The Arts Empowerment Project (TAEP), a 2021 WIF grant recipient, works to break the cycles of violence and trauma through arts opportunities that ignite change in vulnerable youth. TAEP provides high-quality arts programming, enrichment experiences, and social-emotional development for children in need of access to light, hope, equity, and opportunity, which together offer paths to …
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The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art was awarded a two-year, $54,600 grant in 2014. The grant allowed 1,259 CMS elementary and high school students to have an authentic arts-integrated educational experience, 114 incarcerated individuals to participate in arts programming that was recently featured in The Charlotte Observer, 87 individuals with low-to-no vision to experience art …
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We all know that affordable housing is no laughing matter. According to current data, more than 55,000 Charlotteans do not have an affordable place to live. To remedy this unfortunate reality, the city would need an additional 24,000 units of affordable housing. This is a daunting fact that can overwhelm the best of us. So …