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.

NEW YORK

306090, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support publication of an architectural journal. The journal will include interdisciplinary discussions between architects and innovators in fields such as ecology, sculpture, poetry, structural engineering, and history.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support commissioning, long-term residencies, and presentation of the WaterWorks and Harlem Stride series. Commissioned artists will create and perform new works, and other artists will participate in residencies that will advance the development of new works scheduled for production in the following season.

Academy of American Poets
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of issues of American Poet magazine. The Academy also will expand its online publishing initiative, poets.org, which serves nearly one million visitors each month.

African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 15th New York African Film Festival and the 12th edition of the African Film Festival Traveling Series, which will tour to 13 or more American cities. The program will present current films by African filmmakers and screen classic work from the last 40 years.

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 2009 American Music Festival, The River. Marking the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's journey up the Hudson River, the month-long festival will examine the evolution of New York State, as well as the idea of "voyages of discovery" through numerous commissions and performances.

Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc. (on behalf of River to River Festival)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the River to River Festival. Free outdoor activities in Lower Manhattan will include music, dance performances, and film screenings.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in communities across the United States.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Orchestra Underground Concerts, New Music Readings, and Playing It UNSafe Concerts. Through commissions, readings, and performances of new work, 12 to 15 composers will have the opportunity to further their artistic development and expose their music to new audiences.

American Federation of Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Drawing on the American Folk Art Museum's collection of more than 4,000 artworks that span nearly three centuries, Masterworks will explore the aesthetic relationships that emerged to adapt to and reflect upon critical moments in American history.

American Guild of Organists
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation and radio broadcast of performances of new organ works. A total of 11 new compositions will be premiered at the biennial national convention in Minneapolis.

American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support online services for new American music. Services will include www.NewMusicBox.org, a monthly Web magazine about artists and issues in the new music community; www.NewMusicJukeBox.org, a searchable, encyclopedic database of contemporary American composers; and Counterstream Radio, a new online radio station.

American Music Center, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a study of new music in America and the presentation of the results. In partnership with the American Composers Forum, the center will present the study results at the June 2008 National Performing Arts Convention in Denver.

American Opera Projects, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and second-stage development of Sharon's Grave by composer Richard Wargo. Based on the play by Irish playwright John B. Keane, the adaptation into an opera was advanced by the composer who worked closely with the author prior to Mr. Keane's death.

American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
$135,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support services designed to strengthen orchestras through learning and leadership development, research, and communications within the orchestra field. The project will assist nearly 1,000 member orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states.

American Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of U.S. premieres, rarely performed works by established composers, and related educational activities. Plans include performances of works by composers Vladimir Shcherbachov, Arthur Louri, Ferdinand Hiller, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Andrzej Panufnik, Rued Langgaard, and Ildebrando Pizzetti.

Anthology Film Archives
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support several curated film series. Anthology Film Archives regularly presents classic and contemporary independent, experimental, international, and art house cinema with more than 900 programs per year.

Aperture Foundation, Inc. (aka Aperture)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Abstraction in Photography, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will examine contemporary abstraction through the works of as many as 30 artists in connection with pivotal moments in the works of 19th- and 20th-century artists.

Archipelago Books, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of works of fiction in translation. Proposed works will be translated into English from Arabic, French, Basque, Swedish, Polish, Czech, and Dutch.

Armitage Foundation, Ltd. (aka Armitage Gone! Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Karole Armitage. The work will be created in collaboration with composer Lukas Ligeti, painter David Salle, and media designer Mark Coniglio.

Art Sweats, Inc. (aka David Dorfman Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a dance theater work by artistic director and choreographer David Dorfman. The project will include classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, open rehearsals, and pre- and post-performance discussions.

Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Architecture and Design Project Series. Exhibitions will introduce current design and architectural debates to visual arts, design, and general audiences.

Arts for Art, Inc. (aka Vision Festival)
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 13th annual Vision Festival. The week-long festival of jazz will take place at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts in New York City.

Asia Society
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Mirror of the Floating World: New Reflections on Japanese Paintings, Prints, and Illustrated Books 1680-1860, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition consists of nearly 200 masterworks of Japanese ukiyo-e (floating world pictures) from North American private and public collections, many on view for the first time.

Association of Art Museum Directors Educational Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support museum director management training in partnership with the Getty Leadership Institute during the AAMD midwinter meeting in Austin, Texas. Faculty from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California will present two topics: How to Move the Organization Forward with a Reinvested Staff and Key Variables in a CEO's Long-term Sustainability.

Atlantic Theater Company
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the commissioning, readings, and production of new works in the new play development and production program Atlantic Stage 2. The award-winning Off-Broadway theater will create an artistic home for emerging and established writers to develop new work and contribute to the life of the theater.

Ausable Press, Inc.
Keene, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. The press will advertise its titles in catalogues mailed to 5,000 individuals and bookstores.

