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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.

FLORIDA

Broward County Board of County Commissioners
Fort Lauderdale, FL
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$18,000
To support the National Arts Stabilization's (NAS) presentation of Managing Change. Arts organizations from throughout the county will participate in this capacity-building program for arts leaders that is part of the NAS executive education series, Leadership in a Changing Environment.

Coconut Grove Playhouse State Theatre of Theatre of Florida
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support the production of Blue and Once Removed. These works by Charles Randolph-Wright and Eduardo Machado feature African-American and Hispanic themes.

Fiction Collective Two
Tallahassee, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support the publication, promotion and national distribution of new works of fiction. The press will promote the books through direct mail, press releases to city and community newspapers and author readings nationwide.

Florida Dance Association Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$35,000
To support the 25th annual Florida Dance Festival. The program offers training for dance students and teachers, provides creative and collaborative opportunities for dance artists and presents public performances.

Haskins, Lola B.
LaCrosse, FL
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
Recipient, 2002 Creative Writing Fellowship (Poetry).

Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support the presentation of a world premiere. The Neighborhood Ballroom, choreographed by Artistic Director Edward Villella, is a new work in four acts.

Miami Light Project, Inc.
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance theater work. Hip-Hop Elements will be choreographed by Miami-based Ricardo "Speedy Legs" Fernandez.

Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$30,000
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. In addition to presentations of challenging, culturally specific works throughout Miami, the series will extend participating artists' involvement with the community.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. The program will prepare young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field through performance, multidisciplinary coaching and community outreach.

Orlando Opera Company, Inc.
Orlando, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support the expansion of the Resident Artist Program. During a nine-month residency, eight singing-actors will be given stylistic training in the zarzuela, launching a new artistic initiative targeted to reach the Hispanic population.

Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$20,000
To support the commissioning of a children's opera by John Kennedy. Designed for the company's Youth Opera Program, all roles in this opera will be sung by children.

South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support the Sound Arts Workshop residency program. The project will provide four interdisciplinary artists with access to equipment, technical assistance and artist fees for the creation of sound-based work.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Tampa, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support the residency of The Washington Ballet. The project will include performances, a new work, master classes, student workshops and community outreach.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the 18th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents multi-lingual theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Teatro Nuero
Coral Gables, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$12,000
To support the production of a new play. Playwright Michael McKeever has committed to write a new play entitled A Town Like Irving about prejudice and civil liberties in American culture.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$5,000
To support dance presentations during the 9th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The Festival will include performances, workshops, panels and symposia focusing on the Asian diaspora.

University of South Florida (on behalf of Contemporary Art Museum)
Tampa, FL
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$15,000
To support an artist residency and exhibition of work by Brazilian-born, New York-based artist Vik Muniz, with accompanying catalog.

Total Dollars Awarded: $355,000
Total Grants Awarded: 17