Worcester Arts Council 2021 Grant Recipients

TOTAL AMOUNT
APPLICANT PROJECT TITLE
AWARDED
$ 500.00
Aimee Kewley Theater Collaboration with Burncoat HS Drama
Hubble Space Telescope: 30 Years of Amazing
$ 250.00
Aldrich Astronomical Society, Inc. Discoveries!
Downtown Worcester Storefront
$ 5,000.00
Andrew McShane Activation/Murals
Angélique Webster Fellowship $ 5,000.00
INNERVISIONS: THINGS AREN'T WHAT THEY
$ 5,000.00
Art In The Park, Worcester USE TO BE
Arts Transcending Borders at the College Sounds of Community with Cyro Baptista and
$ 5,000.00
of the Holy Cross Banquet of Spirits
ArtsWorcester Gen Zoomers $ 5,000.00
Barbara Guertin Photograph 51 $ 4,250.00
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester Kids for Social Justice Mural $ 5,000.00
Brooklyn Flores Storywalk $ 1,650.00
Building Futures, Inc. BFI's Summer Music Program $ 3,200.00
Creative Hub Creative Hub Aurora Gallery $ 5,000.00
Crocodile River Music Worcester’s Got African Talent Digital Edition $ 5,000.00
Cyrille Vincent Ndomakette Samba Worcester Whirlwind $ 5,000.00
Danielle Brooks Fellowship $ 1,000.00
"Spring is Busting Out All Over" Children's Art
$ 2,200.00
Edward Street Child Services Show

$ 3,080.00
Eric L'Esperance The Living Room Listening Room Concert Series
Eve Rifkah Gather in Poems: a Virtual Reading $ 1,000.00
Ferdinand Nazario Fellowship $ 1,000.00
Ferlay Jean-Baptiste Fellowship $ 1,000.00
Fernando Ponce Fellowship $ 2,500.00
Girls Inc. of Worcester Cultural Enrichment for Girls K-12 $ 3,500.00
Grace Sliwoski YouthGROW POW WOW Mural $ 5,000.00
Green Hill Neighborhood Association Lincoln Street Crosswalk Art $ 4,575.00
Historic Crown Hill Neighborhood
$ 3,905.00
Association House Flags on Crown Hill
Worcester Community Skateshop: DIY Paint-n-
$ 2,250.00
Jacob Folsom-Fraster Skate Kit
Jennessa Burks Acrylic Art Mentorship Program $ 2,100.00
 TOTAL AMOUNT
APPLICANT PROJECT TITLE
AWARDED
Threads: LGBTQ+ Youth Fashion Design Class &
$ 3,800.00
Joshua Croke Youth Designer in Residency Program
Kimberly Toney Fellowship $ 1,000.00
The Grip: the 1918 Pandemic and a City Under
$ 300.00
Linda Hixon Siege
Celebrating Art and Nature with the Fargo
$ 3,450.00
Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Education Center Mural
Jazz in the Park: Celebrating Great African-
$ 5,000.00
Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra American Composers
Mihoko Wakabayashi Seed to Fashion $ 5,000.00
Music Worcester, Inc. Tickets to Opportunity $ 2,000.00
Nicole Luparelli Fellowship $ 1,000.00
Open Door Arts Connecting and Creating Through the Arts $ 5,000.00
Preservation Worcester Urban Green and Blue $ 2,000.00
Rebecca Linton Growing Community $ 5,000.00
Render Creative, Inc. Main IDEA Virtual Art Program $ 5,000.00
Ritmos - Latinx Arts & Culture Experiential
$ 5,000.00
Ritmos Dance Studio Inc. (LACE)
Ryan Gardell Fellowship $ 2,500.00
Salisbury Singers When Giving is All We Have $ 1,500.00
Samuel Martin Light the Night! $ 2,250.00
Sarah Sanders Pop It Podcast $ 3,500.00
Seven Hills ASPiRE!: Virtual Creative Movement
$ 4,905.00
Seven Hills ASPiRE! for People with Disabilities
Shaun Connolly Fellowship $ 5,000.00
Shirish Korde Fellowship $ 1,000.00
Solon Kelleher Walk w/Out Rhythm $ 4,300.00
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central 17th Annual Asian Festival; 15th Annual Moon
$ 5,000.00
Massachusetts (SEACMA) Festival
Studio Theatre Worcester Summer Theatre Workshop $ 5,000.00
Technocopia STEAM Teen Internship Program $ 5,000.00
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory
$ 5,000.00
for Performing Arts Student Matinee of "Thurgood"
Timothy Kane All Together Drumming $ 200.00
Tochukwu Okafor Fellowship $ 1,000.00
Tracy Ann Jones / Sunta Africa Fellowship $ 2,500.00
Vanessa Calixto Fellowship $ 2,500.00
A Night to Remember: Folk Guardians of
$ 5,000.00
Vanessa de Leon Worcester
WCLOC Theater Company The Niceties $ 5,000.00
WICN Public Radio Latin Jazz Now Course $ 2,785.00
Worcester Chamber Music Society Neighborhood Strings $ 5,000.00
$ 2,500.00
Worcester Community Cable Access, Inc. Spring Swing
 TOTAL AMOUNT
APPLICANT PROJECT TITLE
AWARDED
Worcester Cultural Coalition A Krampus Christmas $ 2,100.00
Worcester Historical Museum Voices of History $ 4,050.00
LOVE IS THE MESSAGE - SPOKEN WORD ARTIST
vs. COMEDIANS -who delivers the better $ 5,000.00
Worcester Roots Project message?
Worcester Youth Center, Inc. (WYC) Mural Project $ 5,000.00
TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL AWARDS $ 219,100.00
Fellowship Grants $ 27,000.00
Project Grants $ 192,100.00