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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.

GEORGIA

Atlanta

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$60,000
To support the Tour/Residency Program and other services. This multistate project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information and develop new work.

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$23,000
To support the Family History Art Book Project, an after-school program. Fourth- and fifth-grade students will work one-on-one with professional artists to research and create autobiographical artists' books.

Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative, Inc.
 (on behalf of Gancie Television)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & TV FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$45,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary about Jacob Lawrence. Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence will be a one-hour program that will examine the painter's professional and personal life.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$20,000
To support Four: You & Me. Using elements of theater to explore principles of leadership and conflict resolution, students aged eight to 18 will participate in workshops and residencies led by playwright and theater artist John Flemming.

Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$60,000
To support DIALOG, an Urban Literary Initiative. In celebration of National Poetry Month, DIALOG will include residencies, performances and educational events with national poets, as well as a juried show of local artists.

Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$628,200
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$8,000
To support a statewide tour of a Shakespeare play. Artistic Director Richard Garner will direct the production that will be offered free of charge and will tour to high schools in rural areas in South and Central Georgia.

Georgia State University (on behalf of Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$40,000
To support partnerships that connect teachers and students to artists and art resources. Activities will include training artists and K-12 teachers, developing arts-integrated curricula, offering professional development for teachers and seminars for school administrators, and disseminating the model through publications.

Independance Inc. (aka Moving In The Spirit)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$18,000
To support the Stepping Stones. The program, which reaches out to homeless, refugee and low income neighborhood children, will use dance as a creative tool for personal development in such areas as self-expression, self-determination and discipline.

Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc. (aka Academy Theatre)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the tour of the Academy Theatre For Youth's Artist-In-Schools Team. The ensemble will develop original, curriculum-based, issue-oriented plays to tour to schools and youth organizations throughout the Southeast.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$60,000
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative. The tour by the Atlanta Symphony will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships with communities across the state.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the production of plays by Atlanta theater companies in the City Series. The Alliance Theater Company will create partnerships with, and present the works of, five mid-size Atlanta theater companies on its Hertz Stage.

Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$1,112,700
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

UNIMA-USA
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$12,000
To support the publication and distribution of Puppetry International Magazine and the Directory of Touring Companies & Professional Puppetry Services, and the expansion of Web site services. UNIMA-U.S.A.'s publications document puppet theater works and provide technical assistance to puppet artists.

VSA arts of Georgia, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$7,000
To support a sign language interpreting program entitled Stagehands. VSA arts of Georgia will offer a discount to small and mid-sized theaters for the provision of its sign language interpreting service.

Clarkston

New Comers' Network, Inc. (aka Refugee Family Services)
Clarkston, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support My Journey Yours, a series of residencies and exhibitions. A team of artists and individuals from local refugee communities will generate a series of collaborative art works.

Valdosta

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$13,000
To support the Changing Sound of South Georgia radio series. The project will be grounded in a comprehensive field survey of the music traditions of the South Georgia region.

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$40,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. A folklorist based in south Georgia will enhance efforts of the Georgia Folklife Program to document, support and interpret folk arts throughout the state.

Georgia Total Dollars Awarded: $2,236,900
Georgia Total Grants Awarded: 18


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