"When the arts thrive, everybody wins," says the executive director of Create Wisconsin, a group that works to boost the state's arts industry.
And that's exactly what happened in Madison, Wis., thanks to $450,000 in grants from the Madison Arts Commission, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
"Kudos to the City of Madison for investing in its creative workers and businesses, to help people move forward in the post-pandemic world and add vibrancy and creativity to the community," Anne Katz says in a statement.
The grants, awarded through the commission's "Artists at Work" program, are intended to encourage arts organizations to "generate, reinstate, and create arts industry jobs," the statement says.
The grants, totaling $450,000, will go to 23 organizations, the Journal adds.
They're going to places like Dane Arts, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's community arts center, and Wisconsin Book Festival Communications, the Wisconsin Public Library, among others.
The grants are intended to "help people move forward in the post-pandemic world and add vibrancy and creativity to the community," Katz says.
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