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.

CONNECTICUT

Bruce Museum, Inc.
Greenwich, CT
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition of Dutch and Italian Old Master paintings drawn from the collection of Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), with accompanying catalogue. The goal of the exhibition is to reveal the quality of the collection, to tell the story of its confiscation and restitution, and to present it to a broad American public.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of works of multicultural poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings at cultural and educational institutions around the country.

Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc. (aka The O'Neill)
Waterford, CT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference. The project will include the creation and development of new plays and musical theater works.

Hartford Stage Company, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and English-language premiere of Zerlina's Tale, translated and adapted by Jeremy Sams from the story by Hermann Broch. The production will be directed by artistic director Michael Wilson.

New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of international and American dance companies during the 2008 International Festival of Arts & Ideas. The dancers will participate in master classes, workshops, panel presentations, and community dialogues.

Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled The Maelstrom choreographed by co-artistic director Michael Tracy, in collaboration with Pilobolus dancers. The work will be part of the company's tour across the United States and overseas.

Real Art Ways, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition series featuring the work of emerging artists in New York State and New England. A jury of artists and curators will select artists for solo exhibitions.

Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Impressionists by the Sea, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will explore the inception of Impressionism in the social and historical context of 19th-century coastal France.

Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Waterbury, CT
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem project, a commissioning and presentation project by composer Dr. Ysaye Barnwell. The new orchestral work will be premiered in the 2,400-seat Palace Theater.

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support performances and residency activities by dance companies. The Breaking Ground Dance Series will include Mark Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, David Rousseve/Reality.

Yale University (on behalf of Yale Repertory Theatre)
New Haven, CT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of The Evildoers by David Adjimi at Yale Repertory Theatre. Rebecca Taichman, associate director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, will direct the production.

Number of Grants: 11          Total Amount: $227,500

 
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