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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.

TEXAS

Alley Theatre
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Moby Dick - Rehearsed by Orson Welles, based on Herman Melville's classic American novel. Artistic Director Gregory Boyd will direct.

ArtLies (aka ARTLIES - The Texas Art Journal)
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the reviews section of the journal ArtLies. A quarterly publication that covers the visual arts in Texas, ArtLies includes an average of 20 reviews per issue and is distributed in more than 30 Texas cities and towns.

Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio)
San Antonio, TX
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, work space, technical assistance, transportation costs, and a stipend for a two-month residency.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of several curated film and video series. More than 90 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 18,000 people.

Ballet Austin, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the Austin Ventures Studio Series. The series will include works by internationally renowned choreographers as well as a variety of educational activities.

Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation (aka Ballroom Marfa)
Marfa, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Los Nuevos Iconoclastas, an exhibition of existing and newly commissioned work by artists of Mexican descent, with an accompanying catalogue.

Charara, Hayan
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Cine Las Americas
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. The festival will screen films by or about Latinos or indigenous peoples of the Americas, showcasing contemporary film and video from North, Central, and South America, as well as Spain and the Caribbean.

Da Camera Society of Texas (aka Da Camera of Houston)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of chamber music concerts. Seven concert presentations with related educational activities are planned by artists, including the Juilliard String Quartet, the Arcanto Quartet, Newband, pianist Marilyn Nonken, and jazz bassist Ben Allison.

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) and the American Arts Crafts Movement, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Driven by American societal changes, the American Arts and Crafts Movement defined a cultural world view that is still relevant today in its promotion of handcraft and the integration of art into everyday life.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Verdi's Otello, with accompanying outreach activities including lectures, panel discussions with the artists, and a radio broadcast on Classical WRR about the creation of the work. The performances will mark the inaugural production at the new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House.

DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support DiverseDialogue Residencies. Commissioning and presentation of visual and performing artists will emphasize the importance of creativity and introduce audiences to contemporary works.

Documentary Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Dallas, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the completion, publication, and distribution of Traditional Music in Texas: A Learning Resource. The book, which includes CDs and DVDs by Alan Govenar, will focus on the diversity of community-based folk and traditional artists across the state.

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of choreographer and artistic director Dominic Walsh's Mozart, the final installment to his trilogy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will collaborate with dancers from the Sarasota Ballet of Florida to present this work.

Fort Worth Opera Association, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Dead Man Walking by composer Jake Heggie and libretto by Terrence McNally. The work underscores the company's commitment to present new or lesser-known works in an effort to expand the repertoire as well as reach new audiences.

Gemini Series, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity & Aging   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility
To support the Life Letters project, an intergenerational life-writing program for older adults and high school students. The project will culminate in an anthology publication and performance of the participants' work.

Globe of the Great Southwest, Inc. (aka The Globe Theatre)
Odessa, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the development and production of the musical Oh Susannah! by Robert Hollmann. Student matinees will be followed by question-and-answer sessions with the cast.

Great Promise, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Heritage Festival and Powwow. Proposed artists include drum maker Rock Pipestream, regalia maker and NEA National Heritage Fellow Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, and storytellers Tim Tingle and Gayle Ross.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Antony Tudor's The Leaves Are Fading and Nacho Duato's Jardi Tancat, both premieres for the company. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, and the presentation of The Leaves Are Fading will coincide with the 100th anniversary of Tudor's birth.

Houston Friends of Music
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for string quartet by composer Pierre Jalbert. The premiere will be performed by the Grammy® award-winning Emerson String Quartet.

Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the premiere of Chorus!, a new fully staged production comprising chorus scenes from opera, musical theater, and religious works. Educational components will include pre-performance lectures, teacher workshop events, choral workshop events for area choir directors and choir members, and lecture presentations.

Houston Institute for Culture
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Houston Meet Houston: The Houston Music Project. The project will document and present music from the diverse cultural groups in the city of Houston.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of Double Concerto for Soprano and Harp by composer Augusta Read Thomas. The premiere will be conducted by music director Hans Graf and feature soprano Twyla Robinson and principal harpist Paula Page.

