FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence |
Challenge America Fast-Track Grants |
Literature Fellowships (Prose)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
CONNECTICUT
Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc.
Bridgeport, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Percussive Arts Society Chapter Day, a series of concerts and master percussion classes. The project will allow local student musicians to interact with national and international artists. Artists under consideration include drummer Joe Morello and Peruvian jazz artist Alex Acuña. Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc. (aka Long Wharf Theatre)
New Haven, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Lil's 90th by Darci Picoult. The The Long Wharf Theatre production will be directed by Jo Bonney. Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc.
Waterford, CT
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference. The project will include the creation and development of new plays and musical theater works. Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc. (aka Goodspeed Musicals)
East Haddam, CT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and world premiere of BAND GEEKS! with book by Tommy Newman and Gordon Greenberg and music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, Mark Allen, and Tommy Newman. Gordon Greenberg will direct the production in the Norma Terris Theatre with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Hartford Stage Company, Inc. (aka Hartford Stage)
Hartford, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, adapted for the stage by playwright Laura Eason. Associate Artistic Director Jeremy Cohen will direct. Judy Dworin Performance Project Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support In This House, a multidisciplinary project exploring the history of the Hempstead House, built in 1678. Artists will include set designer Michael Bezrudczyk, graphic designer John Alves, lighting designer Blu, composer Leslie Bird, and a cappella gospel singers Women of the Cross. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Shifting Patterns: Eastern and Western Cultural Influences in Contemporary American Music. Composers-in-residence Jin Hi Kim and Augusta Read Thomas will be involved with school residencies, chamber music concerts, and performances of commissioned chamber works. Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled Assembly Required. The creative team of seven dancers and two artistic directors will collaborate with graphic novelist Art Spiegelman, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus. Real Art Ways, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Step Up 2010, an exhibition series and catalogues featuring the work of emerging artists in New York state and New England. A jury of artists and curators will select artists for solo exhibitions. Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series. The series will feature performances, residency activities, and master classes in contemporary dance. Wilhelm, Vinnie
Guilford, CT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
Yale University (on behalf of Yale Rep)
New Haven, CT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Compulsion by Rinne Groff. Oscar Eustis will direct the piece in a co-production between the Yale Rep and New York's Public Theater.
Number of Grants: 12 Total Amount: $305,000
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