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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.

WASHINGTON

5th Avenue Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Theater for Youth Across Washington State. Producing Artistic Director David Armstrong and Associate Producing Artistic Director William Berry will lead two education programs for youth in grades K-12 and the tour of a new musical by composer/lyricist Albert Evans.

Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support professional resources and career training for Washington state artists. Resources will include comprehensive training sessions, print publications, websites, bi-weekly e-mail bulletins, a toll-free phone line, and community workshops.

Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (aka AVIA)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a series of audio production workshops and mentorships for visually impaired adults and youth. The program will introduce visually impaired individuals to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production.

Arts Northwest
Port Angeles, WA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Annual Northwest Booking Conference. Activities will include professional development institutes, workshops, artist showcases, roundtable discussions, forums, peer networking, and mentoring targeted to arts administrators.

Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council
Bainbridge Islan, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Winslow Way Streetscape Improvements Project, a public art project. Artist Bruce Myers will design, fabricate, and install a sequence of cast and colored concrete surface treatments with bronze inlays for integration into a utilities and street infrastructure project.

Bellingham Festival of Music
Bellingham, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Bellingham Festival of Music. The two-week summer festival will feature orchestral and chamber music concerts at venues throughout the community.

Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (aka CD Forum)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support CD Forum's performing arts series of African American artists. Project components will include theater and dance performances, the CD Forum Music Festival, residencies, workshops, master classes, lecture/discussions, and artist talks.

Centrum Foundation
Port Townsend, WA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 37th annual Port Townsend Writers' Conference, located in rural Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Led by Artistic Director Cristina Garcia, the week-long conference will include workshops, free readings, and lectures. 

Confluences (aka The Confluence Project) (Consortium)
Vancouver, WA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an interactive multimedia website. In collaboration with the Benton-Franklin River Heritage Foundation, the digital learning resource titled Journey Book will be an online guide for artist/architect Maya Lin's large-scale public art installations for the Columbia River Basin.

Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the staging of a Merce Cunningham MiniEvent on dance students with music by John Cage. The project will include performances, master classes, lectures, open rehearsals, and community outreach activities in partnership with local educational and cultural institutions.

Cultural Development Authority of King County (aka 4Culture)
Seattle, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Mobile Media, a program commissioning and presenting new media artworks throughout King County, Washington. Regional and national artists will be invited to create innovative media artworks that will be temporarily exhibited in public spaces.

Early Music Guild of Seattle (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, including associated educational activities. In celebration of the choral work's 400th anniversary and in partnership with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, performances using period instruments are planned in Seattle, Boston, and Chicago.

Freehold Theatre Lab Studio
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an Engaged Theatre production of Julius Caesar. The production will tour to culturally underserved communities in the Seattle area and will be accompanied by workshops and residencies.

Glass Art Society, Inc. (aka GAS)
Seattle, WA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the 40th annual conference. Held in Louisville, Kentucky, the conference will include a series of exhibitions, lectures, panels, and workshop demonstrations.

Intiman Theatre
Seattle, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter, adapted by Phyllis Nagy. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Kate Whoriskey.

Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Artist Support, Writers, and New Media Gallery Programs. Artists will participate in residencies, workshops, and public presentations involving sound art.

Methow Music Festival Association
Winthrop, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of American chamber music and related educational activities. Concerts by the Finisterra Trio and Parker Quartet will be presented in historical context spanning the works of American composers Leonard Bernstein, Daron Hagen, Charles Ives, and Joan Tower.

Northwest Folklife (aka Northwest Folklife Festival)
Seattle, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Northwest Stories. The project will document the stories of people who live in the Pacific Northwest and present these stories at the 40th Northwest Folklife Festival.

Northwest Heritage Resources (Consortium)
Lake Forest Park, WA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Folk and Traditional Arts Infrastructure Program. In collaboration with the Washington State Arts Commission, the project will provide support for staff and expand and develop awareness of heritage traditions throughout the state.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$51,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the DISCOVER DANCE Consortium. In partnership with Seattle Public Schools, teaching artists will provide dance residencies to students in approximately eight area schools and will partner with classroom teachers to develop and implement a set of dance-infused lesson plans.

Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Master Artist Program, with a related pilot artist-in-residence component. Artists of national renown will conduct workshops for Pratt artists, and free lectures and exhibitions will be offered to the public.

