Folk & Traditional Arts: FY2002 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$60,000
To support increased public access to the comprehensive Masters of
Traditional Arts collection. Focusing on 20 years of the National
Heritage Fellowship Program, the project will organize and conserve
materials using professional archival standards and leading to its
placement in the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of
Congress.
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
To support a series of training classes in traditional art forms
and one Western art form. Classes include Hawaiian, Tahitian,
Okinawan and Filipino dance; ceramics; and lei making.
Living Archives, Inc.
New York, NY
$33,000
To support a documentary and an accompanying curriculum guide based
on the 2001 People's Poetry Gathering. The gathering features
free-style rap artists, Cambodian Ayaiand Hmong Kwv Txhiaj men and
women poets, as well as fishermen, loggers and farmers from the
Pacific Northwest.
Natya Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the creation of a new work. The dance theater will
present a work based on Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, about the
son of a renowned Brahmin who, in order to find meaning in life,
discards a promising future for the life of a wandering
ascetic.
University of Wisconsin at Madison
(on behalf of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern
Cultures)
Madison, WI
$35,000
To support a public folklorist position and other related expenses.
The folklorist will assist in identifying and increasing access to
past regional public folklore documentation and create a structure
for the archiving, conservation and accessibility of future folk
arts documentation.
Challenge America Access
Ballet Folklorico Ollin, Inc. (on behalf of Mariachi
Los Camperos)
Panorama City, CA
$25,000
To support a tour of Fiesta Navidad to the rural San Joaquin,
Antelope and Imperial Valleys of California. Fiesta Navidad is a
concert of mariachi music and folklorico dancing that tells the
Christmas story of La Posada, a Mexican tradition marking the
journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation (consortium)
Bangor, ME
$80,000
To support the National Folk Festival. The festival will connect
cultural groups to their own heritage while providing rural Maine
with access to high quality performances and material culture.
Consortium members include the National Council for the Traditional
Arts and the Bangor Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA
$30,000
To support the traveling exhibition Hitemelkil'isix (Within the
Circle of the Rim), with an accompanying catalogue. The
exhibition will showcase artwork of the first U. S.-based Gathering
of Indigenous Visual Artists of the Pacific Rim.
Fresno Arts Council (consortium)
Fresno, CA
$25,000
To support production of a full color quarterly publication
entitled Living Cultures: A Magazine of California Arts &
Community. Each issue will contain an events calendar
highlighting traditional arts events, including the California
Indian Basketweavers annual gathering, and ethnic celebrations such
as the Hmong New Year.
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the 19th Annual Labor Day Conference and Concert. The
project involves five days of West African dancing, drumming and
cultural art workshops concluding with a self-produced concert.
Montana Committee for the Humanities
Missoula, MT
$50,000
To support the third annual Montana Festival of the Book in
September 2002. More than 100 regional authors will read and
discuss their work at selected venues in downtown Missoula,
reaching an estimated audience of up to 5,000.
Creativity
Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$20,000
To support Alabama Traditions: A Musical Celebration. The statewide, six-venue tour of Alabama's
finest folk music tradition will feature the Birmingham Sunlights, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Mariachi
Garibaldi, and the Gary Waldrep Band.
Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (consortium)
Bristol, TN
$10,000
To support the initial field research and planning for a presentation of the music of southern
Appalachia at the 37th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fieldworkers will identify relevant
traditions and identify areas where original fieldwork needs to be done.
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
San Rafael, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of a collaborative work. Chitresh Das, Malonga Casquelourd of Fua Dia
Congo, and Ritesh Das of Toronto Tabla Ensemble will present a new work designed to connect the
cultural roots of India, Africa and modern day North America through rhythm, music and dance.
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support Collage de la Cultures Africaines. The two-day festival with workshops will feature
companies representing the African diaspora and the Polynesian Islands.
Guateque Folkloric Taller of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Corozal, PR
$8,000
To support a series of music and dance workshops. The workshops will take place in various schools
and will provide young people ages 15 to 21 with hands-on experience in bomba and plena and the
stylistic dance forms of danza and the minuet.
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
(on behalf of the Cuentos Foundation)
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support Ritmo del Fuego/Rhythm of Fire, a touring exhibition and catalogue. The
exhibition will present the coppersmithing art and artisans of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan,
Mexico.
