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2000 Grant Awards: Creation & Presentation
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
National/Multi-State Impact | Direct Impact
Grants With A National or Multi-State Impact
A A Arts
Honolulu, HI
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication expenses and related costs for a special issue of Chain, featuring
autobiographies that highlight non-western cultural experiences. The collection will be co edited
by Kerry Sherin, Dorothy Wang, Marina Bhudos, and Nzadi Zimele Keita.
Academy of Indian Performing Arts, Inc.
North Potomac, MD
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the development and touring of a multimedia work exploring the creation of the universe.
The production will tour to Texas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio.
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Composing the Future: An American Orchestra Building the American Concert
Repertoire, the first of a three-year celebration of American composers and their music.
During 2000-2001, the Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and two smaller ensembles made up of ASO
orchestra musicians will commission, present, and record for national distribution the music of
established and emerging American composers, thereby broadening the American symphonic
repertoire.
American Brass Chamber Music Association,
Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a multi-state tour by the American Brass Quintet, associated outreach activities, and a
40th anniversary concert in Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The 2000-2001 tour will extend to
such cities and towns as Newark, Delaware; Salida, Colorado; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Ashland, Kentucky;
Kalamazoo, Michigan; Easton, Pennsylvania; Waco, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; and Riverton,
Wyoming.
American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$32,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support performances, radio broadcasts, commissions, and a compact disc recording of the
Sonic Circuits Electronic Music Festival in American Composers Forum (ACF) chapter cities
nationwide. During 2000-2001, the Festival will travel via compact disc to the ten chapters of ACF
which include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, Philadelphia,
San Francisco,
Washington, D.C.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support 20th Century Snapshots, including new music reading sessions for composers,
commissioning of a new work by an emerging composer, and performances of significant and rarely
performed American works of the late 20th century. During 2000-2001, the Orchestra will mark the
new millennium by introducing composers to the orchestral world through a national composition
search, theme concerts at Carnegie Hall, and expanded audience development initiatives to document
and disseminate the work of American composers.
American Indian Film Institute
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 2000 annual American Indian Film Festival and the quarterly film journal Indian
Cinema Entertainment.
Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring exhibition entitled Abstract Art from the Rio de la Plata, 1933-1953,
with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first exhibition in the United
States to survey the birth of abstract art in South America.
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 38th Ann Arbor Film Festival and its national tour. Over 100 films will be presented
to an audience of over 21,000 people in Michigan and various states.
Anyone Corporation
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the publication of a book noting the 10th anniversary of a conference series and to
support the last conference in the series. The publication and conference will investigate the
condition of architecture at the end of the millennium.
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Cleveland, OH
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support performances, national radio broadcast, and recording of a compact disc of Monteverdi's
opera L'Orfeo. The performances and recording sessions, on period instruments, are to take
place in February 2000 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Architectural League of New York
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support a traveling exhibit about ten buildings that combine environmental sensitivity with
formal excellence. The exhibit will provide information to architects and the general public about
work being done in sustainable design in order to influence design thinking to incorporate
environmental considerations.
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$150,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the traveling exhibition Taoism and the Arts of China, with accompanying
catalogue, Web site, and education programs. This will be the first American exhibition to explore
artistic manifestations of the ancient philosophy of Taoism in Chinese art.
ArtLies
Houston, TX
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the exhibitions section of ArtLies, a quarterly publication that covers the
visual arts in Texas. Each of the four upcoming issues will be guest-edited, and the magazine is
distributed free of charge.
Asia Society
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the exhibition Sheer Realities: Clothing, Body, and Power in 19th Century
Philippines, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will focus on
the style of dress developed by urbanized Filipinos who sought to forge a national identity that
distinguished itself from the Spanish colonial tradition.
Asia Society (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a consortium project with the University Music Society (Ann Arbor, Michigan) for
Forgiveness, a theater production, based on a classic Chinese opera. The work, which explores
the interwoven histories of Korea, Japan and China, will be presented in Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Burlington, Vermont; New York, New York; and Seattle, Washington during the year 2000.
Asian American Writers' Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support Crossing OverSEAMS, a project to bring literary programs to underserved Asian
and Asian American communities throughout the United States. Targeted communities include Flushing
and Jackson Heights, New York; Edison and Jersey City, New Jersey; Pasadena and Los Angeles,
California; Renton, Washington; Houston, Texas; and Chicago, Illinois.
Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 2000 Asian American International Film Festival and its national tour. After its run
in New York, the festival then travels to ten sites throughout the United States including Boston,
Houston, Durham, Chicago, Tampa, Ithaca, and Philadelphia.
Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The
reviews section will include critical writing from less established writers, many of whom will be
publishing for the first time.
Aunt Lute Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication and related costs for two anthologies of writing by women. Aunt Lute will
publish The Other Half of the Sky, Fiction and Poetry by Filipina and Filipina
American Women and The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers.
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the launch of Ballet Hispanico's 30th anniversary in 1999-2000. The project will include
touring engagements in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, Tucson, and Fort Lauderdale, and New York
performances with live music accompaniment.
Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication, distribution, and promotion of a collection of linked short stories by
Lee Tonouchi focusing on identity struggles among family and friends in a Hawaiian multicultural
community. Free readings are planned for venues such as the University of Hawaii at Manoa,
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Borders Books in Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai, and the Japanese American
National Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Bard College (Conjunctions Magazine)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication, circulation, and related expenses, including authors' fees, for two issues
of Conjunctions. Each issue will be distributed to subscribers in 33 states and to
bookstores throughout the country.
