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Martha's Vineyard Cultural Council

Council Information
LCC Program Guidelines
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Funding List

Council Information

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Remember, LLC Grant Applications are due on Oct 15! PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCAL MAILING ADDRESS: MARTHA'S VINEYARD CULTURAL COUNCIL, P.O. BOX 278, WEST TISBURY MA 02575. THE PACKAGE MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 10/15/2016 AND MAILED TO THIS ADDRESS. The postmark is very important. We recommend that you confirm that the post office has stamped a postmark on the envelope.

The Martha's Vineyard Cultural Council is part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Local Cultural Council program, formed more than a quarter century ago. The MVCC's mission is to promote excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretative sciences for the purpose of improving the quality of life for all of the Island's residents. For more information about the Council or about LLC grants, please contact your Town's liaison: Tisbury Susan Johnson susanejohnsonart@gmail.com Julia Kidd Jkidd@vineyard.net West Tisbury Linda Vadasz linda.vadasz@gmail.com Irene Tewksbury itewksbury@clamsnet.org Oak Bluffs Marianne Goldsmith drmarigold@comcast.net Abby Remer abbyremer@aol.com Edgartown Chilmark Wendy Weldon wendyjweldon@gmail.com Heather Goff hgoff@goffgrafix.com Aquinnah Penny Weinstein pennyweinstein40@gmail.com

email linda.vadasz@gmail.com

Martha's Vineyard Cultural Council Linda Vadasz PO.Box 1362 West Tisbury, MA 02575 508-560-8778

LCC Program Guidelines

In order to apply for an LCC grant, applicants must meet all eligibility and criteria requirements of the LCC Program.

For more detailed information, refer to the full LCC Program Guidelines (PDF).

Council Priorities

Amount Available for Granting in FY 2021

(Information not yet available)

Priority will be given to events scheduled to benefit the year-round community of Martha's Vineyard.

Off-Island Applications:

Grant applicants who are not based in one of the six towns of the Island of Martha's Vineyard must have a local partner or host. Off-Island applications must include a letter of support from their Martha's Vineyard sponsor specifically describing how this project would benefit the Island community.

Deadline for Grant Extensions:

Under program guidelines, you have one year from the date of the award letter to complete your project and request reimbursement. If you needed time beyond December 1 to complete your project and request reimbursement, you must request an extension from the council by October 1.

Granting of that extension is not automatic and is subject to the vote of the full council.

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Funding List

FY 2020

Name	Project	Project title	Amount
Abby Bender/Built on Stilts,	Arts	Built on Stilts	$1,639
Abby Bender/SchmantzeTheatare,	Arts	Abby Bender Schmantze Theatre	$1,250
ACE MV	Humanities	Humanities Lecture Series "Living and Working on M	$497
African American Heritage Trail	Humanities	Lighting the Trail for Children	$1,495
Aquinnah Cultural Center, Inc.	Arts	14th Annual Artisans Festival	$1,900
Caitlyn Clark	Arts	Summer Reading Kick Off 2020	$945
Carolina Cooney	Arts	Sankofa Festival of African American Literature &	$791
Corinne de Langavant,	Arts	Art on Ice Ballet	$638
Daniel Waters,	Humanities	Photographic Time Capsule of Martha's Vineyard	$1,213
Danielle Charbonneau	Arts	Boston Spring: Immersive City Experience for Proje	$1,692
Dean Rosenthal,	Arts	2nd Annual Daykah Concert of Contemporary Classica	$517
Donald Nitchie,	Arts	PoOetry Drop-in	$564
Dyer Maker Studio,	Arts	"Dyeing to Weat It: Creating Community through Col	$237
Elise LeBovit,	Arts	Spring Egg Hunt	$485
Friends of the Edgartown Free Public Library	Arts	Sounds Like Summer - Music on the Lawn	$1,309
Garden Gate Child Development Center	Arts	Early Childhood Music Studio	$245
Grace Episcopal Church	Arts	Messiah Community Sing	$617
Heidi Carter,	Arts	MV Museum Oral History Project	$501
Island Children's School	Arts	Creative Drama at ICS	$469
Janet Holladay	Arts	Islanders Dance Series	$890
Ken Wentworth,	Arts	Short Film About Pioneering Marine Mammal Accousti	$1,152
Liz Witham,	Arts	North Atlantic Right Whale Awareness Through Onlin	$482
Lynn Thorp,	Arts	MV Signs Then & Now	$635
Mabelle Felipe,	Arts	The News & Weather with Bella	$915
Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute	Science	NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY CELEBRATION	$597
Martha's Vineyard Center for Living	Arts	The Drama in Our Stories	$738
Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music	Arts	Sound-Energy	$444
Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music SOciety	Arts	Intensive Ensemble Support	$384
Martha's VIneyard Chamber Music Society	Arts	Cello Fest Concert Support	$748
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival	Arts	Cinema Circus	$1,304
Martha's Vineyard Mediation Program	Arts	Each One Teach One	$627
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse, Inc.	Arts	OUR TOWN	$1,059
Martha's Vineyard Regional High School- FBO West Tisbury School	Arts	Creative Drama for WTS	$1,211
Mary Holmes	Arts	Art & Music Therapy at MVC4L	$851
Memorial Day Picnic Committee - Town of Tisbury - patricia carlet	Arts	Memorial Day Picnic - Town of Tisbury	$381
Minnesinger Parent Group	Arts	Choral Festival Competition Field trip	$1,308
Molly Coogan,	Arts	Membership Down!	$292
Noepe Center for Literary Arts	Arts	Weekend Writing Workshops	$522
PathwaysARTS	Arts	A Celebration of MV Artists/Grant Recipients	$1,133
Richard Skidmore,	Arts	Three Short Films	$548
Robert Dutton,	Arts	Out of the Woods	$458
Roberta Kirn,	Arts	Winter Concert and Community Sings	$1,751
Ryan Schwab-Doyon	Arts	Annual Adrenaline Music Project (AMP)	$723
Sassafras Earth Education	Humanities	Presentation "Thanksgiving Myth Busted"	$1,011
Stephen Power,	Arts	ISLAND PEOPLE	$461
Steve Henderson,	Arts	Mabel and Jerry - a play	$210
Susan Klein,	Arts	Stories in the Kitchen	$1,376
Tessa Permar,	Arts	W.I.L.D. (Working Islanders Local Dance) Company	$505
The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival	Arts	Vineyard Shorts Program at the 20th annual Martha’	$794
The Martha's Vineyard Film Society	Arts	The Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival	$1,255
The Yard	Arts	MAKING IT with Godfrey Muwulya	$1,302
Tisbury School First Grades	Arts	Attend Theater Production at Wheelock College	$261
Union Chapel Educational and Cultural Institute, Inc.	Humanities	Public Forums - Program Support	$688
Vineyard Arts Project	Arts	Women's Voices	$648
West Tisbury Free Public Library	Arts	Interactive viewing of Harry Potter and the Chambe	$298
West Tisbury Free Public Library	Arts	Choro Das Três Concert	$833

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