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2003 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements

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

FLORIDA

Cocoa

Brevard Community College
 (on behalf of Harry T. and Harriette Moore Multicultural Center)
Cocoa, FL
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$10,000
To support an exhibition and education activities featuring the work of the "Highwaymen," a group of African-American artists who painted in Florida in the mid-20th century. These artists, denied gallery representation because of their race, used their cars as mobile galleries and sold their art along the highway, driving the triangle formed by the cities of Fort Pierce, Daytona and Orlando.

Delray Beach

Pineapple Grove Main Street, Inc.
Delray Beach, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$35,000
To support the Delray Beach Cultural Loop, a walking tour that connects cultural heritage, arts and civic institutions, and the socioeconomic context of Delray Beach. A community process has identified significant places and buildings to include in the walking tour.

Eatonville

Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (aka P.E.C.)
Eatonville, FL
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support a photographic exhibition and short film festival. The events will be presented as part of the 15th Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.

Gainesville

Dance Alive!, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
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.

Jacksonville

Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$20,000
To support Living Inside, a multidisciplinary arts instruction project. The training will include creative writing, photography, drama, and graphic/Web site design instruction at Public School 176 that serves juvenile offenders who are incarcerated at the Duval County Jail.

Miami

Florida International University (on behalf of Wolfsonian - FIU)
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$60,000
To support documentation and access to a Dutch industrial design collection dating from 1885 through 1945. The collection will be made accessible and searchable through the Web site.

M Ensemble Company, Inc.
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$10,000
To support the production of a musical work. New York actress Bukanla will play the lead character of Moms Mabley, and Jerry Maple, Jr. will direct the M Ensemble Company's production of Jackie Moms Mabley, Live!

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$22,000
To support the Golden Ticket Program. The program provides low-income seniors who reside in the Miami-Dade area with discounted or free tickets to a broad selection of cultural activities.

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

Orlando

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$35,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Responsibilities will include development and implementation of educational programs and events, Web site development, development of a Heritage Center and a survey of local Hispanic communities.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine-Baracoa Friendship Association
St. Augustine, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$10,000
To support Shared Vision, a traveling exhibition and catalog documenting two of the oldest continuously inhabited Spanish settlements in the U.S. and Cuba. St. Augustine, in Florida, and Baracoa, in Cuba, will be recorded by two American and two Cuban photographers.

Tallahassee

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$649,900
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support a statewide outreach coordinator's position and related costs. Activities will include the completion of an eight-part radio series, the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program and Folklife Days.

Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of work by Southeastern self-taught artists drawn from the museum's permanent collection, with accompanying catalog and education programs and materials. Self-taught art--sometimes referred to as folk art, outsider art, vernacular or primitive art--has been a major subject of scholarly investigation in the latter half of the 20th century.

Tampa

Stageworks, Inc.
Tampa, FL
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$6,000
To support performances by the Rainbow Tribe of African American Greats and Inner Circle. Performances will serve at-risk youth at Title One middle schools and alternative secondary schools.

West Palm Beach

Center for Creative Education
West Palm Beach, FL
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$17,000
To support expansion of Project LEAP (Learning through Education and Arts Partnerships). Professional artists and teachers will develop and implement an in-school curriculum to teach academic subjects through the arts for first through third grade students at the Allamanda Elementary School.

Florida Total Dollars Awarded: $979,900
Florida Total Grants Awarded: 16


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