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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.
MARYLAND
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a performance of Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service at Beth El Synagogue in Baltimore. The program will include a performance for area students, a pre-concert lecture on the work's historic and liturgical significance, and a recording of the performance for radio broadcast.
Center Stage Associates, Inc. Endowment Fund (CENTERSTAGE)
Baltimore, MD
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the American premiere of a new work, The Murder of Isaac, by Israeli playwright Motti Lerner. The play explores the events, atmosphere, and aftermath of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Evergreen House Foundation, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Sculpture at Evergreen. The residency and exhibition program will result in the creation of site-specific temporary works installed on the grounds of a historic Italianate estate.
Johns Hopkins University (on behalf of Johns Hopkins University Press)
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of books in the press's poetry and fiction series. Established in 1979, the series has published 74 books by writers such as Ellen Akins, Guy Davenport, Steven Dixon, Anthony Hecht, John Hollander, Josephine Jacobsen, and William B. Smith.
Museum for Contemporary Arts, Inc. (aka Contemporary Museum, Baltimore)
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Headquarters: Interventions in Social Space, with an accompanying catalogue. The project will engage a group of internationally known artists and artists collaboratives whose art work is based on the conditions of the people in their neighborhoods and countries.
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of urban and rural festivals, a Masters of Caribbean Music tour on the West Coast, and a series of outdoor concerts in an underserved region of Appalachia. The project honors folk, tribal, and ethnic communities across the nation by developing audiences and providing national exposure for folk artists.
Round House Theatre
Bethesda, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Midwives by Dana Yeaton, a play which explores issues of motherhood, birth, medical ethics, and the legal system.
University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of Legendary Leaders: Legacies of Artful Women. Residencies and presentations in dance and music will explore the accomplishments of some of America's most talented and groundbreaking female artists, with performances by the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and the Maria Schneider Orchestra.
University of Maryland Baltimore County Campus
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Color Pictures: Visual Representation and the Struggle for Civil Rights, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine how visual images -- fine art and journalistic photography, films, television and advertising -- helped shape the struggle for civil rights in America.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $266,000
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