Reel Grrls
Seattle, WA
$33,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Reel Grrls, an after-school media arts program. Designed for teenage girls, activities will involve after-school and weekend programs to explore media literacy, video production, and issues of personal identity

Richard Hugo House
Seattle, WA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of programs to encourage the creation of new work and introduce new writing to broader audiences. Key activities include a literary cage match in which local writers are teamed up with artists working in other mediums to create and present new collaborative pieces.

Seattle Arts and Lectures, Inc. (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings and conversations with distinguished poets, as well as intensive writing classes for youth and adults. In partnership with Richard Hugo House, the organization will select poets from the series to conduct day-long poetry classes for both published and emerging writers.

Seattle Arts and Lectures, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Writers in the Schools program. The project will advance student writing through publications, recordings, readings, performances, and collaborations with community partners.

Seattle Repertory Theatre (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$68,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Bringing Theater Into the Classroom. In partnership with the Seattle Children's Theatre, the program will provide professional development and follow-up classroom residencies in which professional artists and teachers combine theater education and concepts of literacy into their classroom curriculum.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support ACCESS, an outreach performance and education program for underserved communities. In partnership with Seattle School District #1, the orchestra will engage children and families in diverse neighborhoods of Seattle.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a radio series. Distributed by WFMT, the series will feature concert performances by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Art in the Community. Artists will participate in performances, workshops, master classes, lectures, discussions, radio interviews , and school residencies.

Shunpike Arts Collective
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of the Partner Artists program, offereing basic administrative platforms to arts organizations.

Sweet Bird Classics, Inc. (Consortium)
Edmonds, WA
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 30th annual American Handel Festival. In partnership with the Tudor Choir, as well as other collaborating organizations, the month-long festival will feature performances, symposia, and workshops at Benaroya Hall.

Sweet Bird Classics, Inc.
Edmonds, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of radio series broadcast from music festivals. Hosted by conductor Marin Alsop, the 26-week series will showcase live performances from some of the most dynamic music festivals in the country.

Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the publication of a handbook. Published as part of the museum's celebration of its 75th anniversary, the handbook will highlight key works in the museum's collection of Northwest art.

Tears of Joy Theatre
Vancouver, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a puppet theater production of The Ugliest Duckling. The play, adapted by Marc Dunworth from the short story by Hans Christian Andersen, will be directed by Nancy Aldrich, with original didjeridu (a wind instrument developed by indigenous Australians) music composed by Ed Drury.

Tincan
Spokane, WA
$26,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Film for Change (F4C). During this year-long film production experience, teens will work with professional musicians, actors, directors, writers, and video artists to produce a short fictional film with the issue of poverty as the thematic focus.

Town Hall Association (aka Town Hall Seattle)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Global Rhythms series. Traditional and international artists will perform in concerts and participate in lecture-demonstrations, classes at local high schools, panel discussions, and mini-performances at community centers.

University of Washington (on behalf of UW World Series)
Seattle, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support performances and educational activities by international artists presented by the UW World Series. Performers from the United States, India, and Senegal will provide audiences with opportunities to experience unique traditions and diverse art forms.

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of choreographer Bebe Miller's Cantos Gordos, created in 1994. Ancillary activities include a week-long workshop for rural, low-income youth, lecture demonstrations for university students, open rehearsals, and pre-performance lectures.

University of Washington (on behalf of UW World Series)
Seattle, WA
$54,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the American Masters Series of dance and music presented by the UW World Series. Artists will present works from the American canon created by Martha Graham, Paul Schonfield, William Bolcom, Libby Larsen, Charles Ives, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Roy Harris, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin.

Vashon Allied Arts, Inc.
Vashon, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Vashon Artists in Schools. Professional artists who live and work in the island community, and visiting artists who practice ethnic art forms, will collaborate with classroom teachers to design, implement, and evaluate artist residencies in Vashon Island Public Schools.

Vera Project (aka Vera)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of music performances, film screenings, and exhibitions targeting teens and young adults. Presentations will include volunteer opportunities for young adults to gain hands-on production experience.

Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$933,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of choreographer Martha Graham's Steps in the Street and the Appalachian Spring theme and variations duet on Western Washington University dance students. Related outreach activities will include community performances, lectures, and technique classes.

Youth in Focus
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Core Curriculum Photography Classes program. Underserved high school students will work with professional artists during after-school hours and during summer months to improve their proficiency in photography.


Number of Grants: 44          Total Amount: $2,104,000

 
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