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.

COLORADO

Arts Alive Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Fort Collins Jazz Festival. The weekend festival will feature performances by local, regional, and national jazz artists with accompanying educational activities.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 21st annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, open rehearsals, public workshops, and educational outreach concerts.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia. The opera will take place during the National Performing Arts Convention, a convening of the national service organizations and their memberships of arts professional from across the performing arts, including opera, music, dance, and theater.

City of Fort Collins, Colorado (Consortium)
Fort Collins, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support "Dance New Communities," a tour by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company to Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Colorado.

Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition series titled The Architecture of Desire. The project includes the presentation of three thematically-linked, sequential exhibitions by contemporary artists in an examination of how architecture can affect world views, actions, and desires.

Denver Center for the Performing Arts (aka Denver Center Theatre)
Denver, CO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Plainsong by playwright Eric Schmiedl, based on the novel by Kent Haruf. Artistic director Kent Thompson will direct the production.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 31st Denver International Film Festival. The event will present more than 150 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of more than 35,000 people.

Independent Films, Inc. (aka Aspen Filmfest)
Aspen, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 17th Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Music Associates of Aspen, Inc. (aka Aspen Music Festival and School)
Aspen, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Academy of Conducting of the Aspen Music Festival. The summer institute for post-conservatory conductors will engage participants in a comprehensive, professional development training program.

National Repertory Orchestra, Inc.
Breckenridge, CO
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support professional development for emerging orchestral musicians. The project will include guest conductors, master classes, and a summer seminar program.

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 38th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Performances will feature NEA Jazz Masters Ron Carter, Jim Hall, and Slide Hampton.

Number of Grants: 11          Total Amount: $167,500

 
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