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.

MISSOURI

Big River Association (on behalf of River Styx Magazine)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets and 20 prose writers.

Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support The Legend Project, a series of plays for multigenerational audiences exploring legendary characters Frankenstein, Zorro and Faust. Each production will act as a catalyst for educational and community dialogues as well as individual exploration through post performance forums and special educational resources.

Divinity, Inc.
Florissant, MO
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the fifth annual Langston Hughes St. Louis/World Black Poetry Festival. Participating poets include Quincy Troupe, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Reggie Gibson, Eugene B. Redmond and Yusef Komanyakaa.

Forum for Contemporary Art
St. Louis, MO
$27,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a discussion/exhibition series entitled A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad. Funding will be used to support the artists' residencies and the curatorial research necessary for both the exhibition and the planned publication.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a master piano series. In 2002, five presentations by world-renowned pianists are planned at the Folly Theater in Kansas City.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To present a series of six solo works. The works include It Starts with a Step, by Lotte Goslar; Strange Hero, by Daniel Nagrin; Kaddish, by Anna Sokolow; Totem Ancestor, by Merce Cunningham; Debut at the Opera, by Agnes de Mille; and The Dying Swan, by Michel Fokine.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$40,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support two theme-based programs. The first, Of War and Remembrance, will concentrate on war and cultural struggles and the second, Quotation of Dream, will be based on the introspective sound world of the music of composer Toru Takemitsu.

Klimasewiski, Marshall N.
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Cold Sassy Tree by American composer Carlisle Floyd. Five performances of the opera at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Kansas City will reach an audience of 7,500.

Montemarano, Nicholas
Warrensburg, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the American premiere of the opera Flight by Jonathan Dove with libretto by April de Angelis. An audience of 5,700 is expected to attend six performances of this work at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center in St. Louis.

Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support planning for the exhibition A Walking Shadow: Ritual Art from New Ireland. This proposed grant will enable the museum to present the most comprehensive exhibition to date to focus on the art of this Western Pacific island group.

Saint Louis Symphony Society
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support community concerts of American music. The Saint Louis Symphony will perform in outreach sites in St. Louis communities, churches, schools and at Symphony Hall.

University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of The Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$18,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication, promotion and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. The magazine will enhance its Web site, increase authors' fees, and target 50,000 potential readers through a national direct mail campaign.

Total Dollars Awarded: $335,000
Total Grants Awarded: 14

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