Folk & Traditional Arts: FY 2005 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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Access to Artistic Excellence
African American Museum in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support an exhibition Arts of ODUNDE and related costs. The exhibition will be a celebration of ODUNDE's 30 years of success as a grassroots organization that sponsors a major yearly festival and promotes cultural preservation and community-based folk arts education.
Anjani's Kathak Dance of India (Sundar Kala Kendra Foundation)
Walnut, CA
$20,000
To support the creation of a new work titled Amrapali-Raj Narthaki, the story about a famous court dancer during the Buddha period in India. Featuring the classical Kathak dance style, this is the first production of this work in the greater Los Angeles area.
Bala Music and Dance Association, Ltd.
Portland, ME
$20,000
To support a concert tour of South Indian bharata natyam music and dance. The tour will feature dancer Aniruddha Knight of the T. Balasaraswati family, regarded in India and the United States as one of the most distinguished performers of this traditional art form.
City Lore, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the consortium project Deaf Jam: The Poetry Dialogues. In partnership with the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, Deaf Jam will highlight the beauty and expressiveness of American Sign Language (ASL) by giving deaf teenagers a chance to express themselves in ASL poetry.
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
$20,000
To support field documentation using the state's network of Community Scholars and master traditional artists brought together through the South Carolina Folk Heritage Awards and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Initiative. All documentation will be used for broadcast on the Your Day radio program, broadcast on the South Carolina Radio Network.
CSULB Foundaton (on behalf of Carpenter Performing Arts Center)
Long Beach, CA
$30,000
To support the creation of a new work, Seasons of Migration. The project will explore the expressive boundaries of Cambodia's classical dance by making contemporary ideas feel timeless and by making the ancient feel utterly modern.
Dry Ridge Productions
Simpsonville, SC
$15,000
To support the Traditional Music Series. The program is designed to showcase local traditional musicians at the AcousticSeen Theatre in downtown Greenville, and Folk Heritage Awards winners from North and South Carolina at local festivals.
EarthWays Foundation Inc. (consortium)
Malibu, CA
$30,000
To support the consortium project World Festival of Sacred Music-Los Angeles. Collaborating with the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, the festival encourages participants to travel throughout Los Angeles, crossing not only neighborhood borders but also cultural, racial, religious, and ideological boundaries.
Eastern Maine Development District, Inc.
Bangor, ME
$40,000
To support the American Folk Festival, building on the success of the National Folk Festival. The festival will showcase local heritage while providing access to high-quality performances and traditional culture.
Folk Alliance (North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, Inc.) (consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the 18th Annual Folk Alliance Conference. In collaboration with the Texas Music Hall of Fame, the conference will introduce and showcase a wide range of Texas folk musicians to the membership which consists of performing arts presenters, festival bookers, marketing and public relations specialists, and record label representatives.
Folklore Village Farm, Inc.
Dodgeville, WI
$23,000
To support the 2005 Midwest Folklife Festival. The festival will feature folk and ethnic artists from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois in concerts, demonstrations, and narrative stage presentations.
International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
To support the 5th Annual International Accordion Festival. The festival is designed to celebrate the instrument's local identity and global reach; preserve and present accordion music of ethnic, regional, and national cultures; and educate audiences about accordian-based traditions.
Jubilee Community Arts, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$15,000
To support live presentations, broadcasts, and documentation of traditional music. The project will include a series of weekly concerts, performances at the Jubilee Festial, programs focusing on the traditional music of the southern Appalachian region, and research and documentation of traditional artists in east Tennessee.
Kern County Youth Mariachi Foundation
Bakersfield, CA
$20,000
To support the implementation of a Mariachi Appreciation Program. Young people ages 9 to 18 will attend workshops taught by professionals on the theory, musical technique, history, and culture associated with this Mexican musical tradition.
Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a cultural coordinator position and related costs. The coordinator will oversee the artistic development of the Center's cultural troupe, increase outreach, recruit new program participants and volunteers, and maintain and develop current projects for the program.
