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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.

OHIO

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Cleveland Heights, OH
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Context and Creativity. The month-long project includes five subscription concerts, a national tour, national radio and television broadcasts, and educational activities.

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new works as part of the BalletMet Columbus'30th Anniversary. The works include the company premiere of Sinatra Suite by Twyla Tharp, the world premiere of A Different Drummer by Alexander Schneider-Rossmy, and the world premiere of Aladdin by artistic director Gerard Charles, in collaboration with Phoenix Theatre Circle.

Canton Symphony Orchestra Association
Canton, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 100th-anniversary commemoration of the death of pianist and composer Edward MacDowell. Plans include lectures, a composition contest for middle and high school students, and a performance of MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 by pianist Kotaro Fukuma.

Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Carmina Burana, choreographed by Mauricio Wainrot. The work will be presented at the Aronoff Center.

Cincinnati Museum Association (aka Cincinnati Art Museum)
Cincinnati, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Bessie Potter Vonnoh: Sculptor of Women, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955) was an artist who achieved considerable acclaim in turn-of-the-century America for her distinctive contribution to American sculpture.

Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Daniel Catan's opera Florencia in the Amazons, with accompanying outreach activities. The project will include free preview talks and lectures.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and world premiere production of A Sleeping Country, a new play by Melanie Marnich. The play was selected as the winner of the Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a Stylistic Survey of Contemporary Composers. Performances of works by composers John Adams, Guillaume Connesson, Robert O. Johnson, Arvo Prt, Eino Tamberg, Jukka Tiensuu, Veljo Tormis, and Jrg Widmann are planned which will include U.S. and world premieres.

Cityfolk, Inc.
Dayton, OH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2008 Cityfolk Festival. The festival will feature a variety of music, performances, and visual arts from across the country including appearances by several NEA National Heritage Fellows.

Clarke, Brockway A.
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc. (aka Cleveland Film Society)
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 32nd Cleveland International Film Festival. The festival presents current work from around the world and complements it with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding of, and appreciation for, the art form.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Brooklyn's Urban Bush Women/JANT-BI Collaboration and Netherlands-based Leine & Roebana by DANCECleveland. The project will include school residencies, a master class, a family/student matinee performance, and pre- and post-performance lectures.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of An Evening of Gao Xingjian, co-directed by artistic director Raymond Bobgan. The project will include productions of The Other Shore and Between Life and Death.

Columbus Museum of Art (Consortium)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition George Tooker: A Retrospective, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition, undertaken in partnership with the National Academy of Design in New York, will present a comprehensive survey and critical reassessment of George Tooker's (American, b. 1920) work and his place in American art, which has long been overlooked.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The project will include the Guest Artist Series featuring the presentation of touring professional dance companies, a Choreographers Without Companies concert featuring new work by local choreographers, and one-week of residency activities for each of the touring companies.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (Consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group in collaboration with DANCECleveland. The project will include community educational activities.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the annual Tri-C JazzFest. The festival will explore the concept of jazz interpretations by musicians, artists, and composers who have had an impact in musical genres other than jazz.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Dayton, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the concert series Classical Connections. Prior to each concert, ticketholders will receive a Listener's Guide, and Music Director Neal Gittleman will lead an in-depth discussion and coordinate orchestral demonstrations about the music in the series.

Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and world premiere of a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's story The Nightingale. The creative team of playwright Shannon Rae Lutz, composer Fitz Patton, and librettist Tod Almond will create a new musical for young audiences to be directed by producing artistic director D. Lynn Meyers.

Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District
Columbus, OH
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Bending Nature. The project will include new commissions and existing works by as many as 16 artists in an investigation of traditions in botanical design - both occidental topiary and oriental bonsai.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses for issues of The Kenyon Review. The Review will integrate its Web site content with that of the magazine and launch a marketing campaign to promote both the journal and the Web site.

Madcap Productions, Inc. (aka Madcap Puppet Theatre)
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Hats Off, a regional puppet theater series of original works for young audiences. The series will feature productions of new puppet plays and will offer workshops in puppet building and other educational activities for the general public and students in grades K-6.

Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Cleveland Orchestra's concert performances of two operas, Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle and Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka. The performances will be held at Severance Hall.

Ohio University Main Campus (on behalf of Athens Center for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 35th Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.

Red {an orchestra}
Cleveland, OH
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support "Bernard Herrmann: More than the Movies."

SPACES
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, an honorarium, a stipend, and a materials budget.

Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support an artist residency program. The program will provide technical and professional support for the creation, completion, and presentation of works in the visual, performing, and media arts.


Number of Grants: 27          Total Amount: $505,000

 
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