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.

TENNESSEE

Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (consortium)
Bristol, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the initial field research and planning for a presentation of the music of southern Appalachia at the 37th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fieldworkers will identify relevant traditions and identify areas where original fieldwork needs to be done.

Carpetbag Theatre, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$6,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and development of a spoken word opera for young audiences. Developed by the theater's ensemble company through improvisation along with spoken word artists and National Poetry Slam Champions, the piece will be rooted in African American poetic forms.

Mockingbird Public Theatre
Nashville, TN
$8,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play. The company will produce The Kentucky Cycle by playwright Robert Schenkkan, directed by Associate Artistic Director Rene Copeland.

Nashville Academy Theatre/Nashville Children's Theatre Association
Nashville, TN
$11,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a new theater work. Franklin's Apprentice, by playwright Laurie Brooks, will be directed by Scot Copeland.

Nashville Chamber Orchestra
Nashville, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a guitar festival featuring a commission for a new work for steel guitar and string orchestra by Michael Levine. The April 2002 festival will take place in traditional and non traditional venues and include extensive educational outreach activities.

Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Tennessee Opera Theatre's Young Artist Program. This program offers four artists the opportunity to perform leading or supporting roles in two main stage productions and principal roles in the OperaNET education tour for children.

Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 2002 Nashville Independent Film Festival. The event features student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films and experimental work.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Tennessee Repertory Theatre will produce Francis of Guernica by Marcus Hummon.

Total Dollars Awarded: $80,000
Total Grants Awarded: 8

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