2004 Grant Awards: State Listings

Arts on Radio and Television/Folk Arts Infrastructure/Heritage & Preservation/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

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

MARYLAND

Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$48,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support after-school art classes for young people in underserved Baltimore communities. The project will provide multidisciplinary arts programs for young people, ages seven to 18. More than 300 students will work closely with teaching artists in three community locations to learn drawing and basic clay hand-building skills.

Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support instruction in Cambodian traditional music as well as classical folk dances. The project will culminate with a concert in observance of Cambodian New Year. Workshops will be led by Madame Sam-OeunTes, dance director and 1998 NEA National Heritage Fellow, as well as by six additional master teachers and three instructors.

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museums 
To support expansion of the Maryland ArtSource Web site. The site enables Maryland institutions to inform the public about the unique collections held by regional museums, libraries, and arts organizations.

Maryland Art Place, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a curatorial fellowship for an archival project to document the holdings and history of Maryland Art Place (MAP). Founded in 1980, MAP's archival holdings include thousands of slides, catalogs, correspondence, invitations, posters, and videos.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the fourth year of Maryland Traditions. Through this project, folklorists are placed in cultural institutions that serve rural and underserved regions presently challenged by demographic and cultural shifts.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$587,600
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mason/Rhynes Productions, Inc.
Takoma Park, MD
$5,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the presentation of modern dances by African-American choreographers Donald McKayle and David Rousseve. The original works will be performed by Gesel Mason, alongside performances by local guest artists or companies who have the work of African-American choreographers in their repertoire.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a traditional arts program associate position and related costs. Core activities include fieldwork to identify traditional artists and their needs; integration of fieldwork into other programs at Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and creation of links to allied field and funding resources.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$1,214,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities..

National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$55,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support an urban and rural festival, a Caribbean traditional arts tour in the eastern United States, and a series of outdoor concerts in an underserved region of Appalachia. The project is designed to present a broad array of folk, tribal, and ethnic artists in educational public programs throughout the nation to build new, diverse audiences for traditional arts while nurturing new, sustainable events.

National Dance Education Association
Bethesda, MD
$34,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Research in Dance Education. The project will provide dance teachers and artists with professional development opportunities in research and evaluation techniques.

Ward Foundation, Inc.
Salisbury, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a consortium project, the Traditional Mid-Atlantic Decoy Project. The project is designed to educate the public about traditional decoy carving in the Mid-Atlantic region and its cultural legacy to a national audience.

MARYLAND total grants: 12
MARYLAND total dollars: $2,074,400

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