The City of Falls Church is pitching in to help Creative Cauldron launch its “Bold New Voices Musical Theater Festival” later this year.
The festival is set to run from April 27-May 6. “The goal of the festival is aimed at supporting musical theater works by women and women-identifying writers and composers,” according to the website.
Creative Cauldron received $2,500 in city funding with a $2,500 match from the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) for the festival, along with $13,437 in city funding for an operational grant, according to a press release from the city.
Creative Cauldron was one of six local groups that received grants for arts-related activities and support.
“The Falls Church City Council recently approved a recommendation from the Arts and Humanities Grant committee to allocate $45,000 in funding for arts and cultural grants for fiscal year 2019-2020,” the press release said. “An additional $4,500 was funded through a grant from the [VCA].”
Of the 12 total grants, five are operational ones, while seven are for projects, including:
Recipients include Creative Cauldron, Falls Church Arts, The Little City CATCH Foundation, Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, Washington Sinfonietta, and Welcoming Falls Church. Details on their projects and operational needs are listed below:
- Falls Church Arts: $2,016 in city funds with a $500 VCA match to improve event capacity outside the studio
- Falls Church Arts: $2,000 in city funds with a $1,500 VCA match to support increased capacity for studio classes
- The Little City CATCH Foundation: $4,784 in city funds for Watch Night
- Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation: $5,000 in city funds for promoting the 2019 Tinner Hill Blues Festival
- Washington Sinfonietta: $416 in city funds to support a free holiday concert at the Falls Church Episcopal Church
- Welcoming Falls Church: $2,284 in city funds for the Welcoming Week initiative about the contemporary immigrant experience
Currently, Creative Cauldron has a call for submissions through Friday (Jan. 10) for the festival and plans to select three to five new works, along with several finalists.
“One final musical will be chosen by our resident artistic team at the end of the festival to have a fully funded production staged as part of Creative Cauldron’s 2020-2021 season,” according to Creative Cauldron.
Image via Creative Cauldron/Facebook
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