FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings
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Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
TENNESSEE
ArtsMemphis
Memphis, TN
$48,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Audience Development Initiative (ADI) to develop the long-term sustainability of the arts in the greater Memphis community. The multi-faceted ADI will include workshops on audience development, an improved ticketing system, website enhancement, and the production of videos featuring local artists to be broadcast on ArtsMemphis's website and populated through YouTube. Ballet Memphis Corporation
Memphis, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of AbunDance: Make a Joyful Noise, a series of dances based on vocal sounds. The works will be choreographed by Trey McIntyre, Jane Comfort, Robert Battle, and Petr Zahradnicek. Belcourt Theatre, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of a curated film series and related visiting artist discussion program. More than 100 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 40,000 people. Jubilee Community Arts, Inc. (aka The Laurel Theater)
Knoxville, TN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support traditional music programming in a weekly concert series and at the annual Jubilee Festival. Engaging performers on stage and in the field, Jubilee Community Arts works to promote, preserve, and present the traditional performing arts of the southern Appalachians. Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the new choreographic adaption of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by artistic director Paul Vasterling. The work will premiere at the Polk Theater of Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Nashville Film Festival
Nashville, TN
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 41st Nashville Film Festival. The event features student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films, and experimental work. Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support Nashville Opera On Tour. The series of initiatives and programs will be customized to reach specific audiences. Opera Memphis, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In addition to the performances, the company will produce a live, admission-free simulcast at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park. Rose Center & Council for the Arts, Inc.
Morristown, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the creation of architectural studies and designs for the Rose School, home to the Rose Center & Council for the Arts. The council will work with the East Tennessee Design Center to develop plans for the continued preservation and use of the building, which was built in 1892 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tennessee State University (Consortium)
Nashville, TN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support 105 Voices of History (VOH)/HBCU Conductors Institute for choral conductors. Administered in partnership with Partners Achieving Success CDC, Inc., the professional training activity will include a performance by the 105 Voices of History National Choir held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Zero Energy House symposium series. The series will convene regional architects, artists, craftsmen, tradespeople, historians, and engineers in a dialogue about the history and future of vernacular architecture of the Appalachian region.
Number of Grants: 11 Total Amount: $189,500
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