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WHO WE FUND
Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, 2018
How We Help Make Art Happen
Our thanks to the organizations below who make Fort Worth an outstanding place to work, play, and live! Arts Fort Worth is proud to support a diverse group of organizations through grant awards. Learn more about each of our outstanding grant recipients that received funding this year!
619 Productions
Operating Support: $5,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
Since their inception, 619 Productions has served over 4000 children, approximately 2500 adults and over 250 seniors, including 3 Tarrant County College locations, 4 Fort Worth Community Centers, local libraries, Fort Worth public schools, and city hall and other civic locations.
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Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Operating Support: $56,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
Collects, preserves, and exhibits the finest examples of American art, and serves an educational role through exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of American art.
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Amphibian Stage
Productions
FY22 Operating Support: $39,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
Produces innovative and engaging theater that inspires new ideas, opens new doors, and increases our understanding of the vast world around us.
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Artes de la Rosa
Operating Support: $27,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
Manages the historic gem of Fort Worth's Northside, The Rose Marine Theater, and Fort Worth's only Hispanic theater company: Teatro de la Rosa. An award-winning organization receiving praise for its children's programming and critical acclaim for its productions.
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Arts Fifth Avenue
Operating Support: $15,000
Provides a forum of expression for visual and performing artists. Develops and preserves interests in tap dance and jazz music, and educates the public, particularly youth, about these unique art forms.
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Ballet Concerto
Operating Support: $15,000
Dedicated to providing artistic education and entertainment to residents of Fort Worth and its surrounding areas. These activities include free education outreach programs and an annual Holiday Special.
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Ballet Frontier of Texas
Operating Support: $25,000
Produces high-caliber classical ballet performances with the professional dancers of today while cultivating the dancers of tomorrow.
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Caminos del Inka
Operating Support: $7,500
Founded by Music Director Laureate of the Fort Worth Symphony Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Caminos de Inka champions the music of South America and founded a Conducting Institute in Fort Worth.
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Casa Mañana
Operating Support: $48,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $1,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
The largest performing arts organization in Tarrant County, Casa Mañana, the House of Tomorrow, creates, nurtures, and advances live professional theater for the enrichment and education of Fort Worth's diverse community and its future generations of artists and patrons.
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Chamber Music Society of
Fort Worth
Operating Support: $13,500
Promotes and presents the highest quality chamber music, reflecting innovation, creativity in programming, and selection of superior musical artists. Building an informed audience for chamber music, through educational programs in schools, with concert series, and through the media.
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Circle Theatre
Operating Support: $30,000
An established regional theater in Fort Worth dedicated to presenting professional, innovative theater in an intimate space. Founded in 1981 by Rose Pearson and Bill Newberry, Circle Theatre has premiered over 130 plays to the city in its 36 seasons.
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Fort Worth Civic Orchestra
Operating Support: $2,250
Provides the Fort Worth community with an accessible listening and educational experience of quality symphonic music while offering an outlet for musicians who desire to perform as an avocation.
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Fort Worth Opera
Operating Support: $56,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
FWTIP Cultural Initiative: $13,000
Enriches people's lives with performances and programs that educate, entertain, inspire, and expand the horizons of current and future audiences.
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Operating Support: $56,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
Unites its community through performance, education, and outreach, reaching an audience of more than 200,000 annually.
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Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
DEIA Capacity Building: $1,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
The museum, designed by famed architects Legoretta + Legoretta of Mexico City, holds DinoLabs and DinoDig, Innovation Studios, the Children’s Museum, Energy Blast, and the CattleRaiser’s Museum.
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Fort Worth Youth Orchestra
Operating Support: $29,000
Promotes and inspires the continuing development of musical talent in qualifying area youth through intensive training in classical music and performance.
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Imagination Fort Worth
Operating Support: $28,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
Over the past 30 years, more than five million students have participated in Imagination Fort Worth programs. Their programs combine the creative thrill of the arts with the critical educational goals outlined by local and state guidelines. Through art, dance, music, and theater, students engage with history, science, math, and language in ways that enhance learning and awaken creativity.
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Jubilee Theatre
Operating Support: $28,000
Creates and produces theatrical works that give voice to the African American experience. Promotes and presents new works, with a focus on both musicals and plays, finding the universal message to attract and involve a diverse and multicultural audience.
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KWC Performing Arts
Operating Support: $45,000
Creates a place where children are cherished through exposure, education, and experience in the performing arts and entrepreneurial leadership. Producing musical theater classes, camps and productions, year-round leadership opportunities, and local, national, and international tours of original musicals.
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Kimbell Art Museum
Operating Support: $56,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
FWTIP Cultural Initiative: $33,250
Dedicated to the education, increased enjoyment, and cultural enrichment of the public through the display and interpretation of works of art. Hosts an art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs, and an extensive research library.
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Lone Star Film Society
Operating Support: $24,000
Provides film education programs for adults and high-school-age students interested in the art of cinema. Programs have included weekend workshops in screenwriting, documentary filmmaking, film theory, and various film camp experiences for students looking to pursue a career in film.
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Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization
Operating Support: $2,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $1250
Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization is dedicated to
enriching the lives of youth, educating the community, and bringing awareness to Sickle Cell Disease.
To achieve this mission, we provide high-quality youth enrichment
programs focused on Fine Arts in addition to STEM and Life Skills.
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Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth
Operating Support: $56,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $2,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
Dedicated to collecting, presenting, and interpreting international developments in post–World War II art in all media, and creating a welcoming environment for its public appreciation. Promotes understanding and interest in art and artists through curatorial research and publications, and a variety of educational programs, including lectures, guided tours, classes, and workshops.
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Performing Arts
Fort Worth
Operating Support: $46,000
Presents various forms of one-night-only programming and national Broadway touring productions. Net revenues from these series cover a significant portion of the annual operation costs of the Bass Performance Hall facilities. In addition, they offer a variety of performing arts education opportunities of superior quality and free of charge to all students and educators through the Children’s Education Program.
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SiNaCa Studios
School of Glass
Operating Support: $29,000
A nonprofit school providing community outreach programs and individual instruction to nurture curiosity for the art and science of glassmaking. Bringing the glass art community together through exhibitions and providing accessible, educational, and affordable experiences for the general public. Teaches courses to share the traditions and techniques of all disciplines of studio glass.
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Stage West Theatre
Operating Support: $39,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $1,250
A world-class regional theater entertaining, inspiring, and challenging Fort Worth’s art seeker through great live theater. Serving diverse audiences and offering free and low-cost educational outreach opportunities to the community.
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Texas Academy of
Figurative Art
Operating Support: $25,000
Seeks to promote the advancement of figurative realism through sound academic instruction based on the timeless principles of classical realism. Providing education and training for artists who are interested in classically based realism.
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Texas Ballet Theater
Operating Support: $56,000
FWTPID Cultural Initiative: $33,250
Creates, presents, and tours world-class ballet, from classical to cutting-edge, and promotes its appreciation, accessibility, and technical mastery among students, pre-professionals, and audiences of all ages.
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Thank You
Darlin' Foundation
Operating Support: $4,000
DEIA Capacity Building: $1,000
Helps disadvantaged youth experience academic and personal success through the arts. Carrying out this mission through supplemental teaching, after-school programs, youth anthology publications, spoken word performances, and poetry slam competitions.
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