STAMFORD, Conn. Art programs throughout Stamford received funds from the city Thursday evening as beneficiaries of the Community Arts Partnership Program.
It shows the city of Stamford supports the performing arts, said Carol Bryan, director of education for Stamford Center for the Arts.
Doled out through the mayors office, a total of $50,000 in funds were given to organizations throughout the city to provide arts programs to the public for fiscal year 2011-12. Recipients got $1,000 to $4,500 each.
If we had an extra $2 [million] to $3 million it wouldnt be enough, Mayor Michael Pavia said during Thursdays ceremony, saying his office did the best it could to help. The Community Arts Partnership Program is in its 12th consecutive year.
The grants allow the organizations to do many different projects, such as put on concerts and hold dance performances. The Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program will use its grant to capture modern history with a photography exhibit of Columbus Park.
Its one of the last historic parks in the city, Renee Kahn, executive director of the Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program, said, describing the park's buildings, people and surroundings. The grant will allow the organization to give photographers a stipend for their work, which will be on display in the mayors gallery in May.
The organizations and the amount each received is as follows:
Boys & Girls Club of Stamford: $4,000
Connecticut Ballet Inc.: $4,500
DanceFest: $2,500
First United Methodist Church: $2,000
Haitian American Professionals Association of Connecticut Inc.: $4,000
Loft Artist Association: $4,500
Lumina String Quartet: $4,000
Namaskaar Foundation Inc.: $4,500
The Ballet School of Stamford: $4,500
The Historic Neighborhood Preservation Program: $3,000
The Stamford Chorale: $2,500
Treetops Chamber Music Society: $4,500
Unitarian Universalist Society of Stamford: $1,000
Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic: $4,500
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