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.

GEORGIA

Actors Express, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the co-production of a new theater work. The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger will be produced in collaboration with Perseverance Theatre Company in Douglas, AK.

Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The reviews section includes an average of 32 reviews by writers, many of whom will be publishing for the first time.

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a project investigating the historical roots of racism. This three-part project includes an art installation, the publication of an artist book, and public programming.

Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 2002 New South for the New Century Play Festival and the Young Playwrights Festival. The annual festivals feature productions, workshops, and staged readings of plays with connections to the South.

Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc., Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 26th Atlanta Film and Video Festival. The event presents the best of current independent film and video to an audience of approximately 13,000 people.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support a series of performances by artists in various disciplines as part of the 2002 National Black Arts Festival. The performances will include commissions, residency activities, workshops and educational forums.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center
(on behalf of Alliance Theatre Company)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a regional premiere of a new play and related activities. The Alliance Theatre Company will present Sleepwalkers by the Cuban American playwright Jorge Ignacio.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(on behalf of High Museum of Art)
$50,000
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition After Whistler, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first exhibition to show James McNeill Whistler's influence on American art, as well as the first major exhibition of his work in the Southeast.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project of performances, educational outreach activities and national radio broadcast in a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The consortium member of this project is Morehouse College, in partnership with National Public Radio and Spelman College.

Skibell, Joseph F.
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a Creative Writing Fellowship.

Total Dollars Awarded: $250,000
Total Grants Awarded: 10

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