2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships

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

FLORIDA

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of artists and education activities during the 24th Florida Dance Festival. This two-week festival includes dancers, teachers, students, choreographers and others from across Florida, the United States and abroad.

Florida Grand Opera
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. The production will open in Miami-Dade County and run for five performances before moving to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale for two performances.

Florida Stage, Inc.
Manalapan, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a development workshop for the script Good Boys by playwright Jane Martin about gun violence in schools. The evolving play will benefit from a variety of activities including readings, rehearsals and discussion for suggested rewrites.

Hippodrome State Theatre, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production a new interpretation of Medea, written by playwright Naomi Wallace and directed by Artistic Director Lauren Caldwell. The imaginative reinterpretation will imbue the classic Greek tragedy with the complexities of contemporary cultural obsessions with youth and beauty.

Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support Contemporary Women, Living Traditions. The project features residency and performance activities with Nritagram Dance Ensemble in traditional Odissi dance, and Lila Downs in the indigenous folk music of Mexico.

New Theatre, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a semi-historical play by Nilo Cruz about the cigar industry in Ybor City, FL in the late 19th century. The play is part of an effort to document Latino cultural contributions to North America, and will explore the human impulse for storytelling.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. This comprehensive program prepares young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field through performance, multidisciplinary coaching and community outreach.

Schmidt, Richard
Sparr, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 17th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents multilingual theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$5,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support dance presentations during the 9th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The festival will include performances, workshops, panels and symposia.

University of South Florida (on behalf of the Contemporary Art Museum)
Tampa, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Contemporary Art and the African Lens, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. In collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand/Gertrude Posel Gallery in Johannesburg, USF will create an exhibition that will explore the concept of diaspora and African identity through contemporary photography and lens-based media.

Total Dollars Awarded: $230,000
Total Grants Awarded: 11

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