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.

VERMONT

Flynn Theatre
Burlington, VT
$15,500
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.

Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
(on behalf of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Burlington, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support artist residencies and performances at the Discover Jazz Festival. Educational activities will include a jazz scholar-in-residence, pre-performance lectures, and dialogues with the performing artists.

Kingdom County Productions (on behalf of Fledging Films)
Barnet, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support and extend Fledgling Films. Designed for teens and pre-teens, the project provides opportunities in media writing, production and media literacy.

Preservation Trust of Vermont
Burlington, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the preservation and treatment of painted theater curtains in Vermont. This will be the first comprehensive survey of, and stabilization effort for, these highly decorated stage curtains.

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
St. Johnsbury, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the preservation of 19th century objects in the permanent collection and restoration of this historic landmark's facilities. Through architectural planning and the development of environmental controls and monitoring, the Athenaeum will focus on preventive conservation techniques to preserve its 19th century ambience and art, archives and rare book collection.

Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
$579,400
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support continuation of a statewide Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The apprenticeship program encourages the preservation of living traditional arts by funding master artists to work with less experienced apprentices in order to pass along time-honored skills and knowledge.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour. The orchestra will present educational activities and community concert programs in 10 underserved rural communities throughout Vermont.

Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support expansion of the theater's education and outreach programs for an intergenerational, rural, underserved audience. Under the leadership of a new education director, new initiatives will be launched and existing programs enhanced.

Total Dollars Awarded: $746,900
Total Grants Awarded: 9

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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Washington, DC 20506