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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.

OHIO

Antioch University (on behalf of Antioch Review)
Yellow Springs, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support publication and related expenses, including author payments, for special issues of the Antioch Review. Each issue will focus on a contemporary literary form: short fiction, poetry, and the essay.

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque
Cleveland Heights, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support performances and radio broadcasts of early-Romantic symphonic music on period instruments. Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 7 and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony will be performed in Akron at Oberlin College and at Severance Hall in Cleveland.

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc.
Columbus, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a full-length ballet by choreographer Stanton Welch. Evolution will be created in three acts to the music Carroboree by Australian John Antill, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, and songs by Moby.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the development and premiere production of a new play. Going Gone by Karen Hartman will be developed through readings, workshops, and rehearsals for a full production at The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the 28th Cleveland International Film Festival, including the seventh Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. The event presents current work from around the world and complements it with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding and appreciation of the art form.

Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$35,000
To support presentation of music and dance performances by national and international artists/ensembles. A comprehensive schedule of performance series, including VIVA!, Carnevale, Gala Music Series, and Aki Festival of New Music, will feature artists from diverse cultures.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association) (consortium)
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support An American Mosaic, an exploration of the heritage of American classical music by American conductors and composers. The two-month exploration will feature performances of works by Walter Piston and Leonard Bernstein; premieres of works by composers Uri Caine and Susan Botti; and guest conductors including James Conlon, Alan Gilbert, and David Zinman.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association)
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support the first year of the Cleveland-San Francisco Exchange, a two-year venture to present each orchestra in the other's home city. Plans for the first year include three performances by the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting in Cleveland's Severance Hall.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$22,000
To support the production of Uncle Tom's Cabin or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Artistic Director Randy Rollison and Dramaturg Floraine Kay will adapt the work. Mr. Rollison will also serve as director.

Community Arts Project, Inc. (King Arts Complex)
Columbus, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance work and an exhibition on African American dance. A variety of educational and outreach activities will be provided for each event.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$15,000
To support the presentation of dance companies. Artists will perform at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater and participate in a variety of community and audience development activities.

Dayton Contemporary Dance
Dayton, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Bebe Miller. Miller and four members of her company will share choreographic knowledge with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company dancers utilizing the technology of motion capture as a tool in the creative process.

Griffith, Michael
Cincinnati, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Independent Pictures
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Art
$10,000
To support the 2004 Ohio Independent Film Festival. Over 130 films will be presented to an estimated audience of 3,000 people.

Kent State University, Main Campus
Kent, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support faculty artists' fees for the professional development of advanced music students at the Kent/Blossom Music program. Nationally selected, post-secondary music students will spend summer weeks under the mentorship and instruction of Cleveland Orchestra musicians, the Miro Quartet, and other prominent faculty members.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$15,000
To support the publication and related expenses, including increased authors' fees, for issues of The Kenyon Review. The journal will expand its publication from three issues per year to four.

Ohio State University Research Foundation
Columbus, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$20,000
To support a symposium and workshop on the use of contemporary digital technologies by women architects and artists. The architects will present their work to a professional and general audience with special outreach to local high school students.

Ohio University Main Campus (on behalf of Athens Ctr. for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the 31st Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.

Playhouse Square Foundation
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the presentation of ballet companies. The project will include a student matinee, master classes for local dance students, and pre- and post-show discussions for the audience.

SPACES
Cleveland, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$35,000
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, an honorarium, a living stipend, transportation expenses, and a materials budget.

Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$40,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works. The project is part of Wexner Center for the Arts' ongoing artists' residency program that provides financial, technical, and professional support for the creation, completion, and/or presentation of new work.

Ohio Total Dollars Awarded: $467,000
Ohio Total Grants Awarded: 21


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