Arts & Culture Alliance awards 30 artists

	Art by Laura Goff -- Photo courtesy of artist.
	Knox Makers won an award for -- professional tools and equipment -- Photo courtesy of artist.

KNOXVILLE - The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is pleased to announce 30 awards to local artists and organizations as part of the Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Grants for 2018-2019. This program of the Arts & Heritage Fund, with awards distributed through the Alliance, provides financial and technical support to individual artists and small, professionally-oriented arts and culture organizations (with annual budgets under $100,000). The grants are designed to spur continued artistic and administrative growth in innovative, entrepreneurial artists and organizations at any stage in their development.

A total of 43 individuals and 19 organizations applied for the competitive grants, and interviews determined the awards in April.

The following 20 individual applicants will receive a total of $61,000 in Bailey Opportunity grants for these projects:

• Michelle Barillaro - $500 for a workshop in Asheville, NC with Cindy Walton
• Emily Bivens - $2,996 for lighting equipment for installations
• Jan Burleson - $1,185 for a workshop at Arrowmont
• Paula Campbell - $775 to attend and present work at the Society for Photographic Education Conference
• Marcus Carmon - $3,557 for film equipment
• Rhea Carmon - $2,148 for professional supplies and attending National Association for Campus Activities Conference
• Katharine Emlen - $500 for photography business/licensing mentorship
• Lisa Flanary - $2,695 for photography equipment
• Laura Goff - $5,000 for safety equipment for sandblasting
• David Gohn - $1,000 for mobile art display system
• Kelly Hider - $592 to participate in Hambidge Creative Residency Program
• Kathy Holland - $3,000 for artist supplies and equipment
• Kris Jones - $1,578 for a workshop at Penland School of Crafts, NC
• Cameron Kite - $4,028 for computer equipment
• Gerry Moll - $9,377 for a solar artist studio
• Michael Robison - $3,000 for potter's wheels
• Ericka Ryba - $2,069 for potter’s equipment
• Emily Shane - $1,000 for woodworker and marketing consultations
• Karly Stribling - $14,000 for upgrades to metal shop
• Dominick White - $2,000 for vocal lessons with Scott Bearden

The following 10 organizations will receive a total of $39,000 in Bailey Opportunity grants for these projects:

• Asian Culture Center of Tennessee - $1,500 for board development and strategic planning with Alliance for Better Nonprofits
• C for Courtside - $13,000 to expand gallery/project/studio spaces
• Cattywampus Puppet Council - $3,000 for an enclosed cargo trailer
• Circle Modern Dance - $2,000 for website redesign
• Knox Makers - $10,000 for professional tools and equipment
• Momentum Dance Lab - $1,000 for ethnic dance instruction
• River and Rail Theatre - $5,000 for architectural design and upgrades to performance space
• Sundress Publications - $1,500 for film equipment.
• Theatre Knoxville - $1,500 for marketing plan development with Alliance for Better Nonprofits
• Tennessee Wind Symphony - $500 for consultation regarding leadership transition

The goal of Bailey Opportunity Grants is to create a more vital creative community in Knoxville by: encouraging contributions to the city’s economy and quality of life by artists and arts and history organizations; positioning Knoxville as a community that honors its creative industry and supports the efforts of artists and organizations to achieve excellence; and raising public profiles of artists and organizations within the city and beyond. For more information, visit knoxalliance.com/bailey.

Published May 26, 2018