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More grants announced as the end of the year approaches
Installation view of Micah Stansell’s”Presynaptic Potential” at MOCA GA, 2010. Stansell is one of MOCA GA’s 2010/2011 Working Artists Project Winners
Yet more grants have been announced as the end of the year approaches. The Charles Loridans Foundation recently awarded $444,500 in new grants to arts groups around the city.
The three organizations to be awarded the greatest portion of funds includes the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, which was allotted $107,500 for its Working Artist Project (2010/2011 winners include Katherine Mitchell, Micah Stansell and Alan Caomin Xie); Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts, which was awarded $100,000 for its Dance Initiative; and the Museum of Design Atlanta, which got $50,000 to help with its Midtown relocation.
Six theater companies - Actors Express, Georgia Shakespeare, Horizon Theatre, Seven Stages, Shakespeare Tavern and Theatrical Outfit - and several music groups, including Atlanta Opera and Il Brasso Magnifico, were also awarded funds. The current grants come on the heels of $147,130 awarded to local arts organizations earlier this year.
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