Fiscal Year 2012 Grants listed by County

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Fiscal Year 2012 Grants listed by County

MAC awarded $1.5 million in grant funds to organizations and individual artists during Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012).

Click on your county below to go directly to its spot on the list:

Adams

Jean Benoit - Natchez - Artist Minigrant - $500
Connor Burns - Natchez - Artist Roster
Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Natchez - Minigrant - $675
Frazier Primary School - Natchez - Minigrant - $1,000
Salongo Lee - Natchez - Artist Minigrant - $500
Natchez Blues Heritage Assn - Natchez - Project Grant - $3,100
Natchez Little Theatre - Natchez - Operating Grant - $18,900
Natchez Opera Festival - Natchez - Operating Grant - $15,300
Anthony David Newmann - Natchez - Artist Roster
Carolyn Weir - Natchez - Artist Minigrant - $500

Alcorn

Corinth Theatre-Arts - Corinth - Operating Grant - $16,700

Attala

Attala County Library - Kosciusko - Minigrant - $700

Bolivar

Bill Abel - Duncan - Artist Roster
Brooks Elementary School - Shelby - Minigrant - $1,000
Crossroad's Blues Society - Rosedale - Minigrant - $1,000
Delta Arts Alliance - Cleveland - Operating Grant - $17,800
Delta State University - Cleveland - Project Grant - $3,900
Delta State University - Cleveland - Minigrant - $1,000
I.T. Montgomery School - Mound Bayou - Minigrant - $1,000
Will Jacks - Cleveland - Artist Minigrant - $500

Parks Elementary School - Cleveland - Minigrant - $1,000

Calhoun

Jesse Yancy Memorial Library - Bruce - Minigrant - $200

Carroll

Carroll Co Board Supervisors - Carrollton - Proj. Grant - $3,300

Claiborne

Alcorn State U.- Dept Fine Arts - Project Grant - $3,200
MS Cult. Crossroads - Port Gibson - Op. Grant - $17,800
Port Gibson Main St. - Port Gibson - Project Grant - $3,100
Theatre Plus - Port Gibson - Operating Grant - $4,800

Clarke

Quitman Lower Elem. - Quitman - Whole Schools - $8,900
Quitman Upper Elem. - Quitman - Whole Schools - $10,700

Clay

Bessie Johnson - West Point - Artist Minigrant - $500
Bessie Johnson - West Point - Artist Roster
City of West Point - Project Grant - $3,900

Coahoma

Coahoma Comm. College - Clarksdale - Project Grant - $3,900
Delta Blues Museum - Clarksdale - Operating Grant - $17,800
Sunflower River Blues Assn - Clarksdale - Proj Grant - $3,900

Copiah

City of Hazelhurst - Hazelhurst - Project Grant - $3,000
Charles Jenkins - Hazlehurst - Artist Minigrant - $500
Junior Auxillary of Crystal Springs - Minigrant - $412
Louis Arzo Youngblood - Crystal Springs - Artist Roster

Covington

Claudia N. Cartee - Seminary - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
William Gale Rogers - Collins - Folk Art Apprenticeship - $2,000

Desoto

Chickasaw Elementary School - Olive Branch - Minigrant - $800
DeSoto Arts Council - Hernando - Operating Grant - $12,200
DeSoto Family Theatre - Southaven - Operating Grant - $16,700
Olive Branch Arts Council - Operating Grant - $5,300

Forrest

Category 5 Wind Quintet - Hattiesburg - Artist Roster
Hattiesburg Arts Council - Operating Grant - $16,100
Hattiesburg Concert Assn - Operating Grant - $17,800
Impromptu Piano Quartet - Hattiesburg - Artist Roster
Just Over the Rainbow Theatre - H'burg - Minigrant - $1,000
Just Over the Rainbow Theatre - H'burg - Proj Grant - $3,700
Hsiaopei Lee - Hattiesburg - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Sarah Mabary & Victoria Johnson - H'burg - Artist Roster
Mississippi Chamber Circle - Hattiesburg - Artist Roster
Sacred Heart School - Hattiesburg - Project Grant - $3,200
USM Symphony Orchestra - Hattiesburg - Link Up - $5,000
USM/Ctr for Oral History - Hattiesburg - Project Grant - $3,900
USM/Dept of Theatre & Dance - H'burg - Project Grant - $3,400
USM/School of Music - Hattiesburg - Minigrant - $500

