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2004 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Leadership Initiatives/Literature Fellowships
Services to Arts Organizations & Artists

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

MINNESOTA

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support the expansion of the innova® recording label to broaden services to composers and performers. The project will increase the range, quality, and effectiveness of the innova® distribution network, its user-friendly format, and its marketing efforts.

Artspace Projects, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$45,000
To support Articulating Space, a national conference focused on affordable space for artists and arts organizations. Topics to be addressed will include planning, development, and preservation of live and work space projects.

Asian Media Access, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$5,000
To support the ninth Chinese Film Showcase. The curated film series will feature films and videos from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support chamber ensemble presentations and residencies. The Borromeo String Quartet and Imani Winds will perform concerts and conduct week-long educational residency activities in elementary schools, universities, and senior centers.

Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$60,000
To support the production and development of two new plays for multigenerational audiences. The two plays are a part of Children's Theatre Company's Threshold 2004, an intensive play development laboratory.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Scheduled writers include Lorenzo Thomas, Marjorie Welish, Eleni Sikelianos, U Sam Oeur, and Gilbert Sorrentino.

Dale Warland Singers
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$22,500
To support the creation and presentation of choral works inspired by the Mississippi River and its impact on the history and culture of the upper Midwest. Composers Kirk Mechem, Steve Heitzeg, John Muehleisen, and William Banfield will create a cappella works set to texts by American writers.

FORECAST Public Artworks
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$17,000
To support the publication Public Art Review. The journal will detail trends and new projects in the public art field.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$70,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include D.A. Powell, Fanny Howe, David Rivard, Albert Goldbarth, Carl Phillips, and Jorie Graham.

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work for young audiences by composer Linda Tutas Haugen. The new work will be a fanfare concert-opening work for the most proficient orchestra.

Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the production of Crowns by Regina Taylor, an adaptation based on the book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats. The book was compiled by photographer Michael Cunningham and journalist Craig Marberry. The play will be directed by Timothy Bond.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$22,000
To support the development and production of a new puppet and mask theater work. Duane Tougas, Elisha Whittington, and Masanari Kawahara will create The Man Show, a work celebrating today's various perspectives on manhood.

Illusion Theater & School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the 17th annual Fresh Ink series of new plays. Illusion provides opportunities for six to ten playwrights, composers, lyricists and directors to develop new work in a process that culminates in full studio theater productions.

Independent Feature Project-North
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support educational activities and access to film and video equipment for media artists in the region. Over 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

James Sewell Ballet (Ballet Works, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support performance and education activities in Rochester, NY and St. Cloud, MN.

JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Danny Buraczeski. The work entitled The Rhythm and Blues will be set to music by Sam Cooke.

Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the production of A Cup of Coffee by Preston Sturges. The play will be directed by artistic director Bain Boehlke.

Loft, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$50,000
To support The Minnesota Program for Writers. The program will feature The Mentor Series, which will connect nationally recognized writers with local writers through workshops and one-on-one instruction; and Talking Volumes, which will present recent original work by advanced writers to audiences throughout the upper Midwest.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and mid-career writers. Scheduled authors include Bill Holm, Dennis Sampson, Margaret Erhart, Joseph Bruchac, and Kathleen Dean Moore.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$20,000
To support a new production of Lucretia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti. Five performances will be held at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.

Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the presentation of two plays and the adaptation of a novel for future theater production. The project will support the work of female authors.

Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the development and production of On the Open Road by Steven Tesich. The play will be directed by artistic director Lou Bellamy with original music by composer William Banfield.

Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$13,000
To support the PlayLabs Festival. The program supports the development and presentation of new American plays by bringing together theater professionals and playwrights for workshops and play readings.

VocalEssence (Plymouth Music Series, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$35,000
To support the Witness program, an annual celebration of musical contributions by African American composers. The program will include educational events, a young people's concert, a residency program in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, a commissioned work by an emerging composer, and regional and national broadcasts.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of issues of Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a current national circulation of 20,000 copies.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support commissions and performances of contemporary American works. The concert series, American Music of Our Time, will include premiere works by Paul Schoenfeld and Roberto Sierra, as well as works by John Cage, Lucas Foss, Osvaldo Golijov, David Hahn, and Tan Dun.

Schubert Club, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the Saint Paul Summer Song Festival, a four-day event focusing on the art song through recitals, master classes, and lectures.

Shapiro & Smith Dance (Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Time Between will be set to music by Bruce Springsteen, Patty Sciaffa, and Soozie Tyrell.

Theater Mu, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play, From Shadows to Light by Ka Vang. Artistic Director Cecilie Keenan will direct the play.

Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$30,000
To support the revision and production of an original theater work. Theatre de la Jeune Lune will remount The Ballroom, a play about 20th-century American history seen through the lens of a Midwestern social hall.

Walker Art Center, Inc. $75,000
Minneapolis, MN
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the residency project, Connective Creation: Developing New Work in Community. Up to seven large-scale residencies will include on-site creation and presentation of new work and partnering with diverse communities.

Minnesota Total Dollars Awarded: $844,500
Minnesota Total Grants Awarded: 31


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