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FY 2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

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

COLORADO

Acoma Center, Inc.
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the commissioning, development, and production of a new play. Playwright Joan Holden will write and Artistic Director Chip Walton will direct the original play about the former Mayor of Denver, Robert W. Speer.

Aspen Filmfest (Independent Films)
Aspen, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Aspen Music Festival and School (Music Associates of Aspen, Inc.)
Aspen, CO
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the American Academy of Conducting, a professional development program for post-conservatory conductors. Under the direction of music director David Zinman and conductor Murry Sidlin, the summer institute will engage participants in a comprehensive conducting training program.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the 18th annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, a commissioned work, open rehearsals, public workshops, educational outreach concerts, and young artist programs.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera 
To support a new production of Benjamin Britten's Paul Bunyan. This is only the second production of this opera in the United States since its premiere in 1941.

Colorado Ballet Company
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. The work will be a fusion of ballet and hip hop and the world premiere will take place at the Paramount Theatre in Denver.

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Colorado Springs, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support an exhibition of the work of contemporary African American artist Floyd Tunson with accompanying catalogue and education programs. A native of Denver, Tunson's eclectic body of work includes photography, printmaking, drawing, painting, and scuplture.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support a curated film series. Approximately 65 films will be presented to an audience of more than 50,000 people.

COLORADO total grants: 8
COLORADO total dollars: $130,000


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