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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.

WISCONSIN

Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society of WI, Inc.
Madison, WI
$5,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support performances of American chamber music and residency activities. Six programs of works by composers Aaron Jay Kernis, Kevin Puts, and Paul Schoenfield will take place during the three-week summer chamber music festival.

Folklore Village Farm, Inc.
Dodgeville, WI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2008 Midwest Folklife Festival. The project will highlight the Upper Midwest's multicultural heritage.

Ko-Thi, Inc. (aka Ko-Thi Dance Company)
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Ko-Thi's education programs, Ton Ko-Thi and DrumTalk. The programs offer African dance and music classes to students throughout Wisconsin.

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison, WI
$80,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist George Segal, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Street Scenes is the first exhibition to explore the artist's interest in urban themes and the first tour of Segal's work to include venues beyond the East Coast for more than 25 years.

Madison Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support HeartStrings, a community outreach project. An ensemble of the orchestras professional string musicians will perform interactive recitals for underserved and special-needs communities.

Milwaukee Art Museum, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$80,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support the touring exhibition Street Scene: The Psychological Gesture in Photography, with accompanying catalogue, audio guide, and educational materials. Mid-20th-century street photographers such as Lisette Model, Ted Croner, William Klein, Robert Frank, Louis Faurer, and Saul Leiter created images of the spontaneous, the subjective, and the psychological from the gestures of everyday street life.

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support the High School Pre-College Program. Consisting of a series of year-long Saturday workshops and a summer residency component, the program will provide students with a diverse array of course offerings in visual arts and design education.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
To support Arts in Community Education. In collaboration with numerous local arts organizations and public and private schools in eight area districts, professional musicians will integrate the arts into daily lessons in core subjects. 

Phipps Center for the Arts, Inc.
Hudson, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support The Bench Project. Professional artists, alternative education students, teachers and community members will create a public art installation to celebrate the distinct characteristics of Somerset, Wisconsin.

Sheboygan Arts Foundation, Inc.
Sheboygan, WI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Connecting Communities and the commissioning of new works at the Kohler Arts Center. Artists will collaborate with area cultural minorities, at-risk youth, unions, industrial and clerical worker, youth, persons with disabilities, seniors, low-income families, and domestic abuse shelters to develop residency projects and community-based commissions.

University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Kenosha, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a residency with mezzo-soprano Ruby Hinds, culminating in her multi-media presentation, "See There In The Distance: The Marian Anderson Story." Hinds will also speak as the guest of both the University's "Women and Gender Lecture Series" and the Racine High School Choral Festival.

University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Norwegian American Folk Music: Preservation and Access Project. The project will locate dispersed archives of Norwegian American folk music and make the work available to the general public through the creation of a virtual archive.

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support American Sounds: A Year of American Chamber Music. The project will feature guest ensemble sfSound Group, a San Francisco-based ensemble, in week-long residencies, as well as performances by the Fine Arts Quartet, artist faculty, and student ensembles.

University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
Whitewater, WI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition titled Women of Metal. The project includes the presentation of artwork by first- and second-generation women metalsmiths with a professional and educational relationship to Wisconsin.

Wausau Dance Theatre, Incorporated
Wausau, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support a ballet performances of "Alice in Wonderland," and associated educational activities. The production, choreographed by Derryl Yeager and Irina Kolpakova, will also tour to Prairie du Sac, Hartford, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee.

Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison, WI
$771,800
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Wisconsin Children's Center, Inc./Madison Children's Museum, Inc. (aka Madison Children's Museum)
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America Fast-Track Review
To support the design, fabrication, and installation of a kinetic sculpture by commissioned artists Tom Loeser and Bird Ross. The artists will engage participants of YWCA/Third Street Women's Program in the creative process.

Woodland Pattern, Inc. (aka Woodland Pattern Book Center)
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of readings, exhibits, and community workshops. Newsletters promoting the events are sent to 4,000 households throughout the region.


Number of Grants: 18          Total Amount: $1,221,800

 
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