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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.

TEXAS

Abilene Arts Alliance
Abilene, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Artfully Abilene, a marketing initiative for the City of Abilene. The initiative will be comprised of several components including a quarterly magazine, e-marketing, airport exhibitions, and collaborative projects with the Abilene Convention and Visitors Council. Arts organizations such as the Grace Museum, the Center for Contemporary Art, the Paramount Theatre, and Abilene Philharmonic, as well as local individual artists, will benefit from the initiative.

Alley Theatre
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Intelligence Slave by Kenneth Lin.

Amarillo Art Center Association (aka Amarillo Museum of Art)
Amarillo, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the exhibit Rock On! The Art of the Music Poster from the 60s and 70s. On loan from the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art's Mark del Costello Collection, the exhibition will include more than 100 vintage offset lithographs inspired by musical icons of the 1960s and 1970s.

Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Beaumont, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a residency and exhibition, Rusty Scruby: Playing in the Sand. During the residency, Scruby will install his work and interact with the students participating in the museum's Art After School and Odom Academy's Junior Docent programs.

Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio)
San Antonio, TX
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, work space, technical assistance, transportation costs, and a stipend for a two-month residency.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of several curated film and video series. More than 80 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 18,000 people.

Austin Lyric Opera
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of L'Etoile (The Star), by Emmanuel Chabrier. Education and outreach activities will accompany the performances.

Austin Lyric Opera (Consortium)
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of the chamber opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, by composer Michael Nyman. In partnership with the Austin Chamber Music Center, the production will be part of the Austin Chamber Music Society's Annual Festival.

Badgerdog Literary Publishing, Inc. (on behalf of American Short Fiction)
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of the quarterly journal American Short Fiction. The journal also will publish short stories exclusively on its website, updated monthly.

Ballet Austin, Incorporated (aka Ballet Austin)
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the New American Talent/Dance, a juried choreographic competition. Emerging choreographers KT Nelson, Dominic Walsh, and Nelly Van Bomme will create and premiere a new work.

Center for Women & Their Work (aka Women & Their Work)
Austin, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a series of solo exhibitions for young and emerging women artists of Texas. The exhibitions will be accompanied by catalogues, educational programs, and outreach activities.

City of Austin, Texas (on behalf of Cultural Arts Division)
Austin, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a workshop and speaker series that will culminate in a conference. The workshop and speaker series targets Austin nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Benjamin Patterson: Born in the State of FLUX/us with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Patterson (b. 1934), was the only African American founding member of the 1960's art movement known as Fluxus.

Da Camera Society of Texas
Houston, TX
$16,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of chamber music concerts. Seven concert presentations with related educational activities are planned by artists including the Brentano, Diotima, and St. Lawrence String Quartets; cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton; and pianist and Artistic Director Sarah Rotherberg.

Dallas Children's Theater, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of Hard 2 Spel Dad, a new play for young adults by playwrights Linda Daugherty and Mary Rohde Scudday. The play will dramatize the conflicts and problems arising from dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena. Accompanying outreach activities will include lectures, panel discussions with the artists, and a radio broadcast on Classical WRR-FM.

Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commissioning and premiere of a new work by Danish organist and composer Poul Ruders and a presentation of Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto with related educational activities. The new work by Ruders will be a concerto for organ and orchestra and will feature Mary Preston, the symphony's resident organist as soloist.

Dallas Theater Center
Dallas, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a revival of It's a Bird. . . It's a Plane. . . It's Superman with music and lyrics by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams. Using original songs from the 1966 Broadway musical, the production will be re-envisioned with a new book by playwright and comic book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies in a program titled Discover Dance. Each company will be presented in a residency, offering a variety of education and outreach activities.

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
San Antonio, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Arte es Vida Westside Cultural Grounding Project. Activities will aim to revitalize San Antonio's Westside community life by organizing and presenting public events, concerts, dance performances, and workshops that will engage community members in cultural activities stemming from that neighborhood's historical highlights.

Fort Worth Opera Association, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the world premiere of Before Night Falls, by composer Jorge Martín with a libretto by Martin and Dolores M. Koch. The artistic team will include conductor Joseph Illick, stage director David Gately, set designer Riccardo Hernandez, and costume designer Claudia Stephens.

FotoFest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support FotoFest 2010. The biennial photography festival includes exhibitions, symposia, workshops, artist portfolio reviews, and a catalogue.

Glasstire
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support critical writing for the online resource Glasstire. Exhibition reviews, artist interviews, and features will be commissioned for this online resource dedicated to the visual arts in Texas.

