2003 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
ALABAMA
Auburn University
Auburn University Main Campus (consortium)
Auburn University, AL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support creative writing classes at the Julia Tutwiler Prison
for Women and Edwina Mitchell Center Work Release for Women, as
part of the Alabama Prison Arts Initiative. The project will seek
to involve participants' families, prison staff and administrators.
Birmingham
Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$25,000
To support the Alabama Community Scholars Institute. The project is
designed to preserve Alabama's folklore through formal training in
folklife fieldwork, videography, photography transcription and
writing.
Birmingham Museum of Art
Birmingham, AL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$25,000
To support the exhibition Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master--Pioneer
of Modern Design, with accompanying catalog and education
programs. As the leading early 20th century proponent of the Rimpa
decorative tradition, Sekka (1866-1942) is considered the father of
modern Japanese design.
Children's Dance Foundation
Birmingham, AL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$10,000
To support Movement-to-Music, which provides dance for young
children and children with special needs. The program is offered to
more than 45 pre-schools throughout the Birmingham area and taught
by professional dance instructors and musicians.
Sloss Furnace Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$35,000
To support The Summer Youth Apprenticeship program. High school
students from the Birmingham area will apprentice with professional
artists to create cast-metal sculptures.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
(on behalf of Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts
Center)
Birmingham, AL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$25,000
To support Mentor the Arts. The pilot program is designed to
enhance high school-level understanding of the performing arts
through extended activities with mentors in non-academic
settings.
Huntsville
Huntsville Housing Authority
Huntsville, AL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$43,000
To support comprehensive musical exposure and educational
opportunities to Authority residents and children in the
surrounding community. The project will include violin instruction,
ensemble performances, music theory and literacy classes,
elementary school residencies, a youth orchestra and other
performance opportunities.
Montgomery
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$15,000
To support a bilingual fieldworker and related costs. This project
will provide field documentation that is crucial to the development
of new traditional arts programming in Latino communities in
Alabama.
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$623,400
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Alabama Total Dollars Awarded: $821,400
Alabama Total Grants Awarded: 9
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