Marco Island Center for the Arts Receives Surprise Grant

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Hyla Crane, Executive Director for the Marco Island Center for the Arts and appreciative children thank the Collier Community Foundation.

Posted Wednesday, August 7, 2024 8:00 pm

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The Collier Community Foundation recently announced surprise grants totaling $250,000 to 14 arts and culture nonprofits. The money is to assist these organizations to continue their programs and operations after the recent veto of all grants from the state to the arts.

This decision was unprecedented and left art organizations struggling to “close the gap” in their budgets for 2024-2025. Like the other arts organizations, Marco Island Center for the Arts (Art Center) and the Arts Center Theatre (ACT) faced difficult decisions. This unexpected and extremely welcome gift will help to ensure that jobs are not lost and that the variety and quality of the Art Center’s programs that people deserve and have come to expect is not diminished.

Arts and culture function as indispensable parts of humans’ lives. Studies show the impact and value of arts and culture, from individual quality of life to overall community health. The Art Center and ACT address the needs of its numerous stakeholders, including artists, actors, musicians, instructors, students, members, volunteers, visitors and patrons, in different ways through its various offerings which include art exhibitions, adult art education, free children’s summer visual and performing art workshops, music, film, comedy and theater.

“Once again, the Collier Community Foundation has shown what a valuable asset it is to our community and the nonprofit sector. There are no words that I can find to express our boundless gratitude for the Community Foundation’s generous support at this time,” said Hyla Crane, executive director, Marco Island Center for the Arts.

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