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Arts Education: FY2005 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Learning in the Arts | Summer Schools in the Arts | Panelists
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to
change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
LEARNING IN THE ARTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
52nd Street Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$33,000
To support Playmaking, a three-tiered playwriting and dramatic performance program for youth residing in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City.
Acadiana Arts Council, Inc.
Lafayette, LA
$10,000
To support ARTWORKS! The after-school and summer program features workshops in the visual and performing arts, and also emphasizes job-building skills. Participants work with artists on community and individual projects, including design and painting of public murals, computer-assisted graphics, Web design, and theater production.
Alabama Blues Project, Inc.
Tuscaloosa, AL
$14,000
To support after-school and summer classes in blues music. Professional, Alabama-based blues musicians will teach weekly beginner and advanced classes in blues music performance and history, leading to public performances by the advanced student ensemble.
Alleghany County Schools (on behalf of Junior Appalachian Musicians)
Sparta, NC
$10,000
To support Junior Appalachian Musicians. Traditional Appalachian folk music will be the centerpiece of school classes for students in the fourth through ninth grades and a pedagogical conference for artists, teachers, and administrators.
Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
$10,000
To support Advancing Arts through Literacy. Local teaching artists will team with kindergarten to third-grade Hamilton County classroom teachers to develop and implement a curriculum that promotes reading and writing through dance, theater, and visual arts.
American Classical Orchestra, Inc.
Greenwich, CT
$45,000
To support Classical Music for Kids. The program is an interactive teaching and learning program for students as they focus on the music, and important composers, of the early classical period.
American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support a consortium project for Composers Suitcase, a new music curriculum. In partnership with the MacPhail Center for Music, the series will focus on music creation and improvisation, and will be tested in schools in Minnesota and Washington, DC.
American Place Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$27,000
To support the continued expansion of Literature to Life, a theater and literature program for middle and high school students in New York, Los Angeles and Cleveland. The program will include performances of professionally staged adaptations of exemplary American literary works, post-show discussions, and artist residencies.
American String Teachers Association, Inc.
Fairfax, VA
$48,000
To support Careers in String Teaching. The professional development program is designed to assist high school string and orchestral teachers in developing curriculum and lesson plans.
Andanza, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$45,000
To support Dana con Andanza. Designed to reach economically and underserved children and their families, the program will provide weekly dance classes and performance opportunities in local communities.
Art 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the education components of Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, a public television series on contemporary visual art. Program components include development of new curricular resources, professional development for secondary school teachers, and special projects.
Art Resources in Teaching
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support visual artist residencies in Chicago Public Schools. Elementary and middle school students and their teachers will work with professional artists to enhance students' critical thinking, creative problem solving, and art-making skills through lessons in art history, art discussion, and a related hands-on art project.
Artists Collective, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$25,000
To support dance and music classes for children and youth. After-school and weekend classes for children (ages 4 to 18) will provide instruction in African, Afro-Cuban, jazz and modern dance, tap, and ballet, as well as jazz and steel pan music.
Arts Connection
New York, NY
$45,000
To support professional development for theater and dance teaching artists and school-based arts specialists. The training will address New York City Department of Education Curriculum Blueprints in theater and dance for students in kindergarten through 12th grades.
Arts Council for Chautauqua County
Jamestown, NY
$25,000
To support Video Works, Teen TV, and Ripley Writes. Daily classroom and after-school education in video art will be offered to high school students, as will weekly sessions in creative writing and after-school video workshops three days a week for teenagers.
Arts Council of Richmond, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$35,000
To support Partners in the Arts. The year-round sequential training program integrates the arts into core subjects through professional development for teachers, collaborations with resident artists, teacher implementation of arts curricula in partnering elementary schools, and the development of an assessment model.
Asian Arts Initiative
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the Youth Arts Workshop. Weekly after-school workshops are conducted by resident artists in mural arts, scripting, acting, improvisation, and video making, targeted predominately for Asian American teens.
Association of Institutes for Aesthetic Education, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Teaching Artist Mentoring Project: Implementation Year Two. The regional professional development workshops will focus on best practices for teaching dance, music, theater, and the visual arts, and will sustain inter-institute mentoring relationships.
Austin Peay State University (on behalf of Center for Excellence in the Creative Arts)
Clarksville, TN
$10,000
To support Listen Up. The after-school workshops for teenagers will provide instruction in graphic arts, letterpress printing, visual arts, creative writing, and performance art.
Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$22,500
To support the Young Playwrights Festival. Sixth graders will participate in weekly classes with a resident writer and theater producer, culminating in rehearsals and the staging of an original play performed by professional actors.
Ben-El Child Development Center
Urbana, OH
$25,000
To support Youthworks, a theater program for children and youth with special or behavioral needs. Students will develop critical thinking skills and knowledge of the theater in areas such as character development, improvisation, and storytelling.
Boston Foundation for Architecture (on behalf of Boston Society of Architects)
Boston, MA
$60,000
To support Teaching and Learning by Design. Using Boston architecture as a basis for observation and study, a core group of teachers and designers will plan and execute a series of professional development workshops for kindergarten through 12th grade teachers from underserved area schools.
Boston University
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the Young Artists Orchestra and Young Arts Wind Ensemble programs of the Tanglewood Institute. High school musicians will receive individual music instruction and ensemble opportunities through rehearsals and performances, master classes, and coaching sessions led by resident artists and ensembles such as the Synergy Quintet and Vento Chiaro Wind Quartet.
Bradford County Regional Arts Council
Towanda, PA
$25,000
To support Learning Communication Skills Through the Arts. Resident artists, while living in local Head Start centers, will provide training in Head Start's Creative Curriculum for early learning in the arts for teachers and parents.
Buddhist Support Society, Inc.
Rochester, MN
$9,500
To support classes in traditional Cambodian music and dance. Two-hour classes instructing children and youth about Cambodian classical and folk dance, and music instrumentation, will be offered twice weekly throughout the year.
Caldera
Portland, OR
$50,000
To support the Artist Mentor and Apprenticeship Program. The professional development project will provide training for artists to serve as mentors to middle and high school students in a summer camp, school residencies, and year-round apprenticeships.
