2008 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 13, 2007 deadline ]

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

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

Presenting

'A 'A Arts
Oakland, CA
$12,000
To support the Web site Deep Oakland. Images, text, and sound files created by local artists will tell the evolving story of Oakland.

Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$20,000
To support the presentation of performing artworks for children and families. Maori Dance Theatre of New Zealand will perform Kahurangi and multidisciplinary artist David Gonzalez will perform The Frog Prince at schools and the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Alliance of Artists Communities
Providence, RI
$40,000
To support Artists' Communities: Impacting Society in the Past, Present, and Future. The theme relates to project components that will help artists communities and communicate their collective and individual impact on society.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$35,000
To support the Tour and Residency Program. The multi-state project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information, and develop new work.

Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support Information Services, a variety of professional development resources for Washington state artists and online resources for artists nationwide. Information will be shared with artists through comprehensive training sessions, print publications, Web sites, biweekly e-mail bulletins, a toll-free phone line, and community workshops.

Arts & Business Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support professional development services for New York City arts and culture organizations. Services will include workshops in arts marketing and management, panel discussions on arts and workforce development, and business volunteer matching services as well as board recruitment, training, and placement programs.

Arts Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support BosTix.com and other Internet-based initiatives. The services will provide the public with greater access to information about arts activities in the region at affordable ticket prices.

Arts for LA
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the 2009 Los Angeles Arts Convergence. The event will address critical issues facing arts and cultural institutions and will incorporate nationally recognized speakers, panel discussions, and workshops offered to arts administrators, arts practitioners, and the general public.

Arts Northwest
Port Angeles, WA
$25,000
To support professional development services. Activities will include seminars, workshops, roundtables, forums, peer networking, mentoring, and job-alike sessions targeted to arts administrators.

Asian Improv aRts
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of composer/performer Dohee Lee's The I-ching Project: Flux Passages of Change. The work will incorporate a unique combination of improvisational brass, percussive sounds, string, movement, lights, and film.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc. (aka Arts Presenters)
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support the Leadership Initiative of Arts Presenters. Based on recommendations in the strategic plan, activities will be developed to provide enhanced technology and educational and research resources for member organizations.

Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts Inc
Brownsville, TX
$25,000
To support the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival. Activities will include a free outdoor concert, a Latin Dance Night, an exhibition, and community activities such as music and dance clinics, master classes, school presentations, and artist talks for high school and college music students.

California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. Strategies and collaborative efforts will facilitate the development of artists' studios and multi-tenant spaces for arts organizations in San Francisco's Hunter's Point Shipyard.

California Presenters
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
To support the 25th annual Artist Information Exchange. Designed for performing arts presenters, the program enables a peer-to-peer exchange among presenters as a means to learn about artists suitable for venues and programming budgets of all sizes.

Cedar Cultural Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the 10th annual Nordic Roots Festival. Music and dance concerts and interactive vocal and instrumental workshops will feature a number of artists from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the United States.

Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support CD Forums series of multidisciplinary performances by African American artists. Multimedia artist DJ Spooky (Paul Miller), composer/performer Pamela Z, and video artist James Scruggs will perform and participate in community workshops and artist talks.

Centro Cultural Aztlan, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$20,000
To support a series of community arts projects involving Chicano/Latino artists. Activities will include exhibitions, workshops, literary events, and performances that preserve cultural traditions and support new and evolving art forms.

Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support free exhibition and performance spaces and stipends for theater groups and visual artists. Venues will include a black-box theater, galleries, and window stages.

Chicago Cultural Center Foundation (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support Midwest World Music Consortium. In partnership with the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation, the project will involve the presentation of music ensembles that will highlight diverse world cultures to underserved Midwest audiences.

COSACOSA art at large, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support a series of community-based art projects in North Philadelphia. Professional artists will teach hospitalized individuals and other community members artistic techniques, resulting in the design and creation of permanent public art projects for public spaces and neighborhood healthcare facilities.

Crucible
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support the Community Partnership Initiative. Activities will include workshops, residencies, public art projects, the Fire Arts Festival, training for teens, and facility access for the community.

Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support CAGWs Online Regional Arts Calendar. The calendar will be licensed, built, and implemented to provide cost-effective marketing for arts organizations throughout the metropolitan region.

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the Business Centers at Flashpoint and at Source Theatre. The centers' network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations will provide residency and technical assistance programs, as well as opportunities for affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with other business amenities.

Cultural Development Foundation of Memphis
Memphis, TN
$20,000
To support the Check Out a Ticket program. In partnership with local libraries, free tickets to performing arts events will be provided to underserved families.

Dance Theatre Coalition
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
To support the Proving Ground Artist Development Program. The project will serve emerging artists in the Salt Lake City area through an annual concert, grant writing workshops, help sessions, and a professional development program for modern dance teachers.

Dance Theatre Etcetera, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the 15th annual Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival. Free outdoor music, dance, and spoken-word performances will be presented in conjunction with a youth film festival, arts workshops, and a parade.

DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$35,000
To support the DiverseDialogues Series. Participating artists will engage the Houston community in the creative process through residency activities.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, CA
$20,000
To support the 40th-anniversary season of Call and Response. Community-requested performances will be presented at city festivals, cultural fairs, community centers, local companies, parks, and schools throughout Contra Costa County.

EastSide Arts Alliance
Oakland, CA
$30,000

To support a series of community arts programs. Programming will include Holla Back, a weekly poetry/spoken-word open mic; Final Friday's, a monthly film and video screening; and Bicasso's Black Music Jam, a weekly jazz and hip-hop jam session.

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
To support the Arte es Vida Westside Cultural Grounding Project. The project aims to revitalize San Antonio's Westside community life by organizing and presenting public events, concerts, dance performances, and workshops that will engage community members in cultural activities stemming from that neighborhood's historical highlights.

FirstWorks
Providence, RI
$20,000
To support the production of FirstWorksProv Festival 2008. The series of New England performance premieres will extend into communities through forums, workshops, lectures, and discounted admissions.

Ford Theatre Foundation
Hollywood, CA
$15,000
To support Community Bridges Program. The project will facilitate participation of local Latino and Asian American communities through programming, marketing, and audience development strategies.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support expansion of the Open Arts Network, a national network of arts service organizations. The program will add career development training and health insurance services targeted for emerging artists in upstate and western New York, New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania.

Fund for Women Artists, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day), a national celebration of women artists. A project coordinator and online event management software will enable the organization to provide participants with access to events on the Web site.

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support The Kitchen's Archive Project. Activities will include cataloging of video, audio, and paper archives; and re-mastering video and audio tapes to preserve and make accessible the works created and presented during its 30-year history.

Harvestworks, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Virtual Spaces and Physical Experiences. In collaboration with Roulette Intermedium, the project will explore physical computing and its implications for live performance through think-tanks, four workshops, a conference, and a festival.

Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
To support a series of arts events engaging the local community. The events will include community-based arts projects, exhibitions, and performances.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$30,000
To support a series of commissioning, presenting, and residency projects at the Myrna Loy Center. Guest artists will create new works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

HUC Skirball Cultural Center (aka Skirball Cultural Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support Viva! Celebrating the Americas at the Skirball. Performances, film screenings, readings, exhibitions, and lectures will highlight the intersection of Jewish and Latin American cultures.

Hudson Opera House, Inc.
Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support Global Steps: East Meets West. The Asian cultural series will include performances, workshops, and educational sessions in cooperation with area schools and social service agencies.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (aka IBA)
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the Caf Teatro Latino Performance Series. Activities will include public performances, school matinees, symposia, exhibitions, workshops, and master classes.

International Assoc. of Performing Arts for Young People (aka International Performing Arts for Youth)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the IPAY Showcase. The networking and artistic activities of the showcase will target art presenters of youth and family programming and the artists and managers who produce such work.

Jack Straw Foundation (aka Jack Straw Productions)
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the Artist Support Program. Artists will participate in residencies, workshops, mentorships, and public presentations involving sound.

La Pena Cultural Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$35,000
To support the presentation of Documenting History Through the Arts. In partnership with KPFA/Pacifica Public Radio, the center will investigate the intersection of the arts and social change, and the series will include performances, an exhibition, residency activities, radio broadcasts, and video documentation.

La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural Performance & Community Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
To support a workshop and performance. In partnership with Tucson's Museum of Contemporary Art, the workshop is designed for artists, scholars, and curators and includes professional development activities, instruction on the use of props and costumes, group discussions, shared meals, and salons.

Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
$45,000
To support a series of performances and related residency activities. Project components will include professional development workshops for teachers, student performances, workshops, and exhibitions, as well as performances by artists to whom the Maui community otherwise would not have access due to geographic constraints.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$45,000
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. The project will focus on contemporary work that explores world cultures.

More Than Shelter For Seniors, Inc.
Burbank, CA
$20,000
To support multidisciplinary workshops for senior citizens. Artists will conduct visual arts, film, acting/directing, and music workshops culminating in festivals, exhibitions, Web sites, and DVDs.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$50,000
To support NALAC's Eighth Annual Leadership Institute and the Regional Arts Training Workshops. Both components will offer Latino cultural organizations opportunities for organizational and professional development.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support the youngARTS Program. A limited number of high school seniors will be selected to participate through a national competition in dance, film, visual arts, drama, and writing.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support professional development programs for leaders in the arts education field. Programs will include the national Conference for Community Arts Education, regional events and trainings in New York and San Francisco, and an online Community Arts Education Toolkit.

National Performance Network, Inc. (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$45,000
To support the 2008 National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Seattle. Presented in partnership with On the Boards, the national forum for artists and presenters will feature performance showcases, professional development workshops, and plenary sessions.

