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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.

MARYLAND

Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Inspiration Project: More than Skin Deep, an artist residency and workshop with ceramic artist Jenny Mendes. Targeted to  Baltimore public school art teachers, art education students, and community teaching artists, the program will help educators become comfortable working with clay as an artistic medium in their classrooms.

Baltimore Museum of Art, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support documentation of and online access to the Claribel and Etta Cone Collection. The collection consists primarily of 19th and 20th century French art, including the largest body of works by Henri Matisse in the world.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the International Folk Arts Project, a series of concerts with related educational activities. Conceived by Music Director Marin Alsop, the programs will feature classical orchestral works influenced by folk and traditional music styles.

Cambodian-American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support dance and music instruction in the Cambodian traditional arts. The project will preserve traditional arts for Cambodian American youth as well as present Cambodian art and culture to the community.

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Inc.
Columbia, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Teen Professional Theatre. The program will provide summer workshops, mentorships, and a culminating performance of a Broadway musical. Program partners will include the Howard County Community College and Reservoir High School.

Dance Exchange, Inc. (aka Liz Lerman Dance Exchange)
Takoma Park, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Original Tea, an interactive installation choreographed by Artistic Director Liz Lerman. The work will combine dance, media, and conversation.

Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra Association
Timonium, MD
$24,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Completing the Bridge, an after-school string instruction program for Baltimore City elementary school children. The program provides instruments, private and group lessons, and orchestral performance experiences at no cost.

Howard County Arts Council, Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Head StART in ART. Local professional artists who have experience teaching pre-kindergarten-age children will collaborate with teachers in the Ellicott City Head Start Center and Dasher Green Head Start Center to teach year-round, age-appropriate lessons in visual and performing arts.

Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, Inc.
Columbia, MD
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support author residencies in Howard County, Maryland, including live poetry and literary events. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary, Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (known as HoCoPoLitSo) will also produce The Writing Life, an original television production featuring interviews with the visiting authors.

Johns Hopkins University (on behalf of The Peabody Institute)
Baltimore, MD
$48,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Tuned-In, a program that provides disadvantaged teens who are exceptionally musically talented with the opportunity for advanced musical study at the Peabody Preparatory on full scholarship. Activities include lessons, in-school mentoring, field trips, and a summer study program.

Magical Experiences Arts Company, Ltd.
Baltimore, MD
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. Voices from Down the Ages, by Artistic Director and playwright Joanne Margolius, will provide interactive performances for students residing at the Maryland School for the Blind.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$805,100
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$1,509,900
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a collaborative community design planning project. ART IS: Community Empowerment will provide a series of workshops and community activities to discuss current and future planning practices along the Forest Drive corridor near historic Annapolis, Maryland

Musical Theater Center, Inc.
Rockville, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support The Stephen Schwartz Project, a musical revue based on the works of composer Stephen Schwartz. Originally conceived, staged, and choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt, the production will feature young performers ages 13 to 18.

National Council for the Traditional Arts (Consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Music From the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia, a tour of old-time, bluegrass, and mountain gospel music and flatfoot dance. In collaboration with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the project will deliver concerts and educational programs to the mid-Atlantic region.

Quest:arts for everyone, Inc. (aka Quest)
Lanham, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Wings Company, an ensemble of Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing performers. Artistic Director Tim McCarty, producer Paul Harrelson, and assistant director Luis Aguilar will lead company artists in training, new work development, performances, workshops, and residencies.

Ward Foundation, Inc. (aka Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art)
Salisbury, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Carving Out Future Decoy Makers at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. The project will work with regional arts organizations and master decoy makers throughout the United States to facilitate the training of aspiring carvers in creating functional hunting decoys.

Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute Inc. (aka Chu Shan Chinese Opera) (Consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$16,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Joint Chinese Opera Education of Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute and Rockville Chinese School. Professional opera actors and teachers will instruct 5- to 18-year-old students in the singing, acting, recitation, and movement of traditional Chinese opera male (sheng) and female (dan) role types, leading to student participation in public performances.

Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support performances of Chinese opera. The project will present both south Chinese opera in the Huang style and north Chinese opera in the Mei style, allowing audiences to compare differences between the two important genres.

Young Audiences of Maryland, Inc. (Consortium)
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Teaching Artist Institute. In partnership with Arts Education in Maryland Schools, the project includes a summer seminar, quarterly follow-up workshops, classroom observations, and participation in annual conferences designed to help Maryland teachers and collaborating artists deliver standards-based curriculum to students that enhance learning in the arts and other content areas.


Number of Grants: 21          Total Amount: $2,751,000

 
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