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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.
ALABAMA
Alabama Dance Council, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the 2013 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, a choreography concert, showcases of regional dance companies, master classes, workshops, and the Dance for Schools Program. Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority (aka Alabama Public Television)
Birmingham, AL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Journey Proud, a television series documenting various Alabama traditions. The 30-minute programs will feature Alabama artists based on the relevant research and fieldwork by noted scholars, including Alabama Center for Traditional Culture staff members, ethnomusicologist Steve Grauberger, and folklorists Deborah Boykin and Anne Kimzey. Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Sacred Sounds and Sacred Places, physical and online exhibits dedicated to Alabama's traditional sacred music. The multimedia exhibits will use artifacts, photographs, audio, and video recordings to present the artistry of Sacred Harp, Christian Harmony, and Gospel Quartets. Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc. (aka Alabama Symphony Orchestra)
Birmingham, AL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Sound Investment, a residency and commissioning project. Plans include two week-long visits by composer Judd Greenstein, master classes for university music students, open rehearsals for school students, a lecture program for adults, and the commissioning and performance of a new work by Greenstein. Centre for the Living Arts
Mobile, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an artist residency and public practice initiative by artist Rick Lowe in several historic inner-city neighborhoods around Mobile. A series of community engagement activities will be designed to stimulate creativity, civic-mindedness, and economic revitalization through a nine-month visual and performing arts program that will examine how people of the region are imagining the future in relation to economic development, education, health care, and housing. Activities will include exhibitions, live music, storytelling, film screenings, public forums, and workshops. Hughey, Elizabeth
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
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 free concerts at Avondale Park. The concert series will include performances by jazz musicians Maduca, Jose Carr, Laser's Edge, the Shaun Pezant Trio, RAW Jazz Trio, T.A.D. of Jazz, and the Birmingham Heritage Band. Marshall County Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Incorporated
Guntersville, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Melodies and Musings - Our Appalachian Legacy. The dulcimer workshop will feature musicians Janita Baker, Rob Brereton, and Jeff Furman and vocalist Madeline MacNeil. Red Mountain Theatre Company
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the creation and performance of Birmingham - A Half-century Later: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The play, written by playwright Priscilla Hancock Cooper, includes an adaptation of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $180,000
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