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a new work for American Ballet Theatre, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, with original music by Danny Elfman. The piece will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of the Bang on a Can Marathon/Festival at venues across the country. In celebration of the 20th-anniversary season, the all-day, multi-stage new music festival will be presented at the Lied Center in Lincoln, Nebraska; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California; on the UCLA Live series at the University of California - Los Angeles; and on the Carolina Arts series at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Bard College (on behalf of Conjunctions)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of issues of the journal Conjunctions. Published twice a year, each issue of the journal has a unifying theme and averages more than 400 pages.

Bard College (on behalf of Words Without Borders)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the continued development and promotion of Words Without Borders, an interactive Web site devoted to international literature. The project will focus on literature from the Islamic world.

Bard College (on behalf of Bard Music Festival)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the music of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and his contemporaries by presenting a range of musical forms including symphonic, choral, chamber, and piano music.

Bard College (on behalf of Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the SummerScape Festival, presented by the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The festival will focus on Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev through presentations in dance, theater, music, and opera.

Bargemusic, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a string quartet residency for emerging musicians. The Vertigo String Quartet will perform 15 concerts as well as two after-school programs for children in neighborhood schools.

Battleworks Dance Company
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Robert Battle, in collaboration with composer John Mackey. Reel Time will premiere at the Joyce Theater.

Big Orbit Gallery, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Site Specific Summer Residency Program. Artists will be selected from an open call by a committee of artists and curators familiar with the intricacies of installation art and the unique attributes of the western New York region.

Big Tree Productions, Inc. (aka Tere O'Connor Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by artistic director and choreographer Tere O'Connor. The work will premiere at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry and fiction. Scheduled authors include Lucille Clifton, Kazim Ali, Alan Michael Parker, Jessica Treat, Wendy Mnookin, Daniel Grandbois, and Katy Lederer.

Bond Street Theatre Coalition, Ltd.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the final development and premiere of an ensemble-created theater production titled The Mechanical. The work will include multimedia, puppetry, music, and physical techniques to explore themes of science and history.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Bronx Artist Stabilization Enterprise (BASE). A capacity-building program, BASE will include a workshop series open to qualified Bronx artists and an opportunity for selected artists to work directly with a consultant.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Longwood Arts Project)
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support cyberspace residencies that enable artists to work with advanced computer technology. An exhibition of completed works will be hosted on the Longwood Arts Project's online cyber gallery; public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (aka BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support BAM's annual Next Wave Festival. Now in its 26th year, the festival will feature performances in all disciplines with an emphasis on contemporary and international work.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc. (on behalf of Celebrate Brooklyn)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. Free performances of music and dance and film screenings, including commissioned scores for films, will be presented in Prospect Park as part of the 30th annual festival.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music Off the Walls. A series of thematic chamber music concerts will be performed in conjunction with current exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the John Corigliano 70th Birthday Festival. The festival will include performances of his works, educational activities, and film screenings featuring scores by the composer.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the performance and recording of composer Marcel Tyberg's Symphony No. 3. Many works of Tyberg, a promising young composer who lost his life in the Holocaust in 1944, were recently discovered in Buffalo by a student of the composer.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of Continuous City, a new work that explores how technology alters perceptions of distance. Collaborating artists will include director Marianne Weems, lighting designer Jennifer Tipton, video artist Peter Flaherty, animator James Gibbs, and filmmaker Harry Sinclair.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc. (aka DanceBrazil)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by DanceBrazil's artistic director and choreographer Jelon Vieira. The work will be performed on a national tour.

Career Transition For Dancers, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of career-counseling seminars for dancers. The National Outreach Project will take place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Leonard Bernstein Festival. The two-month festival, marking the 90th anniversary of Bernstein's birth, will feature performances of orchestral and vocal works and educational activities.

Center for Photography at Woodstock, Inc.
Woodstock, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for photographers. Artists will be provided studio and darkroom access, equipment, an honorarium, lodging, and meals for residencies of up to six weeks.

Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the National Leadership Initiative. Designed to build leadership skills in the chamber music field, the project will provide professional services to members through consultancies, on-site technical assistance, special publications, a Web site, and a national conference in New York City.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support American Voices: 1750-2008, a festival of concerts and educational activities. Five programs of music by 22 composers will explore American musical history covering a period of two-and-a-half centuries.

China Institute in America, Incorporated
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition The Emperors' Collection: Painting and Calligraphy from the Liaoning Provincial Museum, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will present for the first time to the American public paintings and calligraphy of China's Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties' imperial collections.

City Parks Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Arts for All: A Citywide Festival. Free performances by emerging, regional, and international artists will be presented at public parks in New York City.

Civilians, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, co-production, and associated community dialogue programs for This Beautiful City, a new documentary play by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, with music by Michael Friedman. Created through a long-term process of interviews and community participation, the play explores the influential evangelical movement centered in Colorado Springs.

Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Summerworks festival of new work The project will feature full productions of commissioned plays and a night of short works by various writers on the theme of legislation missing from the Bill of Rights.

