Nevada Arts Council awards $10K in quarterly jackpot grants

CARSON CITY, Nevada (June 20, 2018) – The Nevada Arts Council has awarded $10,000 in Jackpot Grants for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2019.

Designed to support first-time or sudden opportunity arts and arts learning/education projects initiated by artists, teaching artists, schools, nonprofit organizations and public institutions, the grants were awarded for projects scheduled to occur between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2018.

This quarter’s recipients, and the amount they received, are:

• Eve Allen Garza (Reno), $925
• Zoe Bray (Reno), $600
• Keely Cobb (Reno), $731
• Eureka Restoration Enterprise (Eureka), $700
• Jeff Fulmer (Henderson), $908
• Miya Hannan (Reno), $1,000
• Alex Ryuta Hayashi (Las Vegas), $1,000
• Scott Hinton (Reno), $915
• Jeannie Hua (Las Vegas), $630
• Ian Racoma (Las Vegas), $858
• JK Russ (Las Vegas), $848
• Elena Wherry (Las Vegas), $885.

The grants were first reviewed by a grants review panel on June 6 and received final approval from the Nevada Arts Council Board of Directors on June 11.