2008 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ March 12, 2007 deadline ]
Dance |
Design |
Folk & Traditional Arts |
Literature |
Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts |
Museum |
Music |
Musical Theater |
Opera |
Presenting
Theater |
Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Design
306090, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support publication of an architectural journal. The journal will include interdisciplinary discussions between architects and innovators in fields such as ecology, sculpture, poetry, structural engineering, and history.
Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Architecture and Design Project Series. Exhibitions will introduce current design and architectural debates to visual arts, design, and general audiences.
Chicago Architecture Foundation (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support a conference, organized in partnership with the Architectural League of New York. The conference will assist design organizations in increasing public awareness about the built environment.
Community Design Collaborative of AIA Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the second phase of Infill Philadelphia: Neighborhood Anchors. The project promotes solutions for revitalizing urban neighborhoods through innovative design.
Confluences
Vancouver, WA
$40,000
To support a landscape art installation by artist/architect Maya Lin at Celilo Park in The Dalles, Oregon. The project will be located in an area that for approximately 11,000 years served as the center of Northwest Native American trade.
Danspace Project, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the design of the Danspace Choreographic Center. The project, to be realized in partnership with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, will be located in the BAM Cultural District and will include professionally equipped studios and technical workspaces, as well as administrative and performance space.
Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
Los Angeles, CA
$24,000
To support publications as part of the Forum Pamphlet series. The series will focus on the innovative art, architecture, design, and urbanism in Southern California.
Museum of Modern Art (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the design and production of a site-specific architectural installation. The project will take place at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens and provide exposure to emerging architects/designers.
National Building Museum
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support Green Communities, an exhibition on sustainable design and construction. Case studies to be presented will include historical, contemporary, and planned or future projects.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the Philip Johnson Glass House Oral History Project. The project will capture stories in a multimedia format at the Glass House Visitor Center.
openhousenewyork inc. (aka OHNY)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support an event guide, interpretive handouts, and a Web site for a New York City architectural tour. The weekend event tours all five boroughs and provides access to buildings and facilities not typically open to the public.
Public Design Studio (aka Public Architecture)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 1% Solution, a network for architecture professionals to pledge one percent of their billable hours to pro bono work. Public Architecture's interactive Web site, along with training sessions, will connect willing architects with nonprofit organizations and communities seeking design services.
University of Chicago (on behalf of University of Chicago Press)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the publication Architecture Under Construction, which will document the construction process of significant recent buildings. The publication will provide a view rarely available with detailed photographic documentation of construction materials and techniques.
Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the digitization of a design collection with an online searchable catalogue. The project will allow broad public access to a collection of original architectural drawings and public design competition materials dating from the early 20th century to the present.
William Marsh Rice University (on behalf of Rice Design Alliance)
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support a national design competition for affordable housing prototypes. An exhibition and catalogue will document and disseminate the competition results.
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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