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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.

OHIO

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (aka Apollo's Fire)
Cleveland Heights, OH
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Earth, Wind & Fire: Rameau & Vivaldi Do Battle with Nature. Concerts, educational activities, and broadcasts on public radio and television will take place in Cleveland with tour concerts planned in Calgary, Alberta.

Art Opportunities, Inc. (aka ArtWorks)
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support MuralWorks, a public art program. Led by professional artists, teen apprentices will create murals in Cincinnati neighborhoods. The program was developed in partnership with the City of Cincinnati to employ youth and professional artists for the creation of works of public art.

Cincinnati Museum Association (aka Cincinnati Art Museum)
Cincinnati, OH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Decoded Messages: The Symbolic Language of Chinese Animal Painting, with accompanying catalogue. Images of animals are among the oldest motifs in Chinese art, yet their symbolic significance has been largely overlooked by art historians.

Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Osvaldo Golijov's opera Ainadamar, with accompanying outreach activities. Performed in Spanish, the project will be part of the company's Spanish-themed season and will include free preview talks and lectures.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Contemporary Composers: New Music and First Impressions. Plans for the project include a commission, performances of works by living composers, including a world premiere, three U.S. premieres, residencies by American composer Jeffrey Mumford and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tuur, and related educational activities.

CityMusic Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Heaven and Earth: Schubert and Ives. Guest artists Betsy Burleigh and Quire Cleveland will participate in the choral concert program that will contrast the work of composers Franz Schubert and Charles Ives.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc. (aka Cleveland Film Society)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival. The festival presents current work from around the world and complements it with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding of, and appreciation for, the art form.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a residency by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at DANCECleveland. The residency, in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, will include performances and education and outreach programs.

Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a world premiere production of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination, adapted by award-winning playwright Lee Blessing. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Michael Bloom.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the final development phase and a full production of Cut to Pieces, a new work created by Raymond Bobgan and Chris Seibert. The project will integrate live performance with video projections, animation, film, and television montage.

Cleveland TOPS Swingband Foundation
Westlake, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity & Aging   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility
To support the Big Band Youth Outreach Project, in which the Cleveland TOPS Swingband will teach the big band music style to area school-age students. The project will include performances in high schools, musicians' residencies in schools, and band camps.

Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the design development for the renovation of the Clifton School. The renovated 1906 Beaux-Arts building will become the main facility of the Clifton Cultural Arts Center.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The Guest Artist Series will present five contemporary dance concerts by touring professional companies and one concert of new work by local choreographers.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 30th-anniversary Tri-C JazzFest. The festival will celebrate three decades of jazz performed in the northeastern Ohio region.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication costs and related expenses for the Kenyon Review. The publication will integrate its print and online content and will launch a marketing campaign to promote both the journal and the Web site.

Madcap Productions, Inc. (aka Madcap Puppet Theatre)
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of the Hats Off Series, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Original shows for young audiences featuring giant puppets will be performed at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio and the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.

Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Contemporary Cleveland: The Cleveland Orchestra's New Music Initiative. The orchestra will perform works by composers Oliver Knussen, Paul Chihara, Augusta Read Thomas, and Osvaldo Golijov at Severance Hall.

Ohio University Belmont (on behalf of Athens Center for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 36th Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.

Opera Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. The production also will be used by the education and outreach departments to reach and inspire new and younger audiences.

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commission and performance of a new work by composer and violinist Mark O'Connor. The concerto for chamber orchestra and piano trio will premiere with the Ahn Trio at the Southern Theatre in Columbus.

SPACES
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, an honorarium, a stipend, and a materials budget.

Stuart's Opera House
Nelsonville, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the fifth annual Nelsonville Art and Music Festival. The activities enable an underserved rural community to experience performances by both local and national musicians.

University of Akron Main Campus (on behalf of Wayne College)
Akron, OH
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Wayne College Shakespeare Festival. A workshop and performance will be presented specifically for high school students.

Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support an artist residency program. Artists will receive technical and professional services that will enable them to create, complete, and present works in the performing and media arts.


Number of Grants: 24          Total Amount: $415,000

 
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