CONGRESSMAN BENNIE G. THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $1.1 MILLION AWARDED TO ART CENTERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $1,194,500 in grant funds to the following: Grantee | Amount | Purpose | Griot Arts, Inc 278 Sunflower Ave. Clarksdale, MS 38614 | $30,000 | To support an artist-in-residence program. | Jackson State University 1400 J R Lynch St. Jackson, MS 39217 | $25,000 | To support the S.O.S. Boot Camp, an opera training workshop for select undergraduate and graduate students. | Mississippi Arts Commission 501 N West St., Ste 1101A Jackson, MS 39201 | $1,059,500 | To support arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the agency’s National Endowment for the Arts-approved strategic plan. | Mississippi Center for Cultural Production 319 White Oak St. Utica, MS 39175 | $40,000 | To support a multidisciplinary arts series at Sipp Culture. | Mississippi Museum of Art, Inc. 380 S Lamar St. Jackson, MS 39201 | $40,000 | To support an exhibition, artist-in-residence, and public art installation focused on quilts by Black female quilters. |
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