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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.

LOUISIANA

Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$786,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Friends of NORD, Inc. (aka NORD/NOBA Center For Dance)
New Orleans, LA
$90,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support free dance training at the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance. The company will offer instruction in a four-week summer intensive session as well as weekly classes in fall and spring semesters.

Junebug Productions, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the planning and implementation of the Free Southern Theater Institute, a laboratory for community-based theater. The project will feature community-based programs that bring artists and non-artists together to create and perform new plays.

National Performance Network, Inc. (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the 25th National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee. Presented in partnership with the Carpetbag Theatre, the national forum for artists and presenters will feature performance showcases, professional development workshops, and plenary sessions.

New Orleans Ballet Association (aka NOBA)
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of choreographer Alwin Nikolais's (1910-93) work in a comprehensive project. The project will include a residency with the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, a residency by the Nikolais-Louis Foundation for Dance for Tulane University Dance Department students, and a variety of additional outreach and educational programs for the community.

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support evening jazz concerts and education programs. Associated activities will include a free concert for city residents and the Saturday Jazz School for gifted child/teen musicians in the University of New Orleans' Music Department.

Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Shreveport, LA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a touring photography exhibition that will include the creation of a catalogue, as well as a storytelling program featuring Jeannine Pasini Beekman. These activities are components of a program that will interpret the history and cultural heritage of selected North Louisiana architectural sites.

Shreveport Regional Arts Council (Consortium)
Shreveport, LA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Arts in Education Residency: From Tragedy to Triumph, The Great Depression and New Deal in North Louisiana. The 11-week residency will engage middle school students studying Louisiana history to experience the creative process from its roots in research to conceptual development and the creation of a new art work.

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival. Both festivals include a series of readings, literary panels, writing workshops, music and theater presentations, and education and outreach activities at local schools.

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts the two-hour, weekend-oriented program, in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz, and classical forms with in-studio performances, field recordings, and interviews.

Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Mardi Gras Indian Arts Summer School. Native American artists will teach youth the rich history and visual traditions of the Mardi Gras Indian art of masking.

Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc. (aka YA/YA)
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Living Art, a visual arts youth apprenticeship program. Through commercial art and fine art apprenticeships youth ages 14 to 18 will explore new art forms, improve technical art-related skills, and help rebuild the cultural vitality of post-Katrina New Orleans.


Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $1,171,300

 
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