2010 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 13, 2009 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater | Presenting | Theater
Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Presenting

3-Legged Dog, Inc (aka 3-LD)
New York City, NY
$15,000
To support the Cooperative Professional Resources  Residency Program. Residencies will provide space, expert consultations for artists, and equipment, including access to the Art and Technology Center for the creation of new work.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. (aka Harlem Stage)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support commissioning, long-term residencies, and presentation of the WaterWorks and Harlem Stride series at Harlem Stage. Commissioned artists will create and perform new works, and other artists will participate in residencies that will advance the development of new works scheduled for production the following season.

Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$25,000
To support presentations of performing artworks for children and families. Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience Band will perform Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco, and Leslie McCurdy will perform The Spirit of Harriet Tubman in schools and at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Alliance of Artists Communities
Providence, RI
$50,000
To support Artists Communities: New Approaches to Supporting Today's Artists. The project will include research, sharing best practices at the annual conference and the South-Southwest regional meeting, and a publication of case studies.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support the Bridging Communities component at the Annual Meeting. In partnership with the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, artists and arts administrators will participate in presentations, panel discussions, and professional development seminars.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$30,000
To support the Aesthetics and Diversity in the New South Initiative. Artists and presenters will explore how changing demographics impact communities in the South.

Alwan Foundation (aka Alwan for the Arts)
New York City, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of documentary films for Alwan for the Arts' New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival and presentation of the Sacred Music Festival. Filmmaker Nigel Nobel and composer/musicologist Jihad Racy will direct the project components.

Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Bob Marley: His World, His Legacy, a series of music, literature, and visual arts presentations. A symposium will be held to address the life and work of Marley, and Review magazine will publish an issue dedicated to his legacy.

Appalachian State University (on behalf of Appalachian Summer Festival)
Boone, NC
$25,000
To support An Appalachian Summer Festival. Music, dance, theater, film, and visual arts presentations will be complemented by education and outreach activities.

Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of WMMT-FM)
Whitesburg, KY
$10,000
To support a Celebration of James Still including restoration and distribution of sound recordings, a public radio broadcast, a new short film, and a public event with performances and readings.

Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support professional resources and career training for Washington state artists. Resources will include comprehensive training sessions, print publications, websites, bi-weekly e-mail bulletins, a toll-free phone line, and community workshops.

Arts Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the expansion of the ArtsBoston.org and BosTix.org websites. These strategic online initiatives will provide the public with greater access to information about arts activities in the region at affordable ticket prices.

Arts for LA
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the LA Arts Convergence. The project will engage arts leaders in the development of strategies aimed at changing the way the arts are supported at the local and regional level.

Arts Northwest
Port Angeles, WA
$30,000
To support the Annual Northwest Booking Conference. Activities will include professional development institutes, workshops, artist showcases, roundtable discussions, forums, peer networking, and mentoring targeted to arts administrators.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (aka A4)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support A4's Professional Development Series. Artists and arts groups will participate in gatherings, panel discussions, and online forums.

Association of American Cultures, Inc. (aka TAAC)
LINCOLN, NE
$10,000
To support the 2010 Open Dialogue. Working in partnership with the Illinois Arts Council, the conference will be held in Chicago and aims to bring together leaders from diverse arts organizations under the theme "21st Century Cultural Democracy Agenda".

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc. (aka Arts Presenters)
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support Arts Presenters' Leadership Development Institutes. The series of institutes will engage mid-career professionals in exploring competency areas to be later shared with the field.

Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (Consortium)
Eatonville, FL
$25,000
To support A Walk Through the Harlem Renaissance: The Zora Neale Hurston Concert. In partnership with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the commissioned work will include an orchestral piece by composer Adolphus Hailstork and accompanying narration by playwright Lynn Nottage.

Bard College (on behalf of Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$30,000
To support a series of performances during the SummerScape Festival at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The festival's thematic approach will focus on a major composer, remount rarely performed works, and present the work of influential choreographers.

Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (aka Baryshnikov Arts Center/BAC)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of residencies, performances, festivals, and screenings at the Jerome Robbins Theater and the Howard Gilman Performance Space. Dance, music, theater, film, and multimedia artists will also participate in a variety of residency activities.

Big Thought (Consortium)
Dallas, TX
$25,000
To support the Family Access to Artistic Excellence program. In partnership with the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the inter-generational project will provide excursions to arts centers, museums, and cultural organizations for economically disadvantaged community members.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (aka BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$70,000
To support BAM's annual Next Wave Festival. The festival will feature contemporary and international performing artists.

Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts
Brownsville, TX
$25,000
To support the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival. Activities will include Jazz Jam, a free outdoor concert, Latin Dance Night, Capitol Theater Street Party, and community activities, such as music and dance clinics, master classes, school presentations, and artist talks for high school and college music students.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of ROAD TRIP.

