NEA's Our Town grants support creative placemaking projects centered around the arts. ArtWorks' site-specific public art projects, to be developed through a public engagement process, will be incorporated into Pendleton's streetscape redesign.
"We are incredibly honored to be one of only two cities in Ohio to receive this award," ArtWorks Director Tamara Harkavy said in a prepared release. "Now we look forward to engaging artists and engaging the community in this placemaking strategy – in the creation of this public art that we hope will make the City of Cincinnati proud."
The City of Cincinnati partnered with ArtWorks on the grant application.
"ArtWorks has played an integral role in helping to revitalize and energize Cincinnati's neighborhoods," Mayor Mark Mallory said. "I am proud and excited that the NEA has recognized our successful public art and embraced our vision to continue to decorate our community. This new project will add great, new art to the new public spaces we are creating around the casino."
ArtWorks is one of only 80 grant awardees out of 317 applicants. A total of $4.9 million in grants were awarded.
In other grant news, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation has provided grants to several local construction projects.
The grants, part of $1.8 million allotted to nonprofit 39 projects and programs, include:
- $50,000 for Lower Price Hill Community School's St. Michael Renovation Project;
- $50,000 for building renovation at the Madisonville Education and Assistance Center;
- $50,000 for renovation of the Cincinnati Art Museum;
- $40,000 to BLOC Ministries for the renovation of three vacant, deteriorating houses in Lower Price Hill and East Price Hill;
- $30,000 for replacement of Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati's HVAC system;
- $30,000 for restoration of the original pond at historic Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington;
- $20,000 to The Caring Place of Cincinnati for the redevelopment of Golf Manor Volunteer Park; and
- $17,000 for construction of a new training center on the St. Aloysius Orphanage campus.
Previous reading on BC:
Ten more murals coming this summer, regional total to 56 (6/19/12)
LPH school nixes group home, exploring other options (5/25/10)
Lower Price Hill facing another fight? (4/7/10)
Building official gets go-ahead for six MuralWorks sites (10/12/09)
Bond Hill office campus hits snag (12/17/07)
