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Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County receives $6,000 from Youth Growth Stock Trust for Artists in Schools initiative

By Staff Report, posted 1 month ago

The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County has received a $6,000 grant to support Artists In Schools, an initiative that brings multidisciplinary teaching artists into Cumberland County School for interactive, arts-integrated performances at a reduced or free cost. 

Established in 1992, the Youth Growth Stock Grant was the late Robert Short's answer to supporting the well-being of our community's youth. Each year, grants are awarded to local programs, initiatives, schools and scholarships that specifically benefit Cumberland County youth. 

“This grant helps us bring professional artists into Cumberland County classrooms and make arts learning more accessible for students,” says Kashia Knight, Arts Education Manager at the Arts Council in a press release. “Artists In Schools give young people meaningful opportunities to see, hear, move, create, and connect with learning in new ways. We are thankful to the Youth Growth Stock Trust for supporting this work and helping more students experience the arts.”

The Arts Council of Fayetteville | Cumberland County connects our communities, embraces diversity, promotes individual creativity, fosters lifelong learning, and advances tourism and economic development through the arts. As the primary steward of public and private funding for arts, cultural and history activities in the Cape Fear Region, the Arts Council and the agencies it supports are known for the core values of excellence, accountability, transparency, collaboration, and innovation. 

United Way of Cumberland County improves lives across Cumberland County by strategically raising and investing resources that successfully impact prioritized human service and health needs while working in effective and innovative partnerships with direct provider agencies. 

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