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.
ARIZONA
Arizona State University (on behalf of Bilingual Review Press)
Tempe, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication of new titles by Latina/o writers Naomi Ayala and Edmundo Desnoes, as well as the conversion of backlist fiction titles to e-book formats. The press will convert books by such writers as Rolando Hinojosa, Ron Arias, Stella Pope Duarte, Rick Rivera, and Elva Trevino Hart. Arizona State University (on behalf of Arizona State University Art Museum)
Tempe, AZ
$45,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an international residency program. As many as eight artists will be commissioned to develop new collaborative art projects while "embedded" in the Roosevelt Row Arts District in downtown Phoenix, working alongside scientists, technologists, social agencies, and other community members. Borderlands Theater Teatro Fronterizo, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater and Musical Theater
To support the commission, development, and production of two plays: Two Frontiers by Arizona playwright Kara Hartzler and Dos Fronteras by Mexican playwright Medardo Travino. The plays represent the second and final phase of a bi-national project to commission and produce a trilogy of plays exploring the socioeconomic, political, cultural forces endemic to migration across the Mexico-Arizona border. Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival
Grand Canyon, AZ
$35,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the Native American Composer Apprentice Project. Students from eight Navajo and Hopi Reservation schools and Salt River High School will study one-on-one with a composer-in-residence for up to four weeks and create original work that will be performed by the ETHEL and Catalyst string quartets. Rosie's House: A Music Academy for Children
Phoenix, AZ
$18,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the Afterschool Music Program. Professional music educators provide students with weekly, tuition-free music lessons in strings, winds, piano, and choir. Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts
Nogales, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Charles Mingus Hometown Music Festival. The free music festival in tribute to Mingus will include performances by Charles McPherson and the Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Band, Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta, and others. Scottsdale Cultural Council (on behalf of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts)
Scottsdale, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Discovery, a festival and performing arts initiative at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. This program will focus on the arts and culture of India as well as local Arizona Native American tribes. Tucson Symphony Society (aka Tucson Symphony Orchestra )
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the Young Composers Project. Students will learn to compose original works for orchestra and their training will culminate in a reading and recording of their pieces by the Tucson Symphony Chamber Orchestra or the Tucson String Quintet. Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Field Services, a series of professional development opportunities for Southern Arizona arts organizations and artists. Field Services will address art leadership development within the region, including strategic planning for organizations and artist training in public art.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $178,000
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