California Alliance for Arts Education (on behalf of Department of Education Directors of Arts Ed.)
Pasadena, CA
$67,500
To support electronic networking for the Department of Education Directors of Arts Education (DEDAE). Virtual meetings, regional discussions, and polling of members through a Web site, as well as e-mail and telephone communications, will enable state arts education directors to engage in focused discussions with national leaders and to network with one another.
California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland, CA
$40,000
To support the Professional Development Project. Seminars, classroom visits, and individual coaching with be provided to generalist teachers and principals at two Oakland schools to develop arts-integrated lessons that address the California Visual and Performing Arts Standards.
Center for Art in Translation
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support Poetry Inside Out. Targeted for bilingual students ages 8 to 13, the program will introduce students to Spanish literature, increase language proficiency in both English and Spanish through literary translation, and demonstrate the possibility of turning bilingual abilities into translation skills for career and educational opportunities.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rockport, ME
$12,600
To support professional development activities. Kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers, museum educators, and docents will participate in a variety of workshops, classroom visits, and educational tours to engage students in an appreciation and understanding of contemporary art created by living Maine artists.
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Carlisle, PA
$45,000
To support the DiscoverDance Program. Designed as an arts program for at-risk students, children progress through three levels of interactive dance classes.
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$35,000
To support a consortium project for professional development of music and dance educators. In partnership with the North Carolina Dance Theatre, the project will provide for a four-day workshop focused on integrative curricula, development and implementation of units of study for third and fourth grades, and assessment.
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support the Arts in Education Partnership Design Seminar. The project will establish partnerships of artists and educators to integrate the arts into the overall educational program of Chicago public schools, as well as to research and document effective methods for creating new partnerships.
Children's Dance Foundation
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
To support Movement-to-Music, which provides dance for children and youth with special needs. The program is offered to more than 30 pre-schools throughout the Birmingham area, and taught by professional dance instructors and musicians.
Children's Dance Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
$50,000
To support Side-by-Side Teacher Training Residency. The two-year program will provide teachers with year-long professional development residencies in dance.
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Chula Vista, CA
$55,000
To support Community of Teachers and Artists (CoTA). The professional development project features side-by-side collaborations of teachers and artists who conceive and implement instruction strategies and methods that integrate the arts into all facets of the elementary school curriculum.
City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$39,000
To support Local Learning: Exploring Cultures and Communities Through the Arts. Skills-based student instruction in the visual and performing arts will incorporate folk and fine artists as part of a model program to integrate the study of community into the social studies curriculum.
City of Lincoln, Nebraska (on behalf of Lincoln Parks & Recreation Department)
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
To support East Meets West Summer Theater Project. During summer workshops, Russian, Bosnian, and Asian immigrant and refugee children will create and perform plays based on themes of the ancient Silk Road.
City of San Fernando, California
San Fernando, CA
$25,000
To support the Mariachi Master Apprentice Program. Evening mariachi classes for youth will culminate in a concert performance and mariachi conference. Professional mariachi musicians (including National Heritage Fellow Natividad Cano) will serve as instructors and evaluate the progress of the apprentices in violin, guitar, guitarrón, vihuela, trumpet, and folk harp playing techniques.
City University of New York Queens College (on behalf of Colden Center for Performing Arts)
Flushing, NY
$15,000
To support jazz artists' residencies. Teaching artists will collaborate with music teachers to provide eight-week workshops for students enrolled in New York City middle and senior high school jazz instrumental and vocal ensembles.
COCA -- Center of Creative Arts
St. Louis, MO
$35,000
To support Dance Outreach and Pre-Professional Dance Programs. These programs will provide intensive training for low-income students and year-long residencies to elementary schools.
Communities in Schools of Greenwood Leflore, Inc.
Greenwood, MS
$20,000
To support expansion of Writing Our Stories: An Anti-Violence Creative Writing Program. Middle-school students will learn the tools of poetry and fiction writing, read and discuss literary works, and publicly present their written work.
Community Music Center
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the Comprehensive Musicianship/Inner City Young Musicians program. Professional musicians will provide free ensemble and musicianship classes for underserved middle and high school students.
Community Music School, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the expansion of PLAY (Private Lessons for At-Risk Youth). The program provides disadvantaged youth with low-cost private instrumental lessons for a period of up to one year.
Community Music School of Springfield, Inc.
Springfield, MA
$40,000
To support the continuation of Preludes. The professional development program for early childhood education teachers is designed to provide a sequentially based music curriculum supported by in-classroom co-teaching with music specialists, basic music skill training, and movement skills development.
Community Television Network
Chicago, IL
$80,000
To support the Hard Cover project. Working with professional video artists, underserved Chicago teenagers will learn all aspects of digital video production.
Dancewave, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support Kids Company, which provides opportunities for teens to work with ballet and modern dance choreographers. The educational training and performance program will provide twice-weekly rehearsals and classes, and performance opportunities for students.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Dayton, OH
$20,000
To support School Partners with Artists Reaching Kids (SPARK). The project will team musicians with classroom teachers from area elementary schools to create lesson plans incorporating music concepts into the classroom curricula.
DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support professional development for District of Columbia Public School teachers and artists. A summer institute and year-round training workshops will focus on integration of the arts into other academic subjects.
Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc.
Indianola, IA
$18,000
To support OPERA Iowa, an educational program that will include a tour to rural Midwestern schools. Featuring John Davies' Three Little Pigs, the program will offer more than 90 opera performances and 360 classroom workshops.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
Detroit, MI
$45,000
To support the Civic Youth Ensemble. The program will provide public middle and high school student musicians with the opportunity to study in one of eight orchestral or jazz ensembles during non-school hours.
Dia Center for the Arts
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Beacon Arts Education Program. The district-wide partnership with the Beacon City School District will engage every school at the elementary, middle, and high school levels through in-depth, structured interaction with Dia's permanent collection and the architecture and landscape of the Beacon museum site.
