Arts and Education Council Grants

Sustaining Grants

• COCA (Center of Creative Arts)

  COCA, now in their 25th year, is a multidisciplinary and innovative community arts education center with a mission to enrich… more.

• Community Music School of Webster University (CMS)

  With a history spanning more than 80 years, CMS offers outstanding music education and performance opportunities to students of all… more.

• Craft Alliance

  Established in 1964, Craft Alliance provides inspiration and education in contemporary craft to a national community of artists, students and… more.

• Dance St. Louis

  Dance St. Louis presents an innovative season of dance, in addition to educational opportunities, that makes dance accessible to all.… more.

• Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

  Now in its 38th season, Opera Theatre’s annual festival features America’s finest singers in four productions: The Pirates of Penzance,… more.

• Repertory Theatre

  Every year The Rep brings St. Louis imaginative professional theater through its mainstage and studio productions. Education programs for young… more.

• Sheldon Arts Foundation

  The Sheldon, celebrating its 100th anniversary, serves the region with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs… more.

• St. Louis Symphony

  The St. Louis Symphony is acclaimed as a national leader in artistry, music education and community engagement; the organization serves… more.

• The Black Rep

  The Black Rep is the premier professional African-American theater company in the country. The Black Rep mounts five mainstage works at… more.

Operating Grants

• Circus Flora

  Circus Flora is a theater company specializing in one-ring circus production, based on the focused energy of traditional circus arts,… more.

• Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

  CAM presents an annual series of exhibitions that is internationally recognized for risk-taking exhibitions of the most provocative, insightful and… more.

• Grand Center

  Grand Center, Inc. is committed to the redevelopment and enhancement of the Grand Center Arts and Entertainment District. Grand Center,… more.

• Jazz St. Louis

  Jazz St. Louis presents over 270 performances a year through its internationally-acclaimed series Jazz at the Bistro. Its education and… more.

• Laumeier Sculpture Park

  Laumeier is an accredited art museum featuring more than 60 large-scale outdoor sculptures in a 105-acre county park. Laumeier is a… more.

• Metro Theater Company

  Now in its 40th season, Metro Theater Company produces high-quality artistic and education programs serving young people and families throughout… more.

• Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

  Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has successfully produced 12 seasons of exceptional, professional Shakespearean theatre. The Festival’s education programming includes the… more.

• Springboard

  Springboard provides programs in the arts, cultures, humanities and sciences to schools and community organizations. Professional teaching artists are subject… more.

• St. Louis Children’s Choir

  Now in its 35th season, St. Louis Children’s Choirs provides young artists (ages 6 to 18) the opportunity to achieve… more.

• Stages St. Louis

  Stages St. Louis celebrates its 27th season of Broadway-quality musical theater presenting 124 performances from May through October to more… more.

PNC Project Grants

• African Musical Arts

  By presenting programs that highlight the music of composers of African descent, African Musical Arts enriches our region’s cultural heritage.… more.

• Alexandra Ballet

  Alexandra Ballet educates, elevates and enriches our community through the art of dance by developing the most extensive outreach program… more.

• Alton Symphony Orchestra

  Alton Symphony Orchestra will perform the Young Artists' Concert in April 2013. It will feature the winners of the Marie… more.

• America SCORES St. Louis

  Students participating in this program learn to read, write, edit and ultimately perform their original works of poetry at Celebrity… more.

• ANNONYArts

  ANNONYArts brings dance education to 60 at-risk girls through after-school dance workshops; the program culminates with a community performance in… more.

• Art Saint Louis

  “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a first-ever collaboration between Art Saint Louis and the St. Louis Symphony aimed at enriching… more.

• Bach Society of St. Louis

  The Bach Society Chorus performs the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers in a wide range of concerts… more.

• Chesterfield Arts

  Chesterfield Arts designs a six week, art education program for children with special needs (Kaleidoscope) that culminates in a collaborative… more.

• Cinema St. Louis

  With the St. Louis International Film Festival as its yearly centerpiece, Cinema St. Louis’ programming also features the St. Louis… more.

• Circus Harmony

  Circus Harmony’s program, Defy Gravity 101, provides a series of classes to teach children gravity defying basics of circus arts.… more.

• College Bound

  Twenty College Bound high school students will participate in workshops administered by Metro Theater Company that focus on community-building, increasing… more.

• Dances of India

  Now in its 35th year, Dances of India preserves and broadens the art of East Indian dance in the Metro… more.

