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FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst College (on behalf of Folger Shakespeare Library)
Amherst, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Folger Theatre's production of Henry VIII directed by Robert Richmond. In conjunction with the production, the Folger Shakespeare Library will mount a major exhibition on the reign of King Henry VIII featuring original artifacts including books, manuscripts, and handwritten letters.

Angkor Dance Troupe, Inc.
Lowell, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Outreach to Communities Project. The project will present a full performance of classical and folk Cambodian dance to underserved communities in Massachusetts.

Artists for Humanity, Inc.
Boston, MA
$70,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Youth-Run Arts Micro-Enterprise, a visual arts education program. Through paid apprenticeships, underserved youth will receive studio instruction in painting, photography, and web design.

Arts Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of the ArtsBoston.org and BosTix.org websites. These strategic online initiatives will provide the public with greater access to information about arts activities in the region at affordable ticket prices.

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, Inc.
Dorchester, MA
$8,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music, Poetry, and American Identity, a concert and associated educational activities. The performance will feature songs with texts by poet Carl Sandburg and instrumental works by composers Ruth Crawford Seeger, Leon Kirchner, Samuel Barber, Alec Wilder, and Charles Ives.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc. (aka AIR)
Dorchester, MA
$72,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Virtual Air, a series of web-based services for independent radio producers. Activities will include enhancing the organization's website to provide AIR's members with its information services, membership directory, and other related programs.

Atlantic Public Media Inc (aka APM)
Woods Hole, MA
$37,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.

Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School (aka BArT Charter Public School)
Adams, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Arts Across the Curriculum. Through residencies, workshops, and other professional development activities, middle and high school students will be involved in rigorous arts learning, while teachers simultaneously address learning standards in social studies and science.

Berkshire Theatre Festival, Inc. (aka BTF)
Stockbridge, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the annual BTF PLAYS! community production. Artistic Associate E. Gray Simons III and Associate Director Travis G. Daly will direct community members in Willy Wonka, a musical with lyrics and music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.

Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a conference and related publication. The conference will engage educators and practitioners in developing new strategies for design education and design practice.

Boston Children's Chorus, Inc.
Boston, MA
$17,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Seeds to Song project. A new choir, Choral Union, will be created and will provide weekly music training to a diverse group of middle and high school students who possess vocal talent but little or no training in music theory.

Boston Cultural Council
Boston, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a muralist-in-residence program. Selected muralists will work with area youth to create original works for installation throughout Boston.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Malden, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support recordings of works by American composers. The world premiere releases of orchestral works by composers Lewis Spratlan, Steven Stucky, and Wayne Peterson will be recorded on three separate discs.

Boston Musica Viva, Inc.
Somerville, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concerts of chamber works by American composers with related educational activities. Repertoire will include works by composers Martin Brody, Stephen Hartke, Lee Hyla, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Boston University
Boston, MA
$80,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists Orchestra and Young Artists Wind Ensemble programs. Students will receive extensive, rigorous instrumental music training, including individual instruction, master classes, and performance opportunities.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
Boston, MA
$72,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Intensive Community Program. Targeted for inner-city and minority youth, the program offers a two-week summer music workshop, followed by weekly music lessons, ensemble classes, and performance opportunities during the school year.

Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and presentation of the dance work Ellis Island, choreographed by Anna Sokolow in 1976. The work will be staged on the Bridgewater State College dance students as part of the annual spring dance concert Dance Kaleidoscope.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Nancy Kelly. Stories to Tell follows the creation of a play at Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production costs for a documentary by Nancy Kates. Regarding Susan Sontag will be a portrait of the late writer and critic (1933-2004).

City of Springfield, MA, Public School District
Springfield, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Springfield Public School's Explorations in Latin Cultures. Teaching artists will collaborate with classroom teachers to incorporate Puerto Rican and Mexican visual arts, dance, and music into the first- through eighth-grade curriculum at Zanetti Montessori School.

Five Colleges, Inc.
Amherst, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of Merce Cunningham's Events on the student dancers of the Five College Dance department. The project will include a collaboration with Five College composers, visual artists, designers, and art museums.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by young classical musicians ages eight to 18.

Grub Street, Inc.
Boston, MA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support half-priced writing workshops for aspiring writers in reduced financial circumstances. The workshops will be publicized on subways and buses throughout the city of Boston and on job search websites such as monster.com and idealist.com.

