2006 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 15, 2005 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museum | Music | Musical Theater | Presenting
Theater | Visual Arts

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

Presenting

Alliance of Artists Communities
Providence, RI
$40,000
To support the Emerging Programs Capacity Building Project. A series of guides, consulting programs, and a training institute will assist new members with organizational infrastructure development.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
To support the Tour and Residency Program. The multi-state project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information, and develop new work.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the 30th Annual Meeting. The Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley, California, will provide training for conference participants in the techniques of documenting artists' work through digital video.

Art in the Public Interest
Saxapahaw, NC
$10,000
To support Cross-Sector Resources. Project activities will include commissioning, editing, and publishing essays and interviews with experts outside the arts about their methods of working in community-based projects and their views about arts inclusion.

Arte Americas (aka ARTE AMERICAS)
Fresno, CA
$10,000
To support the presenting series Nights in the Plaza. Music and dance performances featuring Latino performing arts forms will be presented at an outdoor venue. Also guest artist workshops and clinics will be conducted for local artists.

Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the maintenance and expansion of the Information Services program. The project provides professional development information and resources to Washington artists.

Arts & Business Council of Chicago (aka A&BC Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the production of a report on management issues critical to Chicago arts organizations. Five years of data will be analyzed to set the direction for arts service organizations in attaining advanced levels of artistic excellence.

Arts Boston, Inc. (aka ArtsBoston)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support SmartMarketing Services. A range of technical assistance programs will serve to enhance the marketing capacity of Boston performing arts companies through such resources as cooperative print advertising discounts, shared mailing lists, and professional development workshops.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (aka A4)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Funding Technical Assistance Program. Artists and arts groups will participate in seminars with potential funders as well as technical assistance sessions on preparing grant applications.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc. (aka Arts Presenters)
Washington, DC
$55,000
To support a series of professional development initiatives for the presenting field. Intensive seminars, think-tank meetings, regional forums, and peer networking sessions will address topics important to the development of Arts Presenters' members.

Atlatl, Inc. (aka Atlatl, Inc. National Native Arts Network)
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
To support the Native American Leadership Initiative. A series of regional workshops will combine professional development training with the reaffirmation of tribal values essential to leadership roles.

Business Arts Council, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Business Volunteer for the Arts Program. Small and mid-sized arts organizations will be matched with experienced, volunteer consultants to address specific organizational challenges in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development, finance, marketing, human resources, and accounting.

Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. (on behalf of Downtown Center)
Pomona, CA
$10,000
To support the expansion of the Downtown Center's community-based programs. Project activities will include exhibitions, youth arts programs, and opera and orchestral performances.

California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. Technical support, seminars, and Web-based information will focus on the development of new strategies for California artists and arts organizations to secure permanent and affordable live/work space.

Cedar Cultural Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$18,000
To support the eighth annual Nordic Roots Festival. Music concerts and interactive vocal and instrumental workshops will feature a number of artists from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (aka CD Forum)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the Professional Development Program. Emerging African American performing artists from the states of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon will be chosen by a master-artist panel to create and develop new works, participate in skill-building workshops, and perform in community-based showcases.

Chashama, Inc. (aka chashama)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the provision of free performance, exhibition, and work space for ensembles and visual artists. Venues to be made available will include a black box theater, galleries, and window stages.

City Parks Foundation (aka Central Park Summerstage)
New York, NY
$18,000
To support New Works, New Voices 2006. New cross-disciplinary work and debut presentations by emerging, regional, and international artists will be featured during the 21st anniversary of the Central Park Summerstage program.

Cityfolk, Inc.
Dayton, OH
$18,000
To support the 2006 Cityfolk Festival. The annual arts event offers a significant range of presentations by traditional musicians, visual artists, and dancers from the United States and abroad.

Contemporary Arts Center (aka CAC) (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support a consortium project to examine civil rights from a 21st-century perspective. In partnership with the Louisiana State Museum, the multidisciplinary project will feature a new work by composer/trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe and site-specific installations by African American Louisiana artists.

COSACOSA art at large, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the Healing Art Project. Professional artists will teach hospitalized individuals and other community members artistic techniques, resulting in the design and creation of permanent art projects for public spaces and neighborhood healthcare facilities.

