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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.

MISSOURI

American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, MO
$16,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival. The day-long indoor/outdoor event will feature 15 performances on three stages by local and nationally known jazz and blues artists such as Christian McBride, Charlie Hunter, Greg Gisbert, and Bobby "Blue" Bland, along with educational programming.

Circus Day Foundation (aka Circus Harmony)
Florissant, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Circus Harmony, a theatrical circus arts program. Students in the year-long program will work with professional circus educators, choreographers, costume designers, and musicians to learn theatrical circus skills thorough sequential, skills-based classes and perform for the public.

Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Folk Arts Program at the Museum of Art & Archaelogy)
Columbia, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Missouri Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program with master artists' honoraria, supplies, and performance fees. The project will provide technical assistance to masters and apprentices as they demonstrate and display folk arts at events at the state capitol and festivals across the state.

Laumeier Sculpture Park
St. Louis, MO
$100,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation of Untitled, 1984, a major work by Donald Judd (1928-94). The three eight-foot square, 10,000-pound concrete cubes that comprise the work will be cleaned, treated for erosion remediation, patched, and resealed by a professional conservator in consultation with the Judd Foundation.

Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Catalyst Project Grants. The subgranting program provides support for not-for-profit organizations in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including organizations located in Missouri and Kansas.

Mid-America Arts Alliance (aka M-AAA)
Kansas City, MO
$1,131,000
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$698,600
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Nelson Gallery Foundation (aka The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art)
Kansas City, MO
$100,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support digitization of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's photography collection. More than 8,400 photographs that encompass the medium's history from 1839 to the present by artists such as Southworth & Hawes, Mathew Brady, Edward Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Harry Callahan, and Diane Arbus will be digitized through Rapid Imaging and made accessible online.

Ragtag Programming for Film and Media Art
Columbia, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support educational programs and related activities. Programs will be geared to emerging filmmakers, high school and college students, and the general public.

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis, MO
$12,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support rural orchestral residencies with performances and educational workshops. Full orchestral performances, conducted by Music Director David Robertson and resident conductor Ward Stare, will be preceded by teacher workshops engaging as many as 40 teachers from rural schools.

Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts in Media   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the creation of the website Shake38. The Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis had invited community members to create work inspired by William Shakespeare within a 38-hour time frame with performances held around the city. Those events inspired the idea to create Shake38. In partnership with other theater organizations, the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis will invite people from around the world to post their own Shakespeare-inspired works on the site, to share resources, form collaborations, and develop their own Shake38 events.

Sheldon Arts Foundation
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commissioning, performance, and recording of a new work by composer and jazz pianist Peter Martin, celebrating the organization's 100th anniversary. The work will be based on the poem "This Present Past" by Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Nemerov.

St. Louis Children\'s Choirs
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Music Teacher Workshop--Choral Conducting for Student Learning & Engagement, a three day workshop for choral conductors led by clinician/conductor Elena Sharkova. Participants will learn classroom and rehearsal techniques, repertoire selection for young voices, score analysis, and age-appropriate vocal development with demonstration choirs from the St. Louis Children's Choirs.

That Uppity Theatre Company
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of new work in the DisAbility Project. Company actors and community members, with and without disabilities, will create and perform original work exploring the culture of disability to foster community, encourage civic dialogue, and enhance public awareness about disability.

University of Missouri at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$65,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Conservatory in the Schools. Professional musicians and graduate students provide master classes, individual lessons, and classes to students through three programs: Composers in the Schools, Musical Bridges, and Ensembles in the Schools.

Variety the Children\'s Charity of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Variety Children's Theater production of Annie. The musical production will include participation of children with disabilities, community youth, and theater professionals both onstage and backstage, as well as offer opportunities for individuals ages 8 to 21 to develop their talents and appreciation of the theater industry.


Number of Grants: 16          Total Amount: $2,313,100

 
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