California Institute of the Arts (aka REDCAT) (on behalf of Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Valencia, CA
$30,000
To support CalArts' REDCAT 20/20 Interdisciplinary Initiative at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater. The project will feature a series of residencies, performances, and festivals.

California Presenters
Sacramento, CA
$15,000
To support the 27th annual Artist Information Exchange. Designed for performing arts presenters, the program will enable presenters to learn about artists suitable for venues and programming budgets of all sizes through a peer-to-peer exchange.

Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
$10,000
To support a series of multidisciplinary presentations. As part of the reopening activities of the Fine Arts Center, the programming will include music and dance performances, and exhibition, lecture, workshops, demonstrations, and artist talks.

Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (aka CD Forum)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support CD Forum's performing arts series of African American artists. Project components will include theater and dance performances, the CD Forum Music Festival, residencies, workshops, master classes, lecture/discussions, and artist talks.

Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Residency Program, free facility space, and stipends for theater groups and visual artists. Venues will include a black-box theater, galleries, and window stages.

Chicago Cultural Center Foundation (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$75,000
To support the Midwest World Music Consortium. In partnership with the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation in Bloomington, Indiana, the project will involve the presentation of music ensembles that will highlight diverse world cultures to underserved Midwest audiences.

Connecticut College
New London, CT
$20,000
To support a series of performances during the Onstage at Connecticut College 2010-2011 season. Presentations will be accompanied by workshops and master classes for middle, high school, and college students.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the creation and tour of How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? The tour of the multimedia performance/installation, conceived by interdisciplinary artist Ralph Lemon, will include educational activities.

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the Business Centers at Flashpoint and the Source. Each center's network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations will provide residency and technical assistance programs as well as opportunities for affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with other business amenities.

Dartmouth College (on behalf of Hopkins Center)
Hanover, NH
$55,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center. Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater artists, dance companies, choreographers, and musicians from around the world.

Duke University
Durham, NC
$30,000
To support Sin Fronteras: Duke-Durham Cross-Cultural Initiative. The year-long series of performances and residencies will engage the local Latino community and university students.

FirstWorks
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the production of FirstWorks Festival 2010. Discounted admissions will be offered to a series of New England performance premieres extended into communities through forums, workshops, master classes, and school programs.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$100,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance, theater, and music works. Each of the performances will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lectures, student matinees, master classes, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support expansion of Open Arts Network, a national collective of arts service organizations. The program will add career development training and health insurance information targeted for emerging artists in various urban cities outside New York City.

French Institute Alliance Francaise
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Crossing the Line Festival, featuring emerging artistic practices in the performing, visual, and media arts from France and the U.S. Commissions, residencies, and roundtable discussions will complement the series of performances and exhibitions at the Florence Gould Hall, the FIFA Gallery, and Le Skyroom.

Fund for Women Artists, Inc. (aka WomenArts)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support WomenArts' annual SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now Day), a national celebration of women artists.

Gametophyte, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of Nameless Forest. The collaborative multidisciplinary performance will involve choreographer/video artist Dean Moss, Korean sculptor/poet Sungmyung Chun, photographer Mike Kamber, visual artist Gandalf Gavan, and composer Stephen Vitiello.

Georgia State University Research Foundation (on behalf of Rialto Center for the Arts)
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
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, question-and-answer sessions, master classes, demonstrations, residencies, and audience discussions.

Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre Inc. (aka Digital Performance Institute/DPI)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support DPI's creation of the Performing Arts Database, an online source on performing arts productions and artists. The comprehensive database will contain information on specific productions in opera, music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary arts, including historical data on the practitioners, producers, presenters, and funders. 

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support The Kitchen's Archive Project. Activities will include cataloguing of video and paper archives and re-mastering videotapes to preserve and make accessible the works created and presented during its 30-year history.

Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$33,000
To support the Artist in Residence Project, including the creation and presentation of new works. Artists will receive stipends; allotments for materials, fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$40,000
To support a series of commissioning, presenting, and residency projects at the Myrna Loy Center. Guest artists will create new works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, CT
$10,000
To support the Sunken Garden Poetry and Music Festival. Programming on the summer series will include readings by notable, emerging, and student poets; post-performance "meet-the-poet" opportunities; book signings; and jazz performances.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (on behalf of Villa Victoria Center for the Arts)
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support the Latino Performance Series at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts. Activities will include public performances, school matinees, symposia, jam sessions with students and faculty, workshops, and master classes.

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the creation of the multidisciplinary performance We Are All Africans. Theater artists Jeanne Calvit and Jean Leopold Ngoulou (Congo) will collaborate with composer Aaron Gabriel and Congolese artists with disabilities.

Intermedia Arts of Minnesota, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop. Activities will include aerosol mural production, a dance showcase, a film series, workshops, youth events, panel discussions, and community events.

