MARCO ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECEIVES A GRANT FROM THE COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE 2024-2025 “EVERY CHILD DESERVES ART” PROGRAM
Naples, FL - (September 13, 2024) – Marco Island Center for the Arts is pleased to announce it has received a $10,000 grant from the Collier Community Foundation. These funds will support the “Every Child Deserves Art” Program for 2025. This grant for Marco Island Center for the Arts will aid in continuation of the quantity and variety of programs available to children in both visual and performing arts for 2024-2025.
“Every Child Deserves Art” program at Marco Island Center for the Arts encompasses the “Children’s Summer Program”, which has expanded to offer 28 classes this summer including a two week workshop that culminated in a full musical production of “FINDING NEMO KIDS”. The summer programs are completely free of charge for all participants. The “Every Child Deserves Art” program expanded to outreach in under-served communities through art bag distributions in 2022 and continues to provide art projects to children in partnership with the mobile food pantry.
“All Children Deserve Art Program continues to address the need for quality art education for young people on Marco and the surrounding areas,” said Hyla Crane, Executive Director of Marco Island Center for the Arts, “ There is a need to provide out-of-school time arts programs. FREE OF CHARGE programs ensure that all youth can experience the benefits of art. For children who cannot come to the Art Center, free bags of art supplies and project instructions are delivered with support from the Our Daily Bread Mobile Food Pantry. The arts build skills that are vital for life.”
The Collier Community Foundation awards annual grants through a competitive application and review process. Selected organizations receive grant dollars from the Community Impact Fund. This Fund is made up of donors who believe in the Community Foundation’s ability to identify and grant to the most community’s most current needs
About Marco Island Center for the Arts
Marco Island Center for the Arts brings a wide variety of arts to its community through art exhibitions, engaging educational programs for adults and children and a diverse assortment of events. The Art Center serves as a professional and financial driver for visual and performing artists and educators through exhibition, performance and teaching opportunities while being a catalyst that fuels economic development, an understanding of cultural diversity and community cohesion.
About the Collier Community Foundation:
Collier Community Foundation® is a tax-exempt, public, charitable organization established in 1985 to increase and focus on local private philanthropy. Today, the Collier Community Foundation manages over 850 funds, works with hundreds of nonprofits, and has granted over $362 million to nonprofit organizations, community programs, and scholarships. Informed giving. Powerful results®. Learn more at colliercf.org or call 239-649-5000.
Mission: Marco Island Center for the Arts inspires artistic expression and advances education and appreciation of the arts. The Art Center honors Marco Island and Southwest Florida’s rich, diverse, and creative heritage through active community engagement in the visual and performing arts.