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Recent Grant Recipients
 


Local Cultural Council
2007-2008

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Artworks! at Dover Street 
Teen Artist Internship Program
Irene Buck
508-984-1588
$ 500.00
Richard Clark
Shakespeare, Lunatic, Lover and Poet at COA
Richard Clark
508-869-6749
$ 300.00
Jane Dufault
Toe Jam Puppet Band, Macomber School
Jane Dufault
508-678-8671
$ 420.00
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Three Choral Concerts In Westport
Herbert Wells
617-636-5497
$ 400.00
Claude Ledoux
Continuing Development, Westport Matters Website
Claude Ledoux
508-636-4211
$ 500.00
Mass Audubon
Junior Bird Club
Gina Purtell
508-636-2437
$ 250.00
Jacqueline Pinheiro

Lore of the Lady Bug Social Day Care, COA

Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164
$ 475.00
Westport Elementary School
Fourth Grade Trip to RISD Museum
Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 800.00
Westport Free Public Library
Earth Celebrations, Story Telling “Why the Sea is Salty”
Linda Cunha
508-636-1100
$ 250.00
Westport Historical Society
Purchase of Mercy E. Baker, Mary H. Brown paintings
Jenny O’Neill
508-636-6011
$ 250.00

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Local Cultural Council
2006-2007

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Jon Alden
Photographic Essay,
Wolf Pit School Restoration
Jon Alden
508-642-4985
$ 500.00
Artworks! at Dover Street 
Teen Internship Program
Irene Buck
508-984-1588
$ 500.00
Jacqueline Pinheiro
Treasured Memories
Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164
$ 300.00
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Three Choral Concerts In Westport
Herbert Wells
617-696-9386
$250.00
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Three Choral Concerts in Westport
Herbert Wells
508-636-5497
$ 1000.00
Henry Lappen
Juggling Performance
Henry Lappen
413-549-3722
$ 400.00
John Root

Intergenerational Music Performance

John Root
413-256-8729
$ 500.00
Robert St. Amour
Entertainment for Seniors
Robert St. Amour
508-672-6373
$210.00
Westport Free Public Library
“Tune into the Beat” Summer Reading Program
Linda Cunha
508-636-1100
$ 425
Westport Elementary School
Fourth Grade Trip to RISD Museum
Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 1100
Westport River Watershed Alliance Art 
Young Environmental Artist Award
Gay Gillespie
508-636-3016
$ 500
Kelly Zucco
Showstoppers Performances
Kelly Zucco
508-758-4515
$ 150

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Local Cultural Council
2005-2006

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Westport Grange #181
Old Fashioned Grange Dance
Deana Chase
508-636-8980
$ 350.00
Magnolia Cajun Band
Magnolia at the Fair
Christine Ash
508-636-3867
$ 600.00
Jacqueline Pinheiro
Treasured Memories
Jacqueline Pinheiro
508-998-3164
$ 300.00
Greater Tiverton Community Chorus
Three Choral Concerts In Westport
Herbert Wells
617-696-9386
$250.00
Concerts at the Point - Classical
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 300.00
Wild for Books
Linda Kendall Cunha
508-636-110

or 508-673-0535
$ 350.00
Westport Elementary School

4th Grade trip to RISD

Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 300.00
Robert St. Amour
Entertainment for Seniors
Robert St. Amour
508-672-6373
$200.00

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Local Cultural Council
2004-2005

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Beth Easterly
Capturing a Life in Theatre- Jeanne Cassidy
Beth Easterly
508-636-4427
$ 350.00
Westport Elementary School
Grade trip to RISD
Carol Duby
508-636-1075
$ 300.00
Westport Free Public Library
Children’s program about geography of United States - Ages 3-11
Linda Kendall Cunha
508-636-110
or 508-673-0535
$ 300.00
Kathryn Grover
Early Architecture of Old Dartmouth (Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Westport)
Kathryn Grover
508-994-4062
$ 250.00
Greater New Bedford Choral Society
Winter Concert
Cynthia Lavoie
508-678-4490
$ 200.00
ArtWorks! Partners for the Arts & Community
Art Internships for Teens
Irene Buck
508-984-1588
$ 250.00
Macomber Head Start 
(CFC Head Start)
Macomber School
Science of Sound/Sizzle/Sizzle, Brr
Margaret Slepkow
508-324-7512
$ 200.00
Concerts at the Point
Borromeo String Quartet Concert
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 500.00
South Coast Community Chorale
Spring Concert
Ivor deSilva
508-678-9649
$ 200.00

Local Cultural Council
2003-2004

Name of Recipient
Title
Contact Information
Amount Granted
Robert St. Amour
Senior entertainment
 Robert St. Amour
508-672-6373
$ 100.00
Zeiterion Theatre tickets for students with special needs
Joel A. Sullivan
Theresa Hadley
508-636-1050
$ 100.00
Westport High School
Rhode Island School of Design trip for art students
Joel A. Sullivan
Theresa Hadley
508-636-1050
$ 350.00
Westport Free Public Library
Songs and Stories from Around the World
Susan Branco
508-636-3388
$ 400.00
Peter Fradley
Publication of "In Perspective" columns from Providence Journal.
Peter Fradley
508-636-2043
$ 300.00
Concerts at the Point
Muir String Quartet performance
Rosamond Wadsworth
508-636-5834
$ 500.00
Westport Historical Society
Old Fashioned Christmas at 
Bell School House
 William F. Wyatt
508-636-7302
$ 300.00
Westport Fisherman’s Association
Whaling History Documentation
 Jeanne Girard
508-636-1456
$ 250.00

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