Support arts education for the students of Johns and Wadmalaw Islands and provide cultural enrichment for members. Provide financial support and sponsorships to local non-profit arts organizations to deliver visual, performing, and literary arts programming to K-12 students in Johns and Wadmalaw Islands.
Arts Etc’s grantmaking is built around arts education for students on Johns and Wadmalaw Islands, with support flowing to schools and local arts organizations that bring visual, performing, and literary arts into classrooms and school programs. A defining pattern is its use of local partnerships to deliver instruction and enrichment rather than broad, dispersed philanthropy. One flagship example is the $33,500 grant to Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation for theatrical work based on the life of Robert Smalls, pairing arts production with Southern Black historical narrative. Another notable award is the $30,000 grant to Charleston Symphony Orchestra for a Young People’s Concert linked to a Carnegie Hall program, showing support for large-scale student music experiences as well as school-based learning. The foundation also funds after-school and in-school programming, including theatre youth companies, classroom arts integration, and teacher development. Arts Etc works within a clearly local footprint, with grantmaking directed to organizations and schools that serve children and families in the Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island community.
Arts Etc supports a concentrated set of arts-education uses. In theatre, it gave $28,760 to PURE Theatre for Haut Gap Middle School and St. Johns High School Youth Companies, an after-school theatre program with Communities in Schools. In visual and performing arts integration, it awarded $20,043 to Charleston Stage Company for arts-integration workshops built around theatre standards, ELA standards, and social studies standards. Music programming is another recurring theme: Charleston Jazz received $18,455 for the Melodica Program at Angel Oak Elementary and a jazz combo and assembly program at Angel Oak and Haut Gap. The foundation also backs school-based enrichment through field trips and assemblies, such as the $20,000 grant to Palmetto City Ballet for an in-school assembly program introducing students to ballet production.
Arts Etc’s typical grant size clusters tightly around the low-to-mid five figures: p25 is $11,750, median is $13,935, and p75 is $17,455. The recent record shows repeated support to the same local partners across multiple years, including Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation, Charleston Stage Company, Charleston Jazz, Chamber Music Charleston, PURE Theatre, Palmetto City Ballet, and Angel Oak Elementary School. That pattern suggests ongoing program funding rather than isolated awards. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its School Funding Request path is open to direct applications, while several partner programs use certification or selected-partner models.
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Most grants fall between $12K and $17K, with a median of $14K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$14K
75th Percentile
$17K
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Arts Etc’s grantmaking is entirely in South Carolina, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The activity is concentrated in Charleston-area places, especially Charleston, North Charleston, Johns Island, and Mount Pleasant. Johns Island appears frequently through school-based awards, while Charleston hosts many of the partner arts organizations. The footprint also extends to Wadmalaw Island and Charleston County through school and program-partner grants tied to local student audiences.
Arts Etc funds arts education tied to schools and youth programming. Recent grants support theatre youth companies, in-school classical music performances, jazz instruction, ballet assemblies, arts-integration workshops, and teacher training for arts-integrated classrooms. The common thread is arts programming for Johns and Wadmalaw Islands students.
Yes. Its School Funding Request / Direct School Grants program allows schools to apply directly for support. The program is described as funding arts integration into the classroom and beyond, and it may also consider other school needs that contribute to student wellbeing.
Very local. All recent grants in the data go to recipients in the United States, and 100% of grants are to recipients in South Carolina. The cities most often represented are Charleston, North Charleston, Johns Island, and Mount Pleasant.
Repeated recipients include Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation, Charleston Stage Company, Charleston Jazz, Chamber Music Charleston, PURE Theatre, Palmetto City Ballet, and Angel Oak Elementary School. Several of these organizations appear in multiple years, showing ongoing support rather than one-time awards.
The grant-size distribution is fairly compact. The 25th percentile is $11,750, the median is $13,935, and the 75th percentile is $17,455. Recent awards range from school-level grants around $10,000 to larger partner grants above $30,000.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Arts Etc that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Nonprofit organizations based in Charleston and its environs; if seeking to become a Program Partner, Arts, etc. says the organization should be Charleston-based and nonprofit.
