The Andrew Mellon Foundation has provided over five and one half million dollars to support playwrights who are embedded in local theaters. The HowlRound web site provides more information about this collaboration which fuels creativity and engages communities in viewing this artistic flowering. This year eighteen grants have been made available. The Andrew Mellon Foundation is known for its continuous support of artists everywhere.
A list of grant recipients and of their productions are included. These grants help the playwrights who can find a real home in their embedded location. It also allows them health insurance and an adequate salary which is something that is often lacking in the real world of employment. Everyone befits from the collaboration and the playwrights are free to concentrate on their craft.
A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.
Rivaayat is an initiative by Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi to revive various dying art form and solve innumerable problems faced by the artisans. Rivaayat began with reviving a 20,000-year-old art form of pottery that is a means of survival for 600 families residing in Uttam Nagar, Delhi.