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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.

GEORGIA

Albany Symphony Association, Inc.
Albany, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support "The Creole Romantics," a series of concerts featuring the Albany State University Concert Chorale and guest pianist Marcia Hood. In addition to a performance for the general public, two concerts will be provided for Doughtery County grade school students.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Tour and Residency Program. The multi-state project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information, and develop new work.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the ROOTS 32nd Annual Conference. ArtSpot Productions of New Orleans will assist in the curatorial process of selecting artists to participate in the 2008 annual meeting.

Atlanta Ballet, Inc. (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Centre Dance program. Planned in partnership with Fulton County Public Schools, professional dance educators will provide weekly in-school and after-school dance instruction to all kindergarten through fifth-grade students in Parklane Elementary School.

Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum (aka LaGrange Art Museum)
LaGrange, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the Creative Youth Art League Exhibition and the concurrent exhibit of works by visual artist Nancy Olney. The project is one of the Museums many programs provided as a visual arts resource for communities of West Georgia and East Alabama.

Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, GA
$772,900
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Horizon Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the 2008 New South Play Festival. Project activities include workshops, staged readings, and the New South Young Playwrights Concert and Festival.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships between the orchestra and communities across the state.

Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, Inc.
Sautee Nacoochee, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of the folk musical Headwaters. Drawn from stories gathered in northeast Georgia, playwright Jo Carson, writer Jerry Grillo, and director Lisa Mount will remount the work engaging local residents and musicians.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Southeastern High School Jazz Band Workshop. High school jazz bands from across the nation will participate in the two-day workshop.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support All American Music, performances featuring chamber works by composers ranging from Aaron Copland and Charles Ives to Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker. Guest ensembles and instrumentalists will participate in pre-concert talks with audience members.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$30,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the American Jazz Masterworks Music and Dance project. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and jazz artists will develop and present jazz masterworks choreographed to dance.

Several Dancers Core
Decatur, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support performances by the Pearson Widrig Dance Theater. The artists will collaborate with community members, many of whom have relocated from the Gulf coast, to create performances of "Katrina, Katrina: Love Letters to New Orleans."

Southern Arts Federation, Inc. (aka SAF)
Atlanta, GA
$1,427,200
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Springer Opera House Arts Association, Inc.
Columbus, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by composer and lyricist Roger Miller and book writer William Hauptman. Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain, the production will be performed in Springer's 600-seat theater, Emily Woodruff Hall.

True Colors Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the August Wilson Monologue Competition. The project will expose high school students in Atlanta, Washington, DC, and other cities to the work of Wilson's Century Cycle.

University of Georgia (on behalf of Georgia Museum of Art)
Athens, GA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the production and publication of the Georgia Museum of Art's catalogue of its permanent collection. The museum will publish American Paintings from the Georgia Museum of Art, a comprehensive catalogue of 100 works.

Youth Ensemble of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Workshop Training Program. Youth will audition to participate in beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level classes in music, dance, theater, creative writing, and storytelling.


Number of Grants: 18          Total Amount: $2,510,100

 
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