Grenada

Robin Whitfield - Grenada - Artist Roster

Hancock

Ellis Anderson - Bay St. Louis - Artist Roster
Coast Episcopal School - Long Beach - Minigrant - $1,000
Lisa Eveleigh - Bay St. Louis - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Kerr Grabowski - Bay St. Louis - Artist Minigrant - $500
Hancock County Dev. Fndtn - Bay St. Louis - Minigrant - $1,000
Ruth Miller - Picayune - Artist Fellowship - $3,900

Harrison

Julian Brunt - Biloxi - Folk Art Apprenticeship - $2,000
Center Stage - Biloxi - Operating Grant - $16,700
Gallery 782 Co-Art - Biloxi - Operating Grant - $3,700
Gulf Coast Authors - Gulfport - Project Grant - $3,100
Gulf Coast Messiah Chorus - Gulfport - Project Grant - $3,400
Gulf Coast Symph. Orchestra - Gulfport - Op. Grant - $28,000
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra - Gulfport - Link Up - $5,000
Jim & Martha Hession - Gulfport - Artist Roster
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art - Biloxi - Operating Grant - $28,000
O'Keefe Educational Media - Gulfport - Project Grant - $2,900
Michael Richardson - Gulfport - Artist Roster
Michael Richardson - Gulfport - Artist Minigrant - $210
St. James Catholic School - Gulfport - Proj. Grant - $3,500
J. Marcus Weekley - Gulfport - Artist Fellowship - $3,900

Hinds

Rick Anderson - Clinton - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Ballet Mississippi - Jackson - Operating Grant - $20,100
Rhonda Blasingame - Jackson - Folk Art Apprent.- $2,000
Krista Bower - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Virgil Brawley - Jackson - Artist Roster
Patricia Brown - Jackson - Artist Roster
Katrina Byrd - Jackson - Artist Minigrant - $500
Sarah C. Campbell - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Sarah C. Campbell - Jackson - Roster & Teaching Artist Roster
Casey Elem. School - Jackson - Model Whole Schools - $1,500
Celtic Heritage Society - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,900
Central Miss. Blues Society - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,400
Comm. Fndtn Greater Jackson - Jackson - Proj. Grant - $3,700
Robert Cooper - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Crossroads Film Society - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,400
Crossroads Film Society - Jackson - Minigrant - $762
Tony Davenport - Jackson - Artist Roster
Anthony DiFatta - Jackson - Artist Roster
Sherman Lee Dillon - Jackson - Artist Roster
Vergia Towner Dishmon - Jackson - Artist Roster
Farish St. Heritage Festival - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,900
Genesis & Light Center - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,000
Gr. Belhaven Neighbrhd Fndtn - Jackson - Proj. Grant - $3,000
Greater Jackson Arts Council - Jackson - Op. Grant - $17,800
Erin Hayne - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Liliclaire McKinnon-Hicks - Jackson - Artist Minigrant - $500
Jackson Choral Society - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,900
JSU/MW Alexander Rsrch Ctr - Jackson - Proj Grant - $3,200
JSU/Dept of Research & Dev. - Jackson - Minigrant - $250
Nellie McInnis - Jackson - Artist Roster
Valerie McKnight - Edwards - Artist Roster
George Miles - Jackson - Artist Roster
George Miles - Jackson - Artist Minigrant - $500
Millsaps College - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,400
Millsaps College - Jackson - Minigrant - $500
MS Academy Ancient Music - Edwards - Project Grant - $3,400
Miss. Ag. & Forestry Museum - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,100
Miss. Alliance for Arts Ed. - Jackson - Minigrant - $909
Miss. Archaeological Assn - Jackson - Minigrant - $1,000
Miss. Children's Museum - Jackson - Minigrant - $455
Miss. Comm. Education Center - Jackson - Minigrant - $500
Miss. Families as Allies - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,900
Mississippi Girlchoir - Jackson - Operating Grant - $16,700
Miss. Humanities Council - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,900
Miss. Museum of Art - Jackson - Operating Grant - $28,000
Miss. Music Educators - Edwards - Proj. Grant - $3,900
Miss. Opera Assn - Jackson - Operating Grant - $18,100
Miss. Puppetry Guild - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,200
Miss. Symphony Orchestra - Jackson - Op. Grant - $28,000
Miss. Symphony Orchestra - Jackson - Link Up - $5,000
Miss. Symphony Orchestra - Jackson - Artist Roster
Mississippi Boychoir - Jackson - Operating Grant - $12,700
Mississippi Chorus - Jackson - Operating Grant - $17,800
New Stage Theatre - Jackson - Operating Grant - $17,800
Parents for Public Schools-Jackson - Project Grant - $3,600
Jerrod Partridge - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
James Patterson - Jackson - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Power APAC School - Jackson - Minigrant - $1,000
PRIYDE Institute - Jackson - Minigrant - $500
St. Richard Catholic School - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,600
St. Richard Catholic School - Jackson - Model Schools - $1,500
St. Richard Catholic School - Jackson - Minigrant - $1,000
Rosalind Roy - Jackson - Artist Roster
Bobby Rush - Jackson - Artist Roster
TALK Dance Co - Jackson - Project Grant - $3,100
USA Int'l Ballet Compet. - Jackson - Operating Grant - $28,000
VSA Mississippi - Jackson - Operating Grant - $17,800
Tracie James-Wade - Clinton - Teaching Artist Roster
Ginger Williams-Cook - Jackson - Artist Minigrant - $500
Bill Wilson - Jackson - Artist Roster
Y'all's Blues Band - Jackson - Artist Roster
Peter Zapletal - Jackson - Artist Minigrant - $500
Peter Zapletal - Jackson - Teaching Artist Roster

