2011 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 12, 2010 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater | Opera | Presenting | Theater
Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Presenting

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. (aka Harlem Stage)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of the WaterWorks and Harlem Stride series at Harlem Stage, along with long-term residencies. Commissioned artists will create and perform new works, and other artists will participate in residencies that will advance the development of new works scheduled for production the following season.

Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
To support presentations of performing artworks for children and their families. Native American ensemble Kaha:wi Dance Theatre will perform A Story Before Time, and Acadian music and dance group Grand Derangement (Nova Scotia) will perform in schools and hold workshops at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Cityscapes: Brazil, a series of music, literature, and visual arts presentations. Project activities will focus on the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador (Bahia), and will include an issue of Review magazine, literary public programs, a concert series, and an exhibition of the works of Brazilian visual artist/filmmaker Antonio Manuel.

Ann Arbor Summer Festival (aka Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts ) (Consortium)
Ann Arbor, MI
$20,000
To support the performances by Australia's spectacle theater troupe Strange Fruit. In partnership with the Space 122's River to River Festival in New York, Strange Fruit will perform and conduct workshops at both festivals.

Antenna Theater
Sausalito, CA
$20,000
To support the presentation of Harder Right at the San Francisco Arts Festival. The site-specific, multidisciplinary work will be presented at the Fort Mason Center and will incorporate dance, music, masks, still and video projections, and sound collages.

Appalachian State University (on behalf of An Appalachian Summer Festival)
Boone, NC
$20,000
To support An Appalachian Summer Festival. Music, dance, theater, film, and visual arts presentations will be complemented by education and outreach activities, with past performing artists including the Paul Taylor Dance Company and NEA National Heritage Fellow Ralph Stanley.

Arizona State University (on behalf of Public Events -- Gammage)
Tempe, AZ
$40,000
To support the Beyond Series. Performances and residency activities will take place in schools, public spaces, and community centers throughout the metropolitan area.

Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support career training and resources to artists throughout Washington State. Career training is offered statewide through free workshops on artist resources, grant writing, and a 50-hour program for visual artists, writers, and film/media artists

Arts Boston, Inc. (aka ArtsBoston)
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support a redesign of the ArtsBoston.org website. The project will help to make cultural events more affordable, and forge new partnerships to reach audiences more effectively.

Arts for LA
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the Community Arts Team Initiative. This program creates five self-sustaining teams in communities throughout Los Angeles County, with the goal of building local leadership to preserve and enhance local cultural infrastructure.

Arts Northwest
Port Angeles, WA
$40,000
To support the 31st annual Northwest Booking Conference and Shadow Pack/Shadow Pro. The conference will include professional development initiatives, workshops, panels, and performances; the program will allow students to shadow leaders in the Presenting Field.

Artspace Projects, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
To support the Community Assistance Program. The program will partially underwrite the cost of 12 two-day feasibility consulting visits and two arts market surveys for 12 different U.S. communities with the goal of developing affordable arts facilities.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (aka A4)
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support professional development programs. The programs help artists to hone entrepreneurial skills and develop practical and creative strategies for career growth during difficult economic times.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc. (aka Arts Presenters)
Washington, DC
$70,000
To support the Leadership Development Institute and related activities.

Atlas Performing Arts Center
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the third annual Intersections: A New America Arts Festival. Performances in dance, music, theater, poetry, spoken word, and film will be presented by regional artists; audiences will be engaged in post-performance discussions and hands-on arts activities.

Bard College (on behalf of Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$40,000
To support a series of performances during the SummerScape Festival at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The festival will focus on the works of composer Jean Sibelius and his contemporaries by presenting rarely performed and contemporary works in opera, music, dance, and theater.

Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (aka Baryshnikov Arts Center)
New York, NY
$85,000
To support a series of residencies, performances, festivals, and screenings at the Jerome Robbins Theater and the Howard Gilman Performance Space. Dance, music, theater, film, and multimedia artists will participate in a variety of residency activities.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (aka BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$70,000
To support the 2011 Next Wave Festival. The festival will present performing artists such as the Kronos Quartet, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and director Robert Wilson, and will include in-school workshops and artist talks.

Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts
Brownsville, TX
$25,000
To support the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival. Activities will include free outdoor concerts and community activities such as music and dance clinics, master classes, school presentations, film screenings, a visual arts exhibition, and artist talks for students of music and dance.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the creation of Reborn. The multimedia work, based on the diaries of author Susan Sontag, will include live performance, video, and text drawn from Sontag's works.

California Institute of the Arts (aka CalArts) (on behalf of REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater))
Valencia, CA
$55,000
To support the 20/20 Interdisciplinary Initiative at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater. The project will feature a series of residencies, commissions, performances, and festivals.

California Presenters
Sacramento, CA
$15,000
To support the 28th annual Artist Information Exchange. This is a peer-to-peer exchange with presenters, art administrators, and artists from more than 100 not-for-profit organizations and 32 affiliates.

California State University Chico Research Foundation (on behalf of University Public Events)
Chico, CA
$20,000
To support the 2011 Chico World Music Festival. The free, three-day event held in September will feature international and American jazz, traditional music, and dance artists in performances, workshops, hands-on classes, and children's programs.

Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (aka CD Forum)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support a performing arts series featuring African American artists. The project will include performances and outreach activities by spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and pianist Eric Lewis. The Creation Project Showcase will present new works by local artists assisted by CD Forum.

Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Gallery Awards, Window Awards, and The Residency. These programs for visual and performing artists give access to physical infrastructure, free space, technical, administrative and marketing assistance, as well as stipends; these include two, four-week residencies for theater troupes, 20 art exhibitions, and 20 multidisciplinary presentations.

Chicago Cultural Center Foundation (aka The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$75,000
To support the Midwest World Music Consortium. In partnership with the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation in Bloomington, Indiana, the project will involve the presentation of music ensembles highlighting diverse world cultures to underserved Midwest audiences in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana.

Connecticut College
New London, CT
$20,000
To support a series of performances during the Onstage at Connecticut College season. Presentations will be accompanied by workshops and master classes for middle, high school, and college students.

Creative Capital Foundation
New York, NY
$50,000
To support career development workshops to help artists with business skills. The Professional Development Program teaches working artists about self-management, strategic planning, fundraising, and promotion.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the creation of a collaborative film by interdisciplinary artist Ralph Lemon and filmmaker Shoko Letton. The film will document the creative process used by Lemon and collaborating performers during the creation and presentation of Wall/Hole, the central section of the multimedia performance/installation How Can You Stay in the House All Day And Not Go Anywhere?

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia (aka Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC))
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the Flashpoint and Source Business Centers. Each center's network will provide residency and technical assistance programs as well as opportunities for affordable exhibition, performance, and office space in conjunction with other business amenities.

Dartmouth College (on behalf of Hopkins Center for the Arts)
Hanover, NH
$55,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center. Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater artists, dance companies, choreographers, filmmakers, and musicians.

Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support the development and premiere of the Red Shoe Project. The site-specific, multidisciplinary performance will be presented at the Frye Art Museum in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the Degenerate Art Ensemble.

DiverseWorks, Inc. (aka DiverseWorks ArtSpace)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support the DiverseDialogue Series. Artists will be commissioned to create and present works in the visual and performing arts while in residence.

EmcArts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the New Pathways Program. The 10-month innovation training program will work with a cohort of as many as 20 arts organizations operating in a community setting.

Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Artists Residency Program and the Outer Ear Festival of Sound. The project will provide local media, installation, and performing artists with residencies to create and present new sonic artworks.

FirstWorks
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the production of FirstWorks Festival 2011. The series of New England performance premieres will extend into communities through forums, workshops, master classes, and school programs.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$65,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance, theater, music, and multidisciplinary works. Each of the performances will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lectures, student matinees, master classes, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Foundation for World Arts (aka World Festival of Sacred Music-Los Angeles) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the creation and national tour of The Water is Rising. In partnership with Earthways Foundation, performers from the coral atolls of Tuvalu, Tokelau, and Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean will bring attention to the earth's rising sea levels through performances and educational activities.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the Open Arts Network, a national alliance of arts service organizations. The project will focus on technology and workspace resources, as well as increasing participation in core services such as fiscal sponsorship, liability insurance, and education.

