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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.

MINNESOTA

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the innova® Recordings production of CD's by Henry Brandt, the re-issue of films on DVD, and a "scrapbook" publication of Harry Partch. Plans include a set of 15 CD's of 28 works by Henry Brandt, a DVD of two experimental films, and a reprint of a bio-scrapbook of Harry Partch.

American Composers Forum (consortium)
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a consortium project for Composers Suitcase, a new music curriculum. In partnership with the MacPhail Center for Music, the series will focus on music creation and improvisation, and will be tested in schools in Minnesota and Washington, DC.

Arts Midwest
Minneapolis, MN
$1159,600
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Buddhist Support Society, Inc.
Rochester, MN
$9,500
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support classes in traditional Cambodian music and dance. Two-hour classes instructing children and youth about Cambodian classical and folk dance, and music instrumentation, will be offered twice weekly throughout the year.

Cedar Cultural Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support the 7th annual Nordic Roots Festival. The festival will focus on the presentation and education of traditional music from Scandinavian countries, and will include children's theater.

Hmong American Institute for Learning (consortium)
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Hmong Storytelling Project, a consortium project. A partnership with the Hmong Cultural Center, the project will include video documentation of marriage and funeral rites, interviews with a folk artist who will share his knowledge about Hmong marriage and funeral traditions, and creation of a study guide.

In Progress
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support NEXUS. Targeted to underserved communities, the program will provide emerging media artists with workshops, master classes, peer mentorship, and exhibition opportunities.

Independent Feature Project-North
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support educational activities and access to film and video equipment for use by media artists in the region. More than 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

Loft, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support The Minnesota Program for Writers, which will provide workshops and mentors for emerging writers throughout the state. The program will feature The Mentor Series, which connects nationally recognized writers with local writers through workshops and one-on-one instruction; and Talking Volumes, presenting recent original work by advanced writers to audiences throughout the Upper Midwest.

Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the reinstallation of the Japanese galleries. The project will allow the museum to showcase more of its world-renowned Japanese collection in new gallery space.

Minnesota Chorale
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the annual Bridges outreach program. Choral Crawl, the 11th annual program, will feature presentations in the Mill City Museum in collaboration with multimedia artists.

Minnesota Orchestral Association (consortium)
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support UPBEAT Program. The year-long music program will feature sequential learning activities for all Minneapolis third and sixth grade students.

Minnesota State Arts Board
St. Paul, MN
$632,500
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Saint John's University
Collegeville, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support a series of performances, residencies, and the Egyptian Folk Festival. The goal of the project is to bring national and international artists to this rural Minnesota community.

Ten Thousand Things
Minneapolis, MN
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the production of a new version of Antigone created by Emily Mann. Performances will be targeted to low-income audiences in prisons, shelters, and housing projects.

 

MINNESOTA total grants: 15
MINNESOTA total dollars: $2,173,600


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