Carlsbad Arts Grants Awarded

The city of Carlsbad Arts Commission has completed the selection of recipients for the 2011 Community Arts Grants. The Arts Grant program, now in its 25th year, provides cultural opportunities for Carlsbad residents and strengthens local arts organizations through matching grants.

Eighteen nonprofit organizations and schools will share $25,000 for activities taking place in 2011. On Dec. 2, the Arts Commission approved the recommendations made by a peer review panel of local arts professionals and community representatives. 

The following grants were awarded:

Organizations and Partnerships Category

• Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League, $700: Support for nine professional artist workshops in Carlsbad, which are open to members and to the public.
• , $1,850: Support for a four-day festival of contemporary music, including 30 performances and four to six educational outreach programs in September 2011.
• Fern Street Circus, $1,250: Support for a day of performance of its 2011 production at the in September 2011.
• Mainly Mozart, $1,050: Support for a three-concert chamber music Spotlight Series at St. Elizabeth Seaton Church.
• , $900: Support for three free interactive, inter-generational events aimed at grade-school students and their families, occurring once a month on Saturdays in the summer of 2011.
• $4,000: Support for 2011 production season with six main stage productions, 12 Off Nights Series programs, one holiday event, and a Shakespeare in the Park production.
• Patrons of the Arts Foundation/Carlsbad Community Theatre, $2,750: Support for facility rental at Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center for multiple performances of two productions and one musical showcase, featuring children and adults.

Arts Education Category 

• Band Boosters, $1,200: Support for four  guest artists, instrumental coaches, particularly for students in the Wind Symphony.
• Carlsbad High School Choral Boosters, $1,200: Support for a guest choreographer to work with both choirs, Sound Express and Encore, for their upcoming performances and for overall development.
• Carlsbad High School Drama Club, $1,200: Support for choreographer-in-residence for the full-length dance musical in May 2011.
• Carlsbad High School Speech and Debate Team, $1,063: Support for the team's activities and materials in spring semester 2011.
• , $837: Support for a landscape wood-burning art project for third grade and special needs students.
• , $1,200: Support for the Jefferson Elementary string program, which will provide one beginning, one continuation and one intermediate violin class in the spring semester of 2011.
• La Costa Canyon High School Dance Program, $1,000: Support for two 20-hour residencies by choreographers in spring and fall 2011.
• Montessori Arts and Sciences, $1,200: Support for a 20-week, artist-led, outdoor glass and ceramic mosaic mural project. The project will provide two hours of in-classroom and after-school instruction per week.
• , $1,200: Support for five-month weekly dance instruction program for first and second grades.
• St. Patrick School, $1,200: Support for "Imagine That" writing and storytelling residency with 100 first- and second-grade students in spring semester 2011.
• , $1,200: Support for resident choreographer for three performance ensembles in the spring and fall 2011 semesters.

For more information on the Community Arts Grants Program, please contact the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office at 760-434-2920.