Carmel arts grants to benefit 23 local organizations

Nearly $1.24 million will support local arts in 2024

The City of Carmel announced last week that it has awarded 23 local organizations with $1,235,500 in grants from the city’s 2024 Arts Grant Program.

This is the 21st year the city has provided financial support for local arts, with more than $17.3 million allocated to support local arts programs since the grant program’s inception in 2004.

The city’s economic development strategy includes quality-of-life initiatives, and it has strategically invested in areas like the arts which now form a cornerstone of the community and continue to attract private investment to the city. By cultivating a community that cherishes the arts, Carmel has successfully enticed new corporate employers and a skilled workforce to the area, laying a solid foundation for sustainable growth and world-class amenities for residents and visitors to enjoy.

Finkam

“Through strategic investment in our arts institutions and organizations, we foster economic vitality and elevate overall well-being,” Mayor Sue Finkam said. “Without question, the artistic culture thriving in our city has profoundly enriched the lives of our residents, visitors and business community alike.”

Carmel’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $42.7 million in economic activity in 2022, according to the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6, an economic and social impact study conducted by Americans for the Arts. That economic activity – $17 million in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and $25.7 million in event-related spending by their audiences – supported 981 jobs and generated $10 million in local, state, and federal government revenue.

Carmel Arts Grants

• The 2024 Arts Grant recipients include:
• Actors Theatre of Indiana
• Bigger Picture Film Group as Fiscal Agent for Carmel Film Forum
• Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre
• Carmel Apprentice Theater, LLC (The CAT)
• Carmel Arts Commission
• Carmel Arts Council
• Carmel Clay Historical Society
• Carmel Community Players, Inc.
• Carmel Jazz Festival
• Carmel Klavier, Inc.
• Carmel Symphony Orchestra
• Central Indiana Dance Ensemble
• Great American Songbook Foundation
• Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre
• Indiana Artisan, Inc.
• Indiana Association of Chinese-Americans
• Indiana Ballet Conservatory
• Indiana Wind Symphony
• International Talent Academy
• Janus Developmental Services, Inc.
• Lantern Islamic Theater Company
• M3 Theatre Camp
• Museum of Miniature Houses & Other Collections