Creative Greensboro Annual Report 2024-25

Arts Sustainability

Poet Laureate Program

These funds allow us to move forward and to strengthen an already vibrant artistic community. Most importantly, it allows us to add the voices of Latino artists and our community to the cultural and artistic conversation of the city and beyond. Having a grant that allows us to use the funds according to the needs of the organization is the best thing that can happen to a small organization. It gives us agency in determining what we need to move forward. Creative Greensboro manages the City’s Poet Laureate Program to promote the art of poetry and literacy. Josephus Thompson, the inaugural laureate, led free Citywide programs and curated the City’s annual Poetry Month celebration over the last two years.

Creative Greensboro awarded $330,000 to 15 local arts and culture nonprofits through its Sustaining Creativity: Community Partnership Grants program. These grants delivered vital funding to support the operational, administrative, and programmatic needs of organizations that bring creative experiences to our community.

SUSTAINING CREATIVITY GRANTS IMPACT

750 +

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED

SERVED 120,000

AUDIENCE MEMBERS

$3M +

— Claudia Femenias Board Co-Chair, Casa Azul of Greensboro

WAGES INJECTED INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY

6