NEA: 2004 GRANT AWARDS: Creativity


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2004 Grant Awards: Creativity

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

DANCE

33 Fainting Spells
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance theater work, choreographed by co-artistic directors Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson. Our Little Sunbeam combines material from Anton Chekhov's play Ivanov with research drawn from the U.S. Space Program.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a United States tour in 2004. The company will present new works by Robert Battle, Alonzo King, and Jennifer Muller.

American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the rehearsal, staging, and presentation of a new production of Raymonda. The work will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$60,000
To support Mapping Modern Dance, a project to commission and present American and international modern dance choreographers. Performances will be accompanied by a range of education and outreach activities.

Andanza, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of two new works by choreographers Lolita Villanua and Carlos Ivan Santos. The works will be based on short stories by contemporary Puerto Rican writers and will premiere at the Luis A. Ferr Performing Arts Center in San Juan.

ART SWEATS, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer David Dorfman. The work will be created with collaborators Chris Peck (music), Jane Cox (lighting design), Naoko Nagata (costume design), Samuael Topiary (video design), and Scott Pask (set design).

Aspen Ballet Company & School
Aspen, CO
$10,000
To support the presentation of L'apres midi d'un faune (Afternoon of a Faun). The piece will be choreographed by Thierry Malandain, artistic director of France's Ballet Biarritz.

Axis Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Ann Carlson for dancers both with and without disabilities. The work will become part of AXIS Dance Company's touring repertory and will also become part of a national dance tour.

Ballet Florida, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
To support Step Ahead, a program for aspiring choreographers. The program is a series of choreographic workshops for Ballet Florida dancers that culminates in a live performance.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a Choreographers Workshop and the remounting of three repertory works. Choreographers participating in the workshop will be John Carrafa and Mia Michaels.

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a full-length ballet by choreographer Stanton Welch. Evolution will be created in three acts to the music of Carroboree by Australian John Antill, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, and songs by Moby.

Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support tuition-free, professional ballet training for New York public school students. The training will include 1,800 ballet classes throughout the year and performance opportunities at the Joyce Theater.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support the presentation of John Cranko's Onegin. Choreographed in 1965 for the Stuttgart Ballet, Onegin is renowned for its narrative choreography, inventive dance vocabulary, and dramatic characterization.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$20,000
To support extended residency activities. New Voices/New Works program will include Rennie Harris/Puremovement, Everett Dance Theatre, Shawn McConneloug, Tere O'Connor Dance, and Victoria Marks.

Bebe Miller Company (Gotham Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of The Landing/Place Project, choreographed by Bebe Miller. Activities will include developmental residencies, work-in-progress showings, research into digital technology and choreographic process, production and distribution of CD-ROMs, and a project Web site.

Boston Ballet, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the presentation of Lady of the Camellias, choreographed by Val Caniparoli. The three act ballet will be presented at The Wang Theatre and will have related outreach programs.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation of a new work by artistic director Jelon Vieria. The work will explore Capoeira's centuries-old traditions and rituals, from basic musical rhythms to the influence of religion, in a contemporary context.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Balanchine Celebration. Music accompaniment will be provided by a solo pianist and a small orchestra comprised of members of the North Carolina Symphony.

Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc. (consortium)
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the presentation of modern and classical companies. The project is in collaboration with The Wang Center for the Performing Arts.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theater, Inc.)
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support a national tour and residency activities. The program will include works by Katherine Dunham, Rosangela Silvestre, Jelon Vieira, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, David Rousseve, and Ronald K. Brown.

College Community Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of American and international dance companies. The project will include educational programs, subsidized ticket prices, and extensive outreach to Brooklyn's diverse communities.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of The Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the presentation of African and African American companies. Each company will conduct a one-week residency at the college.

Community Arts Project, Inc. (King Arts Complex)
Columbus, OH
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance work and an exhibition on African American dance. A variety of educational and outreach activities will be provided for each event.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$15,000
To support the presentation of dance companies. Artists will perform at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater and participate in a variety of community and audience development activities.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production, residencies, rehearsals, premiere, and touring of The Geography Trilogy, Part 3: House. The work is directed and choreographed by Ralph Lemon and created in collaboration with an ensemble of multidisciplinary artists.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance film and the revivals of two works by Merce Cunningham. The film will be produced by Charles Atlas, and the works to be revived are Doubletoss (1993) and Ground Level Overlay (1995).

Dance Connecticut, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
To support residency activities and the presentation of diverse dance companies. Companies to be presented in the series Hartford's Dancing at The Busnell, will include Reggie Wilson Fist and Heel Company, Maria Pages Compania, and Urban Tap.

Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support performances and residencies by dancers. The artists will represent a wide spectrum of traditions and styles, including African, jazz, tap, step, hip-hop, and modern.

Dance Space Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support an Artist in Residency program. The project supports professional dancers and choreographers who are at transitional points in their careers.

Dance St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the presentation of new works by local choreographers. The works will premiere in the Contemporary Moves program at the performing arts center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.

Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support an extended-run performance series. The Carnival series features artists at various stages in their careers, and TheMainEvent series will present established, mid-career artists.

Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance events. Artists will participate in week-long residencies that include professional level and community-based master classes, community discussions and lecture demonstrations, and educational activities in local, middle, and high schools.

Dancers' Group (on behalf of Robert Moses' Kin)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will look at man's inhumanity and will focus on Robert Moses' interest in religion and its impact on society.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the seventh year of City/Dans. The program supports the new work of New York City choreographers.

Dayton Contemporary Dance
Dayton, OH
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Bebe Miller. Miller and four members of her company will share choreographic knowledge with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company dancers utilizing the technology of motion capture as a tool in the creative process.

Donna Uchizono Company (La Donna Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Salon Dances. The work will be created by choreographer Donna Uchizono in collaboration with composer Guy Yarden.

Dova, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of a dance opera by choreographer Doug Varone. The work will be created in collaboration with composer Michael Gordon and designer Allen Moyer.

Eiko & Koma (Inta, Inc.)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening length work. As part of the project, Koma will create a series of pastels that will be distributed to the attendees as keepsakes

Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Home Movies. The work will premiere at Trinity Repertory Theater and will include performances for middle and high school students.

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$35,000
To support the 26th annual Florida Dance Festival. The program offers education and training for dance students and teachers, provides creative and collaborative opportunities for dance artists, and presents performances of national and international dance companies.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the presentation of a co-production with the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the company's 20th anniversary. The event will include performances of revivals, new works, and guest performers.

Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$20,000
To support a revival tour for the 10th anniversary of Griot New York and the creation and presentation of a new work by Garth Fagan.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work choreographed by Julia Adam. The concept for the work will be a Jewish wedding, accompanied by klezmer music.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of dance works. Choreographers involved in the project include Christopher Bruce, Daniel Ezralow, Susan Marshall, Alex Ketley, Brian Enos, and artistic director Jim Vincent.

Institute for Spanish Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Maria Benitez and Adela Clara, and feature the music of composer Luigi Boccherini.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Lee, MA
$70,000
To support residencies and performances of dance companies. Festival 2004 will include work that ranges from ancient traditional forms to contemporary experimental dance.

James Sewell Ballet (Ballet Works, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support performance and education activities in Rochester, NY and St. Cloud, MN.

JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Danny Buraczeski. The work entitled The Rhythm and Blues will be set to music by Sam Cooke.

Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the presentation of The Ashton Evening. The program will commemorate the centennial of the birth of Sir Frederick Ashton, the late artistic director of the Royal Ballet of London.

John Jasperse Company (Thin Man Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a United States tour. The tour will include the evening length works Out There and tethered to wind.

Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the staging of Lar Lubovitch's Thus is All. The piece will be set to excerpts from the Mozart operas Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito, and Cosi Fan Tutte, which are performed live on stage with the dancers.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support dance presentation projects. The projects will feature a range of companies in the Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce Soho Presents.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by Val Caniparoli and Lila York. Lila York will create a world premiere and Val Caniparoli will restage Lambarena.

Ko-Thi, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest Festivals will be held at the Pabst Theater.

LINES Contemporary Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographer Alonzo King will collaborate with composer/conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

Louisville Ballet (Kentucky Dance Council, Inc.)
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support the presentation of choreographer Paul Taylor's Company B. The work will be presented as part of the mainstage series at the Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Lar Lubovitch and the re creation of older works. The work will include a commissioned score by composer Aaron Jay Kernis and will be presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center Theater.

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
Inglewood, CA
$10,000
To support the revival of works by Donald McKayle. The McKayle program will be performed at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles.

Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by Mark Morris. The works will be set to Prokofiev's Quintet in E Minor, Op. 39; Quintet for Guitar and Strings by Boccherini; and Bach's Two Part Inventions.

McCaleb Dance
La Jolla, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance work by choreographer Nancy McCaleb. The work, titled La Rumorosa, will be created in collaboration with Mexican composer Fernando Coronato's new work Martes.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 25th Anniversary Celebration. This celebration will include a series of dance performances, panel discussions and public talks, workshops, and film/video screenings.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Julia Adam in collaboration with singer/songwriters Tricia Walker, Ashley Cleveland, and Karen Stanley from the Bluebird Cafe, a venue for emerging artists.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
To support the creation of work and dance touring. The project will include dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities in more than 40 cities throughout the United States.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support a series of dance performances and educational outreach activities. Companies will be presented both on the concert stage and in community settings.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the Balanchine Centennial Celebration. The project will consist of repertory that focuses on George Balanchine's classical and modern heritage.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Balanchine Centennial Celebration. Works to be presented include Agon, the pas de deux from Stars and Stripes, and the first act of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. This work will be commissioned by Paul Gibson, choreographer and principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by Paul Taylor. These works will be featured on tour throughout the nation and abroad, as part of Paul Taylor Dance Company's 50th anniversary.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length production of Swan Lake. Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, the work will premiere at the Academy of Music.

Philadelphia Dance Company, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works during the company's 35th anniversary. Ronald K. Brown and Geoffrey Holder will create the works, which will then become part of the company's touring repertory.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer David Gordon. The work will be produced at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church.

Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Titled MEGA WHAT, the work will be choreographed by the company's artistic directors and premiere at the Ruth Eckerd Theater in Clearwater, FL.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Choreographers Matjash Mrozewski and Derek Deane will create the works.

Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources (on behalf of Pittsburgh Dance Council)
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance companies and related residency activities. Companies to be presented include Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Nederlands Dans Theatre 1, O Vertigo, Pappa Tarahumara, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Playhouse Square Foundation
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of ballet companies. The project will include a student matinee, master classes for local dance students, and pre- and post-show discussions for the audience.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
(on behalf of Cal Performances)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support performances and residency activities. The Spring 2004 Dance Series will include the Dance Theater of Harlem, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Frankfurt Ballet.

Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Rennie Harris. The work will deconstruct the hip-hop dance style "locking" and will be presented in New York.

Richmond Ballet
Richmond, VA
$20,000
To support the restaging of works during the company's Studio Series. Works to be restaged include Djangology by Val Caniparoli, Nuevo Tango by William Soleau, and Streets and Legends by Colin Connor.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works. The works will include a world premiere by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and the acquisition of Jerome Robbins' The Dybbuk Variations.

San Francisco Performances, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support commissions and presentations of dance companies. Both American and international companies will offer performances and residency activities.

School of Hard Knocks, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work by artistic director Yoshiko Chuma. Reverse Psychology, Summerstage will be presented in Central Park.

Sean Curran Company (Curran Events, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Sean Curran. Piano Dances will be a suite of six dances, set to music and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon.

Sens Production, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a site-specific work. Noir, created by Noemie Lafrance, will be created for 10 dancers.

Several Dancers Core
Decatur, GA
$10,000
To support a collaboration with Berlin's Tanzcompagnie RUBATO. The project will develop a new work for CORE Performance Company, the professional dance company of Several Dancers Core, through residencies in Atlanta and Berlin.

Shapiro & Smith Dance (Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Time Between will be set to music by Bruce Springsteen, Patty Sciaffa, and Soozie Tyrell.

Shen Wei Dance Arts
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work choreographed by Shen Wei. The work will draw upon contemporary dance and Chinese opera, as well as elements of painting and sculpture.

Solomons Company/Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Richard Move will create the work for the dance trio Paradigm.

Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Martha Clarke. Toulouse Lautrec will be created in collaboration with playwright Charles L. Mee, Jr. and music director Michael Feingold.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 20th anniversary tour. The tour will include performances in the U.S., international tours, and a self-produced performance at The Joyce Theater.

Susan Marshall & Company (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Putnam Valley, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the restaging of repertory. Susan Marshall will choreograph Stolen Moments in collaboration with her company and will reconstruct Fields of View (1994), Kiss (1988), and Trio in Four Parts (1985).

Tere O'Connor Dance (Big Tree Productions, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening length work. Artistic Director Tere O'Connor will choreograph the work, in collaboration with composer James Baker and lighting/set designer Brian MacDevitt.

Tongue
Culver City, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new evening length work choreographed by Stephanie Gilliland. The work will include an aural landscape created by a sound designer.

Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the creation of a new work and presentation of early works by Trisha Brown. The new work will be a duet for Trisha Brown and Steve Paxton, and there will be an art exhibit exploring Trisha Brown's work with visual artists.

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$30,000
To support a multipart dance project Pop Collaborations. The project will feature residencies by Merce Cunningham Dance Company and by Lyon Opera Ballet choreographer Phillipe Decoufl.

University of Arizona (on behalf of UA presents)
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
To support the presentation of African dance. Companies to be presented include Sello Pesa (South Africa), Compagnie Rary (Madagascar), and Compagnie Kongo Ba Teria (Burkina Faso).

Velocity Dance Studio (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a national dance touring alliance. The project will allow dance companies in Seattle, San Francisco, and Minneapolis to perform in each city.

VSA arts of New Mexico, Inc. (consortium)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support performances and residency activities of mixed-ability dance companies. AXIS Dance Company and Homer Avila and Dancers will be presented during the Global DanceFest.

Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Performances will take place at Dance Place, George Mason University's Center for the Arts, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$15,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in The White Bird/PSU Dance Series. The series will include master classes and lecture demonstrations.

World Music, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$15,000
To support the presentation of international, national, and local dance companies. Residency activities will include workshops, master classes, and discussions.

Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$10,000
To support the Bessie Schoenberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and Company Residency. Emerging choreographers and dance companies will be in residence for four weeks on Martha's Vineyard.

Zaccho SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Joanna Haigood, the work will premiere on the S.S. Red Oak Victory, a National Memorial Ship in Richmond, CA.

ZviDance (ZGD, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Zvi Gotheiner. Titled Territories, the work will be created in collaboration with an original score by Scott Killian, lighting design by Mark London, and costumes by Naoko Nagata.

DESIGN

Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Architecture and Design Project Series. The exhibitions provide a venue for emerging and recognized architects and will introduce current architectural debates to a design, visual art, and general audience.

Los Angeles Forum for Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
$22,500
To support a traveling exhibition and catalogue on community and civic design projects by area architecture schools. More than 50 design/build projects have been identified and include day care facilities, educational training centers, battered women shelters, community centers, and urban gardens.

Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support the exhibition, educational programming, and temporary installation of prototype kiosks. Artist and designer Dan Peterman will create community service kiosks to be placed in the museum's plaza and then relocated to city parks.

Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the design and production of a site-specific architectural installation at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. The project will create a public venue and provide critical exposure to emerging architects/designers.

Nashville Cultural Arts Project
Nashville, TN
$10,800
To support a lecture series. Nationally recognized designers will make public presentations on cross disciplinary projects in the arts, architecture, and urban development.

National Building Museum
Washington, DC
$44,700
To support an architectural exhibit, symposium, and lectures on a collection of architectural drawings. Envisioning Architecture: Drawings form the Museum of Modern Art has toured in Europe and will appear in no other U.S. venue.

Ohio State University Research Foundation
Columbus, OH
$20,000
To support a symposium and workshop on the use of contemporary digital technologies by women architects and artists. The architects will present their work to a professional and general audience with special outreach to local high school students.

openhousenewyork inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a site map, interpretive handouts, and Web site guide for a New York architectural tour. The weekend event tours all five boroughs and provides access to buildings and facilities not typically open to the public.

Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support an exhibition and catalogue on the Olin Partnership. The exhibition will be the first retrospective of the landscape architecture firm whose work includes the Cactus Garden Promitory at the J. Paul Getty Center and restoration of Bryant Park in New York.

Praxis, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$60,000
To support Praxis, an architectural journal. Thematic volumes will be produced to inform the architectural writer, builder, academic, and professional by exploring the balance between theory and practice.

Williams College
Williamstown, MA
$30,000
To support the traveling exhibition Screening Architecture, with accompanying educational programming and catalogue. The exhibition will focus on recent work by international artists exploring architectural issues in video and digital animation.

FOLK & TRADITIONAL ARTS

Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the tour of an evening length collaborative work. East as Center features master artists Chitresh Das, Govindan Kutty, and Ni Ketut Arini.

City of San Antonio, Texas Office of Cultural Affairs
San Antonio, TX
$35,000
To support the fourth International Accordion Festival. The event celebrates the accordion's central role in the traditional music of the United States and throughout the globe.

Federated Dorchester Neighborhood
(on behalf of Yorick's Marionette Theater)
Dorchester, MA
$10,000
To support the creation of hand-carved marionettes. The 14 marionettes will be used for a production titled The Magic Circus and will be presented in schools and communities throughout New England.

Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support planning and fieldwork leading to an exhibition about taiko drumming in the United States. Activities include community involvement and outreach, documentation of community performances, and oral history interviews with 10 key figures in taiko.