Big Apple Circus, Ltd.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development, production, and national tour of Big City (working title). The
ensemble-created production will be designed and directed by Keith Anderson, and will be enhanced
by outreach activities.
Big River Association/River Styx Magazine
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of three issues of River Styx.
BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry comprising the
To Affirm What Is Human publishing project. Scheduled titles include Lucille Clifton's
New & Selected Poems: 1988-2000; Dorianne Laux's Music In the Morning; and Bill
Knott's Laugh at the End of the World: Collected Comic Poems.
Bre Dance Theatre
Riverside, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support artists' fees and other costs for a tour to New York. The company will tour to 651, An
Arts Center at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theatre.
Bridge Center for Contemporary Art (Fiscal Agent for Cinco Puntos Press)
El Paso, TX
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production and national distribution of books exploring the Mexican and American
Chicano experience published by Cinco Puntos Press. The volumes will be promoted at readings and on
the Web, and be made available to trade bookstores throughout the nation by Consortium Book Sales
and Distribution.
CALYX, Inc.
Corvallis, OR
$22,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support CALYX Journal's New Writers, New Readers program. Components of the project
include an expanded format for the literary magazine, increased honoraria to writers and artists,
an expansion of its new writer reading series, and a direct mail subscription campaign.
Cambodian Network Council
Washington, DC
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a residency program resulting in the creation of several new dance dramas. The dance
dramas will be based on the Roeung Ka Kei (Ka Kei story) a classic tale about a princess that is
widely read by Cambodian children.
Carnegie Hall Corporation
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the American Project, a showcase of live and television broadcast concerts at
Carnegie Hall featuring distinctive American music and distinguished musicians from throughout the
United States. The American Project is designed to expose the work and talent of American
musicians during 2000-2001 and reflect Andrew Carnegie's vision of excellence on stage.
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of works by American photographer W. Eugene Smith (1918 1978), with
accompanying education programs. The exhibition will present 200 photographs from Smith's
Pittsburgh photo-essay from the 1950s.
Carnegie Mellon University/Studio For Creative Inquiry (Fiscal Agent for
Incubator)
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a computer animation by James Duesing. Tender Bodies will use
animal-human character to explore our dependency on consumption as well as examine issues of
diversity.
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a free, year-round, monthly, noontime concert series by the Chicago Chamber Musicians
(CCM) at the Chicago Cultural Center, and live broadcast over Chicago area radio station WFMT-FM.
The format for the First Monday concert series in 1999/2000 takes on a 45-minute interactive
approach offering audiences the opportunity to learn from the musicians themselves about the music
that is performed.
Chicago New Art Association
Chicago, IL
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition review section and color reproductions of art work in the New Art
Examiner. Published ten times a year, the magazine is the primary source for information and
critical commentary on the visual arts in the Midwest.
Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support a new production of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi in the summer of the year
2000. This production will be directed by Nicholas Muni with scenery and costumes by the
Iraqi-born, British architect Zaha Hadid.
Clarity Educational Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the post-production costs for a six-part documentary film series on the history of the
international anti-apartheid movements to be directed and produced by Connie Field. Combining oral
histories, archival footage, music, art (posters, paintings, poetry, etc.), and
news broadcasts, the series will examine the response and activity of the world community to the
issue of apartheid, while also conveying the internal South African freedom movements.
College of Charleston (Halsey Gallery)
Charleston, SC
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American photographer Evon Streetman, with
accompanying catalogue. The exhibition consists of 40 images from the artist's 45-year career.
Colorado State University (Colorado Review)
Fort Collins, CO
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication expenses and related costs, including artists' fees, for two special issues
of the Colorado Review. One issue to be edited by Alberto Rios will feature Hispanic
writers; the other will feature experimental literature.
Competition Project, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the placement of winning competition designs on a Web site and provide four color
illustrations in a quarterly publication. Competitions publication and Web site
disseminates information on competitions in architecture, urban design and public art.
Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support national concert presentations of young classical musicians on the Concert Artists Guild
roster, and their performances on radio and the World Wide Web. Featuring contemporary music and
collaborations between Guild artists during 2000-2001, 100 concerts of soloists and chamber
ensembles will be presented in urban, suburban, and rural venues across the country, and in an
extensive New York Concert Series.
Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$55,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of books of poetry by poets at critical stages
of their careers. Promotional author readings will be scheduled throughout the country at
bookstores, libraries, and literary conferences.
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling retrospective exhibition of the work of American painter Wayne Thiebaud,
with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition, which will open mid-2000
coinciding with the artist's 80th birthday, will trace his career from the 1950s to the
present.
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (Fiscal Agent for Kaya Press)
New York, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of books by Asian American performance artists published
by Kaya Press. Scheduled titles include Maps of Cities and Bodies by Los Angeles
based artist Denise Uyehara.
Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of one issue of Creative Nonfiction. A direct
mail campaign will target 25,000 potential subscribers nationwide.
Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support development and touring of a new work by choreographer Ralph Lemon. Tree- it
will tour to California, Texas, and Illinois.
Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of two new works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the
two works that will be presented on a national tour.
