2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Folk Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

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

IDAHO

Boise Art Museum
Boise, ID
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the purchase, installation, and data entry of a collections management system. Each entry will have an attached identification.

Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc.
Moscow, ID
$9,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Project. Touring professional companies provide free performances and master classes to students in north central Idaho and eastern Washington.

Idaho Commission on the Arts
Boise, ID
$584,600
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Idaho Dance Theatre Inc.
Boise, ID
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support performances and educational outreach programs in rural communities in Idaho. The company will offer post-performance discussions with the artists, and an interactive school show to elementary school students.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the Idaho Theater for Youth and Shakespearience regional tours of plays by William Shakespeare. The productions will tour to elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (consortium)
Boise, ID
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the consortium project Readings and Conversations, a lecture and discussion series. In partnership with the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the center proposes to present Ursula Hegi, Chuck Palahniuk, Walter Mosley, Adrienne Rich, Rudolfo Anaya, and Mary Oliver.

Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Inc.
Sun Valley, ID
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support an artist residency project by Ethos Percussion Group. The ensemble will perform concerts, and conduct educational outreach, in the communities of central Idaho.

IDAHO total grants: 7
IDAHO total dollars: $661,100

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Washington, DC 20506