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Jackson art grant winners announced

The Jackson County Arts Council announces its grant recipients for the 2014-15 Grassroots Grants. The arts council is a Designated County Partner of the North Carolina Arts Council, from which the Grassroots grants are funded. The JCAC received $12,254 from the North Carolina Arts Council and $9,201 from Jackson County. They also receive funding from membership donations and fundraising efforts.

This year’s Grassroots Grant recipients include Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild, WNC Pottery Festival, Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Western Carolina Community Chorus, Western Carolina Civic Orchestra, Farmers Market Family Art Days, WCU Youth Art Spring Display, Dillsboro Merchants Association – ColorFest, Town of Sylva 125 Founders Day Celebration, Junior Appalachian Musicians, Smoky Mountain High School, Jackson County Library for Copper Workshop, Jackson County Schools, Cullowhee Mountain Arts, Jackson County Visual Arts Association.

Grassroots Grants are awarded to local nonprofit agencies in Jackson County who produce programs of arts, culture or historic merit and who demonstrate financial and administrative stability. The purpose of Grassroots Grants is to recognize and support exemplary forms of artistic expression, both contemporary and traditional, visual arts, performing arts, literature, media and folk arts.

www.jacksoncountyarts.org.

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