Monday, January 27, 2014

WEA Seeks Nominees & Applicants For 2014 Arts Awards & Grants Until March 7, 2014



The WEAs are coming. Windsor Endowment for the Arts is looking for creative individuals and organizations to participate in its awards and grants program – known as The WEAs. With four awards of merit and nine monetary grants totaling $18,000 to be presented this spring, the process begins Monday January 27, 2014 and closes on Friday March 7, 2014. Forms, instructions, a list of previous recipients, and other relevant information can be found on WEA’s website at www.wea-arts.com.


Individual grants of $2,000 will be disbursed to winning grant applicants from eight separate categories including community, literary, performing and visual arts. In addition, the Elizabeth Havelock Grant, established to honour a mid-career artist, will be awarded 2,000. Four awards of merit will be presented honouring nominated leaders in visual, literary, performing and community arts.


 
Since its launch in 2010, WEA’s Awards and Grants program has honoured and funded a diverse range of homegrown talent from Windsor and Essex County including the following:


  • Broken City Lab Artist Collective
  • Local artist: Shirley Williams
  • Local musician : Crissi Cochrane
  • Local writer: Vanessa Shields
  • John Morris Russell, former Musical Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra
  • Lenora Langs, internationally recognized poet
  • Performing artist: Chris Rabideau
  • Media City Film Festival
  • Nancy Johns Gallery & Framing


Award and grant recipients will be announced at The WEAs Ceremony to be held on
May 8, 2014.




by Deborah Jones Publisher Biz X Magazine

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