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LOCAL CULTURAL COUNCIL GRANTS AWARDED FOR North Andover
The award is for 18 grants totaling $11253.00 for cultural programs in North Andover
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Date: April 16, 2021
Contact: Anna S. Choi
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LOCAL CULTURAL COUNCIL GRANTS AWARDED FOR North Andover
Selectperson Janice Phillips and Anna S. Choi, chair of the North Andover Cultural Council, have announced the award of 18 grants totaling $11253.00, for cultural programs in North Andover.
Previous grant recipients include the Steven Memorial Library, the North Andover Enrichment Council and the Northeast School of Ballet. A complete list of recipients and grant amounts can be found below.
The North Andover Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.
Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of municipally appointed volunteers. The members of the North Andover Cultural Council are: Anna S. Choi, Brian Middleton-Cox, Stephanie Aude, Wendy Smith, and Brooke Paige.
"It's the local volunteers who really make this system work," said Janice Martin Phillips "They make limited resources go as far as possible, and they make the tough decisions about which projects should be supported. Thanks to them, the arts, sciences, and humanities are part of people's everyday lives in every community across the state.".
Statewide, more than $3.3 million will be distributed by local cultural councils in 2021 Grants will support an enormous range of grass-roots activities: concerts, exhibitions, radio and video productions, field trips for schoolchildren, after-school youth programs, writing workshops, historical preservation efforts, lectures, First Night celebrations, nature and science education programs for families and town festivals. Nearly half of LCC funds support educational activities for young people.
The North Andover Cultural Council will seek applications again in the fall. For guidelines and complete information on the North Andover Cultural Council, contact Anna S. Choi at northandoverculturalcouncil@gmail.com Applications and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available online at www.mass-culture.org. Applications are due in October, date TBD.
This year's grants include:
Mouli Pal $150.00
Northeast School of Ballet $500.00
North Andover Youth & Recreation Services $1,000.00
New England Classical Singers $400.00
Museum of Printing $200.00
Spotlight Playhouse $300.00
North Andover Merchants Association $1,794.00
North Andover Schools Enrichment Council $1,000.00
Atkinson Elementary School $500.00
North Andover High School Music Department $1,900.00
Denise Doucette $500.00
Dr. "The Machine" Jesse Green $250.00
North Andover School District $800.00
Andover Choral Society $300.00
North Andover Historical Society $940.00, $306.00, $213.00
MUSIC Dance.edu $200.00
TOTAL $11,253.00