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.
VERMONT
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (on behalf of Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Burlington, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support artist residencies and performances at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Educational activities will include a jazz scholar-in-residence, pre-performance lectures, and dialogues with the performing artists. Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$55,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support American Masterpieces: The Art of Improvisation. NEA Jazz Master and pianist Cecil Taylor and choreographers/dancers Dana Reitz and Eiko and Koma will perform seminal works that influenced their art forms. In-Sight Photography Project, Incorporated (aka In-Sight)
Brattleboro, VT
$14,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support photography classes for youth. Intermediate and advanced black-and-white photography classes will be offered for underserved youth in rural Vermont. New England Youth Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support technical theater training. The program will expose underserved children in rural Vermont to professional-quality theater production and teach them all aspects of technical theater. Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Voices of Community: Theater as Social Activism project. The theater will partner with Touchstone Theatre to bring the work of aesthetically diverse companies to perform and create with racially diverse communities. Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc. (aka Vermont Arts Council)
Montpelier, VT
$716,100
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will ensure the continuity of folk and traditional arts by supporting projects that pair dedicated apprentices with accomplished older artists in face-to-face settings. Vermont Folklife Center (Consortium)
Middlebury, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Envoye A Maison: A Franco American Homecoming. In collaboration with Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, the project will support a series of public programs designed to invigorate folk arts in the New England region. Vermont Museum & Gallery Alliance
Vergennes, VT
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the completion of the conservation stabilization of the collection of historic painted pieces of scenery in Vermont. The statewide collection of public art has been designated a "National Treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour, a series of concert programs in underserved rural communities. The project will present orchestral programs and educational outreach activities and include a premiere of a commissioned work by native Vermont composer Pierre Jalbert. Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production and regional tour of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Touring performances will be augmented with study guides, classes, workshops, pre-show lectures, and post-show talkbacks.
Number of Grants: 11 Total Amount: $973,100
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