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.

NEW YORK

52nd Street Project, Inc.
New york, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Playmaking, a series of playwriting classes for youth. The three stages of the program - "Stage-One," "Replay," and "Playback" - offer direct one-on-one collaboration for students with professional theater artists, who teach children how to write for theater, critique work, and perform for public.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. (aka Harlem Stage)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Academy of American Poets, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support National Poetry Month in April 2012. In partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English, the academy will distribute approximately 200,000 free posters and conduct a nationwide media campaign to encourage poetry coverage and book reviews, and sponsor readings and events in New York City and with partner organizations across the country.

Albany Institute of History & Art
Albany, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support digitizing the museum's collection of drawings by Hudson River School artists. The project will support cataloguing, data entry, digital capture, image processing, and website development for works by Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Jasper Cropsey, Asher Durand, and many others.

Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Inclusion Project. This program aims to ensure full inclusion of people of color and those with disabilities in all areas of the not-for-profit theater field by responding to the field's needs and providing leadership on issues of diversity.

Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc. (aka A.R.T./New York)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support technical assistance programs for New York City theaters. The Nancy Quinn Technical Assistance Program offers workshops for small-budget theaters on a variety of topics including organizational development and fundraising. The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Theatre Leadership Program provides theaters undergoing a staffing transition with access to long-term consultants providing one-on-one advice.

Alpha Workshops, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Decorative Arts Training. The project involves multiple 10-week beginner courses and a 26-week advanced course that are targeted to low-income, HIV-positive individuals.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support AileyCamp, a summer program for inner-city youth. The program, in partnership with Children's Aid Society, will include dance training, performance opportunities, creative writing, visual arts instruction, and personal development workshops.

Amas Musical Theatre, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the premiere of Keep On Walkin', with book by James Armstrong, lyrics by Joshua H. Cohen, music by Lavell Blackwell, and direction by Christopher Scott. Presented in collaboration with Queens Theatre in the Park, the musical depicts the early days of the civil rights movement through the pen-pal relationship of two 12-year-old schoolgirls during the historic Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56.

American Brass Chamber Music Association, Inc. (aka American Brass Quintet)
Astoria, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a multi-state performance tour by the American Brass Quintet and related residency activities. Each two- to three-day residency will include as many as seven performance and/or educational events, based on the repertoire of American composers such as Stephen Foster, Trevor Gureckis, Shafer Mahoney, David Sampson, and Joan Tower.

American Documentary, Inc. (aka P.O.V.)
Brooklyn, NY
$250,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging, and promotion of films for broadcast on the public television series P.O.V. (Point of View). As the longest running PBS series devoted exclusively to the art of independent, non-fiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks to national audiences.

American Institute of Graphic Arts (aka AIGA)
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the recognition phase of the Design Pro Bono campaign. Profiles and case studies of 45 exemplary pro bono design projects will be developed to promote the benefits of design to the public.

American Lyric Theater Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support artist fees for the Composer Librettist Development Program, a full-time resident artist initiative to provide professional training for emerging opera composers and librettists. Artists are selected annually to participate in the tuition-free program that provides training by master artists like composer-librettist Mark Adamo, composer Daniel Catán, composer Anthony Davis, librettist William Hoffman, and dramaturge Cori Ellison.

American Museum of the Moving Image (aka Museum of the Moving Image)
Astoria, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Moving Image Source, a website that is a resource for students, curators, scholars, filmmakers, and others interested in the moving image. Launched in the spring of 2008, Moving Image Source is a repository for information about film, including original writings about film and film history, calendars of events from art houses both in this country and abroad (with detailed postings on retrospectives and film festivals), and a searchable database about films.

American Theatre Wing, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support SpringboardNYC, and Theatre Intern Group. These programs offer pre-professional training for college students planning careers in theater.

Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Aperture Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$140,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a series of online initiatives, exhibitions, and public programs celebrating Aperture Foundation's 60th anniversary. Aperture magazine's online digital archive will be launched, with the first 30 years made available free-of-charge and contents disseminated to audiences nationwide through educational programming.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a film about the music at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Directed by Daniel Anker, The Greatest Jubilee will be a one-hour documentary intended for public television broadcast.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development phase of a documentary film by Daniel Anker about the relationship between opera and Hollywood films. Intended for public television, the program will explore how filmmakers -- from Cecil B. Demille, through the Marx Brothers, to Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese -- have consistently borrowed and repackaged operatic themes and stories to great effect: artistic, dramatic, comedic and satiric.

Art 21, Inc. (aka Art21)
New York, NY
$140,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support education and public programming for the sixth season of Art:21. Activities will include the development and distribution of series-related curricular resources, preview screenings, workshops for educators across the U.S., and a year-long professional development program for K-12 teachers.

Art 21, Inc. (aka Art21)
New York, NY
$150,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the sixth season of the public television series Art: 21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century. Through four, one-hour programs, the series will introduce a broad audience to a diverse group of contemporary visual art and artists.

Art Council Inc. (aka Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency for visual artists by Artadia. In partnership with the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, five visual artists will be selected from 225 Artadia Awardees working in partner communities of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco.

Art Resources Transfer, Inc. (aka A.R.T. Press)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Distribution to Underserved Communities Program. Books, museum catalogues, videos, and other material about contemporary art will be distributed free-of-charge to rural and inner-city public libraries, schools, and alternative reading centers nationwide.

Artists Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition program and related educational activities at the Cuchifritos Gallery on New York's Lower East Side. Cuchifritos' curatorial program will provide exhibition opportunities for as many as seven emerging and underrepresented artists while supporting the independent voices of curators seeking to address current concerns in contemporary art and society.

Arts Engine, Inc. (aka Media That Matters Film Festival / MediaRight) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman. In conjunction with Human Rights Watch (HRW), Arts Engine will produce The E-Team, a feature-length documentary about HRW's emergency workers who investigate human rights abuses in various hotspots around the globe.

Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Eye On Dance Archive Legacy Project. Materials in this archive include videotapes, photographs, dance periodicals, artist notes, studies, and educational material dating back to 1976.

ASCAP Foundation
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Summer Music Camp. The program provides New York City public school students five weeks of intensive musical training and performance experience free-of-charge at the Manhattan School of Music.

Asia Society (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Page Turner/Asia, an initiative to bring writers from Asian countries to the annual Asian American Literary Festival. In partnership with the Asian American Writers' Workshop, the Asia Society will bring to the U.S. 12 contemporary writers from countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (aka A4)
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Asian American Arts Center Inc. (aka Asian American Dance Theatre)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support expansion of a web-based archive and a series of after-school workshops for youth. Work by 150 contemporary Asian and Asian American artists along with related documents and reviews will be digitized and added the archive; additionally, materials from the archive will be used in weekly Visual Learning workshops to be offered to local youth during after-school hours.

Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of readings, discussions, interviews, blogs, and a festival targeting Asian Americans in celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary. Many of the events and interviews will take place in ethnic communities and explore issues of identity, history, and urban change.

Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a tuition-free ballet training program. The program, founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, provides pre-professional arts training including an integrated public academic education and a student performance troupe.

Bard College (on behalf of Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$17,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Young Playwrights Festival Program, residencies for fourth and sixth-graders. In partnership with Poughkeepsie City School District, professional artists will teach students to write dialogues and monologues for short plays, dramatic movement, character development, and speech; selected works will be rehearsed and performed by a cast of professional actors and presented for the public at each school.

Bargemusic, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Labor Day Contemporary Festival. Three contemporary music ensembles, the Fireworks Ensemble, Voxare String Quartet, and the Flux String Quartet, will present five programs of works including world and New York premieres by composers David Del Tredici, Elizabeth Adams, and David Shohl.

Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (aka Baryshnikov Arts Center)
New York, NY
$85,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Bowery Arts and Science, Ltd. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support A White Wing Brushes the Building, a fieldwork project to locate poetry traditions in eight New York City ethnic communities. In partnership with Rattapallax, a New York City-based literary magazine, Bowery Arts will organize readings for ethnic poets within their communities, and feature them in a literary journal/DVD.

