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The members of the Fine Arts of the Suncoast want to
thank all of you for applying for our first “Arts for
Kids” Grants. Each year, the organization presents the
Suncoast Arts Fest in January to raise funds for arts
education in our community. In the past, these funds
have been used in a variety of ways. However, last year,
a survey of the arts teachers in Pasco was done and the
overwhelming majority of the arts teachers suggested
that the funds would be best used to provide grants
directly to the classroom art teachers. This is the
first round of grants to be awarded.
All the grant applications we received were worthy of an
award. A total of about $5000 was available so not all
the grants could be funded and the awards committee had
a very difficult time choosing the following 11 award
grants. The following applications were selected for
funding –
Project
School
Grant Amt
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Classroom
Supplies
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Crews Lake
Middle
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$
475
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Intro to
Digital Design
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Centennial
Middle
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$
480
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Adaptive
Tools (one grant)
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Connerton
Elementary
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$
500
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Kids with
Cameras
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Gulf HS
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$
500
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Electronic
Music Apps
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Land O'Lakes
HS
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$
500
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Art
Appreciation & History
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Land O'Lakes
HS
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$
500
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Clay
Sculptures
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Odessa
Elementary
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$
500
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Fusing and
Reusing
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Ridgewood HS
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$
500
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Adobe
Photoshop Class
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River Ridge
HS
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$
218
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Environmental
Wall Mosaic
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Woodland
Elementary
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$
500
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Plein Air
Painting Workshop
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Zephyrhills
HS
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$
500
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Checks will be mailed to each school to the attention of
the applying art teacher in the next week.
We plan to offer another round of grants in the fall and
hope to receive another set of outstanding applications.
Thank you all for applying and thank you all for being
such caring art teachers!
Teacher Awards Committee
Fine Arts of the Suncoast, Inc.
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