KIRKLEES arts projects have received £106,470 from the Arts Council.
Eight projects in Kirklees are among 48 schemes in Yorkshire to benefit from a total of £485,619 given out in the latest round of grants.
Projects in Yorkshire get £4m a year from the Arts Council.
Andy Carver, the Arts Council's regional executive director, said: "These awards not only help individuals realise their artistic potential, but they bring enjoyment and appreciation of the arts to a wider audience."
Kirklees Libraries have been given £15,500 to promote translated European literature. It is hoped this will attract new readers to libraries.
Kirklees Libraries will be working with East Riding Libraries.
The Culture Company, , a Huddersfield visual arts agency, has received £37,788 to help photographic artists get commissions. The organisation, based at The Media Centre in Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, will also invest in new IT resources and buy office space in Leeds.
Asiya Sareshwala, the Dewsbury-based visual artist, has received £4,000 to hold creative workshops for women from ethnic minorities.
The aim is to develop the women's skills, to allow them to pursue the arts further and increase their self-esteem through their achievements.
Friend to Friend, Holmfirth organisation which offers support to elderly people, has been granted £13,086 to hold arts and music workshops.
Friend to Friend will employ local artists to lead the workshops, which will be for elderly people in residential homes and day centres.
Huddersfield experimental theatre company, The Kelman Group has received £2,800 to help pay for the tour of a play called Kilele in Britain and Colombia.
Kilele was the result of a collaboration between The Kelman Group, Leeds theatre groups Yellow Belly Theatre and Workshop Theatre and drama practitioners from Bogota in Colombia.
Kilele tells the story of warfare in Colombia and was first shown at Leeds in December.
It features actors from The Kelman Group and Colombia.
Huddersfield sculptor Liadin Cooke has received £5,000 to make aluminium sculptures to show at the Roche Court Show in Wiltshire next month.
Huddersfield drama company Figment Theatre has been granted £4,496 to finance the tour of a community safety play in West Yorkshire.
During May and July, the theatre company will perform Feeling Good...Keeping Safe to elderly and vulnerable people across the region.
The play raises awareness of how to combat distraction burglaries.
Huddersfield production company Heads Together has been given £23,800 to pay for changes in the way it operates.
Head Together will share its expertise and experiences of changing with other people in the creative industry.
Arts Council grants are available to individual artists, art organisations and those who use the arts in their work.
By giving the grants the Arts Council aims to:
* Invest in the creative talents of artists
* Increase resources for the arts
* Support new ideas and make arts organisations stable for the long term
* Increase opportunities for cultural diversity in the arts
* Change people's lives through giving them opportunities to take part in arts activities.
