Thanks to a $34,000 grant provided by The Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture and the City of Grand Junction, cultural events will be available to the community again in 2021. Twelve local non-profit organizations received an art grant for cultural projects ranging from $1,200 - $3,800 for theatrical performances, art and music camps, art exhibits, an arts festival, film and media projects, and a community art project. These diverse projects will provide opportunities for our community to come together.
The Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture manages the art grant program. Commissioners are responsible for promoting, attending, and evaluating each event. The goal is to help organizations put-on high-quality events for our community. Many of these events are free or at a minimal cost to the public thanks to this art grant. A new requirement for organizations this year was a contingency plan of online conversion, if necessary, to hold their events. Congratulations to the following organizations:
| Organization | Program | Funding |
Grand Valley Public Radio
| KAFM Arts & Entertainment Calendar
| $3,450
|
Mesa County Libraries Foundation
| Do Art, Feel Better: Community Art Project
| $3,000
|
Western Colorado Watercolor Society
| Rockies West National Show 2022
| $1,200
|
Rocky Mountain Public Media
| Colorado Voices
| $2,300
|
Western Colorado Writers Forum
| Three Projects
| $3,100
|
Grand Mesa A Cappella Chorus
| Holiday Show
| $1,450
|
Downtown Grand Junction
| Downtown Art Festival - Panel Murals
| $3,800
|
Charisma Chorus
| June Music Day Camp 2021
| $2,400
|
Museums of Western Colorado
| 2021 Chautauqua
| $3,400
|
Postvention Alliance
| Youth Vision Art for Wellbeing Film & Media Project
| $3,300
|
Western CO Center for the Arts
| Virtual Spring Art Week
| $3,400
|
We Create Heart
| Enchanted Planet TV Show
| $3,200
|
The art grant program is open to any Colorado non-profit agency for arts and cultural projects that are held in Grand Junction. For more information on the grant program and the following projects please visit www.gjarts.org.
Contact: Greg LeBlanc, Sr. Assistant to the City Manager | 970-244 1557 or gregoryl@gjcity.org