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FY 2009 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.

FLORIDA

Arts & Cultural Affairs Department, Tampa (aka City of Tampa, Art Programs)
Tampa, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support artist fees for Portals, a new media public art project representing subjects of significance to Tampa. Developed by a team of art, education, and technology specialists, the commissioned work will be installed along the route of the newly developed Tampa Riverwalk.

Asolo Theatre, Inc. (aka Asolo Repertory Theatre)
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Kaleidoscope Summer Musical Theatre Workshop. The program will provide people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to create and perform a work of musical theater.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners (aka Broward Cultural Division)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Design Broward, an exhibition depicting newly installed public artworks throughout the county, with an accompanying lecture series. Curated by Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Executive Director Irvin Lippman, the exhibit will feature the work of Alice Aycock, Lorna Jordan, Carl Cheng, and Allison Sky, as well as other artists in the Broward County Public Art and Design Program.

City of Miami Beach
Miami Beach, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Sleepless Night 2009, a series of performances and exhibitions to take place from sundown to sunrise. Inspired by Paris's Nuit Blanche, the second annual citywide celebration will include performances, exhibitions, architectural tours, and other cultural offerings.

City of Tarpon Springs, Florida (on behalf of Tarpon Springs Cultural Treasures Program)
Tarpon Springs, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the documentation and presentation of the traditional Greek culture of Tarpon Springs. The project will support a fieldwork survey; the curation, design, and fabrication of an exhibit on Greek folklife; and public programs.

DeEtte Holden Cummer Museum Foundation, Inc. (aka The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens)
Jacksonville, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Cummer in the Classroom, a visual arts program for grades pre-kindergarten through five. The program will provide free access to artworks for more than 1,900 low-income students along with professional development opportunities for teachers.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs (on behalf of Florida Folklife Program)
Tallahassee, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Florida Folk and Traditional Arts program. Core activities will include fieldwork, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, the re-issue of recent field recordings of African American traditional music, and a major exhibit on Florida's ranching traditions.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
$883,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Great Explorations Children's Museum (Consortium)
St. Petersburg, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the First Impressions Community Outreach program in collaboration with Very Special Arts of Florida. The project provides free arts programming for the general public as well as Pinellas County elementary school students.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series, with accompanying educational activities such as workshops, in-school performances, and master classes. The project will focus on contemporary performing arts work that explores world cultures.

Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 14th Miami Hispanic Ballet Festival. The festival highlights approximately 120 accomplished artists from more than 25 renowned ballet companies from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and North America.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, an educational outreach program. In partnership with the Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra), the program comprises activities for teachers and students from elementary through high school.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Inc. (aka youngARTS)
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the youngARTS Program. High school artists in the performing, visual, and literary arts are chosen each year through a juried competition to participate in professional development activities during a week in Miami.

Palm Beach County Cultural Council
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Building Learning Communities through the Arts Funding Program. Through a new competitive funding program for cultural organizations managed by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, organizations and teaching artists will present educational activities based on performances and/or visual arts exhibits to middle school students and their teachers.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and presentation of the award-winning XXIV International Hispanic Theater Festival of Miami, with accompanying educational activities. Producing Artistic Director Mario Ernesto Sánchez will direct the festival of multilingual productions of contemporary works and classical adaptations by internationally renowned companies from Latin America, Europe, and the U.S.

Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Inc.
South Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Community Outreach in Satellite Locations. The company will provide year-round classical training in ballet at four locations in Miami-Dade County for 5- to 13-year-old children.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble X will take place in partnership with the Florida Dance Association, an organization that serves, supports, and promotes the development of dance in Florida.

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary by Churchill Roberts and Sandra Dickson. The Last Flight of Petr Ginz will chronicle the short life of an artist and writer who was a victim of the Holocaust.

Vero Beach Museum of Art, Inc. (Consortium)
Vero Beach, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Intergenerational Arts Program. A collaboration with the Drug Abuse Treatment Association (DATA), the program invites seniors from the Senior Resource Association and teens from DATA to participate in free weekly arts instruction at the museum.

VSA arts of Florida (aka Very Special Arts)
Tampa, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Ensuring Access to the Arts for All Students. Artists who are specially trained to work with students with a range of disabilities will teach drama, music, movement, and the visual arts in classroom residencies.


Number of Grants: 20          Total Amount: $1,308,300

 
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