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.
NEW JERSEY
International Sculpture Center, Inc.
Hamilton, NJ
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$20,000
To support a series of articles and reviews on emerging and
under-recognized artists for Sculpture magazine. Articles
solicited will focus on work of current artists, events and public
art projects.
McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$50,000
To support a production of a play by Anton Chekhov. Artistic
Director Emily Mann will adapt and direct Uncle Vanya as the
fifth play of the 2002-03 Mainstage Theater Series.
National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support judging fees and publication costs for volumes of
poetry selected from the National Poetry Series Open Competition.
Chosen by poets, the winning manuscripts will be published by
HarperCollins, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Sun & Moon Press,
the Univ. of Illinois Press and Viking Penguin.
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$30,000
To support a three-week Winter Festival, an exploration of
American roots in works at the turn of the 20th century. The
orchestra will perform works by Chadwick, MacDowell, Ives,
Gottschalk and Still.
Reiter, Thomas
Neptune, NJ
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
Recipient, 2002 Creative Writing Fellowship (Poetry).
Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$18,000
To support the Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its
multi-state tour. Over 60 organizations throughout the United
States host the festival each year which draws over 700 entries
from all over the country.
Total Dollars Awarded: $148,000
Total Grants Awarded: 6
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