Theater and museum tickets, oyster information and more won support here as The Westport Cultural Council announced the award of 10 grants totaling $4,869 for cultural programs in Westport.

The grants were announced last week by Rep. Paul Schmid, Sen. Michael Rodrigues and Carollyn Duby, chairwoman of the Westport Cultural Council.

This year’s winners include:

• Zeiterion Theatre tickets for Special Needs Students: $136

• Learning in Concert: Resourceful Composer, Resourceful Planet; New Bedford Symphony Orchestra: $200

• Stories from Outer Space: Children’s Library, Westport Library: $335

• Teen Artist Internship Program: $250

• Museum Access for South Coast Youth: $500

• Osprey Information Posters: Mass Audubon Society — Allen’s Pond: $500

• New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Learning in Concert: $1,000

• Butter Effigy Mounds and Classroom Programs at the Macomber School: $448

• Westport River Watershed Alliance: $500

• Children’s Authors Programs at the Westport Elementary School: $1,000

“The Westport Cultural Council has done very well in targeting projects what will make a difference in our community, ” said Sen. Rodrigues. “When art thrives, society thrives. I am glad to have the opportunity to support art, and the people who make it possible here in the SouthCoast.”

Rep. Schmid said, “It is exciting to see the arts, sciences and humanities continue to flourish in the town of Westport. I am proud of the work being done to encourage access to the arts, and of the projects that have been selected in the past. This is going to be another successful year for Westport’s artists.”

Statewide, more than $3.3 million will be distributed by local cultural councils in 2019 20. Grants will support an enormous range of grass-roots activities: concerts, exhibitions, radio and video productions, field trips for school children, after-school youth programs, writing workshops, historical preservation efforts, lectures, First Night celebrations, nature and science education programs for families and town festivals.

Nearly half of LCC funds support educational activities for young people.

More information is available on Facebook-Westport Cultural Council and on the WCC webpage at www.westport-ma.com/cultural-council. For further information, the public is welcome to attend the regular meetings of the council on the first Wednesday of most months at the Town Hall Annex, 856 Main Road, Westport. Contact Carolyn Duby at carolynduby@gmail.com.

Examples of previous grant recipients include the Westport Historical Society, Westport Free Public Library, the Westport Ellementary and High Schools, Westport Fishermen’s Association, the Paskamansett Bird Club and the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks!

The Westport Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the commonwealth. The LCC program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities every year. The state Legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.

Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of town-appointed volunteers.