Bowery Arts and Science, Ltd.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support more than 450 poetry, prose, and spoken-word presentations and workshops at the Bowery Poetry Club. Signature series and initiatives include World of Poetry, featuring poetry in translation; Page Meets Stage, pairing two poets with one reading, one performing; Summer Institute for Social Justice & Applied Poetics, an education-through-the-arts initiative targeting at-risk teens; Urbana Poetry Slam, a weekly poetry slam; and the Segue Readings, highlighting diverse and cutting-edge aesthetics.

Bronx River Art Center, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Shifting Communities. The professional artist and community development project will highlight contemporary art by local artists and collectives from the New York boroughs.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (aka BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Half the Sky Festival: Women in Traditional Performance. The project will conduct fieldwork with immigrant groups in Brooklyn to identify traditional performances and rituals that were specific to women, including music, dance, and spoken arts.

Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the 1st Thursday DUMBO Gallery Walk and associated programming. In partnership with the DUMBO Improvement District, the Council will present a series of multidisciplinary arts events in the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge, as well as an exhibition including solo artist installations and thematic group shows.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc. (aka BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the visual arts residency and teacher training program of the BRIC Rotunda Gallery. The program will combine visits to contemporary art galleries with in-school classroom workshops for underserved youth in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Brooklyn Independents literary series and the Russian Literary Series. The latter will feature Russian writers reading and presenting in Russian to Brooklyn's large population of Russian speakers.  Brooklyn Independents will feature poets from four independent presses: Graywolf Press, Akashic Books, Hanging Loose Press, and Ugly Duckling Presse.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (aka Squeaky Wheel)
Buffalo, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program, a 25-year-old program that provides media equipment access, low-cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally. Through this program, film and video cameras, microphones, light kits, sound equipment, and editing facilities are made available for rental.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Buffalo, NY
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Involving People Into This Magic: Steina Vasulka, 1970-2000, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. Trained as a musician, the artist (b. 1940) and her husband Woody Vasulka, became seminal figures in the early exploration of electronic media and the marriage of sound and image.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances and educational activities by Ensemble ACJW, the performance arm of The Academy, a competitive professional development program for young musicians. In partnership with the Juilliard School, plans include performances at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, and Skidmore College, and educational activities in 20 public elementary, middle, and high school auditoriums.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support administrative costs and judges' fees for the 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, as well as the foundation's annual week-long writing retreat, both targeting emerging African American poets.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Community Cultural Initiatives, a program designed to assist New York City's immigrant communities preserve and share performing arts traditions. The program will include field research, artistic presentations, and educational programs in Chinese, Ukrainian, and Colombian communities.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the An-Sky Initiative for Yiddish Culture, a project that will research, document, and present East European Jewish performing arts found in New York City. In collaboration with the Center for Jewish History, the project will locate tradition bearers, sponsor a lecture series, present concerts of music and dance, and support collaboration between Jewish and Roma musicians.

Center for Urban Pedagogy, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Urban Investigations, after-school arts education programs for public high school students in New York City. Workshops employ art, design, and multimedia to explore the inner workings of the city's environment, architecture, and infrastructure.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$37,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the preservation of the recorded archives of performances from 1969 to the present. Plans include converting out-of-date formats such as reel-to-reel, digital audio tape, and CD to two terabyte hard drives that will be housed at the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library of Recorded Sound of The New York Public Library.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of a radio series of chamber music performances. Artists and repertoire under consideration for the 2011-12 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series include violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, a program of traditional and contemporary Russian music, pianist Stephen Prutsman performing Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, and works by composer Bright Sheng.

Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Chez Bushwick, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Why Patterns, choreographed by Jonah Bokaer in collaboration with visual artist Daniel Arsham and composer Alexi Georgopoulos. The work, focused on a neurological theme, will premiere at the Museum of Modern Art's public atrium space.

Chinese Theatre Works, Inc.
Jackson Heights, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of Day Jobs, Opera Dreams. Using techniques of the Peking Opera and contemporary Western theater, the production will depict the lives and aspirations of immigrant Chinese Opera artists in the U.S., and will be developed through a process of oral history interviews and workshops, with a final script and staging by Artistic Directors Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen Kaplin, in collaboration with Musical Director/Composer Yukio Tsuji and Peking Opera Conductor Gang Tien.

City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the City Lore Documentary Institute, a three-week summer training program with follow-up internships, focusing on urban traditions and cultural documentation. Students will study all aspects of research projects, including research ethics, project planning, fundraising, interviewing techniques, documentary photography, sound recording, writing field notes, archiving, and delivering public presentations on research findings.

City Lore, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Artful Stories, a folk arts in education program for urban elementary schools. In partnership with Community School District 28, City Lore will provide artist residencies, professional development for folk artists and teachers, performances, community field trips, and parent involvement activities.

Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a museum exhibit on the cultural history of Puerto Ricans in New York City. The exhibit will survey the artistic contributions of Puerto Ricans throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, including music, dance, textile arts, masks, murals, textile arts, and instrument making.

Collaborative Arts Project 21, Inc. (aka CAP21)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support CAP21's development of emerging artists and new musical theater works in the New Artists/New Work Development Program. Activities will include the Writer's Co-op, the Roundtable Reading Series, the Monday Night Reading Series, and the Showcase.

College Art Association
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ARTspace, a programming component during the annual conference of the College Art Association. Designed to engage the artist members, ARTspace sessions are offered free-of-charge and include activities such as live interviews with prominent artists; film, video, and multimedia screenings; performances; and presentations scheduled to provide for the professional exchange of ideas and practices through conversations reflecting the current state of the visual arts and contemporary art practice.

Columbia University in the City of New York (on behalf of Temple Hoyne Buell Center of American Architecture)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Public Housing in the Public Sphere: A Forum. A public discussion on public housing hosted by the Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture will be supported by a research field guide and follow-up publication as well as online access to a video of the event.

Community-Word Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support artist residencies in creative writing led by teams of teaching artists, in collaboration with classroom teachers. Students, ages 7 to 17, will study a diverse group of authors, learn to write and revise individual and collaborative work, participate in public readings and an anthology, and create murals based on a line of poetry chosen from one of their poems.

Cool Culture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Art Education for Everyone Campaign and Family Visitation Pilot Tracking Project. The arts and cultural community campaign will promote, assess, and track the progress of a program that provides low-income families unlimited admission to many of New York City's cultural institutions such as El Museo Del Barrio and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cornell University (on behalf of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art)
Ithaca, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation and interpretation of European and American works in the collection of the Johnson Museum of Art. The reinstallation project is meant to present museum visitors the most complete picture possible of European and American art through thought-provoking juxtapositions of quality works, an emphasis on flexibility, variety, and inclusiveness, and engaging and effective interpretation.

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
New York, NY
$52,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support technical assistance and capacity-building programs for large, mid-size, and small independent magazines and presses. Services and resources will include an interactive website offering access to media databases and virtual roundtable discussions, as well as workshops, one-on-one mentoring, and networking opportunities.

Creative Capital Foundation
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Creative Center, Inc. (aka Creative Center for Women with Cancer)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support The Creative Center Training Program and symposium. The program and symposium will be targeted to artists who work with older adults in senior centers, assisted living centers, rehabilitation and long term care, hospice, and in- and out-patient geriatric and dementia units.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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?

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Merce Cunningham Dance Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the preservation and distribution of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's final performances at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The company will partner with the Merce Cunningham Trust to create a DVD that will include a film of the final performances as well as bonus material from the archives and excerpts of the 50 works to be preserved in digitized "dance capsules," which will include information on the works to ensure that Cunningham's legacy remains accessible to dancers, scholars, and the public.

Dance Films Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a national tour of the Dance on Camera Festival (DFA). Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, DFA plans to hold domestic and international programs of one to six films each, often with the filmmaker(s) present to lead a discussion.

Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the recording in Labanotation of Martha Graham dances and the creation of an online video archive of performed excerpts from these scores and other scores in the Dance Notation Bureau archive. The project will supplement and enhance the functionality and usefulness of the Dance Notation Bureau Online Score Catalog by enabling the user to view performance excerpts of Labanotated dances.

