The Performing Arts League recently announced $41,975 in grants and scholarships to support youth involvement in the performing arts in Hamilton County.
The organization awarded grants to nine area nonprofit arts organizations to fund and support instrumental, vocal, dance and theater programs that recruit, develop and train young performers, according to a news release. PAL also awarded scholarships to 15 aspiring high school performers to support their continued training in the instrumental, vocal, dance and theatrical arts.
“The mission of the Performing Arts League is to promote youth involvement in the performing arts,” PAL President Karen Wilson said in the release. “At PAL, we consider our support for these students essential to their growth and well-being of our community. We are pleased to be able to fund these outstanding projects and individual young performers and encourage their aspirations.”
The 2024 grant recipients are: (dance, drama, music) Barger Academy of Fine Arts; (dance) Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga Ballet; (instrumental music) East Lake Expression Engine, String Theory; (theater) Chattanooga Theatre Centre, Christian Family Theater, Tivoli Theatre Foundation; (vocal music) Chattanooga Boys Choir.
The 2024 scholarship recipients are: (dance) Abigail Anselmi, Jubilee Elliott, Finley Holmes, Kathryn Kyle, Owlin Merritt, Ava Mudd, Layla Reed, Eric Sumner, Riley West; (instrumental music) Atlas Nicolou, Lindsay Wyatt; (voice/musical theater) Julian Ramirez de Arellano, Hailey May, Josie Jullienne and Elizabeth Weaver.