Jackson

Judy Davies - Gautier - Artist Minigrant - $500
Kenneth William Davies - Gautier - Artist Roster Eastlawn Elementary School - Pascagoula - Minigrant - $900
Brenda Finnegan - Ocean Springs - Artist Minigrant - $500
Sandy L. Ford - Pascagoula - - Artist Minigrant - $500
Historic Ocean Springs Assn - O. Springs - Proj. Grant - $3,200
Kinetic Neo Skene Theatre Co - O. Springs - Proj. Grant - $3,900
Mary O'Keefe Cult. Ctr - Ocean Springs - Op. Grant - $27,800
Mary C O'Keefe Cult. Ctr - Ocean Springs - Minigrant - $1,000
W. Anderson Museum - Ocean Springs - Operating Grant - $28,000
Valerie Winn - Gautier - Artist Minigrant - $500

Jones

East Jones Elementary - Laurel - Minigrant - $900
Jones County Jr. College - Ellisville - Arts in Classroom - $3,900
Laurel Middle School - Laurel - Model Whole Schools - $1,500
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art - Laurel - Op. Grant - $28,000
Mason Elementary School - Laurel - Whole Schools - $10,500
Miss. Alliance for Arts Ed. - Laurel - Operating Grant - $10,700
Nora Davis Magnet School - Laurel - Project Grant - $3,900
Nora Davis Magnet School - Laurel - Model Schools - $1,500
Nora Davis Magnet School - Laurel - Minigrant - $1,000

Lafayette

Adrian Baron-Robbins - Oxford - Artist Roster
Andi Sherrill Bedsworth - Oxford - Artist Minigrant - $500
Bramlett Elementary School - Oxford - Minigrant - $1,000
Julie Cantrell - Oxford - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Dance A Story - University - Teaching Artist Roster
Eric Deaton - Water Valley - Artist Minigrant - $500
Friends Thacker Mtn Radio - Oxford - Operating Grant - $9,100
Ian G. Hominick - Oxford - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Oxford Film Festival - Oxford - Minigrant - $1,000
Oxford Tourism Council - Oxford - Minigrant - $1,000
Durant Thompson - Taylor - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Univ. of MS/Oxford Conf. for Book - Project Grant - $3,400
Univ. of MS/Oxford Shakespeare Fest. - Project Grant - $3,700
Yocona Int'l Folk Festival - Oxford - Minigrant - $900
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council - Oxford - Op. Grant - $17,800

Lamar

Lamar Co. Board of Superv. - Purvis - Project Grant - $3,400
Oak Grove Primary School - H'burg - Project Grant - $3,900
Oak Grove Primary School - H'burg - Model School - $1,500
Oak Grove Primary School - H'burg - Minigrant - $1,000

