Greater Hartford Arts Council awards nearly a half-million dollars in grants

The Greater Hartford Arts Council this week announced grants totaling $444,720 to 21 arts and cultural organizations through its Charter Grant program. That program, which provides unrestricted funding, is one of five granting programs run by the council and is funded through the United Arts Campaign.

All organizations are examined via a number of factors including programming excellence, organizational management and financial oversight, and must meet the council’s Community Impact Goals.

In December, the arts council announced $43,000 in funding to six organizations through its Ignition Grants program, an initiative funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving that helps existing entities expand and hone their pro- grams.

The Charter Grant recipients: Amistad Center for Art & Culture in Hartford, $15,287

Ballet Theater Company in West Hartford, $9,323

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, $46,457

Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, $16,906

CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) in Hartford, $8,899

Cuatro Puntos, a Hartford-based collaborative that performs, writes and teaches music, $6,087

HartBeat Ensemble, a Hartfordbased theater troupe, $10,512

Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, which teaches hand-weaving, with emphasis on the visually impaired and those older than 55, $6,592 Hartford Chorale, $7,991

Hartford Stage, $46,457

Hartford Symphony Orchestra, $46,457

Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, $26,064

Judy Dworin Performance Project, a Hartford-based dance troupe, $10,154

Little Theater of Manchester, $8,847

Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, $31,957

New Britain Museum of American Art, $32,975

Queen Ann Nzinga Center in New Britain, a children’s arts education center, $6,249

Real Art Ways in Hartford, $23,304 Spectrum in Motion dance theater company in Hartford, $6,410 TheaterWorks in Hartford, $31,335 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, $46,457