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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.

WASHINGTON

33 Fainting Spells
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance theater work, choreographed by co-artistic directors Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson. Our Little Sunbeam combines material from Anton Chekhov's play Ivanov with research drawn from the U.S. Space Program.

911 Media Arts Center
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support the Artists-in-Residence Program and the New Works Laboratory. Through equipment access and technical support, the program nurtures emerging and established media artists in the creative use of new technologies.

Artist Trust
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$15,000
To support the maintenance and expansion of the Information Services program. The project provides professional development information and resources to Washington State artists.

Arts Northwest
Port Angeles, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$25,000
To support technical assistance and professional training through On the Road Seminars. The project will target arts administrators who have fewer opportunities for professional development because of geographic and budgetary constraints.

Bumbershoot (One Reel)
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support Ink Spot, a literary component of the Bumbershoot festival. The project will feature works by as many as 26 artists who utilize written language in a variety of forms.

Carter Family Puppet Theater (Northwest Puppet Center)
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$13,000
To support the creation of a new musical for the puppet stage adapted from an eighteenth century burlesque opera, The Dragon of Wantley. This comic work will be given voice by a cast of hand carved marionettes and professional singers with live musical accompaniment.

Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$12,500
To support Black to the Future: A Science Fiction Festival, featuring panels and workshops with leading African American science fiction writers. Scheduled participants include Walter Mosley, Octavia Butler, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, John Ridley, Samuel Delany, and Nalo Hopkinson

Cinema Seattle
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the ninth Women in Cinema Film Festival. Approximately 25 films will be presented to an audience of more than 7,500 people.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Authors include Ruth Stone, Marvin Bell, David Lee, Jane Miller, David Bottoms, and Cyrus Cassells.

Cultural Development Authority
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$15,000
To support the Touring Artists Program. TAP links King County performing artists with local and regional presenters by providing marketing assistance for artists and booking resources for presenters.

Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support a national conference, including professional development sessions and an early music marketplace, at the biennial Berkeley Festival. The conference and a two-day pre-conference will offer peer forums, workshops, and training sessions for musicians and managers.

Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the 16th annual Earshot Jazz Festival in various venues around Seattle. The festival will present more than 200 international and regional jazz artists in more than 40 concerts and outreach activities.

Empty Space Association
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and world premiere of a new work. Northwest playwright and actor Todd Moore will join with local artists Chris Jeffries and Allison Narver, artistic director of Empty Space, to create a piece entitled Smedley Butler: The Maverick Marine.

Glass Art Society, Inc.
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$20,000
To support production of the Glass Art Society Journal, documenting the events, exhibitions, and proceedings of the organization's annual conference to be held in New Orleans. The journal is edited by Suzanne Frantz, a Fulbright Scholar and former curator of 20th century glass at the Corning Museum.

Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$25,000
To support audio art residencies for the creation of new work. The program will make Jack Straw studios and facilities available to northwest artists from a variety of disciplines.

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support Deep Focus, a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director retrospectives by narrative and experimental filmmakers in Seattle's Grand Illusion Cinema and Little Theatre.

Northwest Film Forum (on behalf of Pinwheel Productions)
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental narrative film by Jamie Hook. Even If It Kills Me tells the story of a 39-year-old woman grappling with taking her own life.

Northwest Native American Basketweavers
Omak, WA
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$25,000
To support the 2004 Annual Gathering of Basketweavers. The regional gathering will honor 35 Native American basketweavers, their apprentices, and families by showcasing their basketry, demonstrating artistic styles and techniques, and producing a public art market day.

On the Boards
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$18,000
To support the New Performance Series and the Northwest New Works Series. The New Performance Series will present contemporary works by national and international artists/companies, and the new Northwest New Works Series will focus on contemporary work by regional dance companies.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. This work will be commissioned by Paul Gibson, choreographer and principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$25,000
To support a summer artist residency program. Artists will be provided with time, resources, facilities, and technical assistance on Pilchuck's campus.

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$75,000
To support the exhibition Spain in the Age of Exploration 1492-1792, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition of European art, organized in conjunction with the Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, will provide American audiences with an opportunity to explore Spain's global role and impact on the "new world."

Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the premiere production of a new play for middle school audiences. Canadian playwright Joan Macleod wrote The Shape of A Girl in response to the actual murder of a 14-year-old girl, committed by a group of primarily adolescent girls.

Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$40,000
To support a new production of George Bizet's Carmen. Twelve performances will be held in the new Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the production of King Lear by William Shakespeare. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Sharon Ott.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support Uniting Symphonic Voices: The Journey of the American Symphony, 1880-1950 and a Stravinsky Festival. The festivals will include educational and outreach components.

Unidentified Moving Objects
Vashon, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$8,000
To support the creation and development of a theater work based on the Grimms' Fairy Tale Rapunzel. The company ensemble will collaborate with guest artists in the creation and development of the piece.

University of Washington (consortium)
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$25,000
To support Dance and Art in Dialogue. The project will consist of an exhibition of collaborative artworks by visual artists, accompanied by live performances of Trisha Brown's choreography, as well as educational activities.

Velocity Dance Studio (consortium)
Seattle, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support a national dance touring alliance. The project will allow dance companies in Seattle, San Francisco, and Minneapolis to perform in each city.

Village Theatre
Issaquah, WA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$15,000
To support a musical theater development program. The program, Village Originals, will include the creation and workshop production of It All Begins with a Song, the continued development and workshop production of Emma and Company, and readings of at least eight new musicals.

Washington Total Dollars Awarded: $696,500
Washington Total Grants Awarded: 30


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