Grant Recipients

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2022 Funded Grants:

Please join us in congratulating and supporting these individuals, organizations and programs!

1. Pioneer Valley Symphony: Wild Symphony
2. Piti Theater Company: To Bee Or Not To Bee
3. Michael Nix: New American Banjo Festival
4. Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center: Interactive Gaia Roots World Music Concert
5. The Art Garden: Winter Whimsy
6. Ricardo Frota: Ecology of Sound
7. Lenny Zarcone: Make ‘Em Laugh with a Song in Their Hearts
8. Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program: Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program
9. Local Access to Valley Arts: Social Justice in the Arts and Media
10. Ohketeau Cultural Center: The Living Presence of Our History
11. Arms Library Association: Arms Library Legos
12. Silverthorne Theater Company: Theater Thursday Play Reading Series
13. Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School: African American Music
14. Belding Memorial Library: Lake House Rendezvous
15. The Nolumbeka Project: 9th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
16. Franklin County Pride: Franklin County Pride
17. Roger L. Tincknell: Beatles and Beyond
18. Charlemont Forum: Charlemont Forum Speakers Series
19. Heath Agricultural Society: Heath Fair Music
20. Laura Josephs: Swing Set Singers Concert
21. Racial Justice Rising: Community Outreach for Racial Justice
22. Mohawk Trail Concerts: Summer Festival
23. Abigail Clarke: The Somatic Imperative
24. Hilltown Families: Hilltown Families Suggests
25. Buckland Historical Society: Colonial Buckland at the Wilder Homestead
26. Shelburne Grange Fair 2022

2021 Funded Grants

• Piti Theatre Company: Youth Troupe Video Project
• Tikkun Olam Circle: Race, Cultural Diversity and Justice Speaker Series
• Lysander Jaffe: Culomba Summer Residency
• Mark Benjamin: Invoking Beloved Community
• Pioneer Valley Symphony: The Mystery of the Missing Music Education Program
• The Art Garden: Winter HooPla
• Mass Audubon Berkshire Sanctuaries: Bringing Nature to You
• The Charlemont Forum: Speakers Series 2021
• The Art Garden: Community Exhibits at The Art Garden
• Nolumbeka Project: River Stories for the Valley Classrooms
• Silverthorne Theater Company: Theater Thursday Series
• Local Access to Valley Arts (LAVA): Documenting the Compost Cooperative's Housing Project
• John Root: Attracting Birds, Butterflies, Bees, and Other Benefits
• Ashfield First Congregational Church: Organ Concert Series
• Hilltown Families: Hilltown Families Suggests
• Franklin Land Trust: Exploring the Farms of Franklin County
• Racial Justice Rising: Community Outreach for Racial Justice
• Heath Agricultural Society: 2021 Heath Fair Music

The Shelburne Cultural Council granted re-scheduling extensions to the following grants awarded in 2020:

• St. John's Church: Ann Hutt Browning Poetry Series
• Ashfield Community Theater: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Buckland Historical Society: Colonial Buckland at the Wilder Homestead
• Footlights at the Falls: Dancing at Lughnasa
• Shelburne Open Space Committee: Interpretive Trail Signs and Invasive Species Education
• Michael Nix: New England Banjo Festival
• Pan Opera: Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
• Pothole Pictures: 2021 Film Series
• Shelburne Grange Fair: Shelburne Grange Fair 2021
• Mohawk Trail Concerts: Summer Concerts 2021
• The Art Garden: The Hilltown Draw-Around
• Voices from Inside: Voices Carry Performances

2020 Funded Grants

• Nolumbeka Project, 7th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival and Full Cold Moon Native Stomp and Social Dance http://nolumbekaproject.org
• Ann Hutt Browning Poetry Series http://www.stjohnsashfield.org
• Ashfield Community Theater 2020 http://www.acthonline.org
• Charlemont Forum, Speaker Series 2020 https://www.facebook.com/charlemontforum
• Collected Poets Series, Collected Poets Readings 2020 https://collectedpoets.org/2020-2
• Colonial Buckland at Wilder Homestead, Buckland Historical Society https://www.bucklandmasshistory.org
• The Art Garden, Community Exhibits 2020 https://theartgarden.wordpress.com
• Ed the Wizard, Magic for Seniors and Dragon Balloon Twisting Workshop https://www.edthewizard.com
• Footlights at the Falls, Play 2020 https://www.facebook.com
• Heath Agricultural Society, Heath Fair Music 2020 https://heathfair.org
• Hilltown Families, Inc., Suggestions for Families http://hilltownfamilies.org
• Interpretive Trail Signs and Invasive Species Education, Shelburne Open Space Committee http://townofshelburne.com
• Steven Henderson, Mabel and Jerry—Obstacles to the Altar https://www.havecomedywilltravel.com/themes
• Racial Justice Rising, Monthly Racial Justice Events https://racialjusticerising.org
• Michael Nix, New England Banjo Festival https://nixworks.com/p/21/Concert-Offering
• PanOpera, Dido and Aeneas https://www.panopera.org
• Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival 2020 http://pvjff.org
• Pothole Pictures, Pothole Pictures 2020 https://shelburnefallsmemorialhall.org
• Shelburne Grange, Shelburne Grange Fair 2020 http://shelburnegrange.org
• Hannah Harvester, Spring Art Explorations for Children http://hannahharvester.com
• Mohawk Trail Concerts, Music at the Arms and Summer Series https://www.mohawktrailconcerts.org
• Piti Theatre Company, 11th Annual SYRUP Festival https://ptco.org/festivals/syrup
• The Art Garden, The Hilltown Draw-Around 2020 https://theartgarden.woodpress.com
• Shelburne Falls Senior Center, Tickets to the Opera https://the-senior-center.org
• Voices from Inside, Voices Carry Performances http://www.voicesfrominside.org

2019 Funded Grants

• Heath Agricultural Society: 2019 Heath Fair Music
• Shelburne Falls Senior Center: Pottery Making for Seniors
• Roger Tincknell: From Ireland to America
• Shelburne Falls Senior Center: Ashfield Film Fest Entry
• Racial Justice Rising: Monthly Racial Justice Events
• Hilltown Families: Learn Local. Play Local
• St. John's Episcopal Church: Ann Browning Poetry Series
• Buckland Public Library: Day of Books and Roses
• Collected Poets Series: 2019 Collected Poets Readings
• Buckland Shelburne Elementary: KODO Japanese Taiko Drums
• Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival: 2019 Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
• Nolumbeka Project, Inc.: 6th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
• Charlemont Forum: 2019 Charlemont Forum
• Buckland Historical Society: Colonial Buckland at Wllder Homestead
• Shelburne Historical Society: Growing Our Clothes
• Pioneer Valley Symphony: 2019 PVS Education Concert
• Arms Library: Turning Pages with Living Fossils
• The Art Garden: 2019 Community Exhibits
• Pothole Pictures: 2019 Pothole Pictures
• Ashfield Community Theater: 2019 Spring Play
• Piti Theatre Company: 10th Annual SYRUP Festival
• Footlights at the Falls: 2019 Fall Play
• John Root: Edible Wild Plants
• Mohawk Trail Concerts: Music at the Arms and 2019 Summer Series
• The Art Garden: 2019 The Hilltown Draw-Around
• Shelburne Grange: 2019 Shelburne Grange Fair