In its first round of recommended grants for fiscal year 2023, the National Endowment of the Arts has award $1,514,000 to Texas arts organizations and Texas artists.
Among the individual grantees are Austin-based writers KB Brookins and Bradley Trumpfheller, both of whom received $25,000 individual Literature Fellowships. Poet Rodney Gomez of McAllen also received a Literature Fellowship.
Austin area organization that received grants are:
- American Short Fiction — $12,000
- Art Spark Texas — $50,000
- Austin Film Festival — $25,000
- Austin Film Society — $20,000
- Austin Independent School District — $100,000
- Ballet Austin — $10,000
- Beyond the Grade — $10,000
- Creative Action — $45,000
- Deaf Austin Theatre — $10,000
- DORF — $10,000
- Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts — $30,000
- Puerto Rican Cultural Center — $10,000
- Tapestry Dance Company — $25,000
- Women & Their Work — $40,000
- Zachary Scott Theatre Center — $25,000
See the full list of grantees at arts.gov/news/press-releases/2023/national-endowment-arts-announces-first-round-fiscal-year-2023-grants
