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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.

MASSACHUSETTS

Artists for Humanity, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Arts Micro-Enterprise, a visual arts education program. Through paid apprenticeships, underserved youth will receive studio instruction in painting, photography, and mural arts; students also will gain business skills in the arts such as coordinating and marketing art exhibitions, making presentations to corporate clients, and working in a team environment.

Arts Boston, Inc. (aka ArtsBoston)
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc.
Boston, MA
$84,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Public Media Makers Shift, a program of professional development services for independent radio producers. Activities will include mentorships, residencies, workshops, training, and networking and resource opportunities.

Association of Independents in Radio, Inc. (aka AIR)
Boston, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the second phase of Makers Quest 2.0 (MQ2), a national collaboration among independent producers, public radio and television stations, and communities. There will be 10 separate media production teams "assigned" to invent new approaches to storytelling and distribution that blends traditional broadcast with digital platforms and tools.

Atlantic Public Media Inc
Woods Hole, MA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Transom.org, a website that acts as a showcase, workshop, audition space, library, and master class for producers. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.

Atlantic Public Media, Inc.
Woods Hole, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of new Transom Radio Specials for public broadcasting and the web. The website Transom.org is dedicated to helping people tell their own audio stories.

Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School (aka BArT Charter School)
Adams, MA
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Exploring Big Questions: Inquiry and the Arts, an arts-integrated project that brings together teaching artists, art teachers, and teachers of other subjects to develop curricula that use the arts to develop the critical thinking skills. Arts integrated units will be taught throughout the year and will incorporate visiting artist residencies in folk music, storytelling, theater, and visual arts.

Boston Children's Chorus, Inc.
Boston, MA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Seeds to Song Project. Young singers are trained in choral music and participate in Concert Choir, Premier Choir, Young Men's Ensemble, and the Choral Union, designed for singers with no previous music theory training.

Boston Early Music Festival, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of the North American premiere of Agostino Steffani's 1668 opera Niobe, Queen of Thebes (aka Niobe) and Handel's Acis and Galatea (aka Acis). Activities will include performances as the centerpiece of the 16th biennial festival and exhibition; a tour of Niobe to Sweden and Germany; and the world premiere CD and DVD recordings of the operas which will be broadcast worldwide via National Public Radio and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Boston Lyric Opera Company, Inc. (Consortium)
Boston, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Vacation Week Institute for Teens, Exploring Opera: Brundibár. In partnership with Wheelock Family Theatre, a collaborative program tying opera and theater together will offer in-depth training for students in acting exercises, vocal and movement improvisation, exploration of blocking, and scene rehearsals.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Malden, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support recordings of works by American composers. The world premiere releases of orchestral works by composers Stephen Hartke, Leon Kirchner, and Scott Wheeler will be recorded on three separate discs.

Boston University
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra and Young Artists Wind Ensemble programs. The programs provide a concentrated summer musical training experience to students, providing opportunities to attend professional performances and to interact closely with master artists-in-residence throughout the summer.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
Boston, MA
$78,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Intensive Community Program, a string instrument program. Targeting inner-city youth, the program offers a two-week summer music workshop, followed by weekly music lessons, ensemble classes, and performance opportunities during the school year.

Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge, MA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Let the Public Play, a demonstration playground. The multidisciplinary project will engage a team of designers and artists to create temporary playground structures that will demonstrate the power of open-ended play in public spaces for all generations.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. (Consortium)
Sharon, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Elizabeth Harrington. In conjunction with the Virginia Heritage Music Trail: The Crooked Road, the Center for Independent Documentary will produce The Winding Stream that tells the story of the Carters, the Cashes, and the efforts of the present day family to keep their legacy alive.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the post-production and completion of a television documentary directed by Jack Walsh about the artist Yvonne Rainer. Dancer, choreographer, performer, filmmaker, and MacArthur Fellow, Yvonne Rainer has been a key figure in the American avant-garde for five decades.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support completion costs of a documentary film on cinéma vérité filmmaker Richard Leacock. A feature-length film by Jane Weiner, On Being There with Richard Leacock, will explore Leacock's 70-year career and his role in the evolution of observational documentary filmmaking.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary by Nancy Kates. Regarding Susan Sontag will be a portrait of the late writer and critic (1933-2004). In the midst of her work as a critic, Sontag wrote 17 books, authored a play and several screenplays, and directed four films. She was referred to as "America's foremost female intellectual."

