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.

NEW MEXICO

Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music at Angel Fire's 19th Anniversary Festival. The festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Raton, Las Vegas (NM) and Taos.

New Mexico CultureNet
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support InterLAC. This project will link local arts councils throughout New Mexico via Web-based services, in-person workshops, and an annual conference.

Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an architectural design for an eagle aviary compound and related structures. In this second phase of the project, an eagle breeding ground, visitor facilities, orchards and landscape features will be added to the existing eagle aviary.

Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation
(on behalf of the Roswell Artist in Residence Program)
Roswell, NM
$13,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support one year residencies for visual artists. Participating artists will be provided with a professionally equipped studio, living accommodations for themselves and family members, a monthly stipend, and concentrated time to develop their work.

Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the American premiere of the opera L'amour de loin by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with libretto by French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. Approximately 6,000 people are expected to attend three performances of the opera at the Santa Fe Opera Theater.

Santa Fe Stage Company
Santa Fe, NM
$6,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of The Abduction of Hernan Cortes, a cycle of plays by Leo Garcia. Earth, the third play in the cycle, will be developed through workshop performances, and the playwright will conduct workshops for community youth and artists while in residence in Santa Fe.

Taos Talking Pictures, Inc.
Taos, NM
$7,500
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Taos Talking Picture Film Festival and related activities. The event is held in the spring and showcases films by independent filmmakers working in all genres, including narrative, experimental and documentary.

University of New Mexico Main Campus
(on behalf of Arts Technology Center)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support residencies by artists to create new work utilizing high performance computing and virtual reality software. The participants will collaborate with scientists and engineers to explore the artistic development of three-dimensional virtual reality software.

Total Dollars Awarded: $146,500
Total Grants Awarded: 8

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Washington, DC 20506