Curbstone Press
Willimantic, CT
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the continuation of Literature in Translation: Opening Doors Between Cultures,
a project to publish and distribute contemporary poetry and fiction by writers from Latin America
and Vietnam. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings by international writers in bookstores,
libraries, schools, and community centers.
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 21st annual Tri-C JazzFest. This year 2000 festival's theme The Year of the
Drum will honor and celebrate this instrument's importance to the art of jazz with a
commission by Wendell Logan, jazz concerts and educational activities, and national radio
broadcasts through WCPN-FM in Cleveland.
Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Da Capo Chamber Players' concert tour and accompanying residency activities for
rural audiences. During 2000-2001, Da Capo will tour a total of four cities in Illinois, Kansas,
upstate New York, and Virginia, giving concerts and participating in panel discussions and open
rehearsals.
Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a residency with composer Lowell Liebermann. During 2000-2001, plans include the
creation and presentation of four new orchestral works, a recording to be distributed nationally,
and radio broadcasts reaching listeners in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Dance Films Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the 28th international dance film festival. Dance On Camera Festival 2000 will
take place in New York, California, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
Dance Theater Foundation, Inc. (Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater)
New York, NY
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a United States tour in 2000. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform
approximately 96 shows in 20 states across the nation.
Dartmouth College (University Press of New England)
Hanover, NH
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the acquisition and publication of contemporary Israeli fiction in translation through
Brandeis University Press's Tauber Institute Series, which specializes in titles exploring European
Jewish history, the Holocaust, and Israeli culture. The series will be edited by Brandeis
University President Jehuda Reinharz.
Davenport Museum of Art
Davenport, IA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of the work of Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrie, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. Duval-Carrie's work explores the spiritual and
cultural upheaval caused by the European slave trade between Africa and the Americas from the 16th
through the 18th centuries.
Daytona Beach Community College (Southeast Museum of Photography)
Daytona Beach, FL
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring exhibition entitled Voyages (Per)formed: Photography and Narrative in
Early Travel Albums, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will
consist of approximately 50 albums of popular travel photographs assembled by Americans abroad
before World War I.
DC Productions,
Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a series of radio documentaries by Dan Collison. Waiting It
Out will follow the stories of Americans whose lives are in transition.
Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support costs in association with Dell'Arte's Project REACH 2000. The project will
involve the creation of a major original theater work by the Dell'Arte performing ensemble and its
subsequent presentation in both a rural and West Coast regional tour.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a residency with composer Michael Daugherty. Activities will include the creation of two
symphonic works, performances and educational activities in Detroit and on a national tour, and
performances for national radio broadcasts.
Documents Magazine, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Discussions with Artists series in three issues of the publication. The
articles will provide artists with an opportunity to discuss their work in an interdisciplinary
forum and an accessible format.
Dorian Woodwind Quintet Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Quintet's Frontier 2000: Alaska Project, a series of residencies with
classes, workshops, and concerts emphasizing twentieth-century American composers. The project,
planned for fall 2000, will encompass three residencies of two to three days each, throughout
Alaska.
Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc (Consortium)
Ashfield, MA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a consortium project involving a national tour of The Song Trilogy, a play
series. The production will include performances and artist residencies the following member
communities: Charter Oaks Cultural Center, Hartford, Connecticut; Seven Stages Theater, Atlanta,
Georgia; and State University of New York at Buffalo.
Duncan Avenue Arts Collaborative (Everett Dance Theatre)
Providence, RI
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the tour of Everett Dance Theatre's latest evening-length work. Somewhere in the
Dream will involve weeklong residencies in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Washington, DC.
Early Music Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the Ensemble for Early Music's tour performances of the medieval music drama
Sponsus: The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins in the year 2000. Based on the New
Testament parable, five performances of this fully staged and costumed eleventh-century work will
be presented in Corpus Christi, St. Louis, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (Consortium)
Richmond, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a consortium project for an African Choreographers' Forum. The consortium of East Bay
Center for the Performing Arts, Cal Performances in Berkeley, California, and Kings Majestic
Corporation (aka 651 ARTS) in New York will consist of performances around which
symposia, workshops, and master classes will be conducted.
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance
(Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for young audiences by Jerome Kitzke,
inspired by Native American star legends. This production will be performed by The Mad
Coyote, a nine-member chamber ensemble, and presented at Merkin Concert Hall and in
educational settings for families and school groups.
En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$14,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support production of three issues of Nueva Luz, a bilingual photographic journal. Each
issue will feature the work of three emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic,
and an editorial page.
Eos Music, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Eos Orchestra's festival Celluloid Copland, featuring performances, a
recording, and television broadcasts of seldom heard film music of Aaron Copland in celebration of
the 100 year anniversary of his birth. The festival concerts will take place in March 2000 at the
New York Society for Ethical Culture and at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, along
with symposia and film screenings designed to explore and celebrate Copland's contributions to
orchestral music.
Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$6,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the presentation of a commissioned work, The Spirit of Time, by Robert Kyr, the
centerpiece concluding a two-year program. The work, to be premiered in November 2000 and broadcast
on public radio station KWAX-FM, emphasizes peace and non violence, and includes texts written by
Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$38,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the development and presentation of a millennium exhibition to explore the interplay
between scientific explorations of the body and images of self. The March through September 2000
exhibit will feature new commissioned art, interactive exhibits, imaging technology, performances,
films, events, and live Webcasts.
Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of books in the Feminist Press International
Women's Writing Project. Works proposed for publication include Still Alive: A Jewish Childhood
Under the Nazis by Ruth Kluger, and The Ten Thousand Things, an episodic novel by
Maria Dermout set in the Dutch East Indies.
Fiji Theater Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and presentation of The Spirit Project, a multi-disciplinary
work by Ping Chong. The Spirit Project, an experimental puppet theater work, will be
developed and premiered at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle during the 2000-2001 season.
Film Arts Foundation (Fiscal Agent for Moongift Films)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of an experimental narrative film by Trinh Minh-ha. Night
Passage will tell the story of three characters traveling on a bus while each at the same time
is experiencing a spiritual journey.
First Voice
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the creation and presentation of SUN CYCLES: THE JOURNEY OF 1000 YEARS. The
interdisciplinary concert combining American jazz, spoken word, Japanese gagaku and bagaku, and noh
theater will be presented in California and New York.
Forecast Public Artworks
St. Paul, MN
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support publication of two issues of Public Art Review. The fall/winter 2000 issue will
focus on public art in nature, and the spring/summer 2001 issue will consider the role of
traditional crafts in public art.
Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.
(Fiscal Agent for Mark Dendy Dance and Theater)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support creation and initial touring of a new work. Mark Dendy will develop Jeux, based
on the famed work of the legendary Nijinsky, and it will tour to North Carolina, Florida,
California, and Maine.
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support The Future of the Present 2000. This series involves ten residencies in live
art netcasts to a worldwide audience in collaboration with Pseudo Online Network.
Gettysburg College (Gettysburg Review)
Gettysburg, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support payments to contributors and promotional expenses for the Gettysburg Review. A
direct mail campaign on behalf of the literary journal will target 50,000 potential readers across
the country.
Gotham Dance, Inc. (Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support creation, work-in-progress performances, and pre-production costs of a dance/theater
piece choreographed by Bebe Miller. Map of the Body will involve collaborators
playwright/dramaturg Talvin Wilks, visual artist Scott Pask, and composer Hahn Rowe, and will
include a developmental residency in Philadelphia.
Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry and essays by
Graywolf Press. Scheduled titles include work by Carl Phillips, David Rivard, and Nick Flynn.
Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a television documentary on the Hackberry
Ramblers. Deep Water: The Hackberry Ramblers Story will focus on a Cajun-country music
band that has been in continuous existence since 1933, and still features its two founding members,
fiddler Luderin Darbone and accordionist Edwin Duhon.
Group I Acting Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Acting Company national tour. The company will tour Shakespeare's Macbeth
and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals, accompanied by a special one-hour production
of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press)
Chicago, IL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication of books of poetry by Tia Chucha Press, which will be distributed
nationally by Northwestern University Press. The press will publish the winner of the second Ana
Castillo Poetry Prize and an anthology of poetry and essays that will pair well-established and
emerging poets.
H.T. Dance Company, Inc. (Chen &
Dancers)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a new work that will be a sequel to two previous works. Choreographed by
H. T. Chen, the work will focus on today's immigrant youth and will tour to Arizona and
Illinois.
Haleakala, Inc. (Consortium) (The
Kitchen)
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support a consortium project with Mass MoCA involving the commissioning and presentation of
seven interdisciplinary projects. Artists will have access to both organizations' facilities (in
New York City and North Adams, Massachusetts), allowing a choice between city and rural
environments.
Henry Gallery Association, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of work by contemporary American artists exploring ongoing
developments in the area of biotechnology and related fields, with accompanying catalogue and
education programs. The project is a collaborative endeavor involving artists, scientists,
philosophers, historians, and representatives of the biotech industry.
Henson Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the International Festival of Puppet Theater and a national tour. Education and outreach
activities include a day long series of symposia and lectures focusing on new technologies in the
field.
House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Meredith Monk/The
House)
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a site-specific new work. Entitled American Archaeology #2,
this piece will be choreographed and composed by Meredith Monk.
Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
(Consortium)
Houston, TX
$115,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Houston Grand Opera's consortium with Austin Lyric opera and San Diego Opera for the
world premiere of Cold Sassy Tree by American composer/librettist Carlisle Floyd in
1999-2001. The opera will receive eight performances by the Houston Grand Opera; Austin Lyric Opera
and the San Diego Opera will each do four more performances.
Independent Curators International
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling retrospective exhibition of the work of American abstract expressionist
artist Lee Krasner (1908-1984), with accompanying catalogue and educational materials. The
exhibition will be presented at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Des Moines Art Center,
the Akron Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Independent FilmWorks, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film on Nell Shipman by Jane Wagner and Tina
DiFeliciantonio. Nell Shipman was a female movie director in the early 20th century who fled
Hollywood (to Idaho) with the rise of the studio system, but continued making films independently
until she became bankrupt at the age of 33.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc.
(Consortium)
Indianapolis, IN
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development of a co-commissioned play in collaboration with the People's Light &
Theatre Company of Malvern, Pennyslvania. The play, by James Still, will explore the 20th century
through the eyes of three generations.
Institute for Spanish Arts (Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco)
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a spring 2000 tour of Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco to five destinations in the South
and Southwestern United States. The tour will include two weeks of rehearsals and a five week tour
of student and public performances, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations in New Mexico and
Texas.
