A New Mural for Seward
n September, the Seward Arts Council received a $1,000 mini-grant for supplies for its “Seward’s Native Roots” 2022 mural project. The mural is a collaboration with the Qutekcak Native Tribe and Seward Mural Society and…
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Benny Benson Hand-Sewn Flag to be Restored by Friends of the Library
riends of the Seward Library was awarded a major SCF grant of $4000 to restore one of the original hand-sewn Benny Benson flags. This flag was first presented to Mrs. Viola Swetmann, one of the…
Grant Highlight: Independent Living TRAILS Program
The Independent Living Center received a $4,000 grant through SCF’s 2021 competitive grant cycle for their TRAILS program. TRAILS, which stands for Total Recreation and Independent Living Services, offers year-round recreational opportunities for people who…
Grantee Highlight: Bunnell Street Arts Center Seavey Fund will support outdoor education and recreation.
Bunnell Street Arts Center received a $1,000 mini-grant for their Seward Artists in the Schools Program. The program places professional artists in K-12 classrooms for residencies in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) schools. It…
Grantee Highlight: Okaidja Afroso Ghanaian Culture and Music Residency Ghanaian Music Visits Seward, Alaska
The Seward PTA received a $1,000 mini-grant to bring Ghanaian musician and cultural ambassador Okaidja Afroso to Seward for a week to conduct an artist residency at Seward Elementary School. His workshop, titled Dancing Feet…
A New Fund to Celebrate a One-Hundreth Birthday The Ralph and Anne Hatch Fund for Art, Music, and Education
The Seward Community Foundation is pleased to announce that in honor of Anne Hatch’s 100th Birthday her family has opened the Ralph and Anne Hatch Family Arts, Music and Education Fund.
Grantee Highlight: Voice of Moose Pass
The Moose Pass Public Library received a $3,241 Major Grant from SCF's Unrestricted Fund to help produce two videos chronicling the Moose Pass community's history. The two videos tell of Moose Pass, an Alaska frontier…
Grantee Highlight: Seward Community Winter Family Movie Series
The Seward Arts Council received a $1,000 mini-grant for their 2019-2020 Seward Community Winter Family Movie Series “Earn a Ticket” Program.
Grantee Highlight: Room Rent for Seward Community Band Practice
The Seward Community Band received a $450 mini-grant from the Seward Community Foundation for funds to rent the Seward High School music room for weekly practice sessions.
Seward Community Foundation Mini-Grant Highlight Seward Elementary School Art Program, Fall 2019
In September, the Seward Elementary School received a mini-grant of $527.25 to be used for art supplies. Tara Swanson’s fifth-grade class partnered with local artist, Melissa Amor, to have her teach four lessons during the…
