COBA Awarded Two Grants’, ‘we-are-volunteers’, ”, ‘COBA is pleased to announce that the organization has recently been awarded two grants to support our 23rd Annual Inner-city/Multicultural Invitational Madeline Hardy Youth Art Exhibit (IMYAE). The City of Phoenix via its Neighborhood Services Department of the Community Development Division honored COBA with a $25,000 2004-2005 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission also allocated $1291. to support the 2004-2005 IMYAE. ‘, ‘These resources will be utilized to support a new MYAE component, “Reading, Writing and Speaking About Artists of Color”. A pilot program of 20 students, working weekly with a coordinator, will select an artist of color to read, write and speak about in their art classes, newspapers, art journals, local events and the annual IMYAE Awards Luncheon. This new component was added to the IMAYE to provide opportunities for youth from diverse backgrounds to enhance their basic academic skills, as they more fully develop their artistic abilities and appreciation of the artwork of artists of color.

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