Michigan State University (on behalf of Michigan State Museum)
East Lansing, MI
$40,000
To support the 2005 Great Lake Folk Festival. The festival will showcase the traditional cultural treasures of the Upper Midwest and provide a sampling of the best of traditional artists from around the country and the world.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co. (consortium)
Bronx, NY
$10,000
To support a consortium project for a folklorist-in-training program. In partnership with Community Works, interns between the ages of 12 and 18 will be recruited and trained to identify, document, and present folk artists and tradition bearers found in the predominantly Africa American, Caribean, and Latino neighborhoods of the Bronx.
Minneapolis Public Schools (Special School District #1)
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the creation of the Bluegrass Review radio program. The program will consist of recorded performances, commentary and interviews, and workshops for broadcast students at Minneapolis North High School.
Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$15,000
To support the 28th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival. The festival shares the beauty and artistry of the hula, while including authentic Hawaiian demonstrations and exhibits, in an effort to educate and perpetuate the culture.
Northwest Folklife
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the presentation of regional, traditional art forms of the Pacific Northwest at the 2005 Northwest Folklife Festival. The project will feature recipients of apprenticeship grants, heritage awards, and National Heritage Fellows from the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.
Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
To support Art Happens Here. The project will document and present Philadelphia folk artists and their works to audiences in the region through artist residencies and community festival performances.
Point Community Development Corporation (consortium)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support a consortium project for the continuation of the Mambo to Hip Hop Initiative. In collaboration with Public Art Films, the project will include field research, a stage performance titled Hip Hop Roots/Boricua Flavor, and completion of the documentary film From Mambo to Hip Hop: Music and Survival in the South Bronx.
Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work titled Drum Voices. The projet is a ground-breaking collaboration between 1996 Natinal Heritage Fellow, African drummer Obo Addy and Asian drumming ensemble Portland Taiko.
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the Folklore of Loíza music and dance workshops celebrating the West African heritage of this community in Puerto Rico. The workshops, led by William Cepada will culminate in a series of concerts.
Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company (Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Association, Inc.)
Woodhaven, NY
$35,000
To support the Fifth Annual Peking Opera Festival. The festival will consist of weekend performances designed to attract recent immigrants and college students at Hunter College in New York City, Princeton University in New Jersey, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Pennsylvania.
Radio Bilingue, Inc.
Fresno, CA
$35,000
To support the Viva El Mariachi Festival. The festival showcases local, national, and international mariachi groups as well as workshops for youth and community members where mariachi masters can share their musical heritage.
Redhawk Indian Arts Council
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the Native American Heritage Celebrations. The celebration will focus on the heritage of the Eastern Woodland Native Americans and consist of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.
Texas Folklife Resources (consortium)
Austin, TX
$40,000
To support the Community Residence Program. In collabortion with the Texas Commission on the Arts, the project will consist of residencies in underserved towns with populations of fewer than 10,000 people.
Tung Ching Chinese Center for the Arts, Inc.
Flushing, NY
$15,000
To support the 13th Annual Traditional Chinese Theater Festival. The celebration will focus on Beijing, Chinese, and Shaoxing styles of Chinese opera.
University of South Carolina at Columbia (on behalf of McKissick Museum)
Columbia, SC
$20,000
To support the preservation of documentary videos of filmmaker Stan Woodward. As an independent video artist, Woodward has documented foodways traditions, often in areas bypassed by economic development.
Western Folklife Center
Elko, NV
$30,000
To support the 2005 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering (NCPG). The 2005 theme Aross the Generations will pair ten artists under the age of 30 with five senior mentors as part of an effort to engage younger people in the practice and perpetuation of the verbal and material arts of ranching culture.
Wisconsin Arts Board (consortium)
Madison, WI
$30,000
To support It Is Never Too Late to Learn at the second annual conference on Arts, Curriculum, and Community. In collaoration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the conference will include nationally known keynote speakers, workshops on quilting, ethnic storytelling, and a curriculum guide.
WMI (World Music Institute, Inc.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support Music and Dance of Latin America. The project will consist of traditional music and dance from venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Columbia.
Yakima Valley Museum and Historical Association
Yakima, WA
$20,000
To support an exhibition of Latino traditional artists and an accompanying catalogue. The exhibit will include information on the Hispanic immigration to Washington, Hispanic traditional arts and their significance to the community, and master traditional artists of the region.
