Grant Recipients

 

FY20 Grant Recipients

Grantee  Town/City  Activity  Description Grant Amount 
 Arts Council of Greater New Haven New Haven Planning & Training

Develop a language access plan, including a needs assessment, staff training, and evaluation framework.

$3,000
 Arts for Learning Connecticut Hamden Programs & Services Artist Employment

Expand engagement between an artist with a disability who provides teaching and learning with children with disabilities.

$3,000
Artspace New Haven Programs & Services

To support Spanish translation, ASL services, large print production, and ADA transportation.

 $2,500
Cuatro Puntos Hartford Programs & Services
Planning & Training
Artist Employment

 Provide ASL interpretation and CART live captioning of performances and rehearsals to support participating artists who are deaf.

$2,000
Danbury Music Centre Danbury Artist Employment

 Engage a musician with a disability with an opportunity to mentor and provide lessons.  

 $3,000
 Eastern Connecticut Symphony New London  Programs & Services

 Expand Spanish language translation materials for concert performances.

 $3,000
 Flock Theatre New London Programs & Services

ASL interpreter for outdoor summer performances.

 

$3,000
 Franklin Street Works Stamford  Programs & Services
Planning & Training
Artist Employment

 Wayfinding signage, translations (ASL
interpretation and Spanish language tours),
access training for staff and engagement
with artists with disabilities.

 $3,000
 Goodspeed Opera House Foundation East Haddam Programs & Services

 To support sensory-friendly performances
and at discounted rates for individuals and
their families.

 $3,000
 Hartford Symphony Orchestra Hartford Programs & Services

 Translation for hearing impaired (ASL
interpreters) at Talcott Mountain Music
Festival, celebrating its 25th year in 2020.

 $3,000
 Mattatuck Museum Waterbury Programs & Services

 Language translation of label text and
surveys into three different languages.
Produce large print materials.

 $1,365
 Music Haven New Haven

Programs & Services
Planning & Training

 Translation of student materials for parents
with limited English, and translation of
concert fliers and materials.

 $2,750
 No Boundaries Youth Theater New Britain

Programs & Services
Artist Employment

To support an all-inclusive theater program for youth
actors with disabilities.

 $3,000
 Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater Middletown Programs & Services

 ASL interpretation of Teen Repertory
performance – includes education and
marketing.

 $2,190
 Shoreline Arts Alliance Guilford Programs & Services

 Acquisition of further assisted listening
device equipment to support performances, including outdoor spaces.

 $3,000
 University of Saint Joseph  West Hartford  Planning & Training  Create an action plan identifying and
addressing barriers – includes
implementation, training, and evaluation.
 $3,000

 

FY19 Grant Recipients