2023-2024 Program Awards

The Seminole Cultural Arts Council (SCAC) receives funding from the Seminole County Board of Commissioners and advocates in Central Florida for Seminole County’s art-rich community. As the designated official recipient since 1995 of revenue from the sale of Florida State of the Arts specialty license plates, SCAC has awarded more than $370,000 in Seminole County grants.

Grants are given in 4 categories:  Cultural/Historical Organization; Education Outreach; Community Outreach; and Individual Artist. We had a total of 8 qualifying non-profits with which to share the 2023 license plate proceeds of approximately $13,500. The maximum grant award allowed any organization is $2,000, and this year's grant awards totaled $12,800.

After the 3-member Grant Review Panel rated all 8 applications, they met with the applicants in an open meeting on August 18th for a Q & A session. The FY 2023-24 grant awards are as follows:

- Florida Sculptors Guild $1,800 for reVision-Seeing By Hand-The Workshop (sculptor exhibit for the blind and visually impaired)
- Hagerty High School Band Boosters $1,800 for musical instruments for members of the Huskies band
- Johnson Hill-Washington Heights Community Outreach, Inc. $500 for their 2024 Black History/Juneteenth Program
- Love Your Shorts Film Festival $1,700 for the 2024 festival
- Orange Blossom Blues Society, Inc. $1,600 for Blues In The Schools Program
- The Ritz Theater at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center $1,800 for The Ritz Theater Junior Repertory Company
- Seniors For A Better Community $1,800 for the Young At Art Program
- St. Johns River Festival of the Arts, Inc. $1,800 for their Art-for-Kids Program