International Association of Performing Arts for Young People, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the IPAY International Showcase 2011. The networking and artistic activities of the showcase will target arts presenters of youth and family programming and the artists and managers who produce such work.

Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support the Artist Support, Writers, and New Media Gallery Programs. Artists will participate in residencies, workshops, and public presentations involving sound art.

La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural Performance & Community Arts
San Francisco, CA
$19,000
To support an arts training workshop and performance. The workshop will be designed for artists, scholars, and curators and will include professional development activities, instruction on the use of props and costumes, and group discussions.

Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
To support a series of performances for underserved audiences. World music and dance artists will be presented access to affordable ticket prices will be provided for the Latino, Asian, and European communities in the Bronx.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the presentation of the Lincoln Center Festival 2010. Performances will focus on dance, theater, opera, and music from New York City's rich cultural and artistic traditions and those from around the world.

MAPP International Productions Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the development and tour of red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb). In partnership with Youth Speaks, the multimedia performance work conceived by Marc Bamuthi Joseph will include poetry, movement, documentary footage, and music.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
$35,000
To support a series of performances and related residency programs. Project components will include professional development workshops for teachers, literary readings, student performances, workshops, exhibitions, and performances by artists to whom the Maui community otherwise would not have access.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$80,000
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. The project will focus on contemporary work that explores world cultures.

Miami Light Project, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
To support the creation and presentation of Fat Boy. Conceived by writer/director Teo Castellanos; the work will explore world poverty and hunger juxtaposed with issues of over-consumption, waste, and consumerism.

Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
$50,000
To support Peak Performance's presentation of Passport by Robert Whitman; The Matter of Origins by Liz Lerman; and Llámame Mariachi by La Ribot. Works have been selected to demonstrate the current state of boundary-less art, how it evolved, and its impact on the work of current-day artists.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support professional development programs for leaders in the arts education field. Programs will include the National Conference for Community Arts Education and regional events and training sessions in Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), Austin, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver.

National Performance Network, Inc. (aka NPN) (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$55,000
To support an annual meeting forum for artists and presenters to be held in Dallas. Presented in partnership with the South Dallas Cultural Center, the national forum will feature a series of performances created by artists working with NPN throughout its first 25 years.

New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$35,000
To support Blurring the Lines. The project will include the commissioning of new work and outreach activities such as master classes, and post-performance and panel discussions designed to engage audiences.

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute (aka NOCCA Institute)
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
To support the Artists-in-Residence Program. The initiative includes master classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and other activities with visiting artists.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$30,000
To support commissioned artwork for the Turbulence website. The project will provide for the creation, presentation, and distribution of new Internet-based works by nationally recognized artists.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
To support the preservation of Turbulence.org's NET ART Commissions Archive. In partnership with Cornell University's Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, a catalogue will be created during the migration from server to DVD-ROM.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (on behalf of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' documentation and preservation of significant dance and theater performances and oral histories by notable performing artists. Performances and oral histories will be recorded, and deteriorating oral history material will be conserved.

Open Channels New York, Inc. (aka Dixon Place)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Dixon Place's Mondo Cane, a program of commissioning and performances at Dixon Place. The project comprises residencies, mentorships, free rehearsal and performance space, workshops, technical assistance, and marketing and publicity support.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the community event Life is Living and the presentation of red, black, and GREEN: a blues (rbGb). The event will celebrate hip-hop and engage the community in a forum on environmental awareness and building sustainable neighborhoods.

Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, Inc. (aka PASA)
Lafayette, LA
$11,000
To support PASA's series of performances at the Heymann Performing Arts Center. Artists will participate in residency activities such as workshops, master classes, and lectures.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of recently staged performances. A world premiere based on Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises will be adapted and performed by New York-based theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service and the Philadelphia premiere of Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão's latest work will be performed by his company Grupo de Rua, H3.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, OR
$50,000
To support the Time Based Art Festival and related educational activities. The eight-day festival will feature local, national, and international artists working in dance, theater, music, visual art, film, and multidisciplinary forms.

Pros Arts Studio
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support Muertos de la Risa (Dying of Laughter). The multidisciplinary festival celebrates the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday with myriad arts events.

QCC-The Center for LGBT Art & Culture
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a capacity-building professional development program for emerging Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender arts organizations and artists. The center will offer workshops for artists and organizations proposing to present works at the annual National Queer Arts Festival.

Reg Lenna Civic Center, Inc.
Jamestown, NY
$20,000
To support the Chautauqua Grooves Project involving rhythm-based artists and ensembles in performances and workshop activities. The project will feature spoken-word performers Mayhem Poets, steel drummer and calypso performer Andy Narell, and Jim Donovan and Drum the Ecstatic.

Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support Amp it up! In partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the arts-based program will use visual art, spoken word, storytelling, dance, and theater to educate youth about HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (on behalf of UCLA Live)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
To support the International Theater Festival presented by UCLA Live. Performances will feature artists and ensembles that extend the boundaries of theater by using unique combinations of media and innovative approaches to historic literary and dramatic texts.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$30,000
To support artist residencies at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. Artists will use the center's facilities to create works investigating the intersection of art, media, technology, and science.

San Francisco Performances, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support the presentation of chamber music, instrumental recitals, jazz, and contemporary dance. Related workshops and lectures will help audiences increase their understanding and enjoyment of the live performances.

Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$50,000
To support Art in the Community. Artists will participate in performances, workshops, master classes, lectures, discussions, radio interviews , and school residencies.

Shunpike Arts Collective
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the expansion of the Partner Artists program, offereing basic administrative platforms to arts organizations.

Spacetaker
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the Artist Resource Center (ARC) Professional Development Services for artists and arts organization in Texas. Services include workshops, a computer lab for conducting classes on web technology and software utilization, and the Houston Artist Field Guide.

Squonk Opera, Inc.
Turtle Creek, PA
$15,000
To support touring of Astro-rama, an outdoor performance of special effects. Performances will be installed at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center (Long Beach), the College of Saint Benedict/St. John's University (Minneapolis), and a site in the Mid-Atlantic (to be determined).

St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc. (aka St. Ann's Warehouse)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
To support the Puppet, Rods, and Strings Series at St. Ann's Warehouse. Project activities will include the International Toy Theater Festival and Temporary Toy Theater Museum, the Puppet Lab, and Labapalooza.

theater et al inc. (aka The Chocolate Factory)
Long Island City, NY
$20,000
To support artist residencies at the Chocolate Factory Theater. Residencies ranging in duration from one to eight weeks will provide artists the opportunity to create new multidisciplinary work.

Town Hall Association (aka Town Hall Seattle)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support the Global Rhythms series. Traditional and international artists will perform in concerts and participate in lecture-demonstrations, classes at local high schools, panel discussions, and mini-performances at community centers.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support a series of theater, dance, and music presentations at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The project will include theater residencies, performances by established and emerging jazz musicians, and traditional dance and world music programs.

University of Iowa (on behalf of Hancher Auditorium)
Iowa City, IA
$25,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of The Tomáš Kubínek Symphony Project. The project will culminate in a statewide tour of the work, in partnership with the Cedar Rapids Symphony/Orchestra Iowa.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
Lawrence, KS
$30,000
To support Explorations in Art and Science: The Search for Beginning and Meaning, a series presented at the Lied Center of Kansas. Programs will explore human interaction with science through performance presentations, community conversations, and residency activities.

University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$50,000
To support the American Icons in Translation project at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Participating artists will explore the translation, re-imagining, or restaging of rarely seen classic American works.

University of Nebraska at Lincoln (on behalf of Lied Center for Performing Arts)
Lincoln, NE
$25,000
To support a series of performances and educational activities at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts. The project will investigate new perspectives on diversity through music, dance, and visual arts presentations and outreach activities such as workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes.

University of Washington (on behalf of UW World Series)
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support performances and educational activities by international artists presented by the UW World Series. Performers from the United States, India, and Senegal will provide audiences with opportunities to experience unique traditions and diverse art forms.

Vera Project (aka Vera)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support a series of music performances, film screenings, and exhibitions targeting teens and young adults. Presentations will include volunteer opportunities for young adults to gain hands-on production experience.

Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$70,000
To support Creative Connections, a residency to create and present large-scale works on site. All artists will take part in public programs such as lecture-demonstrations, open rehearsals, workshops, readings, panel discussions, and school performances.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations
Portland, OR
$35,000
To support the redesigning and enhancement of the website, newsletter, and brand. A communications consultant will create a new visual identity and design standard for print and electronic media, including logo, letterhead, and such online components as WAA News and the newsletter Western Ways.

Wexner Center Foundation (aka Wexner Center for the Arts)
Columbus, OH
$50,000
To support an artist residency program at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Artists will receive technical and professional services that will enable them to create, complete, and present works in the performing and media arts.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support the African Consortium. In partnership with Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, the international exchange initiative is designed to create a new level of artistic collaboration between artists and arts organizations and develop cultural dialogue between the United States and African countries.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support Big Ideas, a series of multidisciplinary performances, film screenings, and exhibitions. The programs of film, visual, and performance work will be presented in conjunction with curatorial themes that aim to contextualize the series.

Young Audiences of Maryland, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
To support the expansion of the Access for All Opportunity Program. Performing and visual arts activities will reach youth and families in rural communities across Maryland.

Youth in Arts
San Rafael, CA
$15,000
To support the creation of A Day in the Life of Señor Calavera. The piece will include aspects of Mexican culture, music, video, and dance, forming a lively educational performance for children.

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