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.

LOUISIANA

Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support Phase VII of Louisiana Voices. The program offers both high- and low-tech resources that provide teachers with folk arts-based lessons and strategies to meet Social Studies and English Language Arts content standards.

Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$641,500
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Louisiana Folklife Village, Folk Heritage Stage, and Native American Village at the Jazz Fest. The festival offers attendees a unique opportunity to interact directly with tradition bearers and to develop a deeper understanding of Louisianian and Native-American culture.

Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Shreveport, LA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education 
To support the ARTSMART Arts and Academic Program. Designed to assist students who are in danger of failing the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, the project will provide middle school students with interdisciplinary and interactive arts instruction to increase their skills and knowledge in core academic subjects.

University of New Orleans Foundation
New Orleans, LA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts the two-hour, weekend program in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz, and classical forms with in-studio performances, field recordings, and interviews.

LOUISIANA total grants: 5
LOUISIANA total dollars: $816,500

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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Washington, DC 20506