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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.

GEORGIA

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Presenter Cohort Project. In partnership with the Southern Arts Federation, the multi-state project will provide professional development opportunities for geographically isolated presenters, including a retreat and a planning meeting.

Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Atlanta, GA
$34,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Shakespeare performance residencies. High school students, grades 9 through 12, will learn all aspects of performance and technical theater and produce a Shakespearean play.

Center for Puppetry Arts (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Puppets Take Georgia. In partnership with Puppeteers of America, the center will present national and international puppetry companies to audiences in metro Atlanta and northern Georgia.

Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, GA
$821,000
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Georgia State University Research Foundation (on behalf of Rialto Center for the Arts)
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Rialto International Series and related educational programs at the Rialto Center for the Arts. World music and dance artists will perform and participate in pre-concert lectures, narrative programming, Q&A sessions, master classes, demonstrations, and audience discussions.

Morgan County Foundation, Inc.
Madison, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support the Madison Chamber Music Festival featuring works by American composers. Concerts will be presented at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, the Steffen Thomas Museum, and other venues in Madison.

Refugee Family Services, Inc.
Stone Mountain, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Our Living Art. The project will document refugee artists and examine how the refugee experience influences their art.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships between the orchestra and communities across the state.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of High Museum of Art)
Atlanta, GA
$75,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support a touring exhibition of the work of contemporary African American artist Radcliffe Bailey (b.1968), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. High Museum of Art's exhibition will highlight the Atlanta-based artist's continual experimentation with diverse forms as it examines how African art influences his work.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop. The event will provide selected high school jazz bands from across the United States with the opportunity to receive instruction from and perform with professional jazz educators and musicians.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$33,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support performances and educational events with musician-composers Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor. The artists and their guests will participate in pre-concert talks with audience members.

Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$1,491,800
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

True Colors Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the expansion of the August Wilson Monologue Competition. The project will allow high school students in cities nationwide to compete in the presentation of works from Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle.

Youth Ensemble of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the ArtsLearning in the Arts
To support the Workshop Training Program. Youth will audition to participate in beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level classes in music, dance, theater, creative writing, and storytelling.


Number of Grants: 14          Total Amount: $2,637,300

 
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