South Arts awards cultural treasure grants to 17 BIPOC-led groups
Atlanta-based South Arts has announced the second round of funding from its Southern Cultural Treasures initiative.
Launched in 2021, the four-year, $6 million program provides support to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color)-led and -serving arts and cultural organizations across the Southeast. This year, South Arts received contributions totaling $1.3 million from ArtsMemphis, Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Daniel Foundation of Alabama, and the Hyde Family and Windgate foundations, which were matched by grants from the Ford and Alice L. Walton foundations, boosting the total raised for the initiative to $6.7 million. Recipients include the True Colors Theatre Company (Atlanta), B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center (Indianola, Mississippi), and Catawba Nation Cultural Division (Rock Hill, South Carolina), all of which will receive up to $300,000 each over three years in general operating support, a project grant of up to $7,500, as well as networking, cohort building, and knowledge-sharing opportunities.
“The creation of a deeply connected cohort of cultural organizations who are offered transformational support is a rare opportunity,” said Daniel Foundation of Alabama executive director Maria Kennedy.
“[The] South Arts region is home to these 17 arts organizations that represent a diversity of cultures, as well as work in service to their communities,” said South Arts vice president of programs Joy Young. “These Southern Cultural Treasures are critical to animating culture and stirring creativity, making the American South rich and vibrant.”
For a complete list of the Southern Cultural Treasures grantees, see the South Arts website.
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