Children's Museum (aka Boston Children\'s Museum)
Boston, MA
$43,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support development of a website and related educational programming about Japanese vernacular architecture. Centered around the Kyo no Machiya, a 19th-century silk merchant's home installed in the museum in the 1970s, the project will expand the audience via the web with a three-dimensional immersive tour; archival film footage of its disassembly, crating, transport, and rebuilding in Boston; architectural and historic documents; a searchable catalogue of 1,000 artifacts associated with the house; and videos and curriculum about life in Kyoto today.

City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts (on behalf of Office of Cultural Development)
Pittsfield, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a festival, Lift Ev'ry Voice: Celebrating African-American Culture & Heritage in the Berkshires. The regional arts festival will take place in multiple locations throughout Berkshire County in western Massachusetts and will be produced in collaboration with local cultural and civic organizations including, among others, the Barrington Stage Company, Mass MoCA, and the Friends of W.E.B. Dubois Homesite.

City Stage Company
Boston, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Stage Door Apprentice Touring Troupe. The program helps young actors transition between high school and college level theater training by building their resumes and helping develop writing and acting skills.

Design Management Institute
Boston, MA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Forum on Design Management Research and Education. Project plans include broadening participation and diversity in the biennial conference of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, by subsidizing entry fees.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (aka The Carle Museum)
Amherst, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Picture This! Bridging Arts and Literacy, a visual arts education program featuring picture book art. Project components include professional development for teachers, interactive classroom visits with professional artists, and family museum visits culminating in a student exhibition at the Carle Museum.

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support completion, distribution, and outreach costs for a documentary film about musician Johnny Cash (1932-2003). Directed by Sue Williams, the 90-minute film will weave together a wide selection of Cash's songs, film clips of his performances, home movies, and interviews with family, friends, and fellow musicians as it traces the story of his life and career.

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film on the playwright Lorraine Hansberry (1930-65). Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, the feature-length film will explore the life and work of the playwright best known for writing the groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support educational outreach activities. Musicians that appear on From the Top, the weekly classical radio program, will take part in Cultural Leadership workshops as well as perform concerts in school classrooms and community venues.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by young classical musicians ages eight to 18.

Gloucester Stage Company, Inc.
Gloucester, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a series of youth acting workshops. The program offers children of all levels of experience and socio-economic status a customized introduction to professional theater, music, creative movement, media arts, and stagecraft, as well as hands-on group tutorials with professional guest artists.

Grub Street, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support The Whole Writer Program, a series of marketing and industry courses and mentorships to help writers sustain their careers in the digital age. Participants will learn from digital industry professionals about current trends in publicity and promotion, including how to use blogs, Twitter, and Facebook for an effective book launch.

Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Ritmo en Acción, a dance skills program focusing on Afro-Latin styles. Through peer-to-peer training, core dancers ages 14 through 18 are trained as performers, instructors, and cultural stewards in Afro-Latin styles, including palo, bomba, and plena.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Consortium)
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Tito Puente Latin Music Series. In partnership with the Fund for Parks and Recreation, the sixth annual program comprises seven free outdoor concerts with Latino music ensembles, including international Merengue star Henry Jiménez; bass virtuoso Luques Curtis & Group; La Cumbiamba Eneyé, the United States' leading Colombian Folkloric ensemble; and several New England performers, including Merengue band Grupo Fantasía, Latin music all-star collective CincoSon; and a classic Salsa orchestra led by Ray González.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (on behalf of Villa Victoria Center for the Arts)
Boston, MA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Institute of Contemporary Art (Consortium)
Boston, MA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support ICA WallTalk, a visual and verbal learning program for middle and high school students. In partnership with Boston College Charter District, WallTalk offers students opportunities to present their work through an open mic event and culminating publication.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc.
Boston, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Thursdays at the Gardner. The program is expected to deepen visitors' connection to the historic museum once the new Renzo Piano-designed addition is completed. Programming will be designed to engage audiences across five areas: historic art, contemporary art, music, landscape, and education.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Summer Studios, a four-week summer visual arts program. The program includes intense hands-on studios, an analytical/theoretical framework for considering the arts, and museum and gallery visits and tours.