• First Run Theatre

  First Run Theatre produces new unpublished plays by St. Louis-area playwrights. Productions are performed by 64 local talents at the Thomas… more.

• Florissant Fine Arts Council

  Florissant Fine Arts Council has produced the Applause/Applause series for over two decades, bringing professional productions to the Florissant Civic… more.

• Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park

  The Annual Lecture, free and open to the public, serves approximately 325 members of the general public who seek a… more.

• Gateway Men’s Chorus

  The Gateway Men's Chorus communicates its message of diversity through its culture of acceptance by creating and performing original concerts… more.

• HotCity Theatre

  HotCity Theatre produces contemporary, issue-oriented works of theatre that challenge and inspire St. Louis-area audiences. HotCity Theatre also develops new… more.

• Innsbrook Institute

  Innsbrook Institute’s Summer Music Academy and Festival provides opportunities for promising, talented music students to receive intensive music education including… more.

• Jacoby Arts Center

  The Jacoby Arts Center’s annual studio and exhibitions tour, ARTEAST, brings attention to and encourages collaboration among artists living in… more.

• KDHX Community Media

  The mission of KDHX is to build community through media with diverse and independent voices. KDHX promotes cultural engagement by… more.

• Luminary Center for the Arts

  The Luminary is an incubator for new ideas in the arts supporting the production and presentation of innovative art, music… more.

• Missouri Chamber Music, Inc.

  Missouri Chamber Music, Inc. presents The Soldier's Tale at the Community Music School of Webster University. The Festival will collaborate… more.

• Modern American Dance Company

  Modern American Dance Company’s outreach programming includes Books in Motion, a two-week school residency in which dancers help students in… more.

• Mustard Seed Theatre

  Mustard Seed Theatre produces professional theatre that explores people’s relationship with God and responsibilities toward each other. In conjunction with… more.

• Nu-Art Series

  The Nu-Art Series presents Jazz and the Visual Arts and Dream Carriers Series, 34 innovative music and literary art performances… more.

• Prison Performing Arts

  Prison Performing Arts’ Hip Hop Poetry Project provides youth incarcerated at the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center with two… more.

• River Styx

  River Styx is a tri-annual, multicultural literary and arts magazine published by Big River Association.  Based in St. Louis, the… more.

• Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute

  The 22nd annual St. Louis Tap Festival brings over 15 internationally acclaimed professional artists to the metro region. The Festival… more.

• Saint Louis Ballet

  The 2013 Contemporary Choreographers Series on May 10 and 11, held at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, represents… more.

• Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society

  The Saint Louis Classical Guitar Society creates opportunities for great American and international performers to share their art and engage… more.

• St. Louis Dancing Classrooms

  St. Louis Dancing Classrooms’ 10-week, standards based residency program teaches students a variety of dances that encourage self-expression. Participants develop… more.

• St. Louis Poetry Center

  The St. Louis Poetry Center outreach program sends trained Poet Educators to numerous sites in the region, offering 1,200 students… more.

• St. Louis Public Radio

  St. Louis Public Radio’s Cityscape, an award-winning weekly radio program, features in-depth interviews, reviews and information about local arts and… more.

• St. Louis Storytelling Festival

  More than 50 local and regional storytellers join the 34th annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival. Spreading across the Metro area,… more.

• Stray Dog Theatre

  Unleashing the art of theater into the community, Stray Dog Theatre fosters artistic freedom, excellence and diversity and aims to… more.

• That Uppity Theatre Company

  The DisAbility Project joins amateur artists and professional performers, with and without disabilities, to create moving performances based on real… more.

• The Big Muddy

  The Big Muddy’s summer intensive dance program offers participants an opportunity to enhance their dance training and performance skills through… more.

• Union Avenue Opera

  Union Avenue Opera provides professional opportunities for gifted, emerging artists and offers vibrant and affordable opera experiences in original languages… more.

• University of Missouri-St. Louis/PPRC Photography Project

  The Photography Project uses the photographic arts to draw attention to the impact volunteer community groups have on the quality… more.

• Upstream Theater

  Upstream Theater presents Sweet Revenge and has a special outreach to Old North St. Louis, once the center of the… more.

• VSA Missouri

  VSA Missouri creates Veteran Print Project-Missouri, a six month program that culminates in an exhibition of prints based on the… more.

Named Opportunities

Boeing Collaborative Grants

• Cinema St. Louis

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant Recipient Fellowship The fellow, a recent graduate potentially interested in a film or… more.

• Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant Recipient  Administrative Museum Apprentice This full-time position creates an opportunity for a recent… more.

• Grand Center

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant Recipient Non-Profit Arts Practicum v. 3.0 This program engages a college student or… more.

• Jazz St. Louis

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant Recipient Internship Program This year-long program will enable an individual to work up… more.

• Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant RecipientAdministrative Internship Program This internship program offers invaluable training, job experience and the… more.

• St. Louis Children’s Choir

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant RecipientMusic Education & Arts Administration Internship Program Academically advanced music education college students… more.

• St. Louis Symphony

  2013 Boeing/Arts and Education Council Collaborative Grant Recipient Residency @ Powell The residency will offer college-level students or recent college… more.

Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers

• Bayless Elementary School

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers  Grant Recipient Sculpting Good Character This project will involve 700 students in… more.

• Brown Elementary School

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient Art to Remember Students and their families will create family tiles… more.

• Immaculate Conception School

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient World Drumming Curriculum Dr. Will Schmid will introduce approximately 300 students… more.

• Mehlville School District

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient Masks: Teaching Character through the Face of Cultural Diversity The district’s… more.

• Most Holy Trinity Catholic School and Academy

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient Woodworking Enrichment This grant will fund the purchase of tools and… more.

• Normandy High School

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient The Color Purple, “Uniting Our Community, Saving Our Youth” In a… more.

• Orchard Farm Elementary School

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient iPads in Art To provide the tools necessary to succeed, 12… more.

• Windsor Intermediate Center

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient Guitar, A New Medium at Windsor Intermediate Center Guitars will be… more.

• Wood River/Hartford School District #15

  2013 Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers Grant Recipient Filling Our Buckets This project is based on a book by… more.

Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Program

• Gateway Center for the Arts

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient Located in Washington, Missouri, the Gateway Center for the Arts, a community-based organization,… more.

• Highland Arts Council

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Highland Arts Council in Highland, Illinois, actively promotes the arts in and… more.

• Jacoby Arts Center

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Jacoby Arts Center located in Alton, Illinois, fosters the artistic development and… more.

• Looking Glass Playhouse

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Looking Glass Playhouse, taken from the Looking Glass Prairie, lies to the… more.

• O’Fallon Arts Commission

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Arts Commission in O’Fallon, Illinois, was established to promote and encourage public… more.

• Raintree Arts Council

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Raintree Arts Council is a community arts organization serving Pike and Lincoln… more.

• Strange Folk Festival

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient Strange Folk Festival is the heartland’s largest outdoor indie arts and craft show.… more.

• Sullivan Patrons of the Arts

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient Located in Sullivan, Missouri, the mission of the Sullivan Patrons of the Arts… more.

• The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, is… more.

• Warren County Fine Arts Council

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Council’s mission is to provide the citizens of Warren County, Missouri with… more.

Artistic Discipline

Art

• Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

  CAM presents an annual series of exhibitions that is internationally recognized for risk-taking exhibitions of the most provocative, insightful and… more.

• Craft Alliance

  Established in 1964, Craft Alliance provides inspiration and education in contemporary craft to a national community of artists, students and… more.

• Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park

  The Annual Lecture, free and open to the public, serves approximately 325 members of the general public who seek a… more.

• Laumeier Sculpture Park

  Laumeier is an accredited art museum featuring more than 60 large-scale outdoor sculptures in a 105-acre county park. Laumeier is a… more.

• Luminary Center for the Arts

  The Luminary is an incubator for new ideas in the arts supporting the production and presentation of innovative art, music… more.

• Saint Louis Art Museum

  The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of… more.

Dance

• Dance St. Louis

  Dance St. Louis presents an innovative season of dance, in addition to educational opportunities, that makes dance accessible to all.… more.

• Dances of India

  Now in its 35th year, Dances of India preserves and broadens the art of East Indian dance in the Metro… more.

• Modern American Dance Company

  Modern American Dance Company’s outreach programming includes Books in Motion, a two-week school residency in which dancers help students in… more.

• Saint Louis Ballet

  The 2013 Contemporary Choreographers Series on May 10 and 11, held at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, represents… more.

Literary

• River Styx

  River Styx is a tri-annual, multicultural literary and arts magazine published by Big River Association.  Based in St. Louis, the… more.

• St. Louis Storytelling Festival

  More than 50 local and regional storytellers join the 34th annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival. Spreading across the Metro area,… more.

