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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.

OREGON

Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of an original musical commemorating the destruction of Celilo Falls, a natural resource in Oregon. The Ghosts of Celilo was created by Oregonian artists Marv and Rindy Ross, Thomas Morning Owl of the Umatilla tribe, Chenoa Egawa of the Lummi tribe, and Tom Hampson.

Borenya West African Drum and Dance
Rogue River, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of lecture-demonstrations, performances, residencies, and workshops. Activities will be led by Amazones, a group of female master drummers from Guinea, West Africa.

Caldera (aka Camp Caldera)
Portland, OR
$65,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Perspectives in Photography. The year-long program in 10 Oregon middle and high schools will provide training in digital photography.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support regional dance touring in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The company will present Children of the Raven, choreographed by artistic director Toni Pimble, in rural communities.

Homowo African Arts & Cultures
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Under the Mango Tree, a tour of Ghananian music and dance. Led by 1996 NEA National Heritage Fellow Obo Addy, the tour will travel to rural communities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Insight Out Theatre Collective
Portland, OR
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support The Tempest/FOR:GIVE Project, featuring a multidisciplinary production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The text will be interpreted through aerial choreography, heightened movement, dance, song, film, and sound.

Literary Arts, Inc.
Portland, OR
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Oregon Book Awards and Author Tour. Finalists will conduct readings at libraries, bookstores, and community organizations throughout the state.

Media-Rites
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a series of radio stories to be created by Dmae Roberts. In the Mix will be a series of radio features about issues of mixed racial identity and the arts.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings, residencies, workshops, and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest. Proposed authors include Kim Barnes, Frank X. Gaspar, Jim Harrison, Marie Howe, Edward Hirsch, Lawson Fusao Inada, Ted Kooser, Dana Levin, Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Robert Wrigley, and Al Young.

National Charrette Institute
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the development of educational videos for collaborative public design workshops, or charrettes. The videos will describe the charrette process and provide instruction on organizing charrettes.

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$633,300
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play. Apollo, Part 2: Dark Side of the Moon by playwright/director Nancy Keystone will feature original music by composer/sound designer Randall Tico.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations (aka Western Arts Alliance)
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the reinvention of WAAAF's annual conference. Major shifts in format will include a site change and the development of a central meeting point at the site, increased opportunities for networking, and the introduction of a festival of full-length performances.

Wisdom of the Elders, Incorporated (Consortium)
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Stories of the Original Inhabitants. A collaboration with Northwest Heritage Resources, the project will consist of storytelling apprenticeships, culminating in a symposium at the Northwest Indian Storytellers Association (NISA) Festival.

Wisdom of the Elders, Incorporated
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support curriculum development for workshops in Northwest Native American arts. Nancy Nusz (Director of the Oregon Folklife Program of the Oregon Historical Society), Dr. Don Addison (Choctaw ethnomusicologist), and six tribal artists will develop workshops in storytelling, carving, music, and dance targeted to underserved youth in Oregon and Washington tribal communities.


Number of Grants: 15          Total Amount: $900,800

 
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