New Art Publications (aka BOMB Magazine)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support BOMB Magazine's annual issue of AMERICAS. The publication will feature original translations of poetry and fiction, and will include interviews with Latin American writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, dancers, critics, and architects.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
To support the development of Networked:A/networked_book/About/networked_art/. The online transdisciplinary book will address the artistic developments of the last decade made possible by computers, networks, and mobile connectivity, and document the collapse of the traditional distinction between artist, artwork, and audience, as well as the building of virtual communities.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (aka The New York Public Library) (on behalf of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' documentation and preservation of significant dance and theater performances and oral histories by notable performing artists. Performances and oral histories will be recorded, and deteriorating oral history material will be conserved.

Queens Theatre in the Park, Inc.
Flushing, NY
$50,000
To support the Latino Cultural Festival and the Latino Cultural Series. The programs will feature music, dance, theater, film, visual art exhibitions, and residency activities.

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Kravis Center)
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
To support the S*T*A*R (Student and Teacher Arts Resource) Series. The educational project will provide performing arts experiences for children in kindergarten through 12th grades.

Real Art Ways, Inc. (Consortium)
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support Port of Exchange, presentations of West Indian artists' work. In partnership with the West Indian Foundation, the project will comprise performances, exhibitions, film screenings, readings, and discussions.

Red Earth, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
$15,000
To support a series of performances by Native American artists at the Red Earth Festival. Musicians, storytellers, and dancers will present works that combine traditional and contemporary art forms.

Regents of the University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$35,000
To support ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara! The project will focus on Mexican arts and artists and include artist residencies and free performances for low-income communities and schools.

Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, Inc.
Sautee Nacoochee, GA
$20,000
To support the presentation of the folk musical Headwaters. Drawn from stories gathered in northeast Georgia, playwright Jo Carson, writer Jerry Grillo, and director Lisa Mount will remount the work engaging local residents and musicians.

Seattle International Children's Festival
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support the Seattle International Children's Festival, the Festival in Tacoma, and related education and outreach activities. The combined festivals will feature an array of world cultures and disciplines including traditional and contemporary music, dance, theater, puppetry, circus arts, and storytelling.

Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$25,000
To support the Shands Arts in Medicine's AIM Together National Program. Regional training seminars will be held for presenters, agents, managers, artists, and hospital administrators to convey best practices associated with artists residencies and events in healthcare facilities.

Sheboygan Arts Foundation, Inc.
Sheboygan, WI
$30,000
To support Connecting Communities and the commissioning of new works at the Kohler Arts Center. Artists will collaborate with area cultural minorities, at-risk youth, unions, industrial and clerical worker, youth, persons with disabilities, seniors, low-income families, and domestic abuse shelters to develop residency projects and community-based commissions.

South Mobile County Educational Center, Inc
Irvington, AL
$20,000
To support the presentation and preservation of Merging of Cultures. A collection of photographs, video and audio documentation, and stories created by youth residing in towns demolished by Hurricane Katrina will be exhibited, archived, and presented on a Web site.

Southern Tier Celebrates, Inc.
Binghamton, NY
$10,000
To support World Fest on the Plaza. Free performances by world music groups will be presented at Government Plaza and at several community organizations.

Springboard for the Arts
St. Paul, MN
$20,000
To support the regional expansion of the Artist Services program. Workshops, individual career counseling, an online resource guide, and a training program that creates permanent local resources in small communities will be available to artists and organizations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa.

Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support Journeys: Puerto Rico, Philadelphia, and New York as Hubs of Puerto Rican/Latino Arts. The series will include exhibitions, street festivals, workshops, performances, and a symposium.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$25,000
To support the Culture Quest: World Music and Dance Series. The project will include artist residencies, performances, workshops, and related community activities by traditional and contemporary Brazilian, African, Latino, Indian, and Celtic artists.

Town Hall Association
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support a series titled Global Rhythms. Traditional and international artists will perform in concert and take part in ancillary activities such as lecture-demonstrations, classes at local high schools and universities, panel discussions, teacher workshops, and mini-performances at community centers.

Very Special Arts of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support residency activities related to universal design principles. Audience development performances and workshops will target a diverse audience including people with disabilities.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Ask the Lawyer: Legal and Business Interactive Resource Web Site and related arts services. A comprehensive online resource will be offered to provide free legal and business guidance to the arts community.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support the development of Web-based tools for WAAs members. The project's planning phase will include defining user needs, interests, and capabilities; assessing strengths and weaknesses of current systems; surveying trends in the rapidly changing field of online communications; and identifying cost-effective solutions.

World Arts West
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the educational program People Like Me. Designed for kindergarten through sixth- grade students, the performances will be presented at California theater in a one-hour session featuring traditional world dance and music genres in an interactive theatrical format.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the African Consortium. In partnership with Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), the international initiative is designed to create a new level of artistic exchange between artists and arts organizations and develop cultural dialogue between the United States and African countries.

Young Men's Christian Association of Billings (on behalf of YMCA Writer's Voice)
Billings, MT
$10,000
To support the Poets on the Prairie education program of YMCA Writer's Voice. Performing and visual artists and writers will work with students at rural schools in Montana and Wyoming.

Youth Speaks, Inc. (aka Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the Artist-in-Residence Program for emerging writers and performers. Artists will receive institutional support, including venues for previewing, creating, and premiering works.

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