ART ORGANIZATIONS IN ANCHORAGE RECEIVE $100,000 IN GRANTS
Anchorage, Alaska, has granted nearly $100,000 to arts and cultural organizations throughout the city, Travis Khachatoorian of KTUU reports. At the beginning of 2017, the grant program was threatened by citywide budget cuts and funding for the arts decreased by 20 percent from last year.
“As long as I’m mayor, I’m going to do everything I can to support the arts,” mayor Ethan Berkowitz said. “Arts have done a tremendous amount for me, arts have done a lot for my family, arts have done a lot for the local economy, and arts do a lot to make sure Anchorage is a great place to live.”
Among the recipients of the cultural funding are the Alaska Dance Theater, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska Sound Celebrations, Alaska String Camps, Alaska Chamber Singers, Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy, Anchorage Community Theatre, Anchorage Concert Association, Anchorage Concert Chorus, Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Anchorage Opera Company, Asian Alaska Cultural Center, Cyrano’s, and Music Machine.
