Name: Adam Clay
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Literary Artist Fellowship

Name: Benjamin Morris
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Literary Artist Fellowship

Name: Betty Press
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Carolyn Busenlener
City: Pearlington
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Charles Williams
City: West Point
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: For a Media Artist Fellowship

Name: Derrick Harriell
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Literary Artist Fellowship

Name: Earl Wilson Dismuke, Jr.
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Eric Huckabee
City: Bay Saint Louis
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: John Charles (Charlie) Buckley
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Kenneth William Davies
City: Gautier
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Performing Artist Fellowship

Name: Melanie Robyn Wall
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Robert Walter Cooper
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Rory Doyle
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Visual Artist Fellowship

Name: Dr. Valentin Mikai Bogdan
City: Columbus
Grant Awarded:  $5,000
Description: for a Performing Artist Fellowship

Name: Alan Sibley
City:  Ackerman

Name: Andrew Cary Young
City: Jackson

Name: Assembly Quartet
City: Oxford

Name: Benjamin Morris
City: Hattiesburg

Name: Bob Dowell
City: Greenville

Name: Bob Swanson
City: Tupelo

Name: Breaking Grass LLC
City: Rienzi

Name: Christopher Mabry
City: Jackson

Name: Cristen Craven Barnard
City: Senatobia

Name: Damein Wash
City: Oxford

Name: Dianne Butler
City: Florence

Name: Eden Brent
City: Greenville

Name: Edward Dacosta Dorman
City: Jackson

Name: Hugh Davis
City: Jackson

Name: Igor Iwanek
City: Madison

Name: Joe Robinson & Faithful
City: Pearl

Name: Kenny Brown
City: Potts Camp

Name: Kinetic Etchings
City: Jackson

Name: Magnolia Drive
City: Lumberton

Name: Philip L. Levin
City: Biloxi

Name: Richelle Putnam
City: Meridian

Name: Robert Kimbrough Sr.
City: Ashland

Name: Summer Baldwin
City: Ocean Springs

Name: Terrence Roberts
City: Meridian

Name: Theresa Sanchez
City: Hattiesburg

Name: Adam Estes
City: University

Name: William Garfield Walker
City: Jackson

Name: Amanda Koonlaba
City: Saltillo

Name: Carrie Sue Ayvar
City: North Miami Beach

Name: Erin Mulligan
City: Greenwood

Name: Kathryn G. Wilson
City: Jackson

Name: Kay Thomas
City: Texarkana

Name: Kim Whitt
City: Moselle

Name: Patricia Carreras
City: Hernando

Name: Richelle Putnam
City: Meridian

Name: Andi Bedsworth
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas

Name: Barbara L. Howard
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $356
Description: to attend the Mississippi Writers Guild Conference

Name: Connie Flake
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to purchase supplies

Name: Dominic Lippillo
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the Photo Nola Photography Workshop

Name: Elizabeth Carraway
City: Utica
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Ceramics Workshop

Name: Gail Morton
City: Thaxton
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend Rick Casali Portrait Sculpture workshop

Name: Marita Gootee
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend a workshop

Name: Peter Sherman
City: Natchez
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to purchase supplies for bowl making

Name: Peter Zapletal
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the Great Plains Regional Puppet Festival

Name: Richelle Putnam
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to purchase marketing materials

Name: Sadako Yoshino Lewis
City: Long Beach
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend a training workshop

Name: Sarah C. Campbell
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference

Name: Scott Albert Johnson
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the 2018 Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica

Name: Stephen McNeill
City: Olive Branch
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the 2018 Hutchmoot conference

Name: Summerlyn Nation
City: Madison
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend workshop

Name: Tonya Hays
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Name: Will Jacks
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $500
Description: to purchase supplies

Name: Alice Moseley Folk Art & Antique Museum
City: Bay St. Louis
Grant Awarded: $7,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
City: Indianola
Grant Awarded:  $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Ballet Mississippi, Inc.
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Brookhaven Little Theatre
City: Brookhaven
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Center Stage, Inc.
City: Biloxi
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Cleveland Music Foundation d/b/a GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Columbus Arts Council
City: Columbus
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, Inc.
City: Ridgeland
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Crossroads Film Society
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $6,500
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Delta Arts Alliance
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: DeSoto Arts Council
City: Hernando
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: DeSoto Family Theatre
City: Southaven
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Eastman Memorial Foundation DBA Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
City: Laurel
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Friends of Thacker Mountain Radio, Inc.
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Friends of the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts & Education
City: Ocean Springs
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Greater Jackson Arts Council
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Greenville Arts Council
City: Greenville
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Griot Arts Inc.
City: Clarksdale
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Gulfport Galleria of Fine Art
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $6,500
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Gulfport Little Theatre Inc
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Harrisburg Cultural and Social Services Center Inc dba Link Centre
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Hattiesburg Arts Council
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Melange Dance Company
City: Pascagoula
Grant Awarded: $5,200
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Meridian Council for the Arts
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $5,200
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Meridian Little Theatre
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $17,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Meridian Museum of Art
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Meridian Symphony Association, Inc.
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $15,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: MidSouth Music Institute, Inc.
City: Senatobia
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education
City: Laurel
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Boychoir
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet
City: Madison
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Museum of Art
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Opera
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Association
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Mississippi Theatre Association
City: Ocean Springs
Grant Awarded: $13,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Museum of the Mississippi Delta
City: Greenwood
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Natchez Opera Festival, Inc.
City: Natchez
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Ohr-O’keefe Museum Of Art
City: Biloxi
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Oxford Film Festival
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation
City: Vicksburg
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name:  Starkville Area Arts Council
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Starkville Community Theatre
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: The Mississippi Girlchoir
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $14,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Tupelo Ballet
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, DBA North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded: $21,000
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: USA International Ballet Competition
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: VSA Mississippi
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $11,500
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Walter Anderson Museum of Art
City: Ocean Springs
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Inc.
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: ArtPlace Mississippi
City: Greenwood
Grant Awarded: $8,700
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Delta Blues Museum
City: Clarksdale
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Delta Center Stage
City: Greenville
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Hattiesburg Concert Association
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: New Stage Theatre
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $26,100
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: The Mississippi Chorus
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $17,400
Description: for an Operating Grant

