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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.

NORTH DAKOTA

Circle of Nations School, Inc. (consortium)
Wahpeton, ND
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support S.T.A.R.S. (Science Taught by Artists Reaching Students). Three Native-American traditional artists (NEA National Heritage Fellow Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Keith Bear, and Richard LaFromboise) will collaborate with astronomer Dave Weinrich from the Minnesota State University-Moorhead  Planetarium to lead workshops for students enrolled in the Circle of Nations School, an intertribal, off-reservation boarding school.

Fargo Moorhead Opera Company (aka Fargo-Moorhead Opera)
Fargo, ND
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support "Dueling Divas," a concert featuring sopranos Cynthia Lawrence and Stella Zambalis. These nationally acclaimed vocalists will perform in Minnesota and North Dakota communities.

Futurebuilders in Support of the Trollwood Performing Arts School (aka Trollwood Performing Arts School)
Fargo, ND
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Summer Mainstage Musical Program of the Trollwood Performing Arts School. The activities will immerse students (ages 13 to 18) in contemporary and classic musical theater while studying the basic tenets of script writing, character development, vocal performance, and stage production.

North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$716,700
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, ND
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Emptying Out of the Plains project. The project consists of commissioned works by four artists dealing with the loss of population in the region.

Plains Art Museum
Fargo, ND
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an educational outreach program consisting of "Art to Touch" suitcases, posters and an enhanced website, and audience research to determine constituent needs.


Number of Grants: 6          Total Amount: $849,700

 
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