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FY 2005 Grant Awards:
Access to Artistic Excellence
Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Multidisciplinary
| Museums | Music
| Musical Theater
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
651 ARTS (Kings Majestic Corporation)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the Artist Development Initiative program. Resources will be
made available for artists whose work is grounded in the African American
cultural experience to create new or present existing works.
Akhra:The Dancing Grounds, Inc. (consortium)
Somerville, MA
$15,000
To support a consortium project to create and present Hands: Rhythm
Project. In partnership with the Seattle International Children's
Festival, composer Nandlal Nayak and choreographer Wendy Jehlen will create
a work that will bring together musicians and dancers from the United
States, India, and Japan.
Arts at St. Ann's (St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts,
Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Puppet Lab and Labapalooza! Mini-Festival of New Puppet
Theater from The Lab. The project is an ongoing professional workshop
where emerging and mid-career puppet artists and collaborators meet weekly
to create interdisciplinary puppet theater works.
ArtWallah (Indo-American Cultural Center)
Venice, CA
$15,000
To support ArtWallah, a festival of South Asian arts. The festival showcases
artists whose ancestry originates from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support creation and development of Super Vision, a multimedia
performance exploring how humans are perceived as accumulations of electronic
personal data, and how this perception is changing us. The project is
a collaboration with dbox, a multidisciplinary studio whose work explores
the intersection of visual arts and architectural design through 3-D digital
media.
CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
Valencia, CA
$25,000
To support the REDCAT Intersections residency program at the Roy and Edna
Disney CalArts Center. The program includes a series of residencies, performances,
and exhibitions.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Culver City, CA
$10,000
To support the Wendover Artist Residency Program. Both emerging and established
artists will be selected to create new works that capture the landscapes
in Utah, Nevada, and southern Idaho.
Clemson University (on behalf of Brooks Center
for the Performing Arts)
Clemson, SC
$20,000
To support the Women's Arts Festival. Designed to enhance appreciation
of women in the arts, the festival will feature a reading by playwright
Suzan Lori-Parks, a concert, an exhibition, a panel discussion and a lecture-presentation.
Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of Center
for Asian Arts & Media)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the 2005 Woman Warrior Festival, a biennial event celebrating
the accomplishments of women of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in
the arts. Thematic presentations will include lectures, panel discussions,
workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, performances, and readings.
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
To support performances scheduled on the Uptown/Downtown series. The Center
will present renowned jazz pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, a ballet oratorio
by Jay Weigel, and dance performance group Urban Bush Women.
Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the tour of The Geography Trilogy, Part 3: House,
a dance/theater work choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon. The
Geography Trilogy is a decade-long, autobiographical work that explores
race, culture, modernity, and individual identity.
d.u.m.b.o. arts center
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the d.u.m.b.o (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) festival.
The annual three-day festival will feature exhibitions, site-specific
installations, film and video screenings, live music, theater, and dance
by artists that live and work in the 10-block area under the Brooklyn
and Manhattan bridges.
Dance Brigade (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a consortium project involving residencies by contemporary
Russian dance/movement theater companies. In partnership with UCLA Live,
the companies will work with students and local arts groups while in residence
in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$45,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center.
Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater
artists, choreographers and dance companies, musicians, and traditional
artists from around the world.
DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works. The project
will include visual arts exhibitions, performances, artist residencies,
and educational activities.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$30,000
To support artist residencies. The project will provide studios, living
accommodations, meals, and professional support for American writers,
composers, choreographers, and media and visual artists.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the commission, presentation, and documentation of an audio/visual
installation in an abandoned, 19th-century historic site. Audio artists
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller will collaborate with composer David
Lang to create a multimedia vocal and percussion installation with visual
components.
eighth blackbird performing arts association
Evanston, IL
$15,000
To support the creation of a multimedia work titled Slide, which
will explore the role of perception in the context of psychological experiments.
The work involves a collaboration by eight blackbird, a chamber music
sextet, composer/musician Steven Mackey, and actor Rinde Eckert.
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Artists Residency Program and the Outer Ear Festival of
Sound. The project will provide local sound artists with residencies to
create and present new sonic art works.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support artist residencies focused on miniature programmable technologies
in sound, film, kinetic sculpture, and activated environments. The artists
will develop and present hands-on public art and technology workshops
at the Exploratorium and other science centers in the United States.
Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist in Residence Program. Artists will participate in
five-month residencies and receive stipends for the development, creation,
and presentation of new works of art created with new technologies and
digital tools.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Provincetown, MA
$20,000
To support the Residency Fellowship Program. Emerging contemporary visual
artists and writers will be provided housing, studios, and a monthly stipend
during their residency.
