FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings
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COLORADO
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation (aka ) (on behalf of ) ( )
Snowmass Village , CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
To support an artist residency program. Visual and media artists will receive studio space, equipment and materials, meals, housing, travel, and exhibition opportunities. Aspen Ballet Company & School (aka Aspen Santa Fe Ballet)
Aspen, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's national tour. In addition to performances, touring activities will include master classes and open rehearsals with local dance schools and universities. Aspen Film
Aspen, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 19th Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased. Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek
Vail, CO
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 23rd annual Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, open rehearsals, public workshops, the Young Artists Program, and educational outreach concerts. Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Three Decembers, by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. Based on an original text by playwright Terrence McNally, the musical theater work combines spoken text, soloists, and ensembles accompanied by an onstage chamber orchestra. Colorado Ballet Company
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a new work choreographed by Brian Reeder, and the acquisition of Antony Tudor's Echoing of Trumpets. The ballets will be performed as part of a mixed repertory program at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Colorado Film Society (aka Boulder International Film Festival)
Boulder, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 6th Boulder International Film Festival. Held in February, the Cleveland Film Society will present more than 50 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of 15,000. Colorado Humanities
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Authors in Community program. Colorado Book Award-winning authors will conduct readings in rural communities in eastern and southern Colorado. Colorado State University (on behalf of Colorado Review)
Fort Collins, CO
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication and promotion of the Colorado Review. The journal will offer free subscriptions to 150 rural public libraries. Colorado Symphony Association
Denver, CO
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of John Adam's On the Transmigration of Souls with related educational activities. Three performances of the work are planned together with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Curious Theatre Company
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Home By Dark, a new play by Denver playwright Terry Dodd. The production will be directed by Jamie Horton. Denver Center for the Performing Arts (aka Denver Center Theatre)
Denver, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of a commissioned adaptation of Eventide by Eric Schmiedl based on the novel by Kent Haruf. Artistic Director Kent Thompson will direct the Denver Center Theatre production, which will be accompanied by educational and outreach activities. Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 33rd Denver International Film Festival. The event will present more than 150 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of more than 45,000 people. International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Inc.
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Indigenous Film and Arts Festival. In conjunction with the festival, after-school film screenings will be held at American Indian youth centers. PlatteForum (Consortium)
Denver, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
To support an interdisciplinary artist residency for visual artists and writers. In collaboration with the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, artists will complete a residency in tandem with Denver's 2010 Biennial of the Americas: In Good We Trust. Su Teatro
Denver, CO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of Raw-Dios: Behind the Pigpen in the Morning, a play by Oakland, California, theater company headRush. Related activities will include theater workshops for students affiliated with the College Assistance Migrant Program and a Chicano Theater Summit targeted toward individuals ages 15 to 22. University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 40th Annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. Proposed performers include NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra; The Idea of North, an Australian a cappella vocal quartet; and drummers Jeff Hamilton, Jake Hanna, and John Von Ohlen in a concert tribute to bandleader Woody Herman.
Number of Grants: 17 Total Amount: $227,500
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