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FY26 City Arts Grants Budget Overview to Date (NON-DEPARTMENTAL)
Total FY26 Funds Available $500,000.00
CATEGORY TOTAL REQUESTED FINAL ALLOCATION
General Support TBD
Project Support Round 1 TBD
Project Support Round 2 TBD
Artist Career Empowerment-Tier 2 TBD
Artist-in-the-Classroom I $24,000.00 $24,000.00
TOTAL I $24,000.00 $24,000.00
Difference $476,000.00
1. Artist in the Classroom is the first grant program in the cycle each year.
2. The Mayor's recommended budget includes $500,000 for the City Arts Grants, but
we will not receive confirmation on the actual budget amount until June 2025.
GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS
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ARTIST/ORGANIZATION & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVG SCORE AWARD
Tanner Dance at Ensign Elementary PTA 91% $3,000
Salt Lake Ca oeira at Nibley Park Elementary 90% $3,000
Plan-B Theatre Company at Guadalupe School 86% $3,000
Salt Lake Ca oeira at Rose Park Elementary 85% $3,000
Wachira Wai wa-Stone at Wasatch Elementary 85% $3,000
Ashley Anderson Dance at Escalante Elementary 84% $3,000
Bad Dog Arts at Mountain View Elementary 73% $3,000
Sarinda Jones at Indian Hills Elementary 63% $3,000
NOTES:
• Received 8 eligible requests totaling $24,000;
• One new artists applied in this category;
• Four of the schools are located in districts 1 or 2;
• Applicants are scored on areas of Artist Qualifications, Residency Description, Arts
Instruction, and Team Approach.
FY 26 ARTIST IN THE CLASSROOM
Grants Committee Recommendations
Total Applicants 8
Applicants Recommended for Funding 8
Total Amount Recommended $24,000
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FY26 City Arts Grants
Ensign Elementary PTA/Tanner Dance Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Each semester with Tanner Dance is 14 weeks with a week prior to the start date reserved for
classroom teachers to meet with their dance specialist to discuss academic concepts for
integration. After planning, students will have weekly classes for 45 minutes with a dance
specialist, an accompanist, and the classroom teacher side-by-side. The schedule for lessons is
determined by the School Improvement Council (SIC).
Salt Lake Capoeira/ Nibley Park Elementary Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Capoeira began when the Africans who were taken to Brazil and enslaved, trained to fight while
disguising it as a dance. This "dance-like fight" incorporates movement, music, culture, and
history. 35 4th graders will experience 6 sessions of capoeira (45 minutes each) over 6 weeks.
The residency will culminate with a 25-minute school-wide assembly where the 35 students will
showcase what they've learned for their peers and their family members (who will be invited to
attend) by performing.
Plan-B Theatre Company/ Guadalupe School Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Plan-B Theatre teaching artists will introduce Guadalupe School sixth graders to theatre,
specifically playwriting. Student cooperation and collaboration skills will be strengthened through
teamwork and storytelling games. The addition of acting and improvisation exercises help
students understand and create plot, setting, character, and dialogue.
Salt Lake Capoeira/ Rose Park Elementary Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Activities: Students will learn fundamental capoeira movements and techniques, explore the
history of capoeira, including its Afro-Brazilian roots and cultural significance, practice singing
and speaking basic Portuguese phrases used in capoeira, and engage with traditional capoeira
music and instruments.
Wasatch Elementary/Wachira Waigwa-Stone Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Students will learn note values, basic hand drumming techniques, drumming with sticks, names
and origins of different drums, listening skills, collaboration and cooperation among students,
and common rhythms from different cultures. Students will explore `found' percussion and make
music with household objects. 3rd graders also made connections in math as 3rd is the first
year students add and subtract fractions. Students got a better understanding the of units
(whole notes, half notes, quarter, eighth notes, etc.).
Escalante Elementary/Ashley Anderson Dance Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
During this residency, teaching artist Madelaine Lamah will collaborate with Escalante's
kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers as well as the PE instructor to teach the Utah
state dance core through West African and modern dance technique. (Lamah will also receive
consultation from Samuel Hanson, a veteran teacher of children's dance and the director of
IoveDANCEmore.) All of Escalante's K-2 students will participate in the eleven weeks of the
residency. In addition to teaching these techniques and styles, Lamah will also provide avenues
for students to develop their own choreographic and improvisational voices through games,
composition exercises, and preparation for the culminating performance which will take place
shortly before winter break.
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FY26 City Arts Grants
Mountain View Elementary/Bad Dog Arts Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Mountain View Elementary is a title-one school with a culturally rich community. We aim to
educate students about the cultural richness that surrounds them through the use of fine arts.
This year, with the merging of the elementary schools in the district, the arts will be key to
integrating incoming children and families and strengthening those already present in the
community. To achieve this goal, we will produce multi-media art pieces representing the
various cultures in our school. Victoria Lyons of Bad Dog Art will work with K-2 students for 45
minutes at a time for 10 weeks. This project will culminate in the creation of wall hangings to be
displayed in a gallery stroll for students, families, and community members to view.
Indian Hills Elementary/ Sarinda Jones Amount Recommended: $3,000
Project Summary:
Students will learn about the art of Kiln formed glass. Students will focus on the practice,
design, and process of glass art making. We plan to have 4-6th graders involved in the grant.
There will be six 45 - 60 minute learning sessions.
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