2000 Grant Awards: Access

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

National/Multistate Impact | Grants With Activity Primarily In One State

Grants With A National or Multi-State Impact

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Academy of American Poets
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the coordination of National Poetry Month, a project that connects the Academy with schools, libraries, bookstores, and cultural organizations to bring poetry to communities across the country in new and imaginative ways. During April 2000, the Academy will host library readings, outreach efforts to bring poetry to school curricula, and special features on the organization's Web site.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support artist residencies, performances, community projects, training and professional development workshops, documentary publications, and artist fee subsidies in under-served areas of the Southeast region.

Amherst Writers & Artists Press
Amherst, MA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support Amherst Writers and Artists Institute's Low Income Writing Workshop Program for youth living in public housing in Western Massachusetts. The institute also will help train writers, teachers, and social workers around the country to lead writing workshops for at-risk youth.

Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the implementation of a national retrospective tour of Appalshop's artistic productions in celebration of the organization's 30th anniversary. The tour, co-produced with six organizations, will travel to New York, Tennessee, Texas, California, Alaska, and Ohio.

Arizona State University (on behalf of Bilingual Review Press)
Tempe, AZ
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the distribution of 950 titles of Hispanic, Latin American, and Spanish literature to 2,600 bookstores throughout the United States. Bilingual Review Press will distribute free copies of books to rural and inner-city schools, domestic abuse centers, and prisons.

Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Video Data Bank)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the enhancement of Video Data Bank's (VDB) Web site. New video streaming technology will provide users with direct on-line access to the more than 1,500 titles in VDB's collection of video art and interviews with artists on video.

Art Resources Transfer, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Distribution to Underserved Communities Program, a project that offers books, museum catalogues, videos, and other publications about contemporary art free-of-charge to libraries across the nation. The program has reached more than 1,600 libraries in 36 states to date, with a special emphasis on rural and inner-city areas.

ARTREACH, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the creation of a Cultural Access Guide for the Disabled for the Greater Philadelphia region. The guide will detail architectural and programmatic access for the physically disabled, blind, deaf, and hard of hearing populations to cultural venues.

Atlatl, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support project components designed to increase access to Native American arts. The project includes technical assistance, professional development, and increased dissemination of arts-related information through Atlatl's publications and Web site.

BCA Development Corporation (Consortium)
Bronx, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the Youth Poetry Slam League, a WritersCorps project designed to use teens' natural penchant for competition and self-expression to introduce them to the written and spoken word. WritersCorps is a consortium of three local arts and humanities agencies: the Humanities Council of Washington, DC, the Bronx Council on the Arts, and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Boston Lyric Opera Company
Boston, MA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the regional tour of a fully staged and costumed production of The Magic Flute by Mozart. Forty-five performances of a one-hour, abridged version of this opera will be targeted to family audiences, educators, and students (grades 3 to 7) in underserved, inner-city and rural communities throughout New England and New York during 2000 and 2001.

Bridgework Theater, Inc.
Goshen, IN
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the expenses associated with a touring outreach program. The program offers performances of theme-oriented original plays to disadvantaged youth in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Community Engagement Initiative, an access project of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago that includes national radio broadcasts. The young musicians in this pre-professional orchestra will participate in the MusiCorps residency program and the South Shore Civic Residency during 2000-01.

Children's Book Press
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support LitLinks, a series of online residencies connecting low-income youth with established writers and artists. Projected sites include elementary and middle schools, and community-based literacy programs in California, Texas, New York, Colorado, Minnesota, Georgia, and Washington, DC.

Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
$6,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support Museum in the Classroom, an Internet-based education initiative. The project is designed to make the museum's collection more fully available as a multidisciplinary educational resource for teachers, students, and the general public.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati, OH
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development, and regional tour of a new theater work for young people through the Modern Myths Project. The company, in collaboration with playwright Bernardo Solano, will tour the production to schools in greater Cincinnati, rural Ohio, Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the publication of four issues of Cineaste magazine including special supplements devoted to race in contemporary American film and overviews of specific national cinemas. The organization will also increase its writers' fees and produce an index to the contents of each issue published in the journal's 30-year history.

Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc.
Indianola, IA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support OPERA Iowa's educational and outreach touring program. During 2000 01, a ten-week tour to underserved and rural communities will feature Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing, a children's opera by Malcolm Fox, and Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the radio series Masters of Traditional Arts. The series will consist of 52 five-minute features that explore the complexity of American life, culture, and society through the spoken word and community-based sounds of folk artists across the country.

Electronic Arts Intermix
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the Artists' Videotape Distribution Service. Through Electronic Arts Intermix's on-line catalog, study center, and special programs, more than 2,750 works will be made available to libraries, educational institutions, community centers, museums, and other organizations.