Deadline: No deadline stated on the website; contact info@kiawahartsetc.org for application process, requirements, and deadlines.
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| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Symphony Orchestra | Charleston, SC | $30,000 | 2025 | Young People's Concert - Carnegie Hall Link Up: In March 2025, the CSO will present two sold-out performances of its Young People's Concert in collaboration with the Charleston Gaillard Center and Carnegie Hall. These performances will feature The Orchestra Moves, with approximately 3,000 students from 21 schools participating. Title I schools will receive complimentary tickets and transportation. To enhance the experience, all participating teachers will attend a district-accredited curriculum workshop on September 20, 2024, diving into program resources for classroom integration. These workshops take place before CSO performances, allowing Link Up teachers to attend a Masterworks concert and experience the symphony firsthand before returning with their students later in the year. |
| Chalrleston Gaillard Management Corporation | Charleston, SC | $30,000 | 2025 | The Charleston Gaillard Center (the Gaillard) is a non-profit arts organization located in Charleston, South Carolina, that commissions, supports, presents, and produces ambitious, multidisciplinary cultural programming and provides access to the best local, national, and global artists and companies on its stage. Deeply rooted in the community, the Gaillard is committed to elevating local and regional voices and partnering with Charleston institutions to reflect the city's diversity. The Gaillard serves over 30,000 students annually through its multi-faceted, curriculum-based Arts Education Program that includes mainstage productions with accompanying lesson plans and in-school workshops, masterclasses, teacher professional development and a series of summer camp programs. With help of generous support from Arts, Etc., the Gaillard has experienced record-breaking participation from schools in Johns and Wadmalaw Islands over the past several years. During the current 2023-24 school ye |
| PURE Theatre | Charleston, SC | $28,760 | 2025 | PURE Theatre is seeking funding for Haut Gap Middle School and St. Johns High School Youth Companies, an after-school theatre program offered in partnership with Communities in Schools. The program is centered around the development and growth associated with the stages of building a live performance. PURE Theatre's Youth Company is a comprehensive program designed to empower and showcase the unique skill sets of students through the process of live performance. The program aims to foster creativity, build confidence, and cultivate an ensemble mindset among students while providing an enriching experience in the performing arts. Through participation in the program, students hone crucial life skills, including the ability to think creatively, be responsible to oneself and others, work in a group to achieve common goals, and, through PURE's methodology of scene study, understand human motivation and behavior better. The program will begin with one-time workshops being held at the start |
| Charleston Stage Company | Charleston, SC | $20,043 | 2025 | "Lightning Thief /June B. performance at Dock Street: Our Arts-Integration workshops are built around national and theatre standards, ELA and social studies standards. All workshops are themed around the family series show we produce; this season, ""Lightning Thief"" & ""Junie B. Toothless Wonder."" Our Resident Actors go directly to the schools and teach literacy standards through theatre, music and movement instruction. We held a 4-day workshop at Frierson on ""Lightning Thief"" for 50 students in 4-5th grade and confirmed a 3-day workshop January 16th-18th on ""Junie B. Toothless Wonder"" for 60 students in 1st-3rd grade. They'll also be coming to see the School Matinee show at the Dock Street Theatre (thanks to your advocacy and Arts, Etc.!) " |
| Palmetto City Ballet | Charleston, SC | $20,000 | 2025 | This in school assembly program introduces the students to what goes into creating a ballet from scratch. From the daily rehearsals of the dancers to the music, choreography, and set design. Our collaborative arts discipline utilizes numerous fields of study all culminating into a new production. Q&A as well as performance excerpts from the current season accompany the program. |
| Charleston Jazz | North Charleston, SC | $18,455 | 2025 | Melodica Program Angel Oak ES Melodica Project: offered to 30-40 4th/5th grade students once a week for 45 minutes each during school day. Jazz Combo Program, Assembly program at Angel Oak and Haut Gap - Haut Gap MS Jazz Combo Class: offering a jazz combo experience for 8th grade students once a week for 45 minutes during school day. In-school performances at Angel Oak and Haut Gap featuring the Charleston Jazz Express Quiana Parler and combo performance - assembly program for entire school featuring jazz and gullah styles |
