Carnegie Hall receives $10 million challenge grant from Joan and Sanford I. Weill
Carnegie Hall today announced that it has received a $10 million challenge grant from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and The Weill Family Foundation toward its Studio Towers Renovation Project, a comprehensive undertaking that will create new inspirational spaces for music education on the landmark building's existing upper floors while also fully refurbishing the venue's backstage areas.
The Regional Arts & Culture Council announced $693,268 in project grant awards for 2012 -- a record sum for project grants by the organization, according to Jeff Hawthorne, the council's director of community affairs.