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Their Wish Granted
Written By: Cherie Faircloth | Issue: 2016/01 - Winter
The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers achieved another milestone in 2015 with first-time membership in North Carolina’s Regional Artist Project Grants program.
With a vote from the ALHC board to donate to RAPG and become involved in this vital statewide artist grant program, the ALHC has added a significant new member benefit for current members and artists who are considering ALHC membership. ALHC’s decision to join RAPG now makes local Macon County artists eligible for grant funding to assist with their artistic endeavors, no matter the medium or the stage of development of a project.
Annual RAPG grant awards are funded by the North Carolina Arts Council and by a regional consortium of local arts councils such as the ALHC. Thirteen applications from artists throughout six Western North Carolina counties were awarded grants to complete projects. Recording expenses, book-making expenses and purchase of a kiln were among some of the funded projects that RAPG grants will now make possible for deserving artists. This year’s panel reviewers included Sallie Taylor, Chief Exhibitions Officer at The Bascom, Center for Visual Arts.
Lifetime ALHC member Norma Hendricks has been a past recipient of a RAPG, receiving a generous grant that allowed her to frame her work for a one man show. Janice Malkovich submitted an application for the 2016 RAPG cycle.
“I believe the ALHC board made a very wise decision this year to give our artist’s this high profile grant opportunity,” said ALHC president Patty Calderone. “We have some outstanding members who represent the best of many art mediums who deserve to compete for RAPG’s generous grant awards. I am excited to bring this opportunity to our membership.”
For more information on the Regional Artist Project Grants, funding and grant application for next year’s awards, visit ncarts.org/Grants/Grants-for-Organizations/Regional-Artist-Project-Grants.
Be sure to catch up on ALHC news in the Laurel Magazine, Facebook and artleaguehighlands-cashiers.com for membership, monthly meetings and show dates for the 2016 season.