| PURE Theater | Charleston, SC | $16,455 | 2025 | PURE is requesting $11,000 in funding for PURE Youth Companies (PYC) at Haut Gap Middle School. PYC is an after-school theatre training program offered through our dynamic partnership with Communities in Schools (CIS). PURE has already received funds from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Coastal Community Foundation but requires additional funds to create this intensive program that provides students with creative outlets when no other arts education experiences are currently available. PURE Youth Companies are centered around the principle of live performance of a play (vs a pedagogy structured around theatre exercises, non-scripted improvisation, stand-alone monologues, and/or scene work). PURE Youth Companies are intensive, theatre training programs that expose students to in-depth instruction throughout the school year. Each semester, 20 to 25 students meet twice per week for 16 weeks, to learn the art and craft of acting while rehearsing a play. The class culminates in |
| Charleston Stage Company | Charleston, SC | $15,988 | 2025 | Charleston Stage is the theater company in residence at the Historic Dock Street Theatre in Downtown Charleston and has presented more than 320 productions and played to collective audience of more than two million through its 46-year history. In addition to producing engaging, high-quality performances, we invest heavily in theatre arts education by employing a staff of professional theatre artists who share their expertise with the next generation. In order to expand our community outreach beyond the walls of the Dock Street Theatre, we launched CityStage which brings theater programming directly into Title 1 schools and underserved communities free of charge. In May 2024, CityStage will plan to make stops in Johns Island at three local elementary schools: Angel Oak, Frierson, and Mt. Zion. The 2024 CityStage show is the Last Stop on Market Street which is based off an illustrative children's book by Matt de la Peña. This Hip-Hop/Motown musically inspired show explores inclusive them |
| Chamber Music Charleston | Charleston, SC | $13,935 | 2025 | Year 1 - Chamber Music Charleston creates musical adaptation of original part (with permission from composer): $870 Chamber Music Charleston musicians record a string quartet practice recording for use as students prepare for the production. $2,175 Chamber Music Charleston musicians participate in one rehearsal with students (no more than 2 1/2 hours in length), dress rehearsal with students (no more than 2 1/2 hours in length), and final performance of the production. $2,175 Year 2: Chamber Music Charleston musicians work with select Haut Gap Middle School string students to prepare and perform music. CMC will visit the once a week for 6 consecutive weeks to work with the students as they prepare the music for the final production. The elementary school vocal students will be able to rehearse with the previous year's string quartet rehearsal recording as the select Middle School strings students learn the chamber ensemble parts. We would then bring the Middle School students, along |
| Chamber Music Charleston | Charleston, SC | $13,195 | 2025 | Chamber Music Charleston is requesting funds to support both a series of in-school Classical Kids Performances at three Johns Island Elementary Schools and also a series of residencies at Haut Gap Middle School. The in-school Classical Kids Performances would take place in late September or early October at Angel Oak, Frierson, and Mt. Zion Elementary Schools. Each performance is approximately 45 minutes in length and is specifically created for children in grades K-3 and 4-5. The program includes a basic introduction to the instruments (focusing on the SC Arts Curriculum Standards requested by the music teachers), a sing-along/audience interaction piece of music, and a story set to music. For the 2024-2025 season, CMC is creating a new program to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The focal story of this program is "Dream Drum Girl by Newbery Award-winning author Margarita Engle. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's trad |
| Angel Oak Elementary School | Johns Island, SC | $12,500 | 2025 | Angel Oak Elementary is requesting funding to continue to train our teachers in research-based arts integration strategies to directly impact student learning and engagement in the classroom. Our partners at ArtsNow provide this interactive training in all arts areas (including visual art, drama, music, and dance) and have been successful partners with us for the past 7 years. Teachers always have positive reviews of the trainings and we have seen an increase in student achievement because of this. Please join us at our next Demonstration Day to see these strategies in action in the classroom! You can find out more about ArtsNow's work at this link: https://artsnowlearning.org/ |
