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.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Central Baptist Church
Charleston, SC
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support conservation and restoration of murals executed in 1915
by an artist from India, Amohamed Milai, in one of the first
churches built solely by African Americans. The murals are
extensive and depict the life of Christ, including the Crucifixion,
Ascension and Resurrection.
City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
Charleston, SC
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$35,000
To support performances at the Petite Performance Pavilion. As part
of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, this project will provide short,
admission-free performances by artists who will perform in ticketed
events during the festival.
School of the Building Arts, Inc. (consortium)
Charleston, SC
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$55,000
To support Masters of the Building Arts, a festival showcasing the
skills of master craftspeople. The festival will feature artisans,
such as stonecarvers, brick masons, woodcarvers, and other
craftspeople, in workshops, demonstrations and lectures.
Columbia
Columbia Music Festival Association (on behalf of
EdArts)
Columbia, SC
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & TV FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support the research and development of scripts for an
educational television series about music intended for children
ages eight to 10. A character-driven dramatic series, SlamJam will
provide young viewers with exposure to a variety of musical styles
and genres.
South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$648,800
To support Partnership Agreement activities
South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$40,000
To support the continuation of the corridor fieldwork coordinator
position, the Institute for Community Scholars and the Traditional
Arts Apprenticeship Initiative. The continuation of these programs
will create long-lasting partnerships at the local and state level,
and models for folklife documentation efforts in the state.
South Carolina Traditional Arts Network
Columbia, SC
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$20,000
To support an executive director's position and related costs.
Responsibilities include policymaking and funding, as well as
planning, organizing and coordinating activities for the
organization, such as conference planning, membership development
and marketing.
Rock Hill
Arts Council of Rock Hill & York County
Rock Hill, SC
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$20,000
To support the Revival-Design Camp Meeting. The project supports
the cross-training of professional craft artists and
environmentalists in the development of home furnishing prototypes
primarily using recycled materials.
Winthrop University (on behalf of College of Visual
and Performing Arts)
Rock Hill, SC
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$90,000
To support expansion of the ABC Outreach Program. Phase two of the
initiative will increase the network of schools that provide
standards-based arts instruction and will focus on serving high
concentrations of K through eighth-grade students at risk of
educational failure.
Spartanburg
ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. (on behalf of South
Carolina Educational Radio)
Spartanburg, SC
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & TV FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$65,000
To support the production of new programs for the weekly radio
series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. National Public Radio will
distribute the programs to American audiences on more than 242
stations in the United States, and to international audiences via
NPR Worldwide.
South Carolina Educational Communications, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$75,000
To support the Virtual Arts Center (VAC). The interactive arts
education Web site, designed for middle school students, will
feature videos of working artists and online galleries of
student-produced work in the visual and performing arts.
South Carolina Total Dollars Awarded: $1,088,800
South Carolina Total Grants Awarded: 11
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