FY 2013 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works I | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Poetry)

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

ALASKA

Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc. (aka Sitka Fine Arts Camp)
Sitka, AK
$33,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support arts education at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, a residential multidisciplinary summer arts camp for middle and high school students in Alaska. Students will be taught dance, theater, music, creative writing, visual arts, and Alaskan Native arts by a faculty of artists and educators from around Alaska and the nation.

Bunnell Street Gallery
Homer, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Alaska AIR, an artist residency program. The program, featuring national visual and performing artists selected through a competitive application process, fosters the creation of new work and includes educational outreach activities such as workshops, artist talks, and performances in Homer and surrounding areas of South Central Alaska.

Calista Elders Council, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$45,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Yupiit Yuraryarait, a Yup'ik dance festival. Groups from remote Alaska Native villages will demonstrate songs and dances that pre-date contact with the Western world. As many as 24 dance groups will attract an estimated 1,200 audience members.

Fairbanks Concert Association
Fairbanks, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by the Good Lovelies, a Toronto-based vocal trio. The project includes public a performance in Fairbanks, performances for K-12 and high school students, and rural outreach performances in Healy and Delta Junction.

Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum
Sitka, AK
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Native Artist Demonstrators Program. The project will bring Alaskan Native artists to the museum for residencies, where they will demonstrate their art and share their culture with visitors. As many as 16 artists will present wood, ivory and silver carving, drum making, beading, skin sewing, basket, and textile weaving.

Homer Council on the Arts
Homer, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances and workshops featuring Quixotic, an ensemble of artists representing visual and performing arts disciplines. Project activities will include a public performance at the Mariner Theatre, as well as assemblies and workshops for youth from Homer and the Lower Kenai Peninsula.

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
Juneau, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by Boston Brass and the Enso Quartet.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$11,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 2013 annual Juneau Jazz & Classics Music Festival. More than 30 professional jazz, classical, and blues musicians such as Poncho Sanchez and The Jasper String Quartet are expected to be featured in free and ticketed concerts in and around Juneau and participate in workshops, master classes, auditorium concerts for school children, lectures, and performances in outlying communities.

Juneau Symphony, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Motown music performances and related outreach activities with Spectrum, a vocal quartet. Outreach will include an open dress-rehearsal; complimentary tickets will be provided to K-12 students through the "Kids2Concert" program.

Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater and Musical Theater
To support the premiere of "the road weeps…the well runs dry" by Marcus Gardley.

Number of Grants: 10          Total Amount: $179,000

 
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