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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.
MISSISSIPPI
Communities in Schools of Greenwood Leflore, Inc.
Greenwood, MS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Core Arts, a program that provides after-school and summer arts education for court-involved youth ages 10 to 17 in alternative schools, detention centers, and the state training schools in Mississippi. Professional visual artists, sculptors, musicians, theater artists, ceramics artists, and writers conduct intensive arts education and rigorous arts production residencies in juvenile justice settings, culminating in public exhibitions, student publications, and performances. Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$830,600
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. University of Mississippi Main Campus
University, MS
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2012 Oxford Conference for the Book. The free, three-day festival will feature panel sessions and workshops with authors, editors, agents, librarians, and booksellers; and a special tribute to southern authors Ellen Douglas and Elizabeth Spencer.
Number of Grants: 3 Total Amount: $860,600
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