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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.

MISSOURI

Better Family Life, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Black Dance--USA: A Celebration in Movement, a week-long national dance festival featuring the African American Dance Company . Activities will include dance workshops, a concert by a national dance company, discussion sessions, dance films, lecture-demonstrations, and African percussion and song classes.

Big River Association (on behalf of River Styx)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets and 20 prose writers.

Cinema St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of American independent, documentary, and foreign films at the 15th St. Louis International Film Festival. Approximately 200 short and feature-length films will be presented to an audience of 21,000 people, with accompanying workshops and panel discussions.

Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of a musical for young audiences. Based on Collodi's story of the wooden puppet Pinocchio, the new musical Geppetto & Son by composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz and writer David Stern will accomodate the time limitations and smaller casts of professional theaters for young audiences.

Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. Each issue contains five to six works of fiction, three to five poetry features, one or two creative nonfiction pieces, an author interview, 12-15 book reviews, and a special feature.

Friends of Chamber Music (FCM)
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support chamber music, solo piano, and early music presentations as well as educational programs. Composer and commentator Rob Kapilow will lead three What Makes It Great? educational programs, which are discussions and performances of a single work.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of The Catherine Wheel Suite, by choreographer Twyla Tharp, with music by David Byrne. The project will include open rehearsals for the public and pre-show panel discussions facilitated by artistic director William Whitener.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the second U.S. performance of new works and pre-concert activities with the composers. The works to be performed include Melinda Wagner's Extremity of Sky, featuring pianist Emanuel Ax and Jonathan Leshnoff's Symphony No. 1: Forgotten Chants and Refrains.

Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Collaborative Cultural Audience Development Initiative. A consultant will work with arts organizations within the Council's Missouri and Kansas service area to refine or develop marketing plans, implement collaborative efforts, and measure the results of these activities.

Mid-America Arts Alliance (on behalf of ExhibitsUSA)
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition The Inspired Line, with accompanying educational materials. The exhibition, which will tour to small museums nationwide, will comprise 40 prints by Old Masters Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt van Rijn.

Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies
Columbia, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support online services including audience development and marketing for rural community arts agencies. Participating organizations will receive assistance in the development of Web sites for their organizations, as well as access to the information and services provided by the Association.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the premiere of Anna Karenina by composer David Carlson and librettist Colin Graham. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy, the two act opera will be performed at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center, a 987-seat performance hall.

Sheldon Arts Foundation (Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries)
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of Josephine Baker: Image and Icon. This project will celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of this St. Louis-born entertainer through exhibitions, performances, a film series, lectures, and children's educational activities.

Unicorn Theatre
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Next of Kin. This new play by Kansas City playwright Ron Simonian explores the challenges and emotions of caring for an aging parent.

Washington University (on behalf of Kemper Art Museum)
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Reality Bites: Making Avant-Garde Art in Post-Wall Germany, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition of approximately 70 works will explore the nature of art made in Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of works by African American choreographers Dwight Rhoden and Donald McKayle. The performances will take place at the White Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. a special student matinee will be held for students of performing arts programs.


Number of Grants: 16          Total Amount: $287,000

 
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