Each One Reach One
Pacifica, CA
$15,000
To support A Dream and a Plan for Tomorrow (ADAPT), a playwriting workshop and educational tutoring program. Designed for incarcerated San Mateo County teenagers, the project will involve professional theater artists working one-on-one with youth to create and develop original, one-act plays.
Early Stages Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$28,000
To support the Storytelling Program. Resident artists will provide multiple six-week, standards-based writing and theater skills development workshops for New York students.
East Bernstadt Independent Board of Education
East Bernstadt, KY
$15,000
To support artists' classroom residencies related to the traditional Appalachian and Mexican folk arts. The project will include professional development workshops for teachers and artists, classroom residencies, field trips to state and community folklife festivals, and periodic evaluation of students.
Education Development Center, Inc.
Newton, MA
$60,000
To support SmART Schools. The standards-based, comprehensive, school-reform initiative will promote Teaching for Understanding, an arts-infused K-12 curriculum used since 1999 in Rhode Island and New Hampshire schools.
Educational Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support continuation of the Young Artists Program. The after-school and summer visual arts program will be taught by practicing and exhibiting artists, and will provide free or low-cost visual arts instruction to underserved teens.
Epic Theatre Center, Inc. (on behalf of 0)
New York, NY
$17,000
To support the Journeys Series program. As many as 20 artist residencies will take place in New York public high school English and government classrooms, with teaching artists leading students in the study of classical Greek plays.
Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc. (on behalf of Art a la Carte)
Dorchester, MA
$20,000
To support visual and performing arts workshops and the Advanced Art/Portfolio Class. The after-school and summer workshops will culminate in gallery shows and performances, and a weekend workshop designed to assist students with their portfolios and applications to art schools and colleges.
Fine Arts for Children and Teens, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support in-depth visual arts education programs. Program components will include ARTreach, an integrated in-school program for students; ARTclub, arts learning after school; and ARTcamp, a summer arts camp.
Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
San Jose, CA
$24,000
To support classes in traditional Chinese instrumental music. The project will provide 7- to 14-year-olds with year-round weekend lessons and ensemble classes in Chinese music. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes will be offered in Chinese instruments such as the souna, dizi, pipa, erhu, yangqin, and percussion, various playing styles and techniques, and music theory.
Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$50,000
To support Words Come Alive, a consortium project in partnership with the Burlington School District. Summer training, workshops, and classroom collaborations will be featured activities for elementary school teachers in theater and dance, along with performances at Flynn Center for teachers and their classroom students, and utilization of a video and new toolkit that documents and prescribes teaching techniques.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
$18,000
To support the Preschool Music Program, a consortium project. The program will offer a music curriculum, rhythm instruments, and live ensemble performances targeted for inner-city pre-school children.
Friends of NORD, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$38500
To support the consortium project Open Track and Step Up Pre-Professional Training. In partnership with Tulane University's Department of Theatre and Dance, the program will provide year-round, sequential dance training to inner-city New Orleans Parish students.
Friends of the Arts
Locust Valley, NY
$30,000
To support Jazz Sampler. Project activities will include professional development for artists and elementary school teachers focusing on arts integration into the curriculum, as well as workshops for students in composition, song performance, play writing, dance, puppetry, and mask making.
Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support Art-at-Work. After-school visual arts workshops and open studios for teenagers will culminate in an exhibition of student work featuring stained glass, clay, furniture making, glass blowing, printmaking, and poetry recitations. The youth participants are referred by the Fulton County Juvenile Court probation officer or a judge.
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Glen Ellyn, IL
$10,000
To support the Ensemble Program. The project will provide weekly choral arts instruction, including reading music notation, solfeggio, vocal technique, singing style, and rehearsals for youth (between the ages of 5 and 18); and a day-long spring workshop.
Global Action Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the continuation of Urban Voices TV. Professional media artists will work with youth in digital media production to create group and individual media arts projects.
Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, Inc.
Grand Canyon, AZ
$18,000
To support the Native American Composer Apprentice Project for talented, Native American students living in rural northern Arizona. The project will involve compositional study resulting in the creation, performance, and recording of new works for string quartet.
Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
Boston, MA
$50,000
To support expansion of the Intensive Community Program that will provide string-instrument and jazz training targeted for lower-income youth. The orchestra will add another class of approximately 16 talented students to the program.
Groundswell Community Mural Project, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support continuation of the Voices Her'd mural project. Teenage girls will be targeted from three ethnically diverse, low-income Brooklyn neighborhoods, to study Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and use it as the springboard for the creation of three public murals.
Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education
Honolulu, HI
$40,000
To support the consortium project Arts First, a partnership with the State of Hawai'i Department of Education. The research and demonstration project will involve the development, integration, documentation, and evaluation of an arts-integrated curriculum for pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade students.
Hawaii's Volcano Circus
Pahoa, HI
$20,000
To support Project Playmates. The year-long instruction program by local artists in video production, drama, dance, acrobatics, and circus skills will culminate in Malama I ke Kai (Family of Life), a community-based drama performed by children and youth assisted by their parents.
Hmong Cultural Arts, Crafts, Teaching & Museum Projects
Sacramento, CA
$24,000
To support classes in traditional Hmong folk arts. Local artists will lead year-round, after-school classes in Hmong music, pa dao (reverse appliqué embroidery), and folk dance in preparation for performances and demonstrations at public festivals and other community events.
Indiana Symphony Society, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$50,000
To support the continuation of the School Partner Program. The professional development project provides Indianapolis public school teachers with the training and skills necessary to teach arts-integrated curriculum consistent with state and national arts education standards.
Institute for Spanish Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
To support children and youth programming in Flamenco dance. Designed to preserve and strengthen Spanish and Hispanic culture, the program will provide year-round dance and music classes to more than 150 children and youth, ages 5 to 18.
Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$75,000
To support Do Tell: Multicultural Family Stories, a consortium project. Developed and implemented with the Seattle School District, the project will involve students creating oral history-based audio vignettes and radio theater about family stories and cultural celebrations.
Juilliard School
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the continuation of the Music Advancement Program. The project will involve concentrated musical training for public school children (ages 8 to 16) from all New York City boroughs.