| Engaging Creative Minds | Charleston, SC | $10,400 | 2025 | PROJECT TITLE: An Arts Integration Experience with Engaging Creative Minds at Mt. Zion Elementary School Funding from this grant will provide: 1) Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use The school will be assigned an ECM Curriculum Coach who will guide the planning and scheduling process with each grade level team; including but not limited to, selecting the teaching artists, collaboratively designing the arts integration lessons, |
| Charleston Stage Company | Charleston, SC | $8,947 | 2025 | "Of Mice and Mozart". Charleston Stage, in partnership with Charleston Chamber Orchestra, will produce the show "Of Mice and Mozart" with 4th and 5th graders from Mt. Zion Elementary in Johns Island. "Of Mice and Mozart" tells the story of Mozart's life from the perspective of imaginary mouse ancestors who lived in his house. Charleston Stage will be responsible for teaching vocal music, staging, choreography, props, and all show materials. Charleston Chamber Orchestra would be responsible for orchestrating the arrangements, rehearsal tracks, and sourcing the musicians for the live performance. Over 16 rehearsals, January-March, Charleston Stage teaching artists will stage the show with the students and prepare them for a performance for their families. |
| Engaging Creative Minds | Charleston, SC | $6,500 | 2025 | Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use |
| Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation | Charleston, SC | $33,500 | 2024 | The Gaillard Center is requesting money for Arts, etc. to become a Founding Partner for their theatrical work based on the life of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved man, who engineered a daring sea-escape during Civil War. The production is set to debut Oct. '23 in Charleston and will serve as a pilot program for family theatrical programs highighting Southern minority stories. Once ready, the Robert Smalls Theatre for Young Audiences Mission includes: 4 free performances in LowCountry, free in-school workshops (not necessarily Johns/Wadmalaw) with goal to reach 6000 students in Lowcountry, reach 3000 families, enusre 70% of students participating come from Title I schools in community including complimenatry tix and free bus, tour outreach to surrounding counties with goal to tour nationally. In addition, the Summer Theatre Program received a $13,500 grant for summer 2023 programs. |
| Chamber Music Charleston | Charleston, SC | $16,420 | 2024 | 1. Series of in-school Classical Kids Performances at 3 Johns Island Elementary Schools: each 45 min.specifically for K-3 including intro to instruments, sing-a-long interaction piece and story set to music using "Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln" 2. Continuation of new program started at Haut Gap MS where Chamber musicians visit two individual strings classes for 3 consecutive weeks, once in fall and again in spring to perform for students, provide coaching and perform in rehearsals side-by-side with students |
| Charleston Jazz | North Charleston, SC | $16,290 | 2024 | Angel Oak ES Melodica Project: offered to 30-40 4th/5th grade students once a week for 45 minutes each during school day. Haut Gap MS Jazz Combo Class: offering a jazz combo experience for 8th grade students once a week for 45 minutes during school day. In-school performances at Angel Oak and Haut Gap featuring the Charleston Jazz Express |
| Charleston Stage Company | Charleston, SC | $14,000 | 2024 | Funding to faciliate CityStage performances at schools in the Johns Isl. community. These performances will be at no cost to the school, students or the community. Production TBA. Past year's production was Treasure Island. |
| Angel Oak Elementary School | Johns Island, SC | $12,500 | 2024 | Professional Art-oriented Learning for Teachers, delivered by ArtsNow $2,500 per days x 5 days = $12,500. Dates have been set for 9/27/23, 12/6/23, 2/21/24 and 4/17/24 |
| PURE Theatre | Charleston, SC | $11,000 | 2024 | After school theatre training program offered in partnership with Communities in Schools (CIS) that provides students with creative outlets when no other arts education experiences are available. Training program structured around the rehearsal and performance of a play. Each semester, 20 to 25 students meet twice a week for 16 weeks culminating in live performance for family, friends, teachers and invited guests. Performance is also simulcast. |
| Palmetto City Ballet | Mount Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 2024 | A dance educational outreach program bringing a professional performance , preceded by short discussion onf ballet and followed by Q & A for 2 schools (Angel Oak and Frierson), with 1-2 demonstrations each depending upon school's schedule and requests. |
