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2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships

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

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support meetings and workshops between design professionals, politicians and policy makers regarding urbanism. The purpose of this project is to provide the necessary leadership on practical issues and solutions that effect, revitalize and transform urban environments.

Chorus America
Washington, DC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field through annual conferences, summer management institutes, and leadership development seminars. Chorus America will provide these services and programs to 550 choruses and 550 individuals.

Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 22nd Series. The series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and companies.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$80,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a professional development project. The project involves the 2002 Roundtable, the 2003 Winter Council meeting, and a series of six regional forums around specific topics in cities throughout the country.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of The Sondheim Celebration. The project will honor the artistic excellence of Stephen Sondheim and his 40 years of contributions to the uniquely American art form of musical theater.

Klam, Mathew
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$75,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Journey to America-A Musical Immigration, a festival celebrating the contributions of foreign-born composers to America's artistic heritage. Music director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of works by Dvorák, Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bloch, Rosza and others.

OPERA America, Inc.
Washington, DC
$100,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support expansion of the Field Services Program. The program features customized technical assistance to small and mid-sized opera companies and will include consultations, seminars and publications.

Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a classic theater work. The Shakespeare Theatre will produce the Washington, DC premiere of The Duchess of Malfi by Jacobean playwright John Webster.

Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of resident artist Sophy Burnham's new play Imagined Prometheus. Artistic and Managing Director Joy Zinoman will direct this contemporary companion play to Aeschylus's classic Prometheus Bound.

TEATRO DE LA LUNA - THE MOON THEATER (consortium) <
Washington, DC
$11,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Fifth International Festival of Hispanic Theater in a consortium project with the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division. The festival will offer several weeks of Spanish language theater with interpretation into English, focusing on emerging trends in Latin American theater.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a solo recital presentation project. Performances, to be held at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. during the 2002-03 season, will feature eight vocal artists as well as a piano trio, and will include a performance of a song cycle by Lori Laitman.

Washington Performing Arts Society (consortium)
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support ArteAmericA, a consortium project with the GALA Hispanic Theatre and the Latin American Youth Center. The project features a series of performances, residencies and outreach activities.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Rennie Harris Puremovement, Kim Itoh + the Glorious Future, Yin Mei, Bebe Miller Company, Quasar Dance Company, and Whispering Voice/David Rousseve will offer performances and other activities in Maryland and D.C.

Washington, DC International Film Festival
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 2002 Washington, DC International Film Festival. Held annually in the spring, the event includes free films for children, senior citizens and underserved communities.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Big Love by Charles Mee. Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz will direct the work, which is based on Aeschylus's The Suppliants.

Total Dollars Awarded: $641,000
Total Grants Awarded: 16


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