FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
NEW MEXICO
AMP Concerts
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the ¡Globalquerque! festival. The multi-day event includes performances; a film series; family-oriented workshops; and a global village of craft, culture, and cuisine. Lensic Performing Arts Center Corporation (aka The Lensic)
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the ninth annual Nuestra Musica festival of nuevomexicano music. The project will present a series of performances by some of New Mexico's most accomplished traditional musicians, with additional performances especially designed for area schoolchildren. Los Reyes de Albuquerque Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Ochenta Anos. The project will be an expansion of musical outreach presentations that will include community programs and a concert honoring NEA National Heritage Fellow Roberto Martínez, with documentation of the programs and concert. Mimbres Region Arts Council, Inc.
Silver City, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the creation of murals for installation in the mining district of Grant County. Selected artists - including Carlene Roters, Cecelia Standford, and Zoe Wolfe - will work with elementary, middle, and high school students to create the murals. Students will interview local residents to incorporate local history and aesthetics in the mural design. Moving People Dance Theatre, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the fifth annual Santa Fe Dance Festival and Festival Tour. The festival is widely recognized for promoting world-class artistic talent and for presenting dance styles unique to New Mexico's diverse population. NewArt New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Global DanceFest 2010, an annual festival of national and international contemporary dance. The 2010 festival, titled Latitudes North, will celebrate contemporary dance and dance theater from Lithuania, Sweden, and Canada through photography, film, and literature. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 37th annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The festival will include a diverse range of repertoire, guest composers, and world premieres, as well as free community and youth concerts. Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and premiere of The Letter, by composer Paul Moravec and libretto by Terry Teachout. Education and outreach programs will include free public lectures about the opera and a symposium involving the composer, librettist, and director. Taos Center for the Arts
Taos, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a performance and master class by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Prior to the performance, local artists will lead workshops in modern dance, lighting design, and stagecraft for area students.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $190,000
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