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$65,000
To support planning and fabrication of a Native American basketry exhibition. Carriers of Culture: Contemporary Native Basket Traditions will focus on contemporary Native American basketry traditions from Hawaii and North America at the turn of the century.

People's Center, Karuk Tribe
Happy Camp, CA
$20,000
To support an exhibition, an artist-in-residence program, and a basketweavers gathering. The project is designed to encourage basketweaving among the Karuk people, to support employment and income generation, and to increase public awareness of these Native American traditional arts.

Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the Local Knowledge Project. Activities will include a series of exhibitions and discussion groups or spoken work performances that will inform,interpret, and link the exhibitions.

South Carolina Traditional
Columbia, SC
$23,000
To support a concert, program book, and a CD-ROM. The project will highlight past recipients of the South Carolina Folk Heritage Awards.

Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
$45,000
To support the Community Residency Program. The program will consist of four residencies in underserved Texas towns with populations of fewer than 10,000.

University of California at (on behalf of UCSB Arts & Lectures)
Santa Barbara, CA
$15,000
To support the San Jose Taiko residency program. The week-long program will feature interactive workshops and lecture demonstrations targeted to K-12 students in schools without arts programs, as well as workshops and evening lecture demonstrations at community centers.

Utah State University (on behalf of The Mountain West Center for Regional Studies)
Logan, UT
$35,000
To support the Mountain West Symposium on Song. The three-day symposium will be a combination of musical performances, scholarly papers and lectures, and workshops exploring aspects of song.

Wisconsin Arts Board (consortium)
Madison, WI
$30,000
To support the Arts in the Curriculum: Quilts project. The project will bring together researchers, educators, artists, and a community of learners to develop new teaching and learning approaches incorporating arts into the classroom and community.

LITERATURE

92nd Street Y (Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center Reading Series, featuring readings, performances, literary tributes, and live interviews. The center also will present the first American readings of new works of verse drama.

Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc.
Farmington, ME
$24,000
To support the publication and promotion of poetry titles selected from three annual competitions. Selected poets will read from their works at venues around the country.

Antioch University (on behalf of Antioch Review)
Yellow Springs, OH
$10,000
To support publication and related expenses, including author payments, for special issues of the Antioch Review. Each issue will focus on a contemporary literary form: short fiction, poetry, and the essay.

Aspect, Inc. (Zephyr Press)
Brookline, MA
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of books by American and Chinese writers. Zephyr Press will market its Chinese titles to Asian bookstores and cultural centers, and add an audio component to its Web site featuring authors reading their work.

Aunt Lute Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of Miko Kings by Choctaw author LeAnne Howe. Aunt Lute will coordinate an extensive eight-city tour for Ms. Howe coinciding with the broadcast of her one-hour special on the Choctaw nation on public television

Big River Association (River Styx) (on behalf of River Styx Magazine)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets and 20 prose writers.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$40,000
To support production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry. Poets scheduled to be published include Lucille Clifton, Bill Knott, David Mura, and Lola Haskins.

Boise State University (on behalf of The Idaho Review)
Boise, ID
$10,000
To support the production and promotion of issues of The Idaho Review. The annual journal will be promoted through direct mail, a public reading, writing workshops, and a short story contest.

Boston University (on behalf of AGNI Magazine)
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of AGNI. The magazine will launch a 10,000 piece direct mail campaign to readers of such publications as Poets & Writers and The American Poetry Review.

Brooklyn Public Library Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the Brooklyn Authors for Brooklyn Readers series, featuring readings and interviews with WNYC radio talk show host Leonard Lopate. The library will make digital audio recordings of each program available on its Web site.

CALYX, Inc.
Corvallis, OR
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Calyx, a journal of art and literature by women. The journal will increase honoraria to writers and artists, launch a direct mail subscription campaign, and coordinate a reading series for emerging Calyx authors.

CavanKerry Press, Ltd.
Fort Lee, NJ
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of first books of poetry, including one title in the press's LaurelBooks: The Literature of Illness Series. The press will distribute free books to seniors, prisons, schools, and the community of patients and caregivers.

Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas
Seattle, WA
$12,500
To support Black to the Future: A Science Fiction Festival, featuring panels and workshops with leading African American science fiction writers. Scheduled participants include Walter Mosley, Octavia Butler, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, John Ridley, Samuel Delany, and Nalo Hopkinson

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Scheduled writers include Lorenzo Thomas, Marjorie Welish, Eleni Sikelianos, U Sam Oeur, and Gilbert Sorrentino.

Colorado State University (on behalf of The Colorado Review)
Fort Collins, CO
$8,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of The Colorado Review. Published three times a year, the journal will advertise in such magazines as Poets & Writers, American Poetry Review, and the AWP Writer's Chronicle.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Authors include Ruth Stone, Marvin Bell, David Lee, Jane Miller, David Bottoms, and Cyrus Cassells.

Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of a special 25th issue of Creative Nonfiction, and a national writers' conference in Pittsburgh, to celebrate the journal's 10th anniversary. The special issue will feature a new format and writing by conference participants.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$45,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of contemporary, multicultural poetry and fiction. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings in bookstores, libraries, schools, and communities with large minority populations.

Fence Magazine, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support production, promotion, and related expenses including authors' fees, for issues of Fence. The magazine will advertise in journals such as Poets and Writers, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, and Poetry Flash.

Friends of Writers, Inc. (on behalf of Four Way Books)
Marshfield, VT
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of volumes of poetry. Scheduled authors include Tina Chang, Noelle Kocot, Gary Lilley, and Jason Schneiderman.

Gettysburg College (on behalf of Gettysburg Review)
Gettysburg, PA
$15,000
To support an increase in payments to contributors and promotional expenses for the Gettysburg Review. A direct mail campaign on behalf of the literary journal will target 50,000 potential readers across the country.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$70,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include D.A. Powell, Fanny Howe, David Rivard, Albert Goldbarth, Carl Phillips, and Jorie Graham.

Guild Complex
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Performance Poetry Festival. The summer festival will bring together artists who combine theater and poetry to create lyrical monologues and experimental plays and films.

Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, CT
$10,000
To support the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, featuring summer readings and workshops. Proposed poets include Martha Collins, Joan Joffe Hall, Grace Paley, Rafael Campo, and Major Jackson.

Hudson Review, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of a special issue of the The Hudson Review featuring writers new to the journal. The journal will send complimentary copies of the issue to publishers and literary agents.

Humanities Tennessee
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word. With an annual audience of 30,000, this free, three-day festival has featured readings and panel sessions by more than 200 authors.

Inprint, Inc.
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the Inprint Brown Reading Series. Inprint will send brochures to more than 100 print and broadcast media groups and 6,500 households throughout Houston, and will place posters and postcards at bookstores, theaters, cafes, schools, libraries, and universities.

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
To support outreach programs throughout the greater Buffalo area. Proposed programs include Poetry To Go and If All of Buffalo Read the Same Book.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$15,000
To support the publication and related expenses, including increased authors' fees, for issues of The Kenyon Review. The journal will expand its publication from three issues per year to four.

Loft, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support The Minnesota Program for Writers. The program will feature The Mentor Series, which will connect nationally recognized writers with local writers through workshops and one-on-one instruction; and Talking Volumes, which will present recent original work by advanced writers to audiences throughout the upper Midwest.

Marygrove College
Detroit, MI
$7,000
To support a day of readings and workshops with Pearl Cleage as part of the college's Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. The program will be promoted through direct mailings to more than 200,000 students and residents in downtown Detroit.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and mid-career writers. Scheduled authors include Bill Holm, Dennis Sampson, Margaret Erhart, Joseph Bruchac, and Kathleen Dean Moore.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support readings, residencies, and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Proposed authors include Marianne Baruch, Henri Cole, Billy Collins, Bei Dao, Naomi Shihab Nye, Diane Wakoski, and Adam Zagajewski.

National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$12,000
To support evaluation fees and publication costs for poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open Competition. Chosen by a panel of distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by HarperCollins Publishers, Louisiana State University Press, Coffee House Press, the University of Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.

Other Voices, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support publication and related expenses, including increased authors' fees, for issues of Other Voices magazine. The journal will coordinate a special week of literary programming in conjunction with the 2004 Associated Writing Programs conference in Chicago.

Painted Bride Quarterly, Inc.
Camden, NJ
$7,000
To support the publication and promotion of the online magazine's second annual print anthology. The anthology will include four theme issues: Spaces/Places, the Reciprocity Issue, the New Jersey Issue, and the Aesthetics and Technology Issue.

Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$16,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of Ploughshares to 6,000 readers across the country. The Winter 2004-05 and Spring 2005 issue will feature new work by 70 poets and 12 fiction writers.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of issues of Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a current national circulation of 20,000 copies.

Sarabande Books, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$30,000
To support the publication and promotion of collections of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Authors will conduct readings and workshops around the country.

Texas A&M Research Foundation
College Station, TX
$40,000
To support Writing the Self and Community, a series of public readings and writing workshops organized by the journal Callaloo. The journal will sponsor two-week summer workshops at Texas A&M University and one-day workshops at historically black colleges and universities around the country.

Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
$15,000
To support readings and panel discussions by prominent authors participating in the Texas Book Festival. The 2004 festival will feature such writers as Michael Cunningham, Jane Smiley, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Larry McMurtry.

Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of the Threepenny Review. Featuring work by 100 established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted through a direct mail subscription campaign targeting 100,000 readers.

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$15,000
To support the Visiting Poets and Writers Reading Series at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. Proposed artists include Rita Dove, Michael Palmer, Alberto Rios, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Sue Kwock Kim, Calvin Bedient, Patricia Smith, and Gjertrud Schnackenberg.

University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa)
Honolulu, HI
$25,000
To support the publication, promotion, distribution, and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues will feature work from Mindanao, the Filipino American community, French Polynesia, and Pacific Islanders living in the United States.

University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Público)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support the publication and promotion of Spanish language editions of Arte Público's U.S. Latino literature for young adults. The press will sponsor author readings and distribute teacher guides that include background information, author biographies, analyses of major themes, and bibliographies for further reading.

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$8,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for winning selections from the Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award competitions. Launched in 1970, the awards are given to two emerging writers each year.

University of Mississippi Main Campus
(on behalf of Center for the Study of Southern Culture)
University, MS
$10,000
To support the Oxford Conference for the Book. Scheduled participants include Barry Hannah, Silas House, Lee Smith, Beth Ann Fennelly, Margaret McMullan, Jewel Parker Rhodes, and William Jay Smith.

University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of The Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$30,000
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. The magazine will enhance its Web site, increase authors' fees, and target 50,000 potential readers through a national direct mail campaign.

University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of Center for Middle Eastern Studies)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of Arabic fiction in translation. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies will publish the work of Syrian author Walid Ikhlassi; Iraqi author Buthayna al-Nassiri; and Samir Naqqash, a Jewish author from Iraq who lives in Israel and writes in Arabic.

White Pine, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$35,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of titles in the World of Voices Publishing Project. White Pine will market the series through targeted mailings and print ads, and will continue to upgrade its Web site to include book excerpts, reviews, and study guides.

Women's Review, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
$10,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for two special issues of The Women's Review of Books. The special issues will focus on Women in War and Peace.

LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES

Churchill Arts Council
Fallon, NV
$35,000
To support a performing arts series at the Oak Park Art Center Theatre. The series will offer audiences of northern Nevada presentations featuring artists representing international cultural traditions and aesthetics.

City of El Paso, Texas Arts and Culture (on behalf of Arts Resource Department)
El Paso, TX
$12,000
To support the Discovery Series Performances, lecture demonstrations, and master classes will be conducted by Ballet Hispanico, the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble, and the Turtle Island String Quartet in El Paso, Las Cruces, NM, and Chihuahua City, Mexico.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Workspace artist residency program. Workspace is a competitive residency program that will provide studio space to emerging and mid-career artists for the creation and exhibition of new work.

Northampton Arts Council
Northampton, MA
$10,000
To support Sisters of the South. Blues artists Beverly Guitar Watkins, Mother Pauline Goins, Cora Mae Bryant, Algia Mae Hinton, and Essie Mae Brooks will perform and present workshops as part of the council's performing arts series.

MEDIA ARTS

911 Media Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the Artists-in-Residence Program and the New Works Laboratory. Through equipment access and technical support, the program nurtures emerging and established media artists in the creative use of new technologies.

African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 11th New York African Film Festival and its national tour. The program will present an overview of the last 50 years of African cinema.

American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
$15,000
To support several curated film series. Together, Master Class: The Art of Screenwriting, Great Performances: Films Selected by the New York Film Critics Circle, and Repertory Nights will involve screenings of over 70 feature films and personal appearances by filmmakers.

Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
$20,000
To support the 42nd Ann Arbor Film Festival. More than 125 films will be presented to an audience of approximately 21,000 people in Michigan and in the states the festival tours.

Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support a curated film series. Celebrating American Cinema: Icons and Innovators will showcase films representing three genres - the western, the war film, and film noir - and retrospectives of the directors D. W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Arzner,Preston Sturges, and Orson Welles.

Arts Engine, Inc. (on behalf of Big Mouth)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support post-production and outreach costs for a documentary film by Kirsten Johnson. Life After Death Row will examine the consequences of the Supreme Court's 1972 decision to abolish the death penalty, and the more recent decision in Illinois of clemency for all of that state's death row inmates.

Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Asian American International Film Festival. The festival will travel to 10 sites throughout the United States including campuses and cultural institutions in North Carolina, Nevada, and Maryland.

Asian Media Access, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support the ninth Chinese Film Showcase. The curated film series will feature films and videos from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.

Aurora Picture Show
Houston, TX
$11,000
To support a curated film series. Media Archeology: A 16mm Film Collectors' Series will showcase films ranging from home movies to stock footage.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of a curated film and video series. Over 90 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 25,000 people.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (BAVC) (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Videomaker Awards. In collaboration with Southern Exposure, this program will provide independent video artists and producers with critical technical assistance and the resources they need to finish their projects.

Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$7,000
To support the exhibition of several curated film and video series. Programs will focus on avant garde cinema, documentary and animation work, presentations by filmmakers, and screenings of films by artists from the region.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (Squeaky Wheel)
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 17-year old program provides media equipment access, low-cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally.

Cabin Creek Center for Work
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production of a documentary film by Barbara Kopple. Out of Our Minds (OOOM) will follow the first year of classes at the High School for Contemporary Arts in the South Bronx.

Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the 16th Onion City Film Festival. The Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series emphasizes documentary and experimental films and videos and the Onion City Film Festival is dedicated to exhibiting experimental work.

Chicago International Film Festival - Cinema Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the 40th Chicago International Film Festival. More than 60,000 people will see 130 films from around the world.

Cine Accion, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Cine Latino Film festival and a curated film series. More than 120 films will be presented to an estimated audience of 7,000 people.

Cinema Seattle
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the ninth Women in Cinema Film Festival. Approximately 25 films will be presented to an audience of more than 7,500 people.

Cinema St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the 13th St. Louis International Film Festival. Over 200 short and feature-length films will be presented to an audience of 16,500 people.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the 28th Cleveland International Film Festival, including the seventh Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. The event presents current work from around the world and complements it with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding and appreciation of the art form.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support the 27th Denver International Film Festival. The event will present more than 150 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of more than 30,000 people.

Doc Arts, Inc.
Durham, NC
$20,000
To support the seventh Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The event will showcase work by emerging, established, and international documentarians.

Experimental Television Center, Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$60,000
To support the 21st Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities will include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children and their families throughout the year.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Thompson Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Elizabeth Thompson. A Bird Flies Like Birds will tell the story of Carmen, a survivor of torture during the conflict in Guatemala, as she grapples and comes to terms with her past.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Madcat Women's Int'l Film Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 8th MadCat Women's International Film Festival. Over 50 films will be presented to an audience of approximately 6,000 people in California and in the states the festival tours.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Flower Films and Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary video by Les Blank. Butch Anthony is about the life and work of the self-taught artist from Alabama.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support educational and exhibition activities. Designed to assist media artists from beginner to advanced, the program will offer special workshops and seminars as well as enhanced exhibition opportunities.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of K Bik Films)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a television documentary by Ruby Yang. A Moment in Time will be a history of Chinese Americans through their movie-going experiences in American Chinatowns.

Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
$45,000
To support several curated film series. Mass Production and Individual Expression in World Cinema will examine the films produced by film studios in Asia - the Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong and Japan's Shochiku Company - and will include a retrospective of the films by director Joseph Losey.

Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist Mentor Project. Participants create individual film/video projects and have free access to on-site training, equipment and facilities, career counseling, information resources, and screenings of their work.

Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
Waltham, MA
$15,000
To support post-production and distribution costs for a documentary by Michal Goldman. Living in the Coops is about the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a utopian housing cooperative in the Bronx built by Jewish immigrant workers in the 1920s.

Foundation For Creative Broadcasting, Inc. (KXCI)
(on behalf of Outright Radio)
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
To support the production of radio programs to be hosted by David Gilmore. Outright Radio will focus on unique people in the gay community.

Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the presentation of a lecture series. Close-Up: Visionaries of Modern Cinema will feature the works of film professionals whose work has influenced lesbian and gay media over the years.

Independent Eye, Ltd.
Sebastopol, CA
$10,000
To support the production of a radio series by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller. Hitchhiking Off the Map will combine documentary and drama techniques to explore transformations in people's lives.

Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the IFP Market. The conference and exhibition provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.