College Community Services, Inc. (aka Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 40th season of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series. The series comprises cultural dance forms from Iceland, Mexico, Russia, and Jamaica, in addition to classical and modern dance forms, with the incorporation of live world music and storytelling.

Columbia University in the City of New York (on behalf of Wallach Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Sightlines: Nancy Holt, with accompanying catalogue. Sightlines is a retrospective of the work of Nancy Holt (American, b. 1938), who situates landscape at the center of her artistic practice.

Complexions-A Concept In Dance (aka Complexions Contemporary Ballet)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Chapters, a dance theater work choreographed by co-artistic director Dwight Rhoden. The work is set to the songs of soul legend Marvin Gaye, and will premiere at the Joyce Theater in New York.

Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support career development of emerging classical musicians through national concert engagements. In diverse venues across the country, 50 performance opportunities will allow 17 artists/ensembles on the Concert Artists Guild (CAG) roster to hone performance skills and improve their powers of communication.

Corporation of Yaddo (aka Yaddo)
Saratoga Springs, NY
$15,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Yaddo's Artist in Residence Program. Artists from various disciplines will receive housing, meals, and an equipped studio or workspace.

Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the National Conversations component of the Democracy in America. A collaborative visual arts project, Democracy in America will include new commissions, public programs, exhibitions, and a publication.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of The Walter Project. The multidisciplinary work will be based on the ongoing relationship between artist Ralph Lemon and Walter Carter, a 99-year-old African American elder from the Mississippi Delta.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a series of new works by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company titled The Hudson Valley Project, Dia: Beacon Events. The new works will be performed in the Dia: Beacon galleries located in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

Dance Continuum, Inc. (aka Susan Marshall & Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of Close-Ups, an evening-length work by choreographer and artistic director Susan Marshall. The work will amplify Marshall's detailed and gestural movement style that she has been developing during the last two decades.

Dance New Amsterdam, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Artist in Residence program. The project will include a teaching residency, through which artists teach in the Modern Guest Artist Program, and a performing residency, through which artists are commissioned to present their work in a concert.

Dance Ring (aka New York Theatre Ballet)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Sleeping Beauty's Wedding by the New York Theatre Ballet. The music will be transcribed for a chamber ensemble, to be performed live at each performance.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a program for emerging and established dance artists The Creative Residency Program and the Creative Residency Development Laboratory offer artists the use of Dance Theater Workshop's facilities as well as presentations at the theater.

DanceWorks, Inc. (aka Pentacle)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Pentacle's mentoring program ARC - Advancement, Reinvention, and Creativity. The project will encourage choreographers to support a major planning goal, and then provide them with planning and implementation support to achieve that goal.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 11th season of the City/Dans performance series. The program presents the work of New York choreographers and will take place at St. Mark's Church.

Danspace Project, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the design of the Danspace Choreographic Center. The project, to be realized in partnership with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, will be located in the BAM Cultural District and will include professionally equipped studios and technical workspaces, as well as administrative and performance space.

Discalced, Inc. (aka Mark Morris Dance Group)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of world premieres and the revival of two works, choreographed by Mark Morris. The works will be performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group on tour throughout the United States.

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Alchemy, choreographed by artistic director Doug Varone. The work will be performed to composer Steve Reich's Daniel Variations, and include live music and vocal accompaniment.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music & Dance (on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer David Rakowski. The premiere performance at Merkin Concert Hall will be the culminating concert in a series titled Written Jazz: From New to Now, which will address classical artists' ability to play jazz-inspired works.

Electronic Arts Intermix, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Artists' Videotape Distribution Service. Through an online catalogue, works will be made available to libraries, educational institutions, community centers, museums, and other organizations.

Elevator Repair Service Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and premiere of an ensemble work based on William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury. Artistic director John Collins will direct the new work titled Present (April 7, 1928) at New York City Workshop's mainstage theater.

En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support publication of the bilingual photography journal Nueva Luz. Each issue will feature the work of emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic/editor, and a comprehensive listing of career opportunities and other resources for photographers.

Ethel's Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Truck Stop, a new work drawn from collaborations during residencies across the United States. At each of seven or more residency "stops," the string quartet Ethel will collaborate with regional artists to create a different chapter of the musical diary as part of the larger set of Truck Stop creations.

Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the artist residency and fellowship programs. Participating artists will have access to technology equipment and technicians, otherwise not available to them, enabling creation or completion of their work.

Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books by international women writers. Authors hail from the Middle East, the United States, and Mexico.

Fence Magazine, Inc.
Albany, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Fence. Fence Books will also publish Carl Martin's third book of poetry, Rogue Hemlocks.

Fiji Theater Company, Inc. (aka Ping Chong & Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation of Undesirable Elements/Philadelphia, an original work that will explore evolving conceptions of race, identity, and culture in America. Artistic director and writer Ping Chong will partner with the Village of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia in a multi-part residency to develop a theater work based on oral histories.