Access to Artistic Excellence II
Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
To support the Archive of Alabama Folk Culture project and related costs. The project is designed to preserve and make accessible Alabama-related materials collected by state folklorists, private researchers, and the general population.
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
$30,000
To support the Connecting California project and related costs. The project will provide information about traditional artists, activities, and resources state-wide via the New Moon e-newsletter and a Web site including an online artist directory, virtual exhibitions, and a traditional music portal.
American Folklore Society
Columbus, OH
$15,000
To support a documentary of public sector folklorists Bess Lomax Hawes, Alan Jabbour, Archie Green, and the late Ralph Rinzler. The DVD will focus on public sector folk arts programs at the federal level.
Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of WMMT-FM)
Whitesburg, KY
$20,000
The support a survey of traditional Appalachian folk artists, conferences, gatherings, and a series of concerts. The project will strengthen the community by ensuring that traditional music remains a living part of the culture and an important part of the economy.
Arts Center of Cannon County
Woodbury, TN
$15,000
To support the preservation and distribution of the Davis Unlimited Catalogue. The recording catalogue will be remastered and offer 15 CDs of traditional Southern musical forms encompassing old-time instrumentals, gospel, and vernacular singing.
Asian Americans United, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. The traditional lunar festival will feature master artists in martial arts, Chinese opera, traditional music, and dance, as well as performances by youth and community members.
Association for Cultural Equity (Alan Lomax Collection)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support preservation of the Performance Style and Culture Collection of the Alan Lomax Archive. The collection comprises paper, computer, and audio files and elucidates the methods that the esteemed folklorist and his colleagues developed to compare the music, dance, and speech patterns of vastly different cultures.
Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum
Tuckerton, NJ
$10,000
To support the Tuckerton Seaport Artist in Residence program. The project will include a series of demonstrations and workshops in boat building, decoy carving, and basketmaking.
Bayou Civic Club, Inc. (Larose Regional Park and Civic Center)
Larose, LA
$20,000
To support fieldwork and programming in the Bayou Lafourche region. Activities will include technical assistance, exhibits documenting Native American and Cajun French traditions, and folklore in after-school programs.
Black Leadership Council for Excellence
Bryans Road, MD
$10,000
To support the Celebrations series of festivals and concerts. Major components of the event will be the Festival of the Americas, the Asian and Pacific Island Festival, and the Juneteenth Festival of African American Cultures.
Borenya West African Drum and Dance
Columbia, SC
$10,000
To support the Guinea/Sea Island Cultural Tour. The project will consist of a series of workshops in West African drumming, dancing, singing, storytelling, and basketmaking for K-12 youth.
Bowery Arts and Science
New York, NY
$25,000
To support A Passion for Poetry. The project will support fieldwork in, and presentations of, poetry traditions from Iran, Egypt, Basque cultures, and West Africa.
Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc. (on behalf of Harbor Conservatory)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the preservation and digitization of paper media found in the Raices Collection of the Harbor Conservatory. The collection includes 1,600 rare books, posters, album covers, manuscripts, and periodicals that are rapidly deteriorating.
Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support Folk Feet III: Celebrating Traditional Dance in Brooklyn. The festival will include concerts and workshops, and will feature both dance groups and individuals presenting community-based dance forms.
California Indian Storytelling Association
Fremont, CA
$20,000
To support the Storytelling Festivals 2005/06: Building Cultural Bridges--Continuing the Dialogue. The forums will bring together storytellers from California, Hawaii, Arizona, and Oregon.
Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
To support instruction in Cambodian classical and folk dances. The project will culminate with a concert in observance of the Cambodian New Year.
Center for the Development of Social Responsibility
Boone, NC
$20,000
To support completion costs for a video documentary titled Unrecognized Players and Makers of the Banjo. The video will emphasize the African American roots of the banjo, and will feature Dink Roberts, John Snipes, Odell Thompson, fiddler Joe Thompson, John Jackson, and many more.
Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$34000
To support continuation of the Community Cultural Initiative (CCI). The project is designed to contribute to the efforts of the Mexican, Peruvian, and Chinese communities to manage their music and dance traditions.
