WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Four of the state’s leading film organizations are among the 325 groups tapped to receive grants from the North Carolina Arts Council in the 2011-12 fiscal year.
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham led the pack with a grant award of $38,453, with Charlotte’s Light Factory receiving $28,582, the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington getting $17,000 from two grants and the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem receiving $5,000.
Today’s announcement, held at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem, represented $6.4 million in state funding allocated to the state’s arts organizations. This reflects a 15 percent cut in state grants funding from 2010-11. The Arts Council funds are appropriated by the N.C. General Assembly. The grants announced today also include funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Linda A. Carlisle, the Secretary of the state’s Department of Cultural Resources unveiled the awards and was joined by N.C. Arts Council Executive Director Mary B. Regan, Milton Rhodes, the president of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and representatives from the arts industry.
“This is a good investment model for any industry in the state,” said Carlisle. “These funds are expected to leverage up to $108.8 million in matching funds from private and local sources.”
Also receiving funding were many theater organizations throughout the state, including Triad Stage in Greensboro ($57,656), the North Carolina Black Repertory Theatre in Winston-Salem ($28,582) and PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill ($10,000).
For more information, visit http://www.ncarts.org.
