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.

NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Fargo, ND
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support an outreach and intergenerational education program. Activities will include Pizza Pop Concerts for teens and young adults, and Young People's/Family Concerts for elementary school students and their families during 2005-06.

Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra
Bismarck, ND
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support tour concerts and educational activities. Concerts and in-school programs will take place in western North Dakota cities including Dickinson, New Salem, Beach, Williston, Hettinger, Washburn, Wilton, Minot, Beulah, and Medora.

North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$30,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will encourage the preservation of North Dakota's diverse folk traditions, especially those that are rare and endangered, by allowing master artists to work with apprentices in long-term, one-to-one teaching/learning situations.

North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$522,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, ND
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the publication of a book about the museum's history and collection. The proposed 160-page, fully illustrated book will document the history of the museum and make its collections more widely known throughout the region and the nation.

Northern Plains Ballet
Bismarck, ND
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the presentation of a new ballet based on the Lewis and Clark expedition, titled The Encounter. The company will tour the work to other cities along the Lewis and Clark Trail, beginning with Great Falls, Montana.

NORTH DAKOTA total grants: 6
NORTH DAKOTA total dollars: $607,800

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