Lauderdale

Clarkdale Middle School - Meridian - Arts in Classroom - $3,900
Community Fndtn East Miss. - Meridian - Project Grant - $3,200
Company of Angels - Meridian - Project Grant - $3,200
Jimmie Rodgers Foundation - Meridian - Minigrant - $1,000
Annie B. McKee - Meridian - Artist Roster
Meridian Council for the Arts - Operating Grant - $12,700
Meridian Little Theatre - Meridian - Operating Grant - $16,300
Meridian Museum of Art - Meridian - Operating Grant - $14,800
Meridian Symphony Assn - Meridian - Op. Grant - $17,800
Meridian Symphony Assn - Meridian - Link Up - $5,000
MSU/Riley Performing Arts Ctr - Meridian - Minigrant - $1,000
Miss. Writers Guild - Meridian - Project Grant - $3,000
Northwest Midd. School - Meridian - Arts in Classroom - $3,900
Oakland Heights School - Meridian - Arts in Classroom - $3,900
Parkview Elem. School - Meridian - Arts in Classroom - $3,900
Poplar Springs Elementary - Meridian - Project Grant - $3,600
Poplar Springs Elementary - Meridian - Minigrant - $900
Terrence Roberts - Meridian - Teaching Artist Roster

Leake

Carthage Leake Co. Library - Carthage - Minigrant - $700
Carthage Pentecostal Church - Carthage - Minigrant - $413

Lee

Boys & Girls Club of North MS - Tupelo - Proj. Grant - $3,800
GumTree Museum of Art - Tupelo - Operating Grant - $16,700
Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Tupelo - Artist Roster
Lane Chapel Quintet - Tupelo - Artist Roster
Lawndale Elementary - Tupelo - Arts in the Classroom - $3,900
Link Centre - Tupelo - Minigrant - $500
Pierce Street Elementary - Tupelo - Whole Schools - $10,700
Saltillo Elementary School - Saltillo - Whole Schools - $10,700
Thomas St. Elem. School - Tupelo - Project Grant - $3,000
Tupelo Ballet - Tupelo - Operating Grant - $12,600
Tupelo Community Theatre - Tupelo - Op. Grant - $16,700
Tupelo Middle School - Tupelo - Whole Schools - $10,700
Tupelo Symphony Orchestra - Operating Grant - $20,400
Tupelo Symphony Orchestra - Tupelo - Link Up - $5,000

Leflore

Comm. in Schools of Greenwood Leflore - Op. Grant - $28,000
Cottonlandia Museum - Greenwood - Operating Grant - $16,800
Greenwood Public School Dist. - Greenwood - Minigrant - $1,000

Lincoln

Lincoln Co. Public Library - Brookhaven - Minigrant - $700
Miss. School of the Arts - Brookhaven - Project Grant - $3,500 Tammie Stanford Williams - Brookhaven - Teach. Artist Roster

Lowndes

Annunciation Catholic School - Columbus - Arts in Class. - $3,900
Annunciation Catholic School - Columbus - Minigrant - $500
Critz Campbell - West Point - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Columbus Arts Council - Columbus - Operating Grant - $17,800
Columbus Arts Council - Columbus - Minigrant - $700
Columbus-Lowndes Pub. Library - Columbus - Minigrant - $195
Cook Elementary School - Columbus - Whole Schools - $10,700
Town of Crawford - Crawford - Minigrant - $400
Brenda Pritchett - Columbus - Teaching Artist Roster

Madison

Craftsmen's Guild of MS - Ridgeland - Operat. Grant - $28,000
Stephanie Dwyer - Ridgeland - Folk Art Apprentice - $2,000
Doris Jones - Madison - Roster & Teaching Artist Roster
Sarah Link - Ridgeland - Artist Minigrant - $500
Nicole Marquez - Madison - Artist Minigrant - $500
Miss. Metro Ballet Co. - Madison - Operating Grant - $16,700
St. Anthony Catholic School - Madison - Whole Schools - $7,100
Tougaloo College - Tougaloo - Minigrant - $500
Tougaloo College - Tougaloo - Project Grant - $3,100

Marion

Columbia Primary School - Columbia - Minigrant - $1,000
South MS Regional Library - Columbia - Minigrant - $903

Marshall

Holly Springs Main Street Assn - Project Grant - $3,000
North MS Hill Country Picnic - Potts Camp - Proj. Grant - $3,900

Montgomery

Action Comm. Ed. Reform - Duck Hill - Proj. Grant - $3,900
Action Comm. Ed. Reform - Duck Hill - Minigrant - $676
Keetha DePriest - Winona - Artist Minigrant - $325
Montgomery Co. Arts Council - Winona - Project Grant - $3,900

