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.

VIRGINIA

Alexandria

Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Alexandria, VA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the compact disc recording of works by composer Mark Adamo. The compact disc will feature music commissioned during the composer's tenure as composer-in-residence with the chamber orchestra and will be recorded on the Naxos label.

Arlington

Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
Arlington, VA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$35,000
To support Hereabouts: Creating Connections through Culture and Arts Works Neighborhood Heritage Project. The project will include a series of mini-tours of senior centers and libraries, and a youth employment training program.

Charlottesville

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy (aka VFH)
Charlottesville, VA
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$25,000
To support a fieldwork survey of Virginia's eastern shore and the continuation of the Folklife Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will support 10 apprenticeship teams.

Delaplane

Folkstreams, Inc.
Delaplane, VA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$67,000
To support a folklore film Web site. Folkstreams.net will be a public cultural preserve of important films and videos about American traditional or "roots" culture.

Fairfax

American String Teachers Association (aka ASTA with NSOA) (consortium)
Fairfax, VA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$65,000
To support a professional development program at higher education institutions as part of the ongoing Strings Project. Undergraduate music education majors participate as student teachers in all aspects of string teaching to more than 300 public school students in the third through 12th grades.

Galax

City of Galax, Virginia (on behalf of Galax Downtown Association)
Galax, VA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
$25,000
To support a series of traditional music concerts and the Galax Leaf and String Festival. The live radio broadcast of the festival will feature local, regional and nationally known musicians performing traditional bluegrass and old-time music.

Reston

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
(on behalf of National Dance Association)
Reston, VA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$15,000
To support innovative professional development workshop projects for dance educators and artists. The project will include three new initiatives: a pedagogy conference, workshops pertaining to the national dance standards and other workshops involving dancers.

Richmond

John Butler Foundation, Inc.
Richmond, VA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support a condition assessment of the significant works of the late choreographer John Butler. The project will result in a comprehensive catalog of his works, spanning five decades.

Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$591,800
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$45,000
To support the Art on the Spot: In-School Field Trip Program. The project is designed to maintain continued access to the museum while it is closed for renovation and new construction over the next few years.

Roanoke

Art Museum of Western Virginia
Roanoke, VA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$20,000
To support the conservation of paintings, preliminary studies and sculpture by American artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and members of his artistic circle. Eakins, who spent most of his life working and teaching in Philadelphia, is considered to be one of the finest American portrait painters of the 19th century.

Vienna

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (consortium)
Vienna, VA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$90,000
To support stART smart. Formerly known as ArtsLink, the program is designed to integrate the performing arts into lessons for preschool children and uses children's books as the springboard for developmentally appropriate arts activities.

Virginia Total Dollars Awarded: $1,008,800
Virginia Total Grants Awarded: 12

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