2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

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

FLORIDA

Anhinga Press, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the expansion of Runaway with Words. Since 1991, this program has offered poetry workshops to more than 2,000 at-risk children and youth, in shelters, detention centers and alternative schools throughout Florida as well as in Oregon and Utah.

Ballet Florida, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the continuation of City Dance Outreach. Since 1995, this classical and contemporary dance outreach program has recruited youth from five schools for after-school classes and provided them with tuition, dance apparel and transportation to Ballet Florida studios.

Dance Alive!, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support expansion of touring in rural and underserved areas in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. The dance programs will include work by resident choreographers, George Balanchine, and commissioned work by contemporary choreographers.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
$693,200
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$26,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Central Florida folklore program and other related costs. Activities will include folk arts documentation in Orlando's African American communities, documentation and programming for the regional bus system, exhibits and curricula planning.

Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a statewide outreach coordinator's position and other related costs. Activities will include an eight-part radio series and the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program.

Jewish Arts Foundation
Palm Beach, FL
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 13th Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival. The event is devoted to Jewish-subject films from international and American independent sources that otherwise would not be screened in Palm Beach.

Little Haiti Housing Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support design fees, exhibition and publicity for new, affordable, single housing units in the traditionally underserved Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami City. Teaming up with the School of Architecture at the Florida International University, Little Haiti Housing Association will design and build at least eight housing units for this project.

M Ensemble Company, Inc.
Miami, FL
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of a musical. The M Ensemble Company will produce Shoehorn by Idris Ackamoor at three locations in Miami-Dade County.

Miami Light Project, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Here and Now On Tour. This project focuses on an expansion of outreach programs for Miami-based artists, community organizations and their constituencies.

Orlando Opera Company, Inc.
Orlando, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support In-School Opera. The program tours every Orange County public school at least once every two years as well as some schools in neighboring areas.

Pinellas County Arts Council
Clearwater, FL
$33,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Youth Arts Corps. Youth Arts Corps places artists in juvenile justice and community-based residency programs as well as operates Youth Arts Corps at Wildwood, an after-school program, and Youth Arts Corps Productions, a job training program.

Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$16,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support symposia held in conjunction with Sarasota's Season Of Sculpture exhibition, a major waterfront exhibition featuring work by large-scale sculptors. The symposia will bring together international curators, artists, art critics and others to discuss the impact of public art through the ages.

Stageworks, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and tour of two plays by the Rainbow Tribe. The company will present African American Greats by De Vellus Glover and Inner Circle by Patricia McLawrey.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a five-day series of performances, workshops and symposia dedicated to exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble III will take place during the Florida Dance Festival.

Total Dollars Awarded: $961,200
Total Grants Awarded: 15

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