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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.

VERMONT

Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
West Rutland, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for sculptors. Artists will be given the opportunity to create monumental sculpture from Vermont marble during a one-month residency.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (on behalf of Burlington Discover Jazz Festival)
Burlington, VT
$32,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 27th Annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, a community-wide event designed to discover the many facets of jazz. Highlights of the June 2010 10-day festival will include a tribute to the bossa nova with performances by Elaine Elias and the "Brazilian Duos" combo of Luciana Souza and Romero Lubambo.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance, theater, and music works. Each of the performances will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lectures, student matinees, master classes, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of presentations celebrating the works of influential minimalist artists. Performances of works by choreographer Lucinda Childs, composer Philip Glass, multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, choreographer Lar Lubovitch, and pianist Horace Silver will be complemented by community activities.

New England Youth Theater
Brattleboro, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support technical theater training. The program will expose underserved children in rural Vermont to professional-quality theater production and teach them all aspects of technical theater.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Voices of Community Series. In collaboration with Touchstone Theatre of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the theater will present a series of performances by artists from communities of color.

The Pipers' Gathering
South Ryegate, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of workshops, symposia, and concerts featuring bellows-blown bagpipes. The project will celebrate traditional music from the British Isles and Europe, and offer instruction in playing and maintaining bagpipes.

Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc. (aka Vermont Arts Council)
Montpelier, VT
$814,800
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Vermont Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will ensure the continuity of folk and traditional arts by supporting projects that join dedicated apprentices with accomplished older artists in face-to-face settings.

Vermont Studio Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Johnson, VT
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Learning in Art & Culture Teachers Fellowship Program. With assistance from the Lamoille North Supervisory Union, professional development will be provided for visual arts and English teachers through residencies that give teachers time and space to create art and engage and encounter other professional artists.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour of performances in underserved rural communities. The project will present orchestral programs and educational outreach activities and include a premiere of a commissioned work by native Vermont composer Don Jamison.

Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and regional tour of Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller. Touring performances will be augmented with study guides, classes, workshops, pre-show lectures, and post-show talkbacks.

Yellow Barn, Inc.
Putney, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of American chamber music by young musicians of the Young Artists Program. Repertoire will include works by composers Stephen Coxe and Christopher Theofanidis.


Number of Grants: 13          Total Amount: $1,234,800

 
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