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.
NEBRASKA
Lincoln
Friends of Lied/Lied Center for Performing Arts Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$45,000
To support the Omaha Cultural Arts Project. In collaboration,
teachers and artists will develop a kindergarten through 12th grade
arts curriculum for 450 students enrolled in the Omaha Nation
Public School District, in rural Macy, Nebraska.
Lincoln Arts Council
Lincoln, NE
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk
&Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Activities will
include identifying scholars and folk artists in immigrant and
refugee communities, identifying venues for exhibitions and
performances, and linking these communities with educational and
research resources.
Nebraska Humanities Council
Lincoln, NE
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk
&Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support the Nebraska Folklife Program. The program's mission is
to research, document, support and present Nebraska folklife and
traditional arts.
Omaha
Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &Regional
$618,000
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Omaha Theater Company (aka Omaha Theater Company for
Young People)
Omaha, NE
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support a national tour of How Anansi Came to America by
Frank Higgins. The 22-week tour will reach nearly 300,000 young
people and their families in 35 states.
Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$20,000
To support outreach activities associated with the opera, Cold
Sassy Tree, by Carlisle Floyd. A four week tour of scenes from
the opera and community programs that advance the public's
understanding of American opera will take place in 2003-04.
Nebraska Total Dollars Awarded: $763,000
Nebraska Total Grants Awarded : 6
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