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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.
ALABAMA
Alabama Blues Project, Inc.
Northport, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support after-school and summer classes in blues music instruction led by professional musicians. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level students learn to sing and play blues on guitars and harmonicas; they also study the cultural background of the music with an emphasis on Alabama blues history. Alabama Folklife Association, Inc. (Consortium)
Birmingham, AL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Archive of Alabama Folk Culture, with salary support for an archivist to digitize key collections. In partnership with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the association will hire an archivist to preserve fragile documents, recordings, and images, and make them available to researchers and educators. Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
$818,900
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Artemis Media Project
Foley, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a public radio program and companion website. Heavenly Sight: Black Gospel's Blind Singers will tell the story of the blind musicians who, despite poverty, isolation, disability, and prejudice, influenced not only the course of American sacred music, but also the blues, bluegrass, and rock. Children's Dance Foundation
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Community Partnership Program, which provides weekly dance classes to children with physical, mental, or emotional challenges. Dance artists will teach students in social service agencies, child development centers and preschools, and elementary schools. DesignAlabama, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support production, printing, and distribution of the DesignAlabama Annual Journal and DesignAlabama Online. Focusing on all of Alabama, the 28- to 32-page Annual Journal covers a wide range of topics including historic preservation, community design, and designer profiles and is published in the fall of each year; DesignAlabama Online premiered in April 2009, and has since been published to a growing subscription base. Sloss Furnaces Foundation, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$66,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Youth Apprenticeship, a visual arts education program. High school students from the Birmingham area will apprentice with professional artists to create cast-metal sculptures. Space One Eleven, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support planning for a web-based documentation project. A committee of digital archiving specialists will develop a process for documenting 25 years of work by regional, national, and international artists exhibited at Space One Eleven. Space One Eleven staff will guide a team of artists, arts administrators, and archival experts in planning for the creation of a web-based archive. Wiregrass Museum of Art, Inc.
Dothan, AL
$9,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a collection management project for the museum's permanent collection. The project will support digital documentation of the collection and training of volunteers to assist staff in developing virtual content to enhance online access.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $973,900
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