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.
NEW JERSEY
African Grove Institute for the Arts
Newark, NJ
$25,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support the development of a regional council structure. Project activities will include the
creation of strategic plans and quarterly conferences for six regional councils serving African
diaspora theater and performing arts.
Aljira, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Emerge, a professional development fellowship program for artists. The program seeks to
provide advice and guidance from professional artists for the artist participants, and to assist
with networking opportunities.
Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Leonia, NJ
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music
conference. During the 2002 summer conference, there will be week-long residencies by three
composers, Victoria Bond, Tamar Diesendruck and Peter Lewis, and a three-week residency by senior
composer-in-residence Chen Yi.
George Street Playhouse, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of a new play. George Street Playhouse will produce Waiting For
Tadashi by Velina Hasu Houston in spring 2002.
McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the presentation of a theater work. The production of All Over by Edward Albee
will be directed by Artistic Director Emily Mann.
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
Englewood, NJ
$45,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support Project Impact. This three-part leadership training initiative will include a series of
conferences, a management training institute, and a mentoring and partnership program.
National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$7,500
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: 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
HarperCollins Publishers, Louisiana State University Press, Sun & Moon Press, the University of
Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support statewide presentations of a festival on the music of Richard Strauss. The three week
festival in January 2002 will incorporate orchestral performances of the works of Strauss with
several ancillary lecture/performances.
Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$18,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 2002 Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Over 60
organizations throughout the United States host the festival each year, and it draws over 800
entries annually from all over the country.
Wheaton Village, Inc. (on behalf of Creative Glass Center of America)
Millville, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for glass artists to create new work at the Creative Glass Center of
America. The center will provide housing, a monthly stipend, supplies and materials, and 24 hour
access to the Wheaton Glass Factory.
Total Dollars Awarded: $235,500
Total Grants Awarded: 10
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