2002 Grant Awards: Arts On Radio And Television
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
American Documentary, Inc.
New York, NY
$250,000
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging and promotion
of films for the 2003 broadcast of P.O.V. (Point of View), a
primetime public television series that showcases the art of
independent, non-fiction filmmakers. As public television's longest
running broadcast venue devoted exclusively to the art of
nonfiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks - rarely
found in the mainstream media - into America's living rooms.
American University
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the production of literary programs on the radio series
The Diane Rehm Show. These shows will feature fiction,
poetry, biography, essays and more. Each week, one million
listeners on 76 stations currently hear The Diane Rehm
Show.
Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$20,000
To support the development and production of a radio series
documenting the living music and cultural traditions of the Central
Appalachian highlands. Intended for national broadcast, each
program will combine musical presentations, interviews and
narration.
Art 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$175,000
To support the second year of Art for the Twenty-First Century, a four-year public television series about contemporary visual art and artists in the United States. The project will include the production of four, one-hour programs featuring intimate profiles of artists and the contexts within which they work.
Association for Community Television
(on behalf of Welcome Home Productions)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support the production of a documentary on Project Row Houses.
Welcome Home will explore the transformation of Houston's
Third Ward neighborhood from its decline to its current status as a
role model for urban renewal.
Capital Concerts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support The National Memorial Day Concert and A
Capitol Fourth, two patriotic concerts at the U.S. Capitol to
be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2002. A national television
audience of 10 12 million watches each of these 90-minute programs
every year.
Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Waban, MA
$75,000
To support production of a documentary television series on
self-taught artists. The six-part series will follow African
American artists who make compositions out of bones, broken tools,
fabric scrapes, torn-up roots, rusty buckets, burned rope, car
parts and other "junk."
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the production and national distribution of the radio
series, Chamber Music from Lincoln Center. Thirteen,
one-hour programs will be offered free of charge to public radio
stations across the country in 2002-03.
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series,
Celebrating the Choral Arts. Five, two-hour holiday specials
will provide national audiences with concerts by the Choral Arts
Society of Washington performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.
Concert Productions, Inc.
Boston, MA
$70,000
To support the production of the public radio series From the
Top to be broadcast in 2002-03. The hour-long program combines
performances by exceptional young classical musicians, ages nine to
18, interviews, guest artists, and a 14-year-old "roving reporter"
who profiles the young musicians.
Detroit Educational Television Foundation
Detroit, MI
$15,000
To support research and development for a documentary on Vietnam
War veterans as artists. Through the Green Door will be
based on the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago where
more than 140 artists' works are exhibited.
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the production of a radio series of music from the
National Folk Festival. In collaboration with the National Council
for the Traditional Arts, Duquesne University's WDUQ-FM will select
audio performances from the last 30 years of the festival to
present a variety of artists and musical traditions.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$500,000
To support the development and production of the television series
American Masters for national PBS broadcast in 2002-03.
Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be
made available to millions of viewers in all 50 states over 340
public television stations.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$550,000
To support the development and production of Thirteen/WNET's
Performing Arts Series, including Great Performances and
Dance in America for national broadcast on PBS in 2003-04.
Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, American
television audiences in all 50 states will be provided free access
to a diverse range of cultural programming.
ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
(on behalf of South Carolina Educational Radio)
$65,000
Spartanburg, SC
To support the production of new programs for the weekly radio
series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. National Public Radio
will distribute the programs to American audiences on more than 245
stations in the United States, and to international audiences via
NPR Worldwide.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Geller Goldfine
Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary
tracing the history and impact of the Ballets Russes companies and
the individuals who danced within them. Ballet Russes: A Living
Legacy will cover the over eighty-year story of the blend of
Russian, American, Canadian, Cuban and Latin American dancers and
their impact not only within the dance community, but also on
theater and film communities during the 20th century.
Films for Humanity, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support research and development for a documentary film on
Robert and Frances Flaherty. Eyes to Illuminate: The Lives and
Work of Robert and Frances Flaherty will examine the Flahertys'
growth as artists when non-fiction film was emerging as an art form
in and of itself, away from ethnographic and adventure
filmmaking.
Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation
(on behalf of Bras Coupe Films)
$10,000
New Orleans, LA
To support the production of Stories from the Faubourg
Treme. The one-hour documentary will feature six storytelling
performers from America's oldest black urban neighborhood.
Illume Productions, Inc.
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the production of a television documentary series about
the meaning of monuments. Monuments: Reminders and Warnings
will explore the meaning of monuments, the creative process behind
them, and their role as purposeful public art that partly shapes
American identity.
International Cultural Programming, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a television series on the dance traditions of the
Pacific Islands. Dances of Life will be a two-hour series as
seen through the eyes of the people who practice it as an art form
and way of life.
Jack Straw Memorial Foundation
(on behalf of Reel Women Productions)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a documentary radio series that will profile objects
held in museums that are rarely or never displayed. The Hidden
Treasures Radio Project is intended for broadcast on National
Public Radio's Morning Edition or Public Radio
International's Studio 360.
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$20,000
To support the production of the weekly radio series
Earthsongs. The one-hour program features recordings and
live performances of contemporary Native American music and reaches
an estimated audience of 60,000 people per broadcast.
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$25,000
To support arts reporting, performance and features on the
nationally distributed radio programs National Native News
and Native America Calling. These daily news and information
programs, which reach 360,000 listeners each week, are also
available via the Internet.
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$15,000
To support the production of radio plays intended for national and
international distribution. Three plays will be recorded in front
of a live audience in collaboration with Washington, DC theater
companies, and two plays based on recent Broadway/Off Broadway
productions will be recorded in-studio.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$150,000
To support national telecasts in 2003-04 of the public television
series Live From Lincoln Center. The series is broadcast on
approximately 300 PBS stations across the 50 states and U.S.
territories and reaches an average of five million viewers per
program.
MediaRites
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the production of an eight-part radio series by Dmae
Roberts. 1st Person Radio Stories will focus on eight
different people going through challenging experiences in their
lives.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support post-production costs for a national PBS telecast of
Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Based on Georg Buchner's play, this
20th century opera is about a low-ranking soldier who is tormented
by his officers, his doctor and the mother of his child.
Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, MN
$70,000
To support the production and national broadcast of St. Paul
Sunday, a weekly, one-hour radio series presenting the
vitality, diversity and excellence of chamber music. The program
will be heard on more than 215 radio stations throughout the United
States in 2002-03.
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$100,000
To support production costs for a three-part television series
examining the cultural and artistic expression of Latino
communities found within the United States. Visiones: Latino Art
and Culture will give viewers an overview of the growth of
cultural arts centers, dance and theater companies, and other
cultural organizations within the Latino Diaspora.
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$150,000
To support the NPR Classical Music Initiative. The initiative will include the recording, acquisition and national radio broadcast of selected American symphony orchestras on the daily classical music series Performance Today, the weekly program SymphonyCast, and the presentation of American operatic productions for NPR's World of Opera series.
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$150,000
To support production and distribution of year-round jazz programming to reach national radio audiences. NPR's Jazz Initiative will include the Peabody Award-winning documentary program Jazz Profiles, Jazz Riffs and the development and acquisition of other jazz programming created for radio, satellite and Internet distribution.
New England Foundation for the Arts
(on behalf of ArtWorks Educational Foundation)
Boston, MA
$45,000
To support research and development for a television series on the
arts for children. Targeted for six to 12 year olds, the 13-part
series will champion the artistic development, literacy and
expression of children.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Robert Levi Films)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary
film on Billy Strayhorn. Piano in the Background: The Story of
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington will chronicle Mr.
Strayhorn's career as composer and arranger for the Ellington
Orchestra as well as his relationship with the maestro.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Anker Productions)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support post-production costs for the two-part television series
Music From the Inside Out. Intended for a national PBS
broadcast, the series will explore the intangible qualities of
music as seen through the eyes of the members of the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Newark Public Radio, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$70,000
To support the production of JazzSet with Dee Dee
Bridgewater, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts. The series
is produced by WBGO/Newark and distributed by National Public Radio
to approximately 135 public radio stations throughout the
country.
