Several area arts groups have been awarded 2019 grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts.
The commission awarded a total of $544,003 to 71 organizations and schools throughout the state, according to a news release. Organizations and schools receiving grants will match their awards with locally-generated funds.
Arts Education Grants
Funding for activities combining education and the arts for pre-K through grade 12.
- Festival Dance & Performing Arts, Moscow, $9,154
- Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, $3,620
Ongoing support for programs by Idaho's professional arts organizations.
- Arts Department, City of Moscow, $4,481
- Auditorium Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho, Moscow, $4,126
- Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History, Lewiston, $5,200
Public Programs in the Arts
- Festival Dance & Performing Arts, Moscow, $5,213
- Washington-Idaho Symphony, Moscow, $3,702
Farmer awarded funds, will help summer kids' art program
Whitman County farmer Joanne Druffel was awarded $2,500 for the America's Farmers Grow Communities grant for Whitman County from the Monsanto Fund.
Druffel's donation will be used by the Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown for the 2018 Summer Kids Art Program, according to a news release. The program is held at the barn in a partnership with the Colton School District. The money will help sponsor kids ages 7 to 12 and an instructor for "Summer Creativity Days." Classes will take place 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 11 through Aug. 8. The cost is $20 a day. More information is available online at artisanbarn.org.
- Jennifer K. Bauer
