Grants 2009



The Harper Court Arts Council issued grants in 2009 totaling $191,000. Awards included approximately $96,000 in support of community business and economic development and $95,000 in support of arts and culture programs.

 

Chicago Chorale
$10,000
Supports the Chicago Chorale’s tenth anniversary season 2010-2011, Celebrating Our Roots, Looking to Our Future.

Chicago Public Art Group
$10,000
Supports the Eccentric Hyde Park public art project that will produce a series of mosaic panels for installation in the 57th Street pedestrian underpass of Lake Shore Drive.

Department of Music/University Research Administration
$8,000
CONNECT education program for 3,000 disadvantaged elementary school students and their teachers at five Chicago public elementary schools on the South Side during the 2009/2010 academic year.

DuSable Museum of African American History
$15,000
Supports the King Day Celebration program, an annual tribute in film/documentary screenings and performances celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Experimental Station
$10,000
Supports the 61st Street Market program.

The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, Inc.
$10,000
Supports the March 2010 production of The Mikado.

Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture
$30,000
Supports the 2010 Hyde Park Jazz Festival.

Hyde Park Art Center
$10,000
Supports family program series, a set of monthly free drop-in art-making programs designed by and for south side families.

Hyde Park School of Dance
$10,000
Supports community outreach activities consisting of scholarships, after-school training in public elementary schools, and free and low-cost public performances.

Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
$20,000
Supports Arts for Community Empowerment (ACE) programs for arts education for youth in grades K-12, as well as programs for parents, teachers and the broader community.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance
$10,000
Supports writing workshops for adults in Hyde Park-Kenwood.

Oriental Institute/University Research Administration
$8,000
Supports the Young Archaeologists Project – museum/schools outreach program for four Hyde Park/Kenwood public schools with underserved populations.

Quad Communities Development Corporation
$10,000
Supports the Bronzeville Community Market.

The Renaissance Society
$20,000
Supports a solo exhibition of Chicago-based photographer Anna Shteynsleyger and its accompanying education programs and publications.

South Side Community Art Center
$10,000
Supports the educational outreach component of “Off The Wall & Onto The Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green.”