Dance Ring (aka New York Theatre Ballet)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging and presentation of Sir Frederick Ashton's 1982 ballet, Pas de Légumes (The Vegetable Ballet) by the New York Theater Ballet. The performances will take place in New York City at the Florence Gould Hall and the Winter Garden/World Financial Center, and will be presented in a program featuring other classical revivals from recent New York Theatre Ballet repertory.

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the education and community outreach initiative, Dancing Through Barriers. The project will include performances, lecture-demonstrations, ballet master classes, and other educational activities conducted by the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble.

Dancewave, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Dancewave Company I & II, pre-professional dance training companies. Students have the opportunity to train with renowned American choreographers.

Dancing Crane, Inc. (aka Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Theater)
Warwick, NY
$13,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support intermediate and advanced-level classes in dance, songs, instrumental music, and theater of Georgia and the surrounding Caucasus region. Classes meet each week throughout the year and lead to student performances in festivals and other community events as well as an annual fall concert that features the student performing ensemble Pesvebi.

Dancing in the Street, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the fifth annual festival, Hip-Hop Generation Next: From the South to East Asia. In collaboration with the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the Bronx, the festival will include a commissioned work by Emilio "Buddha" Stretch Austin, Jr. and an East Asian choreographer; a block party in the Bronx that will feature dance, music, and spoken-word performances; films and panel discussions; and ArtWorks, a paid internship for teens.

Dia Center for the Arts (aka Dia Art Foundation)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support reinstallation of Robert Irwin's Excursus: Homage to the Square at Dia:Beacon. Originally installed at Dia in Chelsea, the work is Irwin's (b. 1928) first fully-realized experiment with scrim and fluorescent light, and uses specially-fabricated theatrical gels that combine in a maze-like, immersive environment.

Diversity of Dance, Inc. (aka Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts, a residential summer dance institute. The program is a four-week, day and residential intensive summer institute, designed to increase students' skills in dance, choreography, and related performing arts.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$95,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.

Drama League of New York, Inc. (aka The Drama League)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Directors Project, a career development program for emerging theater directors. The program provides young directors with hands-on instruction and opportunities to work with leading theater artists and to direct their own projects in New York City, Ithaca, and at theaters throughout the country.

Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre Foundation Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Portals, choreographed by Dušan Týnek, featuring the music by Aleksandra Vrebalov in a live performance by The Ethel Quartet. The work was inspired by Francisco de Zubaran's painting Saint Bonaventure Praying, and will explore the multiple forces that exist on different planes and their power and influence upon each other.

Dynamic Forms, Inc. (aka Mark DeGarmo & Dancers)
New York, NY
$11,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Mark DeGarmo & Dancers' Partnerships in Literacy Through Dance & Creativity at PS 142, Amalia Castro School. Dance teaching artists will team with the school's music and visual arts teachers to help students develop dance and literacy skills.

Early Stages Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Storytelling Across the Curriculum, a theater artist residency program. Using folktales, fairytales, and other children's literature, teaching artists, working collaboratively with classroom teachers and administrators, will help students enhance their proficiency in theater and language arts.

Educational Video Center
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Youth Documentary Workshop that teaches high school students to research, shoot, and edit documentaries about issues in their communities. The 15-week course develops the participants' leadership and critical literacy skills by immersing them in a project in which they move from research through post-production, finishing with public screenings of the work.

El Puente de Williamsburg, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Arts for Social Change Program, a project of multi-level, pre-professional classes, leading to theme-based arts projects at community-based Youth Leadership Centers in Brooklyn. Sequentially developed arts classes in ballet, hip-hop, bomba, modern dance, theater, filmmaking, and visual arts are offered in daily after school classes from September through June, and on weekdays during a seven-week summer intensive program.

El Taller Latino Americano
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the preservation of audio and video archives. The archive is a collection of more than 30 years of audio recordings of live performances by Latino artists, rare or discontinued LP's by artists from the school of Nueva canción ("new song," or the socially-committed music of the 1960s), and video footage of concerts and artist interviews, that will be digitized and made available on the Internet.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance (aka Kaufman Center)
New York, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support music, chorus, and private instrumental lessons at a New York City public school for musically gifted children, as well as after-school classes for graduates who have been through the program in their elementary schools and are now in city high schools. Students take private lessons and learn a structured, sequential music curriculum, with many opportunities to perform, that is closely integrated with other academic subjects.

Elevator Repair Service Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an Off-Broadway production of The Select (The Sun Also Rises), adapted from Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises and directed by John Collins. The play portrays an expatriate living in Europe who is forced to find himself in spite of his loss of connection to the culture (geographical and emotional) in which he lives.

EmcArts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Epic Theatre Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support in-school residencies led by teaching artists in the study of classical and modern plays. Tailored to the specific needs of public high schools, residencies will include research, script analysis, creation of original work, and rehearsal and performance for community audiences.

Falconworks Artists Group
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Off The Hook, a program in play development and acting for young people led by Artistic Director Reg Flowers. The flagship program comprises an eight-week workshop in which each participant writes his or her own play exploring compelling personal issues that will result in a public performance.

Flea Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support The Bats, a program that provides performance opportunities to a diverse, non-Equity company of apprentice actors. Competitively selected participants are given the opportunity to perform alongside seasoned professional actors in works by established playwrights and receive training through workshops and master classes to create their own works.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc. (aka Flushing Town Hall)
Flushing, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Cultural Crossroads 3: Bridging Cultures, Bridging Community, Bridging Generations, featuring the presentation of jazz and world music at Flushing Town Hall. Project activities will include public performances, workshops, and panel discussions featuring artists such as Daniel Bernard-Roumain (known as DBR), the Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Jimmy Heath, among numerous others.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the development and implementation of a documentation/archiving and licensing/distribution program that will benefit and service the dance field nationwide. In partnership with Dance Theater Workshop, the company will offer professional documentation for works presented at the newly merged and created "The Center" as well as technical assistance for member artists.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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 Materials for the Arts
Long Island City, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a professional development workshop series for educators and arts programmers in New York City. Participants will learn how to access free art materials available in the Materials for the Arts warehouse, and will be provided hands-on art making training, research techniques, shared best practices, and lesson plans and course materials for a variety of learning styles and levels to teach reuse art practices to their students.

Gametophyte, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the preparation of a Historic Structure Report, a planning document for the restoration and preservation of the General Society 1890 building. The goal is to preserve the historic characteristics of the building while complying with current building codes and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ghetto Film School, Inc.
The Bronx, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Fellows Program, a free three-course immersion arts education program focused on narrative film storytelling. Working together, fellows study with a professional screenwriter, compete for crew positions (e.g., director or cinematographer), and receive advanced instruction in specialized areas.

Girls Write Now, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Mentoring Program, which matches girls with professional women writers as their personal mentors. Through weekly one-on-one writing sessions, monthly genre-based group workshops, a public reading series, and creation of literary portfolios, mentors help girls develop their independent voices, explore professions in writing, and learn how to make healthy choices in school, career, and life.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of two one-act operas. Presented in a double bill, A Blizzard in Marblehead Neck by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner and Later the Same Evening by John Musto and Mark Campbell will feature soprano Patricia Schuman, and baritones David Pitzinger and Jake Gardner.

Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc. (aka Zia Artists)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Zia Artists' programs at The Joyce Theater. Artist Access will allow emerging artists to further develop their audiences by presenting them on a shared bill during a two-week festival at the Joyce, reaching an audience of more than 1,500. American Dance Focus will be the first-ever produced American "platform," or performance series, of dance artists for the purpose of promoting the export of American dance.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the The Bebe Miller Company's planning phase for Dance Fort, a web-based portal that will provide insight into the creation of a dance. The project will include a series of conferences and convenings with a team of artists, archivists, and digital technicians to explore and plan a prototype of the work.

Gregg Smith Singers, Inc.
Yonkers, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the reissue of out-of-print recordings of American choral music. Repertoire will include works by composers William Schuman, Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Ross Lee Finney, Leo Smit, and Gregg Smith as well as historic American music from 1620 through the 1970s previously released as part of an American Bicentennial Series in 1976.

