Recent Arts Everywhere Grants

South Bend Museum of Art: $25,000
Funding will be used for exhibition programming in 2019-2020. In 2018, about 44,000 people visited the Museum. Of this number, almost 7800 were school children on tours or participating in family days. About 80% of their audience is from St. Joseph County.

South Bend Civic Theatre: $25,000
Funds will support the 2019 season which includes 4 Theatre for Young Audience productions, 4 musicals, 7 plays, and 2-4 staged readings. South Bend Civic Theatre has also recently expanded to include concerts, curated art exhibits, and public symposiums on current issues. They are partnering with a variety of local communities, focusing more on community engagement and impact versus total attendance.

South Bend Symphony Orchestra: $25,000
Funding will be used for the 2019-2020 Season. The season includes Masterworks, Pops, and Mosaic series, “Home for the Holidays,” Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Young People’s Discovery, Family, Chris Wilson community play-along concerts, and 54 FREE Symphony-to-Go performances in various schools, senior centers, libraries and other public locations.

Fischoff National Chamber Music Association: $7,500
Funding will help support the free community outreach programs in 2019-2020 for children, youth, and mixed audiences, which are presented by Fischoff Competition alumni and local professional musicians. Master classes, workshops, and peer mentoring programs will be delivered to community children and youth, with 132 programs to over 8,300 total audiences.

Southold Dance Theater: $7,500
Funds will be used for the 2019-2020 productions of “The Nutcracker” and “La Fille Mal Gardee.” Southold will also reach many in the community through annual participation in ArtBeat and the Chris Wilson Pavilion at Potawatomi Park, among other outreach workshops and events.

Downtown South Bend Foundation: $5,000
Funds will support Art Beat on August 17, 2019. Art Beat is a free visual, performing, and culinary arts festival, which takes place along the streets and sidewalks of downtown South Bend. It is the largest, single-day festival in the seven-county region and serves a broad, cross section of the population. Art Beat encourages long-term growth of arts in the community by supporting the local art scene and lowering the barrier to exposure of the arts. Over 900 artists participate each year with an expected visitor attendance of over 15,000.

Robinson Community Learning Center – University of Notre Dame: $5,000
Funds will support the Robinson Shakespeare Company for 2019-2020, which will offer year-long programs that reach an average of 660 youth each year throughout South Bend. Activities include in-class drama integration instruction at partner schools, afterschool drama clubs, and a summer program, all of which engage a wide range of diverse participants. Overarching goals include increased educational outcomes for youth, increased capacity of teachers to integrate drama into academic curricula, and increased youth participation in theatre.

South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.: $5,000
Funds will be used for the 2019-2020 sectional program. Sectionals are held during the first hour of their three-hour rehearsals and place student musicians in groups by instrument. Students can work more intensely on their orchestral part, with a professional musician (in most cases, a member of the South Bend Symphony) as a mentor and guide. This program cultivates creative activity and teamwork, while at the same time giving students the opportunity to work with mentors and professionals.

City of South Bend: $5,000
Funds will be used to support implementation of a public art initiative in roundabouts within the city limits. The initiative will begin with the installation of public sculpture in three roundabouts recently constructed as part of the Smart Streets Initiative. The City plans to begin the initiative by selecting a local artist who has large public sculptures available to display immediately and has identified Rev. Austin Collins, C.S.C. at the University of Notre Dame to be the first artist to display sculptures at the three roundabouts. In subsequent years, the City plans to create a call for art, whereby local and regional artists can submit proposals to showcase their work.

South Bend, Venues Parks & Arts: $5,000
Funds will be used for the 2019 Fridays by the Fountain summer outdoor concert series in downtown South Bend. Concerts are presented on the Jon R. Hunt Plaza in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center during lunchtime from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. every Friday in June, July and August. Business people, families, youth and senior citizen groups gather on the plaza to listen to live music, socialize, and enjoy lunch. Each Friday between 500-600 people attend the free outdoor concerts.

