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Local Arts Agencies: FY2003 Grants

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Access | Creativity | Heritage/Preservation | Organizational Capacity

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Access

Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$45,000
To support the Louisiana ArtWorks ArtReach Project. The project is designed to provide audiences with access to the creative process of the visual arts by attracting artists with diverse backgrounds to Louisiana ArtWorks, a multifaceted arts complex.

Arts Council of Rock Hill & York County
Rock Hill, SC
$20,000
To support the Revival-Design Camp Meeting. The project supports the cross-training of professional craft artists and environmentalists in the development of home furnishing prototypes primarily using recycled materials.

City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
Charleston, SC
$35,000
To support performances at the Petite Performance Pavilion. As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, this project will provide short, admission-free performances by artists who will perform in ticketed events during the festival.

City of Detroit (aka Cultural Affairs Department)
Detroit, MI
$10,000
To support the CityArts Grant Program. The project will support small and medium-sized cultural organizations that offer arts activities in a variety of media for audiences of all ages in community based venues.

City of Irving-Irving Arts Center (aka Irving Arts Center)
Irving, TX
$25,000
To support the creation of the Centennial Mural. In recognition of the city's centennial, an original Venetian glass tile mural will be created for installation in the Irving Arts Center Sculpture Garden.

City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
San Diego, CA
$65,000
To support the Neighborhood Design Arts Program. The project, conducted in partnership with Partners for Livable Places, will integrate quality public art and design into community development plans, and will implement projects designed to foster a stronger sense of community.

City of Seattle, Washington Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Seattle, WA
$13,000
To support the publication of Public Art 101. The project is a guide to developing and implementing public art programs and projects.

Cultural Arts Council of Houston
Houston, TX
$40,000
To support Creative Expressions. The project seeks to increase the access of traditional and ethnically specific arts organizations and artists to larger audiences in Houston.

Fresno Arts Council, Inc.
Fresno, CA
$25,000
To support Art Hop, a monthly, free event of open studios, galleries and museums. Designed to increase the access to Fresno's diverse cultural offerings, the project will include the establishment of an art trolley to transport participants from location to location, as well as a joint marketing plan.

Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA
$60,000
To support DIALOG, an Urban Literary Initiative. In celebration of National Poetry Month, DIALOG will include residencies, performances and educational events with national poets, as well as a juried show of local artists.

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
$22,000
To support the Golden Ticket Program. The program provides low-income seniors who reside in the Miami-Dade area with discounted or free tickets to a broad selection of cultural activities.

Quad City Arts, Inc.
Rock Island, IL
$30,000
To support the Visiting Artist Series. The project focuses on arts education and community outreach and will present nationally acclaimed performing artists in residencies in counties located in Iowa and Illinois.

Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute. The project provides comprehensive training and support for artists and social service providers who work to develop community arts partnerships.

Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Inc.
Oxford, MS
$10,000
To support artist fees and marketing expenses for the inaugural Oxford Film Festival. The proposed annual event will present work that showcases independent dramatic and documentary films with an emphasis on Southern culture relevant to the residents of Lafayette County.

Creativity

Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, Inc.
Fayetteville, NC
$35,000
To support the commissioning of Star Gate 2003, a kinetic sculpture by internationally known artist Tom Grubb. The creation of the sculpture will be the focal point of the arts component of the Festival of Flight celebration commemorating the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903.

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support Migrations: Humanity in Transition and The Children of Sebastiao Salgado, a photographic survey. As part of its national and international tour, the exhibition will be presented in the main exhibit hall of the Chicago Cultural Center and at the Harold Washington Library Center.

Churchill Arts Council
Fallon, NV
$15,000
To support a series of performances at the Oats Park Art Center Theatre. The series will consist of four jazz concerts by artists including piano trios and female vocalists, as well as improvisational world music.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
To support an exhibition and publication project and the newly designed Downtown Residency Program. The exhibition and publication reflect the diverse body of work created through the Council's World Trade Center (WTC) artist residency program from 1997 through 2001.

Westchester Arts Council
White Plains, NY
$30,000
To support the commissioning of a series of site-specific installations by regional artists. Four works will be selected by an independent curator and panel that will respond to the historic significance, scale and architectural details of the Arts Exchange's Grand Banking Room.

Heritage/Preservation

City of Philadelphia, Office Arts & Culture (aka Public Art Office)
Philadelphia, PA
$80,000
To support the conservation of City Hall Tower sculptures by Alexander Milne Calder. The larger than-life-size bronze sculptures, created by the artist in the early 1870s, consist of Native Americans, Swedish settlers and American eagles on the exterior of Philadelphia's City Hall.

Organizational Capacity

Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.
Mattituck, NY
$40,000
To support the use of technology to deliver services and online learning by building a virtual arts administration portal in New York State. The project will include the continued development of interactive Web-based tools, online course learning and e-monitoring.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$60,000
To support the Cultural Venture Fund. The program will provide consultants to facilitate the development of arts-related entrepreneurial ventures for Bronx-based arts groups to explore earned income as a new or enhanced source of support.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$18,000
To support the National Arts Stabilization's (NAS) presentation of Managing Change. Arts organizations from throughout the county will participate in this capacity-building program for arts leaders that is part of the NAS executive education series, Leadership in a Changing Environment.

Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the Local Arts Network. The program provides statewide support and technical assistance for Illinois' more than 70 local arts agencies.

Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA
$42,000
To support an arts marketing workshop and small grant program. The marketing training session will be open to Southern California artists and arts organizations of all genres, and will qualify participants to apply for a marketing implementation grant.

Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
Ann Arbor, MI
$55,000
To support a series of statewide conferences focusing on arts management issues and the unveiling of a new Leadership Academy. The programs are designed to expand the scope of the training and technical assistance that MACAA offers to cultural arts organizations in 83 Michigan counties.

National Community Arts Network (United Statewide Community Arts Association)
Columbia, MO
$22,000
To support professional development training opportunities, a mentorship program and travel subsidy for attendance at a national conference. The program is designed to benefit the directors and board members of 37 statewide assemblies.

South Carolina Arts Alliance
Rock Hill, SC
$15,000
To support South Carolina Arts Alliance's (SCAA) Peer Advisory Network (PAN). Through PAN, the SCAA proposes to develop and implement a new accounting service for nonprofit arts organizations, and to provide workshops in financial best-practices to benefit organizations in rural and underserved communities.

South Dakotans for the Arts
Lead, SD
$20,000
To support the Prairie Arts Management Institute. The project will be conducted for the benefit of small and mid-sized organizations from the prairie states of middle America.

Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts
Madison, WI
$18,000
To support the Organizational Assistance Program. The program will provide targeted technical assistance to strengthen organizational capacity of new and emerging rural and inner-city arts organizations.


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