2001 Grant Awards: Arts On Radio And Television

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$30,000
To support the production and post-production costs for a one-hour modern dance television special showcasing historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. (Multistate)

American Documentary, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging and promotion of films for the 2002 broadcast of P.O.V. (Point of View), a primetime public television series that showcases the art of independent, non-fiction filmmakers. As public television's longest running broadcast venue devoted exclusively to the art of nonfiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks - rarely found in the mainstream media - into America's living rooms. (Multistate)

Art21, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
To support the second year of Art for the Twenty-First Century, a four-year public television series about contemporary visual art and artists in the United States. The grant will support the production of four one-hour programs to be broadcast in 2002, as well as ancillary outreach activities. (Multistate)

Blue Ridge Public Television (on behalf of Appalshop Films)
Roanoke, VA
$15,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film on Ralph Stanley. The Ralph Stanley Story will trace Mr. Stanley's career from the 1940s to the present. (Multistate)

Capital Concerts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support The National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth, two patriotic concerts at the U.S. Capitol to be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2001. A national television audience of ten - 12 million watches each of these 90-minute programs each year. (Multistate)

City Lore, Inc. (on behalf of Sleeping Dog Films)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support research and development for a television documentary tracing the music that blossomed in the Latino community of the South Bronx from the late 1940s to the 1970s. From Mambo to Hip Hop will recognize the creative contributions of the people and the neighborhood to popular music. (Multistate)

Concert Productions, Inc.
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support ten On the Road shows for the public radio series From the Top. This hour-long program combines performances by exceptional young classical musicians (ages nine to 18), interviews, guest artists and a 13-year-old roving reporter who profiles the young musicians. (Multistate)

Earmark, Inc.
West Chester, PA
$15,000
To support the production of radio documentaries exploring the impact of technology on the arts. Intersections: Art and Technology will consist of two one-hour documentaries and ten five-to seven minute modules. (Multistate)

Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$500,000
To support the development and production of Thirteen/WNET's Performing Arts Series, including Great Performances, Dance in America and Stage on Screen for national broadcast on PBS in 2002-03. Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, American television audiences in all 50 states will be provided free access to a diverse range of cultural programming. (Multistate)

Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$450,000
To support the development and production of the television series American Masters for national PBS broadcast in 2001-02. Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be made available to millions of viewers in all 50 states over 340 public television stations. (Multistate)

ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. (on behalf of South Carolina Educational Radio)
Spartanburg, SC
$50,000
To support the production of 26 new programs for the weekly radio series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, and to support the Piano Jazz Archives Project. National Public Radio will distribute the programs to American audiences on more than 240 stations in the United States and to international audiences via NPR Worldwide. (Multistate)

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Deep Focus Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support research and development for a four-part television series on the roles, impact and depiction of Asian Pacific people in the American motion picture industry. Directed by Arthur Dong, The Asian Pacifics in American Cinema Project will focus on the contributions that Asian Pacific people have made both in front of and behind the camera. (Multistate)

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Public Interest TV Films)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support the production of Sing It, Tell It, a three-part public television series documenting the historical and living heritage of African American music. The series will examine the contributions of African American music from the 1880s, through World War II, and the civil rights era to the present. (Multistate)

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. (on behalf of Ambrica Productions)
Waltham, MA
$10,000
To support research and development for a documentary film on Mary Pickford. Using home movies, archival footage, photographs, interviews, atmospheric shots and Ms. Pickford's own films, the documentary will provide a portrait of a complex woman who held more power than any other woman in the history of Hollywood and who was, at the same time, "America's Sweetheart." (Multistate)

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA)
Arlington, VA
$80,000
To support the production of two programs for The Kennedy Center Presents. Part of a series of performing arts television specials, they will be nationally broadcast on PBS in 2001-02. (Multistate)

Indiana University (on behalf of WFIU Public Radio)
Bloomington, IN
$10,000
To support the production of 16 one-hour programs for the radio series Harmonia. Each program will feature American artists performing music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Multistate)

Institute for Research on Social Problems (on behalf of
Boulder, CO
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for a one-hour public television documentary on American Negro spirituals. To be hosted and narrated by Bobby McFerrin, Sweet Chariot will showcase the music of spirituals through contemporary musicians who keep this rich legacy alive. (Multistate)

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support the production of the weekly radio series Earthsongs. This one-hour program features recordings and live performances of contemporary Native American music and reaches an estimated audience of 75,000 people per broadcast. (Multistate)

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$10,000
To support the production of three radio plays. Washington Theatres on the Air will be recorded in front of a live audience and will be broadcast both nationally and internationally. (Multistate)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support six national telecasts in 2002-03 of the public television series Live From Lincoln Center. The series is broadcast on approximately 300 PBS stations across the 50 states and U.S. territories and reaches an average of five to eight million viewers per program. (Multistate)

MediaRites
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the production of an eight-part radio series by Dmae Roberts. 1st Person Radio Stories will focus on eight different people going through challenging experiences in their lives. (Multistate)

