2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships
Leadership Initiatives

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

COLORADO

Alpenglow Chamber Music Festivals, Inc.
Dillon, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$8,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Dan Coleman. A portion of the work will be composed prior to the August 2003 festival and the remaining portions will be composed with input from audiences at the festival.

Arts Alive Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$5,000
To support the expansion of business management and professional development services. Four workshops will be offered to local arts organizations in marketing, grantwriting, fundraising and audience diversification.

Aspen Filmfest (Independent Films)
Aspen, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$14,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$35,000
To support the American Academy of Conducting, a professional development program for post conservatory musicians. Under the direction of music director David Zinman and conductor Murry Sidlin, the summer 2003 project will engage 24 participants in an extensive conducting institute.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$12,500
To support the 16th annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer 2003 festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, open rehearsals, public workshops, educational outreach concerts and young artist programs.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$20,000
To support a new production of Goyescas by Enrique Granados to be sung in Spanish. This work has rarely been performed in the United States since its American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1916.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theatre, Inc.)
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of several works and artist residencies. The company will host artists Abdel Salaam, Bill T. Jones and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar to choreograph and conduct workshops and master classes.

Colorado Ballet Company
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the commissioning of a new work. Doug Varone will create the work, which will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York.

Colorado Music Festival
Boulder, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the artist-in-residence program. Two-week residencies for each of three guest artists engaged for the 2003 Festival will include performances, community outreach and education activities.

Denver Art Museum
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$100,000
To support the exhibition Gateway to the Sun: The Tiwanaku Civilization of Ancient South America, with accompanying catalog.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support the 26th Denver International Film Festival. The event will present over 150 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of over 30,000 people.

El Centro Su Teatro
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the Touring Teatro Encuentro project. Su Teatro, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and Xicanindio Artes will conduct workshop productions of El Sol Que Tu Eres/The Sun That You Are, by Anthony Garcia, in four cities.

Total Dollars Awarded: $269,500
Total Grants Awarded: 12

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