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Kalamazoo, MI
$15,000
To support a school- and community-based education program in southwest Michigan. Activities will include school residencies by musicians and composers, string coaching by professional musicians, and concert and community-based programs.
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$30,000
To support AileyCamp. The six-week summer program for middle school students will teach dance techniques, creative communications, personal development, and self-esteem.
Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association
Bethlehem, PA
$12,000
To support WDIY-FM radio station's Youth Media program. Project activities will include hands-on training for teens in all aspects of radio production.
Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support Early Childhood Music. The program incorporates musical activities that will support the development of young children's cognitive abilities and social skills.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Institute for Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the Focus School Collaborative. The project is a whole-school reform and renewal initiative in which participating schools make long-term commitments toward the integration of the arts across the curriculum.
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
$40,000
To support SCORE (Scholarship & Community Outreach: Reaching Excellence). The program will provide economically disadvantaged youth from the greater Boston area with significantly subsidized music lessons and opportunities to attend musical performances and education programs in the region's public schools.
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the consortium project Arts for All, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Education. The project is an ongoing effort to organize systematic activities that will implement the Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education and institutionalize K-12 sequential arts education in the school districts.
Los Angeles Opera Company
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
To support a consortium project titled Community Performance Tour. Disadvantaged children from Southern California will have the opportunity to attend an opera performance of The Prospector and learn basic tenets of opera.
Luna Kids Dance
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support Luna Kids Dance Summer Institute 2005. The project will provide opportunities for teachers and artists to design and implement creative and standards-based dance activities for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students.
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Old Lyme, CT
$35,000
To support the Pre-College and Young Artists Scholarship Program. Scholarships will be made available to underserved children to strengthen their pre-college portfolio and equip them to be competitive in the college application process.
Manhattan Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the TheatreLink program. The video-conferencing component of this distance-learning initiative will enhance the educational quality of the program as it reaches isolated youth who have limited access to arts education and professional theater experiences.
Marwen Foundation, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$13,000
To support continuation of the Pre-College Summer Program. The project is a two-week, intensive college planning and visual arts instruction course for underserved junior and senior high school students.
Mattress Factory, Ltd.
Pittsburgh, PA
$35,000
To support The Community Art Lab, a consortium project. With assistance from the Central Northside Neighborhood Council, the program for youth (6 to 13 years old) will include a series of discussions and hands-on activities that combine art making, garden activities, group projects, field trips, and family events to help them become invested in their communities through arts experiences.
Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
$40,000
To support the consortium project Quality Learning by Design. In partnership with the Maui Office of the State Department of Education, the Center will implement the state-wide Arts First: Hawai'i Arts Education Strategic Plan 2001.
Merit School of Music
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support Merit's Humboldt Park Extended Day Program. Designed to provide high-quality music instruction in a constructive after-school setting,the program involves student participation in small group instruction, ensemble rehearsals, and performances.
Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$85,000
To support the Creating Original Opera (COO) Program. The professional development program for New York City-area classroom and music teachers integrates the state and national standards-based COO curriculum into their classrooms, enabling students to write, compose, and perform original works.
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the Garden Gallery Project, a consortium project. Students of the Yollocalli Youth Museum and consortium partner Archi-Treasures will design a garden for Harrison Park in the Pilsen area of Chicago.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (on behalf of New World School of the Arts)
Miami, FL
$42500
To support a school-based, artist residency program of dance, theater, music, and visual arts instruction. Visiting artists will guide high school students in the creation and exhibition of artworks that are rooted in Afro-Caribbean, Latin, Spanish, and African American traditions.
Midori Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Adventures in Making Music. The program will offer free twice-weekly instruction in woodwind, brass, percussion, and violin to inner-city youth.
Milwaukee Public Schools (on behalf of Arts @ Large)
Milwaukee, WI
$70,000
To support Through OUR Eyes: Views from Inside the Neighborhood. Artists residencies in photography, filmmaking, writing, and public art will lead to student documentation of social and environmental issues and other concerns pertaining to Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood.
Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
To support UPBEAT Program. The year-long music program will feature sequential learning activities for all Minneapolis third and sixth grade students.
Missoula Writing Collaborative
Missoula, MT
$30,000
To support a writing residency program. The project will place writers in rural, low-income, and/or tribal reservation schools for eight months for weekly writing sessions with students.
Mobile Symphony, Inc.
Mobile, AL
$10,000
To support the Preludes program. The music enrichment project will provide weekly music classes to elementary school children.
Montgomery County Public Schools (on behalf of Department of Curriculum & Instruction)
Rockville, MD
$60,000
To support professional development and networking for teachers, including a week-long Summer Institute. Using the CtCurriculum.org Web site as a model, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Connecticut public school teachers will plan, prepare, implement, and distribute multidisciplinary arts lesson plans to other classroom teachers via the Web site.
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit
Detroit, MI
$35,000
To support the Ensemble Training Program. Professional actors and teaching artists will provide students with free, intensive musical theater instruction, leading to the creation and performance of an original musical about life in 1940s Detroit.
Museum of Contemporary Art
North Miami, FL
$32,000
To support expansion of the Junior Docent Program. This free after-school program provides instruction in contemporary art, art journalism, creative writing, and public speaking.
Music in Schools Today
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support Music-Integrated Literacy Enhancement (MILE) Program. In collaboration with Oakland Unified School District, the program will provide opportunities for music teachers to co-teach with classroom teachers.
National Center for Creative Aging, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support Living History Arts. The cross-generational, cross-cultural curriculum places students with elders in the community to focus on, and examine, the theme of what it means to be an American.
National Dance Education Association
Bethesda, MD
$30,000
To support a standards-based dance program at the Jim Henson School. The arts career-track academy in Prince George's County, Maryland, will participate in curriculum development and professional development for teachers in best practices, assessment, and action research techniques.
National Dance Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support dance instruction and performance programs. Designed to provide sequential dance skills through ensemble performances, classes are offered to advanced and motivated students with professional artists trained in NDI's teaching methods.
Northwest Florida Ballet, Inc.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
$35,000
To support Academie, a comprehensive arts and academic education program for students in the third through fifth grades. Students will learn basic ballet, art, and music integrated into their core subject areas.
