Arts Council Napa Valley awards over $40,000 for local artists & arts education programs
NAPA, CA (July 2, 2020) – Thanks to funding provided by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Arts Council Napa Valley [ACNV] Emergency Fund, and the ACNV Education Alliance, Arts Council Napa Valley announces the summer 2020 Emergency Fund grant recipients. 15 local artists & organizations and 6 local schools received between $500 – $2,500 each, totaling $40,026 in funds awarded.
Awards reflect diverse artistic genres and disciplines – with the range of funded artists and school programs including performing arts shows, visual arts, and more. These grantees are supporting ACNV’s vision of enriching our community through arts and culture by supporting local individuals, organizations, and arts education programs that have suffered great losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACNV Emergency Fund Grant Recipients | Summer 2020
Individual Artists
Emergency Financial Assistance Grant recipients include 3 local performing artists (Music and Theater) and 10 local visual artists (Ceramics, Clothing Design, Crafting, Glass, Jewelry Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Textiles, and Woodworking) spanning from American Canyon to St. Helena.
Small Nonprofit Organizations
American Canyon Arts Foundation | 501c3 Nonprofit Organization
Calistoga Art Center | 501c3 Nonprofit Organization
Arts Education Programs
Vintage High School | Choral Music Program
For the cancellation of the production: West Side Story.
American Canyon High School | Theatre Arts & Scholarship Programs
For the cancellations of the production: Cinderella & the school’s annual fundraising concert.
Saint Helena High School | Drama Program
For the cancellation of the production: Newsies.
Justin-Siena High School | Theater Program
For the cancellation of the production: High School Musical.
The Oxbow School | Scholarship Program
For the cancellation of the school’s annual fundraiser and summer camp.
Napa High School | Ceramics Program
For the cancellation of the annual ceramics sale & fundraiser.
About the Emergency Fund
This funding was provided by ACNV with generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Arts Education Alliance Fund and the Napa Valley Arts Council Emergency Response Fund. Additional support was provided by a number of donors through the Giving Tuesday Now initiative.
About the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world. Today, it is the largest private funder of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area, making roughly $20 million in grants to more than 220 nonprofit arts organizations in 11 Bay Area counties each year.
About Arts Council Napa Valley
As the official local arts agency in Napa County, Arts Council Napa Valley connects, advocates, and leads the arts community countywide. Since 1981, the Arts Council has served to benefit all residents with a more sustainable, accessible, and quality local arts scene. Each year, ACNV makes grant funds available to small nonprofits and individual artists to support creative works and programs that are publicly accessible within Napa County to grow and deepen the general community’s relationship to arts and culture through greater access, engagement, and culturally relevant opportunities.