FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/Arts on Radio and Television/
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements

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

HAWAII

Hawaii Opera Theatre (aka HOT)
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support opera residencies at Oahu elementary schools. An original student-written opera integrating elements of Hawaiian music, language, and mythology will be produced and performed by school students.

Hawaii Youth Symphony Association (aka HYSA)
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Symphonic Orchestra Program. Orchestra students from the Hawaiian Islands are brought to Honolulu to rehearse and subsequently perform in one of three youth orchestras.

Honolulu Symphony Society (aka Honolulu Symphony)
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support youth concerts and in-school ensembles. Plans include six youth concerts and ensemble visits to 120 schools throughout the island of Oahu.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Consortium)
Honolulu, HI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a consortium project for English as Second Language (ESL) students to develop original plays based on native oral traditions. In a partnership with Hawaii's State Department of Education's English for Second Language Learners Program, the project is designed to increase elementary school students' communication skills and their understanding of theater.

Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support training for neighborhood youth in traditional and contemporary art. Classes include Hawaiian, Okinawan, and Filipino dance; Hawaiian music; and ceramics.

Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center (aka Maui Arts & Cultural Center)
Kahului, HI
$38,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of performances and related residency activities. Residency components will include professional development workshops for teachers, student performances, workshops, and exhibitions as well as performances by artists to whom the Maui community otherwise would not have access due to geographic constraints.

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Honolulu, HI
$67,900
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support arts education services and technical assistance to the jrusdictional arts agencies of the Pacific territories. Through technology and inter-territorial art exchanges, the project will increase organizational capacity and collaboration among American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Honolulu, HI
$588,900
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $794,800

 
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