Previous Grants Awarded

Grantees for 2010

	Cabrillo College in CA received $500 for enameling tools and supplies to expand their enameling program.
	Calistoga Art Center in CA received $800 to purchase a kiln and supplies to begin and enameling program.
	Contra Costa College in CA received $800 to purchase a kiln and supplies to add enameling to their metals program.
	College of Marin Jewelry Department received $250 for enamels.
	The Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, TX received $800 fro the purchase of a kiln.
	EMU Craft Center in OR received $250 to purchase lead-free enamels.
	Glassell School of Art in TX received $500 toward the purchase of a larger scale kiln.
	Littleton Studio School in NH received $800 toward the purchase of a kiln and supplies to establish an enameling program.
	North SeattleCommunity College received $800 to replace a kiln and purchase supplies.
	Springfield Art Association in IL received $400 toward the purchase of a kiln controller and lead-free enamels.

Grantees for 2009

	Enamel Guild South received $1250 to rent display equipment and partially fund printing and mailing costs for an enamel exhibition at a bank.
	Arkansas Craft School in Mountain View, AK was granted $900 to purchase a kiln and supplies to add an enameling program to their course offerings.
	Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, VA was granted $500 for tools and supplies to establish an enameling program. They also received kilns and equipment from the estate of Eleanor Olton.
	The Great Lakes Enameling Guild in Burlington, WI was granted $500 for books and mailing supplies to establish a library program for their geographically dispersed membership.
	High Meadows School in Roswell, GA was granted $800 for a kiln and supplies to expand their enameling program. The program serves children in grades 6, 7 and 8.
	Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Houston, TX was granted $900 to acquire a kiln and shelving for the Center. This will provide a permanent installation to replace the need for the instructor transporting equipment for each class.
	Oak Ridge Community Art Center in Oak RIdge, TN was granted $1000 for a kiln and supplies to establish an enameling program.
	Racine Art Museum Association in Racine, WI was granted $900 to replace a failing kiln in their existing enameling program. The Racine Art Museum will host the Edge of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett exhibition and Mr. Bennett will provide a walk through/demonstration to promote public education utilizing the new kiln.
	Spruill Center for the Arts in Atlanta, GA was granted $1000 for a kiln and supplies to add enameling to their existing metalsmithing program.

Grantees for 2008

	Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center in Miami, Florida received funds to repair/replace two kilns and acquire kiln controllers in order to continue classes begun two years ago with a previous Enamelist Society grant.
	Georgian Youth Rescue requested funds for a kiln and safety equipment to equip a vocational training facility for at-risk juveniles. Equipment was sent to the Republic of Georgia.
	The Marsh Foundation in Van Wert, Ohio was funded for a kiln, trivets and enamels to continue an enameling program for multi-challenged youth.

Grantees for 2007

	Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL, for materials to enable them to hold enameling classes
	Colorado Rocky Mountain School , Carbondale, CO, for a supplies to enable them to hold a weeklong workshop that will give training to both teacher and students so that enameling can be part of their future program
	Enamel Guild of Creative Arts, Sierra Madre, CA, for the enameling symposium held in Long Beach, CA, in connection with the opening of the Exhibition, "Painting With Fire"
	Grunewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA, for supplies to enable them to continue to hold enameling classes
	Northville High School, Northville, MI, to purchase a kiln so that they could hold enameling classes
	Tryon Arts And Crafts. Tryon, NC, for supplies so that enameling could be taught at their facility.

Grantees for 2006

	Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, for equipment to establish enameling classes. See some images from the first semester.
	The Crucible, Oakland CA, for materials to improve the enameling studio
	Gould Academy, Bethel ME, for equipment to enable the teaching of enameling
	Mountain Regional Arts & Crafts Center, Hiawasee GA, for equipment to enable the establishment of enameling classes
	Enamel Guild/Northeast for lectures on enameling at colleges and universities
	Richmond Arts Center, Richmond CA, for materials for enameling classes

Grantees for 2005

	Brookline Art Center, Brookline MA, to promote enameling and enameling classes
	Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA, for equipment to further enhance their enameling classes
	Enamel Guild South, Miami FL, for equipment to establish enameling classes
	Richmond Arts Center, Richmond CA, Grant money not used in 2005
	Seattle Girls School, Seattle WA, to extend their enameling classes for a second year
	Washington State Enamelists, Seattle WA, for a research project in enameling.

Grantees for 2004

	Baum School of Art, Allentown PA, for new enameling classes and teaching of instructors. Read about their experience.
	Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis MA, for a new enameling program. Read about their experience
	The Crucible, Oakland CA, for workshops connected with exhbition
	Northern California Enamel Guild, El Cerrito CA, for a post card to publicize their exhibition. Read about their experience.
	Seattle Girls School, Seattle WA, for new enameling classes. Read about their experience.
	Valley Arts Center, Chagrin Falls OH, for a public lecture and demonstration. Read about their experience.

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