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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.

NEW MEXICO

A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center
Zuni, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the A:shiwi Map Art Project. The project will bring landscape paintings by prominent Zuni artists together with language preservation.

Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ArtStreet. Designed to give homeless artists access to art-making opportunities and mentorship, the project is a partnership with Tamarind Institute and the Harwood Art Center.

Central Consolidated School District #22
Kirtland, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the residency of playwright Sharon Hatch French and the production of "Joseph of the Village" at the Phil L. Thomas Performing Arts Center. The play recounts Navajo history and will be presented in public performances following Ms. French's residency with youth of the gifted and talented program. The school district serves approximately 7,000 students of the Navajo nation.

Chamber Music Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 67th annual June Music Festival.  Activities will include the presentation of three chamber ensembles at the Simms Center for the Performing Arts at Albuquerque Academy.

City of Santa Fe, New Mexico (aka City of Santa Fe Arts Commission)
Santa Fe, NM
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support ArtWorks. Based on the Lincoln Center Institute's model of Aesthetic Education, professional development will be offered to elementary school teachers, school staff, and teaching artists, resulting in lesson plans and curriculum that will be implemented during the school year.

Cornerstones Community Partnerships
Santa Fe, NM
$36,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support workshops focused on the preservation and conservation of historic adobe structures. The project will train rural community residents in traditional building methods.

Institute for Spanish Arts (aka Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco)
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Northern New Mexico Youth Spanish Dance and Music Program. Teaching artists will provide classes featuring basic flamenco, flamenco cante, bata de cola, cajon, cantes fiesteros, Spanish classical dance, and percussion and guitar throughout the year.

Los Reyes de Albuquerque Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Nuevomexicano folk traditions and performances of the Entriega de los Novios. Nuevomexicano folk traditions include songs and dances of colonial New Mexico and Entrigega de Los Novios is a traditional ceremony for newlyweds using improvised sung verse.

Mimbres Region Arts Council, Inc. (aka MRAC)
Silver City, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the Youth Mural Program. The program pairs professional artists with youth to create murals expressing the culture and history of the Grant County region.

National Dance Institute of New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
$42,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Albuquerque In-School Program and Advanced Training Program. Students in the third through sixth grades from Albuquerque schools will receive weekly, in-school dance classes and will perform in a performance at the end of the year.

National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation (Consortium)
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the National Zarzuela Institute. Designed to promote the development of musical theater artists in zarzuela and Spanish and Latin American concert repertoire, the project also will support the preservation of zarzuela in the United States.

National Institute of Flamenco (aka Conservatory of Flamenco Arts)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies that are part of the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts. The Ninos and Alma companies and Yjastros, the American Flamenco Repertory Company, will perform in Albuquerque, on tour, and at the Festival Flamenco Internacional.

New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$686,800
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a statewide tour to small, rural, and underserved communities of New Mexico. The project also will offer educational activities in Albuquerque-area schools.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival radio series. Distributed by WMFT Radio Network, the series is carried by 167 stations throughout the United States.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support the American Composer Residency project. The chamber music festival will host composers Gunther Schuller, an NEA Jazz Master; Roberto Sierra; Joan Tower; George Tsontakis; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; and artistic director and composer Marc Neikrug.

Santa Fe New Music, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$7,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support Music and Word-American Masters. The ensemble will offer performances, workshops, and residency activities exploring the link between American chamber music and the inspiration from text and poetry.

Spanish Colonial Arts Society, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the expansion of learning projects in traditional Hispano art forms for underserved communities in New Mexico. The project's objective is to encourage the revival and continuation of endangered Hispano art forms and practices.

Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support production and planning for the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The festival will present theater and performance art from around the world and create a cultural hub for theatrical exchange in the Albuquerque community.

Working Classroom, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Multicultural Street Conservatory. The project will provide year-round, tuition-free visual arts and theater education to youth ages 12-18.


Number of Grants: 20          Total Amount: $1,084,800

 
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