Greensboro nonprofits provide arts education through Lincoln Financial Foundation support – Greensboro News & Record: Gnr Greensboro nonprofits provide arts education through Lincoln Financial Foundation support

Fourteen local nonprofit organizations are providing arts education for schoolchildren and community-building access to the arts with the help of $193,000 in recent grants made by Lincoln Financial Foundation.

Also, one nonprofit received a payment of $80,000, fulfilling a multiyear arts grant commitment.

$22,000 to Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art for the Guilford County Head Start/Title One tour and enrichment program.$20,000 to Triad Stage to provide accessibility through pay-what-you-can nights and $10 student rush tickets.$18,000 to Eastern Music Festival for the Strengthening the Community Through Music program.$18,000 to Music Academy of North Carolina to support Lessons for Life outreach opportunities for students and teachers from kindergarten through high school.$15,000 to Community Theatre of Greensboro for the Teens Downtown and OnStage programs.$15,000 to Weatherspoon Art Museum to provide education and outreach opportunities for Guilford County residents.$10,000 to Carolina Theatre to support the Carolina Kids Club.$10,000 to Elsewhere Collaborative to support the Collaborative Laboratory for youth-led media projects.$8,000 to the Center for Visual Artists for LosArtistas, a program forLatinoyouth.$7,500 to Touring Theatre for school curriculum-aligned performances of aThe Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer.a$5,000 to Dance Project for its communityengagementproject.$5,000 to Greensboro Ballet to support its 2015 season.$2,500 to Royal Expressions Contemporary Dance to support Hip Hop and More for prekindergartners.

Multiyear arts payments include $80,000 to ArtsGreensboro as the second payment in a three-year commitment of $240,000 for Arts Greensboro and the National Folk Festival.