North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$30,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary
film profile of Margo Jones. Intended for national broadcast and
distribution, the one-hour program will tell the story of Ms.
Jones' rise to national recognition when she founded and ran the
Fair Park in Dallas, the first professional resident theater
outside New York.
Oregon Public Broadcasting (on behalf of Actual
Films)
Portland, OR
$75,000
To support a television series on the Third Reich's attempt to
seize and appropriate Europe's great art collections, and the
efforts of the Allied Governments to preserve them. The Rape of
Europa will be a three-part series intended for national PBS
broadcast.
Paradigm Productions
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support research, development and scripting costs for a one-hour
documentary film on Jose Clemente Orozco. A member of the Mexican
mural renaissance, Jose Clemente Orozco rivaled Diego Rivera in
technique, authenticity and talent, but never achieved the same
recognition.
Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Inc.
Uwchland, PA
$40,000
To support the production of concerts and feature programs for
Echoes, a nationally broadcast radio series of contemporary
music. The series will serve a weekly audience of nearly 300,000
listeners from 175 stations in 36 states and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the production of live radio broadcasts of performances
by the New York Philharmonic in 2002-03. Approximately 5 million
listeners per month will hear each two-hour program.
Public Radio International, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$70,000
To support the production, distribution and marketing of Studio
360 in 2002-03. A weekly arts and culture radio program
designed to illuminate the role of the arts in our society, the
series is a co-production of Public Radio International and
WNYC/FM.
Shirley Road Productions
Narberth, PA
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary
film on Margarita and Ramona de Saa. Mirror Dance is the
story of two Cuban identical twins who, though separated for nearly
40 years, continue to share a passion for dance.
Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of a radio documentary for the series
American Sound Portraits. To be aired on NPR's All Things
Considered, David Isay will produce this program.
Sweet Bird Classics
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support a series of music education radio programs for children.
Boombox Classroom is a new, multi-part series targeted to children
in kindergarten through fifth grade that features classical and
world music.
Sylvan House, Inc. (on behalf of Ghostlight Films)
Orange, CT
$100,000
To support the development and production of a television series on
the history of the Broadway musical. Broadway: The American
Musical will be a six-part series intended for national PBS
broadcast.
Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production of the public radio series Selected
Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and the distribution
of related audiocassettes. The series, which will air on more than
125 National Public Radio stations in 2003-04, will present leading
stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction
by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures.
Tundra Club
Bozeman, MT
$15,000
To support the production and national distribution of a series
presenting the work of independent radio producers. Hearing
Voices will be a compilation of documentaries, sound portraits
and features that will be thematically curated.
University of New Orleans Foundation (on behalf of
American Routes)
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series from New Orleans devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. The series is currently carried by 150 radio stations and is heard by approximately 500,000 listeners each week.
University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of KUT)
Austin, TX
$30,000
To support the production and acquisition of arts and cultural
programs to be broadcast nationally on Latino USA, a weekly
English language radio journal of news and culture. The series is
aired on 198 stations, reaching more than 200,000 U.S. listeners
each week, and is heard worldwide through the Armed Forces Radio
and Television Service.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
Charleston, WV
$40,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio
series Mountain Stage. Distributed by Public Radio
International to more than 125 stations throughout the United
States, the weekly, two-hour program presents contemporary music
and traditional roots performers.
WHYY, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio
series Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The award-winning
daily journal of contemporary arts, culture and issues is broadcast
on 355 public radio stations and heard by three million people each
week.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$25,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series
Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The 13-part series provides
national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the
Barns of Wolf Trap.
World Music Productions
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the production and national distribution of the weekly
public radio program Afropop Worldwide in 2002-03. The
series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the
Caribbean, and the Americas, and is distributed by Public Radio
International to approximately 100 radio stations in the U.S.
Writer's Center (on behalf of Out of the Box
Productions)
Bethesda, MD
$15,000
To support research and development costs for a documentary on
Frank Gehry's addition to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The film
will explore Washington's architectural heritage juxtaposed with
the proposed design, while also examining new museum architecture
both here and abroad.
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