2007 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 14, 2006 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museum | Music | Musical Theater | Presenting | Theater
Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Media Arts

American Documentary, Inc. (aka P.O.V.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production of Borders. The series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers and Internet artists will be offered to the public via the Internet.

American Film Institute, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year, the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.

Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$20,000
To support the Summer Documentary Institute. Nine Appalachian youth will work with professional Appalshop filmmakers to learn documentary video production.

Art's for Everyone, Inc.
Encinal, TX
$10,000
To support the Rural Filmmaker Exchange. During the summer of 2007, filmmakers from Appalshop will conduct workshops and residencies for Encinal youth media makers and others; the following summer, filmmakers from Art's for Everyone will travel to the Appalchian Media Institute at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, to share work and ideas.

Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (aka AVIA)
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support a series of audio production workshops and mentorships for visually impaired adults and youth. The program will introduce visually impaired people to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc. (aka AIR)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support professional development services for independent radio producers. Activities will include mentorships, residencies, and workshops.

Atlantic Public Media (aka APM)
Woods Hole, MA
$25,000
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.

Aurora Picture Show
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the publication of A Microcinema Primer. The book will provide a comprehensive history of American small alternative cinemas.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (aka BAVC) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the Mediamaker Awards and MediaMaker Advance programs. In collaboration with KQED-TV (the San Francisco PBS affiliate), these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with technical assistance and resources they need to finish their projects.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (aka Squeaky Wheel)
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 21-year-old program provides media equipment access, low-cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally.

Camera News, Inc. (aka Third World Newsreel)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a digital media literacy and production education program. Components of the program will be the Advanced Film and Video Production Workshop, Wednesday Night Media Workshops, and an Introduction to Final Cut Pro/Media Literacy Workshop Series.

Community Works in Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Allie Light and Irving Saraf. The Empress Hotel will examine the transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. The Experimental Television Center (ETC) provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Experimental Television Center Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The Experimental Television Center (ETC) provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support media arts educational programs and facilities access. The project will include programs for youth, emerging, mid-level, and established artists.

Free History Project
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Samuel Green. The Universal Language will examine the rise and fall of Esperanto, an artificial language.

Independent Feature Project, Inc. (aka IFP)
New York, NY
$47,000
To support the IFP Market and Filmmaker Conference. The event provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.

Independent Feature Project-North (aka IFP MSP)
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
To support educational activities as well as access to film and video equipment for media artists in the region. More than 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

International Documentary Association
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev. The Art Rescuers of Nukus (working title) will tell the story of a virtually unknown art collection in Uzbekistan.

International Film Seminars, Inc. (aka IFS, The Flaherty)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the 53rd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event at Vassar College will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.

Kartemquin Educational Films (aka Kartemquin Films) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Joanna Rudnick. In collaboration with the Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders, the filmmaker, part of the Kartemquin team, will examine the struggles women face when they have undergone genetic testing for cancer and discovered they are positive for the gene.

Kartemquin Educational Films (aka Kartemquin Films)
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by David Simpson. Milking the Rhino examines community-based conservation in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$30,000
To support the distribution of audio plays to schools and libraries. The Alive and Aloud and Library Access national outreach programs provide the audio plays to underserved communities in all 50 states.

Long Haul Productions Inc.
Three Oaks, MI
$15,000
To support the production of audio documentaries by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister. As part of the series Heartland Chronicles, the programs will be broadcast on National Public Radio and Chicago Public Radio to an estimated audience of 2.2 million people.

Motion Media Arts Center (aka Austin School of Film) (Consortium)
Austin, TX
$50,000
To support the 2007 Conference of the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers. In collaboration with the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Austin School of Film and 11 other Texas-based media arts organizations will plan and host the bi-annual event.

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc. (aka National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support services to the nonprofit media arts field. The National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC) includes among its more than 350 members media arts and technology centers, university-based programs, exhibitors, distributors, artist cooperatives, film archives, and community access television stations.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
To support the Fourth Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the project will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.

National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the Audio Theatre Workshop and related activities. The series of classes trains audio artists in script writing and performance for radio, and helps them develop the technical skills needed to produce innovative live radio drama.

Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (aka NAPT) (Consortium)
Lincoln, NE
$10,000
To support the Native American Radio Theater Project. In collaboration with the Autry National Center, Native American Public Telecommunications will conduct audio theater training workshops and produce audio plays for distribution through the Native One radio network and the Public Radio Exchange.

Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc. (aka Ninth Street Independent Film Center)
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support programmatic collaborations at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. The center is a consortium of eight media arts organizations all housed in one building.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support the training in and access to high definition video equipment. Pittsburgh Filmmakers will purchase high definition cameras, video cassette recorders, and monitors to offer these services to its constituents.

Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$55,000
To support workshop programs and related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video art works.

Segue Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary film by Abigail Child. Surf and Turf will examine issues of immigration and nationalism in the community of Deal, New Jersey.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality, production and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

Sundance Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
$120,000
To support the Feature Film Program and the Native American Initiative. The program offers emerging screenwriters, directors, producers, and composers the opportunity, support, and resources needed to successfully create new work.

WBEZ Alliance, Inc. (aka Chicago Public Radio)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the 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.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
NY, NY
$25,000
To support the Production Assistance Program. Women Make Movies facilitates the production, promotion, distribution, and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.

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