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support solo performances of Kathak, an endangered classical dance of North India. The art form requires knowledge and understanding of complex rhythmic patterns that are spontaneously produced through footwork, recitation, and movement that harmonize completely with the percussionist.
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project, The Cantonese Opera Heritage Project. A partnership with the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation, the project will include a series of lectures, workshops, and exhibitions designed to raise awareness of the prominent role Cantonese opera has played in San Francisco over the past 150 years.
City Lore, Inc. (on behalf of Trova, Inc.)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the 7th International Troubadour Celebration. Trovadores, improvisatory singer-poets, will perform Puerto Rico's traditional jibaro music.
City Lore, Inc. (on behalf of National Network for Folk Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support a national folk arts-in-education initiative to foster the inclusion of folk arts as a basic element of K-12 arts education. The effort will integrate folk arts and artists into school curricula by connecting educators and students to folklorists, folk artists, and folk arts materials and training.
Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma
Lawton, OK
$5,000
To support the documentation of oral traditions of the Comanche people of southwest Oklahoma. The information will become the foundation for archival collections at the new Comanche Nation Museum and Cultural Center.
Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Tillery, NC
$10,000
To support a video documentary titled Over the Farm. The video will document the stories, family histories, and artistic traditions of African Americans in the New Deal Resettlement Community of Tillery, North Carolina.
Cultural Crossroads, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
$10,000
To support post-production costs for a video documentary titled Rockin' for a Risen Savior: The Louisiana Easter Rock. The video will take viewers beyond the familiar folk church ritual and will show how a variety of traditional songs, singing styles, and religious dances convey, echo, and nurture the African American community.
Cultural Resources, Inc.
Rockport, ME
$25,000
To support a traveling exhibition and ethnographic marketing workbook for Tuscarora beadworkers and Akwesasne basketmakers. The purpose of the project is to develop a wider market, and increase public awareness of traditional artists and art forms.
Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia
Columbia, MO
$25,000
To support the Missouri Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will bring together masters and apprentices who are committed to conserving their artistic traditions and cultural heritage.
Davis & Elkins College (Augusta Heritage Center)
Elkins, WV
$25,000
To support the Traditional Arts Program. Activities will include the West Virginia Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, the Youth Scholarship Program and the Old-Time Fiddler's Reunion.
Delta Blues Education Fund
Clarksdale, MS
$15,000
To support the Delta Blues Education Program. Student-apprentices will learn the Delta blues tradition directly from master blues musician Johnnie "Mr. Johnnie" Billington and graduate students from his training program.
Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$45,000
To support an updated version of the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD. The project will focus on more than 350 NEA National Heritage Fellows who have mastered culturally diverse artistic styles and who represent a vast scope of ethnic, tribal, religious, and regional traditions.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Sageland Media)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a film titled No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. The project will explore the vernacular music Strachwitz brought to the attention of middle America via recordings of Cajun, Zydeco, country, blues, klezmer, old-time tunes, and Tex-Mex.
Floricanto Dance Theatre
Whittier, CA
$10,000
To support a touring concert titled Fandango Without Borders. The project will include musicians, dancers, singers, and poets celebrating the son jarocho, an improvisational music and dance form from Veracruz, Mexico.
Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc. (on behalf of Mayor's Office of Arts. Tourism and Special Events)
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the folk and traditional arts component of the Boston Arts Festival. The project will consist of day-long performances from artists such as the Roma Band, Chinese Lion dancers, Trinidadian costume makers, and craft demonstrations such as Gullah basketmaking, Vietnamese dressmaking, and Tibetan thangka painting.
Haya Cultural Heritage and Preservation Development Foundation, Inc. (on behalf of Gef Pago)
Tamuning, GU
$20,000
To support the Gef Pa'go Project for middle school students. The project will preserve and promote traditional Guamanian culture through dance, crafts, and folkways activities.
Hmong American Institute for Learning (consortium)
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
To support the Hmong Storytelling Project, a consortium project. A partnership with the Hmong Cultural Center, the project will include video documentation of marriage and funeral rites, interviews with a folk artist who will share his knowledge about Hmong marriage and funeral traditions, and creation of a study guide.
