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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.

VERMONT

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (on behalf of Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Burlington, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support artist residencies and performances at the 26th annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Educational activities will include workshops, Meet the Artist sessions, and lectures.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$75,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support American Masterpieces concerts celebrating American jazz music and dance. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Charles Mingus Repertory Ensembles, José Limón Dance Company, and Southern Methodist University Dance EnsembleWorks will present work by jazz composers Charles Mingus and Thad Jones and choreographers Danny Buraczeski and Anna Sokolow.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (Consortium)
Burlington, VT
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Words Come Alive. Designed and implemented in partnership with the Burlington School District, summer training, workshops, and classroom collaborations will be featured activities for elementary school teachers in theater and dance.

New England Youth Theater
Brattleboro, VT
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support technical theater training. The program will expose underserved children in rural Vermont to professional-quality theater production and teach them all aspects of technical theater.

Northern Stage Company
White River Junction, VT
$33,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Project Playwright, Kids to Kids-Theater Arts, and Junior Producers. Underserved youth in New Hampshire and Vermont will work with professional artists in all aspects of theater production.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (aka Sandglass Theater) (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Voices of Community Series. In collaboration with Touchstone Theatre of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the theater will present a series of performances by artists from communities of color.

Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
$760,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will ensure the continuity of folk and traditional arts by matching dedicated apprentices with accomplished older artists in face-to-face settings.

Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and regional tour of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Touring performances will be augmented with study guides, classes, workshops, pre-show lectures, and post-show talkbacks.


Number of Grants: 9          Total Amount: $1,011,500

 
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