Inta, Inc. (Eiko and Koma)
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support creation and touring of a new work. When Nights Were Dark, a collaboration of
dancer/choreographers Eiko & Koma and the composer/musical director Joseph Jennings, will tour
to several states across the United States.
International Association of Jazz Educators
Manhattan, KS
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support artists' fees and production costs for concert presentations during the 28th annual
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Conference. The January 2001 conference will be
held in New York, New York, and feature an array of workshops, clinics, master classes, and
performances for more than 7,000 jazz educators, musicians, students, and industry personnel from
around the world.
International Sculpture Center, Inc.
Hamilton, NJ
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the second phase of Finding Common Ground: Connecting Artists and Audiences, a
project designed to examine issues in public art. The project will include development of published
reports and dialogues in Sculpture magazine and on its Web site, regional meetings, and educational
programs.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support For Dancers Only, a national tour by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra to dance
halls across America. During the year 2000, the Jazz Orchestra will visit 18 states and the
District of Columbia with a small company of dancers, and with programs that will include orchestra
commissioned works to underscore the social tradition of jazz and dancing.
Jazz Tap Ensemble
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the commission of a new work by Bill Irwin. The work, which will tour to New York, will
explore transformations in the evolution of tap.
Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 2000 Jewish Film Festival and expansion of the organization's Web site. The
festival, devoted to Jewish-subject films, will be held over a one-month period in July and August
in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Marin County; the Web site will serve as an information
resource and include an image library and archive.
Kelsey Street Press
Berkeley, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production, promotion, and related expenses, including artists' fees, for two books
of prose poems: The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers by Bhanu Kapil and Four
by Renee Gladman. Kelsey Street will advertise at book fairs and readings, and through periodicals
and the internet as part of Amazon.com's Advantage Program and Barnes and Noble's online order
program.
Kingdom County Productions
Barnet VT
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a narrative feature film by Jay Craven. Based on a story by Frank
Mosher, Disappearances is about a farmer who, desperate to save his sheep herd, resorts to
smuggling whiskey.
Kronos Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a tour of Dracula: the Music and Film, a newly-composed work by Philip Glass
performed simultaneously with the original 1931 film based on the classic by Bram Stoker, and
Traveling Music, commissions and arrangements of works based on the traditional music of four
continents. The Kronos String Quartet will tour Dracula to 20 cities (in 15 states) during
2000-2001, and will commission 20 new works and arrangements.
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support jazz ensemble residencies and performances at Lafayette College. The Lafayette Jazz
2000 project will include a commissioned work by Ray Drummond, composer and bassist, and an
expanded partnership with WDIY-FM for airing programs in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and New
York.
Latin American Literary Review Press
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of volumes of fiction by Latin American
writers. Scheduled titles include The Medicine Man by Mexican writer
Francisco Rojas Gonzalez
and The Eye That Looks at Me by Puerto Rican author Loreina Santos Silva.
Left Field Press Inc./Another Chicago
Magazine
Chicago, IL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of two issues of Another Chicago
Magazine. The fall 1999 issue will feature an interview with Cid Corman; the spring 2000 issue
will feature an interview with Wanda Coleman.
LINES Contemporary Ballet (Fiscal Agent for La Tania Flamenco Music
& Dance )
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of a six to ten-week national tour. The company will tour La Tania's
1999 piece Passage of the Muse and an additional piece to be developed to tour several
states across the United States.
Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation (Lula Washington Dance
Theatre)
Inglewood, CA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the 20th Anniversary performances. The performances will include world premieres by Lula
Washington (Rites of Spring - 2000) and Donald McKayle (Story Dance Theatre), and tour to several
states.
Lusitania Press
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the publication, Beyond Form that will focus on the synergy of architecture and
technology. Three emerging architects who do collaborative work in this area will serve as guest
editors.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the company premieres of two operas: Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky and The
Great Gatsby by John Harbison in 2000-2001. Pique Dame will open Lyric Opera of
Chicago's 46th International Season and represents an important addition to the company's classical
repertory, while The Great Gatsby will receive its Midwest premiere by the company
following its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in December 1999.
Madison Art Center
Madison, WI
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of the work of American artist Donald Lipski with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. Although Lipski has had a number of small solo exhibitions, this
will be the first comprehensive examination of his work created over the last 20 years.
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support Martha Graham Dance Company's American Graham tour. The tour will travel to
several states in the United States.
MediaRites
Portland, OR
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of four one-hour radio documentaries by Dmae Roberts. Legacies: Mind,
Body, Heart and Spirit will explore what moves the human spirit to create, grow, and
survive.
Memphis Film Forum, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary on Dr. Benjamin Hooks by Reece Auguiste. Duty of the
Hour will examine the life and impact of the former FCC Commissioner, retired NAACP Executive
Director, minister, civil rights leader, activist, mentor, military veteran, educator, orator, and
public servant.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the 1999 world premiere of The Great Gatsby by John Harbison and the
Metropolitan premiere of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar in the year 2000. Both operas will
air live over the Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.
Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and presentation of an original play based on the folklore of Uthili
Atoll in Micronesia. The production will tour in rural communities throughout New England.
Milkweed Editions
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of books in Milkweed Editions's The World
As Home publishing program. This series of literary nonfiction titles will explore the
relationship between humanity and the natural and physical worlds.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of the work of American artist Vito Acconci, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major exhibition of Acconci's work since
1980.
Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support up to thirteen major commissions by the Minnesota Orchestral Association in the first
phase of its centennial celebration. During 1999-2001, the Minnesota Orchestra will premiere the
new work by eleven selected composers.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support three original productions for the main stage, one of which will subsequently be adapted
for touring. This two-year project will encompass productions of Melting Pot Rebels,
Falasha, and Reviving Ophelia.
Museum Associates (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Los Angeles, CA
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the touring exhibition The Central European Avant-Garde: Exchange and
Transformation, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will
examine the cross-fertilization among the artistic avant-garde movements in the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland, and Germany during the evolution of modernism between 1910 and 1930.
Museum for African Art
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition entitled The Art of African Coiffure, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. The exhibition examines how hairstyles and related objects have
historically played a role in the cycle of African life as symbols of social and religious
authority, and as a meaningful element in art and everyday objects.
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Inc.
Daytona Beach, FL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the planning phase of an exhibition of prints and drawings entitled The Curator as
Connoisseur: the Leona Prasse Collections. The project is a collaboration between the Museum
of Arts and Sciences and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$85,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition entitled UltraBaroque: Aspects of Contemporary Latin American
Art with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine
contemporary Latin American art in view of its adherence to and departure from its Baroque
traditions and stereotypes.
Music From China, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a residency by Music From China at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. During its
week-long residency in February 2000, the six member ensemble will premiere a commission by
composer Kui Dong for mixed Chinese and Western instruments.
Music-Theatre Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$38,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the creation of King Snake-A Grandfather's Story, a new music theater piece,
and the national tour of Conviction. Composer Diedre Murray and Pulitzer Prize-nominated
poet Cornelius Eady will collaborate to create King Snake, and Music-Theatre Group will
arrange a national tour of Conviction, written by Eve Ensler.
Musical Arts Association (Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$175,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Bridging the Century, a performance project by the Cleveland Orchestra. In this
1999-2000 initiative, the Orchestra will showcase compositional and cultural styles that have
influenced 20th century works for string instruments and preview a new work for strings at the dawn
of the 21st century.
National Building Museum
Washington, DC
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support a series of exhibitions entitled Smart Growth & Choices for Change. The
series will present alternatives to the pattern of sprawl development that has become prevalent
since World War II.
National Performance Network, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support 42 dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities in up to 25 states
in 1999-2000. The National Performance Network offers artists a defined system of fee subsidy in
order for them to engage in extended residencies in communities.
National Poetry Series, Inc.
Hopewell, NJ
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication costs for five poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open
Competition. Chosen by distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by
Coffee House Press, W.W. Norton, Sun & Moon Press, the University of Illinois Press, and Viking
Penguin.
New Observations, Ltd.
New York, NY
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a special issue of the journal New Observations. The project to be published in
2000, the Cultural Traveler's Guide, will be an artists' guide to places of cultural interest.
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the administration, development, and commissioning of up to six large projects and six
short works for the New Radio and Performing Arts Web site, Turbulence. This 2000 2001
project will provide national and international exposure for these American artists and their
commissioned works.
New Sounds Music, Incorporated (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a consortium commissioning and presenting project of a new work for saxophone quartet
and orchestra by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom. The five consortium partners for
this 1999-2001 project are New Sounds Music (the PRISM Quartet) (New York), Chautauqua Institution
(New York), Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan), Lancaster Festival Orchestra (Ohio), and
Orchestra 2001 (Pennsylvania).
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Fiscal Agent
for African Film Festival, Inc.)
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the exhibition and tour of a series of films from Africa. The centerpiece of this two
week event will be African Women in the Media - From Griot to Filmmaker.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Fiscal Agent
for Only Child Motion Pictures, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film by Ira Wohl. Keeping the Faith is about an
Orthodox Jewish community in the state of Mississippi that is struggling to survive.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Fiscal Agent
for Film Two Productions
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the post-production costs for a documentary film on black feminism to be directed by
Kathe Sandler. Intended for theatrical distribution and national broadcast, the film will
illuminate the complex intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality, as well as the
relationship between black feminism and other important social movements, past and present.
Number:Incorporated
Memphis, TN
$10,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a special issue of the art journal Number examining self-taught or outsider art
environments in the Mid-South. Environments and sites in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi, many of which are deteriorating rapidly, will be researched, visited, and
documented.
Oakland Community College
Farmington Hills, MI
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production and promotion of a special issue of Witness magazine on crime in
America. The issue will feature work of writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, John Edgar Wideman, Kim
Wozencraft, James Ellroy, Sandra Steingraber, Mikal Gilmore, and Stuart Dybek.
Oakland Museum of California Foundation
Oakland, CA
$24,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Elmer Bischoff
(1916-1991), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first survey of
Bischoff's work since 1985, and the first to present, in depth, over four decades of his life's
work.
Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Inc. (Blue
Sky Gallery)
Portland, OR
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a traveling exhibition and catalogue featuring the work of German photographer Wolf
Bowig. The project will be the first American venue for Bowig's work and the first in-depth
treatment of his photography.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support residencies, concerts, workshops, and symposia by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New
York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. During 1999-2000, the Orchestra will share its creative process
as a conductorless ensemble with artists, scholars in other disciplines, and businesses, as well as
general audiences.
Paper Bag Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$22,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a national tour of a new work for young people. The company will tour a new play by
playwright and artistic director Judith Martin to up to 28 locations nationally.