Indiana University (on behalf of Traditional Arts Indiana)
Bloomington, IN
$20,000
To support the Statewide Traditional Arts Resources and Training (START) program. The project will identify tradition-bearers, and develop a network of community specialists that support the ongoing identification and presentation of traditional artists throughout the state.
Institute for Community Research, Inc. (consortium)
Hartford, CT
$15,000
To support expansion of the Lao Saturday School, a consortium project. A collaboration with the Lao Association of Connecticut, the project will include a series of classes for elementary, middle, and high school students in traditional Lao social dance, verbal arts, Lao cultural history, and khene instrument playing.
Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the eighth year of the Southern New England Apprenticeship project. The project brings together master artists and apprentices from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Institute for Cultural Partnerships
Harrisburg, PA
$30,000
To support workshops focused on the integration of refugee and immigrant artists in regional and national arts programming. Workshops and the publication will target community organizations and arts administrators.
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
To support training for neighborhood youth in traditional and contemporary art. Classes include Hawaiian, Polynesian, Okinawan, Filipino, and Samoan dance, Samoan crafts, and ceramics.
Karuk Tribe of California
Happy Camp, CA
$10,000
To support an artist-in-residence program and basketweaver gatherings. The project is designed to encourage basketweaving among the Karuk people, to both generate income and increase public awareness of Native American traditional arts.
Kunqu Society, Inc.
Whitestone, NY
$14,000
To support lecture-demonstrations and a performance in the art of Kunqu. The project will raise awareness of Kunqu, a form of traditional Chinese theatre proclaimed by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity.
La Troupe Makandal, Inc. (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support Krik! Krak!, a consortium project. A collaboration with the Tonel Lakay Dance Theatre, the project will consist of instruction in Haitian music and dance.
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, CA
$20,000
To support the Community Heritage Project. The project is a multigenerational, multidisciplinary, and multifaceted program of arts training in traditional Mexican music and dance.
Los Pleneros de la 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Puerto Rican Music Project. Components will include a Touring and Residency Project, Bomba and Plena Community Workshops, An Evening with the Masters, and a Fiesta de Cruz.
Los Reyes de Albuquerque Foundation
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
To support and perpetuate nuevomexicano folk traditions and to present performances of the Entriega de los Novios. Nuevomexicano presentations will be held at child day-care centers, senior and nursing centers, and meal sites for the homeless, while the Entriega de los Novios will be presented at local middle and high schools.
Los Sambos
Panorama City, CA
$5,000
To support the Bolivian Festival of Southern California. The event will showcase various forms of folk dance originating from several regions in Bolivia.
Maine Acadian Heritage Council
Madawaska, ME
$20,000
To support a bilingual CD and guidebook for an international cultural heritage trail. The project will celebrate traditions, cultural sites, and landscapes of the Saint John Valley where the Saint John River forms an international boundary between northern Maine and Canada.
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Inc.
Old Town, ME
$30,000
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will support master basketmakers and apprentices in the ancient traditions of ash and sweetgrass basketry among the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes in Maine.
Music From China, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Music from China Festival, a consortium project. A collaboration with Seton Hall University, the project will include a series of public concerts, lecture-demonstrations, and a music training program targeting children and youth.
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$50,000
To support an urban and rural festival, a Masters of Caribbean Music tour on the West Coast, and a series of outdoor concerts in an underserved region of Appalachia. The project honors folk, tribal, and ethnic communities across the nation by developing audiences and giving national exposure to folk artists.
Nego Gato, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the 2nd International Capoeira Intensive. The project will feature master Capoeira artists Boa Gente, Pele do Tonel, and Moa Katende.
North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$25,000
To support a directory of folk and traditional artists in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area of western North Carolina. The directory will provide access to artists who are outstanding representatives of the region's traditional culture, and educate residents and visitors about the region's traditional art forms.
Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association
Omak, WA
$20,000
To support the 2005 Annual Gathering of Basketweavers. The project offers an opportunity for indigenous weavers to showcase and sell their basketry, share techniques with one another and the general public, and teach Native youth about the cultural significance of basketweaving.
ODUNDE, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the 2005 ODUNDE Festival. ODUNDE is the oldest African American community festival in Philadelphia, annually featuring local and international African American dancers, musicians, and performers.
Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support a special music series featuring the lives and stories of Chicaog's Latino musicians and a complete catalog of La Pena's past shows.
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support a survey to identify and document Oregon's Native American folk and traditional artists and art forms. The project will provide valuable training to tribal members in documentation methods using modern technology to preserve cultural knowledge.
Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, ME
$10,000
To support the construction of an 18-foot birch bark canoe. The canoe will be a part of the Museum's summer exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of George Waymouth's voyage to Penobscot Bay.
Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the Folk Arts House project. The project will support technical assistance workshops for traditional artists, grassroots groups, and artist-run programs featuring local folk and traditional artists in exhibitions, performances, and workshops.
Radio Bilingüe, Inc. (consortium)
Fresno, CA
$25,000
To support Radio Bilingüe's Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a consortium project. A collaboration with WRTU-FM Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, the project will bring the festival and its artists to underserved, low-income Latino communities through more than 60 affiliates across the United States and Mexico, and on the Web.
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, Inc.
Canton, NY
$20,000
To support the folk arts program and related costs. The program is designed to work with arts and community organizations in the North Country region to produce traditional arts programming at their sites.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
To support the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will support apprenticeship teams, drawing from a diverse range of communities and involving a wide array of traditional arts and folkways.
Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$10,000
To support Chinese opera excerpts along with pre-performance workshops and lectures. Chu Shan Opera plans to bring Chinese opera to the local Chinese American and general communities of Richmond, Virginia.
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Olympia, WA
$25,000
To support Latino Traditional Arts in the Park. The project will include a series of performances and craft demonstrations in state parks in close proximity to Latino communities.
Wisdom of the Elders, Incorporated
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the First Annual Northwest Indian Storytellers Conference. The event will include a gathering of inter-tribal storytellers and apprentices from Washington and Oregon, cultural preservation recording sessions, public storytelling events hosted by local organizations, and a public salmon bake.
World Music Institute, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a consortium project of touring concerts of traditional Dogon music and dance of Mali, aboriginal song and dance of Australia, and music and song of Venezuela. The project, in partnership with World Music, Inc., is designed to reach a broad audience for non-Western music and dance, and to serve immigrant communities whose music is being presented, as well as descendants of "roots" communities.
Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition and catalogue documenting the 20-year history of the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will honor participating artists and foster a greater awareness of the apprenticeship program for both the general public and potential applicants.
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
$25,000
To support continuation of the Traditional Arts Development Program. The program will consist of technical assistance through a mentoring program, and a gathering of artists and funders.
Arkansas State University
State University, AR
$30,000
To support a folk arts coordinator position and related costs. Responsibilities will include field research in the Mississippi Delta Region of eastern Arkansas, and integration of folk artists and folklife resources into ongoing programming at the Arkansas Arts Council and the Arkansas State University.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Harrisburg, PA
$35,000
To support continuation of the Folk Arts Support Centers. The project will expand fieldwork and outreach into underserved regions of the state and develop statewide strategies to preserve and enhance folk and traditional arts.
District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the citywide folk arts program. The program will consist of an online exhibit, a DC Folklife digest, professional development for folk artits, continuation of the Dance DC Festival, and partial support of the folklorist position to administer these programs.
Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$20,000
To support the Louisiana Voices Folklife in Education Project. The program will offer a blend of high- and low-tech resources that, in addition to providing lessons in folklife, provide teachers with Social Studies and English Language Arts content standards.
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$25,000
To support the Folklife Radio Series, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, Folklife Days, Festival Outreach, and partial support of the outreach coordinator position to coordinate project activities. Project goals include an increased awareness throughout the state of Florida's traditional culture.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
$25,000
To support the Indiana Instruments Project. The project will support a survey of musical instrument builders, apprenticeships and workshops with master musicians and artisans, and production of an audio tour and CD.
Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the statewide folk arts program. Program activities will include fieldwork, technical assistance, programming, special projects in education, and partial support of a program director to administer the projects.
Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$25,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs to administer project activities. Responsibilities will include the Community Scholars Program, as well as other educational programs and partnerships with diverse groups.
Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$20,000
To support the Community Folklorist-in-Residence and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship programs. The programs are designed to bring recognition to local artistic traditions, and to honor and support the artists who continue to practice these traditions.
Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$30,000
To support the fifth year of Maryland Traditions. Activities will include support of a folklorist position at Frostburg State University to coordinate project programs, fieldwork, continuation of the apprenticeship program, an online database, and a Traditional Arts Summit.
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support expansion of the Folk Arts and Heritage Program. Core program activities will include fieldwork, artist grants, Traditional Arts Apprenticeships and a statewide traveling exhibition titled Keepers of Tradition: Folk Arts in Massachusetts.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$20,000
To support the Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship and Michigan Heritage Awards programs and related costs. The project will support master-apprentice pairs, partial salary of the program coordinator to administer and evaluate the projects, and exhibits about both programs.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
To support a folk and traditional arts program associate position and related costs. Core responsibilities will include fieldwork to identify traditional artists and their needs, the integration of fieldwork into other programs at the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the creation of links to allied field and funding resources.
Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$25,000
To support activities of the Nebraska Folklife Network. Activities will include technical assistance to traditional artists, tradition-bearers, cultural communities, and organizations, as well as fieldwork in African American and Bosnian communities, and creation of two cultural educational traveling kits.
Nevada Arts Council
Carson City, NV
$20,000
To support expansion of the Folklife Education Initiative. The project will create a roster of visual and performing artists who will demonstrate their skills at educational and community institutions.
New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support continuation of the Folk Arts Apprenticeship and Community Fieldworker Network programs. Practitioners for the apprenticeship program are sought in the course of fieldwork with the assistance of trained lay folklorists or community scholars participating in the Community Fieldworker Network program.
North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$30,000
To support the executive director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute (an office within the North Carolina Arts Council) and related costs. Core responsibilities of the position will include heritage tourism projects in coastal, piedmont, and mountain communities, as well as development of a Web site and production of a CD.
North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$30,000
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will encourage the preservation of North Dakota's diverse folk traditions, especially those that are rare and endangered, by allowing master artists to work with apprentices in long-term, one-to-one teaching/learning situations.
Ohio Arts Council
Columbus, OH
$20,000
To support continuation of the Ohio Folk Arts Initiative. Core activities will include fieldwork and documentation, the Ohio Heritage Fellowship Program, presentation of folk and traditional artists at the Cityfolk Festival, and support of archival activities for folk arts material collected throughout the state.
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma City, OK
$30,000
To support ongoing efforts to document the folklife of the state. The project will include development of an infrastructure that links individuals, communities, and organizations, as well as support artists and traditional groups through preservation and community and economic development.
Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$35,000
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project is designed to increase the program's visibility within Native American communities, especially through apprenticehsips and school-based programs.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$20,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will foster the sharing and passing on of traditional skills within cultural communities.
South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$25,000
To support continuation of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Initiative (TAAI), the Institute for Community Scholars (ICS), and the Folklife & Education Initiative (FEI). The continuation of the programs will create long-lasting partnerships at the local and state level, and provide models for folklife documentation efforts.
South Dakota Arts Council
Pierre, SD
$25,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs to administer folklife activities in the state. Responsibilities will include the coordination of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, a Traditional Textiles Exhibit, and Web page development.
Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$20,000
To support continuation of a state-wide Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will encourage the preservation of living traditional arts by funding master artists to work with less experienced apprentices in order to convey time-honored skills and knowledge.
Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$40,000
To support a folk arts coordinator positon and related costs. Responsibilities will include continuation of the Folk Arts in the Parks Initiative that will develop programs connecting many of the state's 120 parks with local communities through concerts, festivals, exhibits, and demonstrations.
West Plains Council on the Arts, Inc.
West Plains, MO
$20,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Responsibilities will include supporting the work of traditional artists in the region, assisting local arts agenices, and enhancing region-wide strategic plans for cultural tourism.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison, WI
$25,000
To support coordination of a teacher network and an educational Web site. Core activities will include development of the organization Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture (WTLC), and continued production of the Wisconsin Folks Web site.
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
$40,000
To support a folklife program specialist position and related costs. Responsibilities will include the identification, documentation, presentation, and promotion of folk and traditional arts and artists.
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Washington, DC 20506
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