Musical Arts Indiana, Inc.: $3,500
Funding will support the 2019-2020 season which includes performances of Vesper Chorale, Vesper Chamber Orchestra, and the Children’s Choir of Michiana. Target population is the public in St. Joseph and surrounding counties. Seven concerts, two school tours, and one invitational choral festival are planned for the upcoming season.

The Main Stage, Inc.: $3,500
Funding is to help support the 2019-2020 season of musical performances, which will include three full children’s musicals and a summer camp for students ranging in ages from 5 to 18. The Main Stage will also be producing two community theater musical opportunities highlighting the talents of community performers of all ages. While performing in musicals students will be instructed in drama, music, dance, theatrical terminology, reading a musical score, and using drama and dance as a form of expression.

Downtown South Bend Foundation: $3,000
Funds will support the 2019 Red Table Plaza Lunchtime Concert Series. This is a free concert series in the heart of downtown South Bend featuring an array of local, acoustical musicians and songwriters. The concert series will run Monday through Thursday from June 3 through August 29, 2019. Partnership with the Morris’ Fridays by the Fountain will continue, along with the partnership with The Music Village assisting in booking local musicians. The series is attended by a wide spectrum of downtown workers, residents & visitors, with a daily attendance of over 50 people.

South Bend Heritage Foundation: $3,000
Funding will support the 2019-2020 Exhibition Season at the Colfax Campus Gallery.  The Gallery is open to the immediate neighborhood and to the entire community. There are six regular exhibitions to meet a balance of artwork and artists, school children, local arts organizations, individual local artists and a South Bend Heritage Foundation (SBHF) mission themed exhibition (Art and Social Justice). This is also the fourth year they will run a Summer Arts Program for local youth at two SBHF properties.

South Bend Lyric Opera (Fiscal Sponsor: Ultreia, Inc.): $2,850
Funds will help support the production costs of South Bend Lyric Opera’s seventh opera, “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi. Three performances are scheduled for September 5-7, 2019 at LangLab. “Rigoletto” is a staple of the operatic repertoire and is considered one of the most important Italian operas, performed on all continents. The music has a great variety of tone and texture, as well as challenging and unprecedented structures. The opera will be fully staged and presented in Italian, with English supertitles.

The Acting Ensemble: $2,500
Funds will be used for the 2019-2020 season which includes Stage Works, Main Stage productions, WTF Late Night, collaborative theater events and education for the local theater community. The AE provides a unique experience for the both the audience and for the directors and actors.  For the audience the venue is small and intimate, enabling them to have a much more personal relationship with the productions.  For the directors and actors, they are challenged by both the material and the setting.

South Bend Chamber Singers: $2,500
The South Bend Chamber Singers received funds to support the staging of their 31st Concert Season for 2019-2020, comprising three performances: the 30th “Christmas at Loretto” concert, premiering a work commissioned from American composer Carolyn Pirtle and featuring works by women composers; “Ashes of Roses,” a world premiere of a new version of the requiem by American composer Jocelyn Hagen paired with the Durufle Requiem; and a final concert, “The Day is Done” that will be a series of choral reflections on war.

Merrimans’ Playhouse: $2,500
Funds will help support the Student Jazz Performance Series from July 2019 to June 2020. This series will involve working with regional high school and collegiate jazz programs and providing them with invitations to perform. The series will highlight groups either affiliated with their school or students that have independent projects and recordings, which will offer a dedicated space with an attentive audience.

Winter 2018

WNIT Channel 34: $15,000
Funds are intended for annual sponsorship, supporting multiple programs that WNIT airs supporting the arts in St. Joseph County. Specific projects include Experience Michiana and a wide variety of arts programming throughout the year, including live performances from the Met Opera, the PBS Fall Arts Series, dance performances, plays, Austin City Limits and more.