Passim, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Studio Visit section for two issues of the multilingual art journal
TRANS>arts.cultures.media. Each issue of the magazine is published in English, Spanish,
French, and Portuguese, and includes four to seven studio visits that pair a writer/critic with an
artist.
Pat Graney Performance (Pat Graney Company)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a northwest tour of the new work Tattoo. The company will present this work in
Yakima, Olympia, and Kirkland, Washington; and Eugene, Oregon.
Pearl Ubungen Dancers & Musicians
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support creation and presentation of a new work. The project will consist of a collaboration
between Filipino American choreographer Pearl Ubungen and Filipino composer Joey Ayala, and take
place in San Francisco, California and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the production and performances of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder by the
Philadelphia Orchestra. Performances will be held during 2000 in Philadelphia's Academy of Music
and at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York,
Inc.
New York, NY
$150,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support One Generation, Three Voices, the New York Philharmonic's presentation of new
and recent works by three American composers. This festival will take place during 2001 at Avery
Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, with national radio broadcasts and a Live From Lincoln Center
telecast.
Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of an evening-length work comprised of four distinct sections for the full
company of dancers. Artistic Directors Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Michael Tracy, and Jonathan
Wolken will each direct one of the sections, which will premiere in Durham, North Carolina.
Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and national circulation of two issues of Ploughshares to 6,000
readers across the country. The winter 2000-01 and spring 2001 issues will feature new work by 70
poets and 12 fiction writers.
Plymouth Music Series
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the year 2000 Witness program featuring commissions of new work along with the
works of neglected and forgotten composers. This tenth annual program by the Plymouth Music Series
ensemble singers, chorus, and orchestra will include educational events for the annual February
Witness subscription concert, a young people's concert, a school residency program in
Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, and regional and national broadcasts on public radio.
Portland Opera Association (Consortium)
Portland, OR
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Portland Opera's consortium with Opera Pacific for a production of The Cunning
Little Vixen by Leos Janecek in 1999-2000. Appropriate to adults and younger audiences alike,
the opera is a story using the imagined lives of forest animals to speak to the longing of human
beings for meaning, love and truth.
Printed Matter, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support development of a curated index of artist books available on Printed Matter's newly
designed Web site. A curator will select works by approximately 2,000 artists from Printed Matter's
extensive inventory of over 7,500 titles by more than 4,000 artists.
Rachel Rosenthal Company
Los Angeles, CA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development, and tour of a new theater work. The Rachel Rosenthal
Company's newest collaborative theater work, Ur-Boor, will include a large scale,
interactive musical set, computerized sound compositions, and video imagery.
Radio Bilingue
Fresno, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Viva El Mariachi Festival and the Norteno/Tejano Music and Dance Festival. The two
festivals bring to life a prominent working class Mexican American folk music tradition for San
Joaquin Valley residents who attend and for some 100,000 others who listen to Satelite Radio
Bilingue.
Regents of the University of California at Santa Barbaras (University Art
Museum)
Santa Barbara, CA
$16,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of Chicano graphic art in California, with accompanying catalogue
and education programs. The exhibition will explore the role posters and other graphic materials
played in the Chicano struggle for self-determination.
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of the work of contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe,
including an artist residency, publications, and education programs. This will be the U.S. premiere
of the artist's new film project, Re/Extended, organized by the Renaissance Society and
the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center (Consortium) (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project of performances, educational outreach
activities, and a national radio broadcast in a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Consortium members of this 1999-2000 project are: Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center on
behalf of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Georgia), Morehouse College (Georgia), and National
Public Radio (District of Columbia).
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2000 and SpringMusic 2000. This project will
feature the world premiere of a commissioned work by Augusta Reed Thomas, to be performed by the
Miami String Quartet and will be included in a tour to California, New York, and Texas.
Sarabande Books, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production and promotion of books by urban writers. Scheduled authors include Baron
Wormser, Afaa Michael Weaver, Judith Taylor, and Joan Silber.
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition entitled Encompassing Heaven and Earth: Ancient Chinese Art
from Sichuan, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will present
a comprehensive study of the subject and introduce American audiences to recently excavated (1986)
and little known cultures of ancient Sichuan.
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Focus on American Music, a presentation project exploring American, European,
and Pacific Rim influences on American music and composers. This 2000-2001 project will culminate
in a two-week, Pacific Rim festival of concerts and activities.
Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production of a radio documentary by David Isay. Created for National Public Radio's
All Things Considered, this program will be part of a ten-part series that concentrates on
hard-to-access corners of society to bring neglected voices to a national audience.
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support an exhibition, symposium and catalog examining the state of public multi-unit housing in
Los Angeles. The project will present designs for new architectural prototypes and strategies for
medium and high-density urban dwelling.
Spaces
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a tri-state exhibition entitled Great Lake Erie: Imagining an Inland Sea. A
collaborative effort between Spaces, Hallwalls, and the Detroit Artists Market, the exhibition will
feature work by artists whose work is informed by the lake and its impact on the social and visual
culture of the of the region.
St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.
(Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a consortium project with American Repertory Theater,
Inc. (Cambridge,
MA) for the production of Drawn to Death, A Three Panel
Opera, a collaborative work
by visual artist Art Speigelman and composer Phillip Johnston.
Strawbery Banke Inc.
Portsmouth, NH
$32,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a maritime folk arts and oral history project. This multi-state project will include
extensive field research, a public radio series, and the depositing of documentary materials from
field research in a repository at Strawbery Banke Museum.