Master Musicians Festival, Inc.
Somerset, KY
$10,000
To support the 2002 Master Musicians Festival. The three-day event will honor master musicians over
the age of 50, and will offer workshops and master classes to attendees and students.
Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Contemporary Women, Living Traditions. The project features residency and performance
activities with Nritagram Dance Ensemble in traditional Odissi dance, and Lila Downs in the
indigenous folk music of Mexico.
Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support East Meets West: Cultural Conservation in the Atlantic Northeast and the Pacific
Northwest. Curatorial teams of tradition bearers and folklorists from each region will help
determine programming for the 2002 Northwest Festival focusing on conservation of language, natural
resources and place.
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support plena music, song and dance workshops. The workshops will be led by NEA National
Heritage Fellow Juan Gutierrez and Los Pleneros de la 21, and will culminate in a concert.
Texas Folklife Resources (consortium)
Austin, TX
$70,000
To support the Community Residency Program. The project will consist of 15 week-long residencies in
Texas towns with populations under 10,000.
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative
Arts Center of Cannon County, Inc.
Woodbury, TN
$31,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
folklorist will update and expand the current database of
traditional visual and performance artists, archive existing
fieldwork and conduct field research on regional traditions.
Boston Office of Cultural Affairs
Boston, MA
$27,000
To support a folk arts director's position and other related costs.
The folk arts director will identify, research and make accessible
the authentic art forms and traditions of Boston.
City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the creation of a documentarian (director of fieldwork)
and other related costs. The responsibilities for the new position
will be to conduct field research for all of City Lore's
initiatives, including Place Matters and the People's Poetry
Gathering.
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
San Diego, CA
$27,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
folklorist will assess the state of the folk and traditional arts
field in San Diego and implement a plan that will address the
funding and professional development needs of individuals
artists.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Harrisburg, PA
$32,000
To support expansion of the Folk Arts Support Centers and
celebration of the 20th anniversary of the state's Folk Arts
Apprenticeship Program. The Folk Arts Support Centers consist of
independent organizations that have formed a network to promote the
practice of and participation in the folk and traditional arts
across the state.
Cultural Resources, Inc.
Rockport, ME
$20,000
To support a midcoast regional folklorist position. Activities will
include mounting an exhibit, enhancing heritage tourism related to
traditional artists and artistic traditions, providing technical
assistance, and developing marketing opportunities and a retail
outlet for the artists' work.
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$20,000
To support a statewide outreach coordinator's position and other
related costs. Activities will include an eight-part radio series
and the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program.
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno, CA
$40,000
To support an executive director's position and other related costs
at the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Located at the
Fresno Arts Council, the director will coordinate and support folk
arts programs throughout California.
Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
To support the program director position and other related costs.
The director will develop publications, workshops and conferences
designed to raise visibility and expand resources for the folk and
traditional arts field at state, regional and national levels.
Indiana Arts Commission
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support a Master Artist/Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The apprenticeship program is designed to identify,
document, present and promote the traditional arts and artists of
Indiana.
Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the basic costs of the statewide folk arts program
including the partial salary of the program director. Core programs
activities include fieldwork, documentation, technical assistance
and special projects in education and marketing.
International Institute of New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
To support a Latino folklife specialist position and other related
costs. The folklorist will conduct fieldwork and provide technical
assistance to new artists with a special emphasis on speakers of
Spanish with limited English capability.
Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
$25,000
To support the Iowa Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and
other related costs. The apprenticeship program is a time-honored
way for master artists to pass their skills on to apprentices
within their community.
Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$20,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
position would serve as a vital component of the Kentucky Folklife
Program's field research and public programming component.
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, LA
$35,000
To support Phase V of Louisiana Voices. The project offers a blend
of high- and low-tech resources that, in addition to providing
lessons in folklife, offer teachers strategies to meet social
studies and English language arts content standards.
Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$25,000
To support field research and the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Working with established organizations and artists, folklorists
will inventory artists and art forms while identifying lesser known
community-based groups and artists.
Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$32,000
To support the second year of Maryland Traditions. Folklorists will
be placed in four cultural institutions that serve rural and
underserved regions presently challenged by demographic and
cultural shifts.
