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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.

FLORIDA

ACA of Central Florida, Inc. (aka Asian Cultural Association)
Longwood, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Masters of Percussion with NEA National Heritage Fellow Zakir Hussain, featuring master tabla player Hussain and an ensemble of Indian musicians. The concert and planned free lecture-demonstration on a local college campus will address ACA's mission to encourage the preservation of the ancient performing arts traditions of Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

African Caribbean Dance Theatre, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 15th annual Florida African Dance Festival. The event will include workshops in dance and drum taught by African immigrant artists as well as a final performance concert.

Artist Series of Tallahassee, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$11,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a residency by the Carducci String Quartet. Plans for the five-day program will include master classes, workshops, and recitals for high school and college students in Tallahassee, Havana, and Quincy, Florida, as well as a culminating public performance.

Association of the Performing Arts of India, Inc.
Pembroke Pines, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert performance and lecture-demonstrations featuring Indian classical music. Proposed artists include sitarists Manju Mehta and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, accompanied by tabla players Nitin Mitta and Hetal Mehta, who will perform at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and conduct lecture-demonstrations at the Broward College central campus.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
$18,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artist Communities
To support the Artist-in-Residence program. In addition to a program for emerging and mid-career artists, a writing residency for teens is also offered

Center for Contemporary Dance
Winter Park, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of Sacred Slave Stories: Vivifying Black History through Contemporary Dance. Under the direction of Dario J. Moore and narrated by Harry Burney, the work will feature modern dance vignettes inspired by federally archived, African American slave narratives originating from Florida.

Creative Clay, Inc. (aka Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center)
Saint Petersburg, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Art for All Kids, an arts project that provides visual, performing, and literary arts sessions at the bedside and in community spaces for children with medical illness, family members, and clinicians in four local healthcare settings in Florida. Children who receive daily treatment for a chronic or life threatening illnesses will have time to study with professional artists who are trained to work in healthcare settings leading to the creation of original artwork.

Enzian Theatre, Inc.
Maitland, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 21st Florida Film Festival. More than 160 American independent, foreign, and short films and documentaries will be presented.

Florida Dance Association
Miami, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support dance festivals in Tampa and Gainesville. Components will include public performances and education, training, and professional development programs for students, teachers, choreographers, and other dance professionals.

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support artist residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography. Fellowships will be for emerging artists, a senior artist as part of the Living Legacy Program, and mid-career artists.

Hermitage Artist Retreat, Inc.
Englewood, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artist Communities
To support artist residencies. Participants will be accomplished playwrights, composers, and creative artists from other disciplines with the lead artist receiving a substantial commissioning fee to produce a major work.

Historical Association of Southern Florida, Inc. (aka HistoryMiami)
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Folk Heritage Spotlight Series. The series will present local folk and traditional artists in both school and public programs, and will provide educational materials and technical assistance.

Miami City Ballet
Miami Beach, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a world premiere of a new work by British choreographer Liam Scarlett. This will be Scarlett's first ballet for an American dance company.

Miami Dade College (on behalf of Miami International Film Festival)
Miami, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 28th Miami International Film Festival. Held in March, the event presents more than 130 films to an audience of 70,000 people.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$60,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. Under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the program will utilize performances, coaching, and community outreach activities to prepare young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (aka Straz Center)
Tampa, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the New Approaches to Classical and Traditional Genres Program. The project will feature performances, residencies, master classes, and workshops by music group Black Violin and the Improvised Shakespeare Company at the Straz Center.

Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Inc.
South Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the Dance as a Vehicle for Success project. The program will provide free, weekly classes to students focused on developing ballet, tap, and Horton Modern technique and repertory.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of dance and music presentations and outreach activities. Components will include artist residencies, performances, and workshops featuring choreographer Wally Cardona, blues harmonica player James Cotton, and spoken word artists Lenelle Moise, Josh Healy, and Teo Castellanos.

United Arts Council of Collier County
Naples, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a residency by the dance, percussion, and vocal ensemble, Giwayen Mata. Giwayen Mata which performs traditional dances, as well as modern works inspired by the dances of Mali, the Ivory Coast, South Africa, Guinea, and others will perform and lead workshops at schools and alternative education facilities in Immokalee and Naples, Florida.

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Vine Online: Engaging Audiences in China's Traditional Culture and Big Ideas about Art and Heritage. The project will upgrade the existing Chinavine website, facilitating user access, improving search capabilities, and creating five new website units concerned with China's traditional culture.


Number of Grants: 20          Total Amount: $419,000

 
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