FY23 Creative Communities Grant Awards

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Grantee

Project Title

City

​Award

Arts Education

Art Start Incorporated

Emerging Artist Internship

Milwaukee

$5,510

Artworks for Milwaukee

Environmental Arts Internship

Milwaukee

$5,210

Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha

Teen Center Music Studio

Kenosha

$4,820

Charles Allis-Villa Terrace Museums

Art@1801

Milwaukee

$4,750

Greater Milwaukee El Sistema

Community Connections Summer Camp

Waukesha

$5,240

Islands of Brilliance


Sandbox@ - Traveling Creativity Workshops for Autistic Youth & Young Adults and Families throughout Wisconsin

Milwaukee

$5,000

Kettle Moraine Symphony

A Choral Collaboration - Young Voices Sing A German Requiem

West Bend

$4,070


Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Jewish Museum Milwaukee

Degenerate Art: Democratic Art

Milwaukee

$6,000

Music Academy of Sun Prairie, Prairie Music & Arts

M.A.D. Arts - Music, Art, and Drama
opportunities for youth in Sun Prairie

Sun Prairie

$4,760

Pink Umbrella Theater Company

Porch Play

Milwaukee

$2,000

Rhinelander School District

Culture Tap Artist Residency Program

Rhinelander

$5,270

Solomon Community Temple

SPLASH

Milwaukee

$6,000

Very Young Composers

Very Young Composers Online

Plover

$5,770


Folk & Traditional Arts


Bembe Drum & Dance

Learning from the Masters

Milwaukee

$4,950

​McIntosh Memorial Library


​September Hispanic Heritage Month and 2nd Annual Driftless Region's Dia de los Muertos
Celebration: A Mexican Cultural and Educational Project

Viroqua

$5,100

Studio K Flamenco

The Flamenco Nutcracker

Milwaukee

$4,650


UW-Madison Horticulture Department, Allen Centennial Garden

Allen Centennial Garden Harvest Folk Festival

Madison

$5,200

Warehouse, Inc.


Living WITH the Northwoods

Eagle River

$5,140


Local Arts

Antigo High School

Belongingness

Antigo

$4,200

ArtRoot

Wall Poems of Racine

Racine

$4,100

Central Wisconsin Cultural Center

Rapids Arts Festival

Wisconsin Rapids

$4,200


Ellsworth E3 Community Development Corporation

Mural Walk - First Murals

Ellsworth

$2,100

Fermats Last Theater Company

Documentary theater works for 2022 and 2023

Madison

$1,800

Friends of Our Gallery

Chalk & Cheese Fest 2022

Platteville

$3,100

Kenosha Opera Festival

Side-by-Side Orchestra Program

Kenosha

$2,100

Madison Contemporary Dance

The Collaboration Project 2

Madison

$3,800

Mahogany Black Arts & Cultural Center

Black Humanity Now - Art for the Revolution!

Racine

$2,400

Make Music Madison

Make Music Madison Neighborhood Main Stages

Madison

$4,800

City of Mauston

Great Wisconsin Ideas

Mauston

$2,000

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network

MARN's Social Engagement Program

Milwaukee

$3,000

Northland College


Chequamegon Bay Area Community Kiln Build and Events

Ashland

$4,400

Village of Oregon

Village of Oregon Public Art Program

Oregon

$4,100

Rise Up Central Wisconsin


UNITY IN DIVERSITY: Painting the diverse canvas of the Hmong-American Culture

Wausau

$4,600


City of Superior, Environmental Services Division

Community Storm Drain Art Project

Superior

$2,200

White Pine Community Broadcasting, WXPR Public Radio

Project North: Music, Art and Sustainability
Festival

Rhinelander

$5,300

Wormfarm Institute

Culture and Commerce: Two Giants in Plain

Reedsburg

$5,700

Write On Door County

Writing Our Stories Mentoring Program

Fish Creek


$6,000​