Hannibal Arts Council to use $10,000 grant from Riedel Foundation for workshops, festivals and summer camps

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The George H. Riedel Foundation’s latest grant will help the Hannibal Arts Council provide a host of programs for Hannibal youth. These programs reach more than 500 children ages 3-17.

The $10,000 award will help expand the IMPACT youth summer art camps for ages 9-11 and 12-14. It will also fund monthly Art Adventure creative workshops and the Wild and Wacky Art Adventure, which is a family-friendly art festival with youth activities.

The Arts Council also will use the money to continue the Young Masters partnership exhibit for selected fifth-grade, eighth-grade and high school students in Hannibal’s public and parochial schools, youth art programs in partnership with Missouri’s 10th Judicial Circuit Court and Missouri Division of Social Services Children’s Division/Foster Care.

In a press release, Hannibal Arts Council coordinator Brenda Beck Fisher said, “Our goal is to provide positive and creative experiences in which youth can interact, explore creativity and develop self-confidence via the arts. Our programs are designed to allow youth to meet and interact with local artists, work inter-generationally and work creatively in a variety of art forms.”

“While our grants support the arts in general, we like to focus on youth,” Riedel trustee April Baldwin said. “This brings both interests together, making it a good fit for the Riedel Foundation.”

The George H. Riedel Foundation has awarded more than $6 million dollars in grants to Hannibal nonprofit organizations since it was created in 2000.