The City of Carmel has awarded 29 local arts organizations a combined $990,450 in the initial round of grants from the City’s 2018 Arts Grant Program. This year marks the 16th anniversary of the city’s financial support for local arts, which amounts to roughly 1 percent of the city budget each year. Since 2004, more than $10.2 million has been allocated to support local arts programs.
Following is the list of the 2018 recipients:
- Actors Theatre of Indiana, $225,000
- Bigger Picture Film Group, $5,000
- Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, $210,000
- Carmel Arts Council, $9,000
- Carmel Clay Historical Society, $700
- Carmel Community Players, $15,000
- Carmel Fountain Square Committee, $12,000
- Carmel Klavier, $12,000
- Carmel Symphony Orchestra, $260,000
- Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, $15,000
- CYT (Christian Youth Theater of Indianapolis), $2,500
- Fractured Atlas, $2,500
- Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, $50,000
- Hoosier Salon Art & Patron Association, $31,000
- Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans, $3,500
- Indiana Ballet Conservatory, $20,000
- Indiana Symphony Society, d/b/a Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
- Indiana Wind Symphony, $39,000
- Indianapolis Children’s Choir, $6,500
- Indianapolis Opera, $8,000
- Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, $17,000
- International Talent Academy, $12,000
- Janus Developmental Services, $5,000
- M3 Theatre Camp, $2,000
- Museum of Miniature Houses, $7,000
- National Association of Music Parents, $2,500
- PrimeLife Enrichment, $5,000
- Russian School of Indiana, $2,500
- VOCE, $750