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.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ACTCo (African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.)
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. Wedding Dance by playwright Dominic Taylor will be presented as part of the Project Guidestar Residency Program.

Arena Stage
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the development and production of An American Daughter by Wendy Wasserstein. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Molly Smith. Set in Washington, D.C., the play comments on the intersection of political and private life in a bold manner.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$40,000
To support expansion of professional development programs for the presenting field. Arts Presenters will augment services at the Emerging Leadership Institute and its Winter Institute and Members' Conference, as well as initiate research and program design to address issues of board training.

Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support the presentation and national radio broadcast of the 15th annual Choral Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Choral Arts Society, Howard University Choir, a children's choir and a gospel choir will combine forces for performances conducted by Norman Scribner.

Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$25,000
To support performances and residencies by dance artists. The series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and companies.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$500,000
To support the second round of the National College Choreography Initiative, a project that will bring classic American dances of the past century and newly commissioned works to students and audiences in communities across the nation. The project will involve two parts: the reconstruction or restaging of masterworks of the 20th century by historically significant choreographers, and the creation or restaging of dances by contemporary choreographers.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$100,000
To support professional development services. The project includes the Spring 2003 Council Meeting, Dance/USA on Tour, Dance/BASIC, and Dance/NYC professional development series.

District of Columbia Jewish Community Center Inc.
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play through the Voices from a Changing Israel series. The series, offering plays chronicling life in the Middle East, will feature the presentation of In the Dark by Motti Lerner during the 2003 season.

Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$150,000
To support the Arts and Rural Community Assistance Initiative. The initiative will provide grants for arts projects that celebrate rural America's diverse cultural heritage, strengthen the arts in rural communities by supporting works of artistic excellence, and advance learning in the arts.

Friends of Walter C. Pierce Community Park
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support the production of a radio series by Katie Davis. Neighborhood Stories will be composed of essays, sound portraits and oral histories of the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

George Washington University (on behalf of Center on Aging, Humanities and Research)
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility/Research
$145,000
To support the third year of a three-year study on the Impact of the Arts on Older Americans, to measure and evaluate the effects that professional arts programming have on the quality of life of older adults. Additional funding will be provided through interagency agreements with other federal agencies and gift funds.

Images of Cultural Artistry Inc.
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the presentation of African and African-American dance. Dancing in the Circle of Our Ancestors will occur during the International Association of Blacks in Dance conference.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support a festival presentation of ballet companies. The International Ballet Festival will include a variety of educational and outreach initiatives.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$65,000
To support Soundtracks: Music and Film, a festival examining the history of music in film. Music director Leonard Slatkin and guest conductor John Williams will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in performances and will lead discussions and demonstrations.

Octagon, the Museum of The American Architectural Foundation
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$62,000
To support the conservation of the only extant original architectural model (1969-71) of the World Trade Center. Made by the offices of Minoru Yamasaki Associates for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the presentation model is all that remains to document that site in its original form.

Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$55,000
To support the production of a classic play. Artistic Director Michael Khan will direct the Washington, D.C. premiere of The Silent Woman by Ben Johnson.

Society for the Arts in Healthcare
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support a national conference on arts and healing. Transforming Healthcare Through the Arts: Healing Our Patients, Our Communities and Ourselves will offer artists, arts administrators and medical professionals training on the use of the arts in healing environments.

Teatro de la Luna - The Moon Theater
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$12,000
To support the Sixth International Festival of Hispanic Theater. In partnership with Arlington County, the festival will offer Spanish-language theater with interpretation into English, focusing on emerging trends in Latin American theater.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitals. Performances will be held at the Terrace Theater in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and will feature eight singers.

Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support the commissioning of a new ballet by Trey McIntyre. The work will convey a dream journey set to popular music and will premiere at the Kennedy Center.

Washington, DC International Film Festival
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support the Washington D.C. International Film Festival. The event includes free films for children, senior citizens and underserved communities.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$40,000
To support ArteAmerica, a series of performances, residencies and radio programs that celebrate Latino culture. In a consortium with GALA Hispanic Theatre and the Latin American Youth Center, these will be sponsored events in venues throughout Washington and on radio.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$25,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Companies will perform at Dance Place, George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$33,000
To support a production of The Day Room by novelist and playwright Don DeLillo. The play will be directed by Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz and will feature long-time company members who appeared in the theater's 1989 production of the same play.

Total Dollars Awarded: $1,457,000
Total Grants Awarded: 24

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