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.

MISSOURI

Big River Association (River Styx) (on behalf of River Styx Magazine)
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets and 20 prose writers.

Cinema St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the 13th St. Louis International Film Festival. Over 200 short and feature-length films will be presented to an audience of 16,500 people.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$30,000
To support an exhibition of new work by contemporary Chinese artist Michael Lin (b. 1964), with accompanying artist's book/catalogue and education programs. Lin will transform a 3,000 square foot gallery into an all-encompassing visual, floral cornucopia.

Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$25,000
To support the creation of a new musical adapted from a Broadway show for professional theaters for young audiences. The artistic team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will adapt Seussical, a musical theater work dramatizing the books of Dr. Seuss.

Dance St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the presentation of new works by local choreographers. The works will premiere in the Contemporary Moves program at the performing arts center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the Master Pianists Series, which will take place at the Folly Theater in St. Louis. Pianists scheduled for the February to March 2004 series will include Yefim Bronfman, Ivan Moravec, Richard Goode, and Krystian Zimerman.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by Val Caniparoli and Lila York. Lila York will create a world premiere and Val Caniparoli will restage Lambarena.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$17,500
To support Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey, featuring the premiere, tour, and recording of a work by composer Robert Kapilow. Celebrating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, the new work will be performed in Kansas City, MO, and surrounding communities as well as in Sioux City, IA.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten. Five performances will be held at the Lyric Theatre in Kansas City reaching an estimated audience of 4,500.

Missouri Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the production of a new translation and adaptation of a classic play. Director and writer Lillian Groag will be in residence at Missouri Repertory Theatre to direct a new version of Hungarian Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play, Liliom.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$50,000
To support a new production of Gloriana by Benjamin Britten with libretto by William Plomer. Six performances will be given at the 987-seat theater at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center.

Saint Louis Symphony Society
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support the Symphony Society's 125th anniversary celebration by highlighting works the Saint Louis Symphony has premiered during its long history. The project will include a commission and premiere of a new work by Robert Kapilow.

St. Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$100,000
To support the touring exhibition Art from New Ireland, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be the first major exhibition of art from the Melanesian island civilization in the southwestern Pacific.

Unicorn Theatre
Kansas City, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the world premiere production of How His Bride Came to Abraham by Karen Sunde. Sunde will be in residence at the theater during rehearsals and for audience discussions during the performance run.

Unity Theatre Ensemble
Florissant, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the final development and production of a gospel musical.
$8,000
Make A Joyful Noise! is a non-denominational inspirational musical with a score featuring traditional and original gospel songs that address contemporary social issues.

University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of The Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$30,000
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. The magazine will enhance its Web site, increase authors' fees, and target 50,000 potential readers through a national direct mail campaign.

Missouri Total Dollars Awarded: $410,500
Missouri Total Grants Awarded: 16

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