NEA: FY 2005 GRANT AWARDS: Access to Artistic Excellence

FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

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

FOLK & TRADITIONAL ARTS

African American Museum in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support an exhibition Arts of ODUNDE and related costs. The exhibition will be a celebration of ODUNDE's 30 years of success as a grassroots organization that sponsors a major yearly festival and promotes cultural preservation and community-based folk arts education.

Anjani's Kathak Dance of India (Sundar Kala Kendra Foundation)
Walnut, CA
$20,000
To support the creation of a new work titled Amrapali-Raj Narthaki, the story about a famous court dancer during the Buddha period in India. Featuring the classical Kathak dance style, this is the first production of this work in the greater Los Angeles area.

Bala Music and Dance Association, Ltd.
Portland, ME
$20,000
To support a concert tour of South Indian bharata natyam music and dance. The tour will feature dancer Aniruddha Knight of the T. Balasaraswati family, regarded in India and the United States as one of the most distinguished performers of this traditional art form.

City Lore, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the consortium project Deaf Jam: The Poetry Dialogues. In partnership with the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, Deaf Jam will highlight the beauty and expressiveness of American Sign Language (ASL) by giving deaf teenagers a chance to express themselves in ASL poetry.

Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$20,000
To support field documentation using the state's network of Community Scholars and master traditional artists brought together through the South Carolina Folk Heritage Awards and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Initiative. All documentation will be used for broadcast on the Your Day radio program, broadcast on the South Carolina Radio Network.

CSULB Foundaton (on behalf of Carpenter Performing Arts Center)
Long Beach, CA
$30,000
To support the creation of a new work, Seasons of Migration. The project will explore the expressive boundaries of Cambodia's classical dance by making contemporary ideas feel timeless and by making the ancient feel utterly modern.

Dry Ridge Productions
Simpsonville, SC
$15,000
To support the Traditional Music Series. The program is designed to showcase local traditional musicians at the AcousticSeen Theatre in downtown Greenville, and Folk Heritage Awards winners from North and South Carolina at local festivals.

EarthWays Foundation Inc. (consortium)
Malibu, CA
$30,000
To support the consortium project World Festival of Sacred Music-Los Angeles. Collaborating with the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, the festival encourages participants to travel throughout Los Angeles, crossing not only neighborhood borders but also cultural, racial, religious, and ideological boundaries.

Eastern Maine Development District, Inc.
Bangor, ME
$40,000
To support the American Folk Festival, building on the success of the National Folk Festival. The festival will showcase local heritage while providing access to high-quality performances and traditional culture.

Folk Alliance (North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, Inc.) (consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the 18th Annual Folk Alliance Conference. In collaboration with the Texas Music Hall of Fame, the conference will introduce and showcase a wide range of Texas folk musicians to the membership which consists of performing arts presenters, festival bookers, marketing and public relations specialists, and record label representatives.

Folklore Village Farm, Inc.
Dodgeville, WI
$23,000
To support the 2005 Midwest Folklife Festival. The festival will feature folk and ethnic artists from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois in concerts, demonstrations, and narrative stage presentations.

International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
To support the 5th Annual International Accordion Festival. The festival is designed to celebrate the instrument's local identity and global reach; preserve and present accordion music of ethnic, regional, and national cultures; and educate audiences about accordian-based traditions.

Jubilee Community Arts, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$15,000
To support live presentations, broadcasts, and documentation of traditional music. The project will include a series of weekly concerts, performances at the Jubilee Festial, programs focusing on the traditional music of the southern Appalachian region, and research and documentation of traditional artists in east Tennessee.

Kern County Youth Mariachi Foundation
Bakersfield, CA
$20,000
To support the implementation of a Mariachi Appreciation Program. Young people ages 9 to 18 will attend workshops taught by professionals on the theory, musical technique, history, and culture associated with this Mexican musical tradition.

Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a cultural coordinator position and related costs. The coordinator will oversee the artistic development of the Center's cultural troupe, increase outreach, recruit new program participants and volunteers, and maintain and develop current projects for the program.

Michigan State University (on behalf of Michigan State Museum)
East Lansing, MI
$40,000
To support the 2005 Great Lake Folk Festival. The festival will showcase the traditional cultural treasures of the Upper Midwest and provide a sampling of the best of traditional artists from around the country and the world.

