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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.

OREGON

Alliance of Artists' Communities
Portland, OR
$45,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support U.S. artists' communities. The organization will conduct professional development seminars, establish a leadership council, and develop resources on best practices in the field of artists' communities.

Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$7,500
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 Symphony of a Thousand for large orchestra, eight vocal soloists, two adult choruses, and a children's chorus. The two performances in May 2002 will be the culminating work in a five-year Mahler cycle.

Imago, Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
$11,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of a new work. In Walking Into Walls and Backing Into Holes, Artistic Director Carol Triffle will continue her recent explorations in creating works that include vaudeville, existentialism, comedy and the absurd.

Indian Country Development Corporation
Medford, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support fieldwork/documentation and other related costs of Native American traditional artists in southwest Oklahoma. Fieldwork will result in a publication of project findings and a video production of project interviews.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings, residencies, and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Proposed authors include Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Ann Carson, W.S. DiPiero, Rita Dove, Mary Oliver, Carl Phillips, Anne Carson, Charles Simic and Sherman Alexie.

Oregon Repertory Singers
Portland, OR
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support commissions and performances of new choral works by composer Robert Kyr. The Oregon Repertory Singers will premiere and record the new works for a nationally released compact disc.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association (consortium)
Ashland, OR
$40,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, workshop and public reading of two new plays by David Edgar. Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre will support the development of The Continental Divide, a pair of new plays about the contradictions in U.S. politics of the late 20th century.

Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$12,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and presentation of new theater works during the JAW/West 2002 playwrights festival. During the two-week festival, the company will develop and workshop new plays by writers from across the country.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support the Rock the Boat Project. This collaboration of Portland Taiko, Asian American theater duo Eth-Noh-Tec, and master drummer Kenny Endo will fuse taiko (the Japanese word for drum), theater and performance art.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of four dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes and residencies.

Total Dollars Awarded: $170,500
Total Grants Awarded: 10


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