Groundswell Community Mural Project, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$38,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Leadership Institute. Teens will work under the tutelage of professional artists to create large-scale works of public art in New York City neighborhoods.

H.T. Dance Company, Inc. (aka H.T. Chen & Dancers)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the development and presentation of Eight Strokes & the Moving Word, a new dance educational performance that will address themes of literacy and discipline, and the artistic expressions of Chinese arts - dance, calligraphy, and martial arts. The program involves dance, video projections, narration, and audience participation, and will include a comprehensive study guide for teachers and students.

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Creative Residency Program. Artists will be commissioned to create artworks, using new and evolving technologies, for public performance and digital broadcast.

Henry Street Settlement (aka Abrons Arts Center)
New York, NY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Abrons Arts Center Dance Ensemble and Junior Dance Ensemble. The Dance Ensemble provides free dance training for teens who are interested in pursuing dance in higher education or as a career; while the Junior Dance Ensemble prepares younger students for advanced dance training.

Hester Street Collaborative Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Ground Up design education program. Students at three New York City public schools will study their built and social environments; gain art-making, critical thinking, and problem solving skills; and apply this knowledge and skill to the improvement of a public space in their school or neighborhood with a built project or art installation.

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation, presentation, and national touring of the evening-length movement, music, and media work, On Behalf of Nature, conceived by Meredith Monk. The concepts and imagery for the work have been drawn from the writings of poet Gary Snyder and other authors and scientists who address the fragility of the global ecology.

Hudson Review, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support College Now, a program for high school students in all five borroughs of New York. In partnership with the City University of New York, the journal will distribute the anthology Writes of Passage: Coming-of-Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review to participating students, and bring in writers from the anthology for classroom discussions.

Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Inc.
Blauvelt, NY
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support touring attendance fees for performances of Guess Who Signed the Constitution?, written by Bernie Garzia with songs by Andrew Wilder and directed by Lois Bohovesky. Hudson Vagabond Puppets will partner with presenters or school districts to provide access for low and moderate income students to see a larger-than-life puppet performance that portrays the arguments and debates that took place in Philadelphia when the United States Constitution was being formed and adopted.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Cold Spring, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by Founding Director Terrence O'Brien. As part of the 25th anniversary season, the production will be performed under an open-air tent theater perched on the banks of the Hudson River on the grounds of the historic 19th-century Boscobel estate in Garrison, New York.

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support a dance education program at two Brooklyn public schools. The project includes weekly instruction by teaching artists in African and Afro-Brazilian dance to students in pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade.

Independent Feature Project, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$85,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Independent Film Week that provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry. One-on-one meetings between producers and financers, distributors, exhibitors, funders, and broadcasters are held throughout the week in New York City; screenings are offered throughout the day, while seminars and workshops are held concurrently at nearby locations.

Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional, Inc. (aka Teatro IATI)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Triple Play Tours. This program will take full theatrical productions, staged readings, and workshops in theater and dance to diverse communities throughout the Northeast.

International Center of Photography
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Roman Vishniac Project. A recent acquisition of the International Center of Photography, the Vishniac (1897-1990) collection includes more than 20,000 items of this early 20th-century artist who created the most iconic photographic record of Jewish life in Europe between the World Wars.

International Center of Photography (aka ICP) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support ICP at The Point. In partnership with Point Community Development Corporation, students will learn technical photography skills, darkroom printing processes, and develop skills to organize exhibitions and promote their work.

International Film Seminars, Inc. (aka The Flaherty)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 57th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, a week-long event to be held at Colgate College in Hamilton, New York. The seminar brings together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.

InterSchool Orchestras of New York
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support InterSchool Orchestras. The program will provide instruction in instrumental, ensemble, and performance skills to students, as well as performance opportunities.

Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (aka The Noguchi Museum)
Long Island City, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the site study and exhibition Studies in Space, Art, and Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City, with accompanying publication and public programs. This proposal for a future vision for northwestern Queens will be based on the collaborative work of invited architects, artists, landscape architects, and urban thinkers; it is inspired by public works Isamu Noguchi conceived with artists and architects of his time.

Issue Project Room, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Jazz Forum Arts, Inc.
Dobbs Ferry, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a series of radio programs based on the Piano Summit performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The programs will feature an intriguing survey of jazz masters in instrumental aural combinations: solo piano, duo piano, piano trio, and two-piano quartet.

JazzReach Performing Art & Education Association
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support JazzReach's 2011-2012 educational programming. More than 60 performances of the multimedia educational program for young audiences in grades K-12 are expected to take place. The project will integrate live music, live narration, video projections, lighting design, and interactive, post-show discussions in addition to clinics and master classes for student musicians and ensembles.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of outdoor performances designed to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of 9/11/01 in Lower Manhattan's Rockefeller Park. In partnership with the José Limón Dance Foundation, the program will feature three to four New York City-based dance companies and in addition, one new dance work will be commissioned for the event.

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Babel, a program that brings renowned international writers to western New York for readings and related outreach activities. Just Buffalo will promote the readings by distributing brochures, securing radio spots, and making available on its website downloadable readers' guides and other educational material, as well as interactive discussion groups.

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Buffalo, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Reclaiming Buffalo, a community-based after-school program to teach students of diverse cultures and backgrounds photographic and literary arts. A partnership with the Center for Exploratory and Conceptual Art, the program will involve up to eight artists working with as many as 100 students, ages 9 to 14, to photograph dilapidated buildings and vacant lots in the students' communities.

Katonah Museum of Art, Inc. (Consortium)
Katonah, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Double Solitaire: The Surrealist World of Kay Sage (1898-1963) and Yves Tanguy (1900-55), with accompanying catalogue. Organized in partnership with the Mint Museum of Art, the exhibition will include approximately 25 works by each artist, some of which have never before been exhibited.

Kundiman, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings, an oral history project, and the 2011 Asian American Poetry Retreat. As part of the oral history project, Asian American poets will interview Asian immigrants, record their interviews and use the stories they hear as jumping off points for poetic responses.

La Compagnia de' Colombari, Inc
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support More or Less I Am, a music-theater piece drawn from Walt Whitman's 1855 Song of Myself, conceived and directed by Karin Coonrod with original music by Colin Jacobsen, Kyle Sanna, and Eric Jacobsen. The production will include members of the string ensemble Brooklyn Rider, a Mingus Jazz Orchestra trumpet player, a Trinidadian steel drum player, a mezzo-soprano opera singer, and a gospel singer.

La Troupe Makandal, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Haiti Drums and Dances, a program that provides classes in traditional Afro-Haitian drumming and dance at sites in Brooklyn and Manhattan. NEA National Heritage Fellow Frisner Augustin will offer drumming instruction, while Haitian native Pierre Desrameaux will teach dance to both children and adults.

Lake George Opera Festival Association, Inc.
Saratoga Springs, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by composer Johann Strauss II. Performances will mark the company's 50th anniversary season and will commemorate the company's production of the work in its first season.

Lehman College Art Gallery, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support expansion of the website titled Bronx Architecture: An Online Guide. As many as 25 historical and new buildings (selected with the input of scholars, neighborhood residents, and staff research) will be added to an existing website which features Bronx architecture.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and broadcast of the television series Live From Lincoln Center. Since 1976, Live From Lincoln Center has made accessible more than 200 live performances.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lincoln Center Institute)
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support professional development for teachers to teach students to experience and create art through inquiry, research, reflection, and artistic processes. The project will take place in Focus Schools in New York City that integrate Lincoln Center Institute's art program into school curriculum.

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America, Inc. (aka LMDA)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 2011 conference The Dramaturg As Public Artist. Directed by Danielle Mages Amato, president of LMDA, the conference will promote the exchange of information about the function, practice, and value of literary management and dramaturgy and will explore the growing importance of the dramaturg as someone building bridges between theaters and audiences.

