Holmes Arts Center gets grant to support 'Art Under the Stars'

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The Holmes Center for the Arts has received a $10,000 grant that will support "Art Under the Stars" this summer. Two productions are planned. One in June and another in July.
The Holmes Center for the Arts has received a $10,000 grant that will support "Art Under the Stars" this summer. Two productions are planned. One in June and another in July.

Holmes Center for the Arts has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support HCA's first summer "Art Under the Stars" Series.

The project will bring two outdoor summer performances to Berlin Park in Holmes County - "Dancing Under the Stars" on June 17 and 18 and "Theatre Under the Stars" on July 8 and 9.

Holmes Center for the Arts' project is among 1,248 projects across America totaling nearly $29 million that were selected to receive this first round of fiscal year 2022 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects category.

Choreographing children's stories

Artists will choreograph three short story pieces that tell children's stories through dance for the evenings of "Dancing Under the Stars." Auditions for performers for "Dancing Under the Stars" will be held at the Holmes Center for the Arts on March 12.

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For more information, email holmescenterforthearts@gmail.com. HCA will collaborate with the Holmes County District Public Library for pre-show, family activities.

HCA will perform the play "Clue" for the evenings of "Theatre Under the Stars." Auditions are to be announced. HCA will partner with merchants and shops to provide fun-filled, "mysterious" activities in the weeks leading up to the shows.

“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects like this one from Holmes Center for the Arts that help support the community’s creative economy,” said NEA Acting Chair Ann Eilers. “Holmes Center for the Arts in Millersburg is among the arts organizations nationwide that are using the arts as a source of strength, a path to well-being, and providing access and opportunity for people to connect and find joy through the arts.”

"We are thrilled to receive our first grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to bring quality performances in the arts to our community," said HCA's executive director, Holley Johnson.

For more information, visit www.holmescenterforthearts.org.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Holmes arts center grant will fund two summer productions