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.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Borenya West African Drum and Dance
Columbia, SC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Guinea/Sea Island Cultural Tour. The project will consist of a series of workshops in West African drumming, dancing, singing, storytelling, and basketmaking for K-12 youth.

City of Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, SC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies 
To support Songs of the Earth: Picccolo Spoleto 2006 presents a Harmonic Convergence of Music in Nature. Piccolo Spoleto, the outreach arm of Spoleto Festival USA, will present a series of masterworks for orchestra and ballet in Charleston's natural settings, as a centerpiece of the 2006 Festival program.

South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support continuation of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Initiative (TAAI), the Institute for Community Scholars (ICS), and the Folklife & Education Initiative (FEI). The continuation of the programs will create long-lasting partnerships at the local and state level, and provide models for folklife documentation efforts.

South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$633,200
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

SOUTH CAROLINA total grants: 4
SOUTH CAROLINA total dollars: $703,200

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