Name: Action Communication and Education Reform, Inc.
City: Duck Hill
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support the Grassroots Blues Festival

Name: Alcorn State University
City: Lorman
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the ASU Jazz Festival

Name: American Guild of Organists (AGO)
City: Vicksburg
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support a season of organ and choral programs

Name: Biloxi Little Theatre
City: Biloxi
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the theater season

Name: Carroll County Development Association
City: Carrollton
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Pilgrimage & Pioneer Day Festival

Name: Central Mississippi Blues Society, Inc.
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Blue Monday performance series

Name: City of Hazlehurst
City: Hazlehurst
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to host a music and arts festival

Name: City of Oxford
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Double Decker Festival

Name: Coahoma Community College
City: Clarksdale
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to present the Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival

Name: CREATE Foundation
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to present the ballet Giselle

Name: Delta Children’s Museum
City: Greenville
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Performing Arts Series, 2018-2019

Name: DSU/Bologna Performing Arts Center
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: for the Summer Arts Institute

Name: DSU/Delta Music Institute
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the DMI Summer Camp

Name: Farish Street Heritage Festival, Inc.
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support the Farish Street Heritage Festival

Name: Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $2,100
Description: to assist with the Being Belhaven Art Series

Name: Greater Greenville Development Foundation, Inc.
City: Greenville
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Delta Hot Tamale Festival

Name: Greenville Renaissance Scholars
City: Greenville
Grant Awarded: $3,900
Description: to support Camp Renaissance Summer Program

Name: Greenwood Little Theatre
City: Greenwood
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Shakespeare Summer Camp

Name: Gulf Coast Messiah Chorus
City: Pass Christian
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support a season of concerts

Name: Hollandale Economic & Community Development Foundation
City: Hollandale
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Sam Chatmon Blues Festival

Name: InSpire2SHINE
City: Clinton
Grant Awarded: $1,700
Description: to support artists for STEAM camp

Name: Jackson Choral Society
City: Pearl
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support a concert season

Name: JSU/MW Alexander National Research Ctr.
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Creative Arts Fesitval

Name: Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
City: Biloxi
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support an Artist in Residence program

Name: Life Care Wellness PEP For Angels
City: Ridgeland
Grant Awarded: $4,000
Description: to present the “Prime Time Show Time” festival

Name: LINK, the Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth Initiative of Corinth-Alcorn County,
City: Corinth
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support Arts Infusion Program

Name: Magnolia Independent Film Festival
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Magnolia Film Festival

Name: MAP – Music, Arts, & Practicality
City: Waveland
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to produce a children’s play

Name: McComb Creative Economy Partnership
City: McComb
Grant Awarded: $3,600
Description: to create the McComb Arts Trail

Name: MDAH/Winterville Mounds
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Native American Days Celebration

Name: Midtown Partners, Inc.
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $2,000
Description: to support the Holiday Studio Tours

Name: Mississippi Children’s Museum
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support the Visiting Artist Program

Name:  Mississippi Humanities Council
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $4,000
Description: to support the Family Reading Project

Name: Mississippi Music Teachers Association
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the MMTA conference

Name: Mississippi Puppetry Guild
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to present Puppet Arts Theatre

Name: Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation, Inc.
City: Brookhaven
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support a summer intensive outreach program

Name: Mississippi State University
City: Mississippi State
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support the Writer in Residence program

Name: Mississippi State University Libraries
City: Mississippi State
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Charles H. Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival

Name: Mississippi University for Women
City: Columbus
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Description: to support the International Music by Women Festival

Name: Mississippi Writers Guild
City: Madison
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Mississippi Writers Guild Annual Conference

Name: Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership
City: Rolling Fork
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Great Delta Bear Affair Festival

Name: MSU Foundation fbo Starkville-MSU Symphony’s Programs for Children
City: Mississippi State
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support Programs for Children

Name: MSU Summer Scholars (Dean’s Office, MSU College of Education)
City: Starkville
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the Summer Scholars program

