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.

PENNSYLVANIA

Abington Art Center
Jenkintown, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a residency and site-specific installation by Pennsylvania artist J. Morgan Puett in an abandoned 19th-century Quaker Meetinghouse. The artist will work collaboratively to investigate the relationships between architecture, fashion, and fine art by turning the Meetinghouse into a "factory."

African American Museum in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support an exhibition Arts of ODUNDE and related costs. The exhibition will be a celebration of ODUNDE's 30 years of success as a grassroots organization that sponsors a major yearly festival and promotes cultural preservation and community-based folk arts education.

American Music Theater Festival, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support a festival of new musical theater. The 2005 New Music Theater Festival will include performances and showcases of new musical theater works, workshops, residencies, panels, and audience discussion activities.

American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support increased author payments and a direct mail campaign for The American Poetry Review. The journal will solicit 120,000 readers of such publications as Utne Reader, New York Review of Books, and Black Scholar.

Astral Artistic Services
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the debut piano recitals of Spencer Myer, Koji Attwood, and Natalie Zhu. Plans include an intensive development program and debut recitals by three Astral Artists in Philadelphia and New York City.

Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the exhibition of several curated film and video series. Programs will focus on avant-garde cinema, documentary and animation work, presentations by filmmakers, and screenings of films by artists from the region.

Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. Activities will take place at Bennington College, Vermont.

City Theatre Company, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the development and production of Ghetto Superstar, a new piece written and performed by Broadway veteran Billy Porter. The production will integrate storytelling, music, and dance performance and will be directed by Artistic Director Tracy Brigden.

Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support the Guest Artist Program, a residency opportunity for national and international ceramic artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, an honorarium, a stipend, transportation expenses, and a materials budget for a two-month residency.

Daniels, James R.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.  

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the commission, presentation, and documentation of an audio/visual installation in an abandoned, 19th-century historic site. Audio artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller will collaborate with composer David Lang to create a multimedia vocal and percussion installation with visual components.

Fabric Workshop, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support an artist-in-residence program. Each artist will create new work using innovative fabrics, materials, and construction techniques in experimental ways.

Hayes, Terrance A.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation of a dance theater work, Shosha Turns Herself in to the Morality Police, inspired by an Issac Bashevis Singer novel. The work will be performed in Philadelphia, PA, Bytom, Poland, and Bucharest, Romania.

InterAct, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the world premiere of a new play, The Beauty Inside by Catherine Filloux. Directed by Kay Matschullat and co-produced with New Georges in New York City, the play explores the struggle between ancient traditions and humanistic values.

Keys, Kerry S.
Boiling Springs, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the translation from Lithuanian of a book-length selection of poetry by Laurynas Katkus. In addition to newer pieces, many of the poems included will be from two previously untranslated books, Voices, Notes (1998) and Diving Lessons (2003). Born in 1972, Katkus has had the unique experience of writing under both Soviet control of Lithuania, and then as a citizen of a newly liberated nation. Much of his work, therefore, has been informed by two different social and historical worlds, and is striking because of its maturity and intellectual range. In addition to his poetry, he has worked as a radio journalist and literary editor, and has translated the works of e.e. cummings, Susan Sontag, and others.

Kerry Shawn Keys is a widely published translator and author who divides his time between Pennsylvania and Lithuania. He has published numerous books and anthologies of both poetry and prose, and his work has appeared in many American and international journals and magazines.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the Jazz at Lafayette series. A four-concert celebration of Latin cultures and a commission by Michael Hersch featuring the Cassatt Quartet are planned.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. Through a series of workshops, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations led by a group of world-class concert artists, composers, and scholars, students will further develop their artistic insights.

Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$13,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream using actors with masks and Bunraku-style puppets. Artistic Director Robert Smythe will direct the production, adapt the text, and oversee the design and construction processes.

Network for New Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the commissioning and performance of new instrumental works. The 20th-anniversary season's Dance Project will include educational workshops in several venues around Philadelphia.

New Paradise Laboratories, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the creation, development, and production of Belmont Plateau, an ensemble-created work examining the 1960s counterculture movement in Philadelphia. The play will be directed by Artistic Director Whit MacLaughlin.

