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.

RHODE ISLAND

Delaney, Edward J.
Bristol, RI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Silas the Teenager, an interdisciplinary dance-theater concert that utilizes movement, video, text, and sculptural set elements to explore autism in teens. The work will be presented at the Carriage House Stage, the home of Everett Dance Theatre.

FirstWorks (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Pixilerations festival of digital arts.A partnership with the City of Providence, the festival will include installations, residencies, performances, and film screenings by artists working with digital media.

Kaplan, Hester M.
Providence, RI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Providence Black Repertory Company (aka Black Rep)
Providence, RI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and world premiere production of The Etymology of Bird, a new play by Zakiyyah Alexander. The production will be directed by Megan Sandberg- Zakian.

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere production of Paris by Night, written and directed by Curt Columbus. With music composed by Andre Pluess and Amy Warren, the production will feature members of the theater's resident acting company and students from the Brown/Trinity graduate programs.

Yorick's Productions (aka Yorick's Marionette Theater)
Saunderstown, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Art of Marionettes. The tour will bring hand-carved, wooden marionette performances to senior centers across New England.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $127,000

 
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