Carbondale Community Arts'

Southern Arts Fund

The fund is part of an Illinois Arts Council Community Arts Access program offering grant support to artists and nonprofit organizations providing arts programming or outreach activities in communities throughout Southern Illinois.

Eligible applicants to the Fund include cultural arts groups, community music groups, theater groups, dance collectives, film/video and literary groups, artist collectives, libraries, public and private schools, and other community cultural providers. Individual artists may apply in support of programs that have a significant public outreach component. Except in rare circumstances, a grant request should not exceed $1000, and project budgets should show that Southern Arts Fund dollars are being matched by an equal amount of cash from other sources.

FY 2008 application will be available on line September 3rd, 2007.

SAF 2008 Application

2008 Final Report & Narrative

** Please note **

The ability to fill out the FY08 application online is available, however at this
time please ONLY print and mail to our PO Box.

 

FY2008 Second Round Grant Awards

Nine grants were awarded to organizations and individuals in three southern Illinois counties:

1. Carbondale Main Street, Meghan Cole, “Brown Bag Concerts,” $1000 to partially fund compensation for musicians who play the one-hour concerts.  The concerts are scheduled for each Wednesday noon from May 7 through September 24.     

2. Carbondale Park District, Kathy Renfro, “A Night of Entertainment,” $1000 to partially fund camp an Art/Theater Camp of children in grades 1 through 6 and their July 18 performance.  The July 18 celebration of the arts will also include performances by a Gift of Love Charity, Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, and the Delta Center located in Cairo. 

3. Ronald E. Coulter, “Sounds You’ve Never Seen Before,” $1000 to partially fund an interactive presentation of percussion and electronic music by Ron Coulter.  Virtual musical instruments, ideas, and sounds will be presented at events to be scheduled in various locations.

4. English Prairie Quilt Guild, “2008 Quilt Show,” $500 for promotional materials and related costs for the 2008 Quit Show to be held on September 13.  More than 100 quilts will be displayed, and a bed turning and silent auction will be held.  

5. General John A. Logan Elementary School, Murphysboro, Laura Basanta, “Lunchtime Concerts for Kids,”$800 to partially fund the performances by SIUC students during lunch periods from September through December.  A variety of instruments and musical styles will be highlighted.

6. Stephanie J. Fisher, “Sew and Believe,” $1000 to partially fund a one-woman storytelling project with staging and visual accompaniment that tells the story of school integration through the eyes of one of the famed “Little Rock Nine,” Elizabeth Eckford.  Performances will be held at the Grand Chain Learning Center JAMP Special Education and at the Community Center of Grand Chain.

7. Robert Ketchens, “Clocking the Masters,” $1000 to fund the artist, Robert Ketchens, to instruct the students of the Meridian School District in Mounds  about the Masters of the Harlem Renaissance and to teach the student to produce their own work (a clock) based on the “Master” of choice.  

8. Kevin Lucas Orchestra, “Operation Give Hope II,” $1000 to support performances in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Carbondale and the region during June and July.  “Operation Give Hope I” was very well received by the residents and staff of the six facilities where Kevin performed in 2007.

9. Thomas School Strings Program, Linda Flowers, $1000, to partially fund Suzuki violin/viola lessons for 2d and 3d grade students at Thomas School and to continue to develop a model for replication of the program in schools throughout the region. 

 

FY 2008 First Round Grant Awards

Carbondale Community Arts is pleased to announce the following Southern Arts Fund 2008 award recipients who are being funded for arts and cultural projects in the downstate region.