Opera North
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera 
To support the continued development of Vanqui, a full-length opera about an enslaved African couple in the 1800s, by composer Leslie Burrs, with libretto by novelist John A. Williams. The opera's development will include rehearsal workshops and performances with a chamber orchestra.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support Language Speaks, an exploration into the use of language. Activities such as performances, a gallery exhibition, workshops, and post-performance discussions will be included in the project.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the presentation of Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Garde. The work will be presented at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Educational and outreach activities include open dress rehearsals, lecture-demonstrations, family activities, and educational materials for participating schools.

Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a consortium project for an open international design competition. Sponsored with the City Parks Association, the goal of the competition is to generate creative ideas about the future of Philadelphia's vacant lands.

People's Light & Theatre Company
Malvern, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support ThirtyFest, the 30th annual summer festival of plays. The festival will feature the presentation of short plays and a full production of The O'Connor Girls by Kate Forjette, a play that depicts an Irish American family working through relationships after the death of the family patriarch.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support a vocal music project exploring the art of song, ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary works. Performances will be augmented by master classes and lectures conducted by guest artists and scholars.

Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support Art Happens Here. The project will document and present Philadelphia folk artists and their works to audiences in the region through artist residencies and community festival performances.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the presentation of an exhibition of work by Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, with accompanying education programs. This will be the first retrospective of the artist's work since 1979, and has been designated the official exhibition of the centenary celebration of the artist's birth.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the Late Great Works Festival. This project is an exploration of works composed late in life by composers such as Mahler, Wagner, Berio, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. Concerts will be complemented by discussions and pre- and post-concert events.

Philadelphia Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the New Plays Project. The program will include commissioning, readings, and productions, and will feature the STAGES festival of new American plays. This reading series provides playwrights with a day of rehearsal with director, dramaturg, and cast, along with a free reading open to the public.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation and world premiere presentations of two ballets set to the music of Paul Simon. Dwight Rhoden and Derek Deane will create the new works.

Pittsburgh Glass Center Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a summer residency program to bring glass artists and students from across the country to Pittsburgh for exploration in glass making. Artists will be provided with resources, facilities, and technical assistance.

Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the commission, development, and world premiere of a new adaptation of Pirandello's Enrico IV, the story of a man who awakes after a horse-riding accident believing he is the German King Henry IV. Created by Irish playwright Thomas Kilroy, Henry will feature acclaimed Irish actor Stephen Rea.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera 
To support productions of Charles Gounod's Faust and Beethoven's Fidelio. The two opera productions will offer a balance of tradition and innovation. Related activities include education and outreach programs and partnerships with a variety of organizations.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the Composer of the Year residency activities with composer Jennifer Higdon, including a commission. The composer will participate in residency activities such as master classes, reading sessions for emerging composers, mentoring composition students, and community events.

Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the presentation of dance companies and related residency activities. Companies to be presented include Dance Brazil, Alvin American Dance Theater, Israel Contemporary Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Company, and Aterballeto.

Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. Prince ScareKrow's Road to the Emerald City will be performed by Harris along with guest artists.

Sorkin, Adam
Havertown, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the translation from Romanian of Magda Cârneci's book of poems, Chaosmos. Born in 1955, Cârneci is a widely respected poet, essayist, and art critic. She has published five volumes of poetry, several volumes of art criticism, and has translated Seamus Heany, Marianne Moore and Christopher Merrill into Russian. Chaosmos (combining chaos and cosmos) was originally published in 1992. Containing sensual, mystical poems, it was seen as a breakthrough work in its introduction of elements of daily life into poetic language. As both a poet and critic, Cârneci is seen as an integral literary figure in the post-communist Balkans.

Adam Sorkin is Distinguished Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County, where he has taught since 1978. He has translated more than 135 contemporary Romanian poets and published 19 books.

Thomson, Jeffrey James
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Wilma Theater, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the world premiere production of Raw Boys, a new play by Dael Orlandersmith. Commissioned by the Wilma and directed by Blanka Zizka, the play will explore clashes between English, Irish, and Puerto Rican cultures.

PENNSYLVANIA total grants: 41
PENNSYLVANIA total dollars: $918,000

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