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$40,000
To support a folk arts program officer position and other related
costs. A full-time staff member will allow the foundation to more
fully realize its goal of institutionalizing the folk and
traditional arts within the agency's work.
Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$25,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
position will focus on documenting traditional artists living in
the northern region of the state.
Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support fieldwork in Missouri's northern tier counties.
Identification of traditional artists in the northern tier will
affect the public programming options in this region and ultimately
provide a showcase for the region's traditions throughout the
state.
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$40,000
To support a manager's position at the Blue Ridge Music Center near
Galax, VA. The manager will develop programs, oversee program
production and fundraising, and participate in the planning of
exhibitions for the interpretive center.
Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$10,000
To support the creation of a statewide Folk Arts Curriculum Guide
for K-12 students and other related costs. Teachers will gain
access to materials that will enable them to bring folk arts into
their classrooms, many of them for the first time.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$35,000
To support a statewide fieldwork and technical assistance project.
Fieldwork will identify new folk artists from local ethnic and
cultural constituencies such as the Sikh, Vietnamese, Hungarian,
Russian and Slavic communities.
New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship and Community Fieldworker
Network Programs. Practitioners in the apprenticeship program are
sought in the course of the folk arts coordinator's fieldwork and
with the assistance of trained lay folklorists or community
scholars participating in the Community Fieldworker Network
Program.
New York Folklore Society, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
$16,000
To support an audio technician position and other related costs.
Activities include Web site enhancements and technology upgrades to
provide audio streaming onto the society's Web site.
North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$30,000
To support the creation of an executive director's position and
other related costs. The primary responsibility of this position is
to strengthen the state's infrastructure of support for the folk
and traditional arts, not only through improved communication but
also through long-range planning.
North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$45,000
To support a statewide Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and
other related costs. The program allows master traditional artists
to pass their knowledge and skills to apprentices in an intensive
one-to-one teaching/learning situation.
Northern Forest Center, Inc.
Concord, NH
$45,000
To support a regional folk arts coordinator position and other
related costs. Activities will include coordinating efforts among
folk and traditional arts organizations, presenting and
interpreting the region's folk and traditional arts to residents
and visitors and marketing the folk and traditional arts of artists
and tradition bearers.
Ohio Arts Council
Columbus, OH
$25,000
To support the continuation of the Ohio Folk Arts Initiative.
Project activities will include fieldwork and documentation, the
creation of an Ohio Heritage Fellowship Program, presentations of
Ohio folk/traditional artists at the Cityfolk Festival and
expansion and updating of the Web site.
Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the manager of community outreach position. Activities
will include producing a weekly performance series, identifying
collaborative opportunities and consulting with key staff on
culturally diverse programming.
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the re-establishment of the Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The program allows
master traditional artists to teach a specific skill to another
member of their cultural community.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The program fosters sharing and passing on traditional
skills within cultural communities.
South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$25,000
To support the continuation of the Heritage Corridor fieldwork
coordinator position and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship
Initiative. The continuation of these programs will strengthen the
increasing interest in traditional arts programming across the
state.
South Carolina Traditional Arts Network
Columbia, SC
$20,000
To support an executive director position and other related costs.
The new position of this emerging folklore and folklife
organization will be responsible for policymaking and funding, as
well as developing and coordinating activities for the organization
such as conference planning, membership development and
marketing.
South Dakota Arts Council
Pierre, SD
$20,000
To support the Traditional Arts Program. The program includes a
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, an annual arts exhibit,
and fieldwork focused on folk arts and folklife on the Missouri
River.
Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$24,000
To support the initial phase of a Hispanic/Latino Initiative. The
initiative is the first phase of a long-term program to provide
assistance, education, information and resources to the region's
traditional artists in Spanish-speaking communities.
Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
$31,000
To support the second year of a folklife program assistant position
and other related costs. The position will include management of
informational and archival resources and secondary involvement in
other program functions such as fieldwork and information
gathering, constituent services and grants management.
Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the Apprenticeship Program in the Folk Arts program and
other related costs. The program encourages master traditional
artists to pass on their skills to younger learners, particularly
within their own ethnic or regional communities.
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
$25,000
To support a professional folklorist position and other related
costs. A folklorist based in south Georgia will enhance efforts of
the Georgia Folklife Program to document, support and interpret
folk arts throughout the state.
Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$20,000
To support continuation of a statewide Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The apprenticeship
program encourages the preservation of living traditional arts by
funding master artists to work with less experienced apprentices to
pass along time-honored skills and knowledge.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
To support the creation of a Virginia Folklife Program and other
related costs. The program will support 12 apprenticeship teams
that are designed to pass on artistic traditions, drawing from a
diverse range of communities and involving a wide array of
traditional arts and folkways.
Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The program supports the sharing of traditional arts between
a master and an apprentice.
Heritage/Preservation
Albuquerque Arts Alliance
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
To support a cultural survey of various ethnic populations that
reside in the greater Albuquerque areas. The survey will assist
arts organizations in tailoring their programs and services to meet
the specific needs of these underserved populations.
Alianza Dominicana, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Dominican Folk Instrument and Dance Apprenticeship
Project. The project will expand the Conjunto Folklorico ensemble's
activities by adding a much needed folk instrument component.
Allegheny Echoes, Inc.
Marlinton, WV
$6,000
To support workshops in traditional Appalachian music and poetry.
The workshops are designed to preserve, present and pass down the
traditional arts of West Virginia.
Alliance of New York State Arts Councils
(on behalf of Nassau County Firefighters Emerald Society Pipes and
Drums)
Mattituck, NY
$10,000
To support drum and pipe workshops. The workshops are designed to
preserve, present and pass down Irish drum and bagpipe
traditions.
Angkor Dance Troupe, Inc.
Lowell, MA
$20,000
To support the Masters of Cambodian Dance Apprenticeship Program.
The project goals are to improve the technical and artistic ability
of dancers in the troupe, increase dancers' understanding of the
spiritual and ritual functions of dance in Cambodian culture, and
utilize the expertise of visiting masters to develop dances not
currently performed by the troupe.
Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
Arlington, VA
$20,000
To support the folk arts outreach program. Projects include an oral
history and ethnographic video, provision of rehearsal facilities
and technical assistance to folk artists, and expansion of a youth
program in folklore fieldwork.
Asociacion De Musicos Latino Americanos, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support Tesoros Culturales (Cultural Treasures) Program. The
project will consist of a series of workshops and performances of
Latin traditional music and dance.
Brooklyn Arts Council
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
To support fieldwork and the Praise in the Park: Musical
Expressions of Faith concert. The concert will present exemplary
musicians, dancers and ritual practitioners working in Brooklyn's
varied religious traditions.
California Indian Basketweavers Association
Nevada City, CA
$30,000
To support the California Indian Basketweavers Gathering. The
gathering brings basketweavers and students together to teach and
learn from one another and to celebrate their artistry. It provides
opportunities for basketweavers to educate the public, exhibit and
sell their work, and discuss ideas relevant to their
traditions.
Calista Elders Council, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$40,000
To support the revitalization of the Yup'ik Messenger Feast
Project. This project will document, through film, photographs, a
bilingual catalog and museum exhibit, an inter-village event during
which two villages take turns hosting each other for a three day
celebration of feasting, singing, dancing and gift exchanges.
Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
To support instruction in Cambodian classical and folk dances. The
project will culminate with a concert in conjunction with and in
observance of the Cambodian New Year.
Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the creation of a Mariachi Education Program. The
program will offer intensive instruction in mariachi repertoire,
instruments and vocal technique.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc.
St. Michaels, MD
$20,000
To support apprenticeships in traditional wooden boat building.
Working under the guidance of a master shipwright, the apprentices
will learn the art of wooden boat building while restoring the last
remaining skipjacks licensed to dredge for oysters on the
Chesapeake Bay.
City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the touring exhibition Que bonita bandera!: The
Puerto Rican Flag as Folk Art. The traveling exhibition will
feature traditional mundillo and vejigante masks as well as murals
and assemblages of objects which utilize the image of the flag.
City Lore, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the third People's Poetry Gathering. The gatherings have
featured more than 30 different genres of traditional poetry,
ranging from occupational traditions -- loggers, cowboys, hobos,
fishermen -- to ethnic traditions, such as Cambodian ayai or the
Brazilian cordel (clothesline) poetry.
