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The Tahoe Tallac Association has received word that it is a recipient of the Nevada Arts Council's “Save Nevada Arts Projects” (SNAP) Grant to support the position of festival director for the 2009 Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival.
From a total of 61 applicants, SNAP Grants were awarded to 39 Nevada-based arts organizations. The funds were allocated to the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Recovery and Re inves tment Act. The NEA then distributed the funding to the states, awarding Nevada over $250,000.
The Tahoe Tallac Association received $6,200, which will reimburse the organization for paying festival director Stephanie Araujo for the 2009 season. Funds that are freed up as a result of the grant will be used for “ongoing expenses,” said Tahoe Tallac Association Executive Director Steve Farnsley.
“ARRA and NEA economic funding could not have come at a better time,” Farnsley said. “Like businesses in general throughout Nevada and the nation, nonprofit organizations are facing challenging economic times with shrinking state-based grant funding available. We are pleased that TTA's Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival was selected to receive funding through the Nevada Arts Council to underwrite the crucial festival director position. This position is vital to our mission to promote artistic engagement, cultural enrichment, and historic preservation.”
Another Tahoe-based organization that was awarded a SNAP grant is Tahoe Arts Project, which will receive $5,700. TAP officials weren't available for comment this week.
“We are extremely pleased that Congress and the Obama Administration considered the arts as an essential national industry when creating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” said Susan Boskoff, Nevada Arts Council executive director. “The work of Nevada's arts sector is critical to the health of the state's communities, schools and economy. We had a goal to distribute our stimulus funding to our partners in the arts workforce by the start of the new fiscal year, and indeed, we met our goal.”
Grant applications were evaluated by a panel of current and past Nevada Arts Council board members during a day-long hearing.
The Tahoe Tallac Association was formed in 1979 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping the Forest Service restore the three estates on the Tallac Historic Site, developing the site as a historic center, and producing the Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival held annually on the Heller Estate. Visit www.ValhallaTahoe.com for details.
Tahoe Tallac Association operates under a special-use permit with the Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, for the Valhalla estate at the Tallac Historic Site.
From a total of 61 applicants, SNAP Grants were awarded to 39 Nevada-based arts organizations. The funds were allocated to the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Recovery and Re inves tment Act. The NEA then distributed the funding to the states, awarding Nevada over $250,000.
The Tahoe Tallac Association received $6,200, which will reimburse the organization for paying festival director Stephanie Araujo for the 2009 season. Funds that are freed up as a result of the grant will be used for “ongoing expenses,” said Tahoe Tallac Association Executive Director Steve Farnsley.
“ARRA and NEA economic funding could not have come at a better time,” Farnsley said. “Like businesses in general throughout Nevada and the nation, nonprofit organizations are facing challenging economic times with shrinking state-based grant funding available. We are pleased that TTA's Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival was selected to receive funding through the Nevada Arts Council to underwrite the crucial festival director position. This position is vital to our mission to promote artistic engagement, cultural enrichment, and historic preservation.”
Another Tahoe-based organization that was awarded a SNAP grant is Tahoe Arts Project, which will receive $5,700. TAP officials weren't available for comment this week.
“We are extremely pleased that Congress and the Obama Administration considered the arts as an essential national industry when creating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” said Susan Boskoff, Nevada Arts Council executive director. “The work of Nevada's arts sector is critical to the health of the state's communities, schools and economy. We had a goal to distribute our stimulus funding to our partners in the arts workforce by the start of the new fiscal year, and indeed, we met our goal.”
Grant applications were evaluated by a panel of current and past Nevada Arts Council board members during a day-long hearing.
The Tahoe Tallac Association was formed in 1979 as a non-profit organization with the goal of helping the Forest Service restore the three estates on the Tallac Historic Site, developing the site as a historic center, and producing the Valhalla Arts, Music, and Theatre Festival held annually on the Heller Estate. Visit www.ValhallaTahoe.com for details.
Tahoe Tallac Association operates under a special-use permit with the Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, for the Valhalla estate at the Tallac Historic Site.
