2000 Grant Awards: Planning & Stabilization

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

Grants With A National or Multi-State Impact | Grants With Activity Primarily in One State

Grants With A National or Multi-State Impact

Alliance of Artists' Communities
Portland, OR
$22,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support Cultivating American Creativity & Interdisciplinary Innovation, conferences focusing on professional development and public visibility for artist communities. The conferences will include professional development components: Strategic Leadership in a Changing Environment, and A National Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Artist's Role in Society, promoting discourse and examining strategies for strengthening artist communities.

American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support American Music Center's NewMusicBox, a Web magazine for new music. NewMusicBox will address the need for a broad-based communications and information platform for new music, and serve AMC's new music constituency in 2000-2001 by providing this link between the many diverse groups that make up the American new music community.

American Symphony Orchestra League
Washington, DC
$165,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the American Symphony Orchestra League's initiatives in music education, community engagement, and audience development. During 2000-2001, these initiatives will help over 800 orchestras of every size and type in all 50 states develop artistic and management talent, identify and promote new tools and new models, and provide technical assistance and consultancies in critical areas, including new media technologies.

Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the development and convening of Building Creative Alliances Between the Nonprofit and For-Profit Arts in America, a series of national forums and a one-day summit. The objective of the summit and related forums is to bring together the leadership of the for-profit and nonprofit arts to explore new possibilities for artistic development, audience development, technology-based services and shared industry resources.

Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support The Arts Marketing Center's audience development and marketing programs for arts organizations. An advanced audience development training and granting program, a workshop series, information services, and a print and electronic resource library will serve nonprofit arts organizations during 2000-2001.

Arts Resources and Technical Services, Inc. (Consortium) (ARTS, Inc.)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the consortium project Arts Link LA, a coalition of greater Los Angeles community arts resource and service groups. During the year 2000, this project will implement an on-line and print marketing service, Info Sheet, and conduct up to three professional development networking meetings.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. $15,000
New York, NY
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support Publications Program 2000 in developing and expanding circulation. The project is designed to raise awareness of Asian American cultural diversity and to engage the interest and participation of the general public in Asian American arts and cultural activities through the national circulation of Calendar & News and Dialogue magazine.

Associated Writing Programs $40,000
Fairfax, VA
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the production, printing, and distribution of The Writer's Chronicle, a trade journal, and the AWP Job List. Associated Writing Programs will promote the two publications and its annual conference through a 200,000-piece direct mail campaign.

Association of Hispanic Arts, Inc. $40,000
New York, NY
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the Technical Assistance Program and a series of Web-based activities focusing on audience development and on-line services. The technical assistance training and enhanced Web site will expand the Association's services to Latino artists and participating arts organizations, and provide global exposure for Latino artists.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.
Washington, DC
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the development of multi-level marketing courses, a senior think-tank on building audiences for classical music, and training for performing artists on the business of presenting and touring the performing arts. These initiatives are guided by the mission of Arts Presenters and are based on the results of a commissioned study of its continuing education programs.

Atlatl, Inc. (Consortium)
Phoenix, AZ
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support Native Arts Network Consortium, a project designed to nurture the development of Native American arts and culture. This consortium project will focus on strengthening the field of Native American arts, and the regional and national networks among Native American cultural workers.

Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the National Capacity Building Project, a national technical assistance initiative. Designed to help chamber ensembles and presenting organizations strengthen their organizational capacities, this 2000-2001 project will provide professional services in several areas, including in-field consultancies, on-site technical assistance, and special publications.

Chorus America, Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles
Washington, DC
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Chorus America's First Art national radio series, an annual conference, summer management institutes, regional workshops, and leadership development seminars. During 2000, Chorus America will provide these national services and programs to 127 professional choruses, 351 volunteer choruses, 65 youth and children's choruses, 484 individuals, and 23 non-choral music organizations.

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses core services to publishing organizations, including its triquarterly newsletter, CLMPages; its Advertising Brokerage Program, which generates earned income for participating magazines; the Directory of Literary Magazines, and the CLMP Resource Center. CLMP also will retain a part-time Director of Membership Services.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support completion of a strategic plan. The project includes development of an interactive Web site and the enhancement of the framework through which the Fund provides financial assistance.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support two meetings: the Ninth Biennial National Roundtable and the Winter Council. These two conferences are to provide professional development sessions, networking, problem-solving tools, and a broad range of resources to representatives in the dance field.

