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.

TENNESSEE

Ballet Memphis
Memphis, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of dances based on religious music. The works will be choreographed by Julia Adam, Trey McIntyre, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and Abou Lagraa, and will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.

Delta Axis Inc.
Memphis, TN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the presentation of a series of solo exhibitions in the Power House, a circa-1914 renovated historic building. The exhibitions, shown in the 4,000-square-foot brick and glass structure, will feature the work of Wilhelm Sasnal, Glenn Ligon, Rineke Dijkstra, and Mark Bradford.

Jubilee Community Arts, Inc. (aka Laurel Theater)
Knoxville, TN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support traditional music programming in a weekly concert series and at the annual Jubilee Festival. Engaging performers on stage and in the field, Jubilee Community Arts works to promote, preserve, and present the traditional performing arts of the southern Appalachians.

Knoxville Opera Company
Knoxville, TN
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Verdi's La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) and educational and outreach activities.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation and regional premiere of Octet by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The work is composed to music by bassist Edgar Meyer, a native of Nashville.

Nashville Film Festival
Nashville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 39th Nashville Film Festival. The event features student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films, and experimental work.

Nashville Public Radio (aka WPLN)
Nashville, TN
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Live in Studio C, a weekly live radio broadcast of performances and interviews with Nashville area musicians on WPLN. The locally produced program will feature primarily classical and jazz music.

Opera Memphis, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Verdi's Macbeth. The company will continue efforts to include a more culturally diverse community through its casting, outreach programs, and partnerships.

UrbanArt Commission
Memphis, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Interactions/Interruptions: 10th Anniversary Celebration. The multi-faceted public art exhibition will celebrate a decade of public art in Memphis with new works by one nationally renowned artist and five local artists.

Number of Grants: 9          Total Amount: $117,500

 
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