State grant funding will support Tuolumne County artists affected by pandemic
(From left) Laurie Livingston of Tuolumne County Arts; Laura Stokes of Stanislaus County; Robert Hypes with United Way of Merced County; state Asse...
(From left) Laurie Livingston of Tuolumne County Arts; Laura Stokes of Stanislaus County; Robert Hypes with United Way of Merced County; state Assemblyman Adam Gray with the state agency's check made out to the United Way of Merced County; David Schroeder of Stanislaus Arts; and Colton Dennis of the Merced County Arts Council, holding a $4.23 million check awarded by the California Arts Council to be administered and distributed to help local artists in Stanislaus, Merced, and Tuolumne counties restore their livelihoods since the COVID-19 pandemic.