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.

MISSOURI

American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, MO
$11,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the continuation of JazzNet, a jointly funded initiative with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Designed to increase commissioning, residencies and educational programming through 13 regional presenters, JazzNet encourages individual artists and ensembles by providing creation funds, touring support, artists' residencies and access to shared workspace.

Center of Contemporary Arts
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the continuation of the Pre-Professional Dance and Dance Outreach Program. These programs provide intensive training for low-income students and yearlong dance residencies to elementary schools in the St. Louis School District.

Dance Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in a series of access and outreach programs. Dance St. Louis will identify suburban, rural and urban partners to reach underserved areas and audiences.

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support Ailey Camp. This summer program for high-risk middle school students in the Kansas City, MO School District develops self-esteem, creative expression, critical thinking and academic motivation through dance.

Metro Theater Company
St. Louis, MO
$27,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the presentation and tour of two plays to rural and urban communities in the Midwest and nationally for two seasons. Metro Theater Company's tour will include the productions of Captain Lindbergh's Ocean Flight, developed by Het Filiaal of the Netherlands, and Two Donuts by Jose Cruz Gonzalez.

Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City, MO
$954,500
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mid-America Arts Alliance (on behalf of ExhibitsUSA)
Kansas City, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the tour of the exhibition Whispers from the Walls: The Art of Whitfield Lovell. ExhibitsUSA will develop educational and programming materials to accompany the exhibition as well as provide lecture and shipping subsidies to assist underserved communities.

Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies
Columbia, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Rural Initiative. The project will develop arts programs in rural communities and provide services to isolated artists through an on-line artist directory, a rural touring roster, and technical assistance.

Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$546,700
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support fieldwork in Missouri's northern tier counties. Identification of traditional artists in the northern tier will affect the public programming options in this region and ultimately provide a showcase for the region's traditions throughout the state.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the Artists-In-Training program. With a focus on urban youth, the program provides opportunities for high school students in vocal coaching, master classes, retreats and performances. Consortium members include Webster University, Washington University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Saint Louis Symphony Society (consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a community partnership initiative with the Innsbrook Institute in Warren County, MO. The Saint Louis Symphony will perform an outdoor community concert, as well as a summer festival of orchestral and chamber music.

St. Louis Black Repertory Company, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support components of the company's Community and Education programs. The initiative includes a professional theater intern program, touring performances, student matinees and workshops, acting classes and a summer theater camp.

University of Missouri at Columbia (consortium)
Columbia, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project is designed to document, conserve and present the state's living folk arts and folklife.

Total Dollars Awarded: $1,784,200
Total Grants Awarded: 14

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