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.

ILLINOIS

Anila Sinha Foundation for Promotion of Arts and Culture of India (aka Anila Sinha Foundation) (Consortium)
Elk Grove Vlg, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a consortium project for the touring of a new work of the music and dance of Rajasthan, India. A partnership with International House at the University of Chicago, the project will include lecture-demonstrations and concerts and will feature master musicians, the Rajasthani Ensemble.

Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of School of the Art Institute)
Chicago, IL
$34,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art. Experienced high school art teachers from around the United States are invited to Chicago to enrich their artistic creativity through studio access, sessions with contemporary artists, and lectures in the visual arts.

Art Resources in Teaching (aka A.R.T.)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support visual artist residencies in Chicago public schools. Elementary- and middle-school students and their teachers will work with professional artists to develop artmaking skills through lessons in art history, peer critique, and related hands-on art projects.

Arts & Business Council of Chicago (aka A&BC Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the production of a report on management issues critical to Chicago arts organizations. Five years of data will be analyzed to set the direction for arts service organizations in attaining advanced levels of artistic excellence.

Chicago Architecture Foundation (aka CAF) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a consortium project titled the Education-to-Career Program. The project will introduce underserved high school students to architecture and design using a new curriculum created in partnership with Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago Horticultural Society (aka Chicago Botanic Garden)
Glencoe, IL
$21,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an exhibition on historic and contemporary garden design. The exhibition will examine the science and art of garden design through large-scale photographs of private and public gardens from around the world.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Team Shakespeare program, which offers performances and educational services to students and teachers in more than 500 Chicago-area schools. The program will focus on professional development for teachers to enhance their students' comprehension and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays.

Chicago Theatre Group, Inc. (aka Goodman Theatre)
Chicago, IL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove by Goodman Theatre Artistic Associate Regina Taylor The play explores the life of Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madam C.J. Walker, the first freeborn child of emancipated slaves who rose to prominence as a successful businesswoman and self-made millionaire.

Classical Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support free concerts by college and high school students participating in an orchestral training program. The eight free concerts will take place at Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of Center for Black Music Research)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support school residencies and community performances by The New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Each of four residencies will include public performances at community venues, teacher workshops, the production of teacher and student resource guides, and pre- and post-performance presentations by ensemble musicians.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of Museum of Contemporary Photography)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Picture Me, a photography mentorship program for teens, ages 12 to 18. The project will include after-school activities at two Chicago public schools; an intensive summer session for underserved teens at the Jane Addams Hull House; development of a youth photography curriculum; and an annual exhibition of student work that explores the role of photography in literacy.

Community Television Network (aka Community TV Network)
Chicago, IL
$85,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Hard Cover project. Working with professional video artists, underserved Chicago teenagers will learn all aspects of digital video production.

Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Glen Ellyn, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Ensemble Program and the Honors Chorus Workshop. Year-round choral ensembles at various skill levels will serve as a basis for sequential music education of chorus members.

Grant Park Orchestral Association (aka Grant Park Music Festival)
Chicago, IL
$16,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a compact disc recording of works by composer Aaron Jay Kernis. The festival orchestra will record Too Hot Cantata, Color Wheel, Five Etudes, and Newly Drawn Sky on Cedille Records.

Guild Complex
Chicago, IL
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the development and theatrical performance of new work by emerging and mid-career poets. Guild Complex will debut the work in two performances at a local professional theater space as well as in the artists' home neighborhoods.

Illinois Arts Council
Chicago, IL
$750,400
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago (aka JASC)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Origins of Now. The 60th-anniversary series will feature performing arts, demonstrations, and a lecture series highlighting the cultural history of Japanese Americans in the Chicago area.

Kohl Children's Museum
Wilmette, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Early Childhood Connections. The program includes classroom and museum activities, field trips, professional development for teachers, parent workshops, and family celebrations.