Early Music America, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the expansion of Early Music America's (EMA) Web site. In 2000-2001, this project will expand the services that EMA provides through the World Wide Web by enabling and enhancing communication among the practitioners and enthusiasts in the field.

Foundation for Independent Video and Film (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support a consortium project for implementation of a series of regionally-based forums. The Foundation for Independent Video and Film (FIVF) and the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers will form The Media Arts Environmental Scanning Tour of Regional Organizations (MAESTRO) to bring together media artists and administrators for focus groups, informal dialogues, screenings, and workshops addressing issues affecting the professional needs of those working in the field.

Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support communications services to the field of folk arts and traditional culture. Goals will be achieved through: 1) the development of the Fund for Folk Culture's Web site into a full-service site and, 2) the presentation of workshops at several regional and national conferences.

Green Mountain Consortium for the Performing Arts
Manchester, NH
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support strategic planning for the consortium of arts presenters in Vermont and New Hampshire. GMC will engage a consultant to guide the organization through this strategic planning process that will chart its future to improve service to its membership and its larger arts constituencies.

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support a technical assistance and leadership development initiative. This project is designed to help media arts managers stabilize and strengthen their organizations, and provide them with leadership skills toward the advancement of their own organizations and the field at large.

National Association of Artists' Organizations, Inc.
Washington, DC
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the Peer Arts Service Organizations Partnership Project (PASO) and the Co-Generate Project. PASO will convene a year 2000 summit of arts service organizations and Co-Generate, entering its second phase, will provide leadership development, an expanded Web page, and a listserv - all targeted for the younger generation of artists and arts professionals.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$26,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support capacity building for community-based arts and cultural organizations. The project, including strategic planning for a national public relations and marketing campaign, will take place in various states.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
Englewood, NJ
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support Pathways, a sequential program of training and on-site delivery of technical assistance targeted to the needs of new and emerging community schools of the arts. This 2000-2002 program will focus on strengthening the capacity of these institutions to provide public access and quality arts and cultural activities to underserved communities.

North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
Washington, DC
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a training institute within the 12th Annual Folk Alliance Conference. The institute will feature a set of workshops designed to train leaders of newly formed community folk organizations in how to run a non-profit organization.

OPERA America, Inc.
Washington, DC
$90,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Phase II of OPERA America's Field Services Program in 2000-2001. The Field Services Program is a coordinated and facilitated effort to connect more than half of the professional opera companies in the United States with national resources, technical assistance, and important peer networks.

Performance Zone, Inc. (The Field)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the 2000 series of Fieldwork workshops. Fieldwork takes place in New York City as well as nine cities across the United States, and is an opportunity for up to 600 independent artists each year to create new dance work.

Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the publication of Poets & Writers Magazine; the continued development of Poets & Writers' Web site; and Literary Horizons, a series of seminars, panels, lectures, and pamphlets providing writers with practical information on the business of writing.

South Dakotans for the Arts
Deadwood, SD
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support professional development and technical assistance programs. These programs will be provided at a conference called StARTS 2000: Strengthening Communities through the Arts, and at a week-long training institute at Black Hills State University.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a national Fundamentals of Arts Management training and instruction program. In 2000 2001, this four-part program will make continuing professional development available to arts leaders in up to six regions throughout the country.

University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the expansion of the Center for Translation Studies Web site to include extensive information on university translation programs worldwide; residencies, grants, and awards for translators; reference tools for translation; and literary organizations in the United States and abroad. The Center also will prepare an online edition of its handbook on the teaching of translation workshops in colleges and universities.

Western Public Radio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the expansion of Radio College, an on-line training and resource center for independent radio producers. Radio College will offer producers throughout the United States workshops, interactive forums, technical assistance, and resource information.

Williamstown Art Conservation Center, Inc.
Williamstown, MA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the dissemination of 24 workshops about preventive care of cultural objects in museums and historical societies throughout the Northeast. All the workshops focus on low-cost practices and solutions, and contain a hands-on training component.

Writers In The Schools (Consortium)
Houston, TX
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support WITSLink, the second phase of the Writers in the Schools Apprenticeship Initiative that has provided technical assistance to residency programs in Seattle, Washington; Detroit, Michigan; Missoula, Montana; and Boise, Idaho. Consortium members include Detroit's InsideOut, Boise's Log Cabin Literary Center, Seattle Arts & Lectures, and the Missoula Writing Collaborative.

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