Grants

The Medina County Arts Council, as part of its effort to support the arts in Medina County, provides grant funding to organizations promoting the arts. Grant applications will be accepted annually from December 1st through February 28th. All necessary forms for a grant can be found in the links below.

ARTS COUNCIL BOARD ANNOUNCES 2010 GRANT RECIPIENTS

The Medina County Arts Council Board of Trustees has approved and announced grants to seven county organizations and programs for the upcoming 2010-2011 season. Our grants, totaling $3,000 for this coming year’s activities and special projects, cover a wide variety of activities in the arts in seven organizations. Grant totals were under last year’s due to reduced income for advertising in the Spotlight Showcase program.

A grant was awarded to the Medina Chorus for concert expenses and guest soloists for the year. Three theatre companies, Stage Left Theatre Company, Brunswick Alumni Community Theatre, and Medina County Show Biz Company, will receive grants to help cover production expenses. Grants were also awarded to the “World Tour of Music” concert series sponsored by Main Street Medina, and to Brunswick Art Works for their series of monthly presentations by artists. Hinckley’s Cliffside Artists Collaborative program for artists and students also received a grant for the first time.

Grants awarded to these organizations this year are funded through the Medina County Arts Council Endowment Fund, managed by the Akron Community Foundation, and income from our annual November fundraiser, the Spotlight Showcase.

ARTS COUNCIL BOARD ANNOUNCES 2009 GRANT RECIPIENTS

The Medina County Arts Council Board of Trustees has approved and announced grants to nine county organizations and programs for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. Grants for this coming year’s activities and special projects cover a wide variety of activities in the arts. The grant awarded to The Medina County Art League will help that organization to host a month long display next November of the Ohio Watercolor Society’s 31st Annual Traveling Exhibit. The show will be displayed in The Medina Library, This will be the first time that this highly recognized Ohio Watercolor display will be in Medina.

Brunswick Art Works has received a grant to help fund a series of monthly presentations by artists who will give demonstrations and discuss their work in an open forum. The grant to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Medina will help fund their free noontime Brown Bag Concerts. The Wadsworth Community Band will apply their grant to operating expenses for four concerts, including a specially themed concert in the summer of 2009. Main Street Medina will use the grant funds to support their four event “World Tour of Music” series scheduled to begin next September.

Brunswick Alumni Community Theatre, Buckeye Community Theatre, Stage Left Theatre Company, and Medina Show Biz Company, each received grants to assist with various productions in the coming season. Among the productions are Buckeye’s “Fiddler on the Roof” in June, Brunswick ACT’s “Guys and Dolls” in July, Stage Left Theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet” in August, and Medina Show Biz’s “Ten Little Indians” and “Big River” next winter.

Grants awarded to these organizations total $4,500 and are funded through membership contributions and funds from the Arts Council’s annual November fundraiser, The Spotlight Showcase. The 2009 Showcase will be held on Friday, November 20. The 3rd Medina County Idol Contest, also sponsored by the Arts Council, will be held earlier in November, and three to five finalists will appear as part of the Showcase.

Applications for next year’s 2010-2011 grants may be filed in the period between December of 2009 and the end of February 2010. Applications may be printed out from the Web site: www.medinacountyartscouncil.org. All grants will be reviewed beginning in March by the Grant Committee and voted on by the Board later in the spring. The requesting nonprofit organization must have 501(c) status. Profits from any event or special project of the requesting organization must be used to promote the arts.

Grant guidelines

Grant guidelines in pdf form: contains all the guidelines for filing a grant request.

Grant application

Grant application in pdf form: contains the official grant application form to print, complete, and return.

Grant final report

Grant final report in pdf form: contains the grant final report form to print, complete, and return.