FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements/Summer Schools in the Arts

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

MARYLAND

American Visionary Art Museum (aka AVAM) (Consortium)
Baltimore, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Body and Soul public lecture series. In collaboration with the Maryland Science Center, the project will merge the best historic and cutting edge scientific thinking with the work of visionary artists from around the world whose art is fueled by their personal faith.

Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Red, an exhibition of work by contemporary ceramic artists. The part-curated, part-juried project will be guided by internationally known ceramic artist Richard Notkin.

Cambodian-American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support instruction in Cambodian music and Cambodian classical and folk dances. The project will culminate with a concert in observance of the Cambodian New Year.

Character Studies Productions, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a series of public television programs that profile characters from the theater. Each half-hour episode of Character Studies will explore the influence and meaning that a major character from a significant play or musical has had within our culture.

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Inc.
Columbia, MD
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Teen Professional Theatre Program. Professional directors, musicians, and technical staff will mentor youth, ages 13 to 21, in acting, dancing, singing, and musical theater production culminating in five public performances.

Dance Exchange, Inc. (aka Liz Lerman Dance Exchange)
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Funny Uncles Live/Online, an Internet project of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. The project will involve integrating the presentation of the stage work with diverse uses of online technology and community building.

Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, Inc. (aka HoCoPoLitSo)
Columbia, MD
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support writer residencies, readings, workshops, school visits, and conversations throughout Howard County, Maryland. Visiting writers will discuss the process of writing on The Writing Life, a television series broadcast to more than two million Maryland residents.

Kids on the Hill, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a visual arts education program for high school-aged youth. Led by teaching artists, youth will meet weekly after school during a 12-month period to study drawing, painting, metal fabrication, sculpture, photography, and video production.

Magical Experiences Arts Company, Ltd.
Baltimore, MD
$8,250
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Wonder Program, a series of workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. The company will tour original works and provide interactive workshops for students residing at the Maryland School for the Blind.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$633,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Maryland State Boychoir, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support summer regional tours. Two choirs of the Maryland State Boychoir will perform concerts in multiple states and several regions of the country.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$1,233,200
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

National Council for the Traditional Arts (aka NCTA) (Consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Music from the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia tour. The event will feature Appalachian music and dance concerts in West Coast communities.

Quest: arts for everyone, Inc.
Lanham, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Wings Company Training Initiative. The project includes the development and production of theater works by deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing performers.

Ward Foundation, Inc. (aka Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art)
Salisbury, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support instruction in the skills of duck decoy carving. Resulting work will be judged at the 2007 Chesapeake Wildfowl Expo, the Ward Museum's fall water fowling event.

Number of Grants: 15          Total Amount: $2,093,250

 
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