National Endowment for the Arts  
About Us
 
 

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.

VIRGINIA

American Focus, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support post production of the film Heartland Passage: the Living Cultural Heritage of the Erie Canal. The project will complete the final editing of the half-hour documentary film on the cultural heritage of the Erie Canal and produce a series of occupational folklore and oral history modules focusing on individual raconteurs for use at an exhibit at the Eric Canal Museum and Visitors Center.

Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division (aka Arlington Cultural Affaris)
Arlington, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support fieldwork focused on the dance traditions of Arlington's Bolivian community. The fieldwork will focus on Bolivian dance as it relates to issues of migration, place, and change, from the perspectives of both the immigrant community and long-time residents.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs (aka AWP)
Fairfax, VA
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2012 AWP conference; the production, printing, and distribution of The Writer's Chronicle; and the continued development of the AWP website, including the web-based AWP Job List. Serving an estimated 9,500 attendees, the three-day conference in Chicago will feature more than 400 readings, forums, and panel discussions, as well as a book fair showcasing the work of more than 550 small presses.

Barter Foundation, Incorporated State Theatre of Virginia (aka Barter Theatre) (Consortium)
Amelia, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a national tour of an original adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. In partnership with Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in Longview, Washington, the family-friendly production is planned to tour to venues in California, Florida, Maine, Texas, Washington State, and Wisconsin.

Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support production of a permanent collection catalogue of the museum's glass collection. The catalogue will document and provide previously unknown scholarly information about 100 masterworks spanning 3,000 years; the museum's 10,000-piece glass collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world.

Folkstreams, Inc. (aka Folkstreams.net)
Delaplane, VA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support folkstreams.net and to develop a mobile site for smart phones and the iPad. Folkstreams holds an archive of important films and videos about American traditional arts and culture; 25 films will be added to the site.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (aka WETA)
Arlington, VA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support WETA's production of a series of arts news reports. A dedicated Arts Unit will produce as many as 15 in-depth arts segments as part of the public television program PBS NewsHour.

Hand Print Workshop (aka Hand Print Workshop International)
Alexandria, VA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Midwest Matrix, a genealogy of American printmaking in  post-World War II Midwest. The oral history project will collect, document, and disseminate the history of fine art printmaking in the Midwest after 1945, focusing on the synergy among post-World War II Midwest universities, printmaking workshops, and their participants (including former service personnel) who were able to continue their education through the GI Bill.

National Preservation Institute
Alexandria, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Stewardship Training in Historic Preservation. Stipends for attendance at seminars will help organizations better manage cultural resources through training in holistic stewardship principles.

Richmond Ballet, Inc. (aka Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia) (Consortium)
Richmond, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Minds in Motion, a weekly school dance and performance program. In partnership with Richmond Public Schools, fourth-grade students will learn dance, choreography, and performance skills.

Venture Richmond
Richmond, VA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Richmond Folk Festival. Designed to capitalize on the success of the National Folk Festival's three-year run in Richmond, the project will present a variety of American traditions in a broad array of music and dance performances, narrative stages, craft exhibits and demonstrations, and regional and ethnic foods. Several traditional artists from the festival will visit local schools for educational performances.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Consortium)
Amherst, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support two-week residencies targeting African American poets. In partnership with Cave Canem Foundation, the center will select residents to be invited to the Mount San Angelo facility at the foot of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains from among Cave Canem retreat alumni.

Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
$741,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, including a public exhibit, documentation, and a radio program. The shared work of the apprenticeship team is presented at the annual Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy (Consortium)
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2012 Virginia Festival of the Book. In partnership with the Charlottesville City Schools, the festival will feature free author readings, panel discussions, lectures, writing workshops, school visits, and youth conferences.

Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (Consortium)
Arlington, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an archiving project to preserve productions by small theaters in the Washington, DC area during the 2011-12 season. In partnership with The Helen Hayes Awards, the project will document professional productions and encourage awareness of the archive.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support professional training programs for singers and fully-staged opera performances. Filene Young Artists and Opera Studio Artists will receive individualized training from music and language coaches, directors, and conductors, and will perform solo and supporting roles in three fully-staged operas.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The series provides national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap near Washington, DC.


Number of Grants: 18          Total Amount: $1,351,300

 
< Back to States List
 

Privacy Policy          Important Notices          Contact Us          USA.gov
 
Grants Recent Grants