30 complete Holmberg classThirty community members recently graduated in the eighth class of the Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute during a reception at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre.The arts advocacy class is sponsored by ArtsBuild. The four-month program develops leadership skills necessary to prepare the participants for roles within arts organizations such as volunteers, board members or fundraisers.Graduates are Andrew Clark, Cathy Clifford, Jamie Curtis, Peggy Douglas, Catherine Durham, Suzanne Ford, Lauren Goforth, Blake Harris, Andrée Herbert, Hamp Johnston, Tekelia Kelly, Jim Laney, Ann Law, Philip Luckey and Sarah Marczynski.Also graduating are Baggs McKelvey, Carlin McRae, Cynthia Pennington, Jennifer Rubin, Mike Rudez, Ginnie Sams, Kay Sanford, Ballard Scearce, Barry Snyder, Liza Soydan, Lisa Stark, Rodney Strong, Deborah Tepper, Samantha Teter and Elizabeth Wells.
ArtsBuild announces grant recipients
ArtsBuild, formerly known as Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, has announced the recipients of its newest grants initiative program, Community Cultural Connections.
Twenty-three Hamilton County organizations received grants of up to $6,000. The goal of the grants is to make arts and culture more accessible to underserved populations including geographic, ethnic and individuals with disabilities. Recipient organizations were not required to have 501 (c)(3) nonprofit status, making the CCC grants available to a larger pool of institutions.
Funding was provided by ArtsBuild and through Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd’s discretionary funds.
“Our goal for this new grant program was to attract 20 to 25 grant applications, and we received 61 applications,” says Rodney Van Valkenburg, ArtsBuild’s director of grants and initiatives.