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.

WASHINGTON

911 Media Arts Center (on behalf of Reel Grrls)
Seattle, WA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Reel Grrls, an after-school media program. Designed for teenage girls, activities will involve rigorous after-school and weekend programs to explore media literacy, video production, and issues of personal identity.

Arts Corps
Seattle, WA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support the Music/Hip Hop Program. The project will feature Brazilian rhythm and African drumming activities for elementary school students in addition to hip-hop drama and spoken-word poetry workshops for middle and high school students.

Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support the Book-It All Over (BIAO) education and outreach program that will present literature-based theater to kindergarten through 12th-grade students. BIAO will reach audiences at schools, libraries, and community centers across the state of Washington through performances, hands-on workshops, and residencies.

Evergreen State College (on behalf of Longhouse Education and Cultural Center)
Olympia, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the second Annual Northwest Native Carvers Gathering. Fifteen Native American wood carvers will meet to present their work to the public in an educational setting and to analyze and discuss issues related to the protection, promotion, and preservation of the traditional expression of culture.

Fox Theater
Spokane, WA
$39,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support restoration and conservation of the original fire curtain and lobby murals of the FoxTheater. Designed in 1931 and saved by the Spokane community from demolition in 2000, the art deco theater presents cultural programming for the region.

Jack Straw Foundation (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$48,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support a consortium project, Do Tell: Multicultural Family Stories. Developed and implemented with the Seattle School District, the project will involve students creating oral history-based audio vignettes and radio theater about family stories and cultural celebrations.

Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle, WA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Writers in the Schools, a literary arts program. Components will include teacher training, classroom residencies by established and emerging writers, student readings and publications, and community activities.

Seattle Repertory Theatre (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support a consortium project, Bringing Theater Into the Classroom. The professional development program for kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers will include a week-long summer session, additional follow-up residencies, and other ongoing workshops throughout the school year.

Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support DANCE this... The project will provide cultural and contemporary dance training and performance opportunities for youth dance companies in the Pacific Northwest.

Tacoma Art Museum (consortium)
Tacoma, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support consortium project Arts Impact. In partnership with the Broadway Center for the Arts, the program will provide professional development opportunities for elementary teachers in the visual arts, dance, and theater.

Vashon Allied Arts, Inc.
Vashon Island, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support Vashon Artists in the Schools. Designed to stimulate and enhance kindergarten through 12th grade arts education programs, the project will provide multidisciplinary arts-integrated activities for students and their teachers.

Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a folk arts coordinator position and related costs. Responsibilities include the Folk Arts in the Parks Initiative that will develop programs connecting many of the state's 120 parks with local communities through concerts, festivals, exhibits, and demonstrations.

Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$649,300
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

WASHINGTON total grants: 13
WASHINGTON total dollars: $987,300

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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Washington, DC 20506