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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.

IDAHO

Eagle Rock Art Museum & Education Center, Inc.
Idaho Falls, ID
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the ARTworks visual arts education program.  In southeast Idaho, artists will participate in school residencies and teachers will attend professional development training to learn methods of integrating the arts into core academic coursework.  Students will study art history, receive technical instruction, and visit the museum as part of the program. 

Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc.
Moscow, ID
$9,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Programs. Touring professional companies will provide free performances and master classes to students in north central Idaho and eastern Washington.

Idaho Commission on the Arts (Consortium)
Boise, ID
$38,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the expansion of Arts Powered Schools Summer Teacher Institute. A five-day summer institute will be presented by the commission in partnership with the Idaho State Department of Education, to sustain collaborations of artists and elementary teachers.

Idaho Commission on the Arts
Boise, ID
$745,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Boise, ID
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Educational Outreach Program. The project will bring live, professional theater arts programs and related educational activities to schoolchildren in Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Nevada.

Log Cabin Literary Center, Inc. (aka The Cabin)
Boise, ID
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Writers in the Schools project.  Year-long residencies for writers in rural and urban schools will include weekly, hour-long writing workshops to help students improve their writing and reading skills, develop a portfolio of work, and participate in ongoing peer critiques.

University of Idaho (on behalf of Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival)
Moscow, ID
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Jazz in the Schools project of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. Jazz performances will be presented in rural schools in the states of Idaho and Washington.


Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $872,500

 
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