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education (aka National Network for Folk Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support outreach and technical assistance activities which incorporate folk arts into K-12 education. This project includes ongoing publications and an online newsletter; hiring a consultant to improve cooperation between folklorists and educators; and hosting a professional development conference.

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education (aka National Network for Folk Arts in Education) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support incorporation of folk arts and artists into the schools of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. In partnership with the Acadiana Center for the Arts, Local Learning will expand to additional schools; add a French language component; and also add French translations of all residency segments on their website.

Long Island Traditions Inc. (Consortium)
Port Washington, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of public programs, documentation, and an exhibit focusing on boat building traditions in Westchester and Long Island. In collaboration with the Westchester Arts Council, the project will interview local boat builders and document boat building traditions, focusing on construction techniques and various boat designs (commercial fishing boats, work boats, and personal water craft) culminating in a traveling exhibit.

Long Island Traditions Inc.
Port Washington, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of workshops and performances featuring the music and dance of Long Island immigrant communities. Artists from the Portuguese, Paraguayan, and Peruvian communities will present classes at the local libraries, culminating in a series of public performances by the master teaching artists and their ensembles.

Los Pleneros de la 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support The Puerto Rican Music Project.  Led by NEA National Heritage Fellow Juan Gutierrez, the project supports local and touring concerts, workshops, and lectures that will facilitate the appreciation and understanding of Puerto Rico's traditional music and dance.

Los Pleneros de la 21, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$13,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Bomba & Plena: In the House, a series residencies to teach traditional Puerto Rican song and dance for students in sixth to twelfth grade in New York City. Led by NEA National Heritage Fellow Juan Gutiérrez and musicians of his professional ensemble, Los Pleneros de la 21, the project will feature 10-week residencies will culminate in concerts for community and school audiences where students perform alongside the artists.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the artist residency programs, Workspace and Swing Space. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Workspace and Swing Space programs provide contemporary artists free studios, artist stipends, and career-building opportunities.

Making Books Sing, Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Literature at Play, an in-school musical theater residency and professional development program. Professional teaching artists, playwrights, and lyricist/composers will work with youth and classroom teachers to adapt literature into full musical productions.

MAPP International Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Marquis Studios, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support collaborations of teaching artists, classroom teachers, and school arts specialists to design residencies in a variety of disciplines. The project will integrate visual art, music, theater, and dance into the school curriculum and engage students to express themselves creatively.

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support dance rehearsals in preparation for performances in New York City and on the U.S. tour. The company will rehearse new and existing works focused on a common theme of the 1940s and 50s: the new science of psychology.

Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Teens@Graham program, a dance education program. Program components include classes, summer intensives, and a young artist program for teenagers who demonstrate a serious desire to study Graham Technique and repertory.

Martina Arroyo Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support Prelude to Performance, a professional development program to provide vocal and theatrical training to emerging opera artists. The six-week intensive program will train as many as 40 aspiring opera professionals in the areas of movement, music, language, and role study.

Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York (aka The Center for Fiction)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support more than 50 free and low-cost public readings, lectures, and writing workshops at the Center for Fiction. Ongoing series include Why We Read, talks by major American writers; Imagined Biographies; On Translation; and New & Tried, which pairs emerging and established writers on one stage.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. (aka The Met) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of a fully staged or concert opera featuring young artists. In partnership with the Juilliard School, the opera will be conducted by NEA Opera Honoree Maestro James Levine at Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharpe Theater and will feature members of the Met's Lindemann's Young Artist Program and the Juilliard Orchestra.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. (aka The Met)
New York, NY
$150,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs associated with the national telecasts of Great Performances at the Met. Captured in high-definition video, the productions will be broadcast on PBS stations and live performance transmissions in high definition to more than 1,000 movie theaters in 44 countries.

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co. (Consortium)
Bronx, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support training for students in basic folklore research, documentation, and presentation. In collaboration with Community Works, students will receive training to study artists and traditions found in their families, neighborhood, and the borough of the Bronx, with an emphasis on how communities present themselves through dress, hair-styles, and adornment, and how such community expressions relate to the music and dance of the communities.

Municipal Art Society of New York
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Landmark Retrofitting Demonstration Project. During this phase of the Municipal Art Society's Preservation and Climate Change initiative, an advisory board of preservation architects, government officials, and energy efficiency professionals will select a small historic building to undergo a mechanical systems assessment and energy audit and will undertake the appropriate retrofitting.

Museum of Arts & Design (aka MAD)
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Otherworldly: Smaller Than Real, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. The exhibition will explore different approaches to the construction of small-scale artificial environments by contemporary artists such as James Casebere, Thomas Doyle, Lori Nix, David Opdyke, and Kim Keever.

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts
Brooklyn, NY
$38,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Museum of Contemporary African Diasporian Arts Artists-in-Schools. Professional artists will work closely with classroom teachers to implement art instruction, research, and coordinate relevant field trips focused on art of the African Diaspora; students will curate an exhibition in conjunction with museum staff.

Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the digitization and interpretation of the museum's collection of photographs and negatives by Reginald Marsh (1898-1954). The project will include development of an online exhibition and scholarship for public access via the museum's website.

Music From China, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Chinese Music Encounters, a residency of performances and community outreach in Dayton, Ohio. In partnership with the University of Dayton, the ensemble will perform contemporary and traditional Chinese music on a range of Western and Chinese instruments for diverse audiences, including Asian Americans, during a residency of four days in a range of venues.

National Asian American Theatre Company (Consortium)
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 3rd National Asian American Theater Conference & Festival. In a partnership with East West Players, the theater will feature work by Asian American companies and individual artists with events exploring vital field issues and the contributions of Asian American artists to American culture.

National Asian American Theatre Company
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Noel Coward's Hay Fever, directed by Daniel Winerman with an all-Asian American cast. Hay Fever will examine the lives of actors and the many roles they adapt as they move between reality and the stage.

National Black Programming Consortium
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the acquisition, packaging, and distribution of a curated film series about the arts and culture in the African Diaspora. In its fourth year on public television, AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange will reach national audiences through American Public Television.

National Black Touring Circuit, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 2012 Black History Month Play Festival. Four plays, including Adam by Peter DeAnda, Zora Neale Hurston by Laurence Holder, I, Barbara Jordan by Celeste Bedford Walker, and The Good Fight: A Philip Randolph by Al Boswell, will re-introduce historic African-American political heroes to the public, further illuminating them in post-play discussions focusing on issues faced during their lifetimes.

National Book Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the online publication and promotion of digital "appreciations" of National Book Award fiction finalists from 1950 to 2012. Written by emerging writers, the appreciations will be accompanied by photos of the book and author; a list of the other fiction finalists for that year; information about other awards, the author, and his/her work; click-throughs for direct purchase of the author's current work; and links to additional online resources.

National Book Foundation, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support BookUp, a 12-week, after-school program in New York and Texas that encourages underserved middle school students to read for pleasure. Presented in partnership with the Children's Aid Society, the reading clubs are led by published writers who allow the students to choose a book to read, engage them in discussions and role-playing, and take them on field trips to libraries, bookstores, and readings.

National Dance Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Advanced Scholarship Program. Licensed dance instructors will provide year-long, sequential dance training to students, culminating in dance performances.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc. (aka National Guild for Community Arts Education)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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 September 11 Memorial and Museum/World Trade Center Memorial (aka 9/11 Memorial & Museum)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Committed to Memory: 9/11 Artifacts at Hangar 17. Photographs by photographer Francesc Torres of objects being held in hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport will be co-presented by the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and the International Center of Photography to mark the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 and the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site.

Negro Ensemble Company
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a re-staging of The Great MacDaddy, by Paul Carter Harrison. Originally produced by the company in 1973, the Obie Award-winning play examines African American myths and metaphors through the use of archetypal characters from The Palm-Wine Drinkard, a novel by Amos Tutuola and from African folklore.

New 42nd Street, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the New Victory in the Classroom Residency Program. Designed and implemented in partnership with New York City Department of Education School District 15, the residency program allows students to experience professional productions at the New Victory Theater after which residency artists teach performing arts techniques from a diverse range of cultures in a series of in-class workshops.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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 School University (Consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support PetLab, a professional development project based on the principles of game design. In partnership with the Institute of Play, participants will engage in and instruct others in design-based processes, including problem-solving, sketching, prototyping, testing, and modifying.

