DISCRETIONARY GRANT RECIPIENTS

Historically, SAAC used this pool of discretionary funds to make either Community Grants or Art Education Grants. These two funds have merged and can support any project that fits our mission and two program areas, whether organized by a teacher, an artist, or a nonprofit organization.

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2022-2023

Grant recipients for FY2023 will be release at the end of the fiscal year in June 2023.

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2021-2022

• MSU Department of Art - Bringing the Art Gallery Outdoors - Public Sculpture Exhibit for City of Starkville ($1,100)
  
• Starkville Sunday Funday - 2021 ($1,000)
  
• Starkville’s Midnight Bizarre - March 2022 ($998.91)
  
• COCO - The Fun of Art- AA Face Mask ($750)
  
• JL King Center - Juneteenth Celebration Art Competition ($1,000)
  

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2020-2021

• Peggy Rogers - Council of Community Organizations ($500)
  
• Michael Williams - Magnolia Independent Film Festival ($1,000)
  
• Lori Neuenfeldt - MSU Department of Art, Galleries ($1,100)
  
• Sarah Staggers - Partnership middle School and Armstrong Junior High ($500)
  
• Tammy Gammill - Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School ($575)

Stay At Home Fest MS & Artist WPA Grants

In March 2020, SAAC offered special grants for artists in collaboration with Oxford Arts Council and the Del Rendon Foundation as part of the Stay At Home Fest MS. These awards were given to musicians and artists in Oktibbeha County for performances and livestreams from April to September 2020. Payments from Oxford Arts Council covered artist performances from artists located in Oxford.

From October 2020 to January 2021, SAAC also opened up microgrants to individual artists. Inspired by the 1930's Works Progress Administration and the #StayAtHomeFestMS, the SAAC grant committee reallocated unused Art Education Grant funds for a micro-WPA program

Stay at home fest MS recipients

• Courtney Blackwell ($75)
  
• Drew Blackwell( $75)
• Keatzi Gunmoney ($75)
• Lee Graham ($75)
  
• Georgia Graham ($75)
• Betsy Brown ($75)
• Caleb Hutson ($75)
• Ronnie Bullock ($75)
• Caleb Childs ($75)
• Mark Threet ($75)
• Bubba Cheese ($0)
• Johnny Hollis ($75)
• Courtney Blackwell ($75)
• Drew Blackwell ($75)
• Matt Mason ($75)
• Savell Phillip ($75)
• Andrew Rendon ($0)
• Lee Graham ($75)
• Georgia Graham ($75)
• Jenn Henderson ($75)
• Ronnie Bullock ($75)
• Holley Rumbarger ($75)
• Stephen Scott ($75)
• Jesse McGraw ($75)
• Brant Varner ($75)
• Betsy Brown ($75)
• Caleb Hutson ($75)
• Glenn Payne($75)
• Ed Dechert ($75)
• Ben Hodge ($75)
• Jeff Callaway ($75)
• Caleb Childs ($75)
• Marcus Threet ($75)
• Jerry Carnathan ($75)
• Holley Rumbarger ($75)
• Jimmy Redd ($75)
• Gerard Woods ($25)
• Caleb Hutson ($75)
• Betsy Brown ($75)
• Ronnie Bullock ($50)
• Vaughn Brenner ($50)
• Garrett Caver ($50)
• Brandi Herrington ($25)
• Joe Whaley ($75)
• Jenn Henderson ($75)
• Drew Blackwell ($75)
• Courtney Blackwell ($75)
• Sam Lawson ($25)
• Kayla Gilmore ($25)
• Jimmy Redd ($75)
• Kevin Holdiness ($75)
• Jimmy Redd ($75)
• Lauren Prince ($75)
• Lezli Prince ($75)
• Holley Rumbarer ($75)
• Drew Blackwell ($75)
• Georgia Graham ($75)
• Lee Graham ($75)
• Andrew Rendon ($0)
• Jimmy Redd ($75)
• Keatzi Gunmoney
• Jimmy Redd ($75)
• Kayla Gilmore ($25)
• Tahj McKey ($75)
• Kelanie Frazier ($75)

artist wpa grant Recipients

• Joe Evans - Sugar High ($75)
  
• Drew Blackwell - Honeyboy and Boots ($75)
• Courtney Blackwell - Honeyboy and Boots ($75)
  
• Jeffrey Rupp - MSU Idea Shop ($750)
  

