$337,900 in Grants Given in Long Beach

Long Beach’s Public Corp. for the Arts has awarded $337,900 to 27 arts and cultural organizations and three individual artists through the city’s Cultural Arts Grant Program.

Individual artists receiving fellowships of $6,000 each were Cambodian classical musician Yinn Ponn, visual artist Sue Ann Robinson and video artist Bill Viola. Among the organizational grantees are the Long Beach Symphony ($90,000), Long Beach Civic Light Opera ($60,000), Long Beach Opera ($50,000) Long Beach Museum of Art ($10,000), Los Angeles Classical Ballet ($10,000), Homeland Cultural Center ($7,500) and Long Beach Mozart Festival ($5,600).