Historical Society – $196,600
Connecticut Landmarks – $119,200
Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival – $8,300
Connecticut Science Center – $49,800
Connecticut State Library – $5,000
CT Murals/RiseUP for Arts – $12,800
CT Public – $500,000
Cuatro Puntos – $11,800
Everyday Democracy – $181,100
First Night Hartford – $11,700
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center – $49,200
HartBeat Ensemble – $5,000
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center – $20,200
Hartford Chorale – $17,400
Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus – $8,400
Hartford Performs – $47,500
Hartford Stage – $276,600
Hartford Symphony Orchestra – $265,200
Hartford’s Proud Drill Drum and Dance Corp – $5,600
Journey Writers – $5,100
Judy Dworin Performance Project – $29,800
New World Trio – $5,800
Night Fall – $11,300
Opera Connecticut – $7,100
Sankofa-Kuumba Cultural Arts Consortium – $6,700
Sonia Plumb Dance Company – $13,100
Spectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble – $13,200
Taste of the Caribbean Arts & Culture CT – $8,000
The Artists Collective – $5,000
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts – $5,000
The Connecticut Democracy Center at Connecticut’s Old State House – $126,200
The Connecticut Forum – $83,600
The Mark Twain House & Museum – $103,200
TheaterWorks Hartford – $155,000
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art – $500,000
World Affairs Council of Connecticut – $26,900
Real Art Ways – $5,000
Bloomfield
Auerfarm – $41,300
Hartford Jazz Society – $10,700
Wintonbury Historical Society – $5,700
Windsor
Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra – $6,300
CTDaughters of the American Revolution – $6,700
Music School at Sound Crossing – $11,400
The Windsor Historical Society of Windsor, Connecticut – $28,900
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut – $8,600
