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.
NORTH CAROLINA
Alleghany County Schools (aka Junior Appalachian Musicians)
Sparta, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM). The project will provide after-school classes in Appalachian traditional folk music for students in fourth through ninth grades; periodic planning and professional development conferences for artists and JAM program administrators in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia; and a day-long summer gathering of youth participants from around the region. Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc. (Consortium)
Charlotte, NC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Interpreting History Through Art. A partnership with the Light Factory, the program is designed for eighth-grade honors students in instrumental music, chorus, and visual arts classes at the Piedmont Open 1B Middle School. Dreams of Wilmington, Inc.
Wilmington, NC
$14,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Hip to the Jive at the Dreams Center for Arts Education. During after-school classes, professional artists will teach youth, aged 12-17, about the music, dance, creative writing, and visual art that evolved during the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance. Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Guest artists include vocalists Ivan Griffin, Louise Toppin, and Frank Ward. Greensboro Symphony Society, Inc. (aka Greensboro Symphony Orchestra)
Greensboro, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the Community Gospel Concert. Scores of choristers will perform with famed gospel vocalist Wintley Phipps in celebration of Greensboro's historic civil rights sit-in events. Mint Museum of Art, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the permanent collection in new, expanded facilities. The expansion will increase the museum's space by approximately 60 percent. North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$892,300
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the infrastructure program. The project will enhance support for folklife documentation and heritage initiatives in the state. North Carolina Folklife Institute (Consortium)
Durham, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the African American Heritage Music Project. In partnership with the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the project will complete the documentation of African American artists, events, sites, and venues in the eastern region of the state. North Carolina Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support production of a comprehensive, illustrated catalogue to document the permanent collection of the Four Sisters Gallery. The gallery was established to collect, conserve, and interpret self-taught, visionary, and contemporary art from the southern mid-Atlantic coastal plain region. Philharmonic Association, Inc.
Cary, NC
$10,800
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Exploring Don Quixote through Telemann. Music instructors will guide students in an exploration Miguel de Cervantes' book Don Quixote through the music of Georg Philipp Telemann, including orchestra rehearsals, a study of the book, and a culminating public performance of Telemann's orchestral suite Don Quixote at the Wedding of Comacho. Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka SART)
Mars Hill, NC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Heritage Play Series project. The project will include productions of Minstrel of the Appalachians and Vance, a new play about Zebulon Vance, the Civil War governor of North Carolina. Stecoah Valley Arts, Crafts & Educational Center, Inc. (aka Stecoah Valley Center)
Robbinsville, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support "An Appalachian Evening," a series of performances featuring regional performing artists. Each concert is preceded by a lecture or demonstration. University of North Carolina at Greensboro (on behalf of Weatherspoon Art Museum)
Greensboro, NC
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support the touring exhibition First Light: Impressionist Sources in American Modernism, organized by the Weatherspoon Art Museum, with accompanying catalogue and related programming. The project will juxtapose early and later works by artists now known as Modernists to demonstrate the influence of Impressionism. Western Piedmont Symphony - The Unifour Orchestra
Hickory, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a concert featuring guest musicians Joseph Robinson, Wilfred Roberts, Douglas Miller and Brice Andrus. The concert will include the premiere of composer Edmund Cionek's The Adirondaks.
Number of Grants: 15 Total Amount: $1,212,100
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