The CT Office of the Arts Awards $109,018 from the CT Arts Endowment Fund to NWCT

DaSilva Wata • March 9, 2023

The Connecticut Offices of the Arts Announces $864,233 in Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund Awards - Including $109,018 in grants for NWCT

The Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecicut Office of the Arts (COA) administered  $846,233 in Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund (CAEF) grants. These funds provide general operating support that organizations may use toward programming, administrative or operational costs, capital projects, equipment, or to build their own endowments.


The CAEF was established by the Connecticut General Assembly 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 is administered by the COA.


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


NWCT Arts Council’s Service Region Grantees:


Kent 

The Kent Singers $500 


Litchfield 

Litchfield Performing Arts, Inc. $3,285 

The Voice of Art $1,747 


New Milford 

TheatreWorks New Milford, Inc. $922 

Village Center for the Arts $500 


Sharon  

Tri State Center for the Arts (Sharon Playhouse)  $35,094 


Torrington  

Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Inc. $36,462

Joyful Noise, Inc. (Chorus Angelicus) $887

Northwest Connecticut Arts Council $1,640

The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory $2,985 


Washington 

After School Arts Program, Inc $2,842 

Pilobolus $2,958 

Washington Art Association & Gallery $13,646 


Winsted 

American Mural Project $5,550 



Full List of Grantees
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