French Institute Alliance Française
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Crossing the Line Festival, featuring emerging artistic practices in the performing, visual, and media arts from France and the United States. Commissions, residencies, and roundtable discussions will complement the series of performances and exhibitions.

Friends of Lincoln Theater (aka Lincoln Theater Napa Valley)
Yountville, CA
$20,000
To support the Mexican Performing Arts Series. Participating artists will include music group Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and traditional and contemporary dance troupe Compañía Mazatlán Bellas Artes.

Gametophyte, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the national tour of Nameless Forest. The collaborative multidisciplinary performance, created by choreographer/video artist Dean Moss, Korean sculptor/poet Sungmyung Chun, photographer Mike Kamber, visual artist Gandalf Gavan, and composer Stephen Vitiello, will be presented at several venues.

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support archiving The Kitchen's three decades of audio and video performances. The project includes the re-mastering of 60-75 video tapes, the production of six additional videotaped interviews, and the further cataloguing and preservation of the paper archive.

Hallwalls, Inc. (aka Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center)
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support the Artist in Residence Project, including the creation and presentation of new visual arts, media arts, and music works. Artists will receive stipends; allotments for materials, fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.

Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Creative Residency Program. Artists will be commissioned to create artworks, using new and evolving technologies, for public performance and digital broadcast.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$45,000
To support a series of commissioning, presenting, touring, and residency projects at the Myrna Loy Center. Guest artists will create and present works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (on behalf of Villa Victoria Center for the Arts)
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support the Latino Performance Series and Festival Betances at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts. Activities will include public performances, school matinees, workshops, open rehearsals, and master classes.

International Assn. of Performing Arts for Young People, Inc. (aka International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY))
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the planning and production of the IPAY Showcase 2012. The 400 attendees, who include artists, performing arts presenters, managers/agents, arts educators, and students, will participate in professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, and networking events.

Issue Project Room, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the Cecil Taylor Festival. Project components will include the commissioning and premiere of a piano concerto; film screenings of documentaries and concert footage; and a solo piano performance by Cecil Taylor.

Jack Straw Foundation (aka Jack Straw Productions)
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support programs for artist support, writers, and the new media gallery. Artists will participate in residencies, workshops, and public presentations involving sound art.

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the production and presentation of the multidisciplinary performance Mu. Theater artist Brenda Wong Aoki, composer Mark Izu, choreographer Kimi Okada, and director Jael Weisman will weave elements of Asian, African, and Hawaiian dance and music to create a multimedia pageant play.

Kingdom County Productions
Barnet, VT
$20,000
To support the series Kingdom County Presents. The program will include dance, music, and theater performances, film screenings, and workshops featuring the Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company, musician Delbert McClinton, and the Acting Company.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the presentation of the Lincoln Center Festival 2011. Performances will focus on dance, theater, opera, and music with artists including the Royal Shakespeare Company, British director Peter Brook, and the Kirov Opera and Ballet.

MAPP International Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the America Project. The program allows artists to create works in observance of September 11th and the participating artists will use Sekou Sundiata's research-to performance-methodology.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
$40,000
To support a series of performances, exhibits, and community festivals. Project components will include literary readings, workshops, visual arts exhibitions, and performances by artists to whom the Maui community otherwise would not have access.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$60,000
To support artist fees for the Cultura del Lobo performance series and related costs. The project will focus on contemporary work that explores world cultures, with artists such as jazz drummer Terri Lynne Carrington, Pig Iron Theatre Company, John Jasperse Dance Company, and Grupo de Rua/H3 (Brazil).

Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
$60,000
To support the presentation of the Voices of Disenfranchisement series. Dance and music works will be presented by artists from Israel, Hawaii, Africa, New York, and Puerto Rico, along with workshops and lectures.

Music and Dance Theater Chicago, Inc. (aka Harris Theater for Music and Dance)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support The Learning Lab Initiative. The program includes a toolkit and a series of coaching workshops to enable resident companies to test initiatives with the support of the Harris Theater staff and collaborating partners in the Chicago area.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (aka NALAC)
San Antonio, TX
$45,000
To support the Leadership Institute and three regional arts training workshops. The Leadership Institute will train approximately 30 arts leaders, and the regional workshops are expected to convene more than 250 people in San Antonio, Chicago, and New York City.

