Announcing The Masterwork Music and Art Foundation 2022 Community Arts Grant Awardees

 

July 2022

 

Our Community Grant Awards are designed to support organizations and people that encourage excellence in the arts at the community level. For the 2022-2023 community grant season, five grants were offered —  two at the $1,000 level and three at the $500 level.  Artists and arts organizations  in the tri-state area were encouraged to apply. 

 

Special thanks to Masterwork’s Program Committee - Tim Watkins, Joseph White, Eileen White, Tony Javed and Alice Glock for their work identifying award criteria and evaluating applicants. This year was a banner year in terms of our response rate - we received more than 125 inquiries and 50 applications, thanks in great part to promotions by the New York and New Jersey Councils on the Arts.

 

We’re pleased to announce the following awardees:

 

 

·      New Jersey Choral Society - Tapestry concert series finale

 

The New Jersey Choral Society will receive a $1,000 award from Masterwork.

 

New Jersey Choral Society is partnering with Pro Arte Chorale, two Ridegewood NJ arts institutions that have been in existence for over 40 years, in a special “Masterworks” concert that will include an orchestra and the Arts in Motion dance company.  This concert is planned for June of 2023.

 

For more about New Jersey Choral Society, see: https://www.njcs.org

 

·      Jules and Dee - Inspired by Shakespeare from actor/creator Juliet Perrell, directed by Edna Luise Biesold, and produced by Sarah Franco. 

 

Jules and Dee will receive a $1,000 award, in honor of Carol J. Whitesides, an attorney and lover of Shakespeare.

 

Jules and Dee is a multimedia venture in modernizing theater, incorporating D/deafness into the theatrical and the digital space, and challenging the fate of Shakespeare’s extraordinary women.  Filming is set to occur in New York’s Cherry Lane Theater. Streaming will make the series available to a broad audience online as of Fall 2022. 

 

For more about the series, including the launch date, follow along on social media @JulesAndDee on Instagram. 

 

·      Anonymous was the Data, Chanika Svetvilas  (www.chanikasvetvilas.com)

 

Masterwork is awarding $500 to Anonymous was the Data.

 

This project looks at the intersectionality of Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI), mental health, and healthcare access by visualizing individual data in the form of adapted 3D printed prescription bottle sculptures that are transformed and

correspond to each survey taken. The project will launch in September 2022.

 

For more about this project and the interdisciplinary artist who created it, see: www.chanikasvetvilas.com or follow her on Instagram at chanikasvetvilas

 

 

 

·      Flemington DIY Print Club  (www.flemingtondiy.org/ )

 

The Flemington DIY Print Club will receive a $500 community grant award from Masterwork.

 

Flemington DIY Print Club is a weekly open printmaking studio with the goal of providing a platform for artists to network, build community, and work collaboratively. Local artists and community members new to the printmaking processes utilize the shared facilities hosted at Flemington DIY to learn new techniques and explore a new artform

 

For more about the Flemington DIY Print Club, see: www.flemingtondiy.org

 

 

 

·      Ladies of Hip Hop, 2022 Ladies of Hip Hop Festival (www.morrischoralsociety.org ) 

 

The Ladies of Hip Hop will receive a $500 award.

 

The Ladies of Hip-Hop (LOHH) is a Black women-led non-profit dedicated to the empowerment of women and preservation of street and club dance forms. This year’s Ladies of Hip-Hop 2022 NYC Festival from July 13-17, 2022, we will be hosting a panel, two showcase nights, two days of dance workshops, and a dance battle featuring global women leaders and artists across street and club dance forms.

 

For more about the Ladies of Hip Hop Festival, see: https://www.ladiesofhiphop.com/

We’re grateful for all of the applications we received for our community grant award offering. Please follow Masterwork Arts on Facebook or Twitter to find out about more learning opportunities or sign up for our e-newsletter on www.masterworksarts.org. 

For questions or more information, email masterworksarts@gmail.com.

 

 

The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation has been supporting excellence in the arts for over 60 years. 100 percent of your donation funds art and artists through community grants, competitive awards, and a premier award for an emerging artist. Find out more at www.masterworkarts.org.

 

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