Creative Access
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the Deaf Performing Artists Extravaganza. Performances and educational activities will be presented for the deaf and hard-of-hearing culture.

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the Flashpoint Business Center. The center's network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations will involve residency and technical assistance programs and provide opportunities for affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with other business amenities.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, CA
$28,000
To support Call and Response. Community-requested performances will be presented at city festivals, cultural fairs, community centers, local companies, parks, and schools throughout Contra Costa County.

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
To support the Arte es Vida (Art is Life) Westside Cultural Grounding Project. The center will host presentations by visual, literary, and performing artists in Latino community venues as well as open dialogue sessions with community participants on artistic and cultural heritage.

First Night Binghamton (aka Southern Tier Celebrates!)
Binghamton, NY
$10,000
To support a series of free multicultural performances at various regional venues. Artists will perform at the downtown government plaza, the Broome County Forum Theatre, nursing homes, city housing authority units, the Urban League, and downtown Court Street.

FirstWorks
Providence, RI
$18,000
To support a consortium project for the production of the FirstWorksProv Festival 2006. The series of New England performance premieres will be produced in partnership with the City of Providence and extend into communities through forums, workshops, lectures, and discounted admissions.

Ford Theatre Foundation
Hollywood, CA
$20,000
To support the Community Participation Initiative. The project will study and implement programming, marketing, and audience development strategies aimed at increasing Latino and Asian American audiences.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc. (aka Fractured Atlas)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the expansion of Open Arts Network. Professional development and health insurance services will be provided to emerging artists in New York City, the District of Columbia, Austin, and San Francisco.

Grand Performances
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support Electronics and Music: Invoking the Past, Changing the Present, and Guiding the Future. The series of performances, film screenings, DJ workshops, and demonstrations will be designed for and targeted to audience members who are 25 years of age or younger.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (aka Guadalupe)
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
To support the Building Festivals project. Latino artists working in theater, dance, and literature will be showcased in a series of festivals with accompanying educational activities.

Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Artist & Influence. Interviews and videotaped documentation on a number of artists will be conducted and featured in the annually published journal.

Helena Presents (aka Myrna Loy Center)
Helena, MT
$25,000
To support a series of commissioning and residency projects. U.S. and international guest artists will create new works in collaboration with local and regional artists.

High 5 Tickets to the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Take 5. The adult-led, reduced-price ticketing program will promote parental involvement and adult mentorship in arts experiences.

Institute of Contemporary Art (aka ICA)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support Family Matinees and Teen Nights at a new museum facility on Boston's Fan Pier. Community members will attend performances, exhibitions, and films, and will participate in hands-on activities.

Institute on Aging
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a series of workshops at senior centers throughout San Francisco. The workshops will bring together seniors and youth to create new works incorporating a wide range of disciplines under the guidance of professional artists.

Jamaica Awareness, Inc.
North Miami, FL
$10,000
To support the Celebration Series. Programs will celebrate the arts and cultures of the Caribbean in dance, theater, music, and visual arts presentations and will include a symposium, classes, and workshops for students.

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (aka JACCC)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Presenting Initiative. Diverse activities will include the incubation of work, development of marketing and interpretive materials, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and networking opportunities for artist partnerships and collaborations.

Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago (aka JASC)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support Origins of Now. The 60th-anniversary series will feature performing arts, demonstrations, and a lecture series highlighting the cultural history of Japanese Americans in the Chicago area.

Jefferson Center Foundation, Ltd. (aka Jefferson Center)
Roanoke, VA
$20,000
To support the North American Festival of Traditional Arts. The festival will feature traditional music ensembles from the United States, Canada, and Mexico in a trinational tour as well as workshops, educational programs, the production of an audio CD/DVD, and a trilingual interpretive program booklet.

KQED, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support expansion of the SPARK Digital Library. Additional artist and organizational profiles and a new four-volume set of discipline-specific DVDs will be developed for inclusion in the library, along with an interactive Web site and companion to KQED's SPARK public television series, all of which provide access to information on local artists, exhibitions, performances, classes, and arts education in Northern California.

La Peña Cultural Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support a consortium project to present the Arab Cultural Initiative. A partnership with the Arab Cultural and Community Center in San Francisco, the series will showcase the diversity of Middle Eastern and North African cultural expressions.

Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation (aka Luther Burbank Center for the Arts)
Santa Rosa, CA
$15,000
To support the Hispanic Community Cultural Outreach Program. The project includes educational and outreach activities offered to the North Bay Hispanic community.

Mann Center for the Performing Arts (aka Mann Center)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support expansion of Access the Arts. The series of educational and outreach activities will include the Young People's Concert Series, Connecting Arts-N-Schools, All-City Dance and Band Festivals, and the Complimentary Ticket Program.

Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center (aka Maui Arts & Cultural Center)
Kahului, HI
$38,000
To support a series of performances and related residency activities. Residency components will include professional development workshops for teachers, student performances, workshops, and exhibitions as well as performances by artists to whom the Maui community otherwise would not have access due to geographic constraints.

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. (aka Carnaval San Francisco) (on behalf of Carnaval San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Carnaval San Francisco Festival and Parade. Seven festival stages, including one stage entirely dedicated to youth performances, will offer ongoing performances by a variety of artists representing the cultural traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (aka NALAC)
San Antonio, TX
$45,000
To support the sixth Leadership Training Institute and professional development activities at the annual national conference. The two-part project will offer Latino cultural organizations opportunities to develop their organizational and leadership skills.

National Center for Creative Aging, Inc. (aka Elders Share the Arts) (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support a consortium project, The Long Way Home: The Coming of Age of Elder Artists in the Neighborhoods of New York City. In partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art, professional artists will work with senior New York residents in creating visual and literary artworks for exhibition at the museum.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (aka NFAA)
Miami, FL
$15,000
To support the Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS) and ARTS Week programs. A limited number of high school seniors will be selected to participate through a national competition in dance, film, visual arts, drama, and writing.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support professional development programs for leaders in the community arts education field. The programs will include a national conference, the Arts Management in Community Institutions Training Institute, and the creation of the Online Resource Center.

National Performance Network, Inc. (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
To support a consortium project to present the 2006 NPN Annual Meeting in Cedar Rapids. Presented in partnership with Legion Arts, the national forum for artists and presenters will feature performance showcases, professional development workshops, and plenary sessions.

New Art Publications (aka BOMB Magazine)
Brooklyn, NY
$28,000
To support the seventh annual issue of AMERICAS. The publication will feature original translations of poetry and fiction and will include interviews with Latin American and Caribbean writers, artists, musicians, and architects.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (aka NYFA)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support NYFA Source. The project involves nationwide outreach to arts organizations and artists and enhancements to the ways users can access the largest and most comprehensive, free, online information repository of opportunities for artists.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (aka New York Public Library)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production, documentation, and preservation of significant dance and theater performances and oral histories by notable performing artists. Performances and oral histories will be recorded and deteriorating oral history material will be conserved.

New York University
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the final phase of a three-year preservation plan to save and make accessible culturally significant videotapes from the Fales Library's Downtown Collection. More than 1,700 videotapes of dance and theater performances, artists' interviews, and performance art from New York (1970s to 1990s) are included in the collection, many of which are in danger of being lost.

Paramount Center for the Arts, Inc.
Peekskill, NY
$10,000
To support a series of programs designed to increase community engagement in the arts and create new audiences. Project components will include presentations of affordable multidisciplinary and multicultural performances; artist residency and outreach activities; and community partnerships and collaborations.

Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, Inc. (aka PASA)
Lafayette, LA
$10,000
To support Bravo! (Building Relationships, Awareness, Visibility, and Opportunities). The program will showcase the performing arts of Asian, East Indian, and Latin American cultures through a series of residencies comprising lecture-demonstrations, master classes, open rehearsals, and public performances.

Queens Theatre in the Park, Inc.
Flushing, NY
$30,000
To support the tenth annual Latino Cultural Festival and the sixth annual Latino Cultural Series. The programs will feature music, dance, theater, film, visual art exhibitions, and residency workshops.

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Kravis Center)
West Palm Beach, FL
$10,000
To support the S*T*A*R (Student and Teacher Arts Resource) Series. The educational project will provide performing arts experiences for children in kindergarten through 12th grades.

Reg Lenna Civic Center, Incorporated
Jamestown, NY
$10,000
To support the New American Voices series. Programmed to broaden this rural community's access to the performing arts, the series will focus on African American, Puerto Rican, and Native American artists.