South Bend Community School Corporation: $10,000
Funds will go toward the expansion of the Layers of Literacy pilot program at two elementary schools, Marquette Montessori and Nuner Arts Academy, and all visual art students at Dickinson Fine Arts Academy (DFAA). This project seeks to bridge the gap between the visual literacy of images and the language literacy of words, providing students with the skills to create, consume, and communicate information and ideas confidently.

InterAction Initiative Inc.: $7,500
Funds will support the Community Theater for Social Justice Action Conference, to be held April 26-28, 2019 in South Bend. This conference is a weekend event where regional theater artists, educators, and activists will learn from one another to strategize on how to use theater for social change. This year’s theme “Uplifting Young People of Color (YPOC)” aims to center YPOC voices and narratives to address our racial justice issues of today: xenophobia, Islamophobia, sexism, homophobia, school-to-prison pipeline, and more. The Conference will include curated workshops, theater performances, keynote address, networking, and opportunities to create theater.

The Music Village: $5,000
Funding will assist The Music Village (TMV) in continuation of institutional growth and expansion of services, supporting both in-house programming and community outreach initiatives. Funding will directly support music and dance classes, instrumental lessons and cultural events. TMV serves over 300 individuals through approximately 305 sessions per month.

South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.: $5,000
Funds will be used to purchase musical equipment and to start an instrument fund for student orchestras. South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra’s (SBYSO) repertoire requires instruments that they do not own and/or cannot easily borrow. This will also faciliate students being able to rehearse with SBYSO’s ensembles on the weekends for those that do not own their own instruments and only have access to them during the school week.

Studebaker National Museum: $5,000
Funds will help support the Concours d’Elegance at Copshaholm to be held July 13, 2019. The event is a celebration of automotive heritage and design. During the Concours, the gardens of the Oliver Mansion will host some of the finest and most rare examples of automotive styling. This unique location will help engage visitors with the rich cultural history of our region through the collections of the Studebaker Museum at the History Museum. Innovative interactive educational programs will also immerse visitors with broader themes in automotive design and history.

Patchwork Dance Company: $3,500
Funds will support Patchwork Dance Company’s (PDC) 2019 season which includes three concerts. PDC will produce a spring concert, “Variations in Dance” to be held March 2019 at St. Mary’s College; a fall concert and visual arts event, “Artistic Fusion” to be held at the Battell Center in Mishawaka, September 2019; and a holiday concert, “Greta’s Gift” to be held December 2019.

Indiana University South Bend: $2,500
Funds will support the 2019 Summer Chamber Orchestra Intensive, which will include a workshop culminating in a performance. The program will be held at Indiana University South Bend’s Raclin School of the Arts from August 6-10, 2019. The program will provide a minimum of 11 middle and high school string students an opportunity to learn from and perform with internationally recognized chamber musicians. This will give students an opportunity to improve their skills in their respective instruments and develop new chamber music skills.

Indiana University South Bend: $2,250
Funds will support Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center’s 2019 exhibition project. The Center showcases regular exhibitions of art and history in the historic 1922 Engman Public Natatorium. For 2019 the Center will send a call for local and regional artists as well as develop history exhibitions. Highlighted exhibitions include a collaboration with IU South Bend Disability and a second exhibition in conjuction with the Office League of Women Voters and the Michiana Women Leaders Project.

South Bend Venues Parks & Arts: $2,500
Funds will be used for the Best. Week. Ever. (BWE) Community Arts Gallery and Walk. The event will take place June 2-8, 2019 and offer local artists from across South Bend the opportunity to display their artwork during the main BWE experience to highlight arts and culture in diverse neighborhoods and environments. A walking tour will guide visitors to the various galleries. A temporary exhibit space will be created in the event campus of the main experience where local artists are encouraged to bring their artwork with them to display, to mingle, gain exposure, see other artwork and make connections within the community.

