2006 Arts Grants. Since 2002 primary funds for the grants have come
from Moab City with additional funds offered by the arts council. The
MAC re-grants funds to individuals and organizations for arts projects,
education and services that benefit the community. Matching funds are
not currently required.
This year MAC received $13,4334 in requests. MAC
awarded $6,450 in grants to: Moab Art Walk, Desert Child Music Recorder
Choir, HMK After School Program, HMK Dance Residency, Halloween Art
Carnival, Moab Arts Festival, Moab Community Dance Band, Moab Music
Festival Educational Scholarship, Moab Photography Symposium, Moab
Poets and Writers, Red Rock Elementary Arts Framework Committee,
Solutions and Moab Artist Studio Tour. Parties interested in applying
for 2007 funds can find information at the MAC Web site:
www.moabartscouncil.org.
The Moab Arts Council is organized to serve as the
one stop for the arts in Moab. As a federally recognized 501c3
organization, its mission is to promote and support the arts in
southeastern Utah. MAC acts as an arts advocacy, leadership and
granting organization. This past fall the MAC sponsored the Utah Arts
Council’s (UAC) Listening Tour and recently received a UAC Technical
Assistance grant to continue arts discourse in Moab. For the past 18
months several MAC board members participated in the UAC Change Leader
Program, designed to nurture community arts leadership. “Graduating”
from the course were Theresa King, Sandra Starley, HL Weber and Bruce
Hucko.
MAC partners with and is a catalyst for a growing
number of projects including the Moab Artists Studio Tour, the annual
Halloween Carnival, the HMK Dance Program and the Community Arts
Roundtable. MAC is currently working to increase the funds available
for grants, is leading an effort to seek co-op marketing funds for arts
events and is expanding its website to better serve the arts community.
MAC believes that a strong arts community makes Moab a better home for
residents and visitors alike.