By CLTure News
August 27, 2020
The Arts and Science Council has announced the recipients of their 2020 Cultural Vision Grants. Among the notable organizations and individuals receiving funds for cultural projects are Brandi Weaver, founder and organizer of WORLDL!T street food festival; CineOdyssey, a film festival that celebrates filmmakers of color; Digi-Bridge, and Charlote Film Society (see full list below).
Providing up to $10,000 to recipients in Charlotte-Mecklenburg for community-focused and cultural programming, 45 groups and individuals applied with 24 selected to receive a combined $148,700 in funding.
A third of the grantees are first-time recipients and many of the projects are led by and/or serve communities that have historically been underserved, including African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Native American, LGBTQ and Disability communities.
“Creative individuals and cultural organizations throughout Charlotte-Mecklenburg are finding innovative ways to engage residents while we aren’t able to gather in-person. They are also thinking creatively about the events that will bring us together when the time is right,” said ASC President Jeep Bryant in a press release. “We are grateful for the significant support of our public and private donors. Their investments allow ASC to fund meaningful work across our cultural community.”
If you want to apply for the next round of ASC Cultural Vision Grants, you can submit your application by noon on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Check out the full application guidelines here.
2020 Cultural Vision Grant recipients:
- ArtWalks CLT – $2,500 to produce “Patchwork – An East Side Art Trail,” a digital art trail and commissioned works along the Monroe Road corridor
- Barre Belle – $6,000 to support the portable dance studio’s delivery of ballet classes and training to students in partnership with local community centers
- Brandi Weaver – $7,500 to produce an online international street food and music festival to connect Charlotte’s immigrant communities to a wider audience to increase understanding and acceptance of cultural and creative expression
- Bennu Gardens – $4,000 to support the “Seed to Cloth” project which artistically transforms flaxseed into linen cloth throughout the harvest season
- Cain Center for the Arts – $6,000 to support Tawba Walks Arts & Music Festivals
- Center for Prevention Services – $6,000 to support Photovoice, capturing stories of adversity and fortitude among Charlotte residents recovering from drug addiction through a photographer’s lens
- Charlotte Film Society – $4,500 to support the Charlotte Film Festival
- Charlotte Museum of History – $7,500 to support free family programming at the museum
- CineOdyssey Film Festival – $8,000 to support the CineOdyssey Film Festival, which celebrates and gives voice to filmmakers of color from the African, Caribbean, Latino, Asian and Native American diasporas as well as the U.S.
- Creating Exposure Through The Arts – $4,500 to support the exhibition of the student documentary film “Behind The Ink” and artist talk with photographer Chi Modu in West Charlotte, South End and University areas
- Digi-Bridge – $10,000 to support #STEAMSaturdays, a partnership between Digi-Bridge and Briarwood Academy
- E&A Productions, Inc. – $9,000 to support the 2020 Puerto Rican Festival
- Angela Haigler – $4,000 to support the publication of a literary quality anthology of personal essays with a performance component entitled, “Like Mother Like Daughter, Like Really? Black Women Dish about their Mamas”
- Inspire the Fire – $7,500 to support “The Xperience,” a summer camp offering artistic coaching and developing creative expression in students
- Vadim Kolpakov – $6,000 to support BAXTALES 2021, Charlotte’s Romani music and culture festival
- Eboné Lockett – $8,500 to support Art as Advocacy’s work in the Hidden Valley neighborhood through workshops and a culminating experience in honor of Earth Day at the MLK Field of Dreams Garden
- Music at St. Alban’s – $8,500 to support access to musical arts to residents of northern Mecklenburg County, with a focus on reaching minorities, lower-income populations, children and seniors
- North Mecklenburg Community Chorus – $5,000 to support the chorus in its production of a series of digital workshops and a spring concert
- Shawnna Pledger, $5,200 to support the Youth Exchange Project’s two-week summer intensive
- Promise Resource Network – $6,000 to support “The Art of Recovery,” an array of artistic workshops and experiences aimed at building a stronger recovery community
- SouthEnd ARTS – $7,500 to support a quarterly series of art exhibitions and social justice talks, online and at the Charlotte Trolley Powerhouse
- Breanna Stallings – $5,500 to support community conversations around the intersections of sexuality, gender, socioeconomics and access through a series of workshops culminating in a large mural with the students of Time Out Youth
- True Lobster Charlotte – $5,000 to support the development and dissemination of an original performance which deconstructs power and privilege in the American South
- The Warehouse PAC – $4,500 to support the production of “Sweat,” the Pulitzer by Lynn Nottage
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