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.

NEBRASKA

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a monthly stipend for two- to four-month residencies.

Erlandson, Kelly Madigan
Lincoln, NE
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Verdi's Aida. As part of the company's 50th anniversary season, the production will be designed by local sculptor and installation artist Catherine Ferguson.

Reed, James P.
Omaha, NE
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

University of Nebraska at Lincoln (on behalf of University of Nebraska Press)
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and advertising of American and international fiction and creative nonfiction by the University of Nebraska Press. Proposed authors originate from such countries as Algeria, Argentina, Haiti, France, Switzerland, and Spain.

Number of Grants: 5          Total Amount: $112,500

 
< Back to States List
 

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506