New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the French Ballet Project, which will include performances, residencies, workshops, and a conference. Artistic Director Catherine Turocy will reconstruct Entreé des sauvages de l'Amerique (1685), composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully; Les Sauvages (1736), an opera-ballet by Jean-Phillipe Rameau; and Les Fête de Ramier (1745), an acte de ballet by Jean-Phillipe Rameau.

New York Chinese Cultural Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Dance China 2011, an overview of Chinese dance and Chinese choreographers. The project will highlight the influence of Chinese traditional dance forms on modern dance today.

New York City Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Encores!, a series of staged concert productions of classic and lesser-known Broadway musicals with original orchestrations and books. The series has featured some of the 20th century's greatest composers and lyricists, including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, and Jerome Kern.

New York City Players, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the U.S. premiere and tour of Neutral Hero, an original, interdisciplinary piece written, composed, and directed by Richard Maxwell. Inspired by the work of American comparative mythology scholar Joseph Campbell, the work will feature as many as 12 actors and musicians.

New York Folklore Society, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a full-time folklorist position. The folklorist will provide field research and ethnographic assistance to community based, not-for-profit organizations, as well as professional development services and technical support to folk artists and organizations.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (aka NYFA)
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the expansion of the NYFA Source database. The expansion will include a technical upgrade allowing users and organizations to post information directly to the website.

New York Historical Society (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support ArtSpeaks!, a teacher professional development program for teams of high school teachers of art, social studies, and English Language Learners from New York City's international high schools. In partnership with the Central Park Conservancy, the program will train teachers in various forms of art making and art study to create a cohesive vocabulary to foster art-making skills, language development, and content learning for newcomer students in the classroom.

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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

New York Shakespeare Festival (aka The Public Theater)
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 2011 free summer season of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. The project will include a rotating repertory season of at least two full Shakespeare productions with a single company of actors performing roles in both productions.

New York State Council on the Arts
New York, NY
$750,306
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New York State Historical Association
Cooperstown, NY
$16,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a conservation survey of works in the Fenimore Art Museum's permanent collection. The survey of 73 American artworks by academic, folk, and Native American artists such as Edward Hicks, Gilbert Stuart, Eastman Johnson, Betsey Wellman, Terrence Kennedy, and Charles Bird King will result in the establishment of conservation priorities, treatment recommendations, and development of a storage plan.

New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Alexander Dinelaris's play Red Dog Howls, with the creative team of Artistic Director Jim Nicola and Associate Artistic Director Linda Chapman. The play portrays a young man preparing to become a parent and mourning the recent death of his own father who stumbles upon clues that lead him to find and meet his grandmother for the first time.

New York University (on behalf of The Drama Review)
New York, NY
$26,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the publication of The Drama Review, a quarterly journal edited by Richard Schechner. The publication documents performances in their social, economic, and political contexts and features the work of both established and developing scholars and artists.

New York Youth Symphony, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Growing Music, a comprehensive new music educational performance project with concerts in several venues in New York City. The orchestra will perform premieres of new works as a way to educate young musicians through works by emerging composers.

Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and presentation of Alwin Nikolais' Gallery by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Gallery, which originally premiered in 1978, is a work that is lit entirely by ultraviolet light, and dancers and props are used like puppets.

North American Cultural Laboratory, Inc.
Highland Lake, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support artists and the development of new work in the Deep Space Performance Residency Series, curated by Founding Artistic Directors Tannis Kowalchuk and Brad Krumholz. From June through November 2011, the theater will host a week-long retreat each month to provide rehearsal space and housing for generative theater groups to further develop a piece in its final phase of creation.

Open Channels New York, Inc. (aka Dixon Place)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

openhousenewyork, inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support architecture and design education initiatives for New York City youth and families. In partnership with DreamYard, openhousenewyork will co-organize and develop unique participatory, neighborhood-based architecture/design learning programs including a pilot in-school community design residency program with Bronx public middle school students; and related professional development workshops for classroom teachers.

Opera America
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support electronic platforms of professional development activities, multimedia tools, and field research that will benefit opera organizations and artists nationwide. The national service organization for opera will provide essential support to member artists and companies in realizing artistic excellence and service to their local communities.

Opus 118 Music Center (aka Harlem Center for Strings)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the After-School Music Program of the Harlem Center for Strings. The center will provide after-school sessions that will include private and group lessons, performance opportunities, and community outreach activities for young people from one of New York City's economically challenged neighborhoods.

Our Time Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Our Time NYC Program. Led by professional theater artists and targeted to teenagers who stutter, the program will allow students ages 13-19 to meet weekly for nine months to study the structure of playwriting and the importance of theme, develop vocal strength and breath support through singing exercises, and work collaboratively to write and perform a full-length play that will tour nationally in the summer months.

Outpost Artists Resources (aka The Outpost)
Ridgewood, NY
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Cuts and Burns Residency Program. Selected multimedia artists are provided with free access to Outpost's facilities and editors to complete their work.

Pamphlet Architecture, Ltd.
New York, NY
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the publication of Pamphlet Architecture and the affiliated design competition. A website is designed and maintained for the competition; a jury of experts reviews entries; and the winning design proposal is developed into a book in a series that is distributed internationally.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Rangoon, a new play by Mayank Keshaviah. The play, which examines issues of cultural heritage, racial profiling, and social justice, centers on the Patel family, who emigrate to the rural South in pursuit of the American Dream after having lost everything after a political coup in Burma.

Parrish Art Museum, Inc.
Southampton, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support installation of the museum's permanent collection in a new state-of-the-art facility. Plans for the project include a variety of installation activities including conservation framing, crating, transport, installation, research, documentation, and web-based activities.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Paul Taylor Dance Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a residency by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. In partnership with Binghamton University, State University of New York, the project will include a three-week residency by Taylor 2 that culminates in a performance by the full company.

Pearl Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support production of The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw.

PEN American Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$85,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. The festival will feature readings, performances, discussions, conversations, screenings, and music in both large-scale and intimate public venues.

Pendragon, Inc.
Saranac Lake, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a touring production of To Kill a Mockingbird. The production will travel through the culturally underserved and economically disadvantaged rural Adirondack region of Northeastern New York and will offer subsidized ticket prices for students.

Performa, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Perlman Music Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Music School @ PMP. The intensive six-week summer residency program will provide instruction, coaching, and mentoring opportunities to exceptionally gifted young string players.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of national radio broadcasts of performances by the New York Philharmonic during its 2011-12 season. Approximately 2.5 million listeners will hear each two-hour program in the 52-week series.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the New York Philharmonic's School Partnership Program. In partnership with the New York City Department of Education, the program includes year-long in-school music residencies, attendance at New York Philharmonic concerts, and professional development for teachers and school administrators.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the development of an archive of choreographer David Gordon's 50-year body of work. In partnership with the Jerome Robbins Dance division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Gordon will articulate and contextualize his eclectic art-making process by providing audio narrations to accompany his materials - ranging from scripts and production notes to press and oral histories with performers.

Poetry Project, Limited (aka Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Monday Night and Wednesday Night Reading Series. These events allow both emerging and established poets to perform new work for a broad audience.

Poetry Society of America
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Poetry in Motion, which places poetry placards in public transportation systems around the country, as well as nationwide poetry events and chapbooks. Readings and discussions will take place in Los Angeles, Nashville, Washington, D.C., Boston, Austin, New Orleans, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and in New York City for emerging poets selected to have their first chapbooks published.

Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication of Poets & Writers Magazine and the expansion of the Poets & Writers website. New columns on the service organization's website include Agents Advice; Inside Indie Bookstores; Why We Write; and Digital Digest, which looks at how technology is transforming both writing and publishing.

Poets House, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of talks, panels, and readings in honor of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Activities will include Passwords, in which poets discuss an influential poet or poetic tradition, and a celebration of the life and legacy of Stanley Kunitz.

Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Design Initiative for Community Empowerment (DICE). Through DICE, underserved Brooklyn students will be provided an introduction to design through guided studio work, public exhibitions, and visits from accomplished designers as well as counseling about college.

Printed Matter, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support continued maintenance and expansion of the bibliographic and educational resources on the organization's website. Known as the Research Room, the online archive of artists' publications contains a comprehensive history of publications by visual artists.

Prospect Theater Company, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a developmental workshop for emerging musical theater artists led by Producing Artistic Director Cara Reichel and composer/lyricist Peter Mills with Goodwill Theatre Executive Director Naima Kradjian. In partnership with Goodwill Theatre, a two-week artist residency will enable professional performers, directors, and music directors to work with an ensemble of community talent to workshop and present staged readings of new musicals.

Public Art Films, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Let's Get the Rhythm, a film chronicling hand clapping games. The film explores the folklore of children by documenting the hand clapping games of girls from three different backgrounds as they learn, share, and outgrow the games.

Public Art Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support In the Public Realm. The program provides emerging visual artists (selected through an open call) with opportunities to create temporary art projects for non-traditional public exhibition spaces in New York City.

Queens Council on the Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Woodhaven, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Literature in Translation "Think Tank" (LiTT) that will focus on issues critical to literary translation. Developed in partnership with Words Without Borders, LiTT will include the convening of representatives from the literary field, readings, and other author presentations.

Racing Thoughts, Inc. (aka Jane Comfort and Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance/theater work, Beauty, choreographed by Artistic Director Jane Comfort. The work will premiere in New York City, and will be presented during the Bates Dance Festival's 2012 summer season in Lewiston, Maine.

Radio Foundation, Inc. (aka RadioArt®)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production for radio and audio media of James Joyce's Ulysses. Produced by Larry Josephson, The Complete Ulysses will be a reading of the entire novel by a company of actors including Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, John Goodman, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Kate Valk, Bob Dishy, and Judy Graubart, plus many other veteran New York and Hollywood actors.

Rattapallax, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2011 Literary Film Festival in New York City, as well as online, literary, and poetry-based films, readings, and web series. Rattapallax is producing an original new episodic series called Verse: A Murder Mystery about a young poet who discovers a lost manuscript, available on the journal's website, as well as vimeo, YouTube, blip.tv, babelgum.com, and other sites that show full High Definition (HD) content.

Red Bull Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Ben Jonson's classic Jacobean comedy Volpone. A timeless satire about money, greed, and the gullibility of investors, the play tells the story of a financially rapacious character and the money-hungry charlatans that surround him.

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support a series of filmmaking workshops for teens. Students will meet renowned filmmakers while studying the craft of filmmaking to produce their own short documentaries, screenplays, and short films.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Research Foundation of the City University of New York (on behalf of Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 11th National Black Writers Conference. The four-day conference will feature such writers as Nikki Giovanni, Ngugi wa Thiongo, Camille Dungy, Patricia Smith, and Quraysh Ali Lansana.

Rhizome Communications, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Ringside Inc. (aka STREB)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the audience development and access programs Public/Action New York and Public/Action on Tour. Performances and classes for students will take place at Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) in Brooklyn, while the tour program will involve a series of residencies throughout the United States comprising rehearsals and performances, a youth education program titled Kid Action, adult workshops and lecture-demonstrations, and panel discussions.

Rosie's Broadway Kids, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the ACTE II (A Commitment to Excellence) program in musical theater. Targeted to exceptionally talented students from low-income families for intensive training in theater arts, professional teaching artists and guests from the Broadway stage will provide instruction after-school and during a summer intensive, which culminates in a student performance for family and friends.

Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Rush Gallery in the Schools. Students will learn about contemporary art in the classroom, interact with working artists, create artwork in a variety of media, and run their own in-school gallery.

Sō Percussion, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Before and After Silence, a performance touring project in California, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, celebrating the birthday centennial of composer John Cage (1912-1992). The programming will explore the composer's work before and after his seminal composition 4'33" premiered in 1952.

Salvadori Educational Center on the Built Environment (aka Salvadori Center)
New York, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support GLOBE: Guided Learning through Our Built Environment, a three-year residency with New York City public schools. Working collaboratively, students will learn geometry by constructing model bridges, physics by building simple machines, and ratio and proportion by making scale models of New York City bridges.

School of American Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the tuition-free Boys Program and community outreach activities. The project will comprise no-fee auditions, free public ballet demonstrations, and a series of lecture-demonstrations to the general public and underserved students throughout New York City.

Seven Loaves, Inc. (aka GOH Productions) (on behalf of Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre's interdisciplinary re-staging of Golem for marionettes and live performers. Conceived and directed by Artistic Director Vit Horejs, the production portrays the Jewish experience in 16th-century Eastern Europe with a score by Frank London and choreography by Naomi Goldberg Haas.

Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy, Inc. (aka Park Avenue Armory)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of New York-based dance companies for the Park Avenue Armory's Dance Triptych program. Choreographers Shen Wei and Elizabeth Streb each will create a new, large scale work for the armory's vast 55,000 square foot, non-proscenium drill hall, while the Merce Cunningham Dance Company will perform their final EVENT before the company closes.

Society of Illustrators, Inc. (aka Museum of American Illustration)
New York, NY
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Illustration Art Academy. Students ages 9 to 13 will have the opportunity to visit a variety of local cultural institutions and work alongside renowned illustrators.

Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (aka Teatro SEA)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Teatro SEA's expansion of an ongoing tour of children's theater in Spanish to underserved Latino neighborhoods in New York City and Puerto Rico. Performances in libraries, schools, museums, parks, and community theaters will include the Latinized Children's Classics, Latin American Folktales, Children's Classics from Spain, and a youth and adult series, each featuring original music, sets, costumes, and puppetry.

Solo Foundation
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the production and expansion of Daylight magazine's online multimedia content. Increased access to the online digital archive and original editorial content through the production of photography-based visual art projects, multi-media presentations, exhibitions, and discussion forums will engage readers in the complex and relevant issues associated with contemporary visual art focusing on documentary photojournalism.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (aka Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Learning through Art program, a two-year professional development project for New York City museum educators. In partnership with City Access New York, teaching artists and Guggenheim museum educators will seek to expand their capacity to teach students with special needs and teaching artists partner with classroom teachers to plan art residencies.

Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. (aka Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Cultural Arts Exchange, a flamenco dance program of Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana. In partnership with Graham County Schools, teaching artists will work with elementary students during intensive workshops in flamenco, making the connection between flamenco and local Appalachian music and dance.

Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (aka Repertorio Español)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Teatro Acceso. The program will feature free online resources for students and teachers, in-school residencies by teaching artists, and matinee and touring performances of classical and contemporary Spanish-language plays for student audiences including simultaneous English translation through an infrared listening system.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation, Inc. (aka Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observership Program. The program provides emerging theater directors and choreographers with opportunities to observe nationally-recognized directors and choreographers as they work to create new theater productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters across the country.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality production and post-production video equipment for media artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a not-for-profit arts organization and privately owned businesses, wherein Standby has agreements with several of the best video editing facilities in New York so media artists may use their services during off-hours (evenings and weekends) at rates discounted by as much as 80% off the usual commercial rates, which range from $300 to $1,000 per hour.

Storefront for Art and Architecture
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support New York's Projective Archaeologies: Future Pasts, Future Futures. The project will focus on 101 unrealized proposals -- past and future -- for New York City and will be undertaken in five parts, research and design, exhibition, symposium and workshop, publication, and internet archive.

StoryCorps, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of StoryCorps radio segments for weekly broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. A collaboration with the Library of Congress and public radio stations, StoryCorps is a nationwide project aimed at inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound.

StoryCorps, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of animated short films intended for national television broadcast. StoryCorps is a national project aimed at inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound.

Storyville Center for the Spoken Word (aka The Moth)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the radio series The Moth Radio Hour. The series showcases the art of storytelling by featuring first-person accounts recorded before live audiences.

Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and recording costs of public radio series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and distribution of related CDs. Selected Shorts features leading stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures.

