Kern Dance Alliance Announces KDA Creative Corps Recipients and Grants $3.4 Million to Artists and Organizations Across Central California
Six individual artists and 14 organizations expected to create 571 jobs in the Central Valley and Eastern Sierras.
Bakersfield, Calif. (May 1, 2023) – The Kern Dance Alliance today announced the recipients of its inaugural KDA Creative Corps (KDACC) grant program. In total, KDACC awarded $3,382,613 for arts-based jobs and community service programs. Fourteen organizations and six individuals received funding for arts programming expected to create 571 jobs in the Central Valley and Eastern Sierra region. A full list of grantees is included in this press release.
“We were thrilled with the enthusiastic response to the KDA Creative Corps grant program from artists and organizations across the region,” said KDACC Program Director Andrea Hansen. “After a thorough review process, we are excited to announce the recipients and even more excited to see the impact their projects will have on the community over the next year.”
Applications from eligible individuals and organizations were reviewed against objective criteria that considered project design, artist involvement, impact on the Healthy Places Index, community engagement and budget.
“With 140 eligible individual and organization grant applications submitted, KDACC received an astounding $21.7 million in funding requests for $3.4 million in available funding,” said Hansen. “Applications came from all 14 counties in the Central Valley and Eastern Sierra region.”
A review panel adjudicated eligible applications based using a 6-point ranking scale. Final grant awards were determined collaboratively between the Kern Dance Alliance Board of Directors, KDACC program staff and California Arts Council (CAC) staff.
“We are so proud to support the arts and cultural workers by administering the California Creative Corps program in our region,” said Marcie Hronis, President of the Kern Dance Alliance Board of Directors. “The scale of impact the KDA Creative Corps and California Creative Corps programs are creating in Central California is unprecedented and vital to addressing the inequities and disparities facing our region.”
Below you will find the names of the 20 individual artists and arts organizations grouped by individual/organization and then sorted in alphabetical order. For more information about the projects please visit https://kdacreativecorps.org/.
Organizations
- Arts Council of Kern
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $168,300.00
- Arts Enrichment For All
- County served: Fresno
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $36,762.50
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $95,518.75
- Camp Taylor
- Counties served: Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin
- Award amount: $95,081.00
- Community Media Access Collaborative
- Counties served: Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Mariposa
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Dance Camera West
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Counties served: Kern, Tulare, Fresno
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Eastern Sierra Artists
- Counties served: Inyo, Mono
- Award amount: $32,436.00
- Garden Pathways
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Kern River Valley Art Association
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $196,350.00
- Modesto Sound
- Counties served: Stanislaus County
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Outsiders Nation
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $255,000.00
- Stage View Performing Arts Foundation
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- Counties served: Tulare, Fresno
- Award amount: $255,000.00
Individuals
- Amber Patee Adams
- Counties served: Kern, Kings, Tulare
- Award amount: $135,000.00
- Dianna Heppe
- County served: Kern
- Award amount: $135,000.00
- Donte McDaniel
- County served: Fresno
- Award amount: $46,800.00
- Elizabeth Grandsaert
- Counties served: Calaveras, Amador
- Award amount: $132,300.00
- Rosalinda Verde Alexander
- Counties served: Kings, Tulare
- Award amount: $135,000.00
- Valerie Anglen
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- Counties served: Kern
- Award amount: $134,663.40
KDACC is a program administered by the Kern Dance Alliance in the Central Valley and Eastern Sierra region of California. The Kern Dance Alliance is one of fourteen organizations selected statewide by the California Arts Council to administer the California Creative Corps. In addition to Kern Dance Alliance, the United Way of Merced was also selected in the state’s Central Valley and Eastern Central Region to administer the Heartland Creative Corps.
The California Creative Corps is a pilot program designed to promote community and civic engagement and spread awareness about water and energy conservation, climate change, emergency preparedness, relief and recovery through the arts. The program is funded by a $60 million one-time allocation in the 2021 California State Budget.
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ABOUT THE KDA CREATIVE CORPS
The KDA Creative Corps (KDACC) is a pilot program, part of the California Creative Corps, designed to promote community and civic engagement, spread awareness about water and energy conservation, climate change, emergency preparedness, relief and recovery through the arts. KDACC is administered by the Kern Dance Alliance, one of 14 organizations selected statewide to regrant funds in their respective regions to arts and social service organizations, individual artists, and cultural workers. For more information, visit KDAcreativecorps.org.
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