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.
VIRGINIA
American Focus, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and
Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film about master
craftworkers in the building arts. Intended for national PBS
broadcast, Good Work will feature contemporary building
artisans from a variety of traditions that contribute to America's
architectural heritage.
American String Teachers Association, Inc.
(consortium)
Fairfax, VA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support the consortium Strings Project. The program, designed
to lessen the shortage of public school orchestra teachers, will
offer Suzuki training, chamber music instruction, theory classes,
and private lessons to undergraduate string education majors.
Belmont, the Gari Melchers Estate and Memorial
Gallery
Fredericksburg, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Museums
To support Phase III of a preservation management plan for
original furnishings in Gari Melchers' historic house. Following a
conditions assessment (I) and a detailed treatment prioritization
(II), Phase III will carry out the conservation treatment of as
many as seven items in the museum's collection.
National Preservation Institute
Alexandria, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Design Arts
To support stewardship training for historic sites and properties.
The project will provide professional development to directors of
historic sites as well as to concerned community members, board
members, and property managers who are responsible for historic and
cultural resources.
Richmond Ballet (consortium)
Richmond, VA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support expansion of the consortium project Minds In Motion.
Fourth-grade students at three elementary schools in Hopewell,
Virginia, will participate in weekly, hour-long dance classes
during the school day.
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
$615900
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &
Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public
Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk
& Traditional Arts
To support continuation of the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship
Program and related costs. The program will support nine
apprenticeship teams, drawing from a diverse range of communities
and involving a wide array of traditional arts and folkways.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public
Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a survey of traditional arts in and around Route 58 in
southwest Virginia, also known as the Crooked Road. Materials
gathered will be used to create a touring exhibition, a documentary
film focusing on the Galax Fiddlers Convention, a series of
documentary radio pieces, and an expansion of the archive of
Virginia folk culture.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing
Arts
Vienna, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and
Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and distribution of the radio series Center
Stage from Wolf Trap. The series provides national audiences with
chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap.
Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Arlington, VA
$27,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support, through a Chairman's Extraordinary Action award, the
performance of ensembles of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas at
the National Gallery of Art and related educational activities.
VIRGINIA total grants: 10
VIRGINIA total dollars: $876900
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506
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