by Mary Eisenhart | Jun 24, 2025
2025 REX FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT The mission of the ArtsAVL (formerly Asheville Area Arts Council) is to keep the arts at the heart of the Asheville, NC area community. The Arts Council fulfills its mission by supporting arts professionals and businesses in...
by Mary Eisenhart | Nov 12, 2024
2024 REX FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT Voices of Kibera’s mission is to equip talented individuals from informal settlements with music education, recognition, and income opportunities. In 2023, the project produced an album, featuring 21 artists from the Kibera...
by Mary Eisenhart | Nov 12, 2024
2024 REX FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT A Leg To Stand On (“ALTSO”) is a non-profit organization working in emerging countries to bring free, high-quality prosthetic limbs, orthotic braces, and appropriately fitted wheelchairs to children with limb...
by Mary Eisenhart | Nov 12, 2024
2024 REX FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT Girls Garage is a nonprofit design and construction school for girls and gender-expansive youth ages 9-18 in the Bay Area. Founded in 2013, Girls Garage is the first-ever design and building workshop for female, non-binary, trans...
by Mary Eisenhart | Jun 21, 2024
2024 REX FOUNDATION GRANTEE The House of Blues Radio Hour, hosted by Dan Aykroyd in his “Elwood Blues” persona, ran for more than 20 years, presenting programs on artists and topics in the blues. Guests included the late legends BB King, Koko Taylor, John...
