Brewery Arts Center receives grant from the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation
The board of directors of the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation, a Reno based philanthropic organization awarded the Brewery Arts Center $18,576 to upgrade its stage equipment for not only the Levitt AMP Outdoor Concert series which kicks off this Friday night, June 23 with a free concert featuring the Grammy nominated swing band Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, but to be used in the existing indoor theaters year round.
“These funds will go a long way to help serve the many organizations that use the Brewery Arts Center’s facilities year round”, says Gina Lopez Hill, Executive Director.
Those that use the two block facility on a regular basis include Wild Horse Children’s Theater, Proscenium Players, Inc., and Sierra Nevada Forums just to name a few.
The Brewery Arts Center is entering its 42 year as an organization and its programs are privately funded through its various events, classes, partnerships, donations, memberships and grants.
The generous grant from the Hawkins Foundation helps to match the $25,000.00 grant received earlier this year by the Mimi and Mortimer Levitt Foundation where the Brewery Arts Center was one of only 15 non-profits Nationwide to receive this highly sought after award. The business community has also stepped up greatly in both in-kind and cash support of the Levitt AMP series allowing the entire community access to high caliber performers.
“We truly believe that access to the arts is necessary for every citizen in order create a great community”, says Hill “breaking down barriers and making art easy and accessible is in the core of everything we do, whether it is Art in the Park where we provide free arts classes to any kid who shows up, 3 days a week all summer long at Park Terrace Park, afterschool enrichment programs at Empire Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School and Bordewich Bray Elementary School, our classes at the Juvenile Detention Center, the recently installed Harmony Sculpture Park or bringing iconic bands like Big Bad VooDoo Daddy and Young Dubliners to the heart of Carson City. Everyone deserves an opportunity to participate.”
For more information about the programs of the Brewery Arts Center, visit breweryarts.org.
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