The Indiana Arts Commission has acknowledged the artistic value of the Jennings County Historical Society’s work with a $5,000 grant award.
The IAC announced their grants for the 2020 Fiscal Year on June 25.
“Certainly, the historical society uses forms of art to educate people about our history,” said Jennings County Historical Society spokesperson Jennifer Franklin.
“The Civil War re-enactors and others at the Sassafras Festival use their form of theater arts. The blacksmith’s shop uses the art of blacksmithing to teach and the historical character impersonators at the Thursday speaker series use theater to educate,” she added.
The Jennings County Historical Society will use the grant to help fund programs, events and displays at their museum.
The IAC is an agency of the State of Indiana. The IAC is funded by both the Indiana General Assembly and by the federal agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.
Rex A. Van Zant, IAC’s director of marketing and communication, said the IAC approved grant allocations totaling more than $3 million in funding for “arts organizations and cultural providers throughout the state.”
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"The historical society uses forms of art to educate people about our history."
— Jennifer Franklin, Jennings County Historical Society spokesperson
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