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Friday, November 27, 2009
Shorts sought for film fest
The Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs is seeking submissions for a Yellow Springs Short Film Festival to be held Feb. 21 and 27, 2010.
The event will include finished shorts by local filmmakers from students to professionals and works in progress. Awards will include audience choice honors.
Entry fee is $5 by the early deadline of Jan. 8, 2010, and $10 for the final deadline of Jan. 22, determined by postmark.
The majority of each film must have been shot in Greene and/or Montgomery, Clark, Madison, Fayette, Clinton, Warren County. Exceptions will be considered if a resident of one of those counties has made a film elsewhere. Limit is 15 minutes, with a one- to two-minute leeway.
To submit a film, go to http://www.littleart.com/site.php/shortsfest, which contains the entry form and other submission guidelines. You can also join the festival’s Facebook page for more information and updates: http://www.facebook.com/ysshortfilmfest.
For more information, contact festival director Vanessa Query at: Little Art Theatre, 247 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs, OH 45387; (937) 767-7671 orvanessaquery@gmail.com.
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County gives $1 million in arts grants
Montgomery County will renew a more than decade-long commitment to supporting the arts in the Miami Valley when it awards nearly $1 million in 2009-10 grants to artists and organizations Monday, Nov. 30, at the Dayton Cultural and RTA Center.
One of the few counties in the United States to set aside a portion of income tax receipts for culture, it will distribute $600,000 to 18 major groups with annual budgets of more than $500,000; $140,000 in special project support to 30 mid-sized and emerging groups, and $55,000 in individual fellowships to nine visual artists and one performer.
The focus of individual grants alternates between visual, literary and performing artists from year to year. This year’s category is visual arts.
Following is a list of 2009-10 grant recipients and categories from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District.
Operating Support: Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton Ballet, CityFolk, Dayton History, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Dayton Opera, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Greater Dayton Public Television, the Human Race Theatre Company, K-12 Gallery for Young People, the Muse Machine, Rhythm in Shoes, Victoria Theatre Association, WDPR (Dayton Public Radio) and We Care Arts. The Schuster Performing Arts Center will also receive support.
Special Project Grants: Bach Society of Dayton, Catholic Education Collaborative, City of Vandalia, City of West Carrollton, Culture Works, Dayton Carvers Guild, Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus, Dayton International Festival, Dayton Jazz Orchestra, Downtown Dayton Partnership, East End Community Services, Gem City Ballet, Gem City Chorus (Sweet Adelines), Home Based Arts, Hope Community Arts Center, Involvement Advocacy (the Blue Sky Project), Jazz Advocate, Kettering Children’s Choir, Learning Tree Farm, Miami Valley Council for Native American Indians, Miami Valley Dance Company, Miami Valley Firefighters, Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra, Oregon District Business Association, Residence in Praise, St. Margaret’s Church, Town Hall Theatre, United Irish (Dayton Celtic Festival), Wright Dunbar Inc., and YWCA’s One Monday Morning Concert Series.
Artist Fellowships: Tim Borgert, Susan Byrnes, Stefan Chinov, Christine Klinger, Carrie Longley, Mark Lyons, Penny Park, Shon Walters and Joel Whitaker.
Dayton actress, teacher and director Sheila Ramsey will receive a lifetime achievement award.
The ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. The center is located at 40 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd. For more information about the MCACD, go to www.mcohio.org/services/ced/art_cultural.html
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