Grants Given

 

Connecting our community to the performing and visual arts since 2009.

Grant History

2022
Headsets for backstage crew for OHS/OJH Theatre
Room dividers and hallway blackout curtain for Theatre backstage areas
Gimbal Tripod and podcasting soundproof booth for Digital Media students
Speech & Debate summer camp intensive
Tubas for Smith and Harman band programs

2021
Ukeleles for Harman and Smith music classes
Cyclorama for the OHS auditorium stage
Wireless microphones for OHS/OJH A Cappella groups

2020
Camera Accessories for the OHS Journalism Department $1350
Marching Band Field Commander Podiums $2000
High quality instruments for Harman music classes $1400
Personal amplification devices for Smith/Harman art and music teachers during pandemic $350 
Recording equipment for A Capella choirs $600 
Tech expenses for Disney's High School Musical $3000
Video Switcher for Broadcast Studio project for Broadcast Journalism class $5200

2019
Followspot spotlight for OHS auditorium$2115
OHS Marching Band Drumline equipment $2500
Speech & Debate travel expenses for national conference $1,000
Elementary Band master classes for brass and woodwinds, $300
Stage combat workshop and combat choreography for OJHS winter play $300
Materials for new student art display case at Lange Kindergarten $750
A new, large-format poster printer for the art department, in partnership with OSF $3000

2018
20 new choir robes for Choral Department $3,900
Reusable table coverings for Smith Elementary art shows $210
Partial funding for permanent art installation at Lane Stadium $3,000
Speech & Debate coach travel expenses for national conference $1,500
New cello for Oakwood Schools orchestra program $1,000

2017
Five new par and spot lights with accessories for the OHS Auditorium $1,325
Guitars and accessories for the new guitar curriculum at Oakwood Schools $1,000

2016
Printmaking supplies for Junior High and High School visual art programs $2200
New cellos for the Oakwood Schools orchestra program $3000

2015
Instruments for elementary school music programs $1000
Cyclorama for OHS Auditorium (previously rented each year) $625
Kiln shelves for the Junior High and High School visual art programs $970
Tabletop printmaking and drying racks for visual art programs $515

2014
Sponsorship of “Oakwood Reads” event $1000
Stipend for Michael Wadham, volunteer director of the OHS musical $750
New lighting for the OHS Auditorium stage $2480

2013
Gerda Weissmann Klein speaks to Oakwood High School about the Holocaust $1500