Muncie Arts and Culture Council, PlySpace, receive National Endowment for the Arts grant

The house that holds PlySpace and the Muncie Arts and Culture Council office in the Emily Kimbrough Historic District in downtown Muncie.

MUNCIE, Ind. —The Muncie Arts and Tradition Council has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Countrywide Endowment for the Arts.

The NEA awarded over $88 million in grants, the second spherical for 2021, in accordance to a launch from the NEA.

The MACC celebrates and supports local arts & society and is the selected ArtsPartner for the City of Muncie.

The grant is part of NEA’s Grants for Artwork Projects, the primary grant group that supports community engagement and generation of art in communities, according to the launch.

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The $10,000 grant will be utilised “to guidance an artist residency application at PlySpace in Muncie, Indiana. PlySpace presents artists with momentary housing, workspace, and stipends. Just about every resident artist will create and present a venture in collaboration with a community nonprofit serving the Muncie local community,” according to the NEA.

10 grants complete had been awarded to organizations in Indiana totaling $1,003,900. MACC was the sole grant awarded in the Muncie region. 

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