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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.

OREGON

Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a new play by Lauren Marshall based on commedia dell'arte playwright Carlo Goldoni's La Casa Nova.

CALYX, Inc.
Corvallis, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Calyx, a journal of art and literature by women. The journal will increase honoraria to writers and artists, launch a direct mail subscription campaign, and coordinate a reading series for emerging Calyx authors.

Imago, The Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$13,000
To support the development and production of a new work entitled Ask Cicero, based on Luigi Pirandello's Each in His Own Way. The piece will combine elements of musical theater, physical comedy, vaudeville, linear and non-linear techniques, and visual illusion.

MediaRites
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the production of a radio series by Dmae Roberts. AsianAm: Profiles of Contemporary and Historic Asian Americans will feature stories about unsung heroes in Asian American history and modern times.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support readings, residencies, and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Proposed authors include Marianne Baruch, Henri Cole, Billy Collins, Bei Dao, Naomi Shihab Nye, Diane Wakoski, and Adam Zagajewski.

Oregon Center for the Photographic (Blue Sky Gallery)
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support a series of publications documenting the exhibition of individual photographers' work at Blue Sky Gallery. The publications will include both catalogues and full monographs on selected artists.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$55,000
To support the premiere production of Oedipus Complex, an original adaptation of the Greek classic by writer-director Frank Galati. The production's design team will include lighting designer Donald Holder, costume designer Mara Blumenfeld, and scenic designer James Schuette.

Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$28,000
To support the production of a classic play adapted to reflect contemporary issues. Portland Center Stage will host the U.S. premiere of Hungarian actor/director Robert Alfoldi's adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$12,000
To support On the Shoulder of Giants. The project will commission and present new works by taiko composers as well as a collaboration with choreographer Minh Tran.

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$15,000
To support performances of Osvaldo Golijov's Las Pasin Segn San Marcos (St. Mark's Passion) during the 2005 Oregon Bach Festival.

White Bird
Portland, OR
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$15,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in The White Bird/PSU Dance Series. The series will include master classes and lecture demonstrations.

Oregon Total Dollars Awarded: $213,000
Oregon Total Grants Awarded: 11


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