Out of Hand Theater To Receive $50,000!
From the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan
Atlanta, Ga—Out of Hand Theater is pleased to announce they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. Out of Hand Theater will receive $50,000 and will use this funding to save jobs and to fund operations, health and safety supplies and marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation.
In total, the NEA will award grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC. “Our nation’s arts sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Endowment for the Arts’ American Rescue Plan funding will help arts organizations, such as Out of Hand Theater, rebuild and reopen,” said Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, chair of the NEA. “The arts are crucial in helping America’s communities heal, unite, and inspire, as well as essential to our nation’s economic recovery.”
“These funds will support our staff in producing our upcoming Equitable Dinners: Atlanta, 500 potluck dinners for 5000 guests this fall, and Calf, our current production for “Shows in Homes” with Georgia Justice Project, Creative Kids, the Institute for Equity Activism,” said Fristoe. “The funds will also support our ongoing work on vaccine confidence with CDC Foundation, and on child sex trafficking prevention with Georgia Council for the Arts, Georgia Department of Education, the Attorney General's office, Street Grace, and Wellspring Living. Out of Hand is honored to be able to expand the arts in connection with all of these important issues during the pandemic.”
For more information on the NEA’s American Rescue Plan grants, including the full list of arts organizations funded in this announcement, visit www.arts.gov/COVID-19/the- american-rescue-plan.
To read the full press release, click here.
Out of Hand Theater has four areas of programming; Equitable Dinners, Shows in Homes, Education, and Community Collaborations. To learn more about our programs, please visit our website.