Michiana PlayMakers Inc.: $1,500
Funds will support Michiana PlayMakers’ New Works Project. This project encompasses all phases of new play development by supporting local playwrights during the creative process as they develop their newest work. The project includes providing space and artistic resources, developmental readings for feedback purposes, staged readings in front of live audiences, and full productions of the work.

Spring 2018

Indiana University South Bend: $65,000 (Over two years)
IU South Bend Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is receiving Major Venture grant funding to help support technology upgrades in three public performance venues on campus. These upgrades will provide capacity for professional-quality digital recording and live-stream broadcasting through the acquisition and installation of video equipment for creating high-definition, 4K broadcast quality programs. Using this equipment, high-quality programming will also be designed to create presentations for schools, assisted living facilities, and other entities to offer masterclasses, lectures, and other arts presentations for audiences that may not be able to travel to the campus. Outcomes include curricular improvements for students and broader reach of programs for diverse and under-served audiences. Several community groups also use these spaces and will be able to take advantage of the upgrades.

South Bend Symphony Orchestra: $25,000
Funding will support South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s (SBSO) 2018-2019 Season. The SBSO will present the Masterworks, Pops, and Mosaic series as well as its “Home for the Holidays,” Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Young People’s Discovery, Family, Chris Wilson community play-along concerts, and 54 FREE Symphony-to-Go performances.  These 70+ concerts will engage the community in live orchestral music and support local musicians and educators.

South Bend Civic Theatre: $25,000
South Bend Civic Theatre (SBCT) is receiving funds for their 2019 season, which will consist of 13-15 productions in four venues: Wilson Auditorium and Warner Studio Theatre, Mishawaka’s Battell Center (education), and the Morris PAC (July concert). SBCT will present a varied offering of plays, musicals, and events that reflect the diverse community. They also plan to organize a theatre festival; a symposium on “Gender and Power;” and a full slate of educational programming. The season will offer 1,200 volunteer opportunities and serve over 22,000 patrons.

South Bend Museum of Art: $25,000
Funds will help support a portion of the South Bend Museum of Art’s exhibition programming for 2018-2019. Exhibitions focus on the permanent collection, as well as changing exhibitions taking place in six galleries. In 2017, about 48,000 people visited the Museum. Of this number, almost 6,000 were school children on tours or participating in family days. About 80% of their audience is from St. Joseph County.

The History Museum: $10,000
Funds will assist The History Museum in bringing a nationally significant history, arts, design, and culture exhibit, CUT! Costume and the Cinema, to the South Bend community. The exhibit and its accompanying programs are expected to draw visitors to the area from the region. They expect to increase attendance by 30% for the three months of the exhibit, which will be held from October 12, 2018 through January 6, 2019.

Robinson Community Learning Center – University of Notre Dame: $10,000
Robinson Community Learning Center’s (RCLC) Shakespeare Program is receiving funding for their year-long programs that reach an average of 660 youth each year throughout South Bend. Activities include in-class drama integration instruction at South Bend Community School Corporation partner schools, afterschool drama clubs, and a summer program, all of which engage a wide range of diverse participants. Overarching goals include: increased educational outcomes for youth, increased capacity of teachers to integrate drama into academic curricula, and increased youth participation in theatre.

Fischoff National Chamber Music Association: $7,500
Grant funding will help support Fischoff’s free community outreach programs in 2018-2019 for children, youth, and mixed audiences, which are presented by Fischoff Competition alumni and local professional musicians. Master classes, workshops, and peer mentoring programs will be delivered to 5,405 community children and youth. Under-served children are targeted.

Southold Dance Theater: $7,500
Southold Dance Theater is receiving funding for its 2018-2019 productions of The Nutcracker and La Fille Mal Gardee. The Nutcracker will be performed at the Morris Performing Arts Center on December 7-9, 2018 reaching nearly 10,000 in attendance. La Fille Mal Gardee will be performed at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center May 2019 and is expected to attract over 1,000 people.