Film Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support several curated film series. The programs will include the New Directors/New Films Festival; Latinbeat, showcasing the work of films from Latin America and the Caribbean; and Film Comment Selects, focusing on new and established artists.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of new works by choreographer and artistic director Bill T. Jones. Performances will take place at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the company's 25th anniversary.

Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer, Nicholas Leichter, and Ben Munisteri. The works will be performed in New York and on a national tour.

Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Bronx Bus tour (working title), a theatrical piece that will take place entirely on a bus touring the South Bronx.

Four Way Books, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of poetry and fiction. Scheduled authors include Catherine Bowman, Kevin Prufer, C. S. Carrier, and Alissa Valles.

Frick Collection
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Masterpieces in Bronze: Riccio, Sculptor of the Paduan Renaissance, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Masterpieces in Bronze will be the first monographic exhibition ever dedicated to Andrea Briosco (1470-1532), known as Riccio, and considered one of the great bronze masters of the Renaissance.

George Eastman House
Rochester, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the preservation of endangered films. Each film will be restored so it can be made available for public viewing and scholarly research. Titles include Philip Kaufman's Goldstein (1965), Danny Lyon's Los Ninos Abandonados (1975) and Born to Film (1982), Paul Morrissey's first six short films, and Robert Culp's Operation Breadbasket (1969).

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Das Liebesverbot by Richard Wagner. Educational activities related to the production will include pre-season lectures, pre-performance talks, an on-site exhibition, and numerous solo recitals throughout the summer by singers from the company's Young American Artists program.

Gotham Chamber Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support Ariadne Unhinged, a fully-staged evening based on excerpts from operas by Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg. Conceived by Artistic Director Neal Goren, the production reflects the company's ongoing series of operas based on the myth of Ariadne.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the final development, production, and premiere of Necessary Beauty by choreographer Bebe Miller. The work will feature short, multimedia dance works for one to four dancers, and will be suitable for large or small spaces.

Group I Acting Company, Inc. (aka The Acting Company)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and national tour of Moby Dick Rehearsed, a 1950s work by Orson Welles, adapted from Herman Melville's classic novel. The Acting Company production will be directed by Casey Biggs.

Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Artist in Residence Project for the creation and presentation of new works. Artists will receive stipends; allotments for materials, fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.

Harvestworks, Inc.
New York City, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Creative Residency Program. Artists will be commissioned to create artwork using new and evolving technologies.

Hip Hop Theater Festival
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the production and presentation of hip-hop festivals in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC. The festivals will feature dance, musical theater, and theater, and will include staged readings of works-in-progress.

Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd. (aka HERE Arts Center)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of new work in the HERE Artist Residency Program. Mid-career performing and visual artists and collaborative teams are nurtured through cross-disciplinary exchange, workshops, panel discussions, career development services, and productions.

Hudson Review, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the 60th-anniversary issue of the Hudson Review. This special issue will include contributions from Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Spencer, Joseph Epstein, and Penelope Fitzgerald.

id Theatre, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Emerging and professional playwrights will work with student playwrights from rural Idaho to develop new plays culminating in a series of fully staged readings with audience talkback sessions.

Immaterial Incorporated (aka Cabinet)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support artist fees and production costs for the art journal Cabinet. The quarterly publication features the work of contemporary artists and essays on art and culture.

Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 8th Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival. Held in the fall, the festival presents narrative feature films, short works, and documentaries made by, about, or featuring persons of (east) Indian origin.

Inta, Inc. (aka Eiko & Koma)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographers Eiko & Koma. The work, titled Flower, will include Cambodian performers as well as Eiko & Koma.

International Foundation for Art Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the IFAR Journal, a quarterly publication on authenticity, ownership, theft, looting, and other scholarly and ethical issues concerning art objects. The Journal's focus is increasingly on the hold that legal issues have on the art and museum fields, and the rapidly evolving standards regarding the ownership of works of art.

Irish Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. (aka The Irish Rep)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and adaptation for the stage of Peter Quinn's novel Banished Children of Eve. Commissioned writers of Irish American and African American background will partner to adapt the work, to be directed by producing director Ciaran O'Reilly.

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Metro Poles, a collaborative visual arts project. The project will include new commissions, public programs, exhibitions, and a catalogue.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of jazz concerts by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. The performances will take place in the Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall and will feature works that survey the major periods of jazz innovation throughout the last century.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival and the Band Director Academy activities. In addition to the festival taking place in New York City, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will partner as host for a regional Essentially Ellington Festival; provide performance, clinic/workshop, and rehearsal space; and identify local high school jazz bands as participants.

Jewish Museum (Consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 2009 New York Jewish Film Festival, a joint project with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Held in January, the festival presents narrative feature films, short works, and documentaries to an audience of 10,000 people.

Jewish Museum
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Action/Abstraction: Abstract Expressionism and Postwar America, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Action/Abstraction is the first major exhibition in 20 years to re-evaluate Abstract Expressionism and the movements that followed.