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the development of professional writers and playwrights. The
project will feature writing workshops, staged readings, and the 33rd
annual Black Roots Festival.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
To support the Techno-Arte series of dance and theater performances and
a visual art exhibit. The series will focus on media and technology projects
that integrate Latino traditional art forms.
Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist in Residence Project for the creation and presentation
of new works. Artists will receive stipends, allotments for materials
and fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support;
and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists
and community members.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$30,000
To support the U.S. Artists-in-Residence Program and associated public
programs. The project will provide U.S. artists with residencies ranging
from one to six months.
Immaterial Incorporated
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support Cabinet Magazine, a quarterly journal that publishes
the work of contemporary artists and essays on art and culture. Each issue
of Cabinet features regular columns, essays, and a themed art project
that can take the form of an audio CD, CD-ROM, postcards, posters, or
Web-based projects.
Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support a residency program for the creation of new audio art works.
The program will make available Jack Straw studio space and other facilities
to Northwest artists who work in diverse disciplines.
Miami Light Project, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the consortium project Global Hip-Hop Network. In partnership
with the Caribbean Cultural Center in New York, the Network is an annual
celebration of hip-hop music, dance, theater, spoken word, visual art,
film, and video that features work by hip-hop artists.
MOSAIC, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the remounting of Cabaret Schoenberg, an interpretation
of composer Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, stylized to
evoke the original cabaret setting. Director Hans Peter Cloos (Germany)
and designer Jean Kalman (France) will collaborate with the MOSAIC ensemble
to meld the components of music, theater, film, and slide projections.
National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support a series of performances titled Next Generation. At
the annual festival, performances will be supplemented by educational
activities and humanities-based events designed to deepen the audience's
connection to artists and the works being presented.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of
Art Research Collaboration , Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Interactive Alexandria, a multi-sensory, new media
online artistic work. Originally conceived as an installation, the Web-based
work will feature the charred remnants of 150 books as a metaphorical
image for extinction and loss.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of
dance & be still arts)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the development of The America Project, a multimedia
music/theater work by poet, playwright, and performer Sekou Sundiata.
The work will explore the deeper meaning of democracy in Western society.
Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support Language Speaks, an exploration into the use of language.
Activities such as performances, a gallery exhibition, workshops, and
post-performance discussions will be included in the project.
The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Sidney Kahn Summer Institute, a laboratory for students
and young professionals who are interested in the creation of multimedia
works. The intensive three-week program immerses participants in the artistic,
technical, and philosophical approaches to contemporary performance through
various workshops, screenings, and artist discussions.
The Thing, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a new media residency program titled THING.Clouds: A Wireless
Media Project. A public Internet network in Manhattan and Brooklyn will
allow easy access and connections among various artists, enabling them
to create multidisciplinary works.
Thunder Bay Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of a new collaborative performance work. The ensemble
will create a new work in conjunction with European performance groups
Artus (Hungary) and Toaca (Romania).
Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
To support dance and music performances during the 25th Anniversary Season.
The celebration will include a series of week-long artist residencies,
panel discussions, workshops, and outreach activities targeting Miami's
diverse Caribbean, Central, and South American communities.
University Cultural Center Association
Detroit, MI
$15,000
To support the Detroit Festival of the Arts. The annual three-day multidisciplinary,
international arts celebration held in downtown Detroit provides free
music, dance, and theater performances, and includes public art and literary
events.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (on behalf of
New World Theater)
Amherst, MA
$25,000
To support New Works for a New WORLD (NW2), a play-development laboratory.
New World Theater will target support to works-in-progress by artists
of color.
University of Notre Dame du Lac (on behalf of Institute
of Latino Studies)
Notre Dame, IN
$20,000
To support Poetas y Pintores (Poets and Painters). Latino visual
artists will draw inspiration from works of Latino poets, resulting in
the creation of new visual art works which will be part of a traveling
exhibition.
Wexner Center for the Arts (Wexner Center Foundation)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works.
The project is part of an ongoing artists' residency program that provides
technical and professional support for the creation, completion, and/or
presentation of new work.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support artists residencies. Artists working in the visual, performing,
and media arts will develop new work and engage in a variety of educational
and community programs.
Youth Speaks, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a consortium project for the creation of a collaborative work
titled Scourge, which explores Haiti's history through spoken word, dance,
and music. In partnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the
work will be premiered at the Bay Area Hip Hop Theater Festival.
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