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.

SOUTH CAROLINA

City of Charleston, South Carolina (on behalf of Office of Cultural Affairs)
Charleston, SC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the tour of opera productions for rural Low Country audiences. Concerts and related outreach activities featuring selections from Piccolo Spoleto Festival's 2007 Spotlight Series will be presented in rural South Carolina locations.

Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support documentation of the creation of nature-based sculptures by artists Hiroko Inoue and Yvette Dede at the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The project will include a video for public television broadcast, a Web site, and a CD-ROM.

ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of new programs for the weekly radio series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. National Public Radio will distribute the programs to American audiences listening to 246 stations in the United States, and to international audiences via NPR's Worldwide Service.

Island School Council (aka Island School Council for the Arts)
Hilton Head, SC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the installation of a site-specific outdoor sculpture by Patrick Dougherty. The artist will work with community volunteers during a month-long residency to realize the work of woven and twisted tree saplings at Palmetto Bluff, a 20,000 -acre tract of land containing 150 historical sites.

South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support continuation of the Institute for Community Scholars, the Folklife and Education Initiative, and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Initiative. The continuation of the programs will create long-lasting partnerships at the local and state level and provide models for folklife documentation efforts.

South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$658,600
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Number of Grants: 6          Total Amount: $810,600

 
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