José Limón Dance Foundation
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of José Limón's The Traitor. The work will be presented during a tour to the five boroughs of New York City, along with Doris Humphrey's Day on Earth and Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Dance Presentation Program. The project will consist of the presentation of companies from the United States and overseas, at the Joyce Theater and the Joyce SoHo.

Kings Majestic Corporation (aka 651 ARTS)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series at 651 ARTS of performances and residencies by U.S. and international artists. Education and outreach activities will be provided for public schools and community-based organizations.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc. (aka La MaMa E.T.C.) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and premiere of Seven, a documentary theater piece. Produced in partnership with Vital Voices Global of Washington, DC, the piece will bring together the stories of seven women in developing countries around the world.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc. (aka La MaMa E.T.C.)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, development, and production of a new adaptation of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. Founding artistic director Ellen Stewart will create a new text derived from Greek mythology.

LAByrinth, Inc. (aka LAByrinth Theater Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the annual New Play Development Programs. Activities will include the Summer Intensive retreat, the Barn Series Festival of staged readings, and Developmental Productions of new works-in-progress.

Lake George Opera Festival Association, Inc.
Saratoga Springs, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Buoso's Ghost by composer and librettist Michael Ching. The work is a sequel to Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and the two productions will be produced as a double-bill at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Springs.

Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for artists and the publication of their work in Contact Sheet - The Light Work Annual. Participating artists' work will also be made available on Light Work's online database, an ever-expanding collection of more than 2,200 images, essays, and biographical information.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support performances and related activities of Lincoln Center Festival 2008. The summer festival will feature international performing artworks, as well as symposia, discussions, and lectures that complement the presentations.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance by choreographer and artistic director Lar Lubovitch, as part of the company's 40th anniversary. The work will be presented at New York City Center and on the company's tour.

Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc. (aka Ma-Yi Theater Company)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Three Vampires: A Parable of the Philippines by Jessica Hagedorn and directed by Ping Chong.

Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc. (aka Mabou Mines)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of Finn, a digital and live action adventure based on the ancient legend of Finn McCool. Co-artistic director Sharon Fogarty will work with the Czech digital animation artists of Misha Films, Irish playwright Jocelyn Clarke, and Scottish composer Phil Cunningham.

Manhattan Theatre Club, Inc. (aka MTC)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of work by emerging and established playwrights in the Artistic Development Program. Script evaluation, readings, commissions, and dramaturgy will further new plays and musicals toward full-scale productions.

Marilyn Horne Foundation
New York, NY
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support professional development of emerging vocal artists through recitals and educational artist residencies. Recitals will be presented in New York, St. Louis, and Santa Barbara as part of the On Wings of Song series and recorded for later broadcast on WQXR-FM radio.

Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the America Commissions Initiative. The program is designed to stimulate commissioning and performances of new American music through technical assistance and enhanced communication and active engagement with communities.

Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of Olivier Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine. The concerts will celebrate the centenary of the composer's birth and will be held at Merkin Hall in New York City.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Beyond Babylon: Art and International Exchange in the Second Millennium B.C., with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will bring together some 350 objects from royal palaces, temples, and tombs that reflect the extensive network of artistic exchange and international connections throughout the period.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Satyagraha by composer Philip Glass. The opera will be conducted by Dante Anzolini, directed by Phelim McDermott, and designed by Julian Crouch, and is a co-production with the English National Opera.

Mettawee Theatre Company, Inc. (aka Mettawee River Company)
Salem, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the tour of an original play based on the The Book of Tobit from the Apocrypha. Artistic director Ralph Lee will direct and design the production with masks, puppets, and giant figures.

Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the exhibition of experimental film and video art. Exhibitions will feature avant-garde cinema and video from the United States and abroad.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Movement Research Festival 2008. The festival includes a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, and workshops.

Moving Image, Inc. (aka Film Forum)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films. Film Forum is devoted to bringing the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as well as by more established figures, to a large and diverse public.

Museum for African Art
Long Island City, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Splendors of Ancient Ife: Dynasty and Divinity in Yoruba Art, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments.

Museum of Biblical Art
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the planning of the exhibition Jews and Christians in the Altarpieces of the Kingdom of Aragon, 1320-1402, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will explore the cooperation that took place between Christians and Jews in the creation of art during the period preceding the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.

Museum of Modern Art (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the design and production of a site-specific architectural installation. The project will take place at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens and provide exposure to emerging architects/designers.

Museum of Modern Art (aka MoMA)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the preservation of endangered films from the museum's nationally recognized collection. Each year, the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film and Media saves 50 to 100 films by transferring them from unstable nitrate stock to acetate, and also does additional work to preserve fading and damaged acetate films.

Music at the Anthology, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 10th-anniversary festival of new music. In collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the festival will include a concert featuring orchestral work by young composers.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the 20th annual Festival of New Musicals. The project will bring together musical theater writers and industry professionals with the goal of developing and nurturing new musicals.

Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center (aka The Egg)
Albany, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Hudson River Quadricentennial Commissioning Project presented at The Egg. Three new works by composers and instrumentalists Mark O'Connor, Don Byron, and Daniel Bernard Roumain will be premiered.

