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FY 2011 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/ Arts on Radio and Television/
Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

VERMONT

Curtains Without Borders
Burlington, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Historic Painted Theater Curtains project. The project will entail examination and documentation (using a digital Hasselblad camera) of as many as 120 curtains that depict rural, small town, and New England culture in the early 20th century.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance, theater, music, and multidisciplinary works. Each of the performances will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lectures, student matinees, master classes, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd. (Consortium)
Burlington, VT
$24,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Words Come Alive, professional development workshops for classroom teachers. Designed and implemented in partnership with the Burlington School District, kindergarten through eighth grade teachers will learn to integrate theater and dance instruction into the curriculum during summer training, workshops, and classroom collaborations.

Grass Roots Art and Community Effort (aka GRACE)
Hardwick, VT
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Grass Roots Art: Cultivating Voice and Choice. A series of 150 community art workshops will be offered at GRACE's regional facility in Hardwick for elders, adults with disabilities, and children from surrounding counties.

In-Sight Photography Project, Inc.
Brattleboro, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Community Partner Program, a mobile digital photography lab. In-Sight will teach up to 60 students, ages 11 to 18, in rural Southern Vermont the art of photography free-of-charge during eight- to ten-week-long workshops offered in the fall, spring, and summer.

Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 17th annual West African Dance and Drum Festival. Master artists from Guinea and Senegal will offer a series of workshops and a performance of traditional West African music and dance, culminating with a West African dance performance featuring many of the master artists and workshop students.

Kingdom County Productions
Barnet, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the series Kingdom County Presents. The program will include dance, music, and theater performances, film screenings, and workshops featuring the Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company, musician Delbert McClinton, and the Acting Company.

New England Youth Theater
Brattleboro, VT
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support technical theater training. The program will expose underserved children in rural Vermont to professional-quality theater production and teach them all aspects of technical theater under the direction of professional theater artists and craftspeople.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (aka Sandglass Theater) (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 8th International Puppet Festival, Puppets in the Green Mountains, and the commission and performance of Madame Schnuckenack by Spybird Theater's Jana Zeller. Zeller, who was raised as an artist at Sandglass, will premier her piece about the intricacies of miscommunication and the mystery of love.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (aka Sandglass Theater) (Consortium)
Putney, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support and expand Voices of Community 2012. Working with consortium partner Touchstone Theatre of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and additional partner Hartbeat Ensemble of Hartford, Connecticut, Sandglass will present a series of performances by artists from communities of color and allow the companies to share presenting expertise, maximize limited resources, and explore how theater can foster dialogue across diverse audiences on issues of race, ethnicity, and religious diversity.

Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
$744,100
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the "New Neighbors Music Project, a compilation of audio recordings of musicians from Vermont's refugee communities. This project will produce a compilation of recordings and make them available via download and compact disc; develop companion materials for classroom instruction; organize and host teacher workshops to introduce these materials; create an accompanying website; offer technical assistance to musicians who wish to make classroom presentations; and advise select musicians in preparing to perform for non-refugee audiences.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
Burlington, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Made in Vermont Music Festival Tour of performances in underserved rural communities. The project will present orchestral programs and educational outreach activities and include a premiere of a commissioned work by native Vermont composer Robert Paterson.

Weston Playhouse Theatre
Weston, VT
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere production of Saint-Ex, a new musical by composer Jenny Giering and author Sean Barry, to be directed by Kent Nicholson. Inspired by the life of authorand aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince), the project will feature daytime student performances, an online performance guide, pre- and post-show discussions, and a day-long teachers' workshop.


Number of Grants: 14          Total Amount: $1,063,100

 
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