FY 2008 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

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

ALASKA

Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support expansion of the Out of the Box Series. Several companies from outside the state will perform and five new works will be commissioned for performance.

Anchorage Museum Association
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the planning of the exhibition True North: Contemporary Art in the Circumpolar North. The exhibition will bring to Anchorage for the first time a comprehensive (including indigenous and non-indigenous peoples) selection of contemporary art by artists working and living in Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia.

Calista Elders Council, Inc.
Bethel, AK
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Yupiit Yuraryarait dance festival. The Yupiit Yuraryarait, held approximately every four years, brings together elders, youth, and Yup'ik dancers in Alaska's Yukon Kuskokwim region to learn about, preserve, and celebrate their living Yupi'k culture.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival. Approximately 32 jazz and classical musicians will be presented during the nine-day festival.

Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Yellowman by Dael Orleandersmith and the Alaskan premiere of The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel. Flordelino Lagundino will direct Yellowman, and David Charles Goyette will direct Vogel's play.

Sealaska Heritage Institute (aka Naa Kahidi Theater)
Juneau, AK
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Celebration 2008 Festival. Celebration is a biannual event designed to teach and preserve the cultural heritage of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Native people through dance and song.

Number of Grants: 6          Total Amount: $117,500

 
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