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Clamour Theatre getting $5,000 organizational grant

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida continues support of arts

For Clay Today
Posted 3/11/20

JACKSONVILLE – Art Ventures, an initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, has been making grants to encourage individual artists and strengthen small arts organizations since …

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Clamour Theatre getting $5,000 organizational grant

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida continues support of arts


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JACKSONVILLE – Art Ventures, an initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, has been making grants to encourage individual artists and strengthen small arts organizations since 1990. In that time, more than $1.3 million has been invested in nearly 200 local artists and 125 small arts organizations.

To celebrate three decades of arts grantmaking, The Community Foundation will make a total of 30 grants to individual artists and small arts organizations in 2020 – approximately double the number of grants given in a typical year.

There will be 18 grants for individual artists and 12 grants for small arts organizations, including Clay County’s Clamour Theatre.

“As we reflect on the quiet power of the Art Ventures Fund to nurture our individual artists and small arts organizations over the past thirty years, it’s clear that this has been a remarkable investment,” said Martha Frye Baker, chair of The Community Foundation Board of Trustees. “By expanding the number of grants in this anniversary year, we hope to draw attention to the significance of having a vibrant arts community and its role in making Northeast Florida a better place for all its citizens.”

Art Ventures grants for individual artists will fund up to $3,500 for each artist so recipients can explore or refine the next level of their craft. Applications are open now for the 18 Art Ventures individual artist grants to be awarded in 2020; the deadline is March 12 at 5 p.m. For more information: https://www.jaxcf.org/receive/individual-artists.

To celebrate the work of the talented artists who have received Art Ventures grants over the years, there will be an exhibit of selected Art Venture recipients at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens from June 3-June 28.

For small arts organizations, The Community Foundation has already provided organizational assessments grants in 2020 through the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida to three area nonprofits: The 5 and Dime Theater Company in Jacksonville, and tag! Children’s Museum and Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine. Three more small arts organizations will be selected for organizational assessments this fall. Furthermore, in conjunction with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Art Ventures, The Community Foundation is announcing six general operating grants of $5,000 each to small arts organizations which have successfully completed a capacity building grant in the past five years.

• Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Inc. Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival works to present premier musical artists, offer music education, and promote local businesses and tourism through its programming.

• Clamour Theatre Company, Inc. Clamour Theatre Company works to inspire the love of theatre, present professional productions, and contribute to the cultural and economic growth of Clay County.

• Don’t Miss A Beat provides artistic and academic enrichment to inspire and educate students of the Riverside and Brooklyn communities.

• Florida Chamber Music Project, Inc. Florida Chamber Music Project works to increase the presentation and education, and awareness of classical chamber music for children and adults.

• Hope at Hand Hope at Hand provides art and poetry sessions to vulnerable and at-risk youth populations to facilitate healing and personal growth.

• Jacksonville Dance Theatre Jacksonville Dance Theater is a contemporary modern dance company committed to creating and promoting excellence in the field of professional dance.

Clamour Theatre released the following statement:

“This funding will help us to accelerate our search for interim space, start offering acting classes and playwriting workshops, expand our outreach to Clay County schools, and provide a safety net toward funding our 3rd Annual Playwrights Retreat. The Community Foundation's faith in us will also strengthen our case for support with other funders at this important stage of our development, and we are more grateful than we can well express.”