SIUC Theatre Department	Karen Sunde Project	Visit by Karen Sunde to see the production of her play "The Fastest Woman Alive"
Southern Illinois Irish Festival	Southern Illinois Irish Festival 2008 Celtic Fair	SI Celtic Fair in Turley Park on Sat. April 26 & Sun. April 27 - 12th year of the festival
Southeastern Illinois Concert Association	Two Concerts: 4 Score and Jeni Fleming	Two Concerts: 4 Score - a Broadway show with singers & dancers & Jeni Fleming - an acoustic trio of classical & jazz
A Gift of Love Charity, Inc.	A Gift of Love Charity Ballet & Hand Drumming Recital	A recital for Ballet and Hand Drumming students who are enrolled in the January - May 2008
Southwestern Illinois College - Red Bud Campus	Art du Jour	Students from area High Schools participate in one day of art related workshops, juried competition and public reception (awards) ceremony
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Schools	Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD #2 presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella"	Presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" by Carrier Mills-Stonefort Community School
Artstarts Company	Artstarts on Broadway	Musical stage production featuring signature production numbers from Broadway productions by 6 - 18 year old children from southern 14 counties in southern Illinois
SIUC University Museum	ARTiculation 2008	ARTiculation will bring underserved elementary, middle and high school art students to the University Museum to work with the school's art educator and the Museum's Education Director
SIUC College of Liberal Arts	Arts Education Festival 2008	22nd Annual Arts Education Festival
Johnson County Genealogical & Historical Society	A Quiet Place in the Woods: Park, Illinois and the Railroad	Project to develop a video tape / DVD program to be shown on the local Public Television Station
Makanda Fest Events	Makanda Spring Fest	Annual Arts Festival in Makanda
Crab Orchard School Dist. 3	Salsa en la Escuela: Julio Barrenzuela at Crab Orchard High School	A day of dancing for the Spanish classes of Crab Orchard School to be guest taught with Julio Barrenzuela
SIUC BOT	Muse and Mimesis: Wole Soyinka, Africa & and the World	Visiting Laureate at SIUC - Professor Wole Soyinka

 

 

FY 2007 Second Round Grant Awards

FY 07 Final Report

SAF 07 Grant Agreement

Carbondale Community Arts is pleased to announce the following Southern Arts Fund 2007 award recipients who are being funded for arts and cultural projects in the downstate region.

Second round awards funding to projects that take place between

June 1st, 2007 and Dec. 31st, 2007.

Melissa Mackey for Neoteric	Neoteric plays Hoffer - concerts and recording of music by composer Bernard Hoffer
Kevin Lucas	Operation Give Hope - concert series in Southern Illinois senior citizen facilities and nursing homes
SIUC School of Music	Southern Illinois Children's Choir Summer Camp
The Jackson County Stage Co., Inc.	The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & His Friends - Summer youth production of the Jackson County Stage Company
Cameron Smith / Jan Thomas	Sand Into Glass:Arts Education for All - Educational outreach by the artists of the DO U Glass Hot Shop at Douglass School
Illinois State Museum Society / Southern Illinois Art Gallery	L. Brent Kington: Sculptor, Blacksmith, Metalsmith & Educator - opening October 5, 2007
Carbondale Main Street, Inc.	Carbondale Main Street Brown Bag Concerts in Spring and Fall of 2007
Archeus Ensemble	Outside the Box: Concert Funding and educational outreach by Archeus Ensemble and SIUC string performers.
Thomas Strings - SIUC School of Music	The John Thomas Strings Program - funding to support string instruction for second and third graders in Carbondale Elementary District 95
Circle of Love, Circle of Friends	Cairo performance of an original work describing the roles and struggles of Myrlie Evers, Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King, wives - and widows - of three renowned civil rights leaders.
A Window to Historic Grand Chain	A public art project involving students and emerging fok artksts working with a master artist to design and execute a three- dimensional sculpture for the entranceway to the Village of Grand Chain.
SI Irish Festival	Amerian Harmonies - Celtic Roots - extending the SIIF's "Celtic Roots - American Traditions" educational outreach project presented in conjunction with the Museum on Main New Harmonies presentations in October of 2007

 

FY 2007 First Round Grant Awards

First round awards funding projects that took place between Jan. 1, 2007 and May 31st, 2007.

The 2007 First Round Southern Arts Fund Grant Recipients

Southwestern Illinois Concert Association, LTD - Two Concerts: Carol Welsman -Feb. 12, 2007. Hector Olivera - April 19, 2007. Olney Central College Performing Arts Theatre.

SIRIS-WSIU - Assessing Art in Southern Illinois: An Audio Described Exhibit for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Carrier Mills - Stonefort Schools

Robert Ketchens - Planting Seeds in the Community Mural Project, Grand Chain Learning Center.

