Arts organizations may try for a share of the stimulus package

February 23, 2009

Published: February 22, 2009

Updated: 02/22/2009 12:40 am

Local arts organizations will soon be able to try tapping into an unusual source of funding.

If they do, they’re sure to get plenty of nationwide competition for some of the $50 million that was earmarked recently for the National Endowment of the Arts. And the groups applying for grants paid for by this money will have to clearly demonstrate how a particular proposal will preserve jobs, NEA officials said.

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