San Diego Performing Arts League
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support an audience development initiative. Traditional marketing methods such as advertising, direct mail, and publicity will be utilized to increase awareness of electronic services designed to increase attendance at performing arts events in San Diego County.

Seattle International Children's Festival
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the 21st annual Seattle International Children's Festival, the eighth annual Festival in Tacoma, and related education and outreach activities. The project also will provide teachers with an enriched curriculum by linking the festival's cultural opportunities to classroom activities.

Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc. (aka Shands Arts in Medicine)
Gainesville, FL
$20,000
To support the Aim Together Performance Series. In partnership with University of Florida Performing Arts, artists will participate in short, immersive residencies engaging hospital patients and staff, family members, and other visitors.

Sheboygan Arts Foundation, Inc. (aka John Michael Kohler Arts Center)
Sheboygan, WI
$40,000
To support Connecting Communities and the commissioning of new works. Artists will collaborate with area cultural minorities, the elderly, industrial and farm families, youth at risk, and domestic abuse shelters to develop residency projects and community-based commissions.

Springboard for the Arts
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the expansion of the Artist Services program. Workshops, individual career counseling, and an online resource guide will be available to artists and organizations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa.

Stern Grove Festival Association
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the New Audience Program. The project is a series of performances and educational activities designed to reach underserved ethnic groups.

Stevens Institute of Technology (Consortium)
Hoboken, NJ
$10,000
To support a consortium project celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Art and Technology Movement. In partnership with Harvestworks, a conference and workshop will be held to highlight the historical roots of collaboration between artists and engineers.

Talento Bilingüe de Houston (aka TBH)
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support a series of Latino art presentations. Local and regional artists will be featured in exhibitions, theater performances, and a film series.

Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support Collaborations: Bridging the Arts. The series will celebrate the intersection between visual arts, literature, and music.

Town Hall Association (aka Town Hall Seattle)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support Global Rhythms, a series featuring traditional and international performers. Performances and related activities will be developed through community partnerships.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the Philadelphia Presenting Project. Local performing artists and arts organizations will create new work as well as receive technical, marketing, and production assistance.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (Consortium)
Lawrence, KS
$20,000
To support a consortium project to provide access to the performing arts for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. In partnership with the Lawrence Public School District, children will attend theater, dance, and music productions and will listen to pre-performance lectures; teachers will participate in workshops; and online study guides will be created.

University of the Pacific (Consortium)
Stockton, CA
$10,000
To support Diversity through the Arts Series, a consortium project. In partnership with Dance for Power, multicultural music and dance events will be presented with outreach activities including school matinees, pre- and post-performance workshops, online study guides, and lectures.

Urban-15 Group
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
To support the Cultivation Project. Workshops, performances, and cultural events involving dance, music, poetry, and media will be offered to kindergarten through 12th grade students and a local community center.

VSA arts of Massachusetts (aka Very Special Arts)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the touring of JazzArtSigns, a multidisciplinary performance utilizing universal design concepts. A community residency in each city on the tour will create the infrastructure necessary to support creation of work and audience development.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation (aka Western Arts Alliance)
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the creation of an online database of artist, agent, and presenter information. Web-based forms and reports will assist members in searching for potential programming.

World Arts West
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the arts education program People Like Me. Interactive performances will be presented at Bay Area theaters for students in kindergarten through sixth grades, and teachers will receive extensive curriculum guides in support of the performances.

Wyoming Arts Alliance (aka WyAA)
Lander, WY
$10,000
To support networking for Wyoming artists and presenters. Services will include workshops and membership recruitment forums throughout the state, Wyoming Arts Alliance Web site enhancements, and an Annual Block Booking Conference.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a consortium project for a series of meetings of the African Consortium. In partnership with Bates College, the national initiative is designed to create a new level of artistic exchange and cultural dialogue between the United States and African countries.

Young Audiences of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support an after-school arts education program for underserved K-12 students. In partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, multidisciplinary performances and workshops will be conducted by professional artists at various sites.

Youth Speaks, Inc. (aka Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project)
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
To support the creation of a multidisciplinary work titled The Breaks. The Living Word repertory company will collaborate with author Jeff Chang to create a work incorporating film, movement, and verse.

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