Ohio Department of Education
Columbus, OH
$50,000
To support the Summer Institute for Arts Partners (AP Institute). The project will involve teams of practitioners and school administrators who will focus on academic content standards and curriculum development and assessment, as well as the development of effective partnerships with community leaders and artists.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support the Artist-In-Training consortium project. With a focus on urban youth, the program will provide opportunities for high school students to pursue individual vocal coaching and training from professional voice teachers.
Oregon Alliance for Arts Education
Salem, OR
$50,000
To support the Oregon Teacher Arts Institute. The one-week institute will feature professional development workshops designed to train elementary school teachers in music, visual arts, and theater.
Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma (on behalf of Osage Nation Childcare)
Pawhuska, OK
$39,000
To support Traditional Osage Ways. Children and youth will receive year-round after-school, weekend, and summer classes in traditional tribal arts.
Outside In Productions
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
To support the Youth With Promise Program, a consortium project conducted in partnership with the El Museo Cultural Center. Youth workshops and classes will be offered in guitar, dance, and the visual arts.
Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Owensboro, KY
$20,000
To support Owensboro Symphony Orchestra's Youth Educational Services (OSO-YES!). The project will provide activities in which students explore symphonic music.
Pacific Foundation for the Performing Arts
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support dance classes targeted for children with physical and learning disabilities. Working with Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools, the project will provide weekly dance instruction by specially trained peer tutors.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support Discover Dance and Bravo!Ballet. These dance education outreach programs will provide opportunities for students and teachers to learn dance vocabulary, creative movement, set design, and basic choreography techniques.
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR
$45,000
To support the Youth Outreach Program. Students from underserved public schools, with no access to arts programming, will receive after-school and summer art classes and portfolio development.
Pacific Symphony Association
Santa Ana, CA
$50,000
To support the Class Act Music Education Program. The project will pair Orange County schools with orchestral musicians in year-long, sequentially structured classroom programs and concert experiences.
Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc.
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support Access to Theater, a program for disabled youth in the Boston area. Under the direction of professional artists, youth will be engaged in arts education experiences through fully accessible, participatory theater work.
Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000
To support the Arts Capacity Team Schools (ACTS) program. Elementary schools will design, implement, and sustain arts education programs (involving the disciplines of music, theater, dance, or visual arts) and incorporate those activities into the core school-wide curriculum.
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a consortium project called the School Partnership Program. Students in the second through fifth grades will attend workshops held by New York-trained teaching artists.
Phillips Collection
Washington, DC
$70,000
To support Art Links to Literacy, a consortium project. Targeted to underserved elementary students, and in partnership with Turning the Page, the project will include a family workshop series, professional development for teachers, and a museum-school program that will include student art exhibits.
Playwrights Project
San Diego, CA
$18,000
To support Write On! The program will provide underserved youth with classroom opportunities to work with trained artists in creating original plays, improving reading skills, and developing vocabulary as students write dialogue and describe settings.
Police Athletic League, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the Arts Conservatory Program (ACP). Targeted for homeless youth living in shelters, and other at-risk children and teens, the sequential arts instruction program will be offered at PAL youth centers in East New York, Hell's Kitchen, and South Bronx.
Police Athletic League of North Little Rock Arkansas, Inc.
N. Little Rock, AR
$6,400
To support Photo Friends. Beginning-level photography classes will be offered to underserved, inner-city youth.
Project STEP, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the continuation of the String Training and Educational Program (STEP). Targeting gifted, at-risk youth, the program provides private lessons, classroom instruction and master classes, performance opportunities, academic and career counseling, and musical instrument loans.
Public Corporation for the Arts of the City of Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
$15,000
To support A City of Neighborhoods: Bridging School and Community in Long Beach. The public art and design project will provide staff and community leaders training in the development and implementation of a semester-long, in-school program for high school students.
Puget Sound Educational Service District
Burien, WA
$45,000
To support Arts Impact. The professional development program features training in the visual and performing arts to kindergarten through fifth-grade teachers.
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the Tenth Anniversary Concert Series. Children and youth will participate in beginner and advanced, weekly Chinese music lessons and ensemble classes in preparation for performances throughout the Bay Area that will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of its two ensembles: Purple Bamboo Chorus and the Great Wall Youth Chorus & Orchestra.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support the 2005 Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp, a consortium project. In partnership with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, the six-week summer program will provide dance training and personal development instruction targeted for at-risk children and youths.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Young Musicians Program)
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support the Young Musicians Program. The seven-week, conservatory-style summer program will offer students musical training and performance opportunities.
Rochester City School District
Rochester, NY
$65,000
To support an evaluative impact study regarding arts instruction integration. The study will be carried out in partnership with the Rochester City School District Research, Evaluation, and Testing Department and the Young Audiences of Rochester, and will determine the impact of an integrated arts instruction program on students' learning in English language arts and theater.
Rockford Area Arts Council
Rockford, IL
$20,000
To support ArtsPlace. An eight-week, summer apprenticeship program will combine visual arts learning and entrepreneurship concepts that will lead to an exhibition and the marketing of young participants' art work.
Ryman-Carroll Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
To support Opportunities for Talented Urban Youth. Teens from Los Angeles will receive tuition-free studio instruction in drawing and painting by master artist teachers.
Salvadori Educational Center on the Built Environment
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the Salvadori On-Site Program The program provides professional development for classroom teachers and school administrators.
San Francisco Art and Film Program
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support continuation of the Teen Film Workshop. The project is designed to prepare students for film school and train them for future careers in the film industry.
San Francisco Arts Commission (on behalf of San Francisco Writer's Corp)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support Writer's Corp. Professional artists will teach creative writing to at-risk youth in underperforming schools.
San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support Music Education and Outreach Program. The project will provide an introduction to choral singing, and it will serve as the foundation for the performance concert and touring ensembles.
San Francisco Symphony (on behalf of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support the Artist Development Program. Designed to complement the Youth Orchestra's core program of weekly rehearsals and concert performances, students will receive coaching, apprenticeships, mentorships, and specialized training in chamber music, instrument care, and auditioning techniques.
