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FY 2011 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence II/
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.
ALASKA
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. (aka Sitka Fine Arts Camp)
Sitka, AK
$52,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support arts education at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, a residential multidisciplinary summer arts camp for middle and high school students in Alaska. Students will be taught dance, theater, music, creative writing, visual arts, and Alaskan Native arts by a faculty of artists and educators from around Alaska and the nation. Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support an Evening of Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet/Othello, a collaboration with the Eugene Ballet Company and choreographer Gillmer Duran to celebrate Alaska Dance Theatre's 30th anniversary. By including story-based ballets with contemporary repertory concerts, the project juxtaposes a classical and contemporary approach to the two classic Shakespeare masterpieces. Alaska Design Forum, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a lecture series titled Changing Landscapes. Internationally acclaimed artists and designers will each speak about the impact of technology on the built environment. Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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. Alaska State Council on the Arts
Anchorage, AK
$707,800
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. City of Saxman, Alaska
Ketchikan, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Saxman Heritage Art Revitalization for Kids project (SHARK). The project will provide after-school and weekend instruction in traditional Native Alaskan arts, including songs, drumming, dance, weaving, and carving for masks and totem poles. Sitka Summer Music Festival Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concert tours of chamber music in cities and rural towns of Alaska, including Anchorage, Barrow, Homer, Kenai, Sitka, and Tenakee Springs. The festival brings professional musicians from around the world to Alaska each year to rehearse and perform in small ensembles of two to eight performers in as many as 25 concerts.
Number of Grants: 7 Total Amount: $859,800
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