| Charleston Galliard Center | Charleston, SC | $20,921 | 2023 | — |
| Charleston Galliard Center | Charleston, SC | $20,921 | 2023 | — |
| Charleston CityStage | Charleston, SC | $15,421 | 2023 | — |
| Charleston CityStage | Charleston, SC | $15,421 | 2023 | — |
| Chamber Music Charleston | Charleston, SC | $12,790 | 2023 | — |
| Chamber Music Charleston | Charleston, SC | $12,790 | 2023 | — |
| Charleston Jazz | North Charleston, SC | $12,710 | 2023 | — |
| Charleston Jazz | North Charleston, SC | $12,710 | 2023 | — |
| Palmetto City Ballet | Mount Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| Palmetto City Ballet | Mount Pleasant, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| PURE Theatre | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
| PURE Theatre | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 2023 | — |
Young People's Concert - Carnegie Hall Link Up: In March 2025, the CSO will present two sold-out performances of its Young People's Concert in collaboration with the Charleston Gaillard Center and Carnegie Hall. These performances will feature The Orchestra Moves, with approximately 3,000 students from 21 schools participating. Title I schools will receive complimentary tickets and transportation. To enhance the experience, all participating teachers will attend a district-accredited curriculum workshop on September 20, 2024, diving into program resources for classroom integration. These workshops take place before CSO performances, allowing Link Up teachers to attend a Masterworks concert and experience the symphony firsthand before returning with their students later in the year.
Chalrleston Gaillard Management Corporation
$30,000The Charleston Gaillard Center (the Gaillard) is a non-profit arts organization located in Charleston, South Carolina, that commissions, supports, presents, and produces ambitious, multidisciplinary cultural programming and provides access to the best local, national, and global artists and companies on its stage. Deeply rooted in the community, the Gaillard is committed to elevating local and regional voices and partnering with Charleston institutions to reflect the city's diversity. The Gaillard serves over 30,000 students annually through its multi-faceted, curriculum-based Arts Education Program that includes mainstage productions with accompanying lesson plans and in-school workshops, masterclasses, teacher professional development and a series of summer camp programs. With help of generous support from Arts, Etc., the Gaillard has experienced record-breaking participation from schools in Johns and Wadmalaw Islands over the past several years. During the current 2023-24 school ye
PURE Theatre
$28,760PURE Theatre is seeking funding for Haut Gap Middle School and St. Johns High School Youth Companies, an after-school theatre program offered in partnership with Communities in Schools. The program is centered around the development and growth associated with the stages of building a live performance. PURE Theatre's Youth Company is a comprehensive program designed to empower and showcase the unique skill sets of students through the process of live performance. The program aims to foster creativity, build confidence, and cultivate an ensemble mindset among students while providing an enriching experience in the performing arts. Through participation in the program, students hone crucial life skills, including the ability to think creatively, be responsible to oneself and others, work in a group to achieve common goals, and, through PURE's methodology of scene study, understand human motivation and behavior better. The program will begin with one-time workshops being held at the start
"Lightning Thief /June B. performance at Dock Street: Our Arts-Integration workshops are built around national and theatre standards, ELA and social studies standards. All workshops are themed around the family series show we produce; this season, ""Lightning Thief"" & ""Junie B. Toothless Wonder."" Our Resident Actors go directly to the schools and teach literacy standards through theatre, music and movement instruction. We held a 4-day workshop at Frierson on ""Lightning Thief"" for 50 students in 4-5th grade and confirmed a 3-day workshop January 16th-18th on ""Junie B. Toothless Wonder"" for 60 students in 1st-3rd grade. They'll also be coming to see the School Matinee show at the Dock Street Theatre (thanks to your advocacy and Arts, Etc.!) "
Palmetto City Ballet
$20,000This in school assembly program introduces the students to what goes into creating a ballet from scratch. From the daily rehearsals of the dancers to the music, choreography, and set design. Our collaborative arts discipline utilizes numerous fields of study all culminating into a new production. Q&A as well as performance excerpts from the current season accompany the program.
