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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.

VIRGINIA

Association of Writers & Writing Programs (aka AWP)
Fairfax, VA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the production, printing, and distribution of The Writer's Chronicle and the AWP Job List, continued development of the AWP Web site, and the 2009 AWP Conference in Chicago.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Fairfax, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the presentation of "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" by Peter Boyer. The composition is a blend of oral history and symphonic music that celebrates the American immigrant experience.

Folkstreams, Inc.
Delaplane, VA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the preservation of and public access to documentary films. The project will support the conservation and Web videostreaming of significant folk culture films.

George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation (aka Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry Farm)
Fredericksburg, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation treatment of two 18th-century portraits in Historic Kenmore's permanent collection: Fielding Lewis by John Wollaston and Fielding Lewis, Jr. by Charles Wilson Peale. The portraits are considered to be two of the most important works in the collection.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (aka WETA)
Arlington, VA
$150,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support WETA's production of a series of arts news reports. Each six- to ten-minute report will be included on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, which airs five nights a week on PBS.

Jefferson Center Foundation, Ltd. (Consortium)
Roanoke, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the Silk Road to Roanoke, a music education program.  In partnership with the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra (RYSO), the project will include small ensemble performances in schools, music instruction, and professional development for classroom teachers.  

Richmond Ballet, Inc. (Consortium)
Richmond, VA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Minds in Motion (MIM) dance education program.  Created in partnership with the Virginia Air and Space Center, the 28-week program will introduce as many as 1,900 fourth-grade students to dance movement, performance skills, and choreography.

Richmond Renaissance, Inc. (aka Venture Richmond)
Richmond, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Richmond Folk Festival. The project will support an event designed to capitalize on the success of the National Folk Festival's three-year run in Richmond.

Traveling Players Ensemble, Inc.
Great Falls, VA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Traveling Players Ensemble Summer Theatre Camp. Working in ensembles of 13 to 15, students will produce and perform a classical theater piece by either Moliere or Shakespeare.

Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support concerts of American chamber music. Programming will include works by composers Terry Riley, Christopher Rouse, Thelonious Monk, and John Cage featuring the Kronos Quartet, Orion and Miami String Quartets, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, violinist Ani Kavafian, pianist Andr-Michel Schub, and the Virginia Chamber Players.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Amherst, VA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support month-long residencies for writers in order to support their creative work. Fellowships will be offered to writers who have never been in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
$719,100
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Antares Residency Project, a four-week teaching residency with Mexican choreographer Miguel Mancillas. Mancillas's company, Antares Danza Contemporanea, will perform at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) during the final week of the residency.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Folklife Apprenticeship Program. The program will ensure that Virginia's folkways receive new life and vibrancy by engaging new learners and reinvigorating master practitioners.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy (Consortium)
Charlottesville, VA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 15th annual Virginia Festival of the Book. For five days, the festival will feature author readings, lectures, and writing workshops free-of-charge.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support expansion and reinstallation of the modern and contemporary art galleries. As part of the museum's comprehensive expansion and renovation, the modern and contemporary art collection will considerably increase in visibility.

Virginia Symphony (aka Virginia Symphony Orchestra)
Norfolk, VA
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Harmony Project, a community partnership project with churches and historically black colleges in Hampton Roads. Activities will include ensemble performances, workshops, and educational programs in the region.

Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Richmond, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support an exhibition of photographic images and accompanying oral histories that depict wounded female military veterans, with related educational programs. Writer Laura Browder and photographer Sascha Pflaeging will collect photographic portraits and oral histories of women soldiers wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The series provides national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap near Washington, DC.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $1,251,600

 
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