Archive: Around Town

The Ithaca Community Fine Arts Booster Group (FABG), an affiliate of IPEI, has awarded $2,755 to Ithaca City School District (ICSD) teachers as mini-grants serving over 2,500 students.  Funded projects include Urban Art, an all-school trip to the Hangar Theatre, Botanical Illustration and more.

Funds are raised through the FABG performance booklet advertisement sales. The Boosters produce performance booklets for middle and high school concerts and plays, totaling over 30 events each year.

The Fine Arts Boosters support all the arts for all the kids.  FABG strives to foster appreciation for the arts, advocate for the arts, and improve learning opportunities for all in ICSD.  To reach these goals, the Boosters fundraise, communicate, form partnerships and give grants.  The Boosters invite everyone to celebrate and support the fine and performing arts in the ICSD. 

Ongoing FABG initiatives include printing of all the performance booklets for concerts and drama productions in the middle and high schools; fundraising; Play It Again, Ithaca, the collection of used musical instruments and monies to purchase new instruments for use in the schools; and various advocacy efforts in support of arts in the schools.

2013-2014 Year
Fine Arts Booster Group
Spring 2014 Mini-Grant Awards

Belle Sherman Elementary
Ross Mizrahi, music
“Speak Up and Speak Out! Vitamin L!”

Belle Sherman Elementary
Cindy Daly, music
“Mariachi Materials Matter”

Enfield Elementary
Christine Finnigan, theater
“All school trip to Hangar Theatre Kidstuff”

Lehman Alternative Community School
Gary Bercow, visual arts
“Ceramics for All!”

Ithaca High School
Gina Cacioppo, art
“Urban Art”

Ithaca High School
Ursula Hilsdorf, art
“Botanical Illustration”


Students served (spring): 2,525
Arts area represented: Art 3, Music 2, Theater 1
Spring 2014 Minigrant Total awarded $ 2,755

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