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of Sound Beat, a daily public radio show and podcast available in 90-second or two-minute installments. The show uses historic sound recordings from the 1890s through the 1960s, along with entertaining back stories, to educate listeners about the role of arts and history in the American cultural experience.

Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the national tour of El Gato con Botas (Puss in Boots). A collaboration with Gotham City Opera, the bilingual production will be presented in both English and Spanish by a cast of actors and puppeteers at 10 theaters and universities across the nation, such as the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California, and the Walton Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

theater et al, inc. (aka The Chocolate Factory Theater)
Long Island City, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support RADAR L.A., an international festival of new theater. Produced in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the festival will be offered as a pre-conference activity for the 2011 TCG National Conference.

Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support professional development programs for theater staff, artists, and trustees, including the annual TCG National Conference, Fall Forum, and educational and leadership teleconferences. The 2011 National Conference will be held in Los Angeles and will celebrate TCG's 50th anniversary.

Theatre Development Fund, Inc. (aka TDF)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the National Open Captioning Initiative. The program will provide theaters with open captioning services to increase access to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, and will also train the organizations to implement their own open captioning programs.

Theatreworks/USA Corporation
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a national tour of original theater productions for young audiences. The tour will include The Color of Justice, the story of a battle for equal rights in 1950s America; Skippyjon Jones, a musical adaptation of the popular children's book series by Judy Schachner; and a bilingual version of The Wizard of Oz.

Transart & Cultural Services, Inc.
West Park, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Jazz in the Valley, a summer concert festival, and its signature music education program Behind the Beat: Intro to Jazz. In its 11th year as the jazz festival in the Hudson Valley area, it consists of two days of performances by musicians including The Cookers, Tia Fuller, Billy Bang, Andy Bey, and Johnny Pacheco, as well as films and dialogue addressing relevant issues that impact today's jazz music, musicians, and audience.

Tribeca Film Institute
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Tribeca All Access, a professional development program for film directors and writers from underserved communities. The year-long program provides artists with access to industry professionals and other resources to help them move forward to complete their narrative and documentary projects.

Tribeca Film Institute (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Tribeca Teaches: Films in Motion. The in-school and after-school residency program, in partnership with CAMBA, is designed to give young people the filmmaking skills they need to tell their own stories and explore critical connections between their personal experiences, their school curricula, and their wider communities.

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Reading the World Conversation Series. Each event will feature a reading by an international author followed by a discussion between the author and his/her translator.

Voices UnBroken
Bronx, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support outreach programs for youth who are incarcerated, detained, or in the foster care system. Activities will include creative writing workshops, monthly open-mics, and performances featuring professional writers reading alongside workshop participants.

Wave Hill, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Family Art Project. The series of weekend workshops will provide a forum for children, parents, grandparents, or other adult caregivers to create art inspired by Wave Hill's gardens, landscapes, visual arts exhibitions, and various cultural traditions.

Wingspan Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Wingspan Arts Summer Conservatory, including Wingspan Players for younger students in grades six through eight and Wingspan Ensemble for students with more advanced skills in grades nine through 12. Students in each section will have a variety of classes from which to choose, including acting, voice, movement, dialect, or musical theater dance; students will do dramaturgical research about playwrights, play setting, and characters; and each section will produce two plays, one musical and one dramatic.

WNET.org (aka Thirteen)
New York, NY
$400,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development and production of the television series American Masters for PBS broadcast. Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be made available in 2012-13 to millions of viewers in all 50 states.

WNET.org (aka Thirteen)
New York, NY
$400,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development and production of performing arts specials for the television series Great Performances and Dance in America for broadcast on PBS. In 2011-12 several new American productions will be developed for Great Performances and its sub-series Dance in America.

WNYC Radio
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Radio Rookies, a media arts education program. Open to young people from across New York City's five boroughs, the program will provide training in all aspects of radio production.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development phase of a documentary film about the poet Sonia Sanchez. The winner of many major literary awards, including the American Book Award, 75-year-old Sanchez is best known for 16 books of poetry that explore a wide range of global and humanist themes, particularly the struggles and triumphs of women and people of color.

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc. (Consortium)
Rosendale, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an artist-in-residence program. In collaboration with the Kingston City School District, the program will offer two emerging artists 8- to 10-week residencies during which they will create an artist's book and also will serve as artist-teachers working with at-risk elementary, middle, and high school students.

Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of Sea Freight Returns, a new production that will explore the early "sea" plays of Eugene O'Neill. The project will use plays such as O'Neill's Bound East for Cardiff (1914) and The Long Voyage Home (1917) as primary source material, as well as historical documents related to the cleanup of the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion.

Words Without Borders
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support public readings and school visits in New York featuring international authors. Words Without Borders will bring in writers from such countries as Puerto Rico, Israel, Germany, Hungary, Canada, and Romania and provide classroom discussion materials tailored to each author.

World Music Institute, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a national tour of ensembles performing traditional music and dance from India, Turkey, and the Commoros Islands of Africa. In collaboration with World Music, Inc., the project will support tours and provide educational material for Rhythm of Rajasthan, musicians and dancers from India's Great Thar desert; Turkish musician Mustafa Ozarslan; and the music and dance of Deba: Women of Mayotte, a vocal ensemble from an island in the Mozambique Channel.

World Music Productions, Inc. (aka Afropop Worldwide)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the weekly public radio program Afropop Worldwide. The series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, and is distributed by Public Radio International to more than 100 radio stations in the United States.

Writers & Books
Rochester, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support readings, workshops, classes, residencies, and other outreach programs in celebration of the center's 30th anniversary. The series will feature year-round, multi-genre writing workshops; If All of Rochester Read the Same Book, a community-wide reading program; and a series of readings featuring writers who appeared at the center during its first 30 years.

Writers Guild of America, East Foundation Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Actors and Writers Book Club, which will bring established actors and writers to underserved high schools in Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Tucson to read and discuss classic works of literature.

Writers Room, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support subsidized workspace, a community of peers, and related services for writers in New York City. The center provides a clean, quiet, affordable, and accessible workspace 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Young Audiences/New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support visual arts residencies for underserved youth at Bronx Elementary School. Teaching artists from the Young Audiences roster will collaborate with classroom teachers to lead quality arts education residences in the fall and spring. Students will go on field trips to cultural institutions and participate in family workshops that take place in the evenings or on weekends.

Young Dancers in Repertory, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Center for Dance Studies and Teenage Touring Ensemble. Dance educators will teach Humphrey-Weidman and other contemporary dance techniques, classical ballet, and other dance forms to pre-professional students over a 10-month period.

Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association (aka 92nd Street Y) (on behalf of Unterberg Poetry Center)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center's Main Reading Series. The series features readings, literary tributes, interviews, performances, and dialogues between writers and audiences about literary and related topics.

Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association (aka 92nd Street Y)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Musical Introduction Series. Classroom teachers attend professional development workshops that introduce them to the work of professional performing groups and through classroom residencies students gain an understanding of basic musical concepts, experiencing music in relation to history and culture.

Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Radio Radiance, an educational outreach project. In partnership with American Public Media Group (APM), the chorus will bring new choral music by living composers to young people and general audiences through live radio broadcasts via APM to at least six cities, locally through WNYC Public Radio in New York City, and via podcasts.

Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc.
New York, NY
$38,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Partner Schools Program. Targeted at-risk students from 12 New York City public schools will participate in after-school choral music education activities, including weekly rehearsals, music theory and harmonic analysis classes, and performance experiences.

Young Playwrights Inc. (aka Young Playwrights Festival)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of the Young Playwrights Festival. Approximately 10 writers, chosen by a selection committee, will attend a week-long writers' conference and will be in residence, receiving dramaturgical and development support throughout the rehearsal process.

Young Playwrights, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Diary 21/Are We Writing Loud Enough, a theater education project. Designed and implemented by Vineyard Theatre and the Anne Frank Center USA, students in grades six through 12 will use Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl as the inspiration for an original play that will be written, rehearsed, and performed for the public by participants.

Number of Grants: 285          Total Amount: $12,430,806

 
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