National Center for Creative Aging
Washington, DC
$45,000
To support Creativity Matters: Arts & Aging Core Training for Teaching Artists. The pilot core training program will have sessions in Pinellas County, Florida; Princeton, New Jersey; and statewide in North Carolina.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc. (aka National Guild for Community Arts Education)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the national Conference for Community Arts Education in Boston. The program includes a leadership development institute in Philadelphia, regional professional development events in five cities; and dissemination of best practices information to the field via the Internet and hard-copy publications.

National Performance Network, Inc. (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$60,000
To support the National Performance Network 2011 Annual Meeting. In partnership with the Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, National Performance Network will hold the meeting in Tampa.

New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$73,000
To support cornerstone projects at the 2011 festival. The projects will include performances and outreach activities, such as master classes and post-performance and panel discussions, designed to engage audiences.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
To support commissioned artwork for the website Turbulence.org. The project will provide for the creation, presentation, and distribution of new Internet-based works by nationally recognized artists.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$20,000
To support the archiving of commissioned artwork on the website Turbulence.org. In partnership with Cornell University, Turbulence will move fifty works from its server onto hard drives, and create a catalogue of related materials for preservation at The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art at Cornell University.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (aka The New York Public Library) (on behalf of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Cullman Center)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the recording and preservation of live dance and theater performances and oral histories in the field of dance. The program will add recordings to the collections of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Dance Division and Theater on Film and Tape Archive.

Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc. (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the Cultural Heritage Project. In partnership with Kalapriya Foundation, the program partners will facilitate co-productions of music concerts, community events, field trips for students, and workshops; partners include the American Tango Institute, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, and South Asian Progressive Action Collective.

Open Channels New York, Inc. (aka Dixon Place)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Mondo Cane!, a program of commissions and performances. The program will include residencies, mentorships, free rehearsal and performance space, workshops, technical assistance, and marketing and publicity support for performing artists.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support a collaborative creation residency with Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra and performance ensemble Voices. The project will culminate with performances of the new work Skins & Songs, along with outreach activities including master classes, demonstrations, and workshops.

Performa, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of commissions to be premiered at the Performa 11 Festival. The biennial festival will present new works by performing, installation, and multidisciplinary artists, and will be preceded by residencies and workshops.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival (aka Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of selected works at the 2011 Live Arts Festival. A U.S. premiere of The Devil and Mister Punch will be commissioned and performed by Improbable Theatre (UK), and the Philadelphia premiere of Kyle Abraham's The Radio Show.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (aka PICA)
Portland, OR
$60,000
To support the Time Based Art Festival and related educational activities. The festival will feature local, national, and international artists working in dance, theater, music, visual art, film, and multidisciplinary forms.

QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture (aka Queer Cultural Center) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the East Bay Queer Arts Festival. A partnership with La Peña Cultural Center, the festival will include literary and stage readings, film screenings, and performing arts presentations.

Real Art Ways, Inc. (Consortium)
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the creation of two new works by multidisciplinary artist Alix Lambert. In partnership with Civilians, Inc., Real Art Ways will present Crime USA: Hartford, which will include an installation and a theater performance investigating crime (based on research conducted in Hartford) and will be complemented by a film series, literary events, radio broadcast, and community discussions.

Regents of the University of California at Davis (on behalf of Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts)
Davis, CA
$40,000
To support the Life Out of Balance series. The Mondavi Center will explore three major dislocations in American life (the Vietnam War, Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11) through film screenings and performances; artists will include choreographer Trey McIntyre with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and composers Phil Kline and NEA Opera Honorees John Adams and Philip Glass.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$35,000
To support artist residencies at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. Artists will use the center's facilities to create works investigating the intersection of art, media, technology, and science.

Rhizome Communications, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a series of commissions for artists working with the Internet and emerging technologies. As many as 11 artists will be provided technical and professional development resources and opportunities to present their work at the New Museum for Contemporary Art.

Rova:Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Grand Electric Skull. The multimedia work will be created by the Rova Saxophone Quartet, video artist Nate Boyce, and composer/conductor Gino Robair and will culminate in a performance at San Francisco's Jewish Community Center.

