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.

MISSISSIPPI

Columbus Arts Council, Inc.
Columbus, MS
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by the African Children's Choir. As part of the Council's Young People's Artist Series, the choir will perform and participate in pre- or post-performance discussions with audience members drawn from Columbus, Lowndes County, and the surrounding area.

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an education outreach program for K-12 students in Moss Point, Mississippi, a community impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Program activities will engage students, teachers, and administrators in Moss Point public schools in a curriculum development process using issues of sustainability and the city's redevelopment.

Number of Grants: 2          Total Amount: $35,000

 
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