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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.

MINNESOTA

American Composers Forum
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music In Motion. Composers will be paired with choreographers and their dance companies to create new works for performance.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support chamber music concerts, residency activities, and outreach activities for school students. The Colorado String Quartet and the piano trio Triple Helix will be presented.

Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Iqbal, a new play by Jerome Hairston, and the development of The Darwin Project by Deborah Stein. Educational components will include the Neighborhood Bridges program, school partnerships, and school matinee programs.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Scheduled writers include Linda Hogan, Andrei Codrescu, A.B. Spellman, Anne Boyer, Jack Marshall, Eleni Sikelianos, and Akilah Oliver.

College of Saint Benedict
St. Joseph, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Ron K. Brown/EVIDENCE, the San Curran Company, and Urban Bush Women. Each company will present a one-week residency that will include master classes, an open rehearsal, lecture-demonstrations, and a final performance.

Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. (aka Shapiro & Smith Dance)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the Miniatures Project by Shapiro & Smith Dance choreographer Joanie Smith. The production will weave together solos, duets, and trios created with area dancers and present the works at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Moorhead, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of Carmina Burana by composer Carl Orff. The chorus will comprise 175 adults and students from the community.

Flying Foot Forum
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Joe Chvala. The work will be a contemporary homage to clowning in its various forms and performed as a percussive dance.

FORECAST Public Artworks
Saint Paul, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the publication of Public Art Review. Issues of the journal in 2008 will explore two topics of current interest in the public art field.

Graywolf Press
Saint Paul, MN
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include James Longenbach, Eamon Grennan, Linda Gregg, Jason Shinder, Tess Gallagher, and Katie Ford.

Guthrie Theatre Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Peer Gynt, adapted from Henrik Ibsen's verse drama by award-winning American poet Robert Bly. The production will be directed by Tim Carroll and will feature internationally acclaimed actor and director Mark Rylance in the title role.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Incorporated
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and presentation of a work about water stewardship titled Beneath the Surface, directed by artistic director Sandy Spieler. The production will encourage civic engagement and examine local watershed and water quality issues through video, music, original puppetry, and masks.

Illusion Theater & School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the commissioning of playwright Allison Moore to adapt Willa Cather's novel My Ántonia for the stage. Executive producing director Michael Robins will oversee the process through a series of readings, workshops, and a developmental production in the 2008 Fresh Ink new play series.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include John Caddy, Melissa Kwasny, Seth Kantner, David Rhodes, and Christopher Merrill.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the American premiere of The Fortunes of King Croesus by Reinhard Keiser. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, conducted by baroque music specialist Harry Bicket, will partner with the company on the production.

Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. The professional development project will be directed by the orchestra's Composer Institute Co-Chairs: composer and new music adviser Aaron Jay Kernis and artistic planning associate Beth Cowart.

Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the commissioning, development, and world premieres of Love Person by Aditi Kapil and Red Ink by Rhiana Yazzie and Native American playwrights. Artistic director Jack Reuler will serve as producer and Liz Engelman will serve as dramaturg for both productions, with accompanying outreach activities.

Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
Saint Paul, MN
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Gem of the Ocean by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Founder and artistic director Lou Bellamy will direct the Midwest premiere production.

Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of new work in the Ruth Easton Lab. Producing artistic director Polly Carl will direct the lab's play development activities that culminate in the Writer/Director Series and the annual Play Labs Festival.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of a multidisciplinary work incorporating dance, music, spoken text, audio, and abstract video elements by choreographer and artistic director Ranee Ramaswamy. The work, Sthree (women) will premiere at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of issues of Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a current national circulation of 18,000 copies.

Rochester Art Center
Rochester, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition and catalogue of the work of contemporary artist and Minnesota native Chris Larson. The exhibition will feature new work by Larson including sculpture, photography, and a film.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
Saint Paul, MN
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Living Composers Project. The orchestra will perform new works by Pierre Boulez, Osvaldo Golijov, Leon Kirchner, Libby Larsen, Roberto Sierra, and works by composer-in-residence Lee Hyla.

Southern Theater Foundation Corp.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a performance and workshop by the Victoria Marks Performing Company.

VocalEssence
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Witness program. An annual celebration of contributions by African Americans, the program will focus on American jazz composer and performer Duke Ellington.

Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Creative Connections: Developing New Performance in Community. Large-scale, commissioned projects will support artists in their on-site creation and presentation of new work.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commissioning and presentation of For the Birds-A Bird Opera, a new work by composer Victor Zupanc with text by Kevin Kling. The ensemble will premiere the new work in Minneapolis/St. Paul venues and schools.

Zorongo Flamenco, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Zorro, a new flamenco work choreographed by artistic director Susana di Palma. The work will be presented at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, with music by flamenco composer Pedro Corts.


Number of Grants: 28          Total Amount: $632,500

 
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