Name: Northwest Mississippi Theatre Guild
City: Hernando
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the STARS repertory school

Name:  Oak Grove Primary School
City: Hattiesburg
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to continue arts integrated instruction

Name: O’Keefe Educational Media dba Disability Connection
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Art Ability Fair

Name: Oxford Community Market
City: Oxford
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support Music at the Market

Name: St. James Catholic School
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the annual Spring musical

Name: Sunflower River Blues Association
City: Clarksdale
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Description: to support the Sunflower River Blues Festival

Name: Tennessee Williams Tribute
City: Columbus
Grant Awarded: $2,100
Description: to support the annual Tennessee Williams Tribute Festival

Name: The Rose Hill Company
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $700
Description: to present the annual costumed cemetery tour

Name: University of Mississippi
City: University
Grant Awarded: $4,100
Description: to support the 2019 NASA Regional Conference

Name: Central Elementary
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $800
Description: to present Puppet Arts Theatre

Name: Columbus Arts Council
City: Columbus
Grant Awarded: $600
Description: to present Roster Artists The Lane Chapel Quintet

Name: DSU/Bologna Performing Arts Center
City: Cleveland
Grant Awarded: $996
Description: to present Carrie Sue Ayvar

Name: East Amory Elementary School
City: Amory
Grant Awarded: $900
Description: to present Puppet Arts Theatre

Name: Franklin County Lower Elementary
City: Meadville
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to present Puppet Arts Theatre

Name: Griot Arts Inc.
City: Clarksdale
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to hire consultant Leonette Henderson for staff development

Name: Mannsdale Elementary School
City: Madison
Grant Awarded: $900
Description: to present Puppet Arts Theatre

Name: Millsaps College Arts and Lecture Series
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to hire MAC Roster Artist, The Marta Szlubowska Ensemble

Name: Mississippi Theatre Association
City: Ocean Springs
Grant Awarded: $800
Description: to hire strategic planning consultant, Turry Flucker

Name: Mississippi’s Lower Delta Partnership
City: Rolling Fork
Grant Awarded: $550
Description: to present Roster Artist J.J. Thames

Name: Northwest Mississippi Theatre Guild
City: Hernando
Grant Awarded: $530
Description: to attend a conference

Name: Ohr-O’keefe Museum Of Art
City: Biloxi
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to attend the Southeastern Museum Conference

Name: Sister Thea Bowman School
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to present Jerry Jenkins

Name: St Anthony Catholic School
City: Madison
Grant Awarded: $600
Description: to present Jerry Brooks and the Crooked Creek String Band

Name: St Francis of Assisi School
City: Greenwood
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to present Erin Mulligan

Name: St Patrick’s Catholic School
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to present Roster Artist Annie B McKee

Name: St Richard’s Catholic School
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to hire Roster Artist Jerry Jenkins

Name: Susie B. West Elementary
City: Natchez
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to hire Roster Artist Jerry Jenkins

Name: The Mississippi Girlchoir
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $1,000
Description: to hire a consultant

Name: Walter Anderson Museum of Art
City: Ocean Springs
Grant Awarded: $785
Description: to attend the Southeastern Museums Conference

Name: Mannsdale Elementary School
City: Madison

Name: T. J. Harris Elementary
City: Meridian

Name: Ann Smith Elementary
City: Ridgeland

Name: Heidelberg Elementary STEAM Magnet School
City: Clarksdale

Name: Joyner Elementary/TPSD
City: Tupelo

Name: King Early Childhood Education  Center
City: Tupelo

Name: Lawhon Elementary School
City: Tupelo

Name: Lawndale Elementary School
City: Tupelo

Name: Milam Elementary School
City: Tupelo

Name: Northwest Middle School
City: Meridian

Name: Oak Grove Longleaf Elementary School
City: Hattiesburg

Name: Oakland Heights Elementary School
City: Meridian

Name: Parkway Elementary School
City: Tupelo

Name: Philadelphia Elementary School
City: Philadelphia

Name: Plantersville MIddle School
City: Plantersville

Name: Pontotoc Elementary School
City: Pontotoc

Name: Rankin Elementary
City: Tupelo

Name: Saint Richard Catholic School
City: Jackson

Name: Tupelo Public School District / Carver Elementary
City: Tupelo

Name: Tupelo Public School District/Tupelo Middle School
City: Tupelo

Name: W. A. Higgins Fine Arts Academy
City: Clarksdale

Name: JPS for Casey Elementary School
City: Jackson

Name: Nora Davis Magnet School
City: Laurel

Name: Oak Grove Primary School
City: Hattiesburg

Name: Poplar Springs Elementary School
City: Meridian

Name: St. Anthony Catholic School
City: Madison

Name: Cook Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School
City: Columbus

Name: Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
City: Gulfport
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Description: for the Link Up arts education initiative

Name: Meridian Symphony Association, Inc.
City: Meridian
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Description: for the Link Up arts education initiative

Name: Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Association
City: Jackson
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Description: for the Link Up arts education initiative

Name: Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, DBA North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
City: Tupelo
Grant Awarded: $12,500
Description: for the Link Up arts education initiative