2004 Grant Awards: State Listings
Arts on Radio and Television/Folk Arts Infrastructure/Heritage & Preservation/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to
change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
ALASKA
Alaska State Council on the Arts
Anchorage, AK
$537,800
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &
Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Ketchikan Indian Corporation
Ketchikan, AK
$35,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the carving of traditional southeast Alaska Native
totem poles and the organization of a potlatch (raising of the
poles) celebration. The project includes an apprenticeship program
in which a master carver will teach young Tlingit, Tsimshian, and
Haida carvers to shape the poles.
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and
Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production of the weekly radio series Earthsongs. The
one-hour program features recordings and live performances of
contemporary Native American music and reaches an estimated
audience of more than 60,000 people each week.
ALASKA total grants: 3
ALASKA total dollars: $597,800
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Washington, DC 20506
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