New 42nd Street, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support international theater presentations for children. The project represents the 12th season of theater programming for young audiences at the New Victory Theater, with accompanying educational activities.

New Dance Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 22nd annual Performance Mix Festival. The festival promotes the work of experimental dance and interdisciplinary performance artists.

New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of new work for the theater in the Playwrights Lab. The core developmental initiative will support resident playwrights through writer-driven readings and a workshop series.

New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the New School Concerts' New York String Seminar Program for emerging young musicians. The professional development program, directed by violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo, will culminate in two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

New York Chinese Cultural Center, Inc. (aka Dance China NY)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of works by Dance China NY artistic director Jiang Qi and choreographer Yin Mei. The works will be presented during the Autumn Moon Dance Festival.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a retrospective of Jerome Robbins's work, one of the great American choreographers of the 20th century. The project will include a host of education and outreach activities.

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of King Arthur by Henry Purcell. Education and outreach activities will include lectures, family workshops, new production talks, panel discussions with the creative team, and in-school workshops for high school students.

New York Festival of Song, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support performances, a radio broadcast, and a live recording of commissioned works by composers William Bolcom and John Musto with books by librettist Mark Campbell. Based on an Italian folktale, Musto's work will be titled Bastianello; and based on Machiavelli's La Mondragola, Bolcom's work will be titled Lucrezia.

New York Pops, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Gershwin: Great Moments from Porgy and Bess and Dayful of Song. The concert performance will be directed by guest conductor Andrew Litton at Carnegie Hall.

New York Shakespeare Festival (aka The Public Theater)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of The Bacchae by Euripides at the Public Theater. Based on a translation by Nicholas Rudall, the production will be created and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis and will feature original music by Philip Glass.

New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the New York premiere of Things of Dry Hours by Naomi Wallace. The playwright is a member of Usual Suspects, the theater's community of affiliate artists.

New York University (on behalf of Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition New York Cool: Paintings and Sculptures from the New York University Art Collection, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition reexamines a transitional phase of the New York School - between Abstract Expressionism of the late 1940s and Pop and Minimalism of the mid-1960s.

Noche Flamenca, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a tour of flamenco dance across the United States The company will tour to 11 states in five different regions of the country offering 18 performances and at least 12 outreach events.

Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of I Wish It Were True, a new non-narrative theater work written and directed by Richard Foreman. The piece will utilize film tableaux as a continual backdrop for live performances.

Open Channels New York, Inc. (aka Dixon Place)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Mondo Cane! Commissioning Program at Dixon Place. The project will provide commissions, development, and production support to emerging theater artists.

openhousenewyork inc. (aka OHNY)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an event guide, interpretive handouts, and a Web site for a New York City architectural tour. The weekend event tours all five boroughs and provides access to buildings and facilities not typically open to the public.

Opera America, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support services for member artists and companies in realizing artistic excellence and service to their local communities. Through publications, seminars, resources, and consultant and information services offered both off-and online, the organization provides essential support to its membership.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support commissioning, performances, and educational activities. The project will include a commissioned work written by composer Charles Wuorinen, performances, touring in New Jersey, and live radio broadcasts.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director and choreographer Paul Taylor. The works will be presented on tour in the United States and overseas.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the New York Philharmonic's Leonard Bernstein Festival. Performances of Bernstein's works and other related educational activities will celebrate his important legacy and the 50th anniversary of his appointment as music director of the Philharmonic.

Photo-Based Art
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support publication of the journal Blind Spot. A semi-annual publication that covers photography, each issue of Blind Spot presents the work of living, photo-based artists.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. (aka David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support completion of the reconstruction of Trying Times by choreographer David Gordon. The project will include the digitization of Gordon's 45-year body of work, which will be archived at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the American Voice developmental program for theater and musical theater writers and the production of a play or musical in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The program includes an open-door script submission policy, play readings, and musical theater staged readings.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre Collection, Inc. (aka Pregones Theater)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Storied Lives, a new Latino play with music. The ensemble will adapt the piece from Vivir del Cuento by Puerto Rican literary icon Manuel Ramos Otero.

Present Theatre Company, Inc. (aka The Present Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the New York International Fringe Festival. The festival will allow artists and arts organizations the opportunity to present work to a broad audience in a variety of venues.

Primary Stages Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the New York premiere production of Something You Did by Willy Holtzman. The production will play at 59E59 Theaters, a new theatrical complex on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Printed Matter, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the publication of artists' books. The project includes the publication of four books by women artists and the launch of a pamphlet series devoted to art and social activism.

Prospect Theater Company Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of Honor, a new musical by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel. The piece will be loosely based on Shakespeare's As You Like It with the setting transferred to feudal Japan.

Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support In the Public Realm. The project provides emerging artists with the opportunity to develop temporary art projects in an urban context that will be documented in a series of publications.

