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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.

OHIO

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. (aka BalletMet Columbus)
Columbus, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Jazz Moves, a collaborative project between BalletMet Columbus and Jazz Arts Group will including multiple new works by choreographers and composers. Education and outreach programs will include pre-concert discussions, master classes, community forums, and a student matinee.

Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Emmanuel Chabrier's 1877 opera L'Etoile (The Star). Educational activities include Opera Raps, a series of educational lectures at community venues, and Opera Insights, pre-performance lectures incorporating musical excerpts performed by young artists.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Stone My Heart by Joseph McDonough, a play about racial politics set in a Chicago city morgue. The playwright will be in residence during the development process that will include professional readings and workshops.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc./ Cleveland Film Society
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 30th Cleveland International Film Festival. The festival presents current work from around the world along with educational programs to increase audience understanding of, and appreciation for, the art form.

Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Custody of the Eyes, a new play about a priest's crisis of faith by Anthony Giardina. The production will serve as the anchor event for Fusion Fest, a new festival of multidisciplinary work.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Raymond Bobgan. The production will be a part of the American Classics Series and will feature the work of emerging designers chosen through the Up Next program.

Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (Consortium)
Columbus, OH
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a consortium project to commission the adaptation and translation into American Sign Language (ASL) of a musical. Deaf West Theatre will tour a new production of The Secret Garden incorporating deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing actors performing in both spoken English and ASL.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of several U.S. dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theatre at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. Residency activities will include at least two performances, master classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations at elementary and middle schools, and post-performance discussions.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (Consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a consortium project to present Garth Fagan Dance Company. The College's Center for Arts and Culture, in partnership with DanceCleveland, will co-present the performances and organize educational activities including workshops for middle and high school students and a master class for the community.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 27th annual Tri-C JazzFest. JazzFest will reach 44,000 people through live performances, school performances, clinics, and master classes; radio broadcasts will reach an additional 200,000 listeners in Northeast Ohio.

Dayton Contemporary Dance Guild, Inc. (Dayton Contemporary Dance Company)
Dayton, OH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work, inspired by the paintings of African American artist Jacob Lawrence. The work will premiere at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton, Ohio, and an educational program will be developed for students.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association (Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra)
Dayton, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Mozart Festival, which will feature 17 live and radio broadcast performances in honor of the composer's 250th birthday The festival will feature the premiere of Robert X. Rodriguez' Agnus Dei, a work which offers a contemporary completion of Mozart's unfinished Mass in C Minor.

Jefferson Academy of Music
Columbus, OH
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support chamber music presentations and residency activities. Children's concerts, programs in retirement communities, master classes, teacher's forums, and open rehearsals are planned during the residencies.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses for issues of The Kenyon Review. The journal will integrate its Web site content with that of the magazine and launch a marketing campaign to promote both the journal and the Web site.

Musical Arts Association (Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support 100 Years of American Music. The Cleveland Orchestra will perform works by John Adams, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Peter Lieberson, Stephen Paulus, and Chen Yi. Performances will be attended by more than 20,000 live audiences, and will be heard by an additional 138,000 radio broadcast listeners.

New Cleveland Opera Company (Cleveland Opera)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support Opera for Everyone. An expansion of Cleveland Opera on Tour, the three-part project is designed to increase the number of community participants by 25 percent and add outdoor Opera in the Park presentations.

Ohio University Main Campus (on behalf of Athens Center for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 33rd Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a commission of a new double concerto by composer Gabriela Lena Frank for piano, violoncello, and chamber orchestra. The work, which will premiere at the Southern Theatre in Columbus, will be augmented by lectures and master classes by the composer and guest artists.

Singer, Margot
Granville, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

SPACES
Cleveland, OH
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Five artists selected for the two-month residencies will participate in public outreach activities with adults and youth.

Wexner Center Foundation (Wexner Center for the Arts)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works. The project is part of an ongoing artist residency program that provides technical and professional support for the creation, completion, and presentation of new work.

Zafris, Nancy S.
Columbus, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.


Number of Grants: 22          Total Amount: $467,000

 
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