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$32,000
To support a consortium project, Bringing Theater Into the Classroom. The professional development program for kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers will include a week-long summer seminar, followed by additional residencies and ongoing workshops during the school year.
Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support DANCE this.... The project will feature cultural and contemporary dance training and performance opportunities for youth dance companies and dancers between the ages of 13 to 20 years old.
Shakespeare & Company, Inc.
Lenox, MA
$27,000
To support Shakespeare in Action, a theater arts residency program. The series of classroom and after-school sessions will focus on a Shakespeare play through master classes, rehearsals, text analysis, and student performances.
Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$68,000
To support Text Alive! and SHAKESPEARIENCE, a consortium project. Through comprehensive professional development opportunities, District of Columbia public school teachers will explore theater instruction, effective evaluation tools, and the relevancy of Shakespearean themes in today's world.
Shared Adventures (on behalf of Young Artists Studio)
Santa Cruz, CA
$25,000
To support Young Artists Studio. Able-bodied and disabled young artists (12 to 18 years old) will work together in an inclusive, after-school art classroom creating individual and group artwork.
Sloss Furnaces Foundation
Birmingham, AL
$40,000
To support the Summer Youth Apprenticeship program. High school students from the Birmingham area will apprentice with professional artists to create cast-metal sculptures.
Snow City Arts Foundation
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support arts activities offered to children who have been hospitalized long-term. Working alongside professional artists, children will participate in creative writing, music, and visual arts workshops.
Southern Exposure
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support Mission Voices, a consortium project. The project will focus on arts-based community development by pairing local artists with teens from seven participating youth organizations, including consortium partner Horizons Unlimited.
Spokane Symphony Society
Spokane, WA
$20,000
To support music education programs. Offered in partnership with school districts in Washington and Northern Idaho, the program will provide opportunities for students to participate in ensembles and coaching, and sectional rehearsals with professional musicians, as well as chamber music instruction.
Sprinkle Art Inc.
Colorado Springs, CO
$25,000
To support Outposts. Teachers, artists, and parents will form committees and will be trained to design, develop and administer an arts curriculum for schools in rural Colorado communities.
Spy Hop Productions
Salt Lake City, UT
$40,000
To support the Youth Documentary Arts Program. The project will include Reel Stories, a summer documentary filmmaking workshop, and Documenting Communities, a year-long exploration of communities, as well as Loud and Clear, a youth-produced radio program.
St. Louis Children's Choirs
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support Music Literacy through Choral Artistry. The project will provide students with classes in choral music training.
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a music instruction program for children in New York City public schools. The project will feature free performances, in-school workshops, and applied music instruction.
Stage One: The Louisville Children's Theatre, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$15,000
To support the consortium project, Arts and Literature Initiative for Vital Education. The theater and literacy program will link professional artists with classroom teachers to develop curricula that merge drama and literacy skills in a focused study of theater arts education.
Stages of Learning
Brooklyn, NY
$39,000
To support Stages of Learning, a sequential, standards-based theater education program that provides children with an opportunity to enhance their writing and reading skills through the study of playmaking.
Strings for Schools, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support music residences in public schools. Working with the Philadelphia School District, schools will be identified as hosts for the artists' residencies.
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA
$13,500
To support Youth Connect: Tacoma Art Museum High School Internship Program. After studying with museum staff, 11th and 12th grade high school interns will provide elementary or home-school classrooms art-based lessons and a museum tour.
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra
Tacoma, WA
$15,000
To support Simply Symphonic. The integrated elementary school music education program will be offered at no cost to fifth grade students in Pierce County public and private schools
TADA! Theater and Dance Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the Musical Theater Writing Residency. The program will integrate a social studies topic with the writing, rehearsal, and performance of an original musical by fourth and fifth graders led by teaching artists and their regular classroom teachers.
Tales & Scales, Inc.
Evansville, IN
$30,000
To support Imagine That! The residencies at Evansville schools will provide opportunities for students to participate in collaborative artistic processes and demonstrate their acquired skills in music, theater, and dance.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support expansion of the WriteNet Internet-based forum, the Urban Word NYC Internet Initiative, and a publication. Teachers and writers will use the interactive Web site, WriteNet, as a forum to discuss education and the literary arts, as well as to conduct writing workshops for students around the country.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support a consortium project, Building a National TEAM: Theater Education Assessment Models. TCG, in partnership with the U.S. Center for the International Association of Theater for Children and Young People, will develop national models for assessing theater education programs, and also will provide a national rubric for artists who are teaching theater in educational programs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
$30,000
To support the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project. Components of the professional development project for teachers and regional musicians will include a four-day summer institute, a mid-year conference, and Web-based resources designed to integrate folk and traditional music into the state curriculum.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
$35,000
To support a consortium project titled Accelerated Motion: Toward a New Dance Literacy. The project will join together dance education specialists, artists, and high school educators in an effort to create curricular materials.
Venice Arts Mecca
Venice, CA
$35,000
To support expansion of ArtPartners. The artist-in-residence program will provide free photography workshops to youth at the Mar Vista Gardens public housing project.
Vermont Arts Exchange
North Bennington, VT
$25,000
To support the Arts Education Partnership and Outreach Initiative. Developed with local schools and social service agencies, the initiative matches students with artists and art programming at various schools and community centers during the school day, after school, and during the summer months.
Village of Arts and Humanities Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
To support Learning Through the Arts Program. The multifaceted arts education series for youth will provide year-round, after-school, weekend, and full-day summer programming.
Virginia Avenue Project
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
To support the writing and performing programs One-on-One, WordPlay, and Playmaking. The programs will connect area youth with professional artists in mentorships, workshops, a summer camp, and public performances.
Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$9,000
To support a consortium project for classes in traditional Chinese opera, in partnership with the Rockville Chinese School. Year-round classes in beginning, intermediate, and advanced Beijing-style opera movement, singing, and acting will be offered to students.
Wildlife of the American West Art Museum
Jackson, WY
$20,000
To support There's an Art to Education. The project will provide activities for Jackson public school students in three program areas.
