Arts and Culture

Creede Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Creede Repertory Theatre is dedicated to making the city of Creede and all of the citizens of southern Colorado a better home, both culturally and economically. In 2006, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to support the 2005 Young Audience Outreach Tour, which consists of four actors and one manager that tour the Southwest to teach through performance for both elementary and secondary schools.

Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin
In the year 2006, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to the Ellen Noel Art Museum to support "Art Express", a comprehensive art education program offering creative art instruction, art history and art appreciation to community members of all ages and abilities.

Keshet Dance Company
Keshet Dance Company, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, uses the art of dance to provide educational, cultural and personal development opportunities to underserved and at-risk youth. Through a grant from The Kerr Foundation, Inc. they have been able to sustain and develop youth education programs, such as literacy, conflict resolution and social skills, with incarcerated teenagers from across the state.

Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra has a unique Educational Outreach Program that introduces live classical music to Kansas City area elementary and middle school-aged children. A grant from The Kerr Foundation, Inc. allowed over 4, 000 students and their teachers to be participants in this program.

The Oklahoma Aquarium Foundation
Located in Jenks, Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Aquarium brings a unique environmental education to all groups in Oklahoma with its self-supporting, educational and research aquarium designed to promote conservation through education. Its latest project, named ?The Kerr Foundation Stingray Touch Tank? was funded in part by The Kerr Foundation, Inc. in 2005. This tank provides an opportunity for a hands-on, interactive versus passive experience for over one half million guests last year alone.

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation Inc.
In 2005, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to this organization for the financing of the RAiR 2004 Summer Program, as well as support for two performances and four workshops during the year and postage for art openings at the museums and local art contests.

Santa Fe Children's Museum, Inc.
The Santa Fe Children's Museum provides an innovative learning environment for children, families and teachers. In the year 2005 the Museum received a grant from The Kerr Foundation to help finance the Comprehensive Participatory Arts Program.

Summerstock Productions Inc.
Summerstock Productions, located in Edmond, Oklahoma, produces two fully staged musicals each summer season, utilizing local talent from the community. In 2005, The Kerr Foundation, Inc. provided a grant to help fund the royalties for two summer productions.

William Fremont Harn Gardens
The historic Harn Homestead is located in the older part of Oklahoma City near the capitol area. Funds were given by The Kerr Foundation, Inc. in 2005 to help repair and restore the historic one-room schoolhouse that houses educational programming for over 15,000 school children annually.