International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the International Accordion Festival. The project, in its ninth year, will explore the instrument's local identity and global reach in a weekend-long series of concerts and workshops.

Lubbock Arts Alliance, Inc.
Lubbock, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Lubbock in My Rearview Mirror: An ArtCar Event. Focused on the folk art medium of artcars, project activities will include the premiere screening of Harrod Blank's film Automorphis, interactive discussions with Blank, and the creation of an artcar.

Main Street Theater At Autry House
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the creation and world premiere of a musical with the working title Ps and Qs. The theater has commissioned the artistic team of Steve Garfinkel (book) and Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood (music, lyrics, and creators of Trout Fishing in America) to create a new work for families about manners.

Menil Foundation, Inc. (aka The Menil Collection)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Wood Constructions and Related Works, with accompanying gallery guides and brochures. This will be the first exhibition to explore in depth the wood constructions or maderas introduced by the Uruguayan avant-garde artist and theoretician.

Mexic-Arte (aka Mexic-Arte Museum)
Austin, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the 14th Annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition. Each year the museum engages a young curator to bring together 10 to 15 emerging Texan artists in an exhibition that brings artists and communities together to experience new and experimental art forms.

Midwestern State University (on behalf of Witchita Falls Museum of Art at MSU)
Wichita Falls, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a touring exhibition of the museum's Caldecott Medal winners to the communities of the North Texas Plains, and accompanying educational and outreach activities. The exhibition will tour to public libraries and highlight work by artists that have been awarded the Caldecott Medal honoring children's book illustrators.

Project Row Houses (aka PRH)
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. The project's three components are installation opportunities for artists in shotgun-style row houses, a summer studio program for students, and the participation of artists in a public art program.

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Celebrando 2009, Bomba and Plena of Mayagüez. Artists associated with the project will work with the dance troupe Los Tambores de Félix Alduén to learn the authentic dance, music, and history of bomba and plena from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and will perform the dances.

Southern Methodist University (on behalf of The Southwest Review)
Dallas, TX
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the promotion of the Southwest Review. One special double issue will be devoted to "Style as Performance/Performance as Style."

Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc. (aka SWAMP)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of The Territory. As the longest-running showcase of media art in the United States, the public television series presents independent film and video works to more than 12 million viewers per year throughout Texas.

Texas Folklife Resources (Consortium)
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Yard Show. In collaboration with the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, the project will present a touring exhibit featuring the work of Texans who transform their yards into memorials, sacred spaces, sculptural fantasies, and landmarks.

University of Houston (on behalf of Community Design Resource Center)
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
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 Houston (on behalf of Blaffer Gallery)
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of the work of African American artist Leonardo Drew (b. 1961) at the Blaffer Gallery, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. While the exhibition will exclusively present new work created for the occasion, the publication will offer a full survey of Drew's career.

University of Houston- Victoria (on behalf of The American Book Review)
Victoria, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the American Book Review. The journal also will co-sponsor a reading series with the university featuring lectures, roundtable discussions, workshops, and podcasts.

University of Texas at El Paso (on behalf of Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts)
El Paso, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Equilibrium: Body as Site at the Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. The project will feature work by artists who use jewelry as a contemporary art medium.

University of Texas-Pan American
Edinburg, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert and workshop by Mexican folk ensemble Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez during FESTIBA 2009. Related activities will include a workshop and showcase concert for mariachi students.

Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Composers Invitational, a project which commissions new works for solo piano. Participating pianists will perform the new works during the biennial Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the ninth annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival, organized by the Tapestry Dance Company. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities, including classes and workshops, lecture-demonstrations, artist/faculty concerts, a participant showcase, film screenings, panel discussions, and tap improvisational jams.

Waco Cultural Arts Fest
Waco, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a performance by the all-female music and dance ensemble Retumba!. The ensemble will perform at the Waco Cultural Arts Fest and at two public schools.

Zachary Scott Theater Center (aka ZACH Theatre)
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and world premiere of Blue Monday, a new play by Colin Denby Swanson. The production will be directed by Producing Artistic Director Dave Steakley.


Number of Grants: 43          Total Amount: $812,500

 
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