Independent Feature Project-North
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support educational activities and access to film and video equipment for media artists in the region. Over 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

Independent Feature Project/Midwest
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 13th IFP/Midwest Independent Filmmaker's Conference. The event provides opportunities for filmmakers to learn from, and meet with, industry professionals.

Independent Feature Project/West
Beverly Hills, CA
$20,000
To support the Los Angeles Film Festival. Over 150 films including dramatic features, documentaries, and short films will be presented to an anticipated audience of 35,000 people.

Independent Films
Aspen, CO
$15,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Independent Media Artists of (on behalf of Latent Films)
Atlanta, GA
$35,000
To support the production of an experimental documentary film and installation work by Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum. Milk will examine the controversies surrounding the many uses of this fluid food.

Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Ect., Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the 28th Atlanta Film Festival. The event presents the best of current independent film and video to an average audience of 15,000 people.

Independent Pictures
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support the 2004 Ohio Independent Film Festival. Over 130 films will be presented to an estimated audience of 3,000 people.

Kartemquin Educational Films
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support the production of a documentary film by Maria Finitzo. At the Heart of the Matter will examine the issue of stem cell research by following a family for whom the subject has particular relevance on several levels.

Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support the production of a radio series by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva. Lost and Found Food will explore American life and culture through food.

L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the ninth biennial celebration of experimental media arts. How Can you Resist Wires and Waves will present single-channel, multi channel, installation, and new media art via on-site exhibitions, cable television, and the Web.

LogTV, Ltd.
Spencer, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary video by Slawomir Grunberg. Portraits of Emotion will follow Jonathan Lerman, a 15 year-old artistic prodigy diagnosed with autism.

Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the 11th San Diego Latino Film Festival. The films and videos exhibited must be produced by Latinos or about the Latino experience.

MediaRites
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the production of a radio series by Dmae Roberts. AsianAm: Profiles of Contemporary and Historic Asian Americans will feature stories about unsung heroes in Asian American history and modern times.

Mill Valley Film Festival (California Film Institute)
Mill Valley, CA
$10,000
To support a curated film/video series devoted to the presentation of documentaries. The screenings will feature guests and guided discussions among artists, filmmakers, scholars, and members of the audience.

Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the exhibition of experimental film and video art and a series of filmmaking workshops. Exhibitions will feature avant-garde cinema and video from the United States and abroad.

Moving Image, Inc.
New York, NY
$65,000
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films. Film Forum is devoted to bringing a broad array of the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as well as more established figures, to a large and diverse general public.

Nashville Independent Film Festival Nashville, TN
To support the Nashville Film Festival. The event f
$7,500
eatures student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films, and experimental work.

National Asian American Telecommunications
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and other exhibition activities. The film festival will showcase the work of new Asian Pacific American film and video makers.

National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains audio artists in script writing, performance for radio, and technical skills to produce innovative live radio drama.

New Community Cinema, Inc.
Huntington, NY
$10,000
To support two curated film series. Discovering the World of Central Asian Contemporary and Classical Films will present work from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tadjikistan, and Film Festival from the People's Republic of China will showcase films made in China after 1949.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Strange Attractions)
New York, NY
$41,000
To support post-production costs for an experimental documentary film by P. Friedman and R. Manley. Mana, The Power of Things will examine the meaning of the word "belief" as it applies to religion and our everyday lives.

Northwest Film Forum (on behalf of Pinwheel Productions)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental narrative film by Jamie Hook. Even If It Kills Me tells the story of a 39-year-old woman grappling with taking her own life.

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support Deep Focus, a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director retrospectives by narrative and experimental filmmakers in Seattle's Grand Illusion Cinema and Little Theatre.

Ohio University Main Campus (on behalf of Athens Ctr. for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
$10,000
To support the 31st Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.

Palm Springs International
Palm Springs, CA
$20,000
To support the 16th Palm Springs International Film Festival. Held in January, this event presents more than 200 films to an audience of over 75,000 people.

Provincetown International Film
Provincetown, MA
$10,000
To support the sixth Provincetown International Film Festival. Over 50 independent films will be screened to an estimated audience of 10,000 people.

Regents of the University of California (on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support a curated film and video series. Documentary Voices will showcase documentary filmmaking as it is practiced worldwide.

Ridge Street Theater, Inc. (on behalf of Hypnotic Pictures)
New York, NY
$65,000
To support the pre-production, production, and post-production costs for an experimental narrative film by Bill Morrison. Photosensitive will tell the story of a young woman who experiences photosensitive epileptic seizures.

San Diego Asian Film Foundation
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the fourth San Diego Asian Film Festival. Held in the fall, the four-day event features short films, animated work, documentaries, and narrative feature films.

San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a curated film and video series. Lessons Learned will feature contemporary media artists screening their own works paired with influential works by their avant-garde forebears.

San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival. The event presents over 200 films from 50 countries to an audience of 90,000 people.

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to films on Jewish subjects, premieres films and videos by independent producers from around the world.

Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of radio stories based on interviews collected from StoryCorps kiosks in New York City. StoryCorps, produced by David Isay, is a nationwide initiative to instruct and inspire citizens to record oral interviews.

Soundprint Media Center, Inc.
Laurel, MD
$20,000
To support the Age of Discovery. Through this international residency program, audio artists will produce documentaries focusing on youth culture.

Southern California Asian American
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the 20th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival. The event is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian International and Asian Pacific American film and video work.

Southwestern Alternate Media
Houston, TX
$25,000
To support the production and statewide distribution of The Territory. As the longest running showcase of media art in the United States, the public television series presents independent film and video works to over 12 million viewers throughout Texas.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, CA
$6,000
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop is centered on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality, post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

Sundance Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
$115,000
To support a series of educational workshops and labs that offer emerging screenwriters, directors, producers, and composers the opportunity, support and resources needed to successfully develop new creative work.

Teachers College, Columbia University
(on behalf of African Diaspora Film Festival)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the African Diaspora Film Festival. The event will present over 70 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of over 4,000 people.

Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
To support the Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Over 60 organizations host the festival each year, which draws more than 700 entries from throughout the country.

Tundra Club
Bozeman, MT
$20,000
To support the production of (((Hearing Voices))) to be curated by Barrett Golding. These radio documentaries will consist of people around the country talking about their life, their work, and their community.

University of Florida (on behalf of Documentary Institute)
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
To support the purchase of music rights for a television documentary by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts. Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power will use jazz, R&B, black protest, and gospel tracks to evoke the tensions of the 1960s.

University of Illinois at Chicago (on behalf of School of Art and Design)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Silvia Malagrino. Burnt Oranges will examine life under the authoritarian regime that governed Argentina in the 1970s.

Upstate Films, Limited (on behalf of Timed Exposures)
Rhinebeck, NY
$25,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Ralph Arlyck. Following Sean is about a young man who grew up in Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco during the 1960s.

Video Association of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$15,000
To support the 18th Dallas Video Festival. The event will present classic work programmed with new video art.

Video Veracity, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
To support post-production costs for a television documentary by Rebecca Snedeker. Queen for a Day will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the debutante season in New Orleans.

Washington, DC International Film
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support Filmfest DC. The event includes free films for children, senior citizens, and underserved communities.

WBEZ Alliance, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the Third Coast International Audio Festival. Established in 2001 as a "Sundance for Radio," the festival provides an opportunity for documentarians, feature reporters, and audio artists from around the globe to gather and share their expertise, and for listeners to hear some of the best work currently produced.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a broadcast outreach initiative. Women Make Movies is the leading distributor for women's media with a collection of more than 500 films and videotapes created by artists worldwide.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

'A 'A Arts
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
To support a special issue of the journal Chain. The project will feature a series of recorded discussions between artists from diverse artistic practices and a related talk series dedicated to the theme of public art.

Art in General, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Rock's Role (After Ryoanji). The project will include an exhibition of sound and visual work inspired by composer and artist John Cage, an exhibition catalogue, and educational activities.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
$10,000
To support the first phase of the Argentina/US Cultural Exchange Residency. Argentine master artists will work with U.S. and Argentine artists for three weeks of interaction, collaboration, discussions, and creative exchanges.

Boston Cyberarts, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$25,000
To support the Boston Cyberarts Artists Residency. The program will foster creative collaborations between technology-based artists and engineers and scientists at New England high technology corporations.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Avanti!, a multimedia performance integrating digital technology. The project, written by Jessica Chalmers and directed by Marianne Weems, will tell the story of the demise of the Studebaker automobile.

Bumbershoot (One Reel)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support Ink Spot, a literary component of the Bumbershoot festival. The project will feature works by as many as 26 artists who utilize written language in a variety of forms.

California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
$30,000
To support REDCAT Intersections Initiative. The project will comprise a series of residencies, performances, and production opportunities.

Cathy Weis Projects (Roxanne Dance Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the development and production of Electric Haiku, Part II. The new work by Cathy Weis will integrate dance, video, poetry, animation, new media, and sound art.

Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
$20,000
To support creative residencies for professional artists. Up to 100 artists, who have never been in residence at Yaddo, will be offered two-week to two-month residencies.

CrossSound, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$20,000
To support RainSongs: 3 antiphonous tales from wet lands, a touring festival of newly commissioned work. Three teams of international composers and writers will create collaborative works using Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf as points of departure.

D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the d.u.m.b.o art under the bridge festival. The three-day event will feature exhibitions, site-specific installations, film and video screenings, live music, theater, and dance by artists that live and work in the 10-block area under the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.

Dance for Power
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support Tierra y Libertad - Let Freedom Ring. The dance theater work will draw upon Mexican and Spanish folkloric dance and music to depict themes surrounding the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$35,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works. The project will include a series of visual arts exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, and educational activities.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$35,000
To support one-month residencies for up to 50 American artists. The project will provide studios, housing, meals, and professional support for media and visual artists, writers, choreographers, and composers.

Door Dog Music Productions (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support Prince Lanling, a new dance theater performance. The work will integrate Chinese, Balinese, and Western dance music and text with projections to create a new interpretation of a Chinese folk tale.

Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Artists Residency Program and the Outer Ear Festival of Sound. The project will provide as many as six local artists with residencies to create and present new sonic art works.

Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support artist residencies and gallery installations. As many as six artists working in sound, electronic music, photography, film, and video will participate in the project.

Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support the Artist in Residence Program. The program will provide as many as 20 artists with five month residencies and stipends for the creation and presentation of new works of art created with digital tools.

Fine Arts Work Center in
Provincetown, MA
$25,000
To support the Winter Residency Program. The program will provide as many as 20 emerging writers and visual artists with housing, studios, and a monthly stipend for seven months.

First Voice, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the tour of Kuan-Yin: Our Lady of Compassion. The multidisciplinary performance work will travel to venues in the U.S. and include educational outreach activities.

Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the development of professional writers and playwrights. The project will feature writing workshops, staged readings, and the 32nd annual Black Roots Festival.

Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Creative Residency Program. The program will provide artists with studio time, technical support, and public presentation of work.

Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$35,000
To support the U.S. Artists-in-Residence Program and associated public programs. The project will provide as many as 40 artists with residencies ranging from one to 11 months.

Immaterial Incorporated
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support artist fees and production costs for the art journal Cabinet. The quarterly publication will publish artist projects and essays on art and culture.

International Cinematexas Short
Austin, TX
$15,000
To support the Austin Eye+Ear Performance Series. The series will showcase work by artists who have not previously performed in Austin.

Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support audio art residencies for the creation of new work. The program will make Jack Straw studios and facilities available to northwest artists from a variety of disciplines.

Link Arts, Incorporated
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support the publication of "Musae", an issue of the journal Link. The publication will feature essays on the visual and critical meaning of collections and an audio CD of epic, lyric, and sacred songs from Baltimore.

MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$30,000
To support residencies for artists from a variety of disciplines. As many as 10 artists who have not previously been in residence at MacDowell will be provided a studio and room and board for up to two months.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the Sor Juana Festival. The multidisciplinary festival will feature visual arts, film, music, dance, literature, and theater by Mexican and Mexican American women.

Movin' Spirits Dance Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the initial development of America the Beautiful, a new interdisciplinary performance work. The evening -length work will be choreographed by Marlies Yearby with a script and lyrics by writer and director Laurie Carlos and playwright Carl Hancock Rux.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$20,000
To support new commissioned work and the continued development of the Turbulence Web site. The project will provide for the creation and distribution of as many as five new works of Internet based art by nationally recognized artists.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Bill Shannon/Crutch Productions)
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the creation of a new solo multidisciplinary project. The evening-length work will bring together elements of dance, spoken word, video, and theater.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Maureen Fleming Performances)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development and production of Decay of the Angel. This evening-length, multidisciplinary work will be developed and performed in upstate New York, Boston, and Minneapolis.

Orange County/Philharmonic Society
Irvine, CA
$20,000
To support Three Tales, a video-opera by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot. The work will be presented as part of the Eclectic Orange Festival.

Performance Space 122, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new multidisciplinary theater works. Technical support and performance space will be provided for three artists working outside the traditional producer/playwright/actor framework.

Ping Chong & Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.) (consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and premiere of God Favors the Predator. The new multidisciplinary performance work by Ping Chong and Michael Rohd will draw from Vladimir Nabokov's 1929 novel, Laughter in the Dark.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$12,000
To support On the Shoulder of Giants. The project will commission and present new works by taiko composers as well as a collaboration with choreographer Minh Tran.

Relache, Inc. (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the commissioning of Re-Creation, a new work by pianist and composer Uri Caine. The evening- length performance integrating music, dance, and video will be based on Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Darius Milhaud's ballet music La Creation du monde.

Ridge Street Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$23,000
To support the creation and presentation of A Day in Gotham. The multimedia and orchestral work is a collaborative effort by composer Michael Gordon, filmmaker Bill Morrison, visual artist Laurie Olinder, and the American Composers Orchestra.

Roulette Intermedium, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Festival of Mixology 2004. The series of concerts will explore the range of media art created through the use of computer software that allows for the live mixture of sound and video.

Society of Typographic Aficionados, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$25,000
To support TypeCon2004. The four-day event focusing on typography and related art forms will offer artists and students workshops, panel discussions, online activities, and a fine arts exhibition.

South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Sound Arts Workshop, a residency program. The project will provide as many as five interdisciplinary artists with access to equipment, technical assistance, and artist fees for the creation of sound-based work.

Squonk Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and development of a new multidisciplinary theater work. The project will combine live music, world theater traditions, and video projections.

St. Ann Center for Restoration
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the 2004 Puppet Lab and Labapalooza! Mini-Festival of New Puppet Theater from The Lab. The project is an ongoing professional workshop where emerging and mid-career puppet artists and collaborators meet weekly to create new interdisciplinary works.

University of California (on behalf of Beall Center for Art and Technology)
Irvine, CA
$20,000
To support ALT+CTRL, an exhibition of alternative game art. The juried event will showcase artistry and innovation in the field of game-based artwork by artists, designers, and programmers.

University of California at Los Angeles
(on behalf of UCLA Center for Intercultural Affairs)
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support American artists in the Asia Pacific Performance Exchange Fellowship Program. The six week artist residency program in Bali will bring together eight American and eight Asian artists working in music, dance, theater, and puppetry.

University of Washington (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support Dance and Art in Dialogue. The project will consist of an exhibition of collaborative artworks by visual artists, accompanied by live performances of Trisha Brown's choreography, as well as educational activities.

Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$40,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works. The project is part of Wexner Center for the Arts' ongoing artists' residency program that provides financial, technical, and professional support for the creation, completion, and/or presentation of new work.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support residencies for artists of multiple disciplines. Artists in residence in the visual arts, performing arts, and media arts will develop new work and engage in a variety of education and community programs.

MUSEUMS

American Folk Art Museum
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the touring exhibition The Synagogue and the Carousel: Jewish Woodcarving Traditions, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. The exhibition will examine the transformation of Eastern European Jewish traditions found in religious carvings, tombstones, and papercuts into parallel American traditions that occured from the 1880s to early 1920s.

Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the planning for the exhibition The Phoenix and the Hummingbird: Asia in the Arts of Latin America, 1520-1820. The exhibition will examine the cross-cultural hybridization and exchange between Asia and Latin America during the colonial era.

Arcadia University (on behalf of Art Gallery)
Glenside, PA
$25,000
To support the commission of a site-specific installation by Danish-born, Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967), with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. The installation will consist of two circular chambers that will allow viewers to explore their perceptions of pure color and its afterimages.

Asia Society
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the touring exhibition Asian Games: The Art of Contest, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. The exhibition will explore the role of games in traditional Asian cultures from the earliest recorded time to the beginning of the modern era.

Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support the touring exhibition The Kingdom of Siam: Art and Culture of Central Thailand 1350 1800, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs. The exhibition will highlight the little known arts of the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, and will provide American audiences with their first opportunity in 25 years to see classical art from Thailand.

Boise Art Museum
Boise, ID
$10,000
To support an exhibition of work by contemporary American glass artist William Morris. The exhibition, titled William Morris: Myth, Object, and the Animal, will include individual sculptures, room-size installations, and a new commissioned installation.

Brooklyn Institute of Arts
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the reinstallation of a collection of indigenous art from the Pacific Northwest. The new, permanent installation implemented in collaboration with Native communities will replace one that dates from the 1960s.

California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation
Escondido, CA
$15,000
To support an exhibition of work by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will complement the unveiling of the artist's monumental, sculptural environment Queen Califia's Magical Circle in Escondido.

California State University, Long Beach (on behalf of University Art Museum) (consortium)
Long Beach, CA
$75,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by contemporary German photographer Candida Hofer (b. 1944). The exhibition will be organized in collaboration with the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL.

