2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ March 10, 2008 deadline ]
Dance |
Design |
Folk & Traditional Arts |
Literature |
Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts |
Museums |
Music |
Musical Theater |
Opera |
Presenting
Theater |
Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Design
Alaska Design Forum, Inc. (aka ADF)
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
To support FREEZE, an outdoor winter exhibition with public programs, and an accompanying catalogue. Designers and artists from around the globe will collaborate in creating installations that feature as primary materials, snow, ice, and light.
Architecture for Humanity
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Portable Classrooms, an online design competition. K-12 students and teachers will be invited to partner with architects in their community to design innovative and viable alternatives to portable classrooms.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (aka ACSA)
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support 64 Ways to Home: Four Designs, Four Critics, Four Symposia on Innovative Design Strategies for Affordable Housing. A series of coordinated peer-reviewed design projects and regional symposia will be conducted to stimulate innovative design approaches to affordable and mixed-income housing.
Chicago Architecture Foundation (aka CAF) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support Open House America, a national design education initiative, and its pilot Open House Chicago. In partnership with the City of Chicago Mayor's Office of Special Events, Open House Chicago will offer free access to innovative sites and the built environment along with education programs to inspire appreciation for and knowledge of architecture, design, and planning in the city.
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support Reaching Great Heights: A Design Process for the Creation of an Interactive Climbing Sculpture. The museum plans to install a structure that will invite visitors to explore and experience art physically.
City of Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez, MS
$20,000
To support and further the design process for the Forks of the Road Slave Market Interpretive Center. Major project activities will include the structure design, site analysis, historical research, installation design, and engineering of the proposed site.
City of Newark, New Jersey
Newark, NJ
$25,000
To support Beyond the Box: New Houses for Newark. The project will bring together locally based and internationally known architects with city officials, planners, developers, and the public to discuss and establish a new vision for Newark's low-rise, multifamily, infill houses.
Cultural Landscape Foundation
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the production of an interactive documentary interview series. The Pioneers of American Landscape Design Oral History Series will present the biographies, education, design philosophies, and work of several 20th-century landscape architects.
Elizabeth River Project (Consortium)
Portsmouth, VA
$20,000
To support the Learning Barge education program. In partnership with the School of Architecture Foundation at the University of Virginia, the project will include publications, a Web site, and a residency for a designer/art outreach educator.
Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design (aka LA Forum)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support Dingbat 2.0: A Competition to Revamp Existing Housing Stock. Dingbat 2.0 is an open competition, exhibition, and pamphlet project calling upon designers, architects, planners, artists, and academics to identify design solutions that transform dilapidated stucco apartment buildings into livable low-income dwellings.
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
$50,000
To support the Moss Point Community Studio, a series of exhibits, workshops, with extended staff hours in a publicly accessible community space in Moss Point, Mississippi. The project will foster resident involvement in the redevelopment of the community, which was impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
New York Foundation for Architecture, Inc. (aka Center for Architecture Foundation)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the exhibition Optimization: The Art of Engineering, with accompanying catalogue and public programs at the Center for Architecture. The project will address the importance and innovative practices of engineering and its impact on the architectural design process, especially in the New York urban landscape.
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the publication of Bridging the Gap: Architectural Internships in Public Service, a collection of essays that will present innovative models and best practices in public service architectural internships.
openhousenewyork inc. (aka OHNY)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the seventh annual openhousenewyork weekend. The event celebrates the architectural and design significance of New York City's built environment through tours of all five boroughs, including access to buildings and facilities not typically open to the public.
Public Design Studio (aka Public Architecture)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the Pro Bono Road Show. The traveling exhibition will showcase excellence in pro bono design, inspiring both architects and nonprofit organizations by raising collective awareness about the potential of pro bono design and its importance in improving public life.
University of Arkansas Main Campus
Fayetteville, AR
$25,000
To support the printing and distribution of Visioning Rail Transit in Northwest Arkansas:Lifestyle and Ecologies. The printed publication will help mobilize support for rail transit among stakeholders in the region and will help centralize the role of good design and smart growth planning in an area that doesn't have a strong planning tradition.
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
$30,000
To support the design plan for an exterior amphitheater playhouse. Designs for Playhouse: An Exterior Urban Community Theater will be developed through workshops and temporary installations meant to encourage community participation in the design process.
University of Houston (on behalf of Community Design Resource Center)
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support a public symposium and workshop addressing design issues in underserved Houston neighborhoods. The project will develop and disseminate dynamic design strategies that have the potential to catalyze neighborhood change.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support a collaborative graphic design initiative. The project will explore a range of graphic design topics, including design fundamentals and process, technology as a design tool, layout, and collaborative design.
www next cc inc (aka www.next.cc)
Shorewood, WI
$10,000
To support a workshop series that will introduce teachers to the Web site www.NEXT.cc. The Web site will be used as a design education tool to help complement traditional teaching methods currently used in K-12 curriculum concerning art, design, and the environment.
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