Working Classroom, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$30,000
To support year-round, tuition free visual arts and theater training in local inner-city schools. Students from low-income Albuquerque communities will participate in introductory, intermediate, and advanced arts workshops
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
$20,000
To support the Child Life Arts and Enrichment Program. Designed to integrate the arts into the healthcare setting, the project offers children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses the opportunity to learn how to express their thoughts and feelings through videography.
Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$35,000
To support American Roots. The project focuses on the integration of popular music, dance, and the visual arts with an elementary social studies curriculum.
Young Audiences/New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Long-Term Partnership Model Program. The 16-week residencies, targeted for underserved New York City public schools, will involve professional teaching artists who will help develop a skills-based instructional program.
Young Chicago Authors
Glencoe, IL
$30,000
To support production of student publications. Publications, developed and produced by student editorial boards, will feature creative writing and artwork by youth, ages 13 to 19.
Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Partner Schools Program. Students targeted and recruited from partner schools in Harlem, the Bronx, and Manhattan will receive training (tuition-free) in vocal technique and music reading and writing, participate in choral festivals, and progress to advanced musical training.
YS Kids Playhouse, Inc.
Yellow Springs, OH
$10,000
To support a musical theater education project that will engage youth in the tenets of theater production. Led by artist educators, students will produce and perform alongside professional actors in a full-length, original musical.
Summer Schools in the Arts
Alaska Arts Southeast, Inc.
Sitka, AK
$35,000
To support Sitka Fine Arts Camp. Professional artists from Alaska and other states will lead workshops offered at three age-appropriate levels in Alaskan Native arts, dance, music, theater, writing, digital video, and visual arts. During the two-week summer camp, as many as 300 youth from cities and remote rural areas of Alaska are expected to participate. The Sitka Fine Arts Camp is the only residential fine arts camp in Alaska.
Arizona Theatre Company
Tucson, AZ
$25,000
To support the Summer on Stage Program. Designed to provide standards-based knowledge and skills in theater arts, the five-week program will offer opportunities for teenage students to work alongside professional artists. Activities will include classes in character development, movement, stage combat, make-up, costumes, production elements, and acting techniques. Students also will create original and interpretive works, with one week dedicated to intensive rehearsals. Approximately 40 students from low-income areas of the Tucson community will benefit from the project.
Art Factory, Inc.
Augusta, GA
$28,900
To support a summer theater program. Professional theater artists will be trained as instructors to lead daily sessions for youth including rehearsals and performances. The teaching-artists will provide individualized, interdisciplinary instruction in theater, acting, vocal, and movement techniques. As many as 48 youths, ages seven to 14, most of whom are from underserved communities, are expected to participate.
ArtStart
St. Paul, MN
$25,000
To support Lessons from Africa. The three-week, theme-based program will provide students with opportunities to create and analyze music, visual art, drama, and dance within a diverse cultural context. Working alongside artists, arts educators, and arts organizations of African and African American heritage, students will learn how traditional arts have served as an inspiration for contemporary artists. Additional components will include professional development opportunities for as many as 15 teachers. More than 100 African American students, ages six to 12, will participate.
ArtsWest
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the Summer Musical Theater Program. The six-week program will provide opportunities for students to learn beginning and advanced theater techniques, while working alongside professional artists. For beginning students, ages nine to 14, The Theatre Adventures Camp will offer classes in acting, creative movement, and voice culminating in performances of Annie, Jr. For advanced students, ages 15 to 19, The Musical Theater Conservatory will provide classes in acting, history of musical theater, and text analysis and will conclude with performances of A Chorus Line.
ASCAP Foundation
New York, NY
$35,000
To support Summer Music Camp, a four-week musical training and performance program for public school students living in New York City’s five boroughs. The project will provide free classical music training with an emphasis on increased performance skills. Students will receive performance opportunities through the camp’s orchestra, concert band, and other ensembles. Approximately 80 participating students in fifth through eighth grades will benefit from the program.
Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc.
Asheville, NC
$34,040
To support Summer Art Camp. Designed to build fundamental skills in the visual arts, the program will provide opportunities for kindergarten through twelfth grade students to explore works from the museum’s collection. Working alongside professional artists and educators, students will participate in weekly classes that incorporate art history, aesthetics, principles of design, and art criticism. An additional component will be the development of a CD-ROM, featuring photo and video documentation of students’ works. More than 300 students are expected to benefit from the classes.
Atlanta Ballet, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$30,000
To support the Dance and Cultural Initiative Summer Program. Elementary, middle school, and high school youths will participate in dance forms including ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop, Flamenco, and capoeira. Dance classes will be paired with other courses such as studio art, English language, the history of dance, and the influence of Latino artists on dance and music. To address gang issues in the middle and high school age groups, a conflict resolution course also will be offered. Approximately 150 students will participate in this tuition-free program.
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, Inc.
Columbia, MD
$35,000
To support the Teen Professional Theatre. The program will provide summer workshops, mentorships, and performance of a Broadway musical. Program partners are the Howard County Community College and Reservoir High School. Each session will begin with an open audition. Students will be encouraged to develop their individual theatrical skills through one-on-one and ensemble rehearsals with guest artists, many of whom have played the same roles on Broadway or in regional and national tours. During the three-week session, approximately 32 youths, ages 13 to 21, are expected to participate.
Congreso De Latinos Unidos, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support the Young Artist Program. The six-week program will provide opportunities for 30 disadvantaged teenagers to work alongside professional artists while creating films based on the students’ life experiences. During the first week, the teenagers will be introduced to video production while working in local galleries, community gardens and on outdoor murals. During the second through fifth weeks of the program, there will be classes in storyboarding, writing, set and costume design, and acting, using works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Friends of NORD, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$35,000
To support tuition-free ballet workshops and summer dance camps for inner-city youth, ages six to 18. The project is a community partnership between the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) and the New Orleans Ballet Association. Approximately 2,500 free classes, benefiting approximately 600 students, will be provided including a seven-week, advanced-level dance camp and five summer camps for beginning and intermediate skill levels. In addition to knowledge and skills in ballet, tap, and modern dance technique, participants also will develop collaborative teamwork and critical-thinking skills.
