The CT Office of the Arts Awards $61,038 from the CT Arts Endowment Fund to NWCT

DaSilva Wata • May 13, 2024

The Connecticut Office of the Arts Announces $889,370 in Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund Awards - Including $61,038 in grants to NWCT!

The Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) administered $889,370 in Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund (CAEF) grants. These funds provide organizations with general operating support that they may use towards programming, administrative or operational costs, capital projects, equipment, or to build their own endowments.


Established by the Connecticut General Assembly, the CAEF was established as a way to stimulate the development and long term stability of CT's Arts industries. This fund is managed by the Office of the State Treasurer and the program is administered by the COA.


THANK YOU to the Office of State Treasurer and the Connecticut Office of the Arts!


NWCT Arts Council's Service Region Grantees:


Falls Village

Music Mountain - $1,265


Goshen

Goshen Players Inc. - $588


Kent

Kent Singers - $500


Lakeville

Crescendo Inc. - $1,622


Litchfield

Litchfield Performing Arts Inc. - $1,542

The Voice of Art - $500


New Milford

TheaterWorks New Milford, Inc. - $500

Village Center of the Arts - $2,113


Sharon

Tri-State Center for the Arts (Sharon Playhouse) - $3,049


Thomaston

Landmark Community Theatre Inc. (Thomaston Opera House) - $1,513


Torrington

Five Points Center for Visual Arts - $2,979

Joyful Noise (Chorus Angelicus) - $751

Northwest Connecticut Arts Council - $1,350

Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts (Warner Theatre) - $4,331


Washington

After School Arts Program, Inc. (ASAP!) - $4,087

Pilobolus - $8,512

Washington Arts Association - $18,516

Washington Friends of Music - $500


Winsted

American Mural Project - $6,820


Full List of Grantees
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