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FY 2012 Grant Awards: State Listings
Art Works I | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Prose)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
ALABAMA
Alabama Blues Project, Inc.
Northport, AL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support after-school and summer classes in blues music instruction led by professional blues musicians. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level students learn to sing and play blues on guitars and harmonicas and study the cultural background of the music with an emphasis on Alabama blues history. Alabama Dance Council
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the 2012 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Ronald K. Brown's Evidence: A Dance Company and Brazz Dance Theater, showcases of Alabama dance companies, pre-professional and professional master classes, professional development workshops, summer intensive auditions, and dance education workshops. Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Alabama in the Making: Traditional Arts of People and Place, a traveling exhibit. Composed of free-standing panels, listening stations, and artifacts, the exhibit will interpret the traditions of the state's five geographical regions. Coleman Center for the Arts
York, AL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the creation of an outdoor social and environmental sculpture by artist Matthew Mazzotta. The artist will collaborate with the Coleman Center and area citizens to create a multi-purpose public space that will float on Lake Louise in York, Alabama, using recycled materials from an abandoned building. Magic City Smooth Jazz
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Jazz in the Park, a series of concerts at W.C. Patton, Ensley, East Lake, and Arthur Shores Parks. Artists will include saxophonists Vann Burchfield and Kenny Williams, as well as guitarists Keith Williams and Roland Gresham. Marshall County Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Inc.
Guntersville, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Melodies and Musings - Our Appalachian Legacy, a series of dulcimer workshops targeted to older adults. The lessons will culminate in a public concert featuring the workshop participants, as well as professional musicians including Bill Collins, Steve Eulberg, Heidi Muller, and Butch Ross. Sloss Furnaces Foundation, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$70,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the Summer Youth Apprenticeship, a visual arts education program. High school students from the Birmingham area will apprentice to learn a variety of cast-metal skills including pattern making, mold making, finishing processes, welding, grinding, and sandblasting. Space One Eleven, Inc. (Consortium)
Birmingham, AL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Interchange- Alabama/Texas, an artist exchange program between Space One Eleven in Alabama and Project Row Houses in Texas. The exchange of eight artists between Space One Eleven in Alabama and consortium partner Project Row Houses in Texas will allow for the creation and installation of new work by selected artists and the exchange of dialogue and ideas by each organizations' curators.
Number of Grants: 8 Total Amount: $190,000
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