Fulton Opera House Foundation
Lancaster, PA
$35,000
To support Youtheatre. Professional theater artists of the Fulton Opera House company will involve youths, ages 13 to 19, in daily workshops about acting techniques, song lyrics, script writing, and directing, that will lead to the creation of new work. As many as 40 youth, most of whom are from low-income families in the area, are expected to participate.
LA Arts
Lewiston, ME
$20,826
To support the Lewiston Arts Summer Theatre Experience. Rural, underserved youth will participate in workshops on theater design and performance. Two concurrent, four-week sessions will be offered for approximately 30 youth, ages eight to 16. Final performances will be filmed by a local production agency and distributed to each family. Artist residencies and teacher workshops will take place during the school year to further extend the impact of the project.
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS
$34,970
To support Summer Youth Theatre. Theater artists and arts educators will provide intensive instruction in all aspects of theater production. Approximately 300 children, ages four to 18, will participate in two, four-week sessions to improve their theater skills, increase their critical knowledge as an audience member, and achieve social and emotional growth.
Log Cabin Library Center, Inc.
Boise, ID
$30,000
To support a Writing Camp at the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Reservation in eastern Idaho. Students will explore natural sites, meet with tribal elders and others critical to their understanding of local history and tribal culture, and then draw from these experiences to develop skills in creative writing. Through partnerships with the Fort Hall Recreation Program and the Shoshone-Bannock School District, professional writers and educators will organize a program that will emphasize the link between reading and writing. As many as 75 fourth through twelfth grade students will participate in the five-week writing camp, culminating with public readings and a published anthology.
Morton Street Foundation, Inc.
Ellicott City, MD
$21,590
To support the Dance Workshop and the Dance Intensive programs at the Morton Street Dance Center. The projects, based on the Maryland State Department of Education dance syllabus, will expose youth, ages six to 18, to dance styles such as classical ballet, modern, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and Afro Caribbean. The curriculum also may include workshops on dance history, choreography, writing, facial expressions, and stage lighting. As many as 90 participants will be selected on the basis of their application and audition.
Moving Company Dance Center
Keene, NH
$30,000
To support Creative Arts at Keene. Students will select from classes offered in visual arts, music, dance, theater, and film and video, attend daily classes, and participate in exhibitions and performances that feature their work. As many as 17 artists and 130 rural New Hampshire youths, ages nine to 18, are expected to participate in the four-week program.
Pistarckle Theatre, Inc.
St. Thomas, VI
$16,000
To support a theater program. Classes in acting and technical theater production will culminate in public performances of a classic Greek play. Approximately 48 students, ages nine to 17, will participate in a five-week camp to learn basic acting, dance, singing, set and lighting design, make-up, and costuming. Students will be engaged in all aspects of marketing and promotion for the final production such as creating advertising posters, appearing in radio interviews, and photographing shoots for print media.
Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra
Highwood, IL
$35,000
To support the Jazz Workshop, Chamber Music Camp, Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop, and Fine Arts Day Camp for students in the first through twelfth grades. The Jazz Workshop is held at the Lake Forest Academy. Musicians from Chicago and surrounding communities will receive coaching during the daytime, and in the evening they will perform in jam sessions. The chamber musicians will receive training in music history and theory, as well as conducting, and will perform at the Ravinia Festival. Young vocalists, ages 15 to 20, will receive vocal and acting coaching. The six to 10-year olds who attend the Fine Arts Day Camp will learn music and movement. As many as 30 artists and 130 youths are expected to participate.
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
$35,000
To support the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. Artistically talented junior and senior high school students will enroll in ensemble workshops, private lessons, and classes in the visual arts, music, theater, or dance. In addition to their classes, students will attend co-curricular activities, such as gallery tours, dance, theater, and music performances; students also will be visited by professional guest artists. During the three-week summer residential program, teenagers will be housed on the Southwest Missouri State University campus. As many as 42 artists, 48 teachers, and 175 students are expected to participate.
Tacoma School District No. 10
Tacoma, WA
$35,000
To support Arts Infused Summer School. Elementary students with lower academic achievement scores will be selected to participate in the visual and performing arts instruction. Using curriculum that integrates the arts with math and reading in this tuition-free program, each lesson will involve students in creation and performance. Students will have the opportunity to visit local cultural organizations, such as the Tacoma Art Museum and the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, to enhance classroom learning. Approximately 120 students in grades two through four will benefit from the project.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
$30,000
To support the Summer Music Workshop. Designed for middle and high school students, the three-week program will provide instruction in jazz studies, classical piano, and chamber winds. Working alongside university faculty musicians and visiting artists, students with previous musical experience will learn improvisation techniques, music notation, and composing and arranging music. Additional classes will focus on performance techniques and ensemble playing. Students will be able to attend faculty concerts. More than 150 students are expected to participate.
Urban Gateways
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support Art Options. The five-week summer arts apprenticeship and peer-mentoring program with artistic and academic components. Through study of African, Mexican, and Native American myths and folklore, students will create drawings, masks, and sculptures. Students will participate in cultural excursions, work with guest artists, and mount an exhibition of their art at the conclusion of the program. Students will enter the program in seventh or eighth grade and stay through high school graduation. In addition, the program offers career counseling for the junior and senior high school students. Approximately 20 students, ages 12 to 15, will participate in the project.
Westfield Young Artists Cooperative Theatre
Westfield, NJ
$25,000
To support the rehearsal and performance of a production of Guys and Dolls. Theater professionals will coach participants in singing, character interpretation, emotional/psychological expression, and stage presence. The program will culminate in performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ. Little or no fee will be charged of the youth participants who are selected through auditions. As many as 75 students, ages 10 to 18, are expected to participate.
Young Audiences of Indiana, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$35,000
To support the Summer Arts for Youth (SAY) program. Low-income youth in eight Indianapolis community sites will participate in multidisciplinary arts and literature activities as part of the program’s curriculum. Artists will develop that curriculum focusing on children’s literature and will incorporate national standards in music, dance, visual arts, and theater. Using this as its program foundation, artist teams will lead arts activities for approximately 30 to 40 students, ages six to 11.
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