2006 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 15, 2005 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museum | Music | Musical Theater | Presenting
Theater | Visual Arts

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

Media Arts

911 Media Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support programs to assist media artists in creating new work. The Media Artist-In-Residence program, the New Works Laboratory, and the New Voices Project encourage film and video artists to expand both their aesthetic perception and proficiency.

American Film Institute Inc. (aka AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field including free classroom and hands-on training in directing and $5,000 toward completion of a short narrative project.

Appalshop, Inc. (aka WMMT-FM) (Consortium)
Whitesburg, KY
$10,000
To support a consortium project for the production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Elizabeth Barret. In collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Barret will explore the life and work of photographer William Gedney.

Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the Blind Youth and Adult Audio Project. The series of workshops will introduce visually impaired people to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production while they design their own radio program.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
To support online and print resources for independent audio producers. Airmedia.org provides reference guides, directories, and interactive information. Airspace, published four times a year, offers practical advice on production issues, grant opportunities, training, and discussions of current issues within the field.

Atlantic Public Media
Woods Hole, MA
$35,000
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio. The Web site acts as a showcase, workshop, audition space, library, and master class for producers.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the Mediamaker Awards and MediaMaker Advance programs. In collaboration with KQED-TV (the San Francisco PBS affiliate), these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with technical assistance and resources they need to finish their projects.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (aka Squeaky Wheel)
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 20-year-old program provides media equipment access, low-cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally.

Camera News, Inc. (aka Third World Newsreel)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a digital media literacy and production education program. Components of the program will be the Advanced Film and Video Production Workshop, Wednesday Night Media Workshops, and an Introduction to Final Cut Pro/Media Literacy Workshop Series.

Carnegie Mellon University (on behalf of Studio for Creative Inquiry)
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support the production and post-production costs for an animated work by James Duesing. End of Code is about two groups of animal/human hybrids trying to control the system of traffic lights in the city where the story takes place.

Children's Media Project
Poughkeepsie, NY
$10,000
To support DROP TV. The hands-on television production workshop program is geared towards teenagers. The program includes instruction in lighting, camera composition, interviewing techniques, directing, editing, and critical viewing skills and concepts.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation (aka Thirteen/WNET New York)
New York, NY
$53,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Fred Wiseman. Idaho Legislature (working title) will cover the day-to-day activities of the Idaho State legislature.

Espanola Public School District
Espanola, NM
$10,000
To support the Cultural Heritage Videos project. Teenagers will work with a video artist to produce short works on various artists in their region. The students will shoot the footage, conduct interviews, write a script, and edit each documentary.

Experimental Television Center Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the Artist Professional Development Initiatve. The project will include programs for youth, emerging, mid-level, and established artists and will offer participants classes on marketing, strategic planning, sustainability, and film financing, as well as career counseling.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Ernie Gehr Film and Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the production and post-production costs for an experimental film by Ernie Gehr. The New York Project (working title) will capture the sounds and sights of Manhattan.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Suzan Pitt Films)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support post-production and related costs for an animated film by Suzan Pitt. El Doctor is about a crotchety old doctor who, when visited by Santa Esmeralda, begins to see the world differently.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Xochitl Films)
San Francisco, CA
$53,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Lourdes Portillo. When the Tide Comes In will explore the truths behind a Mexican fable about a group of fishermen who discover drugs washed up on shore.

Foundation for Independent Video and Film (aka Association for Independent Video and Film)
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Information Services Project. Consisting of the publication The Independent Film and Video Monthly, the electronic newsletter Splice!, one-on-one artist advice and referral services, and online directories, the project will serve a constituency of more than 300,000 individuals, including artists and members of the public.

Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a conference. Persistent Vision will concentrate on strategies relating to exhibition, distribution, and support for filmmakers. The conference will take place in June 2006.

Hartley Film Foundation
Westport, CT
$25,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor. The New Muslim Cool will follow four artists creating a Muslim hip-hop music label.

Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the IFP Market, a conference and exhibition that provide independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry. The IFP Market provides financing, distribution, and exhibition venues to independent film directors and producers whose work may not otherwise receive attention.

Independent Feature Project-North (aka IFP MSP)
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support educational activities as well as access to film and video equipment for media artists in the region. More than 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

International Film Seminars, Inc. (aka IFS, The Flaherty)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 52nd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event, to be held at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.

L.A. Freewaves (aka Freewaves)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support Freewaves. The monthly series of half-hour thematic programs of video art will be presented on the Internet. Each artist's work will be accompanied by links, a biography, curatorial statement, and artist contact information.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$45,000
To support expansion of the Alive and Aloud and the Library Access national outreach programs. The project will include the distribution of audio plays to libraries in underserved communities and to public schools in all 50 states.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (on behalf of Radio Arte, WRTE 90.5 FM)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the production of Audiofilia. The youth-produced radio series will feature Latino arts and culture. Radio Arte provides students, ages 14-19, with training in technical operations, creative writing, the use of voice, interview skills, and editing.

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc. (aka National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support services to the nonprofit media arts field. Through three different programs, the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers will provide leadership training, a comprehensive survey of the media arts field, and adopt a communication plan to better serve its constituency.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project to host regional conferences. In collaboration with the Foundation for Independent Video and Film, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. will offer Doing Your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices in four American cities.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. (Consortium)
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
To support the Third Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the Market will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.

New Orleans Video Access Center, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support the New Orleans Video Access Center's Film and Video Institute. The program will provide young and adult media artists with hands-on training as well as courses focused on media literacy.

Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc. (aka Ninth Street Independent Film Center)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support a three-part project. Through this initiative, the members of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center will continue their programmatic collaborations.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support Closely Watched Films. The eight-part series will bring filmmakers and cinema professionals to Berkeley to lead audiences through behind-the-scenes investigations of the process involved in moviemaking.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (on behalf of FELIX)
Troy, NY
$15,000
To support the next issue of Felix: A Journal of Media Arts and Communication. The publication will be entitled "TOOLS: Analogs and Intersections."

Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support workshop programs and related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video art works.

Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support production of a radio documentary by David Isay and Nicole LeBlanc. Losing My Father will follow LeBlanc's father's journey as he battles cancer.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Olympic Valley, CA
$6,000
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop focuses on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality, production and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

Sundance Institute (aka Sundance Institute for Film & Television)
Salt Lake City, UT
$115,000
To support a series of educational workshops and labs that offer emerging screenwriters, directors, producers, and composers the opportunity, support and resources needed to successfully develop new creative work.

Tundra Club
Bozeman, MT
$25,000
To support the production of (((Hearing Voices))) curated by Barrett Golding. The radio documentaries that emerge from this project feature people around the country talking about their life, their work, and their community.

Video Machete
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Global Youth Program. The project is designed to encourage media arts production and analysis on the part of youth and teachers. It provides hands-on instruction in both video production and Web design.

WBEZ Alliance, Inc. (aka Chicago Public Radio)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support Third Coast International Audio Festival. Established in 2001 as a "Sundance for Radio," the festival provides an opportunity for documentarians, feature reporters, and audio artists from around the globe to gather and share their expertise, and for listeners to hear the best work currently being produced.

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506