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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.

MASSACHUSETTS

Artists for Humanity, Inc.
Boston, MA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Youth-Run Arts Micro-Enterprise program. Through paid apprenticeships, underserved youth (ages 14 to 18) will receive studio instruction in painting, photography, sculpture, murals/set design, silk-screen, and graphic design.

Arts Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support BosTix.com and other Internet-based initiatives. The services will provide the public with greater access to information about arts activities in the region at affordable ticket prices.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc. (aka AIR)
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support online and print resources for independent audio producers. Services include reference guides, directories, and practical advice on production issues, grant opportunities, and training, as well as interactive responses to queries and discussions of current issues in the field.

Atlantic Public Media
Woods Hole, MA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.

Berklee College of Music, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Faculty Outreach program.  As part of the college's City Music outreach program of tuition-free music instruction for disadvantaged youth in Boston, the project provides adjunct teaching support for music programs in three Boston public schools.

Berkshire Theatre Festival, Inc.
Stockbridge, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The production will be directed by company member Anders Cato and will be presented as part of the theater's 80th anniversary season.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Roslindale, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support compact disc recordings of works by American composers. The two discs will be premiere releases of works by composers Eric Moe and Anthony Davis.

Boston Musica Viva, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support concerts of American chamber works, with associated educational activities. Two concerts will feature the early works of American composers, now Pulitzer Prize winners, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, John Harbison, Joseph Schwantner, and Steven Stucky.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
Boston, MA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Intensive Community Program. Targeted to inner-city and minority youth, the program offers a two-week summer music workshop, followed by weekly music lessons, ensemble classes and performance opportunities during the school year.

Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Public Art Youth Council (PAYC). Participants in PAYC, a collective of youth representing Cambridge's diverse neighborhoods, serve as ambassadors to assist other youth in understanding and appreciating local public art.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support pre-production and production costs for a documentary by Nancy Kates. Regarding Susan Sontag will be a portrait of the late writer and critic.

Cloud Foundation (aka Cloud Place) (Consortium)
Boston, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Traveling Workshops program. Guided by prominent artists in partnership with the UrbanArts Institute, mobile art workshops take place at more than a dozen community organizations.

Cloud Foundation (aka Cloud Place)
Boston, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Teen Curatorial Program at Cloud Place. Professional artists will lead workshops in film, visual arts, design and spoken word performance for teens and guide them to become curators of their own work by planning and implementing Youth Fusion Series, a 10-night public event showcasing their work through exhibitions, screenings, and performances.

Education Development Center, Inc.
Newton, MA
$70,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support SmART Schools. Arts instructors will be hired to collaborate with teams of classroom teachers to implement school-wide, arts-infused curricula in elementary schools in the Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District in California.

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the post-production costs, clearance rights, and distribution expenses for a documentary film about the author Louisa May Alcott (1832-88). Using dramatic re-creations, interviews with scholars, feature film clips, archival illustrations, and actors reading from Alcott's diaries, letters, and fiction, the film will provide a complex portrait of the writer best known for her novel Little Women.

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs and clearance rights for a documentary film by Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen. Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of the founder of New York's Shakespeare in the Park and the Public Theater.

Forest Hills Educational Trust
Boston, MA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support preservation, interpretation, and documentation of 19th-century sculpture and stone carving at Forest Hills Cemetery. The nationally significant outdoor collection located at a 250-acre Victorian cemetery, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is at extreme risk due to damage from weather and pollution.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production of the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by young classical musicians ages 8 to 18, interviews, and appearances by guest artists.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production of the television series From the Top: Live From Carnegie Hall. The series will consist of 13 programs featuring young classical musicians performing for a live audience.

Grub Street, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a year-long community seminar series that will explore the craft of writing and publishing across genres. The one-day seminars will be held in diverse communities throughout the greater Boston area.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (aka IBA)
Boston, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Caf Teatro Latino Performance Series. Activities will include public performances, school matinees, symposia, exhibitions, workshops, and master classes.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc. (Consortium)
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Gardner After Hours. The program makes the museum accessible to a younger audience for whom its regular hours (11:00 am to 5:00 pm) are not convenient.

Massachusetts Cultural Council
Boston, MA
$866,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (aka MIT) (on behalf of List Visual Art Center)
Cambridge, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the conservation of a monumental mural created by American abstract painter Kenneth Noland (b. 1924) for the List Visual Art Center. The artist worked in conjunction with the world-renowned architect I.M. Pei to produce the final work.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA
$12,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support a festival of American chamber music featuring the residency of composer Steve Reich and Bang on a Can, the New York City-based ensemble. Concerts and recitals will be held in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries and performance venues in North Adams.

New England Foundation for the Arts
Boston, MA
$1,047,200
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Project STEP, Inc.
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the String Training and Educational Program (STEP). The project will target and prepare gifted African American and Latino children, ages 6 to 18, for careers in classical music as soloists, teachers, and orchestra members.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, MA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Fall Art Camp. The program will provide opportunities for middle school-aged youth to interpret and discuss original works of art, create new work of their own, and write about their experiences as viewers and makers of visual art.

Provincetown Theatre Foundation (aka New Provincetown Players)
Provincetown, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a production of "The Notebook" by playwright Wendy Kesselman, as well as, the production of several new short plays. Kesselman will travel to Provincetown to participate in audience discussions, workshops, and other activities.

Raw Art Works, Inc.
Lynn, MA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Real to Reel, a media arts education project. Underserved teens will learn all aspects of narrative and documentary filmmaking.

Revolving Museum, Inc.
Lowell, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Toying Around Town, a public art project. The project will include the commissioning of site-specific works by artists working with youth and community groups in Lowell.

Shakespeare & Company, Inc.
Lenox, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Shakespeare in Action, a theater arts residency program. The series of classroom and after-school sessions will focus on a language-based exploration of a Shakespearean play through master classes, rehearsals, text analysis, and student performances.

Spontaneous Celebrations Inc
Jamaica Plain, MA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Festival Arts After School Program. Artists will teach after-school classes for youth (ages 11 to 14) in dance, music, stilt-walking, and visual arts leading to student participation in seasonal celebrations in the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods.

Very Special Arts of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support residency activities related to universal design principles. Audience development performances and workshops will target a diverse audience including people with disabilities.

Williams College (Consortium)
Williamstown, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Kidspace, a visual arts education project. Designed in partnership with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), the program offers students the opportunity to study and make visual art under the direction of professional artists and provides teachers the opportunity to attend numerous training workshops.

Writers' Room of Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support subsidized work space for emerging writers in Boston. The project will provide 20 authors with quiet work space 24 hours a day.

Young at Heart Chorus (aka Young@Heart)
Northampton, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of Last Call. With No Theater, the new work will investigate American secular and spiritual music of the 20th century.


Number of Grants: 37          Total Amount: $2,964,200

 
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