News about grants, gifts

The Center for Craft Creativity and Design named its recipients of the 2017 Windgate Fellowship for art. Grant recipients are ten college graduates who will each receive $15,000 to further their artistic careers. 

Duke University received a $1.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to expand research on America’s religious congregations to assess how they are changing over time.

MiracleFeet will receive a $5 million grant over five years from the Oak Foundation to help end the disability caused by untreated clubfoot in low-income countries. The foundation’s grant will support an ambitious 15-year plan in cooperation with the Global Clubfoot Initiative to end disability caused by clubfoot worldwide. 

News about people, groups

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity celebrated the start of the final three houses in its “Shiloh: Let’s Build!” campaign on April 12th. 

The Community Foundation of Henderson will present photographs from the Baker Barber collection  in a special presentation that honors the African American members of the Henderson County community on April 26th at the Henderson County Public Library. 

ArtsGreensboro, in partnership with Guilford County Schools (GCS), is accepting nominations for the 2017 Arts Education Teacher of the Year Award, the deadline for nominations is May 15th. 

United Way of Henderson County is seeking volunteers throughout the community for their annual Day of Caring on May 13th to mobilize the caring power of volunteers to make a meaningful impact in the community.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will show the 1973 science fiction film “Westworld,” with special activities and opportunities on April 28th.  

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