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FY 2008 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

FLORIDA

ACA of Central Florida, Inc. (aka Asian Cultural Association)
Longwood, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a concert of traditional Indian music featuring the Chatteerjee family. This acclaimed family, trained in the use of traditional Indian instruments the sitar and tabla, will perform for regional audiences.

Aequalis, Inc. (aka The Core Ensemble)
Lake Worth, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support "A Harvest of Belle Glade Voices," featuring actor/playwright Akin Babatunde. The musical theater work will incorporate oral histories of residents of the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Inc
Fernandina Beach, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support chamber music concerts by American composers and associated educational activities. Four concerts of chamber works by American composers, including Samuel Barber, Libby Larsen, and Peter Schickele, will take place during the summer festival.

Artist Series of Tallahassee, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support performances and outreach activities by The Calder Quartet, a string ensemble. As part of the Artist Series 2007-2008, The Calder Quartet will perform and conduct in-school demonstrations as well as workshops for residents of Gadsden and Leon Counties.

ArtSouth, A Not for Profit Corporation (aka ArtSouth)
Homestead, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support an exhibition featuring painter and sculptor Romero Britto. In addition to the exhibition, project activities will include workshops and lecture-demonstrations for residents of Homestead and South Dade.

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Port Charlotte, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the Blue Violin Concert featuring violinist Doug Cameron and related outreach activity. Prior to the concert at the Center for Performing Arts and Education, Cameron will conduct workshops for string instrumentalists.

City of Tampa (on behalf of Art Programs Division)
Tampa, FL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Lights on Tampa, a public art project. Artists were selected through a juried process to create site-specific public art exhibitions using light and new media technology.

Family Resources, Inc. (Consortium)
Pinellas Park, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Youth Arts Corps. In partnership with the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, the project will provide weekly, after-school and summer classes in literary, visual, media, and performing arts taught by professional artists who have training and experience in working with youth in juvenile detention centers, runaway and homeless shelters, and other community-based settings.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
$824,400
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Historical Resources (on behalf of Florida Folklife Program) (on behalf of Florida Folklife Program)
Tallahassee, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Florida Folklife Program's Folk and Traditional Arts Infrastructure program. Core activities will include fieldwork, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, and the Folklife InReach Educational Program.

Florida International University (on behalf of The Wolfsonian)
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support documentation of the Italian materials in the museum's permanent collection. The Wolfsonian has more than 6,000 items produced in Italy from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century.

Florida Studio Theatre, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Write a Play Tour and auxiliary activities for elementary and secondary school students. The program will include statewide touring of professional productions, playwriting workshops, teacher training, and the Young Playwrights Festival.

Lynn University, Inc.
Boca Raton, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support the presentation of the chamber music theater work Aint I a Woman!, with associated educational activities. The work with text by Kim Hines for actress and chamber ensemble will focus on the life and times of four African American women: novelist Zora Neale Hurston, abolitionist Sojourner Truth, folk artist Clementine Hunter, and civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.

Miami Art Museum of Dade County Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support research and planning for the 2011 reinstallation of the permanent collection in the museum's new facility. The new building will be four times the size of the current space.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. The project will focus on contemporary work that explores world cultures.

Museum of Art, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Collections Research Initiative. The project includes installation of the Glackens Archive Gallery and Study Room, with accompanying catalogue and education programs.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the youngARTS Program. A limited number of high school seniors will be selected to participate through a national competition in dance, film, visual arts, drama, and writing.

Orlando Ballet, Inc.
Orlando, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of performances at the Tampa Performing Arts Center. Orlando Ballet will present a Balanchine program, The Nutcracker, and Fireworks, a repertory program.

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Kravis Center)
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the S*T*A*R (Student and Teacher Arts Resource) Series. The educational project will provide performing arts experiences for children in kindergarten through 12th grades.

Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Shands Arts in Medicine's AIM Together National Program. Regional training seminars will be held for presenters, agents, managers, artists, and hospital administrators to convey best practices associated with artists residencies and events in healthcare facilities.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Culture Quest: World Music and Dance Series. The project will include artist residencies, performances, workshops, and related community activities by traditional and contemporary Brazilian, African, Latino, Indian, and Celtic artists.

Thomas Armour Youth Ballet, Inc.
South Miami, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Community Outreach in Satellite Locations. The company will provide year-round classical training in ballet at three locations in Miami-Dade County for 5 to 13 year-old children and opportunities for them to perform in and attend professional performances.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble IX will take place in collaboration with Shake-A-Leg Miami, an organization that fosters lifelong independence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities.

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
$59,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the documentation of sustainable building practices and techniques examined at the symposium Under the Sun: Sustainable Innovations & Traditions. Widespread dissemination of information from the symposium would be through the publication of a book, the creation of a Web site and workbook, and a conference.


Number of Grants: 24          Total Amount: $1,296,400

 
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