-News Release-
The Chiaha Arts Guild is proud to announce the five local schools and educators selected as awardees for the 2026 Chiaha Arts Education Grant. This year’s recipients represent a diverse range of creative disciplines across both the Rome City and Floyd County school systems.The 2026 grantees and their leading educators are:
- Armuchee Primary School – Christi Williams
- Garden Lakes Elementary School – Emily Threlkeld
- Johnson Elementary School – Jennifer Pullen
- Rome High Theatre – Alexis Tyson
- West End Elementary School – Dr. Sam Simon
This year marks 15 years of the Chiaha Arts Education Grant program. Including this year’s five funded projects, the grant program has funded 70 arts education initiatives serving over 39,000 students in Rome and Floyd County.
The annual grant program funds projects that improve and expand visual and performing arts education opportunities for PreK-12 students in Floyd County, Georgia.
“Every single year, we continue to be impressed by the quantity and quality of the grant applications,” said Chris Davidson, Chiaha President and Grant Program Director. “The talent in our local schools is matched only by the dedication of our educators, and we wish we had the resources to fund them all. We’re honored to partner with this year’s grantees to keep the arts thriving and accessible for local students.”
For more about Chiaha’s Arts Education Grant and other Chiaha programming, visit chiaha.org.