Multidisciplinary

• Cinema St. Louis

  With the St. Louis International Film Festival as its yearly centerpiece, Cinema St. Louis’ programming also features the St. Louis… more.

• COCA (Center of Creative Arts)

  COCA, now in their 25th year, is a multidisciplinary and innovative community arts education center with a mission to enrich… more.

• Grand Center

  Grand Center, Inc. is committed to the redevelopment and enhancement of the Grand Center Arts and Entertainment District. Grand Center,… more.

• Jacoby Arts Center

  The Jacoby Arts Center’s annual studio and exhibitions tour, ARTEAST, brings attention to and encourages collaboration among artists living in… more.

• Sheldon Arts Foundation

  The Sheldon, celebrating its 100th anniversary, serves the region with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs… more.

• Springboard

  Springboard provides programs in the arts, cultures, humanities and sciences to schools and community organizations. Professional teaching artists are subject… more.

• St. Louis Public Radio

  St. Louis Public Radio’s Cityscape, an award-winning weekly radio program, features in-depth interviews, reviews and information about local arts and… more.

• Strange Folk Festival

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient Strange Folk Festival is the heartland’s largest outdoor indie arts and craft show.… more.

• World Chess Hall of Fame

  The mission of the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is to educate visitors, fans, players and scholars by collecting,… more.

Music

• African Musical Arts

  By presenting programs that highlight the music of composers of African descent, African Musical Arts enriches our region’s cultural heritage.… more.

• Bach Society of St. Louis

  The Bach Society Chorus performs the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers in a wide range of concerts… more.

• Community Music School of Webster University (CMS)

  With a history spanning more than 80 years, CMS offers outstanding music education and performance opportunities to students of all… more.

• Gateway Men’s Chorus

  The Gateway Men's Chorus communicates its message of diversity through its culture of acceptance by creating and performing original concerts… more.

• Innsbrook Institute

  Innsbrook Institute’s Summer Music Academy and Festival provides opportunities for promising, talented music students to receive intensive music education including… more.

• Jazz St. Louis

  Jazz St. Louis presents over 270 performances a year through its internationally-acclaimed series Jazz at the Bistro. Its education and… more.

• KDHX Community Media

  The mission of KDHX is to build community through media with diverse and independent voices. KDHX promotes cultural engagement by… more.

• St. Louis Children’s Choir

  Now in its 35th season, St. Louis Children’s Choirs provides young artists (ages 6 to 18) the opportunity to achieve… more.

• St. Louis Symphony

  The St. Louis Symphony is acclaimed as a national leader in artistry, music education and community engagement; the organization serves… more.

Theater

• Circus Flora

  Circus Flora is a theater company specializing in one-ring circus production, based on the focused energy of traditional circus arts,… more.

• First Run Theatre

  First Run Theatre produces new unpublished plays by St. Louis-area playwrights. Productions are performed by 64 local talents at the Thomas… more.

• Florissant Fine Arts Council

  Florissant Fine Arts Council has produced the Applause/Applause series for over two decades, bringing professional productions to the Florissant Civic… more.

• Looking Glass Playhouse

  2013 Monsanto Rural Community Arts Education Grant Recipient The Looking Glass Playhouse, taken from the Looking Glass Prairie, lies to the… more.

• Metro Theater Company

  Now in its 40th season, Metro Theater Company produces high-quality artistic and education programs serving young people and families throughout… more.

• Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

  Now in its 38th season, Opera Theatre’s annual festival features America’s finest singers in four productions: The Pirates of Penzance,… more.

• Prison Performing Arts

  Prison Performing Arts’ Hip Hop Poetry Project provides youth incarcerated at the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center with two… more.

• Repertory Theatre

  Every year The Rep brings St. Louis imaginative professional theater through its mainstage and studio productions. Education programs for young… more.

• Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

  Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has successfully produced 12 seasons of exceptional, professional Shakespearean theatre. The Festival’s education programming includes the… more.

• Stages St. Louis

  Stages St. Louis celebrates its 27th season of Broadway-quality musical theater presenting 124 performances from May through October to more… more.

• Stray Dog Theatre

  Unleashing the art of theater into the community, Stray Dog Theatre fosters artistic freedom, excellence and diversity and aims to… more.

• That Uppity Theatre Company

  The DisAbility Project joins amateur artists and professional performers, with and without disabilities, to create moving performances based on real… more.