Harrisburg High School - Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest.

General John A. Logan Museum - Logan Days Civil War Ball and Wine & Cheese Music, May 2007 Dogwood Ballroom, Murphysboro.

Southern Illinois Irish Festival - Annual Irish Festival April 28-29, Turley Park.

So. IL Flute Society - Annual Flute Fair at the Old Baptist Foundation Building, SIUC.

SIUC Theater Department - Visiting Artist Professor Elizabeth Diamond, Resident Director of Yale Repertory Theater and Chair of the directing department at the Yale School of Drama.

SIUC University Museum - Arts Fusion Project - After-school projects.

SIUC University Museum - Arts Ed Fest .

The 2006 Southern Arts Fund Grant Recipients

T.R.I.B.E. (The Restoration of Indigenous Beliefs Expedition) Foundation * Clinton County Showcase - Annual Youth Musical * Carbondale Main Street - Brown Bag Concerts * English Prairie Quilt Guild 1st Annual English Prairie Guild Quilt Show. * African American Museum of Southern Illinois - "Learned Wednesday". * Melissa Mackey - Neoteric - Free Concerts in Historic Small Town Venues. * Carbondale Community High School - Rebound Arts * Jiyong Lee, SIUC International Glass Program * John Thomas Strings program * Little Egypt Arts Association * Shryock - St. Louis Flamenco Cultural Society * Colleen Springer-Lopez * Rural Arts Council * Southern Illinois Irish Festival 2005 * Carrier Mills- Stonefort Elementary School * SIUC Arts Ed Festival * SIUC Theater Department * Elka Kazmierczak - Art of Survival: Women, Healing and the Arts * Vienna Public Library * Attucks Community Service, Inc. * Unity Point School * Southern Illinois Children's Choir

The FY2005 Southern Arts Fund Grant Recipients.

Dan Johnson - Inside the Playwright's Head * So. Illinois Irish Festival 2005* SIUC School of Art & Design - Clay Cup X * Murphysboro Multicultural Club- International Cultural Fair * Vienna Public Library - History, Culture and Community * Gen. John A. Logan Museum - Logan Days * Gen. John A. Logan School - Egyptian Cultural Fair  * CCHS -Imagination In Motion Literary Magazine * Cory Hooper - RBF Dome NFP Preservation Film * SIUC Theater Dept. - Drama Daze * Centralia Cultural Society - Downtown Beautification Project * Herrin Chamber of Commerce - Herrin Festa Italiana * D'Accord Brass Quintet - Educational Outreach Project * SIUC Anthropology Dept. at the Museum - Behind the Mask: Art, Culture and History * SIUC - Arts Education Festival * Giant City School - Drama Program * Southern IL State Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Promotion and Public Programming Events * Makanda Fest Events - Makanda Spring Fest 2005 * SIUC School of Music - Thomas Strings Project * SIUC Theater Dept. - "Masks of Transformation" Performance * SIUC Theater Dept. - "Julie Taymor Keynote Address" * Little Egypt Arts Association - "Free Saturday Art Workshops" * Elka Kazmierczak - "Breaking the Silence: One Woman's Tale.." * Rend Lake College " Seasons Pass Brochures" * SIUC So. IL Children's Choir Summer Camp * SIUC Theater - Script Camp "News Plays in Development" * Rotary Club of Marion "Greater Marion Area Community Band" * So. IL. Artisan Shop/Visitor Center 15th Annual Children's Festival of Arts & Crafts * Carbondale Main Street - Brown Bag Concerts * University Museum "Art Synergy Year III Fall Workshops" * Colleen E. Springer "Building Bridges of Song in Parrish School" * Harrisburg HS & CJ Harbison "Arts for Kids" * Rural Arts Council "Cowboy Randy Irwin" * African American Museum of So. IL "Learned Wednesday" * ROE Monroe/Randolph Counties - The Red Brick Summer Arts Academy * Stephen Gariepy - R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Home - recording project * Najjar Abdul Musawwir - Mixed Media Painting at One Village Cultural Center in Colp, IL. * Hilary Chandler - Performance Materials for 'Masks of Transformation '* CCHS Speech Tournament