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KS art grants to benefit local communities

By Brian Hagen

07/29/2024

(MSC News)--Local area communities will benefit artistically, and creatively, through funds allocated for 2024-2025 by the Kansas Arts Commission.

According to a release, nearly $1.3 million has been awarded to 108 recipients in 42 Kansas counties, with the funds earmarked to support museums, arts education, music, dance, visual arts, professional and community theater, creative writing, murals and other creative projects.

The release says grants were awarded in 42 counties, and locally that includes Atchison, where $15,895 is designated for Theatre Atchison, Inc., with the funds for use in General Operating Support, one of four categories the funds were awarded through overall.

In Brown County, the City of Fairview is receiving $3,750 for Public Art and Murals.

Jefferson County is also on the list of recipients, with the Wyandotte Nation of Kansas to receive $2,233 in the Arts Everywhere category.

Two awards, totaling $4,910 in the General Operating Support category, is designated for Leavenworth County, while the Marshall County Arts Cooperative is granted $16,244 in that same category.

Funding for Kansas Arts Commission grants comes from the Kansas Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported in 2022 that arts and cultural production accounted for 2.2% of the Kansas economy, contributing more than 41,000 jobs.

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