Globe of the Great Southwest, Inc.
Odessa, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a production of Shakespeare's King Lear, a component of the Southwest Shakespeare Festival. Student matinees will be followed by question-and-answer sessions with the cast.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
Houston, TX
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support printing expenses, website development, and artist fees for the journal Gulf Coast. The project also will include a free reading series, a literary contest, and a small press journal and book fair.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of George Balanchine's Ballo della Regina and the world premiere of a new work by Houston Ballet associate choreographer Christopher Bruce. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center.

Houston Center for Photography
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support publication of the journal Spot and related outreach efforts. Each issue will be guest-edited and will feature the work of promising photographers.

Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Puccini's Tosca. Educational components will include pre-performance lectures, teacher workshop events, and lecture presentations.

Houston Institute for Culture
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support A Gulf Coast Juneteenth. The project will feature concerts of African American traditional music to celebrate the anniversary of the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in 19th-century Texas.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Planets: An HD Odyssey. With recent high definition photography from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's fleet of planetary space probes projected above the stage, Holst's The Planets will be performed.

International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 10th Annual International Accordion Festival. The festival is designed to celebrate the instrument's local identity and global reach and to preserve and present accordion traditions of ethnic, regional, and national cultures.

Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support ReMixed and RePolished, a series of four original shows from the company's production history as part of its 25th anniversary season. The works will be restaged with the addition of new material and a re-envisioning of the original concepts.

Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Dallas, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 12th annual New Works Festival. The project includes a mainstage production of a new work, staged readings, and a series of staged readings of short plays by high school students.

Lubbock Arts Alliance, Inc.
Lubbock, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a marketing plan for the Lubbock Cultural District (LCD). The promotion of activities by organizations within the LCD such as the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, the Wells Fargo Amphitheater, and the Buddy Holly Center will be targeted to reach the Hispanic community and cultural tourists.

Menil Foundation, Inc. (aka The Menil Collection)
Houston, TX
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Ancestors of the Lake: Art from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will highlight a group of figurative sculptures collected in New Guinea in the early 20th century.

Mexic-Arte (aka Mexic-Arte Museum)
Austin, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Young Latino Artists In Retrospect. The exhibition will feature current work by artists who have participated in this annual exhibition over the years.

Mid Texas Symphony Society, Inc.
Seguin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances and related activities by the Romero Quartet. Performances will be held at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin and the Byron P. Steele II High School in Cibolo. Related activities will include a guitar master class and open dress rehearsal.

Moore, Alison
Driftwood, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (on behalf of Glassel School of Art)
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Core Residency Program. The program provides one- and two-year residencies for artists and art scholars who have completed their studies and are in the early stages of their professional careers.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition of the work of American artist Alice Neel (1900-1984), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will trace the evolution of Neel's style and examine the themes she revisited throughout her career.

Packer, ZZ
Austin, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. The project's three components include installation opportunities for artists in shotgun-style row houses, a summer studio program for students, and the participation of artists in a public art project.

Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc.
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of The Territory. As the longest-running showcase of media art in the United States, the public television series presents independent film and video works to more than one million viewers per year throughout Texas.

University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Público Press)
Houston, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support publication and promotion of anthologies celebrating the 30th anniversary of the press. The anthologies will feature previously published poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction celebrating the best of Arte Público Press.

University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of University of Texas Press)
Austin, TX
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the acquisition, publication, promotion, and distribution of English-language translations. The University of Texas Press is an international press, dedicated to publishing English-language translations of literature from all over the world with a specific focus on Latin America and the Middle East.

University of Texas at El Paso (on behalf of Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Art Center)
El Paso, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Mexico 2010: 100 Years After the Revolution. The multi-faceted project at the Stanlee and Geraldine Rubin Art Center will include exhibitions, a new media seminar, and a site-specific projection/installation.

Video Association of Dallas, Inc. (aka VideoFest)
Dallas, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support VideoFest 23. The event will present independent, alternative, and non-commercial media to an audience of approximately 8,000 people.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 10th Annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The Tapestry Dance Company project will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities.

VORTEX Repertory Company
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a musical theatre adaptation of Sleeping Beauty by award-winning artists Bonnie Cullum and Content Love Knowles. Originally created and debuted in 2005, the production will feature new music and revised script and score.

Waco Cultural Arts Fest
Waco, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the installation of site-specific outdoor sculptures by Patrick Dougherty. The artist will work with community volunteers during a month-long residency to realize three works of woven and twisted tree saplings along a five mile stretch of the Brazos River to include downtown Waco, Baylor University, and the North Waco neighborhood of Cameron Park.


Number of Grants: 50          Total Amount: $1,283,500

 
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