CT Humanities awards grants to arts organizations

HARTFORD — CT Humanities has provided $8.5 million in general operating support grants to help the state's museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This funding helps recipients 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, according to a statement. The grants were administered by CT Humanities, with funding provided by the state Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts from the CT General Assembly and approved by Gov. Ned Lamont.

Recipients in the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council's 25-town service area:

Barkhamsted Historical Society, $5,900; Old Bethlehem Historical Society, $5,200; Falls Village, Canaan Historical Society, $6,200; Music Mountain, $15,300; Cornwall Civic Life Project, $8,700; Cornwall Historical Society, $7,300; Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children's Theater, $5,900; Falls Village Children's Theater, $5,800; Goshen Players, $6,300; Litchfield Performing Arts Inc., $5,000.

Kent, Connecticut Antique Machinery Association, $8,700; Eric Sloane Museum, $5,000; Kent Art Association, $6,400; Kent Historical Society, $8,000; The Kent Singers, $5,900; Litchfield, Art Tripping, $5,200; Bantam Cinema & Arts Center, $10,100; Litchfield Arts Council, $6,100; Litchfield Historical Society, $21,300; The Voice of Art, $6,500; The Women's Forum of Litchfield, $5,100.

New Milford, Culture 4 A Cause, $5,100; Harrybrooke Park, $11,000; Merryall Center, $5,400; New Milford Historical Society & Museum, $6,900; Sherman Chamber Ensemble, $7,200; TheatreWorks New Milford, $8,200; Village Center for the Arts, $11,200; Norfolk, Norfolk Historical Society, $6,300; Roxbury, Minor Memorial Museum, $5,000; Salisbury, Crescendo, $8,700; Salisbury Association, $14,300; Salisbury Forum, $5,800.

Sharon, Sharon Historical Society & Museum, $7,900; Tri State Center for the Arts, $23,600; Thomaston, Landmark Community Theatre, $15,000; Torrington, Chorus Angelicus, $8,900; Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, $17,100; KidsPlay Children's Museum, $5,000; Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, $48,400; Torrington Historical Society, $14,200; Torrington Symphony Orchestra, $5,500; WAPJ Torrington Community Radio, $5,400; Warner Theatre, $5,000.

Warren, Warren Historical Society, $5,400; Washington Friends of Music, $5,800; Washington, After School Arts Program, $18,400; Common Ground with Jane Whitney, $9,500; Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, $8,400; Institute for American Indian Studies, $20,300; Pilobolus, $54,600; The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, $9,300; Washington Art Association & Gallery, $13,000; Watertown, Watertown History Museum, $7,300.

Winchester, American Mural Project, $16,500; American Museum of Tort Law, $9,200; The Little Red School House Association, $5,000; Woodbury, Main Street Ballet Company, $6,000; The Glebe House Museum & Gertrude Jekyll Garden, $6,700, Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation, $5,600.

CT Humanities/ Contributed photo CT Humanities recently provided $8.5 million in funding to help the state's museums, cultural, humanities, and arts organizations as they recover from the pandemic. Many of the recipients are in the northwest corner.