Neshoba

Philadelphia-Neshoba Co. Arts Council - Op. Grant - $4,400

Oktibbeha

Alexander Bostic - Miss. State - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Michael Huff - Miss. State - Artist Roster
Miss. Theatre Assn - Starkville - Operating Grant - $10,700
Miss. Theatre Assn - Starkville - Minigrant - $1,000
MSU/Academic Outreach - Miss. State - Project Grant - $3,200
MSU/Libraries - Miss State - Project Grant - $3,100
MSU/T.K. Martin Center - Miss. State - Project Grant - $3,900
Rosangela Yazbec Sebba - Miss. State - Artist Roster
Starkville Area Arts Council - Operating Grant - $17,800
Starkville Community Theatre - Project Grant - $3,400
Starkville Community Theatre - Minigrant - $500
Starkville High School - Minigrant - $375
Starkville/MSU Symphony Association - Project Grant - $3,100
Larry Wallace Band - Starkville - Artist Roster

Panola

Batesville Elementary School - Minigrant - $1,000
Como Rescue Fund - Como - Project Grant - $2,100
James "Jimbo" Mathus - Como - Artist Roster
Miss. Festival Foundation - Sardis - Operating Grant - $4,700
Panola Playhouse - Sardis - Project Grant - $3,000

Pearl River

Lori Gordon - Picayune - Artist Minigrant - $500
Nicholson Elementary School - Picayune - Minigrant - $1,000
Robin M. Veerkamp - Picayune - Artist Minigrant - $500

Pontotoc

North Pontotoc Upper Elem. - Ecru - Whole Schools - $7,100

Rankin

Brandon Parks & Recreation - Minigrant - $700
Anne Dennis - Brandon - Artist Minigrant - $500
Brent Hearn - Pearl - Artist Fellowship - $3,900
Alan Kolodny - Pearl - Artist Minigrant - $500
Harold Miller - Brandon - Artist Roster
Pearl Public School Dist. - SPARK Prog. - Minigrant - $1,000

Sharkey

Great Delta Bear Affair - Rolling Fork - Project Grant - $3,500
Great Delta Bear Affair - Rolling Fork - Minigrant - $1,000

Simpson

Johnny Rawls - Mendenhall - Folk Art Apprenticeship - $2,000

Stone

Patrick Bodine - Wiggins - Artist Minigrant - $500
MS G. Coast Comm. College - Perkinston - Proj. Grant - $3,900

Sunflower

B. B. King Museum - Indianola - Op. Grant - $28,000

Tallahatchie

Charleston Arts Rev. Effort - Charleston - Op. Grant - $14,800

Tate

Senatobia Municipal School Dist. - Senatobia - Minigrant - $750

Tishomingo

Lisa Lambert - Dennis - Artist Minigrant - $500

Union

Union Co Board Supervisors - New Albany - Proj. Grant - $3,400

Warren

American Guild of Organists - Vicksburg - Proj. Grant - $3,100
Miss. Music Teachers Assn - Vicksburg - Project Grant - $3,200
So. Cult. Heritage Fndtn - Vicksburg - Op. Grant - $17,800

Washington

Delta Center Stage - Greenville - Operating Grant - $16,700
Delta Children's Museum - Greenville - Project Grant - $3,700
Delta Symphony Assn - Greenville - Project Grant - $3,400
Mark L. Fisher - Greenville - Artist Minigrant - $500
Greenville Arts Council - Greenville - Operating Grant - $17,800
Greenville Arts Council - Greenville - Minigrant - $1,000
Junior Auxiliary of Leland - Leland - Minigrant - $900
MACE/Delta Arts Proj. - Greenville - Operating Grant - $12,600
Mickey Rogers - Greenville - Artist Roster

Wayne

Waynesboro-Wayne Co Library - Minigrant - $800

Wilkinson

W'ville/Wilkinson Co. Main St. - Woodville - Proj. Grant - $3,900

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Fiscal Year 2012 Grants listed by County

Adams

Alcorn

Attala

Bolivar

Calhoun

Carroll

Claiborne

Clarke

Clay

Coahoma

Copiah

Covington

Desoto

Forrest

Grenada

Hancock

Harrison

Hinds

Jackson

Jones

Lafayette

Lamar

Lauderdale

Leake

Lee

Leflore

Lincoln

Lowndes

Madison

Marion

Marshall

Montgomery

Neshoba

Oktibbeha

Panola

Pearl River

Pontotoc

Rankin

Sharkey

Simpson

Stone

Sunflower

Tallahatchie

Tate

Tishomingo

Union

Warren

Washington

Wayne

Wilkinson