FY 2012 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works II/Arts in Media/Partnerships

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

ALABAMA

Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
$767,300
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Auburn University Main Campus
Auburn, AL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project. The project will provide visual arts workshops taught by emerging and established artists for those currently incarcerated.

Birmingham Children\'s Theatre, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a production of playwright Timothy Mason's Peter Pan, with music by Hiram Titus, directed and choreographed by Stephanie Lang. Presented as part of the theater's 65th anniversary season, the project will feature a cast of 30, stage flight effects created by Flying by Foy, master classes in stage flight for all age groups, and pre-performance backstage tours.

Birmingham Museum of Art, Members
Birmingham, AL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the museum's African collection. To be organized geographically, the new installation will feature approximately 140 objects, including masks, figure sculpture, musical instruments, furniture, ritual objects, metal arts, textiles, clothing, and costume, as well as contemporary work.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association (aka Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts)
Montgomery, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition of work by glass artist and Alabama-native Stephen Rolfe Powell (b. 1951). The exhibition of approximately 50 pieces will be accompanied by a brochure (with essay by Studio Glass expert Peter Morrin) and an array of interpretive programs conducted on site and online.

Rural Members Association Inc.
Aliceville, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Freedom Creek Blues Festival 2012. In its 15th year, the festival showcases local Alabama blues artists and traditional blues musicians from the wider community, allowing local and lesser-known musicians to share the stage with nationally and internationally renowned artists.

Space One Eleven, Inc. (aka SOE)
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support continued planning for a web-based documentation project. The archive project will include both a printed and print on-demand book with a web-based artist directory that will document 25 years of work by regional, national, and international artists who have exhibited work at Space One Eleven.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $922,300

 
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