Loudoun Arts Council Announcements
Loudoun Arts Council Announces Artshare Awards
The Loudoun Arts Council's annual ArtShare program awarded grant monies to five area arts organizations. Recipients of the 2009 awards are Loudoun Academy of the Arts, Loudoun Ballet, Loudoun Lyric Opera, Loudoun Symphony and the Pickwick Players. The total granted was $5000.
Through ArtShare, the Loudoun Arts Council contributes to nonprofit arts organizations that operate in the Loudoun community. To receive a grant, organizations must demonstrate strong artistic quality, noteworthy accomplishments and sound management practices. As part of its mission to advocate for the arts, the Loudoun Arts Council assisted organizations with their applications this year by offering a pre-review process, which provided suggestions for creating stronger applications.
The Loudoun Arts Council will not be holding its Annual Excellence in the Arts Competition in 2010. The LAC is re-designing this competition and seeking collaborations with other Loudoun County arts organizations for future events of this type.
Loudoun Arts Council Sends Three Representatives to the Artworks For Virginia Conference in Richmond, Virginia
January 26 - 28, president Rebecca Kite, past president Heather Valdez Stillings and administrator Lee McKinster will be attending the 2010 Annual ArtWorks for Virginia conference and Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol on behalf of the Loudoun Arts Council.
Sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginians for the Arts Foundation, this year's agenda includes Keynote Speaker, composer Jennifer Hidgon. LAC representatives will attend several concurrent sessions covering topics such as and including "The ABCs of Building an Arts and Cultural District, "Arts Advocacy" and "Rural Arts Roundtable."
On LAC's participation, Rebecca Kite stated, "I am excited that the LAC will have such a strong presence."
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About Us
The Loudoun Arts Council is a voluntary membership organization that promotes the arts in Loudoun County by advocating for and assisting arts organizations and individual artists. The LAC operates as the interface between artists, organizations, and arts supporters by providing information, education, research, and communication to benefit the arts community as a whole.
The LAC is partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Our office is located in the Leesburg historic district at 5 Loudoun Street SE, Third Floor. We also may be reached by phone at (703) 777-7838 or by e-mail at info@loudounarts.org. We welcome any suggestions or comments and your active membership in the LAC.