Buzz Growing Around RAC-Funded Children’s Show

by Jay Scherder | Jul 12, 2022 | Impact Stories, In the News, Newsroom, Press Releases, RAC News

To help close the well-documented literacy gap and positively represent BIPOC (black, indigenous and people of color) children in our community, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis is teaming up with Nine PBS and Lion Forge Animation to create an exciting new...

RAC Forms Partnership with STL Bucket List

by Jay Scherder | Jul 6, 2022 | In the News, Newsroom, Press Releases, RAC News

The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis is proud to announce a new partnership with STL Bucket List, whose mission is to become the top source for the people, places and events in St. Louis. The independent media company has one of the top Instagram accounts in the...

RAC Awards More Than $1 million in Grants to Local Artists and Arts Programs

by Jay Scherder | Jun 15, 2022 | In the News, Newsroom, Press Releases, RAC News

For the first time in nearly two years, the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) of St. Louis is proud to announce more than $1.15 million in new grant funding for local artists and arts programming across the region.  More than 90 arts programs and 85 individual artists...

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Awarded $1 Million in Federal Funding to Support Education Programming

by Jay Scherder | Apr 15, 2022 | In the News, RAC News

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will receive $1 million in federal funding to support its music education programs. The RAC-supported organization made the announcement in April. The funding comes from the Department of Education’s Elementary and Secondary Education...

RAC Grant Recipient Cinema St. Louis Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant

by Jay Scherder | Feb 18, 2022 | In the News, Newsroom, RAC News

RAC grant recipient Cinema St. Louis received some welcomed news at the beginning of the year – a sizeable American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts(NEA). Cinema St. Louis is recommended to receive $100,000 and may use the funding to...

Gyo Obata Fellow Writing Novel, Kickstarting Brand

by Jay Scherder | Feb 10, 2022 | In the News, Newsroom

She’s writing a novel. She’s kickstarting her own brand. She’s preparing to get her master’s degree. To say Lillian Gardner is determined is a bit of an understatement. Her passion for a career in the arts led her to the Gyo Obata Fellowship Program offered by the...