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co. (consortium)
Bronx, NY
$10,000
To support a consortium project for a folklorist-in-training program. In partnership with Community Works, interns between the ages of 12 and 18 will be recruited and trained to identify, document, and present folk artists and tradition bearers found in the predominantly Africa American, Caribean, and Latino neighborhoods of the Bronx.

Minneapolis Public Schools (Special School District #1)
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the creation of the Bluegrass Review radio program. The program will consist of recorded performances, commentary and interviews, and workshops for broadcast students at Minneapolis North High School.

Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$15,000
To support the 28th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival. The festival shares the beauty and artistry of the hula, while including authentic Hawaiian demonstrations and exhibits, in an effort to educate and perpetuate the culture.

Northwest Folklife
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the presentation of regional, traditional art forms of the Pacific Northwest at the 2005 Northwest Folklife Festival. The project will feature recipients of apprenticeship grants, heritage awards, and National Heritage Fellows from the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.

Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
To support Art Happens Here. The project will document and present Philadelphia folk artists and their works to audiences in the region through artist residencies and community festival performances.

Point Community Development Corporation (consortium)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support a consortium project for the continuation of the Mambo to Hip Hop Initiative. In collaboration with Public Art Films, the project will include field research, a stage performance titled Hip Hop Roots/Boricua Flavor, and completion of the documentary film From Mambo to Hip Hop: Music and Survival in the South Bronx.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work titled Drum Voices. The projet is a ground-breaking collaboration between 1996 Natinal Heritage Fellow, African drummer Obo Addy and Asian drumming ensemble Portland Taiko.

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the Folklore of Loíza music and dance workshops celebrating the West African heritage of this community in Puerto Rico. The workshops, led by William Cepada will culminate in a series of concerts.

Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company (Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Association, Inc.)
Woodhaven, NY
$35,000
To support the Fifth Annual Peking Opera Festival. The festival will consist of weekend performances designed to attract recent immigrants and college students at Hunter College in New York City, Princeton University in New Jersey, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Pennsylvania.

Radio Bilingue, Inc.
Fresno, CA
$35,000
To support the Viva El Mariachi Festival. The festival showcases local, national, and international mariachi groups as well as workshops for youth and community members where mariachi masters can share their musical heritage.

Redhawk Indian Arts Council
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the Native American Heritage Celebrations. The celebration will focus on the heritage of the Eastern Woodland Native Americans and consist of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

Texas Folklife Resources (consortium)
Austin, TX
$40,000
To support the Community Residence Program. In collabortion with the Texas Commission on the Arts, the project will consist of residencies in underserved towns with populations of fewer than 10,000 people.

Tung Ching Chinese Center for the Arts, Inc.
Flushing, NY
$15,000
To support the 13th Annual Traditional Chinese Theater Festival. The celebration will focus on Beijing, Chinese, and Shaoxing styles of Chinese opera.

University of South Carolina at Columbia (on behalf of McKissick Museum)
Columbia, SC
$20,000
To support the preservation of documentary videos of filmmaker Stan Woodward. As an independent video artist, Woodward has documented foodways traditions, often in areas bypassed by economic development.

Western Folklife Center
Elko, NV
$30,000
To support the 2005 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (NCPG). The 2005 theme Aross the Generations will pair ten artists under the age of 30 with five senior mentors as part of an effort to engage younger people in the practice and perpetuation of the verbal and material arts of ranching culture.

Wisconsin Arts Board (consortium)
Madison, WI
$30,000
To support It Is Never Too Late to Learn at the second annual conference on Arts, Curriculum, and Community. In collaoration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the conference will include nationally known keynote speakers, workshops on quilting, ethnic storytelling, and a curriculum guide.

WMI (World Music Institute, Inc.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support Music and Dance of Latin America. The project will consist of traditional music and dance from venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Columbia.

Yakima Valley Museum and Historical Association
Yakima, WA
$20,000
To support an exhibition of Latino traditional artists and an accompanying catalogue. The exhibit will include information on the Hispanic immigration to Washington, Hispanic traditional arts and their significance to the community, and master traditional artists of the region.

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