Published in the January 26, 2018 edition
MELROSE — The Melrose Cultural Council announces the award of 25 Local Cultural Council (LCC) grants totaling $9,400 for events and programs that will take place in Melrose during the 2018 calendar year. Thirty-six applications were submitted. The deadline for submission was October 15.
Grants have been awarded to first time applicants, established arts organizations, artists and schools. Events are scheduled in Memorial Hall, the Library, Milano Senior Center, leased and loaned spaces in churches, at parks, and regional theaters. Students in preschools, elementary, middle and high school will benefit from theater and education enrichment, classes and field trips with LCC grant funding.
Grant Recipients for 2018:
Applause Concerts; Beethoven Society of Melrose; Bobthegorilla Co. Film Festival; Delvena Theatre Company; Erika Nauda; Franklin Early Childhood Center; Greater Boston Stage Company; Hoover Elementary’s Grace Lin Author visit; Look What’s Happening Melrose Calendar; Melrose Arts and Crafts; Melrose Drama; Melrose Grad Night; Melrose History Quilt; Melrose Open Studio Tour; Melrose Public Library’s Summer Reading Kick-off Concert; Melrose Symphony Orchestra; Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School Author in Residence; Mt. Hood Park Association; North Suburban Child & Family Resource Network; Polymnia Choral Society; Roger Tincknell (Milano Senior Center); Roosevelt Elementary’s Drama Program; Sally Frank Farmers Market’s Music at the Market; Temple Beth Shalom’s Keeping Jazz Alive Concert; Triad: Boston’s Choral Collective.
The Melrose Cultural Council is part of a statewide network supporting community-based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which then allocates funds to each community. Grant awards are decided by a board of local volunteers who live or work in the community. Current board members are: Jessi Eisdorfer, Arleen Frasca, Sara Gravante, Martha Grover, Eric Heath, Karen Konicek, Kris Rodolico, Dorothy Travis, Luke Miller, Diane Wall, and Mike Zwirko. If interested in joining the board, please email melrosecultural@gmail.com for more information.
To learn more about grant eligibility and guidelines, visit www.melroseculture.org. Keep up with sponsored events and more on the Melrose Cultural Council’s facebook page.