Eugene Ballet Company
Eugene, OR
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support rural touring in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The tour will consist of performances and outreach programs.

Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the publication of The Independent Film and Video Monthly and upkeep of its on-line companion resource. This nationally distributed magazine provides information on all aspects of independent film and video production including practical, esthetic, and scholarly articles.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc. (Consortium)
Cooperstown, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support a consortium with New York City Opera for a series of audience development and access programs in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The programs will focus on operas that will be co-produced by the two companies during the year 2000.

Hand Print Workshop
Alexandria, VA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support The View From Here, a traveling exhibition featuring the work of contemporary artists from the United States and the former Soviet Union. The exhibition will open in Moscow and tour to six sites in the U.S.

Homowo African Arts and Cultures
Portland, OR
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the dance production of The Many Rhythms of Ghana. This program will tour rural communities in the Pacific Northwest and offer an exciting introduction of the music and dance of Ghana.

Illinois State University (on behalf of Unit for Contemporary Literature)
Normal, IL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the maintenance and expansion of Litline, a Web site serving the nation's independent literary community. Litline receives more than 40,000 visitors each month.

Independent Eye, Ltd.
Sebastopol, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support expenses associated with the Rural Journeys Project. The project consists of residencies that offer performances from the repertoire and workshops to rural communities nationally.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the distribution of ten audio plays to 2,500 libraries in underserved locations, including 175 facilities that serve blind and visually impaired audiences. In addition, L.A. Theatre Works will provide the organizations with print materials (large print and recorded versions for the visually impaired) to augment the collection.

Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support music education programs for underserved communities in the metropolitan Washington area. During 2000-01, the Levine School of Music will provide public access to music education in southeast DC, in Arlington, Virginia, and at public housing sites.

Mad River Theater Works
West Liberty, OH
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the creation of plays through partnerships with three communities in west central Ohio and presentation there and in surrounding states. The plays will be based on oral history interviews in each partnership community after which community members will create a new play about Eugene Bullard, an African American World War I flying ace, professional boxer, and band leader.

Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Residency Works, a national audience development project for new American music. More than 1,000 composers will be participating in this 2000-01 community-engagement endeavor, cultivating relationships between composers and communities.

Metro Theater Company
St. Louis, MO
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support expenses associated with a tour to rural and urban communities throughout Missouri, nearby Midwestern states, and nationally. Touring activities will include performances from a two-production repertoire as well as workshops for young people and educators conducted by the ensemble's artists.

Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City, MO
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support ExhibitsUSA, a national touring exhibition program. The project will include several new exhibitions with accompanying catalogues, brochures, and education materials.

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Shakespeare in the Schools program that brings Shakespeare into classrooms in rural communities. The touring production of a play by Shakespeare and accompanying workshops will reach children in the tri-state area of Montana, northern Wyoming, and eastern Idaho.

Music & Arts Center for the Handicapped
Bridgeport, CT
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support access to music education for the visually impaired community. During
2000-01, the Music & Arts Center for the Handicapped will provide training to music teachers in Braille music and in the use of computer music technology.

National Book Foundation
New York, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support literary outreach programs that link National Book Award authors with underserved communities throughout the country. Programs include American Voices, which brings established writers to American Indian reservations nationwide, and a summer writing camp for inner-city teens and adults.

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Boerne, TX
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the annual conference of the nation's oldest and largest professional service organization in the ceramic arts. To be held in Charlotte, NC in 2001, Evolving Legacies will include a series of critical lectures, panels, workshop demonstrations, and a publication.

Natyakalalayam Dance Company
Chicago, IL
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support continuation of outreach programs in cities throughout the United States. Programs include performances to heighten awareness about Bharatanatyam, the classical dance style of India.

New Life Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support extended residencies and performances of HereAfter, a community-based multidisciplinary project. The company will have residencies in Lewiston, ME; Lincoln, NE; and Washington, DC.

Opera North
Hanover, NH
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support a fully staged and orchestrated performance of La Boheme for students in Vermont and New Hampshire. During 2000-01, students from 16 rural school districts will attend the opera and participate in educational programs.

Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support an expansion of the company's outreach and education program by integrating the mainstage productions with outreach productions and events, and building cross-disciplinary coalitions. During 2000-01, Opera Omaha will form partnerships with the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, the Omaha Symphony Association, and literary scholars to create and deliver programs to audiences in Nebraska and Iowa.

Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support outreach programs for underserved communities under the direction of dancer/choreographer David Parsons. The company will provide a community outreach program in nearly every community in which it performs, and offer teaching video creativity workshops for at-risk youth.

Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Academy Theatre for Youth Artists in School Program. The company will tour eight plays to students in grades pre-K through high school in the Southeastern region.

Poetry Society of America
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the continuation and expansion of Poetry in Motion, a program that places poetry placards in public transportation systems. The Poetry Society of America will continue existing programs in Atlanta; Baltimore; Chicago; Dallas; Eugene and Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles; New York; and Philadelphia; and will help launch the program in Austin, Texas, and Amherst, Massachusetts.

Portland Opera Association
Portland, OR
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support an educational tour by young singers of Portland Opera Works for students in Oregon and southwest Washington. The performances and outreach activities will feature The Night Harry Stopped Smoking, an anti-smoking musical for elementary and middle school-age children, and a 40-minute version of Rossini's Cinderella for elementary students during 2000-01.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theater Collection, Inc. (Consortium)
Bronx, NY
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support Phase 3 of The Exchange, a consortium project with Pregones Theater (NY), Roadside Theater (KY), and Junebug Productions (LA) to present the national tour of a collaborative theater piece. The play, The Exchange - love stories on the road, is a musical theater piece linking African American, Puerto Rican, and Appalachian traditions to contemporary sounds.

Professional Flair, Inc./Dancing Wheels
Cleveland, OH
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the development of a model school for the performing arts and continuation of lecture-demonstrations. Classes at the school will introduce dance technique and advanced technique training to those who use wheelchairs for mobility as well as to students with other types of disabilities and participants who are not disabled.

Prospect Park Alliance (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support a collaborative project with the Brooklyn Historical Society which will increase public access to visual materials documenting Prospect Park. The project will increase a historic image database, produce a guide for the database and make it Internet accessible.

Saint Louis Symphony Society (Consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Concert Residencies, a consortium project with the Regional Arts Commission of Greater St. Louis. During the year 2000, the Saint Louis Symphony will perform free, full-orchestra concerts and provide educational activities for children and adults in underserved communities at 15 locations in Missouri and Illinois.

Salt & Pepper Mime Company
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support The American Mime Project, a national initiative to broaden exposure and access to the art of mime. The project combines educational programs with performances in a variety of venues throughout seven states.

Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support a targeted distribution initiative to provide individuals, libraries, and bookstores in all 50 states with publications from 500 small and independent presses.

Space One Eleven, Inc. (Consortium)
Birmingham, AL
$36,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Southern Digital ByWays Initiative, a consortium project designed to support artists and audiences interested in cyberspace. The project will target three distinct communities, through Space One Eleven in Birmingham, the Gadsden (AL) Cultural Arts Center, and the Evans Memorial Library in Aberdeen, MS.

Trinity Repertory Company (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Trinity Summer Shakespeare Project. Trinity Repertory Company, in consortium with the City of Providence's Office of Cultural Affairs, will present a series of free, public, outdoor performances of Shakespearean works in public spaces throughout southern New England.

Tulsa Opera, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the OPERA OKLAHOMA access programs for children throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, southwest Missouri, and western Arkansas. The Opera on the Air program, the Opera/Film in the Park program, the Sid the Serpent tour, a mini version of Tosca, the Tulsa Opera summer camp, and the video Opera Imaginaire are among the programs to be presented during 2000-01.

University of Arizona (on behalf of Center for Creative Photography) (Consortium) Tucson, AZ
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support increased and diversified public programming for the Center for Creative Photography's traveling exhibition Indivisible. The project is being carried out in partnership with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a tour by pianist Barry Douglas to rural and underserved communities of Wyoming and Colorado. This year 2000 outreach project will feature performances and residency activities in local schools and community colleges.

Very Special Arts Massachusetts
Boston, MA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the National Cultural Access Initiative. This initiative works with each state to provide a local infrastructure for people with disabilities and the cultural organizations of their communities.

Washington Drama Society, Inc./Living Stage
Washington, DC
$14,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support creative arts training for low-income children and youth with physical and mental disabilities. The children are enrolled at the C. Melvin Sharpe Health School for the Mentally and Physically Challenged in the District of Columbia and at St. Coletta School in Alexandria, VA.

Washington Opera
Washington, DC
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support education and community programs for educators and students in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The Elementary School Partnership Program, the Secondary School Partnership Program, the Opera Camp, the Opera Institute for Young Singers, and the Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers program will be included.

Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the museum's Touring Exhibition Program. The program consists of small and medium-size thematic, one-person, and group exhibitions drawn from the permanent collection.

YMCA of the USA
Chicago, IL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the National Writers' Voice Readings 10th anniversary tour, which will bring 35 established writers to 21 underserved communities around the country, and the National Writers Community, which will place 24 mid-career writers in six-month residencies at 12 centers nationwide.

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