Carnegie Institute (on behalf of Carnegie Museum of Art)
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
To support the 2004 Carnegie International exhibition, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Founded in 1896 and now in its 54th installment, the International might be considered the pre-eminent international survey of contemporary art in North America.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support an exhibition of new work by contemporary Chinese artist Michael Lin (b. 1964), with accompanying artist's book/catalogue and education programs. Lin will transform a 3,000 square foot gallery into an all-encompassing visual, floral cornucopia.

Contemporary Arts Association of Houston
Houston, TX
$40,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by contemporary American artist Andrea Zittel (b. 1965), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Critical Space 1991-2003, will be the first U.S. examination of her sculptural investigations of domestic and urban environments and the ways in which people adjust to contemporary life.

Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by African American artist Willie Birch (b. 1943), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will consist of approximately 40 recent large-scale works on paper.

Eastman Memorial Foundation (Lauren Rogers Museum of Art) (consortium)
Laurel, MS
$22,000
To support an exhibition of work by African American artist Sam Gilliam (b. 1933), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is being organized in collaboration with the Baton Rouge Arts and Science Center.

Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
$40,000
To support the touring exhibition Contested Fields: Identity in Sports and Spectacle, with accompanying catalogue, education programs, and artist residencies. The exhibition will present contemporary artwork that examines the role of sports culture in shaping human identities.

Fabric Workshop, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support an artist-in-residence program. Each participating artist will create new work using innovative fabrics, materials, and construction techniques in exploratory ways.

Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition of American artist Ellsworth Kelly's (b. 1923) plant lithographs. Although known for his large scale two- and three-dimensional canvases of colors and minimal shapes, the exhibition will present a closer view of his more intimate and minimal renderings of plant life.

International Center of Photography (consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the touring exhibition Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina: Between the Public and the Private, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will provide a new understanding of the Russian avant-garde artists while examining the development of the photomontage art form in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support an artist residency and exhibition program. The program is designed to allow contemporary artists an opportunity to draw upon the museum's world renowned historical collection for inspiration and to participate in the museum's School and Community Partnership outreach programs.

Jersey City Museum, Inc.
Jersey City, NJ
$40,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by African American artist Chakaia Booker (b. 1953), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Jersey Ride will be a mid-career presentation of the artist's work.

Jewish Museum
New York, NY
$25,000
To support artists' commissions and the exhibition of photography and video works as part of Common Ground, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Contemporary artists will explore diversity in the context of how Jewish identity and community are represented in America's multicultural society.

Katonah Museum of Art, Inc.
Katonah, NY
$40,000
To support the touring exhibition The Eternal Presence, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine the visual manifestations and devotional contexts of handprints and footprints in Buddhist art and culture, primarily Tibetan.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (on behalf of List Visual Arts Center)
Cambridge, MA
$25,000
To support a touring retrospective exhibition of the work of contemporary American artists Mel Ziegler (b. 1956) and Kate Ericson (1955-1995), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The project is a collaboration with the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
North Adams, MA
$28,000
To support Project ARTFAB, with accompanying catalogues and education programs. A visual arts commissioning, residency, and support-for-artists initiative, the project will commission up to six artists to undertake major new works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the exhibition Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557), with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will present works of art from collections around the world that demonstrate the artistic and cultural importance of the last centuries of the East Christian Byzantine world that called itself the Empire of the Romans.

Museum Associates (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the traveling exhibition The Course of Invention: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America, 1880-1920, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine the international influence of the Arts and Crafts ideals in Britain, Europe, and the United States.

Museum for African Art
Long Island, NY
$70,000
To support the touring exhibition Beauty of the Gods: Urhobo Art in a Modern World, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will present a comprehensive view of the traditional art and culture of the Urhobo people of the Niger Delta.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
To support the touring exhibition Art and the Feminist Revolution, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will examine the foundations and legacy of feminist art in the 1970s.

New York University (on behalf of Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the exhibition Atsuko Tanaka and the Japanese Avant-Garde, 1954-1965, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will document Tanaka's (b. Osaka, Japan 1932) innovative performances and will present a number of her installations as well as a selection of her large abstract paintings and intricate drawings.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$100,000
To support the touring exhibition Manet and the Sea, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will be the first to highlight Edouard Manet's (1832-1883) marine paintings and those of other artists whose seascapes were substantially influenced by Manet, such as Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, and Berthe Morisot.

Phillips Collection
Washington, DC
$80,000
To support the exhibition Calder and Miro, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will bring new insights to the mobile sculptures of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and the poem paintings of Joan Miro (1893-1983) by interpreting their friendship as an historical and stylistic exchange.

President & Fellows of Harvard (on behalf of Harvard University Art Museums)
Cambridge, MA
$50,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by contemporary, South African-born photographer Gary Schneider (b. 1954), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Over the past 25 years, Schneider has reinterpreted the parameters of the portrait photograph in a diverse series of projects that traverse the photographic medium.

Queens Museum of Art (consortium)
Flushing, NY
$40,000
To support the exhibition Subway Series, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The project is a collaboration with the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Rhode Island School of Design (on behalf of Museum of Art)
Providence, RI
$45,000
To support an exhibition focusing on one of the museum's paintings Six Friends at Dieppe by Edgar Degas (1885). The work entered the museum's holding in 1931, but due to its medium (pastel on paper) has been restricted from travel on loan to exhibitions.

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$75,000
To support the exhibition Spain in the Age of Exploration 1492-1792, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition of European art, organized in conjunction with the Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, will provide American audiences with an opportunity to explore Spain's global role and impact on the "new world".

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
New York, NY
$75,000
To support a retrospective exhibition of work by American artist David Smith (1906-1965). The exhibition will bring together Smith's seminal sculptures as well as important examples of his paintings and drawings revealing his singular achievements in post-war American abstraction.

St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
$100,000
To support the touring exhibition Art from New Ireland, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be the first major exhibition of art from the Melanesian island civilization in the southwestern Pacific.

University of California (on behalf of Berkeley Art Museum)
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
To support a touring exhibition of oil sketches by Flemish Old Master Peter Paul Rubens (1577 1640), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The project is a collaboration with the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.

University of California (on behalf of Berkeley Art Museum)
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by the architecture and multimedia artists' collaborative ANTFARM (1968-1978), with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will examine the collaborative group during its heyday and reassess and document the continuing influence of their groundbreaking innovations on a range of art forms today.

University of Houston (on behalf of Blaffer Gallery) (consortium)
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Jessica Stockholder (b. 1959), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The project is a collaboration with the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

University of Iowa (on behalf of Museum of Art)
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
To support the planning of a touring exhibition African Fashion/Global Style, an exploration of Africa's role in global fashion markets. The exhibition will present dramatic garments by African, European, and American designers that are based on, or inspired by, distinctly African forms.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of Ackland Art Museum)
Chapel Hill, NC
$75,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by African American artists Betye (b. 1926), Alison (b. 1956), and Lezley (b. 1956) Saar, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will showcase the artistic heritage shared by a mother and two daughters and illustrate how two generations of women use art to express changing ideas of gender, race, and ethnicity.

University of Pennsylvania (on behalf of Institute of Contemporary Art)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support an exhibition of work by Puerto Rico-born, Philadelphia-based artist Pepon Osorio (b. 1955), with accompanying catalogue and extensive education and community outreach programs. The exhibition will culminate a five-year project by Osorio, based on his artist residency at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services.

MUSIC

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$25,000
To support Giving Voice, the second year of a three-year initiative designed to celebrate American music of the past, present, and future. The initiative will include the presentation of existing works by American composers as well as the creation and presentation of new works by emerging composers.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Emerging Composers Program, featuring commissions and performances of new works by early-to mid-career American composers, as well as related residency activities.

American Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation in thematic concert format of U.S. premieres and rarely performed works by established composers and the associated educational activities. Composers include Frank Bridge, Paul Hindemith, Anton Rubenstein, Franz Schreker, and Richard Wagner.

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque
Cleveland Heights, OH
$10,000
To support performances and radio broadcasts of early-Romantic symphonic music on period instruments. Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 and Symphony No. 7 and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony will be performed in Akron at Oberlin College and at Severance Hall in Cleveland.

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
Little Rock, AR
$10,000
To support concert performances of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, sung in Italian with English supertitles. Two performances are planned for Robinson Center Music Hall in Little Rock.

Arts for Art, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 9th-annual Vision Festival. This ten-day festival of avant-garde jazz will take place in the center at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.

Aston Magna Foundation for Music
Danbury, CT
$10,000
To support the Aston Magna Festival. The 32nd annual festival will feature period instrument performances in the summer of 2004 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY and in Great Barrington, MA.

Astral Artistic Services
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support debut recitals in Philadelphia and New York City and a world premiere of a new work for string quartet.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support the Baltimore premiere of Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, accompanied by Carl Dreyer's silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. Educational activities featuring the chorus and Anonymous 4, an early music vocal ensemble, will precede the performance.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
New York, NY
$27,500
To support the annual Bang on a Can Marathon and e-Festival. The day-long new music marathon, scheduled for spring 2005, will be broadcast on WNYC-FM as well as heard live over the Internet, and will serve as the anchor presentation for the month-long Bang on a Can e-Festival.

Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Bangor, ME
$10,000
To support Back to the River-a Penobscot River Tour, featuring performances and associated educational activities centered around a new work by Thomas Oboe Lee.

Bard College
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$20,000
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the music of Dmitri Shostakovich by presenting a wide range of musical forms including his symphonies, concerti, chamber music, songs, and choral music.

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support the 25th anniversary season of Kent Nagano's musical leadership and legacy through a series of commissions, performances, and residency activities by Japanese composers.

Boston Baroque, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support performances of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers during a multi-state tour in celebration of Boston Baroque's 30th anniversary season. Five composers will be commissioned and their works premiered during the season: Mario Davidovsky, Donald Harris, Bernard Hoffer, Lee Hyla, and Brian Robison.

Boston Musica Viva, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the BMV Commissioning Project, an annual program that commissions a new work for each subscription concert in the season. Five composers will be commissioned and their works premiered during the season: Mario Davidovsky, Donald Harris, Bernard Hoffer, Lee Hyla, and Brian Robison.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Boston, MA
$75,000
To support premiere performances of four new works by American composers Milton Babbit, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, and Charles Wuorinen. The orchestra also will perform Elliott Carter's Symphonia, a large-scale orchestral work augmented by a commissioned overture.

Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Inc.
Brunswick, ME
$10,000
To support the 40th anniversary season of the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and the commissioning of new works by composers Robert X. Rodriguez, Dalit Warshaw, Gia Comolli, and George Crumb.

Bronx Arts Ensemble, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$10,000
To support a one-week residency by composer and performer Papo Vasquez and the Bronx Arts Ensemble at Hostos Community College in Brooklyn. The residency will include performances of Mr. Vasquez's Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite as well as classes taught in music appreciation and composition.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$12,500
To support Latin music concerts at the summer-long Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. The four concerts will explore musical genres from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Brazil.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support Stolen Goods, a concert featuring works by composers Lukas Foss, John Corigliano, and Richard Strauss. The Brooklyn Philharmonic, under the direction of guest conductor JoAnn Falletta, will perform in the historic Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
To support the Composer Mentorship Program. The project will provide young composers with professional development in compositional training, community outreach, educational activities and some business skills.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo, NY
$22,500
To support presentations of Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light paired with Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. The work is scored for chorus, soloists, and orchestra and contains a libretto drawn from ancient writings of female medieval mystics including Joan of Arc herself.

Cabrillo Music Festival
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
To support a professional development program for conductors. In partnership with the Conductors Guild, the training will afford emerging conductors the opportunity to lead small and large ensembles, program contemporary works, and collaborate with composers.

California EAR Unit Foundation
Green Valley, CA
$10,000
To support concerts in the Woven Voices series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The concerts will celebrate the integration of advanced technologies in music and will be broadcast over the Internet.

California State University, Sacramento (on behalf of Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$15,000
To support the Festival of New American Music to be held on the campus of California State University, Sacramento and at various community venues.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Pleasant Hill, CA
$12,500
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program. The year-long residency of composer Kevin Beavers will include recorded reading sessions, high school visits, and the creation and presentation of a new work.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the Perspectives series. Curated by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, soprano Dawn Upshaw, composer John Harbison, and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, the series will include 20 performances of solo, chamber, and orchestral music including premieres of commissioned pieces and professional training workshops for singers, composers, and conductors.

Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the Boston Marquee Series. The music concerts will pay tribute to Boston-area artists, including performances by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Borromeo String Quartet, pianist Andrew Rangell, and a three-concert tribute to composer Osvald Golijov.

Center for International Performance
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support Chicago Now, a set of compact disc recordings of works by Chicago jazz musicians, accompanied by audio interviews that will be conducted by writers and historians.

Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz, Inc
Harrisburg, PA
$10,000
To support the 24th annual Central PA Commerce Bank Jazz Festival. The three-day festival includes concerts, clinics, and historic jazz films.

Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Leonia, NJ
$10,000
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. Activities will take place at Bennington College in Vermont and Vassar College in New York.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
$25,000
To support Sound Investment, a 10-day festival celebrating 35 years of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's commissions of new chamber music works. Performances will be held at Alice Tully Hall, and free symposia will be offered at the Society's Rose Studio.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$10,000
To support chamber ensemble presentations and residencies. The Borromeo String Quartet and Imani Winds will perform concerts and conduct week-long educational residency activities in elementary schools, universities, and senior centers.

Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra
Cheyenne, WY
$10,000
To support a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. In celebration of the orchestra's 50th anniversary, choirs from around the region will collaborate on a joint performance in spring 2005.

Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the Composer Perspectives concerts at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Chicago. The concerts will feature works programmed, rehearsed, and directed by leading composers.

Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support concerts showcasing an African-American soloist and an African-American composer. Chicago Symphony trumpeter Tage Larsen and composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson will be featured in two separate programs.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support a professional development program for pre-professional musicians. The program prepares the young musicians of the Civic Orchestra for positions in leading professional orchestras by offering professional coaching, mock audition seminars, and guest-artist master classes.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$75,000
To support a month-long festival exploring the impact of Ludwig van Beethoven and Arnold Schoenberg on the evolutionary progress of music. Music director Daniel Barenboim will conduct performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and guest soloists at Symphony Center.

Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support a co-commission of a new work for chorus and orchestra by Native American composer Brent Michael Davids, with related composer residency activities. The work will celebrate the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association) (consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
To support the first year of the Cleveland-San Francisco Exchange, a two-year venture to present each orchestra in the other's home city. Plans for the first year include three performances by the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting in Cleveland's Severance Hall.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association)
Cleveland, OH
$50,000
To support An American Mosaic, an exploration of the heritage of American classical music by American conductors and composers. The two-month exploration will feature performances of works by Walter Piston and Leonard Bernstein; premieres of works by composers Uri Caine and Susan Botti; and guest conductors including James Conlon, Alan Gilbert, and David Zinman.

Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support career development of emerging classical musicians through national concert engagements.
In diverse venues across the country, a significant number of performance opportunities will allow artists on the Concert Artists Guild (CAG) roster to hone performance skills and improve their powers of communication.

Connecticut Classical Guitar Society, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
To support classical guitar performances and master classes. Four concerts by international artists will take place at the Belding Theater in Hartford.

Coro de Ninos de San Juan, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support the presentation of Christmas choral concerts in San Juan and surrounding rural communities.
Five performances will take place in the Tapia Municipal Theater and other San Juan venues, and a tour to six rural areas in the eastern part of the island also is planned.

Cypress Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support Call and Response, a performance and outreach project by the Cypress String Quartet. Through four concerts and outreach activities Call and Response will bring music into communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Da Camera Society of Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support American Individualism, a series of concerts and community events that will explore individualism among contemporary American composers. Two American composers of differing generations will be highlighted: George Crumb and Charles Wuorinen.

Dale Warland Singers
St. Paul, MN
$22,500
To support the creation and presentation of choral works inspired by the Mississippi River and its impact on the history and culture of the upper Midwest. Composers Kirk Mechem, Steve Heitzeg, John Muehleisen, and William Banfield will create a cappella works set to texts by American writers.

Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (on behalf of Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival)
Southfield, MI
$10,000
To support the Shouse Institute, a professional development program at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival that provides training to emerging, pre-professional ensembles.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$75,000
To support the creation, presentation, national radio broadcast, and residency activities featuring new works by Hannibal Lokumbe and Jonathan Holland.

Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the 16th annual Earshot Jazz Festival in various venues around Seattle. The festival will present more than 200 international and regional jazz artists in more than 40 concerts and outreach activities.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music & Dance
(on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$12,500
To support the creation and presentation of new works for percussion ensemble. Muhal Richard Abrahms and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson each will create new works for the percussion ensembles M'Boom and So Percussion.

Eos Music, Inc.
New York, NY
$17,500
To support the creation and presentation of new works for orchestra and percussion solo by Ned Rorem and David Lang, featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Two performances are planned for the Concert Hall at the Ethical Culture Society in New York City, as well as open rehearsals and symposia with the composers and soloist.

Florida West Coast Symphony, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
To support the Sarasota Music Festival. Under the artistic leadership of Paul Wolfe, the three-week chamber music festival will encompass professional development activities for emerging musicians, as well as concert performances.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support the Master Pianists Series, which will take place at the Folly Theater in St. Louis. Pianists scheduled for the February to March 2004 series will include Yefim Bronfman, Ivan Moravec, Richard Goode, and Krystian Zimerman.

Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support concert performances of Frida, an opera by Robert X. Rodriguez based on the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Two performances and numerous educational activities will take place in the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum of Chicago, with additional performances planned in nearly St. Paul's Church.

Grand Rapids Symphony Society
Grand Rapids, MI
$12,500
To support a week-long Beethoven festival. The Grand Rapids Symphony, in collaboration with the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, will present orchestral, chamber, and recital concerts under the artistic direction of music director David Lockington.

Grant Park Orchestral Association
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support a season-long commitment to the performance of John Corigliano's music, programmed for the Grant Park Music Festival. In celebration of the inaugural season of the Frank Gehry designed Music Pavilion at Millennium Park in Chicago, an average of one Corigliano work per week will be presented on the main stage series of the festival.

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work for young audiences by composer Linda Tutas Haugen. The new work will be a fanfare concert-opening work for the most proficient orchestra.

Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the presentation of Guiseppi Verdi's La Battaglia di Legnano with orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists. Two historically informed concerts will be directed by music director Grant Llewellyn and will be enhanced by pre-concert lectures, discussions, and articles by Baroque scholars.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival
Healdsburg, CA
$10,000
To support the sixth annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The week-long festival of jazz concerts also will include educational activities such as demonstrations, presentations, and student mentoring.

Houston Friends of Music
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support performances and residency activities by chamber ensembles. The American String Quartet, Eastman Brass, Enso Quartet, and Eroica Trio will be presented in concert at the Stude Concert Hall on the campus of Rice University.

Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$35,000
To support the continuation of the Concerto Commissioning Project. Composer Damian Montano will create a new concerto for piccolo, contrabassoon, and chamber orchestra.

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
$10,000
To support the 38th annual Contemporary Music Festival. The two-day festival will take place on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

Indiana Symphony Society, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$35,000
To support the Freedom Initiative, a programming initiative in celebration of the orchestra's 75th anniversary season. Plans include concerts, a commission, world premieres, a festival of women composers, and numerous educational activities.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the U.S. tour by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. The project, directed by Wynton Marsalis, will include premieres of new works, educational activities, family concerts, and teaching sessions.

Jazz In June, Inc.
Norman, OK
$10,000
To support the Jazz In June summer festival. Free concerts and local radio broadcasts of jazz and blues, as well as an educational jazz clinic, will be presented at outdoor and indoor settings.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$17,500
To support Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey, featuring the premiere, tour, and recording of a work by composer Robert Kapilow. Celebrating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, the new work will be performed in Kansas City, MO and surrounding communities as well as in Sioux City, IA.

Kent State University, Main Campus
Kent, OH
$10,000
To support faculty artists' fees for the professional development of advanced music students at the Kent/Blossom Music program. Nationally selected, post-secondary music students will spend summer weeks under the mentorship and instruction of Cleveland Orchestra musicians, the Miro Quartet, and other prominent faculty members.

Kitka, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$37,000
To support the presentation, tour, and recording of Spirit Voices: A Cathedral Concert. Designed to be performed in cathedrals, the 80-minute musical program of sacred and secular music will incorporate simple choreography.

Kronos Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the Northern Lights Project. The series of activities will include commissioning, touring, and performances by composers and ensembles from the world's northern climates.

La Jolla Chamber Music Society
La Jolla, CA
$12,500
To support SummerFest, a three-week festival of chamber music. Among the artists to be featured in concert are the Orion String Quartet and composers-in-residence Chen Yi and Leon Kirchner.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$12,500
To support Jazz at Lafayette, celebrating the college's 21st anniversary of presenting jazz. The project will feature jazz artists Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra of Lincoln Center, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Stefon Harris, Paquito D'Rivera, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Archie Shepp, andRosewell Rudd.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support educational activities and emerging guest artists' fees. Activities include two pairs of concerts featuring area-debut performances by two artists and a Meet the Music school outreach session in an area elementary school.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support performances of J.S. Bach's cantatas by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society and Los Angeles Master Chorale. The concerts will be conducted by Bach scholar Helmuth Rilling and presented in Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California-Los Angeles and at the newly constructed Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support concerts for the inaugural season of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Activities include performances of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert and the world premiere of Steve Reich's Steel to Stone.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
To support First Nights: An Introduction to the Great Works. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, with music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, will re-create the world premieres of cornerstone works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Berlioz, and Steven Stucky through readings and theatrical presentations.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support Building Music, a project exploring the relationship between music and architecture. Celebrating the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform music written for or about landmark buildings.

Marilyn Horne Foundation, Inc. (MHF)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support vocal recitals by emerging artists. The foundation will present the artists at the Kosciuszko Foundation, Merkin Hall, and Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, as part of its On Wings of Song series, which will be later broadcast on WQXR -FM radio.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. The project will provide young musicians with the opportunity to study with master concert artists.

Mills College
Oakland, CA
$7,500
To support the presentation of concerts by the Center for Contemporary Music. Guest composers and performers Anne LeBaron, Larry Polansky, Olivia Block, and Denman Maroney will participate in performances of their work at the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland, CA.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$10,000
To support free concerts by soloists, ensembles, and chamber orchestras presented in churches and meetinghouses in rural towns of the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$22,000
To support the 2004 Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. The key components of the festival will be the premiere of a commissioned work, artists in residence, and performances by emerging jazz musicians.

Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA
$10,000
To support presentation and residency activities by classical and jazz ensembles performing both genres. Activities include performances by the String Trio of New York and the Ron Carter Ensemble, panel discussions broadcast on local public radio, and high school lecture-demonstrations.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support Chamber Music in Historic Sites, a series of chamber music concerts and outreach activities. The concerts will match musical programs from a variety of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles area.

Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$13,500
To support Music at Angel Fire's 21st Anniversary Festival. The festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Las Vegas, and Taos.

Music at the Anthology, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the MATA 2004 Festival. The week-long, new music festival, held at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City, will include performances, commissions, field-related workshops, and educational programs.

Nashville Chamber Orchestra
Nashville, TN
$12,500
To support the biennial guitar festival. American composer David Balakrishnan will be commissioned to write a new work for two guitars, violin, and chamber orchestra, and the work will be premiered during the 2004 festival.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$65,000
To support Beethoven by Mahler, an exploration of Beethoven's symphonies in score editions that were prepared and edited by Gustav Mahler. Concerts will take place at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and are scheduled for a subsequent East Coast tour through North Carolina and Florida, culminating in a performance at Carnegie Hall.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (consortium)
Newark, NJ
$50,000
To support co-festivals commemorating the 100th anniversary of Antonin Dvorak's death and in celebration of his musical influences on the U.S. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra will present linked Dvorak festivals, using the composer's 9th Symphony as a programming centerpiece.

New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the New York String Seminar Program for emerging young musicians. The professional development program, directed by violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo, will culminate in two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$60,000
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. The program, under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, will prepare young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field.

New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support Contemporary Perspectives, a series that will feature diverse works by contemporary composers. The New York Philharmonic, under the direction of music director Lorin Maazel, will perform world premieres as well as repeat performances of previously commissioned works at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS)
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support premiere performances of new works by American composers. Composers will include Ingram Marshall, Anthony De Ritis, Bright Sheng, and Jackie Hairston.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.
Ojai, CA
$20,000
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 58th annual music festival, directed by Kent Nagano, will present the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Apollo's Fire, pianist Till Filner, and pianist and composer Ichero Nodaira.

OK MOZART, Inc.
Bartlesville, OK
$15,000
To support the 20th annual OK Mozart International Festival. Performances will be held throughout the Bartlesville community and will include music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and chorus.

Orchestra 2001, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the recording and performances of works by American composer George Crumb. The project will present The American Song Cycle in Philadelphia, Swarthmore, PA, and New York City.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support OM10, the 10th annual Other Minds new music festival. At least two new works will be premiered by virtuoso musicians during the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco.

Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$10,000
To support the West Coast premiere of Argentinian composer Luis Bacalov's Misa Tango, performed with the Pacific Symphony.

Pacific Symphony Association
Santa Ana, CA
$55,000
To support the American Composers Festival: Tradewinds from China. The Pacific Symphony will present new and existing works by Chinese American composers in concert and through educational programs.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support a vocal music project exploring the art of song, beginning with Medieval chant and continuing through to American cabaret. Performances will be augmented by master classes and lectures conducted by guest artists and scholars.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$90,000
To support the exploration of composer Olivier Messiaen's works, a programming initiative for the inaugural season of music director Christoph Eschenbach. The orchestra will perform four weeks of orchestral chamber music programs spanning Messiaen's career.

Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band (Piffaro)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the presentation and recording of a concert for organ and Renaissance wind instruments, including the production of a booklet pertaining to pipe organs and wind instruments of the period.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of Handel's oratorio Samson in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Palo Alto. The performances, directed by music director Nichalos McGegan, will be preceded by free concert lectures.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support composer residencies, commissions, and recordings. Composers Henry Brant, Derek Bermel, Ben Johnston, and Jerome Kitzke will work with the ensemble in preparation for premieres and recordings of their work.

Relache, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support commissions, performances, and outreach activities in the Future Sounds series. Composers Ikue Mori, TiyJ Giraud, and Kamran Ince will each co-curate with the ensemble one of three programs in which the commissioned premieres will be performed and presented in Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE.

Saint Louis Symphony Society
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support the Symphony Society's 125th anniversary celebration by highlighting works the Saint Louis Symphony has premiered during its long history. The project will include a commission and premiere of a new work by Robert Kapilow.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support commissions and performances of contemporary American works. The concert series, "American Music of Our Time," will include premiere works by Paul Schoenfeld and Roberto Sierra, as well as works by John Cage, Lucas Foss, Osvaldo Golijov, David Hahn, and Tan Dun.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the commission and presentation of a concert-length choral music and theater work based on 12th-century composer and spiritual leader Hildegard von Bingen. Composers Steven Stucky, Regis Campo, and Jeeyoung Kim will collaborate with Chanticleer and music director Joseph Jennings in creating the new work.

San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the 22nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. Events will take place in multiple performance spaces throughout San Francisco during the two-week festival.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support the Beethoven and His Contemporaries Festival and national broadcasts of the performances. The three-week, ten-concert festival will include Beethoven's orchestral, operatic, and chamber repertoire, and will include works of other late 18th- and early 19th-century composers.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
To support the 32nd annual Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. The festival will include a diverse range of repertoire, guest composers, and world premieres, as well as free community and youth concerts.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (consortium)
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
To support a co-commission and related performances of a new work by American jazz composer and performer Chick Corea. The intended work will be written for the Orion String Quartet.

Santa Rosa Symphony Association
Santa Rosa, CA
$15,000
To support Dvorak in America, a festival on the life and music of Antonin Dvorak, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the composer's death. Plans include three chamber music concerts, three open rehearsals for area school students, and a concert using slides, musical excerpts, and commentary by music director Jeffrey Kahane.

Schubert Club, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the Saint Paul Summer Song Festival, a four-day event focusing on the art song through recitals, master classes, and lectures. The festival will feature six singers in recitals at the Central Presbyterian Church in downtown St. Paul.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$50,000
To support Uniting Symphonic Voices: The Journey of the American Symphony, 1880-1950 and a Stravinsky Festival. The festivals will include educational and outreach components.

Sioux City Symphony Orchestra Association
Sioux City, IA
$10,000
To support the Dvorak in America festival, including concerts, educational programs, and art exhibits commemorating the 100th anniversary of Antonin Dvorak's death.

Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Detroit, MI
$60,000
To support the artistic development of the Sphinx Symphony, a unique ensemble of professional African American and Latino musicians from orchestras and institutions around the country. The Sphinx Symphony will perform two concerts at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, each featuring young soloists.

Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$22,500
To support the Stanford Jazz Workshop's jazz residency program, an intensive professional development program for emerging and established jazz musicians. The project will include artists such as Gene Bertoncini, Jimmy Cobb, Regina Carter, Ray Drummond, Hank Jones, and Ellis Marsalis serving as performers and faculty members.

Stecher and Horowitz Foundation
New York, NY
$10,000
To support educational and career development components of the New York Piano Competition for young musicians. The project will include performance, coaching, ensemble playing, and educational seminars at the Manhattan School of Music.

Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
$25,000
To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, the statewide coordinator's position and related costs for the National Symphony Orchestra's American Residency Program in Tennessee.

Tucson Symphony Society
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
To support a commissioning and presentation project celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Performances of new works by five composers will be presented in Tucson, as well as in Green Valley, Oro Valley, and Ajo, AZ.

Twentieth Century Consort
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
To support concerts celebrating the 75th birthday of composer George Crumb. Performances will take place at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$10,000
To support the 34th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. The three-day festival will present the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Gary Burton/Makoto Ozone Duo, The Real Group, and Jeff Coffin.

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
$15,000
To support performances of Osvaldo Golijov's Las Pasin Segn San Marcos (St. Mark's Passion) during the 2005 Oregon Bach Festival.

Vail Valley Music Festival (Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek)
Vail, CO
$10,000
To support the 17th annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, a commissioned work, open rehearsals, public workshops, educational outreach concerts, and young artist programs.

Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$10,000
To support chamber music concerts as part of the 2004 festival. Programs will feature the Imani Winds, composer-in-residence Chen Yi, chamber performances led by pianist and festival artistic director Andr-Michel Schub, and the Miami String Quartet.

Virginia Orchestra Group
Norfolk, VA
$10,000
To support the Exploring Beethoven Festival. Conducted by music director JoAnn Falletta, performances will feature Beethoven's symphonies and chamber works.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitals. Performances will be held in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the French Embassy, Strathmore Hall, and at University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts.

VocalEssence (Plymouth Music Series, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the Witness program, an annual celebration of musical contributions by African-American composers. The program will include educational events, a young people's concert, a residency program in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, a commissioned work by an emerging composer, and regional and national broadcasts.

Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the presentation of the Young Concert Artists Series of recitals and concerto debuts by young musicians, winners of annual auditions, in New York City and Washington, DC.

MUSICAL THEATER

42nd Street Moon
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the restoration, revival and staged concert performance of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's 1937 musical, Hooray For What.

About Face Theatre Collective
Chicago, IL
$13,000
To support the final development and production of Winesburg, Ohio, a new musical adapted from a collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson.

Administrators of the Tulane
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support the Summer in Residence program for artists. Choreographers, dancers, and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will be in residence at the Summer Lyric Theater at Tulane to perform in three Broadway musicals and participate in community outreach activities.

African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the premiere production of a new musical. Playwright and artistic director Jennifer L. Nelson and composer Mel Nelson have written a hybrid work entitled Hubert & Charlie that combines blues and klezmer music.

Alley Theatre
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the production of a classic musical theater work. Guys and Dolls will be performed by the Alley's resident company of actors.

American Music Theater Festival, Inc. (Prince Music Theater)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support a retrospective and showcase of the works of William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Prince Music Theater will produce a revival of Casino Paradis, a concert of Bolcom and Weinstein's operatic work, A View from the Bridge,and a preview of Idiot's Delight.

American Musical Theatre of San Jose (AMTSJ)
San Jose, CA
$25,000
To support the development of a new musical, Campaign of the Century, adapted from the book by Greg Mitchell. Librettist Robert Friedman and songwriter/composer Steven Lutvak will collaborate on the project with the artistic staff of American Musical Theatre of San Jose.

Carter Family Puppet Theater (Northwest Puppet Center)
Seattle, WA
$13,000
To support the creation of a new musical for the puppet stage adapted from an eighteenth century burlesque opera, The Dragon of Wantley. This comic work will be given voice by a cast of hand carved marionettes and professional singers with live musical accompaniment.

Contemporary Arts Center (consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support a residency and partnership with artist John O'Neal and Junebug Productions to develop work and lay groundwork for future artistic collaborations among diverse communities in New Orleans. The consortium project will include workshops, story circles, solo performances, and a staged reading.

Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
To support the creation of a new musical adapted from a Broadway show for professional theaters for young audiences. The artistic team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will adapt Seussical, a musical theater work dramatizing the books of Dr. Seuss.

Everyman Theatre, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
To support the production of a musical and associated outreach activities and workshops for local schools. Once On This Island will be the Everyman Theatre's first musical production.

Geva Theatre Center, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$28,000
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Gregg Coffin, associate artist at Geva Theatre, is the author, composer, lyricist, and orchestrator of Five Course Love.

Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
East Haddam, CT
$40,000
To support the development and world premiere of a new musical. King Kong, a new musical work by Robert Lindsey Nassif and Peter Ullian based on the classic 1933 film, will be produced at Goodspeed Opera House's developmental stage, the Norma Terris Theatre.

La Jolla Playhouse (Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego)
La Jolla, CA
$35,000
To support the commission and development of a music drama work. In 2004, writer Jessica Hagedorn, composer Mark Bennett, and director Michael Greif will create Disposable, a piece loosely based on the life of Andrew Cunanan, the serial killer notorious for murdering fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
$12,000
To support the production of a musical adapted from the tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Lyric Theatre will stage the Fullerton Civic Light Opera version of Jekyll & Hyde as the opening work in its 2004 summer season.

Music-Theatre Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$42,000
To support the final development and presentation of a new musical theater work by composer Douglas Cuomo. Based on the Hindu scriptural verses, the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna's Dilemma features both Eastern and Western instrumentalists and vocalists.

Musical Theatre Works, Inc.
New York, NY
$13,000
To support two performances of the staged reading presentation of an original musical-in-progress. Andrea Frierson-Toney is writing the book for the new work entitled 1616, under the guidance of Musical Theatre Work's Artistic Director, Thomas Cott.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the 16th annual Festival of New Musicals. The festival will showcase 10-15 new musicals for an invited audience of producers and musical theater professionals.

