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.

MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor Film Festival, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 44th Ann Arbor Film Festival. After the screening of more than 125 films in Ann Arbor, the festival will tour to venues nationwide including Portland, Oregon; Bar Harbor, Maine; and Montgomery, Alabama.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (Consortium)
Detroit, MI
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium project of presentation and residency activities by the Silk Road Ensemble. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is featured in a concert and educational program distributed live via the Internet to schools throughout Michigan in collaboration with University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (aka Internet2).

Dolan, J.D.
Kalamazoo, MI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation, Inc.
Flint, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation and community components of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's Genome Project. The project is the last phase of a two-year endeavor that includes workshops, town meetings, presentations of work by local artists, a PBS documentary on Michigan Public Television, a residency, and public performances.

Grand Rapids Symphony Society (Consortium)
Grand Rapids, MI
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium project to commission and premiere a new choral work by composer Dalit Hadass Warshaw, and related educational activities. The new work will highlight the relevance of vocal music in a time of world conflicts, its premiere will follow a performance of Haydn's Mass in Time of War.

Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Kalamazoo, MI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Gilmore Keyboard Festival. More than 90 classical concerts, master classes, lectures, and public educational programs will be presented throughout southwestern Michigan.

Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
Ann Arbor, MI
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a series of state-wide workshops focusing on arts management, economic development, and cultural leadership initiatives. Regional and state-wide meetings will provide direct services for cultural arts staff, boards, and volunteers.

Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit, MI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Verdi's Aida.The production will feature a diverse cast, including African American singers Indra Thomas, Lisa Daltirus, and Gregg Baker; Chinese bass Hao Jiang Tian; Russian American mezzo-soprano Irina Mishura; and Italian singers Salvatore Licitra, Antonello Palombi, and Giuliano Carella.

Pine Mountain Music Festival, Inc.
Hancock, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Mozart's Die Zauberfl&oauml;te (The Magic Flute) and a tour by the Resident Opera Artist Program. The touring program will serve opera audiences in the remote region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the artistic development of the Sphinx Symphony, an ensemble of professional African American and Latino musicians from orchestras and institutions around the country. The Sphinx Symphony will perform concerts in Ann Arbor and at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, and feature talented, young soloists in each of the concerts.

University Cultural Center Association (UCCA) (on behalf of Detroit Festival of the Arts)
Detroit, MI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Detroit Festival of the Arts. The annual international arts celebration held in downtown Detroit provides free music, dance, and theater performances, and includes public art and literary events.

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support artist residencies that will include performances and community engagement programs. Through its programming and outreach efforts, the project will focus on the African American, South Asian, Mexican, and Arab American communities

Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $340,500

 
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