Melodica Program Angel Oak ES Melodica Project: offered to 30-40 4th/5th grade students once a week for 45 minutes each during school day. Jazz Combo Program, Assembly program at Angel Oak and Haut Gap - Haut Gap MS Jazz Combo Class: offering a jazz combo experience for 8th grade students once a week for 45 minutes during school day. In-school performances at Angel Oak and Haut Gap featuring the Charleston Jazz Express Quiana Parler and combo performance - assembly program for entire school featuring jazz and gullah styles
PURE Theater
$16,455PURE is requesting $11,000 in funding for PURE Youth Companies (PYC) at Haut Gap Middle School. PYC is an after-school theatre training program offered through our dynamic partnership with Communities in Schools (CIS). PURE has already received funds from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Coastal Community Foundation but requires additional funds to create this intensive program that provides students with creative outlets when no other arts education experiences are currently available. PURE Youth Companies are centered around the principle of live performance of a play (vs a pedagogy structured around theatre exercises, non-scripted improvisation, stand-alone monologues, and/or scene work). PURE Youth Companies are intensive, theatre training programs that expose students to in-depth instruction throughout the school year. Each semester, 20 to 25 students meet twice per week for 16 weeks, to learn the art and craft of acting while rehearsing a play. The class culminates in
Charleston Stage is the theater company in residence at the Historic Dock Street Theatre in Downtown Charleston and has presented more than 320 productions and played to collective audience of more than two million through its 46-year history. In addition to producing engaging, high-quality performances, we invest heavily in theatre arts education by employing a staff of professional theatre artists who share their expertise with the next generation. In order to expand our community outreach beyond the walls of the Dock Street Theatre, we launched CityStage which brings theater programming directly into Title 1 schools and underserved communities free of charge. In May 2024, CityStage will plan to make stops in Johns Island at three local elementary schools: Angel Oak, Frierson, and Mt. Zion. The 2024 CityStage show is the Last Stop on Market Street which is based off an illustrative children's book by Matt de la Peña. This Hip-Hop/Motown musically inspired show explores inclusive them
Chamber Music Charleston
$13,935Year 1 - Chamber Music Charleston creates musical adaptation of original part (with permission from composer): $870 Chamber Music Charleston musicians record a string quartet practice recording for use as students prepare for the production. $2,175 Chamber Music Charleston musicians participate in one rehearsal with students (no more than 2 1/2 hours in length), dress rehearsal with students (no more than 2 1/2 hours in length), and final performance of the production. $2,175 Year 2: Chamber Music Charleston musicians work with select Haut Gap Middle School string students to prepare and perform music. CMC will visit the once a week for 6 consecutive weeks to work with the students as they prepare the music for the final production. The elementary school vocal students will be able to rehearse with the previous year's string quartet rehearsal recording as the select Middle School strings students learn the chamber ensemble parts. We would then bring the Middle School students, along
Chamber Music Charleston
$13,195Chamber Music Charleston is requesting funds to support both a series of in-school Classical Kids Performances at three Johns Island Elementary Schools and also a series of residencies at Haut Gap Middle School. The in-school Classical Kids Performances would take place in late September or early October at Angel Oak, Frierson, and Mt. Zion Elementary Schools. Each performance is approximately 45 minutes in length and is specifically created for children in grades K-3 and 4-5. The program includes a basic introduction to the instruments (focusing on the SC Arts Curriculum Standards requested by the music teachers), a sing-along/audience interaction piece of music, and a story set to music. For the 2024-2025 season, CMC is creating a new program to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The focal story of this program is "Dream Drum Girl by Newbery Award-winning author Margarita Engle. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's trad
Angel Oak Elementary School
$12,500Angel Oak Elementary is requesting funding to continue to train our teachers in research-based arts integration strategies to directly impact student learning and engagement in the classroom. Our partners at ArtsNow provide this interactive training in all arts areas (including visual art, drama, music, and dance) and have been successful partners with us for the past 7 years. Teachers always have positive reviews of the trainings and we have seen an increase in student achievement because of this. Please join us at our next Demonstration Day to see these strategies in action in the classroom! You can find out more about ArtsNow's work at this link: https://artsnowlearning.org/
Engaging Creative Minds
$10,400PROJECT TITLE: An Arts Integration Experience with Engaging Creative Minds at Mt. Zion Elementary School Funding from this grant will provide: 1) Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use The school will be assigned an ECM Curriculum Coach who will guide the planning and scheduling process with each grade level team; including but not limited to, selecting the teaching artists, collaboratively designing the arts integration lessons,
"Of Mice and Mozart". Charleston Stage, in partnership with Charleston Chamber Orchestra, will produce the show "Of Mice and Mozart" with 4th and 5th graders from Mt. Zion Elementary in Johns Island. "Of Mice and Mozart" tells the story of Mozart's life from the perspective of imaginary mouse ancestors who lived in his house. Charleston Stage will be responsible for teaching vocal music, staging, choreography, props, and all show materials. Charleston Chamber Orchestra would be responsible for orchestrating the arrangements, rehearsal tracks, and sourcing the musicians for the live performance. Over 16 rehearsals, January-March, Charleston Stage teaching artists will stage the show with the students and prepare them for a performance for their families.