New Professional Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production of a new musical theater work. New Professional Theater will produce Slam by playwright Thomas Jones II and composer William Knowles.

New Turners Theatre (Theatre Building Chicago, NFP)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the public presentation of new musicals-in-progress. The Stages Festival will present eight musicals, selected from over one hundred submissions, to be performed as concert readings or skeletal productions.

North Shore Community Arts
Beverly, MA
$45,000
To support a New Works program in musical theater. During the 2004 season, the program will include the mainstage premieres of two new musicals, Tom Jones and Liberty Smith, as well as workshops, staged readings, and educational initiatives.

Northlight Theatre, Inc.
Skokie, IL
$13,000
To support the creation of a new musical adapted from a literary work. Northlight Theatre will create a musical theater work based on Studs Terkel's book, The Good War, using the patriotic music of Irving Berlin.

Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support a musical production adapted from a classic literary work. As part of its 2004 season, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (will produce the Pittsburgh premiere of The Dead, one of James Joyce's Dubliners stories, reconceived by playwright Richard Nelson and composer Shaun Davey.

Salvage Vanguard Theater
Austin, TX
$12,000
To support the commissioning, development, and production of a new musical, Genghis Khan. Librettist/director Jason Neulander and composer Graham Reynolds will create an operatic music theater piece juxtaposing current events and Genghis Khan.

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the development, production, and national tour of an original musical comedy. San Francisco Mime Troupe will premiere a new work that focuses on national or community events.

San Jose Repertory Theatre
San Jose, CA
$20,000
To support the development and workshop performance of a new musical. San Jose Repertory Theatre has commissioned librettist Mary Bracken Phillips and composer Craig Bohmler to create The Mystery of Winchester House under its Silicon Valley New Works Initiative.

Second Generation Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the national tour of an original musical. Making Tracks by Welly Yang explores the history of Asians in America recounting an Asian American family's generational struggle to find a voice in this country.

Signature Theatre, Inc.
Arlington, VA
$33,000
To support the revision and production of a work from the American musical theater canon. During its 2004 season, Signature Theatre will develop and present a revised version of the largely forgotten 1947 musical Allegro by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein.

Staret...The Directors Company
New York, NY
$18,000
To support The Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program. The program fosters the creation, development, and production of original musical theater works by directors, composers, lyricists, and book writers.

Studio Arena Theatre (Studio Theatre School, Inc.)
Buffalo, NY
$35,000
To support the commission, workshop, and production of a new musical. Writer-director Marion J. Caffey and theater artist Tsidii Le Loka have been commissioned to create a musical entitled Sunset and the Mockingbird.

Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the production of a new musical. The Talking Band will produce the musical theater work The Parrot in New York City in 2004.

Thalia Spanish Theatre, Inc.
Sunnyside, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and production of a new musical. Based on tango artist Raul Jaurena's life, the dance musical RAUL JAURENA'S TANGOmania will be written and directed by Angel Gil Orrios with music composed by Raul Juareno.

TheatreWorks
Palo Alto, CA
$25,000
To support the production of a new musical. Memphis, a new work by Joe DiPietro, is inspired by legendary deejay Dewey Phillips and rock-and-roll music.

Unity Theatre Ensemble
Florissant, MO
$8,000
To support the final development and production of a gospel musical. Make A Joyful Noise! is a non denominational inspirational musical with a score featuring traditional and original gospel songs that address contemporary social issues.

Village Theatre
Issaquah, WA
$15,000
To support a musical theater development program. The program, Village Originals, will include the creation and workshop production of It All Begins with a Song, the continued development and workshop production of Emma and Company, and readings of at least eight new musicals.

Wilma Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the world premiere production of a new musical. The Wilma-commissioned musical Embarrassments by librettist Laurence Klavan and composer Polly Pen will be produced in the theater's 25th anniversary season.

OPERA

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc. (consortium)
Roslindale, MA
$15,000
To support a production of Nixon in China by John Adams with libretto by Alice Goodman. In consortium with the Boston Academy of Music, the New England premiere of this opera will feature two fully staged performances at the Emerson Majestic Theater in Boston.

Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cedar Rapids, IA
$10,000
To support a production of La Traviata by Guiseppi Verdi. Two performances of the opera sung in Italian with projected English supertitles will be held at Theatre Cedar Rapids.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$25,000
To support a new production of Le Jongleur de Notre Dame by Jules Massenet. This regional premiere, sung in French, will have 11 performances at the Central City Opera House.

Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Young Artist Program. The performance-based training program will engage young professionals for six to 15 weeks, during which they will receive individual coaching, take part in master classes with world-class coaches, and have the opportunity to understudy principal roles.

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Morton Feldman's opera Neither on a double-bill with Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung. Ten performances of the Neither/Erwartung project will be held at the 500-seat St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$20,000
To support a production of Jenufa by Leos Janacek. Four performances of the opera will be given at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

Florida Grand Opera, Inc.
Miami, FL
$40,000
To support the American premiere of Szulamit by Hungarian composer Ede Donath. This new production will receive five performances at the Dade County Auditorium in Miami and two additional performances at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of The Refugees by Stephen Hartke with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, the opera will have nine performances during the company's 30th festival season.

Kentucky Opera Association
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support a new co-production of Cendrillon by Jules Massenet. Two performances of this production, set in mid-20th century, will be held at Whitney Hall in the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

Knoxville Opera Company
Knoxville, TN
$10,000
To support the The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini and The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The operas will be performed as the centerpiece of the third Rossini Festival in Knoxville.

Long Beach Opera
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support a new production of Die Schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) by Richard Strauss. Two performances of the opera will be held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach.

Lyric Opera Center for American Artists
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support faculty costs for the singer training and professional development program. The year-long vocal instruction program includes language, theatrical and vocal instruction, as well as master classes and career development guidance.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support the world premiere of A Wedding by William Bolcom with the libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman. Based on Robert Altman's 1978 film of the same name, the opera will be a major highlight of the company's Golden Jubilee Season.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten. Five performances will be held at the Lyric Theatre in Kansas City reaching an estimated audience of 4,500.

Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
To support a production of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini. The opera will be performed in the new 2,250-seat Overture Hall in Madison.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a new production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Maestro James Levine will conduct 15 performances at the Lincoln Center Opera House.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support a new production of Lucretia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti. Five performances will be held at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a new production of Morning Becomes Electra by Marvin David Levy. Five performances will be given at Lincoln Center's New York State Theater.

Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the specialized training and professional development of opera singers in the Young Artist Program. The program will offer individual instruction and ensemble training, provide technical and professional skills, and teach work habits necessary for a successful career.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support a new production of Gloriana by Benjamin Britten with libretto by William Plomer. Six performances will be given at the 987-seat theater at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center.

OperaDelaware, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
$10,000
To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, production of educational material and performances of THE HOBBIT by the Family Opera Theater. Students, teachers, and families will be introduced to opera through this adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel, THE HOBBIT. This classic fantasy is a core book for Delaware schools and the company will integrate state learning

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$40,000
To support the regional premiere of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie. Six performances of this new American work will be featured at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh.

San Diego Opera Association
San Diego, CA
$20,000
To support a new production of The Pearl Fishers by George Bizet. Four performances with sets and costumes by British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes will be held at the Civic Theatre.

San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the United States premiere of Le Grand Macabre by Gyorgy Ligeti. Six performances of the opera will take place at the 3,148-seat War Memorial House.

Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
To support the commission of a new opera Bel Canto by Aaron Jay Kernis with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on the American novel of the same name by Ann Pachett, the opera will be written for seven principal soloists, a mixed chorus of 24-36 singers, and orchestra.

Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support a new production of George Bizet's Carmen. Twelve performances will be held in the new Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
To support a new production of The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Two performances will be held at the 2,000-seat Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter.

Teatro de la Opera de Puerto Rico, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support a production of Tristen und Isolde by Richard Wagner. Two performances of the opera will be held at the 1,800-seat Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center in San Juan.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$15,000
To support the world premiere of Volpone, a new chamber opera by John Musto with libretto by Mark Campbell. Commisioned by the Wolf Trap Foundation, the opera will have three performances at The Barnes of Wolf Trap, a 352-seat venue.

PRESENTING

651 ARTS (Kings Majestic Corporation)
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
To support the presentation of new and existing works by artists and companies of African descent. Working in all performing arts disciplines and representing the full spectrum of the African Diaspora, artists will be commissioned and involved in a series of public events, including mainstage performances and workshops.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support commissioning and programmatic activities for the development and presentation of works by artists of color. Included will be a series by dance, music, and multidisciplinary artists titled Waterworks at the Gatehouse facility.

Anchorage Concert Association, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support the Cultural Crossroads Series of dance and music. The series will feature public and in school performances, gatherings with local artists, pre- and post-concert talks, and radio broadcasts.

Asociacion de Musicos Latino Americanos, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support Tesoros Culturales/Cultural Treasures programs. Workshops, presentations, and performances will make diverse forms of Latin music and dance accessible to the Latino community in Philadelphia.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$55,000
To support the New Discoveries series and Strategic Alliances presentations. The New Discoveries series will focus on New York or U.S. debuts, and Strategic Alliances will feature new work by artists with whom the Brooklyn Academy has continuing realtionships.

City Parks Foundation (Central Park Summerstage)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support New Works/New Voices 2004 for the Central Park SummerStage program. The project will be a continuation of annual efforts to present new cross-disciplinary work or debut presentations by emerging, regional, and international artists.

Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, OH
$35,000
To support presentation of music and dance performances by national and international artists/ensembles. A comprehensive schedule of performance series, including VIVA!, Carnevale, Gala Music Series, and Aki Festival of New Music, will feature artists from diverse cultures.

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$40,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series. Residencies will feature presentations of community based, site-specific, and educational projects by theater/puppet artists, choreographers/dance companies, and musicians.

Dixon Place (Open Channels NY, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Mondo Cane!, a commissioning program for theater and dance artists. The program provides four to six weeks of workshop and residency time and an additional month in which the artists perform their work, gather audience feedback, and continue the work's development.

Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$60,000
To support the presentation of a multidisciplinary series including new and commissioned works. The series will feature a gospel oratorio by Bob Telson and Lee Breuer and a two-week creation residency by the Axis Dance Company.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
$50,000
To support performances and related activities of Lincoln Center Festival 2004. The summer festival will feature traditional and contemporary multidisciplinary works, as well as symposia that inform the presentations.

Miami Light Project, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the International Hip-Hop Exchange. The annual celebration of hip-hop music, dance, theater, spoken word, visual art, film, and video will feature work by local, national, and international hip-hop artists.

Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
$40,000
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. The Cultural Affairs Department of the college will present nine major performances and more than 100 residency activities focusing on contemporary work.

Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support a series of large-scale performance projects based on interdisciplinary and collaborative practice. The museum will produce, co-commission, or provide developmental residencies for four new projects.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
To support a series of performances at the National Black Arts Festival 2004. Under the theme "Women of the African Diaspora", performances will be supplemented by educational activities and humanities-based events designed to deepen the audience's connection to artists and the works presented.

On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$18,000
To support the New Performance Series and the Northwest New Works Series. The New Performance Series will present contemporary works by national and international artists/companies, and the new Northwest New Works Series will focus on contemporary work by regional dance companies.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by Philadelphia artists. Three artists will be chosen to receive commissioning, marketing, and technical support to develop new work into projects which can be toured and will be given the opportunity to workshop and document their work.

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC
$25,000
To support the performing arts series New Voices/New Visions Live! The programs will feature a multidisciplinary focus incorporating film and digital media with live music performance.

Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
$60,000
To support the Spoleto Festival USA 2004. The annual 17-day festival will produce and present a range of multidisciplinary work juxtaposing the traditional with the new, performed by both established and emerging artists.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$20,000
To support the Asian Diaspora of the Americas Festival. The festival will present artists of Asian descent from North and South America whose work examines their cultural roots and/or reflects viewpoints stemming from their ancestry.

University of California (on behalf of UCLA Performing Arts)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support the 2004 UCLA Live International Theatre Festival. Approximately 45 performances will be presented, featuring performing artists/ensembles who extend the boundaries of theater using unique combinations of media and pioneering new approaches to historic literary and dramatic texts.

University of California (on behalf of Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts)
Davis, CA
$30,000
To support the New Works/Contemporary Artists project. Local, national, and international contemporary artists in theater and dance will offer performances and related audience outreach activities.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(on behalf of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
Champaign, IL
$25,000
To support a residency with choreographer Ralph Lemon and the development and premiere of House: Part 3 of the Geography Trilogy. The work will encompass dance, theater, and new media/interactive technologies in a full evening performance.

University of Maryland at College Park
(on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$30,000
To support Voices, a program of residencies and performances. Programs in dance, music, and theater will explore diverse perspectives that share the common theme of giving voice to the art in our everyday lives.

Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
To support the residency project, Connective Creation: Developing New Work in Community. Up to seven large-scale residencies will include on-site creation and presentation of new work and partnering with diverse communities.

Washington Performing Arts Society (consortium)
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the ArteAmericA series. A consortium with GALA Hispanic Theatre, this project will include performances and residencies celebrating Latino cultures throughout the Americas.

World Music Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$42,000
To support the Mediterranean Cross-Currents concert series. The series will feature music and dance from Egypt, Greece, and Spain and from North Africa and the Middle East.

WYO Theatre, Inc.
Sheridan, WY
$10,000
To support dance components of the Children's Educational and Families' Series. The series will feature free matinee performances for school children and residency activities, planned in cooperation with the Sheridan YMCA.

THEATER

1812 Productions, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work through the Cabaret Program. The program will feature one solo or chamber production by a member of the Philadelphia artistic community.

7 Stages, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the premiere production of Maria Kizito by Erik Ehn. Artistic Director Del Hamilton will direct the piece and choreograpers/ performance artists Laurie Carlos and Robbie McCauley of New York City's Urban Bush Women will play leading roles in the production.

A Traveling Jewish Theatre
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work through the Middle-East Project (working title). Artistic Director Aaron Davidson will oversee the collaboration between the ensemble and guest artists Meiran Kupperberg and Ibraham Guani.

About Productions
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater piece entitled They Shoot Mexicans, Don't They? This interdisciplinary, company-created piece will incorporate text, dance, music, drama, and film to explore the role of Latin American artists and culture in the early Hollywood entertainment industry.

Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$60,000
To support the 28th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Artistic Director Marc Masterson will program and oversee this annual signature event.

Adirondack Theatre Festival, Inc.
Glens Falls, NY
$10,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a play by Melissa James Gibson. The play will be written and developed in 2004 and will premiere during the festival's 2005 season.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$40,000
To support the 2004 Festival of New Plays. The project will include the development and presentation of two productions and four to six staged readings of new plays.

American Conservatory Theater Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support the development and world premiere production of Levee James, a new play by Sherry Shephard-Massat.

American Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$50,000
To support the development and production of an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by director/choreographer Martha Clarke.

Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of Roadside Theater)
Whitesburg, KY
$30,000
To support the development and documentation of an artistic residency model. Appalshop's Roadside Theater will bring together five host sites nationwide to mount a new play about the traditions of jazz and bluegrass.

Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$28,000
To support a New Works program in theater. The Independence Foundation New Play Showcase will include the development and production of a world premiere and a series of workshops of new American plays and musicals with free public readings.

Arena Stage (Washington Drama Society, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support the production of a classic play. Bertolt Brecht's early satire about war, entitled A Man's a Man, will be produced in Arena Stage's theater-in-the-round.

Arizona Theatre Company
Tucson, AZ
$35,000
To support a guest artist residency with an adaptation of a series of one-act plays into one full-length production for the stage. Actor and clown Geoff Hoyle will conduct classes in farce and clowning and create an evening of farce based on the plays of Georges Feydeau, an early 20th century French master of the genre.

Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland, OR
$15,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a new play by Lauren Marshall based on commedia dell'arte playwright Carlo Goldoni's La Casa Nova.

Atlantic Theater Company
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the commission, development, and production of an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard by Tom Donaghy.

Aurora Theatre Company
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
To support the production of Antigone Falun Gong, a new play by Cherylene Lee.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
To support a production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Activities surrounding the production will include student matinees and an enhanced in-school residency program.

Black Ensemble Theater Corporation
Chicago, IL
$27,000
To support a tour of The Jackie Wilson Story and Doo Wop Shoo Bop by the BET Touring Company to 20 cities across the United States.

Center Stage Associates Endowment Fund
Baltimore, MD
$55,000
To support the production of a.m. Sunday by Jerome Hairston.

Cherry Lane Alternative, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Mentor Project, a play development program that engages emerging writers in working relationships with noted American dramatists for an entire theater season.

Child's Play Touring Theatre
Chicago, IL
$14,000
To support Writing Our World (WOW!), a program that uses a variety of activities to address global cultural understanding. Through workshops, residencies, and performances, WOW! encourages children to explore their creativity by writing their own stories and by learning to understand the lives of others.

Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
To support the production and development of two new plays for multigenerational audiences. The two plays are a part of Children's Theatre Company's Threshold 2004, an intensive play development laboratory.

