2004 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Leadership Initiatives/Literature Fellowships
Services to Arts Organizations & Artists

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

GEORGIA

7 Stages, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support the premiere production of Maria Kizito by Erik Ehn. Artistic Director Del Hamilton will direct the piece and choreograpers/ performance artists Laurie Carlos and Robbie McCauley of New York City's Urban Bush Women will play leading roles in the production.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$35,000
To support the 28th Annual Meeting. The project will offer training in community-based art practices through residency activities, workshops, cultural exchanges, and informal discussions.

Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$23,000
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The reviews section includes an average of 32 articles by writers, many of whom will be publishing for the first time. Curated by Big Ballyhoo, a collective of feminist artists, the project will be presented during the LAB's 20th anniversary season.

Dad's Garage, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support a residency for playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Residency activities will include playwriting classes and workshops, and will culminate in three publicly staged readings of his new play, Rough Magic.

Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$40,000
To support ACCESS, an electronic marketing initiative designed to benefit Fulton County's arts community Small and mid-sized arts organizations in metropolitan Atlanta will receive technology support to allow them to benefit from a newly developed Web portal that provides unified marketing for the arts.

Independent Media Artists of
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the 28th Atlanta Film Festival. The event presents the best of current independent film and video to an average audience of 15,000 people.

Independent Media Artists of (on behalf of Latent Films)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$35,000
To support the production of an experimental documentary film and installation work by Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum. Milk will examine the controversies surrounding the many uses of this fluid food.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$25,000
To support a series of performances at the National Black Arts Festival 2004. Under the theme Women of the African Diaspora, performances will be supplemented by educational activities and humanities-based events designed to deepen the audience's connection to artists and the works presented.

Several Dancers Core $10,000
Decatur, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a collaboration with Berlin's Tanzcompagnie RUBATO. The project will develop a new work for CORE Performance Company, the professional dance company of Several Dancers Core, through residencies in Atlanta and Berlin.

Synchronicity Performance Group, Inc. $8,000
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, development, and production of a theater work through the Women in War project. The project will be lead by Artistic Directors Rachel May, Hope Mirlis, and Michele Pearce, and filmmaker Carol Cassidy will assist in the research and development of the piece.

Georgia Total Dollars Awarded: $216,000
Georgia Total Grants Awarded: 10

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