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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.

OREGON

Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the Artists to Go program. The company will present matinee performances of mainstage productions and artists workshops to middle and high school students.

BodyVox
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support a tour in Oregon. The company will tour A Thousand Little Cities to Eugene, Roseburg, Monmouth, and Astoria, and offer performances, lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and post-performance discussions.

Caldera
Portland, OR
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Artist Mentor and Apprenticeship Program. The professional development project will provide training for artists to serve as mentors to middle and high school students in a summer camp, school residencies, and year-round apprenticeships.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support regional touring in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. The tour will consist of performance and outreach programs in rural communities.

Fishtrap, Inc.
Enterprise, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support writing workshops, discussions, and readings for residents of the rural Northwest. Themes for the events will include finding and establishing roots, and the changing ethnic composition of the West.

Literary Arts, Inc.
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the Oregon Book Awards and Author Tour. As many as 30 finalists will conduct readings at sites throughout the state.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support readings, residencies, and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Proposed authors include Belle Waring, ZZ Packer, Ron Carlson, David Guterson, Aimee Bender, Michael Ondaatje, and Marie Howe.

Oregon Alliance for Arts Education
Salem, OR
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Oregon Teacher Arts Institute. The one-week institute will feature professional development workshops designed to train elementary school teachers in music, visual arts, and theater.

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$35,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project is designed to increase the program's visibility within Native American communities, especially through apprenticeships and school-based programs.

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$584100
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Oregon Children's Theatre Company
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the production of a new adaptation by Eric Schmiedl of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage. The play will be developed for a middle school touring program, and will be accompanied by a variety of educational activities.

Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a survey to identify and document Oregon's Native American folk and traditional artists and art forms. The project will provide valuable training to tribal members in documentation methods using modern technology to preserve cultural knowledge.

Oregon Symphony Association
Portland, OR
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the Community Music Partnership program. The orchestra will select an underserved, rural community to participate in a two-year outreach residency.

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Youth Outreach Program. Students from underserved public schools, with no access to arts programming, will receive after-school and summer art classes and portfolio development.

Salem Art Association (consortium)
Salem, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support Oregon's Artistic Heritage program. The project documents on a Web site the lives, work, and impact of two outstanding Oregon artists per year.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the expansion and enhancement of educational opportunities for the regional touring and presenting field. Professional development programs including workshops, forums, publications, and mentoring will be offered in order to enhance artists' and organizations' ability to realize their artistic and public service goals.

Wisdom of the Elders, Incorporated
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the First Annual Northwest Indian Storytellers Conference. The event will include a gathering of inter-tribal storytellers and apprentices from Washington and Oregon, cultural preservation recording sessions, public storytelling events hosted by local organizations, and a public salmon bake.

 

OREGON total grants: 17
OREGON total dollars: $961,600


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