Tears of Joy Theatre
Vancouver, WA
$13,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of an original adaptation of Cinderella for the puppet stage.
Tears of Joy Theatre will adapt the work to be presented as part of its Family Series and Theatre
Adventures Programs in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.
Temple University (Tyler School of Art)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support Art Works in Different Places, the commissioning of up to 11 works. This
commissioning project will produce four new works by visual artists Buster Simpson and Rene Stout,
and choreographers Bebe Miller and Leah Stein; six works by composer-performers; and the completion
of an installation work by Steve Barry.
Theatreworks/USA Corporation
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the touring of two new musical adaptations and the development of one dance- theater
performance piece during the 2000-01 season. Theatreworks/USA will develop two pieces for touring,
The Boxcar Children and Superfudge, during its 1999-2000 season, and will develop
its first dance-theater piece, The Odyssey: An Asian American Adventure.
Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 2000 Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Over 50
organizations throughout the United States host the festival each year.
Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$11,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for four issues of the Threepenny Review.
Featuring work by 100 established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted
through a direct mail subscription campaign targeting 70,000 readers.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication, promotion, distribution, and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A
Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues will feature new writing from
Burma, Tibet, Nepal, and Japan; and include poetry and prose by American writers from diverse
cultural backgrounds.
University of Houston
Houston, TX
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of literary books for urban young adults through Arte
Publico's Pinata Books imprint. Authors such as Pat Mora, Gloria Velasquez, and Ofelia Dumas
Lachtman will present readings at conferences and book fairs, as well as at middle and high schools
in urban areas with large Hispanic populations throughout the United States.
University of Illinois at Chicago (Gallery 400)
Chicago, IL
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of drawings by American artist Christina Ramberg (1946 1995), with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. Although best known as a painter, Ramberg created an
extraordinarily large body of drawings throughout her career, most of which have not been
catalogued, documented, or exhibited.
University of Iowa (University of Iowa Press)
Iowa City, IA
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses for two winning selections from the Iowa Short
Fiction Award competition. Titles will be selected by Elizabeth McCracken, author of Here's
Your Hat What's Your Worry.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Museum of Art)
Ann Arbor, MI
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the traveling exhibition Judith/Salome: Female Power and Its Limitations in
Renaissance and Baroque Art, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will examine
representations of these two biblical women from the vantage point of the historical roles of women
both in art and society.
University of Missouri at Columbia (The Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$17,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review.
The magazine will enhance its Web site, and target 50,000 potential readers through a national
direct mail campaign.
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production of radio programs featuring well-established writers for the nationally
broadcast radio series New Letters on the Air, and the publication of work by writers
featured on the radio show in the literary magazine New Letters. The organization also
will produce a Minority Voices Reading Series featuring writers such as Garrett Hongo, Alberto
Rios, Amiri Baraka, and Lorna Dee Cervantes.
University of Nebraska at Lincoln (University of Nebraska Press)
Lincoln, NE
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses, including translators' fees, for works of
international fiction and literary nonfiction published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Scheduled titles include translations of Eric Chevillard's On the Ceiling, Mohammed Dib's
The Savage Night, Monika Maron's Animal Triste, and Robert Walser's The
Robber.
University of Virginia
(Fiscal Agent for Institute For Advanced Technology in the Humanities)
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production and post-production costs of a videotape and online distribution of an
experimental work by David Blair. The Telepathic Motion Picture of THE LOST TRIBES will
tell the story of the Japanese Protestants who controlled Manchuria during the 1930s and the
transition from silent to sound films.
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support dance presentations and residency activities during the 2000-2001 dance program. Artists
involved in the project include Bebe Miller Company, Everett Dance Theater, LaLaLa Human Steps, Pat
Graney Company, Companhia Paulo Ribero, and Quasar Companhia de Danca.
WNYC Radio
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support WNYC Radio's Masterwork Competition, a national composing competition in
collaboration with the American Composers Orchestra. During 2000-2001, the work of three
semifinalists will be performed in a WNYC/Internet broadcast concert at Carnegie Hall.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Wolf Trap Foundation's two music radio programs: The Discovery Chamber Music
Series at The Barns of Wolf Trap and Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The primary goal of
this project, based on the successful, live-concert radio Discovery Series at The Barns of Wolf
Trap, is to build public awareness and appreciation for chamber music.
Women's Philharmonic
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the broadcast and dissemination of the American Women Masters Series, a
compilation of defining compositions by women composers in the 20th century. The Women's
Philharmonic will identify, perform, and broadcast by radio key works by women composers, and
generate an archival compilation of the series for inclusion in the Library of Congress, the
Smithsonian Institution, and other appropriate venues.
Yale University (The Yale Review)
New Haven, CT
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support authors' payments, editorial expenses, and related costs for issues of The Yale
Review. Founded in 1911, the literary magazine is distributed to 1,200 libraries and 300
bookstores across the country.
Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the presentation of the Young Artists Series recitals and concerto debuts by
young musicians who are winners of the annual Young Concert Artists' Auditions. This 1999-2000
project will feature ten concerts in New York City and four concerts in Washington, D.C.
ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of Zyzzyva. Featuring the work
of West Coast writers, the proposed issues will be promoted through a direct mail subscription
campaign targeting 100,000 readers.
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