Engaging Creative Minds
$6,500Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use
Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation
$33,500The Gaillard Center is requesting money for Arts, etc. to become a Founding Partner for their theatrical work based on the life of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved man, who engineered a daring sea-escape during Civil War. The production is set to debut Oct. '23 in Charleston and will serve as a pilot program for family theatrical programs highighting Southern minority stories. Once ready, the Robert Smalls Theatre for Young Audiences Mission includes: 4 free performances in LowCountry, free in-school workshops (not necessarily Johns/Wadmalaw) with goal to reach 6000 students in Lowcountry, reach 3000 families, enusre 70% of students participating come from Title I schools in community including complimenatry tix and free bus, tour outreach to surrounding counties with goal to tour nationally. In addition, the Summer Theatre Program received a $13,500 grant for summer 2023 programs.
Chamber Music Charleston
$16,4201. Series of in-school Classical Kids Performances at 3 Johns Island Elementary Schools: each 45 min.specifically for K-3 including intro to instruments, sing-a-long interaction piece and story set to music using "Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln" 2. Continuation of new program started at Haut Gap MS where Chamber musicians visit two individual strings classes for 3 consecutive weeks, once in fall and again in spring to perform for students, provide coaching and perform in rehearsals side-by-side with students
Angel Oak ES Melodica Project: offered to 30-40 4th/5th grade students once a week for 45 minutes each during school day. Haut Gap MS Jazz Combo Class: offering a jazz combo experience for 8th grade students once a week for 45 minutes during school day. In-school performances at Angel Oak and Haut Gap featuring the Charleston Jazz Express
Funding to faciliate CityStage performances at schools in the Johns Isl. community. These performances will be at no cost to the school, students or the community. Production TBA. Past year's production was Treasure Island.
Angel Oak Elementary School
$12,500Professional Art-oriented Learning for Teachers, delivered by ArtsNow $2,500 per days x 5 days = $12,500. Dates have been set for 9/27/23, 12/6/23, 2/21/24 and 4/17/24
PURE Theatre
$11,000After school theatre training program offered in partnership with Communities in Schools (CIS) that provides students with creative outlets when no other arts education experiences are available. Training program structured around the rehearsal and performance of a play. Each semester, 20 to 25 students meet twice a week for 16 weeks culminating in live performance for family, friends, teachers and invited guests. Performance is also simulcast.
Palmetto City Ballet
$10,000A dance educational outreach program bringing a professional performance , preceded by short discussion onf ballet and followed by Q & A for 2 schools (Angel Oak and Frierson), with 1-2 demonstrations each depending upon school's schedule and requests.
Charleston Galliard Center
$20,921Charleston Galliard Center
$20,921Charleston CityStage
$15,421Charleston CityStage
$15,421Chamber Music Charleston
$12,790Chamber Music Charleston
$12,790Charleston Jazz
$12,710Charleston Jazz
$12,710Palmetto City Ballet
$10,000Palmetto City Ballet
$10,000PURE Theatre
$10,000PURE Theatre
$10,000