Massachusetts Cultural Council
Boston, MA
$945,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mohawk Trail Concerts Inc. (Consortium)
Shelburne Falls, MA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Opening Doors to Chamber Music, a performance outreach project of free concerts. A partnership with Melodious Accord, Inc., the project will include a 4th of July outdoor community concert featuring the Avanti Quartet, as well as vocal and chamber music concerts with programming directed by Artistic Director Ruth Black of Mohawk Trail Concerts and Artistic Director Alice Parker, founder of Melodious Accord.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (aka MFA Boston)
Boston, MA
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support photographic documentation of the museum's collection of three-dimensional Chinese objects. A component of the museum's six-year effort to make its Chinese collection accessible worldwide, this phase of the project will document 1,500 unpublished holdings of glass, metalwork, porcelain, sculpture, lacquer, and glass.

New England Foundation for the Arts
Boston, MA
$1,137,000
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.
Boston, MA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Access to Theatre, a program that provides year-round after-school and summer performing arts workshops and classes for youth. Students will learn theater, set design, prose and poetry writing, visual arts, and music and will perform and exhibit their original works work alongside professional collaborating artists at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Peabody Essex Museum, Inc.
Salem, MA
$63,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Atrium Alive, a series of weekend festivals held throughout the year. Designed to bring local, national, and international artists to interact with the museum's visitors, Atrium Alive is curated to complement the museum's programming and will include artist demonstrations, hands-on art-making, gallery talks, films, lectures, and dance and musical performances.

Project STEP, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Youth Preparatory Division and Preparatory Division programs. Program components include private strings lessons, theory classes, piano classes, master classes, chamber music and orchestra participation, as well as attendance at music camps.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Provincetown, MA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Art Reach/Art on the Edge, a program providing in-depth visual arts education to area high school and middle school students throughout the school year. Selected older teens also have the opportunity to train and participate as mentors for the younger students.

Raw Art Works, Inc. (aka RAW)
Lynn, MA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Real to Reel Film School. Young filmmakers learn to use technology including cameras, film editing, lighting, and sound systems while developing skills in self-efficacy, leadership, and cooperation.

Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Inc.
Rockport, MA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support With Strings Attached, an educational artist residencies project in the public schools of Rockport, Gloucester, and Salem. Several chamber ensembles, such as the Hausman Quartet, A Far Cry, Annalivia, and violinist Regina Carter, will participate in the project, performing concerts and conducting workshops in jazz, traditional, and contemporary repertoire for young string musicians.

Shakespeare & Company, Inc.
Lenox, MA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, a theater arts residency program. The series of classroom and after-school sessions will focus on a language-based exploration of a Shakespearean play through master classes, rehearsals, text analysis, student performances, as well as professional development for classroom teachers.

UrbanArts, Inc. (aka The UrbanArts Institute at the Massachusetts)
Boston, MA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Urbano Project, a college-level arts program for teens who are guided by professional artists to create work that will be presented to the public at an annual series of spoken word performances and open mic nights, film screenings, and exhibitions. Students meet for at least three hours each week to study the history and practice of visual art, film, spoken word poetry, or graphic design, and to prepare an exhibition or performance.

Vineyard Playhouse Company, Inc.
Vineyard Haven, MA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Fourth Grade Theater Project. Students will learn all aspects of theater production in- and after-school through classroom visits with professional artists who teach basic elements of scriptwriting; hands-on experience at the theater with technical and administrative professionals; and four performances of an original script.

Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc. (aka Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Williamstown, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support pre-professional training programs and community outreach initiatives. The project will include training and mentoring opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the Greylock Theatre Project mentoring program for underserved youth from the theater's rural community.

Zeiterion Theatre, Inc. (aka The Z)
New Bedford, MA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support ArtsBridge outreach program. Activities will be centered on performances of L.A. Theatre Works' The Rivalry and Aquila Theatre's Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives Project, Macbeth, and The Importance of Being Earnest. In addition, the project will include school and community residencies, professional development opportunities for teachers, book groups, lectures, a community reading event, a master class, and a community based project.


Number of Grants: 50          Total Amount: $3,838,500

 
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