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Front Porch Arts Collective actors performed for a packed house at the Central Square Theater. (Courtesy Front Porch Arts Collective) After staggering losses in the arts sector throughout 2020 due to the pandemic, the city of Boston has awarded $450,000 in COVID-19 relief funding, through an initiative geared toward supporting arts and culture organizations run by Black, indigenous, people of color. Grantees include the the Front Porch Collective, the Pao Arts Center, Hyde Square Task Force and Jean Appolon Expressions, among others. Dawn Simmons, artistic director for the Front Porch Collect...

Hyde Square Task Force youth perform an Afro Cuban dance piece during an open mic night in Jamaica Plain in 2019. (Courtesy Mark Saperstein) Hyde Square Task Force, a Jamaica Plain nonprofit organization, has been awarded a $500,000 grant by The Lewis Prize for Music. The organization trains young people in Afro-Latin music, dance and theater in tandem with civic engagement. Celina Miranda, executive director of Hyde Square Task Force, said in the past year they applied for more than 100 grants. The Lewis Prize comes at a critical time for the organization. “This one [is] not an ordinary gr...

A total of 17 arts organizations each received $25,000 in emergency pandemic funding.

Detroit's Mosaic Youth Theatre gets $500,000 prize Detroit-based collective We Are Culture Creators also won $25,000 One of the city's most prominent cultural institutions for young people, the Mosaic Youth Theatre has been named one of four Accelerator Awardees of the Lewis Prize for Music.  The group and its director, DeLashea Strawder, will use the $500,000 grant to expand access and transportation support for the program as well as "offer increased mentorship and training by professional artists."  Founded in 2018 by philanthropist Daniel R. Lewis, the Lewis Prize for Music aims to en...

Three organizations helping provide relief to residents in Jamaica Plain during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have received funding through the Boston Resiliency Fund’s grant program to continue their work in the neighborhood.  The First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Hyde Square Task Force and Rose’s Bounty all received part of the $780,000 in funding to 39 organizations in Boston. This round of grants went to organizations working to increase food and health care access, support individuals facing homelessness and assist seniors.  “The Boston Resiliency Fund has been an essential ...