Senator Jane Nelson Texas Senate District: 12

Arts and Cultural Grants Listed by Texas Senate District Fiscal Year 2019

Amon Carter Museum Arts Create - Year 2 $14,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $3,500 To support free distance learning broadcasts of visual arts curriculum to K-12th grade public school classrooms across Texas. Arts Respond Health & Human Services $1,500 To support programs in the museum galleries and at local care facilities that use the arts to provide meaningful experiences for adults with Alzheimer's and other cognitive disabilities in the Fort Worth area.

Ballet Concerto Arts Respond Economic Development $7,000 To support the Summer Dance Concert featuring large-scale North Texas dance companies in a varied program that attracts visitors to Fort Worth. Arts Respond Public Safety & Criminal Justice $1,500 To support the F.I.N.D. program, offering free after-school ballet classes for disadvantaged youth in Fort Worth.

Casa Manana Arts Create - Year 2 $7,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $4,000 To support a series of educational theater performances for K-12th grade students in the Fort Worth metropolitan area. Designated Funding- Texas Women for the Arts $2,014 To support theatre education and outreach programs in Fort Worth and the greater Tarrant county.

02/05/2021 City of Roanoke/Library Arts Respond Performance Support $937 Artistic fee subsidy for Johnny Villarreal/The Edge of Imagination Station to conduct a stop-motion animation workshop in Roanoke on July 19, 2019.

City of Saginaw/John Ed Keeter Public Library Arts Respond Performance Support $300 Artistic fee subsidy for Will Dupuy and Friends to perform in Saginaw on June 20, 2019.

CYT (Christian Youth Theater) Dallas-Fort Worth Arts Respond Economic Development $1,500 To support after-school theater training with the opportunity to audition and participate in a musical theater performance that will prepare participants for possible careers in the arts.

Denton Festival Foundation Arts Create - Year 2 $5,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $4,500 To support promotion and marketing of the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival, featuring music, food, art, and family-friendly activities that attract citizens and visitors.

Elizabeth Heyns Commission Initiative- Young Masters FY2019 $5,000 Support for the costs of advanced arts training and other expenses for this Texas Young Master (second year of two).

Hip Pocket Theatre Arts Create - Year 2 $8,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Health & Human Services $1,500 To support the premiere of Ellen Mahoney Crouse's play Thrive, a poetic, humorous, sometimes uncomfortable journey through one woman's ordeal with breast cancer, performed in Fort Worth.

Imagination Fort Worth Arts Create - Year 2 $6,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $1,500 To support Welcome Back to the Fort: A Study of Community, an immersive arts workshop for kindergarten students in Fort Worth. Arts Respond Performance Support $400 Artistic fee subsidy for Twice Upon a Time Storytellers to perform for students in Fort Worth, September 26- 27, 2018.

02/05/2021 Arts Respond Performance Support $680 Artistic fee subsidy for Le Theatre de Marionette to conduct puppetry workshops for Trimble High School students in Fort Worth, November 5-27, 2018. Arts Respond Performance Support $2,013 Artistic fee subsidy for Le Theatre de Marionette to conduct 28 puppetry workshops for elementary school students in Fort Worth, November 1-December 1, 2018. Arts Respond Performance Support $3,060 Artistic fee subsidy for Le Theatre de Marionette to perform for all Fort Worth ISD pre-K students, January 21-31, 2019.

Joziah German Commission Initiative- Young Masters FY2019 $5,000 Support for the costs of advanced arts training and other expenses for this Texas Young Master (second year of two).

Kids Who Care (dba) Arts Create - Year 2 $10,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Kimbell Art Foundation Arts Respond Education $2,596 To support Art Working, a series of educational museum tours for high school students in Fort Worth. Arts Respond Performance Support $350 Artistic fee subsidy for Carolina Storyteller to perform as part of the Kimbell’s family festival in Fort Worth on November 4, 2018.

LakeCities Ballet Theatre Arts Create - Year 2 $9,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

MCL Grand/City of Lewisville Arts Respond Performance Support $2,250 Artistic fee subsidy for Ruthie Foster to perform in Lewisville on January 12, 2019. Arts Respond Performance Support $1,000 Artistic fee subsidy for BettySoo to lead a songwriting workshop and perform in Lewisville, March 30-31, 2019. Arts Respond Performance Support $1,500 Artistic fee subsidy for Bruce Robison to perform in Lewisville on April 13, 2019. Arts Respond Performance Support $3,600 Artistic fee subsidy for Asleep at the Wheel to perform in Lewisville on June 15, 2019.

02/05/2021 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (dba) Arts Create - Year 2 $14,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $2,500 To support the Modern Music Series that showcases intimate performances from critically acclaimed artists working in experimental and contemporary music aimed at audiences in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and from across the state.

Texas Ballet Theater Arts Respond Public Safety & Criminal Justice $1,500 To support CityDance, an after-school introductory ballet course for at-risk youth in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, taught by professional ballet instructors. Designated Funding- Texas Women for the Arts $7,500 To support community enrichment programs in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, including ticket subsidies, scholarships, and performances.

Texas Nonprofit Theatres Arts Create - Year 2 $5,000 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $3,500 To support the Fort Worth Fringe Festival that includes a documentary theater piece from Chile, original pieces from two Texas universities, and twelve other acts that will attract audiences from the DFW Metroplex and beyond.

Thank You Darlin Foundation Arts Respond Education $2,000 To support Voice2Youth poets and artists in-school projects and long term Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills-aligned literacy residencies at Title I schools in Tarrant County. Arts Respond Public Safety & Criminal Justice $2,500 To support the costs of the Voice2Youth after-school program in Tarrant County Title I schools, teaching literacy through the arts and culminating in a performance or publication.

Number of Awards: 39 Award Total: $154,700

02/05/2021