Public Art Fund Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of temporary site-specific artworks. The project will be undertaken in partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society in its landmark building on Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn.

Qi Shu Fang's Peking Opera Association, Inc.
Woodhaven, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 8th Annual Peking Opera Festival. The festival, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the founding of Qi Shu Fang's Peking Opera Company, will include celebratory performances of a number of new operas as well as old favorites, including The Monkey Thrice Defeats the White-Boned Demon.

Queens Council on the Arts, Inc.
Woodhaven, NY
$33,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Artist Empowerment Initiative. The mentoring and professional development program is designed to support and sustain high-caliber, emerging individual artists.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of commissioned works for the opening of the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC). Works will include Pioneer Dogs by the Wooster Group and Dance Movies by collaborating choreographers and media artists.

Research Foundation of State University of New York (on behalf of ARTSwego)
Albany, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the premiere of Darwin: Origin of the Origin presented by ARTSwego. The contemporary, multi-media oratorio by composer Richard Einhorn will feature a film by Bill Morrison and music performed by the women's ensemble Kitka and soprano Jacqueline Horner.

Roulette Intermedium, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Concert Series of Experimental and Adventurous Music. Director Jim Staley will curate the programming of diverse musical works.

Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the revival and production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, adapted for the stage by playwright Christopher Hampton in 1985 from French author Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 novel. Rufus Norris will direct the production, with accompanying educational activities.

S.E.M. Ensemble, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concerts of new music. Under the direction of artistic director and composer Petr Kotik, programming will feature chamber and orchestral work performed in Brooklyn and New York City.

Saratoga International Theatre Institute, Inc. (aka SITI Company)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and premiere of a new SITI Company-created work currently titled Hemispheric Disturbances at Arizona State University. The play will feature company actors and the design team of James Schuette, Darron L. West, and Brian Scott.

School of Hard Knocks, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Yoshiko Chuma. The work will premiere at New York City's Japan Society.

Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for sculptors. Artists from outside New York State will be given the opportunity to create new work during two month residencies at a former steam engine and boilerworks plant.

Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and world premiere production of the rock musical Feeling Electric by composer Tom Kitt and librettist Brian Yorkey with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award-winning playwright and director James Lapine will further develop and direct the musical.

Sens Production, Inc. (aka SENS / Noemie Lafrance)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of a site-specific aerial dance piece by choreographer Noemie Lafrance. Rapture celebrates the work of Frank Gehry and will be performed outdoors by seven dancers perched on slanted roofs.

Seven Loaves, Inc. (aka GOH Productions) (on behalf of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support The History of Queen Ester, of King Ahasverus & Haughty Haman, an interdisciplinary marionette work adapted by artistic director Vit Horejs from an 18th-century biblical play. Designer Jakub Kuba Kreci will create the puppets, and the team of Emily Wilson and Michelle Beshaw will build additional marionettes for the production, with music by Jeff Warshauer.

Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of RE-(PART III), the final dance in the triptych inspired by choreographer Shen Wei's travels to his native China. The work will premiere at the American Dance Festival in Durham.

Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Paradise Park by playwright-in-residence Charles Mee. Directed by Daniel Fish, the production will be the third in a season-long exploration of the playwright's work.

Skaneateles Festival, Inc.
Skaneateles, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the annual summer festival. Concerts of chamber music will be presented in varied venues in the lakeside village of Skaneateles, New York.

Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Skidmore Jazz Institute. Hosted by the college's Bernhard Theater, the two-week summer jazz program will include master classes, daily classes on improvisational techniques, private instruction, and a mini-jazz festival.

Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Medea, an interdisciplinary project based on the play by Euripides and fragments of ancient texts. Using several styles of puppetry, live performers, video, live music, and unique scenic elements, the project will explore international politics in the 21st century.

Society for New Music
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concerts and the commissioning and presentation of a new work by composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. The winter concerts will include repeat performance programs in venues such as colleges, universities, and libraries.

Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition and commissioning program for the production and presentation of large-scale sculpture. The artists' work is presented at a riverfront park in an industrial neighborhood.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (aka Guggenheim Museum)
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first U.S. retrospective exhibition of the work of contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1957).

Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. (aka Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Carmen: El Baile (Carmen: The Dance), a flamenco dance drama choreographed by Pilar Andujar in celebration of the company's 25th anniversary. The work will premiere at the Anchorage Concert Association and at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Innovators 2008 Initiative. Project activities will include commissioning and production support for music and theater artists.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Stephen Petronio. The work will premiere at the Joyce Theater.

SU Theatre Corporation (aka Syracuse Stage)
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of The Bomb-Itty of Errors written by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Jason Catalano, Gregory Qaiyum, and Erik Weiner, with music by Jeffrey Qaiyam. The production will be directed by Andy Goldberg at Syracuse Stage.

Symphony Space, Inc. (aka Symphony Space)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of thematic music programming. Performances will be held in the Peter Jay Sharp and the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theaters at Symphony Space.