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2019-2020

Community Grants

• Amy Burton - “Moving in the Spirit: June 2020 Starkville Tour ($1,000 matching award)
• KMG Creations - 10th Anniversary Dancing in the Park ($400)
• Magnolia Independent Film Festival - 2020 Festival ($750)
• MSU Dept Art - Mohammad Hafez Art Exhibit ($1,200)
• MSU Dept Art - Student Award ($100)
• Starkville Public Library - Wonder Robot Art ($1,000)
• ​Starkville Symphony Association - 2019 Programs for Children Art Contest ($400)

Art Education Grants

• West Elementary School - Radical Robots ($331)

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2018-2019

Community Grants

• April Wallace - HWS Color Theory Mural ($1,000)
• The Basket Cases Theatre Company - Frost! ($750)
• ​Friends of Noxubee Wildlife Refuge - artist residency program ($1,000)
• Golden Triangle Music Forum - Guest Artist and Competition Judge ($750 matching award)
• Homestead Education Center - Black History Month art program with J.L.King Center ($2,000)
  
• KMG Creations - Dancing in the Park ($300)
• MacGown Mural - Lampkin Street Mural ($1,000)
• Magnolia Independent Film Festival - 2019 Festival ($700)
• MSU Dept Art - Jerry Uelsmann Exhibit ($1,200)
• MSU Dept Art - Student Award ($100)
• Oktibbeha County Young Leaders - mural service project ($1,000)
• Starkville Community Theatre - Permanent Collection ($1,500)
• ​Starkville Pride - 2019 Queer Art Market ($1,000)
• Yvonna Macon - MS Touring Exhibit Framing ($200)

Art Education Grants

• Kimberly Crump (HWS): $300 for Paper Relief Sculptures
  
• Jana Carolyn Everett (HWS): $140 for Robotic Mazes
  
• Aisha Gandy (SHS): $500 for the SHS Art Club
  
• Ryann Hawkins (HWS): $489 for the Student Art Gallery

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2017-2018

Community Grants

• Distinguished Young Women - scholarships ($2,000)
  
• Friends of Noxubee Refuge - artist residency program ($500)
  
• Greater Good Collective - Sunday Funday ($500)
  
• Joseph MacGown - public mural ($1,000)
  
• KMG Creations - Dancing in the Park ($250)
  
• MAG Film Festival - 2018 festival ($500)
  
• MSU - New Narratives Festival ($1,550)
  
• MSU Dept Art - Susan Ganch Exhibit ($1,200)
  
• MSU Dept Art - Student Art Award ($100)
  
• Starkville Community Theatre - Picasso at the Lapin Agile ($2,500)
  

Art Education Grants

• Kimberly Crump (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Cute As A Button Art
• Jana Everett (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Upcycling Our School
• Jana Everett (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Art On Display (classroom grant)
• Tammy Gammill (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Leonardo=Stream
• Ryann Hawkins (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Fiber Arts
• Meaghan Johnson (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Teddy Bear Tutorial For St. Jude (classroom grant)
  
• Laura Pate (Starkville High School) - Puppets: Little Shop Of Horrors
• Denise Rowan & Jennifer Bowman (Starkville Christian School) - Window To The Arts
• Laura Smith (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Comics In The Classroom
• Sarah Staggers (Armstrong Middle School) - High School Musical 2
• Elaine Trinkle (Starkville Academy) - Performance Scripts For Theatre Classes (classroom grant)
• Vicky Warren (Starkville Academy) - Spring Play
• Stacy Young (Henderson Ward Stewart) - Origami: An Art Form For All Subjects

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2016-2017

Community Grants

• Diana Outlaw & Jennifer Seltzer ($1,000 - autism photography project)
  
• Friends of Noxubee Refuge ($500 - artist residency)
  
• Golden Triangle Music Forum ($750 -Master Class)
  
• KMG Creations ($250 - Dancing in the Park)
  
• MAG Film Festival ($500 - 2017 festival)
  
• MSU Department of Art ($1,000 - Liz Miller Exhibition & Programs)
  
• ​MSU Dept Art - Student Art Award ($100)
  
• MSU Opera Workshop ($500 - Ragtime)
  
• Pilot Club ($750 - Music Instruments for J.L. King Park)
  
• SCT ($2,000 - Silent Sky)
  
• Starkville-MSU Symphony ($2,250 - gen op & scholarships).
  

Art Education Grants

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2015-2016

Community Grants

• Noxubee Refuge Artist Residency
  
• Starkville Community Theatre
  
• Starkville – MSU Symphony
  
• MSU Art Gallery Exhibit
  
• MSU Dept Art - Student Art Award
  
• MSU Art Gallery Chalk Walk
  
• MSU Jazz Ensemble
  
• Golden Triange Music Forum
  
• KMG Creations
  
• Miss Black Starkville
  
• Controllers Generation II 4H Club

Art Education Grants

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