The Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission has awarded 50 grants totaling more than $124,000 for community arts, cultural and local history programs, in the third and final grant cycle of 2009.
The county grants this year were matched by more than $910,000 from local foundations and funds, including the Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times; the American Girlâ??s Fund for Children; the Endres Manufacturing Co. Foundation; Madison Community Foundationâ??s Arts Access Fund; the Overture Foundation; and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
Forty-four project grants totaling $109,700 were awarded in four areas, including visual arts, music, dance and arts in school.
(Among the recipients are UW Cinematheque, the UW-Madison Arts Institute, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Jin-Wen Yu Dance, and the Wisconsin Union Theater.)