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FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

FLORIDA

African Caribbean Dance Theatre, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 9th Annual Florida African Dance Festival. The festival consists of a conference which will feature African immigrant artists in dance and drum workshops and culminate in a concert.

Arts Council, Inc.
Stuart, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a needs assessment and cultural inventory as preliminary steps toward the development of a cultural plan. The project will include the creation of a comprehensive catalogue of Martin County arts and cultural assets, an economic impact statement, and a needs assessment using both qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey to solicit comments from the general public.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support residency activities for emerging and mid-career artists working with master artists, and a residency program in Argentina. Project components will include residencies for artists working in the visual arts, music, literature, and dance; an annual themed residency focusing on architecture; and an international residency that will take master and associate artists to Cordoba, Argentina, to work with Argentine artists.

Ballet Florida, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Step Ahead workshop, a program for aspiring choreographers culminating in live performances held at the Eissey Theater of Palm Beach Community College. Each apprentice choreographer will mentor with an established choreographer presenting work at Ballet Florida.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners (on behalf of Cultural Affairs Division)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support an e-marketing program, a regional shared calendar database, and electronic advertisements for cultural events and organizations. Arts programming within the South Florida counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach will be highlighted in this multi-pronged marketing initiative.

Coconut Grove Playhouse State Theatre of Florida
Miami, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez, a play which depicts historic events around the Cuban exile of the 1960s. Accompanying outreach and educational activities will be offered to members of the local Cuban community.

D'Souza, Anthony
Sarasota, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Enzian Theater, Inc. (Enzian Theater)
Maitland, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Florida Film Festival. Held in the spring, the event includes more than 120 films presented to an audience of 23,000.

Fiction Collective, Inc. (aka FC2)
Tallahassee, FL
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of works of fiction. The press will organize group readings for its authors in such cities as New Orleans, New York, and Tallahassee.

Florida Dance Association Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 28th annual Florida Dance Festival. The program offers training and performing opportunities for dancers and students, professional development for teachers, creative and collaborative opportunities for choreographers, and presentations by national and international dance companies.

Florida Grand Opera, Inc.
Miami, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Bizet's Carmen. Related educational and outreach activities will include a film festival, lectures, musical activities, and programs in local elementary schools.

Florida Stage, Inc.
Manalapan, FL
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a new play, Cradle of Man by Melanie Marnich. In the play, two American couples, a set of missionaries and a professor and her husband, meet in Tanzania, the birthplace of mankind.

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support residency and performance activities at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC). Artists-in-residence will include Dutch choreographer Anouk van Dijk and her company; Philadanco; Eiko & Koma; Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer; and Murray Louis with Alberto Del Saz.

Florida West Coast Symphony, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Sarasota Music Festival. Under the leadership of Artists Director Paul Wolfe, the three-week chamber music festival will offer concert performances and professional development activities for 85 emerging musicians from around the world.

Miami Dade College (on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs)
Miami, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Cultura del Lobo, a performance series and residency program that will focus on contemporary work of world cultures. Choreographer Ronald K. Brown and Evidence Dance Company will collaborate with singer/composer Nnenna Freelon on a work based on the songs of Billie Holiday.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. More than 100 conductors, composers, soloists, and musicians will train and mentor more than 80 gifted young musicians, preparing them for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field.

Orlando Opera Company, Inc.
Orlando, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the expansion of the touring program. The company will tour throughout Florida with several productions of varying scale, including a full production of Mozart's L'Elisir d'Amore, a production of Rossini's La Cenerentola with chamber orchestra, and Opera Extravaganza, a smaller scale program of opera's greatest hits.

Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Apprentice and Studio Artists Program. Improvements designed to provide training and performance opportunities in the development of young singers will include vocal coaching, language coaching, master classes, and seminars on auditions.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the production and presentation of a series of performances and outreach activities. The series will include week-long artist residencies, dance and music performances, panel discussions, workshops, and outreach activities targeting Miami's diverse Caribbean, Central, and South American communities.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $390,500

 
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