Clark County, NV, Cultural Affairs Division
Las Vegas, NV
$25,000
To support the folk arts program. Activities will include locating,
documenting and archiving folk arts in Clark County and
coordinating the annual International Food and Folklife Festival of
Southern Nevada.
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA
$20,000
To support Baskets, Ballsticks, and Busk: Interpreting Southeastern
Indian Culture Through Art, Games and Dance. The multifaceted
program will include a staff development course for teachers
focusing on southeastern Indian culture, a program for school
children, an academic symposium, and a Southeastern Indian Heritage
Day.
Comanche Indian Tribe
Lawton, OK
$8,000
To support the third Reunion of Shoshonean Speaking Peoples.
Through the two day gathering, Shoshonean tribes of similar origin
will share group stories, oral histories, traditions and groups'
concerns.
Davis & Elkins College (on behalf of Augusta
Heritage Center)
Elkins, WV
$30,000
To support the West Virginia Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and
the October Old-Time Fiddlers' Reunion. Apprenticeships normally
take place in the home or workplace of the master artist where
context, values and lore are shared along with the art itself.
Dutchess County Arts Council, Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$6,000
To support One River, Many Streams. The festival features
performances, demonstrations and displays of folk and traditional
performing and material arts practiced in the Mid-Hudson
Valley.
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$26,000
To support the Central Florida folklore program and other related
costs. Activities will include folk arts documentation in Orlando's
African American communities, documentation and programming for the
regional bus system, exhibits and curricula planning.
Folklore Village Farm, Inc.
Dodgeville, WI
$20,000
To support the 2002 Midwest Folklife Festival. The festival will
feature over 60 ethnic and folk artists from Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Iowa in concert, demonstration and narrative settings.
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno, CA
$30,000
To support the Alliance for California State Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The project will
support one-on-one learning for 40 master-apprenticeship pairs, an
artist's gathering, and Web site outreach.
Hmong Cultural Arts, Crafts, Teaching & Museum
Projects
Elverta, CA
$15,000
To support an after-school program of instruction in Hmong pa dao
embroidery, kheng music and Hmong and traditional folk dances. The
after-school program is offered to at-risk youths who live in a
disadvantaged area troubled by juvenile delinquency.
Hostos Community College Advisory Council, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$25,000
To support BomPlenazo 2002. Project activities include a concert
series, school lecture/demonstrations; percussion, dance and crafts
workshops; and an exhibit of photos and artifacts related to bomba
and plena.
Indiana University (on behalf of Traditional Arts
Indiana)
Bloomington, IN
$20,000
To support the initial phase of the Indiana County Fair
Documentation Project. Documentation will include photography and
on-the-spot interviews and field notes which will result in a
comprehensive and contemporary photo-ethnography of midwest county
fairs.
Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the fifth year of the Southern New England
Apprenticeship Project. The project will link artists to members of
their ethnic group in other locations, and will enhance public
activities in ethnic and occupational communities shared by artists
in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
IRCO
Portland, OR
$30,000
To support a statewide tour and an accompanying catalogue of the
exhibition In My Country. The exhibition will be based on a
weekly sewing circle of refugee and immigrant traditional fiber
artists.
La Troupe Makandal, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$6,000
To support Carnival. A street procession held in the early morning
hours of Labor Day, Carnival features a blend of traditional
African and Christian cultural elements.
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support the Peer Mentorship and Project Grant Programs. These
programs will increase the effectiveness and business acumen of
folk arts organizations, and encourage the expression of the myriad
cultural traditions that have a home in Los Angeles County.
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, CA
$20,000
To support the Community Heritage Project. The project provides an
integrated program of arts training in traditional Mexican music
and dance.
Los Pleneros de la 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Puerto Rican Music Project. Project activities
include an array of year-round concerts, performance lectures,
workshops, community festivals, classes for youth and adults and
out-of-state residencies.
Los Reyes de Albuquerque Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support and perpetuate nuevomexicano folk traditions and to
present specially arranged performances of the Fiesta de los
Novios. Nuevomexicano presentations will be held at child daycare
centers and at urban, rural and Pueblo senior centers. The Fiesta
de los Novios will be presented at local schools and community
centers for youth ages 6-14.