Downtown South Bend Foundation: $5,000
Downtown South Bend (DTSB) is receiving grant funds for Art Beat 2018. Art Beat is a free visual, performing, and culinary arts festival that takes place along the streets of downtown South Bend. It is the largest, single day art festival in a seven-county region and serves a broad, cross section of the population. Over 900 artists participate each year with an expected visitor attendance of over 13,000.

City of South Bend, Venues Parks & Arts: $5,000
Funds will help support the Fridays by the Fountain summer outdoor concert series in downtown South Bend. The live performances are held during lunchtime from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. every Friday in June, July and August. Business people, families, youth and senior citizen groups gather on the plaza to listen to live music, socialize, and enjoy lunch. Each Friday over 550 people attend the free outdoor concerts.

South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.: $5,000
Funding will help support South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras’ 2018-2019 sectional program. Sectionals are held during the first hour of their three-hour rehearsals and place student musicians in groups by instrument. Students have the opportunity to work more intensely on their orchestral part, with a professional musician (in most cases, a member of the South Bend Symphony) as a mentor and guide.

Indiana University South Bend: $3,600
IU South Bend Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is receiving funds for the Summer Chamber Orchestra Intensive, which will be a workshop culminating in a performance. The program will take place on campus from August 7-11, 2018 and will provide middle and high school string students an opportunity to learn from and perform with internationally recognized chamber musicians. The student to faculty ratio with the chamber orchestra will be 4:1.

Musical Arts Indiana, Inc.: $3,500
Musical Arts Indiana is receiving funds for its 2018-2019 choral arts season which includes performances of Vesper Chorale, Vesper Chamber Orchestra, and the Children’s Choir of Michiana.  Seven local concerts, a school tour, an invitational festival, and two destination concerts are projected for the season.

The Main Stage, Inc.: $3,500
Funding will help support the 2018-2019 season of The Main Stage’s performances, which will include three full children’s musicals and a summer camp for students ranging in ages from 5 to 18. They will also be producing two community theater musicals.

Downtown South Bend Foundation: $3,000
Downtown South Bend Foundation (DTSB) is receiving funding for their 2018 Red Table Plaza Lunchtime Concert Series. This a free concert series in the heart of downtown South Bend featuring an array of local, acoustical musicians and songwriters. The concert series will run Monday through Thursday from May 31st through August 30, 2018.

South Bend Heritage Foundation: $3,000
Funds will help support the 2018-2019 Exhibition Season at the Colfax Campus Gallery.  The Gallery is open to the immediate neighborhood and to the entire community.  There are six regular exhibitions to meet a balance of artwork and artists – school children, local arts organizations, individual local artists and a South Bend Heritage Foundation (SBHF) mission themed exhibition (Art and Social Justice). This is also the third year they will run a Summer Arts Program for local youth at two SBHF properties.

The Acting Ensemble: $2,500
The Acting Ensemble (AE) is receiving support for their 2018-2019 season which includes Stage Works, Main Stage productions, WTF Late Night, collaborative theater events and education for the local theater community.  The AE provides a unique experience for the both the audience and for the directors and actors.

South Bend Chamber Singers: $2,500
Grant funds will help support South Bend Chamber Singers’ (SBCS) 30th Anniversary Concert Season comprising three performances: “Christmas at Loretto” premiering a commissioned work by American composer William McClelland; a 30th Anniversary Celebration concert with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra featuring works by young American composer Jake Runestad and the classical master, Franz Josef Haydn; and a final concert that returns to music of a simpler time in “Simple Gifts: Songs of the Shakers.”

Ultreia, Inc.: $2,000
Ultreia, Inc. is receiving funding for their Pushing Boundaries Music Series, presenting Warp Trio on October 18, 2018, Unheard of Ensemble on February 28, 2019 and the Euclid Quartet on April 25, 2019. All performances will be held at Langlab. Tickets will be $10, up to 40% less than professional classical music concerts in the area, to make them more accessible to the general public.