San Francisco Performances, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the presentation of commissioned works, as well as world and regional premieres of music and dance works. Related workshops, master classes, and lectures will help audiences increase their understanding and enjoyment of the live performances. Artists include the Brentano and Alexander String Quartets, jazz pianist Fred Hersch, and choreographer Karole Armitage.

Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support Art in the Community. Mark Morris Dance Group, with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, will perform The Hard Nut; Intiman Theatre will perform Black Nativity; and artists will also participate in master classes, discussions, and school residencies.

Society for the Performing Arts
Houston, TX
$40,000
To support the Preserving the Legacy project. The project will include a photography exhibition, discussions, master classes, and performances celebrating a unique style of the blues created in Houston post-World War II, featuring blues legend Buddy Guy.

Springboard for the Arts
St. Paul, MN
$25,000
To support a pilot project for the replication of programs through two satellite partnerships. The project will help to create permanent, local resources for artists across a five-state region of the upper Midwest.

Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. (aka The Music Center at Strathmore)
North Bethesda, MD
$30,000
To support the Discovering Ellington project. The project will include performances, lectures, and demonstrations, as well as a free festival that will present the works of composer Duke Ellington.

TapFound, Inc. (aka Taproot Foundation)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support infrastructure building programs for arts organizations in Chicago and New York. Teams of business experts will advise a number of arts organizations on marketing, information technology, strategy management, and leadership development.

theater et al, inc. (aka The Chocolate Factory Theater)
Long Island City, NY
$20,000
To support Art Creation Residencies at the Chocolate Factory. Residencies ranging in duration from one to eight weeks will provide artists the opportunity to create new multidisciplinary work.

Town Hall Association (aka Town Hall Seattle)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the Global Rhythms series. Traditional and international artists will perform in concerts and participate in lecture-demonstrations, workshops, festivals, and performances at schools and community centers.

University Musical Society (aka UMS)
Ann Arbor, MI
$70,000
To support Changing the Game: Mavericks and Innovators in the Arts. The project will consist of a series of residencies and performances in dance, music, and opera with artists including director Robert Wilson, choreographer Lucinda Childs, NEA Opera Honoree Philip Glass, and the San Francisco Symphony.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
$50,000
To support the Sustainable Creativity Project. The university's Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will present a series of performances and ancillary activities in music, dance, and theater with artists including guitarist Bill Frisell, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and violinist Joshua Bell.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (on behalf of Lied Center of Kansas)
Lawrence, KS
$40,000
To support the series Exploring China: Tradition in a Modern World. Programs will introduce Chinese arts forms and cultural ideas through performances, community conversations, and residency activities, with artists including Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre and the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra.

University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$60,000
To support Cultivating Crossroads at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. During the Center's 10th anniversary season, participating artists will present inter-disciplinary performances while encouraging conversations across diverse communities.

Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$70,000
To support Conception and Perception, a series of commissions, residencies, and presentations of large-scale performance works. All artists will take part in public programs such as open rehearsals, Q&A sessions, readings, panel discussions, and school performances.

Washakie Museum (aka Washakie Museum and Cultural Center)
Worland, WY
$10,000
To support a series of visual and performing arts presentations. Project activities will include traveling exhibitions of Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers; American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America; Montana Repertory Theatre's performance of Doubt; and a music performance by mezzo-soprano Lindsay Craft with the Museum Singers Choir.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations (aka Western Arts Alliance)
Portland, OR
$35,000
To support professional development content for the Western Arts Alliance Conference. The program will focus on updating and broadening professional development content at the conference; creating a series of regional educational forums and events; and developing an online educational program.

Wexner Center Foundation (aka Wexner Center for the Arts)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
To support an artist residency and presenting program. Artists will receive technical and professional services that will enable them to create, complete, and present works in the performing and visual arts.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$55,000
To support The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium, an arts exchange between the United States and the African continent. In partnership with the Bates Dance Festival and nine other leading performing arts presenters from around the U.S., the program will support internal networking and external programming.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support Big Ideas, a series of multidisciplinary performances, film screenings, and exhibitions. The program of film, visual, and performance works will be presented in conjunction with curatorial themes, and artists will include photographer Ryan McGinley and sculptor Michael Arcega.

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Washington, DC 20506

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