More Than $1 Million in Grants Sought

More than two dozen Orange County artists and arts organizations are seeking a total of more than $1 million in California Arts Council grants this year. Because of the large number of arts groups seeking state money, those that do win CAC grants typically receive half or less of the funds applied for.

The Orange County applicants and the amounts they requested:

LITERATURE

Pacific Writers Press, amount not available

Laguna Poets, $2,105.

MUSIC PERFORMING GROUPS

Opera Pacific, $151,568.

Orange County Chamber Orchestra, $12,100.

Pacific Chorale, $30,000.

Pacific Symphony, $150,000.

South Coast Symphony, $29,135.

Orange County Symphony of Garden Grove, $29,809.

Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society, $16,450.

Master Chorale of Orange County, $30,000.

VISUAL

Irvine Fine Arts Center, $40,000.

Laguna Art Museum, $50,000.

Newport Harbor Art Museum, $105,000.

THEATER

South Coast Repertory, $161,000.

Fullerton Civic Light Opera, $40,000.

Grove Shakespeare Festival, $40,000.

Laguna Playhouse, $41,025.

Orange County Black Actors Theater, N/A.

MUSIC (presenters/festivals/services/training)

Orange County Philharmonic Society, $50,000.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County, N/A.

DANCE

St. Joseph Ballet, $21,014.

Regional Dance America/Pacific Assn., $7,500.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Artists in Schools:

Craig Kiplin, Irvine, for the Orange County High School for the Performing Arts, $7,700.

Artists Serving Special Constituencies:

Esther Shaw, Costa Mesa, for Laguna Shanti, $10,400.

Reginald Zachary, Tustin, Laguna Shanti, $10,400.

Adi Yekutieli, Santa Ana, Blind Children’s Learning Center, $9,900.

Jerome Butler, Fullerton, for the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, $9,300.

Artists in Communities:

Hernan Panilla, Los Angeles, for the San Juan Capistrano Library, $5,400.

Source: California Arts Council and Orange County arts organizations.