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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.

NORTH CAROLINA

Alleghany County Schools (aka Junior Appalachian Musicians)
Sparta, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Junior Appalachian Musicians. The project will provide after-school classes in Appalachian traditional folk music and dance to students in third through eighth grades in Alleghany County, and professional development for the teaching artists.

Appalachian State University (on behalf of Appalachian Summer Festival)
Boone, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support An Appalachian Summer Festival. Music, dance, theater, film, and visual arts presentations will be complemented by education and outreach activities.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$45,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of three obscure works: A la Francaix, Minkus Pas de Trois, and Glinka Pas de Trois by choreographer George Balanchine. The works will be performed at the Fletcher Opera Theater and the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.

Design Corps (Consortium)
Raleigh, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Hollygrove Design Initiative. The project will be implemented in partnership with AARP's Livable Communities Initiative pilot project in the Hollygrove neighborhood in New Orleans.

Dreams of Wilmington, Inc. (aka DREAMS Center for Arts Education)
Wilmington, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Then and Now: Exploring Traditional and Contemporary Folk Art in the Carolinas. Led by professional teaching artists, students will learn traditional art forms that evolved across the Carolinas.

Duke University
Durham, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Sin Fronteras: Duke-Durham Cross-Cultural Initiative. The year-long series of performances and residencies will engage the local Latino community and university students.

East Carolina University (Consortium)
Greenville, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the seventh annual Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming. The year-long program of events will feature artists who are from, live in, and/or write about the region.

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
Winston-Salem, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of American chamber music, a residency with composer William Bolcom, and outreach performances by festival student musicians. Performances will take place at the Southwick Music Complex Recital Hall of the University of Vermont.

Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc
North Wilkesboro, NC
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support professional development and support services to bluegrass and old-time music and dance teaching instructors. Through workshops, consultations, and web-based resources, the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Support Center will support musicians and staff members in three states.

Mint Museum of Art, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the education programs for the museum's Family Gallery. The Family Gallery at the Mint Museum Uptown will provide an introduction to the museum's permanent collections through creative collaborative play in an interactive learning environment.

Mint Museum of Art, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections, with accompanying catalogue. Highlighting Bearden's (1911-1988) exploration of his native South, the exhibition will include approximately 75 collages, paintings, watercolors, and prints.

North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$1,048,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Infrastructure Program. The project will continue support for staff positions and facilitate folklife research and archival projects across the state.

North Carolina Folklife Institute (Consortium)
Durham, NC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the North Carolina Heritage Arts Initiative: Warren, Vance, and Halifax Counties. In collaboration with the Warren County Memorial Library, the project will research, document, and present traditional artists and their art from northeastern North Carolina.

Penland School of Crafts, Inc. (Consortium)
Penland, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Teaching Artist in the Schools program. In partnership with Michell County Public Schools, more than 500 children will experience outstanding arts instruction from Penland-affiliated craft artists.

Reynolda House, Inc. (aka Reynolda House Museum of American Art)
Winston-Salem, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the first phase of an online collections management project. The project includes the purchase of a collections management software system, cataloguing and documentation, and digital photographic documentation of the collection.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of Playmakers Repertory Company)
Chapel Hill, NC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a production of Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. The Playmakers Repertory Company production will be directed by Artistic Director Joseph Haj, with musical direction by Jack Herrick of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of Martha Graham's 1931 ballet, Primitive Mysteries, on the UNC Charlotte Dance Ensemble. The project will include dance performances and demonstrations in inner city public schools, public performances at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, master classes, and a professional development workshop for dance teachers.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the continued development and expansion of the website Accelerated Motion Towards a New Dance Literacy in America. The website will provide additional interactive educational materials (modules) that explore the social and cultural questions related to the study, practice, and performance of dance.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $1,571,300

 
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