Colorado artists and arts nonprofits scored only a sliver of funding in the latest round of grant recommendations from the National Endowment for the Arts, garnering $130,000 of the $26.68 million announced last week — or one-half of 1 percent.
Nine Colorado entities, including a pair of poets and more than a half-dozen artist programs, were among the 1,057 artists and groups recommended for funding by NEA chairman Rocco Landesman.
The money is awaiting final approval, but if the projects made it this far, they will likely go the distance.
“At this point they just need to be processed through our grants office,” said Liz Stark, public affairs specialist at the NEA in Washington, D.C. “They’ve gone through our panel, been reviewed by the National Council on the Arts and recommended by the chairman, so when we put these grants on our website we’re confident that they’re strong projects.”
Poets Julie Carr and Jennifer Denrow were each recommended for $25,000 as part of the NEA’s Creative Writing Fellowships, while the Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation in Snowmass and Denver’s PlatteForum were recommended for $15,000.
Another five organizations, including Creede Repertory Theatre, Pueblo Performing Arts Guild and Denver’s Su Teatro, were recommended for $10,000 each.
Visit artmosphere for a detailed rundown of each grant.