Syracuse Children's Chorus, Inc. (aka Syracuse Children's Chorus)
Syracuse, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commissioning and performance of a new work by composer Libby Larsen. The work will be created for children's chorus and string quartet.

Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. In addition to the mainstage production included in the company's subscription season, there will be a student matinee accompanied by a study guide.

Taconic Opera, Inc.
Peekskill, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Verdi's Otello. A free performance will be offered to students in the seventh grade through college from Yonkers, Greensburgh, and Peekskill, New York.

Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and premiere of Imminence at La MaMa E.T.C. in New York City. Artistic director Paul Zimet will direct and lead the creative team of founding member and composer Ellen Maddow, composer Peter Gordon, and video artist Kit Fitzgerald.

Target Margin Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a new musical adaptation of Aristophanes' The Frogs. The production will feature a new translation and an original score and libretto, and will be directed by artistic director David Herskovits.

Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare, with accompanying educational activities. Darko Tresnjak, artistic director of the Old Globe Shakespeare Festival, will direct, with Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Christine Baranski in the lead role.

Threshold Dance Projects, Inc. (aka Buglisi Dance Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance by Buglisi Dance Theatre choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi. The work, titled Music and the Dance, will consist of solos, duets, and ensembles to the music of Bach.

Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, Inc.
Canton, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the development of a Web site module on the folk art of New York's North Country. The site will feature material from the TAUNY archives documented during the last 25 years, as well as new fieldwork, photographs, and video profiles of selected artists.

Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the revival of Foray Fort by choreographer Trisha Brown, her last collaboration with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. The revival will be presented at the Joyce Theater.

Ugly Duckling Presse, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of books of experimental literature. The press will promote the titles at local and regional press fairs.

Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the digitization of a design collection with an online searchable catalogue. The project will allow broad public access to a collection of original architectural drawings and public design competition materials dating from the early 20th century to the present.

Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere production of The Burnt Part Boys, with book by Mariana Elder, music by Chris Miller, and lyrics by Nathan Tysen. The musical is a large-scale work with a bluegrass-inspired score about a group of teenagers whose miner fathers perished in a tragic coal mining accident.

Visual Studies Workshop, Inc. (aka VSW)
Rochester, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an artist residency program in photography, bookmaking, digital imaging, and video. Participating artists will receive a stipend, travel costs, use of the facilities, training, and housing for one-month residencies.

Watman, Maxwell
Cold Spring, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Wave Hill, Inc. (Consortium)
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a photography exhibition and catalogue examining the importance of nature in the Bronx. A joint project with the Lehman College Art Gallery, the exhibition will include the work of approximately 50 photographers.

WCV, Inc. (aka Wally Cardona Quartet)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new work by the Wally Cardona Quartet. An evening-length dance will be choreographed, directed, and performed by Wally Cardona and Swiss-born, London-based dancer Rahel Vonmoos, as well as the creation and presentation of an additional new work by Wally Cardona.

White Columns, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the White Rooms Project, an exhibition series featuring the work of emerging or under-recognized artists. Artists are selected by the curator of White Columns from an artist registry that includes the work of approximately 600 artists who do not have New York gallery representation

Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition William Eggleston (American, b. 1939), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. One of the most influential American photographers of the last half-century, William Eggleston has been widely characterized as "the father of color photography" by fellow artists, curators, critics, and collectors.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Women Make Movies Distribution Service. Its collection of more than 500 titles includes documentary, narrative, experimental, animation, and mixed-genre work created by artists worldwide.

Women's Project & Productions
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the professional careers of emerging women theater artists in the Developmental Theater Programs. Individual components will include the Directors Lab, the Playwrights Lab, and the Producers Lab.

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.
Rosendale, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for artists at a print and papermaking facility. Artists will be provided with a stipend, housing, studio space, technical and production assistance, a materials allowance, and travel costs for an eight-week residency.

Woodstock Film Festival, Inc.
Woodstock, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 2008 Woodstock Film Festival. The event includes screenings, panels, workshops, and concerts.

Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, rehearsals, and a work-in-progress presentation of 172 South (working title). Founder Elizabeth LeCompte will direct the work.

World Music Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the World Music Institute Festival of Brazil. The festival will introduce the musical traditions of Brazil to American audiences, including styles which are rarely heard outside of the artists' own villages.

York Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Developmental Reading Series. The project will provide composers and lyricists with opportunities to see and hear their work onstage and receive valuable feedback from artists and audiences.

Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Young Concert Artists Series. The professional development program of recitals and concerto debuts in New York City and Washington, DC will include the commissioning of a new work by a young composer and provide career management for emerging classical performers and composers.

Young Playwrights Inc. (aka Young Playwrights Festival)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Young Playwrights Festival. Plays will be selected through a national open-submission playwriting competition.

Zabor, Rafi
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

ZGD, Inc. (aka ZviDance)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Zvi Gotheiner. The work will be performed at the Ailey Citigroup Theater at the Joan Weill Center for Dance.

Number of Grants: 223          Total Amount: $5,721,000

 
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