AIS Grants Announced

 
 
RALEIGH, NC - For more than 20 years, the Artists in the Schools program has helped schools in Wake County bring professional artists into their classrooms. For the 2005-2006 school year, the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County is providing a total of more than $100,000 to 120 Wake County public, private and charter schools in support of this program.
 
This year United Arts was able to increase the amount of money available to each school through this program. United Art's Artists in the Schools program offers up to four grants per school: one artist performance grant, one opera/chamber music performance grant, one writer-in-residence grant and one artist-in-residence grant. Schools can apply for one, two, three or all four grants each year.
 
Artists in the Schools is a partnership with the Wake County Public School System and associated PTAs that supports the placement of professional artists in schools, grades K-12, for curriculum-based performances, workshops and residencies in Wake County public, private and charter schools. It is a national model that has been expanded into neighboring Johnston County through a mentoring relationship with the Johnston County Arts Council.
 
Major sponsors of this program include Wake County Public Schools, Progress Energy, Target, Applebee's and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Raleigh Alumnae Chapter.
 
For more information about Artists in the Schools and other United Arts programs, and to find out if your children's school is participating this year, visit www.unitedarts.org and our Artists in the Schools section.