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the taping and national telecast of two Metropolitan Opera productions in 2001 and 2002. Distributed to approximately 340 PBS stations nationwide, The Metropolitan Opera Presents will be seen by three to five million viewers per program. (Multistate)

Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, MN
$35,000
To support the production and national broadcast of St. Paul Sunday, a weekly, one-hour radio series presenting the vitality, diversity and excellence of chamber music. The program will be heard on more than 215 radio stations throughout the United States in 2001-02. (Multistate)

MUSE Film and Television, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the production of Contested Ground, a four-hour television documentary on the evolution of American visual arts in the 20th century. In addition to its national PBS broadcast, this two-part series will be made available on videocassette and DVD for educational institutions, museums, community groups and the general public. (Multistate)

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$100,000
To support production costs for a four-part television series examining the cultural and artistic expression of Latino communities in the United States. Visiones Del Barrio will give audiences an overview of the growth of cultural arts centers, dance and theater companies, and other cultural organizations within the Latino Diaspora. (Multistate)

National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support the production and national distribution of Present at the Creation, a series of new radio features that will explore the creative process and sources of artistic inspiration within American art and culture. Up to 100 documentaries, ranging in length from eight to 22 minutes, will reach millions of listeners via NPR's news magazines and cultural programs, in addition to audiences on the Internet and via NPR's satellite radio service. (Multistate)

National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support the NPR Classical Music Initiative. This initiative will include: the recording, acquisition and national radio broadcast of selected American symphony orchestras on the daily classical music series Performance Today; the presentation of American operatic productions for the NPR World of Opera radio series; and the production of At the Opera. (Multistate)

New Images Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support the development of scripts for Rhythm and Blues: A Documentary History. This series of four one-hour television programs will provide national PBS audiences with a comprehensive examination of one of America's most vital art forms. (Multistate)

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Robert Levi Films)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film on Billy Strayhorn. Piano in the Background: The Story of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington will chronicle Mr. Strayhorn's career as composer and arranger for the Ellington Orchestra as well as his relationship with the maestro. (Multistate)

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Ginger Group Productions)
New York, NY
$200,000
To support the production of American Roots Music, a four-part television series examining the genesis of American folk music during the 20th century. The richly textured film will weave rare archival performance and documentary footage (dating back as far as 1910), recordings and photographs with newly created interviews and performances by contemporary popular musicians. (Multistate)

Newark Public Radio, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$50,000
To support the production of JazzSet with Branford Marsalis, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts performed at United States and international venues. The series is produced by WBGO/Newark and distributed by National Public Radio to approximately 200 public radio stations throughout the country. (Multistate)

Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Inc.
Uwchland, PA
$35,000
To support the production of concerts and feature programs for Echoes, a nationally broadcast radio series of contemporary music. The series will serve a weekly audience of more than 300,000 listeners from 163 stations in 36 states, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands. (Multistate)

Public Radio International, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support the production, distribution and marketing of Studio 360, a weekly arts and culture radio program designed to illuminate the role of the arts in our society. The series is a co production of Public Radio International and WNYC/FM. (Multistate)

Radio Diaries, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production of six 30-minute documentaries for the series Radio Diaries. A fusion of art and journalism, this radio program uses sounds, scenes, conversations and personal reflections to chronicle people over time while weaving together a narrative thread to create drama and a new kind of oral history. (Multistate)

Rebekah Films, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film about four contemporary African American male artists. Brothermen will introduce audiences to photographer Chester Higgins, Jr., songwriters/producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, choreographer/storyteller David Rousseve, and recording artists Roebuck "Pops" Staples and the Staple Singers. (Multistate)

Survival of American Indians Association
Olympia, WA
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film on the legendary Balanchine ballerina Maria Tallchief. Combining performance footage, interviews and photographs, the filmmaker will chronicle the dancer's life from her beginnings in an Osage Indian community through her critical acclaim on the stage to her present role as a ballet teacher. (Multistate)

Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of the public radio series, Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and the distribution of related audiocassettes. The series, which will air on more than 130 National Public Radio stations in 2002-03, will present leading stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures. (Multistate)

University of New Orleans (on behalf of American Routes Radio Show)
New Orleans, LA
$45,000
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series from New Orleans devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. The folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts this two-hour weekend-oriented program, in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz and classical forms with in-studio performances, field features and interviews. (Multistate)

Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$25,000
To support the production of a television special chronicling the eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. This festival is dedicated to the discovery of the world's finest young pianists. (Multistate)

West Virginia Public Radio/Mountain Stage
Charleston, WV
$25,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio series Mountain Stage. Distributed by Public Radio International to more than 115 stations throughout the United States, this weekly two-hour program presents contemporary music and traditional roots performers. (Multistate)

WHYY, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio series Fresh Air with Terry Gross. This award-winning daily journal of contemporary arts, culture and issues is broadcast on 331 public radio stations and heard by three million people each week. (Multistate)

World Music Productions
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the production and national distribution of the weekly public radio program Afropop Worldwide. The series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. It is distributed by Public Radio International to approximately 100 radio stations in the U.S. and by Voice of America to independent stations in African countries. (Multistate)

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