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| Ross
Hewitt, Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County Board of Directors
President, and Sally Treanor, Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
Board Member, present a CAST grant award to Joyce Stilson of the
Alleyway Theatre. The Alleyway Theatre hosted the 2002 - 2003 CAST
grant awards ceremony. |
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| Larry
Cook, Director of Regrant Programs and Services at the Arts Council in
Buffalo & Erie County, and Kara Olidge, Northwest Technical
Assistance Program Consultant. |
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| Ross
Hewitt, Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County Board of Directors
President, and Sally Treanor, Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
Board Member, present a CAST grant award to Stephanie Gray of Locust
Street Neighborhood Art Classes. |
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| Charlene
Ritter-Lester, Director of County Office of Arts, Culture and Tourism,
presents a CAST grant award to Mike Sawicz of Shakespeare in Delaware
Park. |
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Christopher Dimitroff, Director of Operations and Finance at the Arts
Council in Buffalo & Erie County, presents a CAST grant award to
Jennifer Kittle of Young Audiences of Western New York. |
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| Cathy
Skora, Executive Director of Folkloric Productions Dance Company,
speaks with Richard Lambert, Executive Director of the New Phoenix
Theatre on the Park. |
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The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie
County announces the awardees of its 2002/2003 Cultural
Advancement Stabilization & Technology Grant (CAST).
CAST, which granted out $35,000,
awarded monies in three funding categories; 1) Revenue Enhancement &
Marketing Projects, which funds projects that focus on generating new
sources of significant income or increase program attendance for
applicant organizations; 2) Technology Upgrade which supports nonprofit
cultural organizations ability to purchase equipment and training, which
will help them advance their mission; and 4) Organizational
Stabilization & Advancement, which supports nonprofit cultural
organization’s ability to obtain training which will bring about more
efficient and effective management processes or retain a consultant,
identify administrative support staff, or purchase materials that will
enhance capacity.
2002 - 2003 CAST Grant Awardees
Alleyway Theatre
Buffalo Arts Studio
Cheektowaga Community Chorus
El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego
Rivera, Inc.
Explore & More…a children’s museum
Folkloric Productions
Impact Artists Gallery
Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes
Musicians United for Superior Education
(MUSE)
Neglia Ballet Artists
Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe
New Phoenix Theatre on the Park
Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Inc.
Squeaky Wheel – Buffalo Media Resources
Young Audiences of Western New York,
Inc.
Funding for the 2002/2003 CAST Grant
was received from the County of Erie.
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| Craig Centrie,
Executive Director of El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera, and
Joanna Angie, Executive Director of Buffalo Arts Studio speak about
the projects their organizations received CAST funding for. |
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Celeste Lawson, Executive Director of the Arts Council in Buffalo
& Erie County, speaks with Bob Skerker, Chair of the Erie County
Cultural Resources Advisory Board, and Stanton Hudson, Erie County
Cultural Resources Advisory Board Member. |
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