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.
NEW MEXICO
Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$75,000
To support two gatherings and associated publications. The
gatherings will focus on the internationalization of cultural
resources, networks, and activity for the field of folk culture and
traditional arts.
Institute for Spanish Arts
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work
will be choreographed by Maria Benitez and Adela Clara, and feature
the music of composer Luigi Boccherini.
Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$13,500
To support Music at Angel Fire's 21st Anniversary Festival. The
festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of
Angel Fire, Las Vegas, and Taos.
Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativty FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$25,000
To support residencies for artists to create new work or complete
major projects. Participating artists will be provided with
housing, workspace, and technical assistance for one- to
three-month residencies.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support the 32nd annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The
festival will include a diverse range of repertoire, guest
composers, and world premieres, as well as free community and youth
concerts.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (consortium)
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support a co-commission and related performances of a new work
by American jazz composer and performer Chick Corea. The intended
work will be written for the Orion String Quartet.
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$18,000
To support a series of lectures to examine contemporary painting.
Guest artists will be invited to deliver slide lectures and take
questions about their work at partner institutions.
Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$50,000
To support the commission of a new opera Bel Canto by Aaron
Jay Kernis with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on the American
novel of the same name by Ann Pachett, the opera will be written
for seven principal soloists, a mixed chorus of 24-36 singers, and
orchestra.
Theatre Grottesco North America, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new adaptation of
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The play will be adapted and
directed by artistic director John Flax and developed in
collaboration with the company's ensemble.
University of New Mexico Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$30,000
To support a residency program, exhibition, and catalogue targeted
to Native American artists who have not had access to printmaking
facilities and methods. The project includes a stipend, studio
access for two weeks, materials, transportation funds, and
instruction from and collaboration with a master printer.
VSA arts of New Mexico, Inc. (consortium)
Albuquerque, NM
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support performances and residency activities of mixed-ability
dance companies. AXIS Dance Company and Homer Avila and Dancers
will be presented during the Global DanceFest.
New Mexico Total Dollars Awarded: $281,500
New Mexico Total Grants Awarded: 11
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