Since
1993, the Georgia General Assembly has appropriated funds
to ensure that citizens in each one of the state's 159 counties
have access to state funded arts activities. Half of the money
is distributed based on population and the other half is distributed
equally. Georgia Council for the Arts sets the state-wide
guidelines, however the proposals to be funded are selected
by a regranting local arts agency.
The
Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection is the regranting agency for
the Grassroots Arts Program in Ben Hill, Tift, Turner, Cook,
Irwin, Berrien, Wilcox, and Worth counties with amounts ranging
from $1200 to $1900 per county.
Grassroots Arts Program Goals
- To
provide every county with arts funding
- To
decentralize decision making
- To
encourage multi-county arts programming
- To
build partnerships between arts and non-arts agencies
- To
diversify and expand arts audiences
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