Live Bait Theatrical Company (aka Live Bait Theater)
Chicago, IL
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of a play inspired by the lives of Chicago policewomen. Escape, by playwright Sharon Evans, will explore the psychological effect of crime investigations on the personal lives of female officers.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (on behalf of Radio Arte, WRTE 90.5 FM)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of Audiofilia. The youth-produced radio series will feature Latino arts and culture. Radio Arte provides students, ages 14-19, with training in technical operations, creative writing, the use of voice, interview skills, and editing.

Najwa (aka Najwa Dance Corps)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Cultural Empowerment Through Dance. The project will offer classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and performances in African dance and drums to youth and adults.

Natya Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support creation of a new work titled Yatra: The Journey. The project will draw on the purest movement of bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance) as well as poetry traditions in several Indian languages.

Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (aka NHS)
Chicago, IL
$32,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the exhibition, Learning from North Lawndale. The exhibition and related programming will launch an initiative to preserve greystone buildings in Chicago.

Northern Illinois University (on behalf of University Art Museum)
DeKalb, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the conservation of an artistically and historically significant collection of scenic models. The objects display in microcosm the development of scenic practices from the American operatic theater of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Peoria Symphony Orchestra (aka PSO)
Peoria, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support community outreach concerts. The symphony will perform family and youth concerts, as well as a free outdoor concert at the Peoria Park District's amphitheatre.

Poetry Center of Chicago (aka The Poetry Center)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings featuring nationally renowned writers and Hands on Stanzas, a poets-in-the-schools program. Students of the program receive an anthology of their work, free admission to readings, and opportunities to present their poetry at sites throughout the city.

Quad City Arts, Inc.
Rock Island, IL
$38,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Visiting Artist Series (VAS). The VAS presents artists of national and international acclaim to the Midwest, offering residents of a six-county, two-state region the opportunity to see world class artists.

Rockford Dance Company (Consortium)
Rockford, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a consortium project to present Rockford Arts Link Learning for Youth. The project is a collaboration between the Rockford Dance Company, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, and the Rockford Art Museum, and will offer multidisciplinary, comprehensive arts experiences for third-grade students in Rockford Public Schools.

Snow City Arts Foundation
Chicago, IL
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support creative writing, music, and visual arts workshops for hospitalized children. Working alongside professional artists, children will participate in creative writing, music, and visual arts workshops.

Urban Gateways (aka Centers for Arts Education) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a consortium project titled Arts Driven, Standards Led, Cultures Engaged. A partnership with the Chicago Public Schools, the project will include a summer teachers institute to study culturally-based aesthetics of Mexican visual arts and dance.

Utopian Theatre Asylum (aka TUTA)
Chicago, IL
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a play. The company will present the American premiere of Tracks by Serbian playwright Milena Markovic. The development phase of the project will include staged readings, workshops, and panel discussions with local scholars, journalists, and artists.

Video Machete
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Global Youth Program. The project is designed to encourage media arts production and analysis on the part of youth and teachers. It provides hands-on instruction in both video production and Web design.

WBEZ Alliance, Inc. (aka Chicago Public Radio)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Third Coast International Audio Festival. Established in 2001 as a "Sundance for Radio," the festival provides an opportunity for documentarians, feature reporters, and audio artists from around the globe to gather and share their expertise, and for listeners to hear the best work currently being produced.

Window to the World Communications, Inc. (aka 98.7 WFMT Radio/WTTW 11)
Chicago, IL
$75,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national distribution of the radio series Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. The series consists of daily (Monday through Friday) one-hour programs focusing on classical music in an informed, educational, and entertaining manner.

Window to the World Communications, Inc. (aka 98.7 WFMT Radio/WTTW 11)
Chicago, IL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national distribution of a public television series devoted to jazz. Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis is a series of half-hour programs featuring interviews with and performances by distinguished jazz artists.

Young Chicago Authors
Chicago, IL
$43,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the production of student publications. Developed and produced by student editorial boards, the publications will feature creative writing and artwork by youth, ages 15 to 19.

Number of Grants: 36          Total Amount: $1,601,400

 
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