Harvard University (on behalf of Harvard Art Museum)
Cambridge, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Engaging New Americans: Explorations in Art, Self, and our Democratic Heritage. The gallery-based education program will provide classes that incorporate the principles of object-based teaching, up-close engagement with original works of art, and key lessons from American civics and history.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (on behalf of Villa Victoria Center for the Arts)
Boston, MA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Latino Performance Series at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts. Activities will include public performances, school matinees, symposia, jam sessions with students and faculty, workshops, and master classes.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Room Views: Conversations at the Gardner. The program is designed to deepen visitors' connection to the historic museum through dialogue with contemporary artists, curators, and scholars.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the recreation of works by jazz dance choreographer Jack Cole (1911-74). The project includes restaging a Cole work on pre-professional dance students attending The School at Jacob's Pillow along with a variety of educational outreach activities.

Learning By Design in Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Architecture: Learning by Design. Using Boston architecture as a basis for observation and study, a core group of teachers and designers will plan and execute a series of professional development workshops for kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers from underserved area schools.

Longy School of Music, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music by Design, an outreach program for youth and seniors. Activities will include an in-school enrichment program for public schools, an after-school music program, a singing program for seniors, and a family concert series.

Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Boston, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of an adaptation of Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a play with music by David Edgar, with music and lyrics by Stephen Oliver. The production will be directed by Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
$42,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Summer Studios, an intensive summer visual arts program. Scholarship opportunities will be expanded to nearly 25 underserved youth in the Boston, Lawrence, and Lynn Public School Districts in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Cultural Council
Boston, MA
$1,016,100
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a festival of American chamber music featuring a residency by Bang on a Can. The New York City-based ensemble will perform concerts and recitals in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries and performance venues in North Adams.

Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc.
Gardner, MA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the High School Arts Collaborative Project. Art teachers from rural central Massachusetts will receive free hands-on instruction from professional artists in visual arts methods, techniques, and media.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (aka MFA, Boston)
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the American Collection in the newly constructed American wing. Designed by architectural firm Foster and Partners, the new American wing will provide revitalized exhibition space for the museum's collection of important American paintings and decorative objects.

New England Foundation for the Arts
Boston, MA
$1,224,700
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka New Rep)
Watertown, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support New Rep On Tour. The program will bring adaptations of classic plays to high school students throughout Massachusetts.

Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.
Boston, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Access to Theatre. Youth (ages 13 to 24) with and without disabilities will learn from artists in after-school and summer performing arts drama, prose and poetry, visual arts, and music programs, workshops, and leadership opportunities.

Project STEP, Inc.
Boston, MA
$38,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the String Training and Educational Program (STEP). The program provides comprehensive, instrumental music training and prepares gifted minority students for serious study in classical music.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Art on the Edge, a free community-based arts immersion program. The project will provide opportunities for middle school-aged youth to interpret and discuss original works of art, create their own work, and write about their experiences as viewers and makers of visual art.

Shakespeare & Company, Inc.
Lenox, MA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, a theater arts residency program. The series of classroom and after-school sessions will focus on a language-based exploration of a Shakespearean play through master classes, rehearsals, text analysis, and student performances.

Upham's Corner Community Center (aka Bird Street Community Center)
Dorchester, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Youth Arts Entrepreneurship program at the Bird Street Community Center. Local artists and arts organizations will provide teens classes in video production, glass blowing, fashion design, and dance during a summer and after-school program.

UrbanArts, Inc.
Boston, MA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the URBANO Project, the Teen Curatorial Program, and Artists' Workshops. The UrbanArts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design will partner with the URBANO Project to support these two projects that were formerly supported and housed by the Cloud Foundation at Cloud Place.

Vineyard Playhouse Company, Inc.
Vineyard Haven, MA
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Fourth Grade Theater Project. Students learn all aspects of theater production both in and after school. The program includes classroom visits with professional artists who teach basic elements of scriptwriting and hands-on experience at the theater with technical and administrative professionals, and culminates in four performances of an original script.

WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support The WGBH Lab. Established in 2003, The Lab uses an open call to invite filmmakers to create content that is aligned with PBS broadcast initiatives.

Williams College (Consortium)
Williamstown, MA
$95,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Kidspace, a visual arts education program. Designed in conjunction with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the program will offer students the opportunity to study and make visual art under the direction of professional artists and will provide numerous professional development opportunities for teachers.

Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc. (aka Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Williamstown, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support pre-professional training programs and education and community outreach initiatives. Artistic Director Nicholas Martin will direct programs to develop new artists and new audiences.

Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Teen Artists @ WAM. The project is designed to engage adolescents in the appreciation, understanding, and creation of art through direct exposure to art and professional working artists.

Yard, Inc. (Consortium)
Chilmark, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the completion and presentation of The Othello Project, an evening-length, guided exploration of José Limón's The Moor's Pavane. In partnership with the José Limón Dance Company, this multidisciplinary collaboration incorporates excerpts from Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi's Otello, alongside the Pavane, which will be performed in full by members of the Limón Dance Company.


Number of Grants: 49          Total Amount: $3,871,300

 
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