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Old Town, ME
$25,000
To support the Next Generation Project. The
intertribal/intergenerational project will engage tribal members
between the ages of 13-30 in one-on-one apprenticeships with master
weavers.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$40,000
To support the Great Lakes Folk Festival. The festival will
showcase the traditional cultural treasures of the Upper Midwest
and provide a sampling of the best of traditional artists from
around the country and the world.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co. (consortium)
Bronx, NY
$10,000
To support the folklorist-in-training project. The project will
recruit and train local youth between the ages of 13 and 17 to help
identify, document and present folk artists and tradition bearers
found in their family and neighborhood.
Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
To support the Prince Lot Hula Festival. This festival shares the
beauty and artistry of the hula, while including authentic Hawaiian
demonstrations and exhibits in an effort to educate and perpetuate
the culture.
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$75,000
To support urban festivals, a national tour to immigrant
communities, and programs and cultural interpretations in national
parks. This project honors folk, tribal and ethnic communities
across the nation by developing audiences and giving national
exposure to excellent folk artists.
New York Folklore Society, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
$25,000
To support the continuation of the Mentoring and Professional
Development Program for Folklife and the Traditional Arts and
expansion of the services to the field through the Building
Capacity and Artist Promotion and Marketing Programs. The services
will provide professional development support and outreach to
underserved rural and community folk arts organizations.
Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association
Olympia, WA
$20,000
To support the 2002 Master Basketweavers Gathering. The gathering
is designed to honor Native American basketweavers by showcasing
their basketry, producing a public market day featuring basketry
and related fiber arts, and prsenting discussions of pertinent
issues with public agency managers.
Odunde, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the ODUNDE Festival. The festival is the oldest African
American festival in Philadelphia and features local African
American dancers, musicians and performers including hip hop, tap
dance, gospel, steel drum, stepping, double-dutch, drill teams and
many other community-rooted art forms.
Office of Human Concern, Inc.
(on behalf of The Multicultural Center of Northwest
Arkansas)
$15,000
Rogers, AR
To support the Marshallese Traditional Arts Summer Program. Elders
will be encouraged to pass on dance, music, song and handicraft
traditions and techniques to their youth.
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support Portraits of Oregon. The project will engage 4-H clubs
in five rural Oregon counties to document the folklife and cultural
heritage of these important economic, geographic and cultural
communities.
Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support Art Happens Here. The project will document and present
Philadelphia folk artists and their arts to audiences in community
sites within the region through exhibitions and artists
residencies.
Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
$45,000
To support the second International Accordion Festival. The event
celebrates the accordion's central role in the traditional music of
the United States and the world.
United Cambodian Community, Inc.
(on behalf of Arts of Apsara Performing Arts & Cultural
Center)
$20,000
Long Beach, CA
To support the Arts of Apsara Performing Arts Program. The project
will consist of master/apprentice workshops in traditional
Cambodian dance and music, public presentations, and the promotion
of the program's resident performing ensemble.
University of Missouri at Columbia (consortium)
Columbia, MO
$20,000
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project
is designed to document, conserve and present the state's living
folk arts and folklife.
University of New Orleans Foundation
(on behalf of American Routes)
$30,000
New Orleans, LA
To support special field recorded segments of American Routes, a
two-hour radio program broadcast through Public Radio
International. These segments, including field recordings of
musicians in performance as well as interviews with featured
artists and community members, will enhance and provide context for
the ongoing in-studio radio presentations.
Viet Olympiad
Garden Grove, CA
$15,000
To support a performance of Cai Luong classical Vietnamese musical
theater. Cai Luong is dear to the hearts of both old and young in
the Vietnamese community because its music and lyrics express their
deepest feelings, stirring people to laugh, cry, fall in love, feel
angry and, most often, express sadness.
Western Folklife Center
Elko, NV
$25,000
To support continued fieldwork on the cowboy poetry tradition. The
fieldwork will add substantially to Western Folklife Center's body
of work on cowboy poets and cowboy poetry, illuminating the variety
of reasons each poet has for writing by providing more depth to the
biographical, social, familial, cultural, literary and artistic
record.
World Music Institute, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support touring concerts of traditional Kurdish, Greek,
Ethiopian, Afro-Cuban and Indian music and dance. The project will
showcase music and dance rarely offered in this country, providing
a window onto these cultures and offering assistance to artists
striving to preserve culturally valuable forms of music and
dance.
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