$970K Awarded to Cultural Organizations in NWCT

Maddie Stenson • December 28, 2021

CT Humanities Announces $16 Million in Grant Awards, Which Includes 57 Grants for $970,600 to NWCT

Photo: Nutmeg Conservatory dancers

CT Humanities provided $16M in general operating support grants to help the state’s museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations maintain and grow their ability to serve their community and the public, connect K-12 teachers and students to strong humanities and arts content, and improve their information technology and digital infrastructure. 


These grants were administered by CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.


THANK YOU to CT Humanities and CT Office of the Arts!

NWCT Arts Council's 25-town service area grantees:

Barkhamsted
Barkhamsted Historical Society $6,800

Bethlehem
Old Bethlem Historical Society  $5,500

Burlington
Burlington Historical Society  $5,900 

Canaan Falls Village
Canaan Historical Society  $7,300
Music Mountain  $28,800

Cornwall
Cornwall Historical Society $10,300

Goshen
Goshen Players Inc $7,200
Litchfield Performing Arts $5,000

Kent
Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office/Eric Sloane Museum  $5,000
Kent Art Association  $8,300
Kent Historical Society $11,800
Kent Singers  $6,900

Litchfield
Art Tripping $5,000
Bantam Cinema & Arts Center $7,000
Litchfield Historical Society $46,400
The Women's Forum of Litchfield $5,200
Backyard Theater Ensemble $5,100

New Milford
Harrybrooke Park & Harden House Museum $17,400
Merryall Center $6,000
New Milford Historical Society & Museum $10,200
Sherman Chamber Ensemble $9,800
Theatreworks New Milford $14,300
Village Center for the Arts $20,200

Norfolk
Norfolk Historical Society $8,000

Plymouth
Lock Museum of America $5,700

Roxbury
Minor Memorial Library/The Arthur Miller Writing Studio $5,400
Roxbury Public Library/ Hodge Memorial Library and Museum $5,000

Salisbury
Crescendo $12,500
Salisbury Association $29,100
Salisbury Forum $6,800
The Northwest Music Association $6,400

Sharon
Sharon Historical Society $12,100
Sharon Playhouse $47,700

Thomaston
Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston $5,500
Thomaston Opera House $27,300

Torrington
Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus $14,200
Five Points Gallery $34,800
KidsPlay Children's Museum $5,000
Litchfield County Choral Union $6,000
Northwest Connecticut Arts Council/Howard's Bookstore $6,100
Torrington Historical Society $27,000
Torrington Symphony Orchestra $5,900
WAPJ Torrington Community Radio $5,900
Warner Theatre $5,000
The Nutmeg Ballet $111,300

Warren
The Voice of Art $7,500
Warren Historical Society $5,900

Washington
Friends of Music $6,800
Washington After School Arts Program $36,800
Common Ground with Jane Whitney $14,500
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum $12,100
Institute for American Indian Studies $40,600
Pilobolus $136,100
The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens $15,400
Washington Art Association $21,200

Winchester
American Mural Project $30,700 

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