Childsplay, Inc.
Tempe, AZ
$27,000
To support the development, workshops, and public presentation of a new play. Playwright Barry Kornhauser and director Eric Johnson will join artistic director David Saar to create a new work based on Mediterranean mythology and folklore.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
$35,000
To support the development and premiere production of a new play. Going Gone by Karen Hartman will be developed through readings, workshops, and rehearsals for a full production at The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Circus Center
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the creation, rehearsal, and presentation of an original circus production. The New Pickle Circus will integrate the work of guest artists and company performers to create a circus performance featuring acrobatic skills.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$22,000
To support the production of Uncle Tom's Cabin or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Artistic Director Randy Rollison and Dramaturg Floraine Kay will adapt the work. Mr. Rollison will also serve as director.

Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Summerworks '04 Festival. The month-long festival will feature three full productions and four staged readings of new plays.

Contemporary American Theater Festival
Shepherdstown, WV
$15,000
To support the development and world premiere production of Flag Day by Lee Blessing.

Cornerstone Theater Company
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
To support The Jewish Project, a collaboration bringing members of L.A.'s diverse intra-faith community together to create and perform a play. Playwright Lisa Loomer will conduct research and collect stories to develop a play that explores the contemporary Jewish Diaspora, including tensions between segments of the community.

Court Theatre Fund (consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the creation, production, and adaptation of a literary work for the stage. Court Theatre will partner with Redmoon Theatre to create an original theatrical production of Cyrano de Bergerac, the verse drama by Edmond Rostand.

Cuarzo Blanco, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$12,000
To support the development and production of a play for young audiences. Elementary schools and family audiences will view Peces Al Ataque, a play about preservation of the environment and the fish population in San Juan.

Cultural Images Group, Inc. (Serious Play!)
Northampton, MA
$8,000
To support the development and premiere production of a new play. Serious Play! Youth Ensemble will collaborate with playwright Alice Tuan on Coastline, a virtual hyper-text theater piece.

Dad's Garage, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support a residency for playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Residency activities will include playwriting classes and workshops, and will culminate in three publicly staged readings of his new play, Rough Magic.

Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$18,000
To support the development and tour of a new play created in collaboration with playwright Lauren Wilson. The play, based on the book In the Land of the Grasshopper Song, will be directed by Artistic Director Michael Fields and performed by the company's core ensemble.

Division 13 Productions
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support an advanced developmental workshop for a new American translation of Eugene Ionesco's Journeys Among the Dead. The goal of the workshop is to fully conceptualize, design, and construct the visual elements for this interdisciplinary piece.

East-West Players (EWP)
Los Angeles, CA
$37,000
To support the world premiere production of Mixed Messages by Cherylene Lee. East West Players' Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang will direct the piece.

Empty Space Association
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the development and world premiere of a new work. Northwest playwright and actor Todd Moore will join with local artists Chris Jeffries and Allison Narver, artistic director of Empty Space, to create a piece entitled Smedley Butler: The Maverick Marine.

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Inc.
Waterford, CT
$40,000
To support the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and the O'Neill Music Theater Conference. These annual events offer playwrights, composers, and librettists opportunities for the development of new work.

Exittheatre
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
To support the presentation of new works by women writers through DIVAfest 2004. The festival will feature productions of up to eight new plays, including Boxcar Bertha by Kerry Reid, two staged readings of works in progress, and a benefit reading of works by local writers.

Famous Door
Chicago, IL
$12,000
To support the production of Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell. Artistic Director Marc Grapey will direct the piece and composer/sound designer Joseph Fosco will score the work.

First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$12,000
To support the production of Holes by writer-playwright Louis Sachar. Artistic Director Jeff Frank will direct the production.

Folger Shakespeare Library (Trustees of Amherst College)
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the world premiere production of Melissa Arctic by Pulitzer-nominated playwright Craig Wright. Aaron Posner, co-founder of Philadelphia's Arden Theatre, will direct.

Foothill Theatre Company
Nevada City, CA
$12,000
To support New Voices of the Wild West, an annual new play festival. The festival will include a world premiere production of What in the World's Come Over You? by Red Shuttleworth, as well as staged readings of other new plays.

Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the premiere production of Fifth Exotic, a new solo work by Ralph Pena, commissioned for award-winning performer Ching Valdes-Aran. Filmmaker/videographer Marilys Ernst will create cinematic elements to accompany the live performance.

Goodman Theatre (Chicago Theatre Group, Inc.)
Chicago, IL
$60,000
To support the world premiere production of Electricidad by Luis Alfaro, directed by Resident Artistic Associate Henry Godinez. Subtitled "A Chicano Take on Sophocles' Electra", Electricidad is a retelling of the Greek story of murder and matricide.

Great Small Works, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the collaborative creation of a new work. Great Small Works will partner with Chinese Theater Works to create Journey to the West, an interdisciplinary, bilingual work combining traditional Chinese literature, opera, and shadow puppet theater with contemporary Western puppetry.

Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the production of Crowns by Regina Taylor, an adaptation based on the book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats. The book was compiled by photographer Michael Cunningham and journalist Craig Marberry. The play will be directed by Timothy Bond.

Hartford Stage Company, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$35,000
To support a new production of American playwright Edward Albee's first play and the world premiere of his latest piece. The Zoo Story (1959) and Home Life will be produced as a double bill at Hartford Stage Company to celebrate the theater's 40th anniversary season.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$22,000
To support the development and production of a new puppet and mask theater work. Duane Tougas, Elisha Whittington, and Masanari Kawahara will create The Man Show, a work celebrating today's various perspectives on manhood.

Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd. (HERE)
New York, NY
$22,000
To support the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), a professional development program for mid career artists and collaborative artist teams. HARP serves artists through workshops, panel discussions, productions, and career development services.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$25,000
To support the development and state-wide tour of DIS/TROY, a new adaptation of The Iliad by Yokanaan Kearns. Artistic Director Mark Lutwak will direct the piece.

Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
$40,000
To support the world premiere production of The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz. This play was the inaugural commission of the Huntington's Stanford Calderwood Fund for New American Plays in 2002.

Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey
San Francisco, CA
$28,000
To support the development and production of a new work by Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company. The performance will feature a unique interdisciplinary performance style, developed over nearly twenty-five years by Jones and Ackamoor, which combines music, theater, spoken-word, and movement.

Illusion Theater & School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
To support the 17th annual Fresh Ink series of new plays. Illusion provides opportunities for six to ten playwrights, composers, lyricists and directors to develop new work in a process that culminates in full studio theater productions.

Imagination Stage, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
$10,000
To support the commission, development, and production of a new theater work by Kevin Kling based on the Greek myth of Persephone. The play will further the commitment of BAPA's Imagination Stage to accessibility and inclusion by featuring professional actors and dancers with disabilities.

Imago, The Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
$13,000
To support the development and production of a new work entitled Ask Cicero, based on Luigi Pirandello's Each in His Own Way. The piece will combine elements of musical theater, physical comedy, vaudeville, linear and non-linear techniques, and visual illusion.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$55,000
To support a festival of new productions of five Tennessee Williams plays and readings for a retrospective expected to reach an estimated 100,000 patrons. The project will also feature an exhibit on Williams, as well as artist engagements with local schools through the Events for Students program.

Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
To support the development and production of Epcot-El Alamo, a Chicano science fiction performance opera created by Guillermo Gomez-Pe_a. The collaborative development team will include performance artists, actors, dancers, and musicians from Jump-Start and La Pocha Nostra.

Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the production of A Cup of Coffee by Preston Sturges. The play will be directed by artistic director Bain Boehlke.

Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Dallas, TX
$12,000
To support the 2004 New Works Festival. The festival will feature a mainstage production of a new American play, seven staged readings of new plays, and staged readings of new works by young writers through the PUP (Playwrights Under Progress) Fest.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$44,000
To support the development and presentation of a new theater piece based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Artistic Director Ellen Stewart will adapt and direct the play and Elizabeth Swados will compose original music.

LAByrinth, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development and premiere production of a new theater work tentatively titled Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by Jose Rivera. The play will be directed by Kate Whoriskey.

Lantern Theater Company
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support a production of Death and the King's Horseman by Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka. This multidisciplinary production will rely heavily on the incorporation of African music, dance, movement and drumming.

Lawrence Arts Center (on behalf of Seem to Be Players)
Lawrence, KS
$10,000
To support the development and touring of a bilingual play for young audiences based on Southwestern trickster folk tales. The Magic Shoes of Pedro the Trickster will be directed by Jose Cruz Gonzales, and will play to schools in Topeka, KS and Mesa, AZ.

Lincoln Center Theater (Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II. The works will be adapted by Dakin Matthews and directed by Jack O'Brien.

Long Wharf Theatre (Connecticut Players Foundation, Inc.)
New Haven, CT
$38,000
To support the world premiere production of Fran's Bed, written and directed by Tony Award-winner James Lapine. Acclaimed actress and author Mia Farrow will perform the title role.

Lookingglass Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the development and workshop productions of a new theater work by Andrew White, inspired by George Orwell's novel 1984. The project will bring together a diverse group of artists to examine the novel's themes and incorporate film and other mass media elements into the performance.

Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the development and production of a new work by Korean American playwright Edward Bok Lee. Tentatively titled Whorled, the piece will be developed through workshops with invited audiences before going into rehearsal for full production.

Mabou Mines Development Foundation
New York, NY
$27,000
To support the development and tour of Cara Lucia, a new play by writer-director Sharon Fogarty. The production will tour to venues in California, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.

Manhattan Class Company, Inc. (MCC Theater)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of The Distance from Here by Neil LaBute. The play will be directed by David Leveaux.

Mark Taper Forum (Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
To support the development and production of Sex Parasite, a new play by Jessica Goldberg. Luis Alfaro, producer of the Taper Too performance space, will oversee the production process.

McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$40,000
To support a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida, directed by Lisa Peterson. Sets for the production will be designed by scenic artist Michael Yeargan.

Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
$18,000
To support the creation, production, and presentation of an original outdoor performance piece inspired by The Pentamerone, a 17th-century collection of lively and humorous Neapolitan folktales. The production will be performed in outdoor venues throughout upstate New York and New England.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$35,000
To support the production of a classic play. As part of its 50th anniversary season, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre will produce A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Hungarian director Laszlo Marton.

Missouri Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
To support the production of a new translation and adaptation of a classic play. Director and writer Lillian Groag will be in residence at Missouri Repertory Theatre to direct a new version of Hungarian Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play, Liliom.

Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the presentation of two plays and the adaptation of a novel for future theater production. The project will support the work of female authors.

Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$12,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a play based on Friedrich Durrenmatt's theater work Der Besuch der Alten Dame (The Visit). The production will employ traditional puppet styles mixed with visual images and a sound collage to adapt the play for American audiences.

Neo-Futurists
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support the creation, development, and production of Evidence by Artistic Director Greg Allen. Playwright-musician John Pierson will compose the play's score.

New 42nd Street, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the presentation of theater works by four international theater companies at the New Victory Theater. The company will present The Gruffalo by Tall Stories Theatre Company of England, Herman Melville's Moby Dick by Theater Triebwerk of Canada, Vivace by The Vivace Theatre of Germany, and La Felicite by Theatre de L'Oeil of Canada.

New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a new play by Terrence McNally. The project will be commissioned and developed through the Playwrights Commission & Residency Program and directed by artistic director Ed Decker.

New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Readings and Workshops program, which provides New Dramatists' resident company of playwrights with varied, flexible opportunities for the development of new work. This ongoing program enables extensive, creative development of new theater works in workshop processes tailored to the needs of the writer.

New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and production of Kofifi, a new theater work celebrating the spirit of the people of South Africa. Music will be created and performed by Sharon Katz and her Peace Train band, with choreography by Patricia Scott Hobbs and writing and directing by Walter Dallas.

New Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a production of Roar, a new play by Palestinian American writer Betty Shamieh. Roar looks at an ordinary Palestinian family living in Detroit just after the Gulf War and explores the ways their lives in America are affected by conflicts in the Middle East.

New Harmony Project, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$12,000
To support an annual playwrights conference in the community of New Harmony, IN. During each conference, competitively selected playwrights work in a supportive community of professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs to create new works for theater, musical theater, and film.

New Theatre (Teatro Nuevo, Inc.)
Coral Gables, FL
$15,000
To support the development, workshop, and production of a new play. Argentine-born Miami playwright Mario Diament will develop a new play, Blind Date, that probes the realities and perceptions of sighted and blind people.

New York Shakespeare Festival (Public Theater)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the world premiere production of Lisa Kron's Well, directed by Leigh Silverman, with dramaturgy by John Dias. The play examines individual and societal health and illness, exploring a model for building communities around these issues.

New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support a production of Light Raise the Roof by award-winning playwright Kia Corthron, which was created and developed at New York Theatre Workshop.

Northern Prairie Performing Arts (Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre)
Fargo, ND
$10,000
To support the development of a professionally trained company that will tour communities and schools. Prairie Theatre Players will present a repertory of four plays for adults and youth throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

Odyssey Theatre Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
$12,000
To support the creation, development, and production of KOAN. Artistic director Ron Sossi will direct the play and oversee the collaboration with the company's ensemble and guest artists.

Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the development and production of a new play, tentatively entitled Human Beings with Multiple Brains, by artistic director Richard Foreman.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR
$55,000
To support the premiere production of Oedipus Complex, an original adaptation of the Greek classic by writer-director Frank Galati. The production's design team will include lighting designer Donald Holder, costume designer Mara Blumenfeld, and scenic designer James Schuette.

Penobscot Theatre Company
Bangor, ME
$10,000
To support a production of Arthur Miller's classic, The Crucible. The theater will also present a series of interactive outreach programs about the relationship between the 17th-century Salem witch trials and 1950's McCarthyism.

Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$35,000
To support the development and production of On the Open Road by Steven Tesich. The play will be directed by artistic director Lou Bellamy with original music by composer William Banfield.

Perishable Theatre
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the International Women's Playwright Festival. The festival will include the development and production of three one-act plays by female writers.

Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$30,000
To support the development and production of The Cannery Project, a new musical by Chay Yew, and the statewide tour of Bridget Carpenter's Up (The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair). Artistic director Peter DuBois will direct both plays and oversee The Cannery Project's collaboration between the playwright and composer Fabian Obispo.

Pig Iron Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$12,000
To support the creation and premiere of Possessed, a new performance work inspired by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz's novel. Pig Iron core company members will create the Gothic mystery-styled piece collaboratively through research and improvisation.

Ping Chong & Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the development and production of three new theater works through the Undesirable Elements series. The company will tour to communities in Florida, Kansas, and Washington, creating a new community-based work in each location.

Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA
$8,000
To support a production of Things of Dry Hours, a new play by playwright and poet Naomi Wallace. Israel Hicks will direct the production.

Piven Theatre Workshop
Evanston, IL
$8,000
To support the Chicago premiere of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. A retelling of the classic Greek myth, this version gives the story of Orpheus and Eurydice from the female perspective.

Playwrights Foundation, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 27th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The festival is a series of staged readings of new work by vanguard regional and national writers.

Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a series of new work development programs and two studio productions during the 2004 05 season. Approximately 1,500 new play and musical submissions will be evaluated, resulting in up to 20 play readings and musical theater workshops, three commissions, and two productions.

Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$13,000
To support the PlayLabs Festival. The program supports the development and presentation of new American plays by bringing together theater professionals and playwrights for workshops and play readings.

Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$28,000
To support the production of a classic play adapted to reflect contemporary issues. Portland Center Stage will host the U.S. premiere of Hungarian actor/director Robert Alfoldi's adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Portland Stage Company
Portland, ME
$25,000
To support a three-tiered approach to the development of new work. By connecting the Clauder Competition, the Little Festival of the Unexpected, and a full-scale production of a selected work, the theater will develop professional opportunities for local writers.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre
Bronx, NY
$35,000
To support the creation, development and production of a new play, The Red Rose Project. Artistic director Rosalba Rolon will write and direct the play and oversee the collaboration with company and guest artists during the creation and development of the piece.

Present Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the New York International Fringe Festival. The festival will feature the works of over 200 theater companies and performing artists in 20 venues across New York City.

Providence Black Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support the continued collaborative development of A Tribute to Langston Hughes. Through continued work on this company-created piece, the theater will provide an opportunity for repertory and community actors to expand and refine their skills.

Research Foundation of State University of New York
(on behalf of Performing Arts Center, Purchase College)
Albany, NY
$25,000
To support the presentation of five theater works by New York City-based theater companies through the Theater Masterpieces series. Purchase College will present Betrayal by The Actors Studio, Othello and Agamemnon by Aquila Theatre Company, Radio Play by SITI Company, and Pericles, by Theatre for a New Audience.

Round House Theatre
Bethesda, MD
$20,000
To support a production of Wintertime by Charles L. Mee. Award-winning guest artist Lou Jacob will direct.

Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the premiere production of a new play. Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage, will inaugurate the opening of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway home in New York City.

Rude Mechanicals-A Theatre Collective
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the development and production of Stadium Devildare. The project will be a collaboration with playwright Ruth Margraff.

Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$12,000
To support the world premiere production of The Goshute Play by Julie Jensen. The play explores historical struggles between Mormon settlers in Utah and the Goshute Indians, an indigenous tribe.

San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego, CA
$50,000
To support the final research, development, and world premiere production of Earthquake Sun by Luis Valdez. Earthquake Sun is a multilingual, multicultural piece inspired by the Mayan performance style.

Saratoga International Theater
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the development, design, and production of a new play adapted from a classic work. The new production of Death and the Ploughman, written in 1401 by humanist Johannes Von Saaz, will explore how one can live fully amidst the prospect of death.

Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the premiere production of a new play for middle school audiences. Canadian playwright Joan Macleod wrote The Shape of A Girl in response to the actual murder of a 14-year-old girl, committed by a group of primarily adolescent girls.

Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$45,000
To support the production of King Lear by William Shakespeare. The production will be directed by Artistic Director Sharon Ott.

Seven Loaves, Inc. (GOH Productions)
(on behalf of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre)
$10,000
New York, NY
To support the production of Golem by Artistic Director Vit Horejs. The production is a restaging of this interdisciplinary work for marionettes and live performers.

Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$55,000
To support productions of William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I and Part II. Produced consecutively within the theater's mainstage season, both plays will be directed by Bill Alexander, honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the world premiere production of Mr. Fox: A Rumination by Bill Irwin. Irwin will serve as playwright, director, and performer for the production.

Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the creation and production of Iphigenia, a new multimedia performance piece. Based on Euripides' texts and other classical material, the production will feature various styles of puppetry, video projections, and unusual scenic elements.

Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the Writer/Director Lab. The Lab is a play development program in which six emerging playwrights are paired with a director to write and develop a new play.

South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$55,000
To support the development and production of Safe in Hell by Amy Freed. The play will be directed by Artistic Director David Emmes.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$45,000
To support the world premiere of a new play. Steppenwolf Theatre Company will produce a mainstage production of Tracy Letts's new play, Man From Nebraska.

Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the production of Tennessee Williams' Not About Nightingales. Artistic Director Joy Zinoman will direct the play.

Sundance Children's Theatre Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support the Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a professional development program for theater artists. The project will use the support of resource artists and mentors to develop new scripts, staged adaptations of previously written narratives, and develop new interpretations of classic texts.

Sweet Jane Productions, Inc. (on behalf of International WOW Company)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work entitled Death of Nations. Guest artists from Argentina, Japan, and Thailand will collaborate with the company ensemble in the development and presentation of the play.

Synchronicity Performance Group, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$8,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a theater work through the Women in War project. The project will be lead by Artistic Directors Rachel May, Hope Mirlis, and Michele Pearce, and filmmaker Carol Cassidy will assist in the research and development of the piece.

Syracuse Stage (S.U. Theatre Corporation)
Syracuse, NY
$25,000
To support a production of Tazewell Thompson's Constant Star, a play with music about the life of African American civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. The play will be performed in special high school matinees, accompanied by teacher workshops and classroom study materials.

Target Margin Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the continued development of a new production based on both parts of Goethe's Faust. The performance piece will be developed over an extended period of readings, discussions, open rehearsal workshops, and work-in-progress viewings for invited audiences.

Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and development of Variations on a Portrait. Artistic Director Moises Kaufman will lead the research phase of the project as well as the two, three-week developmental workshop productions.

Theater Labrador, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development and production of Three Seconds in the Key by Deb Margolin. The play will be directed by Loretta Greco.

Theater Mu, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play, From Shadows to Light by Ka Vang. Artistic director Cecilie Keenan will direct the play.

Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the revision and production of an original theater work. Theatre de la Jeune Lune will remount The Ballroom, a play about 20th-century American history seen through the lens of a Midwestern social hall.

Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the production of two plays. Frederick Wiseman will direct The Last Letter, adapted from the Russian novel Life And Fate by Vassily Grossman, and Bartlett Sher will direct Pericles, Prince Of Tyre by William Shakespeare.

Theatre Grottesco North America, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The play will be adapted and directed by artistic director John Flax and developed in collaboration with the company's ensemble.

Theatre of Yugen
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the development and production of a play based on a literary classic. This theatrical adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novella, The Old Man and the Sea, will fuse the author's unique writing style with the structure and stylistic elements of Japanese Noh and Kyogen theater.

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$55,000
To support the world premiere production of The Buz'Gem Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor, a member of the Ojibway Nation. Elizabeth Theobald Richards of the Cherokee Nation, who has led numerous script development workshops with Native American playwrights, will direct.

Unicorn Theatre
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support the world premiere production of How His Bride Came to Abraham by Karen Sunde. Sunde will be in residence at the theater during rehearsals and for audience discussions during the performance run.

Unidentified Moving Objects
Vashon, WA
$8,000
To support the creation and development of a theater work based on the Grimms' Fairy Tale Rapunzel. The company ensemble will collaborate with guest artists in the creation and development of the piece.

University of California at Santa Barbara (on behalf of Center for Chicano Studies)
Santa Barbara, CA
$10,000
To support the creation, development and production of a new theater work through the New Voices/New Visions Summer Lab initiative. The Center for Chicano Studies, in collaboration with Chicano Poet/Performance-Artist Jimmy Santiago and theater collective Campo Santo, will produce a new work exploring the lives of Chicano working class.

University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
$15,000
To support the creation, development, and production of Babel. Resident designers Marianne Custer and Kenton Yeager will design the physical production and artistic director Blake Robison will oversee the collaboration between writer-director Alain Timar of Teatro de Hal of Avignon, France and an international ensemble of partners.

Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
$18,000
To support a workshop and second production of The Romance of Magno Rubio by Lonnie Carter, based on a short story by the blacklisted Filipino poet and activist Carlos Bulosan.

Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the activities of the Kitty Carlisle Hart Musical Theatre Lab and the New Play Development Lab. The theater will formalize and expand these artistic initiatives to assist more artists with the creative process, and involve them more directly in the organization and its community.

Walk & Squawk Performance Project
Detroit, MI
$15,000
To support the creation of a new theater piece by U.S. and South African artists during successive residencies in KwaZulu-Natal and Detroit. The Walking Project will look at the ways in which geography and patterns of movement affect our perceptions and lives.

Western Stage Auxiliary Corporation
Salinas, CA
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new theatrical work for the stage. The Salinas Stories Project will combine material gleaned from historical texts, interviews, and community stories to recount the experiences of Salinas's Japanese American residents who were incarcerated in internment camps.

William Inge Festival Foundation
Independence, KS
$10,000
To support guest artist residencies. The William Inge Theatre Festival will bring professional directors and actors to collaborate with playwrights-in-residence in readings, workshops, and the development of new plays.

Women's Project & Productions
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Developmental Theatre Program. The program includes The Directors Forum, Playwrights Lab, First Looks rehearsal readings, and Works-in-Progress workshops.

Yale University (on behalf of Yale Repertory Theatre)
New Haven, CT
$45,000
To support the production of Shakespeare's King Lear. Harold Scott will direct the play with acclaimed actor Avery Brooks in the title role.

Young Playwrights, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Young Playwrights Festival 2004. The festival features workshops, staged readings, and full productions, and is designed to train young playwrights, serve emerging playwrights with development opportunities, and expose audiences to new plays.

Z Space Studio (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support a pilot New Works Initiative that tests a multi-institutional model for development and production of new works for the theater. Jointly managed by Z Space and the Magic Theatre, the pilot will bring together 15 distinguished writers and eight California producing companies.

VISUAL ARTS

Archie Bray Foundation
Helena, MT
$10,000
To support a visiting artist residency program. A free public exhibition will feature representative work by participating artists; public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.

Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$23,000
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The reviews section includes an average of 32 articles by writers, many of whom will be publishing for the first time.

Art Re Grup, Inc. (THE LAB)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support professional artists fees for Inside of Inside, a collaborative exhibition of over 100 works by women artists exploring the concept of home. Curated by Big Ballyhoo, a collective of feminist artists, the project will be presented during the LAB's 20th anniversary season.

ArtLies
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support the reviews section of ArtLies, a quarterly publication that covers the visual arts in Texas. ArtLies seeks to expand its news coverage and critical dialogue.

ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, transportation costs, and a monthly stipend for a two month residency.

Artspace, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$23,000
To support Factory Direct: New Haven, a residency program that enables artists to work directly with manufacturers, industries, and businesses. Artists will be in residence at the companies for two- or three-weeks, and an exhibition and catalogue will be produced to document their experiences.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$40,000
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a monthly stipend for a three-month residency.

Berkeley Art Center Association
Berkeley, CA
$18,000
To support Sacred Spaces, an exhibition of installations and sculpture examining the notion of sacred public spaces in an urban setting. Terri Cohn, critic, writer, and art historian, will curate the project.

Big Orbit Gallery, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support residencies resulting in site-specific installations for artists from the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states. Artists will be selected from an open call by a committee of artists and curators from the western New York region.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Longwood Arts Project)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support cyberspace residencies that enable artists to work with advanced computer technology. An exhibition of completed works will be hosted on Longwood's online cyber gallery. Public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.

CEC ArtsLink, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support an exhibition and catalogue featuring work by participants in the ArtsLink Program. The public-private partnership enables U.S. artists to undertake exchanges with other artists in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.

Center for Women & Their Work
Austin, TX
$27,000
To support a series of solo exhibitions for young and emerging women artists of Texas. The exhibitions will be accompanied by catalogues, educational programs, and outreach activities.

Children's Hospital Foundation at Weschester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
$15,000
To support the commission of artist Ming Fay to create a garden for a new pediatric hospital. Ming Fay's rooftop garden will serve as the centerpiece for the new Maria Fareri Children's Hospital.

College Art Association of America, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the commission of offset print projects by contemporary artists in Art Journal. Designed to complement the mission of the journal, the project will integrate works of art with intellectual critique to develop creative discourse.

Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
$29,000
To support the Coney Island Sign Painting Project featuring the work of contemporary artists and traditional sign painters led by project director and artist Stephen Powers. Artists will create hand painted and sculpted signs for local rides, attractions, and businesses.

Delta Axis, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$20,000
To support the presentation of a series of solo exhibitions in the Power House, a circa 1914 renovated historic building. The exhibitions, shown in the 4,700 square-foot brick and glass structure, will feature the work of Kara Walker, Terri Jones, Brad Kalhamer, and Frances Alys.

Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support Dieu Donné Lab Grant, a residency program for mid-career artists who have never worked in papermaking. The grant includes a stipend, studio access for six months, materials, and 12 days of instruction.

En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$23,000
To support production of several issues of Nueva Luz, a bilingual photographic journal. Each issue will feature the work of emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic/editor, and a comprehensive listing of career opportunities and other resources for photographers.

Exit Art/The First World, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the exhibition In Medias Res. The exhibition will examine how new models of production and distribution, derived from mass media and new technologies, are changing the practice of artmaking.

FORECAST Public Artworks
St. Paul, MN
$17,000
To support the publication Public Art Review. The journal will detail trends and new projects in the public art field.

Fotofest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$48,000
To support FotoFest 2004, a biennial photographic festival that includes exhibitions, new media art events, artist portfolio review, and a catalogue. FotoFest works with more than 60 organizations to present the month-long event that attracts more than 225,000 visitors worldwide.

Friends of the Schindler House
(on behalf of MAK Center for Art and Architecture Los Angeles)
$18,000
West Hollywood, CA
To support an exhibition and catalogue on the French conceptual artist Yves Klein. Yves Klein: Air Architecture will focus on his architectural designs, a lesser known aspect of the artist's work.

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Inc.
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support a residency program for craft artists. Participating artists who work in traditional craft media (wood, fiber, metal, clay, and glass), or through processes traditionally thought of as craft, are eligible to apply through an open call process.

Installation Gallery
San Diego, CA
$20,000
To support the commission of temporary outdoor works for the San Diego/Tijuana region's inSITE exhibition. Participating artists will be selected by a team of critics and curators that will include Osvaldo Sanchez, Sally Yard, and Adriano Pedrosa.

International Print Center New York
New York, NY
$17,000
To support the New Prints Program, a series of exhibitions designed to bring printmaking to a wider audience. A selection committee will jury submissions solicited in an open call to small community based workshops, university and regional presses, and artists who are not affiliated with a gallery.

International Sculpture Center, Inc.
Hamilton, NJ
$22,000
To support a series of articles and reviews on emerging and under-recognized artists for Sculpture magazine. Articles solicited will focus on work of current artists, events, and public art projects.

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
$10,000
To support the exhibition Live Pictures: the Digital World Animates Contemporary Art and accompanying catalogue. Curated by Heng-Gil Han, the exhibition will feature approximately 15 new media artists.

Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$37,000
To support a residency program for artists and the publication of their work in Contact Sheet - The Light Work Annual. Participating artists' work will also be made available on Light Work's online database, an ever-expanding collection of images, essays, and biographical information.

McColl Center for Visual Art
Charlotte, NC
$25,000
To support residencies for artists. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, transportation costs, a materials budget, and a monthly stipend for a three month residency.

Montalvo Association
Saratoga, CA
$12,000
To support the installation of indoor and outdoor works by the artist Chris Drury. Using found, natural materials, the artist will work with community volunteers during a three-week residency to realize the works.

Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino
San Jose, CA
$12,000
To support the commission of a site-specific installation and production of a catalogue by the artists collective Torolab entitled Tijuana, San Jose, and other Bordertown Dilemmas. Torolab is a group of artists, architects, designers, writers, filmmakers, and musicians all living and working in Tijuana.

Oregon Center for the Photographic (Blue Sky Gallery)
Portland, OR
$15,000
To support a series of publications documenting the exhibition of individual photographers' work at Blue Sky Gallery. The publications will include both catalogues and full monographs on selected artists.

Penland School of Crafts, Inc.
Penland, NC
$15,000
To support a working retreat for past instructors in conjunction with the school's 75th anniversary celebration. Participating artists will receive a materials stipend, an honorarium, 24-hour access to the studios, housing, transportation assistance, meals, and a technical assistant for the one-week residency period.

Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support a summer artist residency program. Artists will be provided with time, resources, facilities, and technical assistance on Pilchuck's campus.

Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$55,500
To support a residency program to commission installations in several shotgun-style row houses. To commemorate Project Row House's 10th anniversary, local and national artists will transform the houses into community workshops for streetscape and environmental enhancements.

Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism
Santa Monica, CA
$7,500
To support the reviews section of X-Tra, a quarterly publication that covers the visual arts. Published since 1997, X-Tra is distributed free to galleries, museums, and art schools throughout the Los Angeles area and to subscribers across the country.

Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
To support In the Public Realm, an opportunity for emerging artists to develop temporary art projects in an urban context. Projects will be documented in a series of publications.

Real Art Ways, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$23,000
To support an exhibition series featuring the work of emerging artists in New York state and New England. A jury of artists and curators will select the recipients of the solo exhibitions.

Rhizome Communications, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a commissioning project for new media artists. Artists will be invited to submit proposals for the creation of non-commerical new media art games - network-distributed art projects that take the form of computer games.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ
$15,000
To support printmaking opportunities for artists who have not worked with the medium. The project includes an honorarium, studio access for two weeks, materials, housing and transportation costs, and access to the facility's master printer and support staff.

Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support residencies for artists to create new work or complete major projects. Participating artists will be provided with housing, workspace, and technical assistance for one-to three-month residencies.

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, NM
$18,000
To support a series of lectures to examine contemporary painting. Guest artists will be invited to deliver slide lectures and take questions about their work at partner institutions.

Sculpture Center, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$15,000
To support In Practice, an exhibition series for under-recognized sculptors to create new work. Selected from an open call by a committee of artists and curators, participants will be provided with an honorarium and fees for materials and production.

Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
$15,000
To support an artist residency program for sculptors. Artists from outside New York state will be given the opportunity to create new work during two-month residencies at a former steam engine and boilerworks plant.

Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
To support Reconfiguring the Future: Chicano Art in Postmodern Aztlan. The project will provide an opportunity for artists to create new work in a printmaking studio.

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
$14,000
To support a residency program for emerging artists. Artists will be provided with a private studio, full room and board, and weekly private and group critiques by a faculty of leading professional artists.

Smack Mellon Studios, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support a program to provide artists with access to studio space, equipment, and technical support in response to the current housing/studio crisis in New York City. Six artists will be selected by a panel of artists, curators, and critics for residency periods of one year, that include an honorarium.

Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$40,000
To support a residency and exhibition opportunity for sculptors to realize large-scale work. Free to the public, the exhibition attracts more than 40,000 local and international visitors per year who watch the artists at work and see how projects are developed.

SPACES
Cleveland, OH
$35,000
To support the World Artists Program, a residency opportunity for national and international artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, an honorarium, a living stipend, transportation expenses, and a materials budget.

University Cultural Center Association (on behalf of Art on the Move)
Detroit, MI
$21,000
To support temporary public art installations and related programming. The project will invite established artists and emerging, college-level artists to create installations in several locations including the Detroit Institute of Arts.

University of New Mexico Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
To support a residency program, exhibition, and catalogue targeted to Native American artists who have not had access to printmaking facilities and methods. The project includes a stipend, studio access for two weeks, materials, transportation funds, and instruction from and collaboration with a master printer.

University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
$30,000
To support a residency and commissioning opportunity for international sculptors. To commemorate its 100th anniversary, the university will sponsor the creation of sculptures for sites at the different campuses of the public university system.

Visual Arts Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support touring of Vectors: Digital Art of Our Time. The exhibition includes seminal and new works of digital art including prints, Internet art, computer animation, interactive installations, CD ROMs, digital audio, and music.

Visual Studies Workshop, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$17,000
To support a residency program in photography, bookmaking, digital imaging, digital video, and small format film and video. Participating artists will receive a stipend, travel funds, use of the facilities, training, and housing for one-month residencies.

Wheaton Village, Inc.
Millville, NJ
$15,000
To support residencies for glass artists to create new work at the Creative Glass Center of America. The center will provide housing, a monthly stipend, supplies, materials, and 24-hour access to the Wheaton Glass Factory.

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.
Rosendale, NY
$12,000
To support a residency opportunity for the artist Jill Parisi at a print and papermaking facility. The artist will be provided with a stipend, housing, materials allowance, and travel for a six-week residency.

Total Creativity Grants: 788
Total Creativity Dollars: $19,890,000

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