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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.

OREGON

Caldera (aka Camp Caldera)
Portland, OR
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Art & Design, a visual arts education program. Students will learn basic principles of design and then implement the principles in a variety of graphic design projects including product design, fashion design, advertising, magazine layout, and architecture.

Clarion Foundation
Eugene, OR
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support artist instructor fees for the 2010 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop. Scheduled instructors include Delia Sherman, George R. R. Martin, Dale Bailey, Kathleen Alcala, Jeff VanderMeer, and Ann Kennedy.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. The company will present repertory pieces as well as education programs.

Fishtrap, Inc.
Enterprise, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Serving Writers in the Northwest, a series of programs that brings Western authors in contact with audiences in Wallowa County, Oregon, and the greater Northwest region. The series will include multi-genre writing workshops, residencies, lectures, themed readings and discussions, and classroom activities.

Literary Arts, Inc.
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Oregon Book Awards & Author Tour. Winners and finalists will be presented during readings at libraries, bookstores, and community organizations throughout the state.

Media Working Group, Inc.
Portland, OR
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Helen De Michiel. Open Mouths Open Minds will examine the school lunch initiative in Berkeley, California.

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$817,900
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Oregon Public Broadcasting (aka OPB)
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support research and script development for the documentary film series Superheroes by Michael Kantor. The series will explore the history of the comic book and the evolution of its main characters.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association (Consortium)
Ashland, OR
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a company-devised, site-specific work. In partnership with the United Way of Jackson County, the theater will work to engage a broad cross-section of the local community in the development and production of 76 by Michael Rohd.

Painted Sky, Inc.
Portland, OR
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Painted Sky Northstar Moveo Dance Company. The project will use traditional Native American music and dance to educate youth about their culture and heritage.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (aka PICA) (Consortium)
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance artists John Jasperse and Jerome Bel. In partnership with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the presentations will take place at the Time-Based Art Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the Philadelphia Live Art Festival in Philadelphia.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, OR
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Time Based Art Festival and related educational activities. The eight-day festival will feature local, national, and international artists working in dance, theater, music, visual art, film, and multidisciplinary forms.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland, OR
$35,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of the Wooster Group's There is Still Time...Brother (2007), an installation/performance work. Activities of this project will be part of the 2010 Time-Based Art Festival at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Portland Symphonic Girlchoir Association
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Living Composers Music Project. Students will participate in weekly rehearsals in five progressive choirs, focusing on technique and performance of new repertoire.

Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the restoration of the sculpture Leland #1. The Cor-Ten steel and porcelain enamel sculpture was designed and fabricated in 1975 by Northwest artist Lee Kelly in collaboration with his late wife Bonnie Bronson.

Society of North American Goldsmiths (aka SNAG)
Eugene, OR
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support professional development activities to coincide with SNAG's annual conference. A three-pronged comprehensive program has been designed and will be launched at the 2011 conference in Seattle.

Sojourn Theatre
Portland, OR
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an original company-generated theater and civic dialogue event entitled On the Table. It will be written and directed by Founding Artistic Director Michael Rohd, performed by the Sojourn ensemble, and realized by lead design/media collaborator Shannon Scrofano.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations
Portland, OR
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the redesigning and enhancement of the website, newsletter, and brand. A communications consultant will create a new visual identity and design standard for print and electronic media, including logo, letterhead, and such online components as WAA News and the newsletter Western Ways.

Willamette University (on behalf of Hallie Ford Museum of Art)
Salem, OR
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art's Native American art collection. Ancestral Dialogues: Conversations Across Generations in Native American Art will include the conservation and reinstallation of works in the permanent gallery, public programs, a gallery guide, educational materials and activities, and multimedia resources.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $1,364,900

 
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