2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

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

KENTUCKY

Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development and production of a radio series documenting the living music and cultural traditions of the Central Appalachian highlands. Intended for national broadcast, each program will combine musical presentations, interviews and narration.

Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$52,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support year one of the Living Archive. This three-part initiative will preserve Appalshop's large body of on-site audio and video work by creating an accessible archive, fostering discourse with constituents, and sharing learnings with the field.

Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the National Civil War Band Festival on the campus of Campbellsville University in central Kentucky. This three-day event in July 2003 will feature historically accurate performances of band music from the American Civil War era, with concurrent lectures, recitals and exhibits by musicians and scholars from across the country.

J.B. Speed Art Museum
Louisville, KY
$13,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the planning and evaluation of Touch Art, a series of arts learning resources for preschool children. In partnership with the Louisville Free Public Library, the museum will develop pilot computer programs and interactive resource materials that will result in an enhanced appreciation for and understanding of the permanent collection.

Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$614,100
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The position would serve as a vital component of the Kentucky Folklife Program's field research and public programming component.

Kentucky Educational Television Foundation, Inc.
Lexington, KY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support production of an Art Toolkit. The multimedia resource will include a video excerpt library with modules in dance and visual arts and a Web site that facilitates interactive contact between teachers and students.

Kentucky Opera Association
Louisville, KY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support World Rhythms - OperaWorks. The series of programs for middle and high school students will include up to 25 performances and post-performance discussions that address objectives of the Kentucky Education Reform Act.

Louisville Orchestra, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the preservation and dissemination of the archived recordings collection. The two-year project (2002-04) will resurrect hundreds of original autograph scores and world premiere master tapes commissioned and recorded by the orchestra on its First Edition label.

Louisville Visual Art Association
Louisville, KY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support ARTworks. This project provides traveling exhibitions, artist residencies, resource materials and in-service training for teachers in four elementary schools.

Pleiades Theatre Company, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work by women playwrights from Kentucky. Up to four women playwrights will collaborate to create a play that will explore the lives of a diverse group of women from Kentucky's history.

Stage One: The Louisville Children's Theatre, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the production of two repertory plays for young audiences. The plays will be designed for elementary and middle school audiences using a developmental approach to theater.

Total Dollars Awarded: $879,100
Total Grants Awarded: 12

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