NEA: FY 2005 GRANT AWARDS: Access to Artistic Excellence II


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FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence II

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

MEDIA ARTS

American Documentary, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 4th Youth Views Institute. The program engages young people between the ages of 14 and 20 to use non-fiction media as a tool to facilitate dialogue with their peers about issues that are addressed in the film/video artworks.

American Film Institute Inc. (AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.

Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$21,000
To support Appalshop Filmmaking at 35. The retrospective touring program will feature past and current films, and videos produced at Appalshop since its inception in 1969.

Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the Blind Youth and Adult Audio Project. The series of workshops will introduce visually impaired people to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production while they design their own radio program.

Arts Engine, Inc. (on behalf of MediaRights.org)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 5th annual Media That Matters Film Festival. The touring program features short film and video artworks produced by independent and youth makers from across the United States.

Association of Independents in Radio
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the Mentor Program. Veteran radio producers will be paired with less experienced counterparts and selected public radio stations to provide individual training and guidance in every aspect of audio/radio production.

Atlantic Public Media (on behalf of Transom) (consortium)
Woods Hole, MA
$35,000
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the Mediamaker Awards and Artist Residency. In collaboration with the San Francisco Art Institute, these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with critical technical assistance and the resources they need to finish their projects.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 18-year-old program provides media equipment access, low cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally.

Camera News, Inc. (Third World Newsreel)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a digital media literacy and production education program. Components of the program will be the Advanced Film and Video Production Workshop, Wednesday Night Media Workshops, and an Introduction to Final Cut Pro/Media Literacy Workshop Series.

Center for New American Media, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the production of a documentary film by Andrew Kolker and Louis Alvarez. Getting Happy (the working title) will explore Americans' search for happiness.

Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the publication of Cineaste, a quarterly film magazine dedicated to the art and understanding of cinema. Cineaste will report on new French cinema, the recent critical success of documentary film as an art form, publish interviews with Ousmane Sembene and Oliver Stone, and commission essays on Oscar Micheaux and Anna May Wong.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television (DCTV) is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.

Experimental Television Center Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$65,000
To support the Emerging Filmmaker Initiative. The program will provide media artists with workshops, seminars, classes, facilities access, peer mentorship, and information services to cultivate new voices.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of 3 Dogs Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support research and development and the subsequent production of an experimental documentary film by Naomi Uman. Using an observational point of view, the filmmaker will examine her family's path from the Ukraine to the United States.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Nathaniel Dorsky Film and Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the production of a silent experimental film by Nathaniel Dorsky. Dedicated to the spirit of devotional song, Coda (working title) will explore the external surface of objects both man-made and natural.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Hotwire Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Lynn Hershman. Changing Worlds: Art, Women and Revolution will examine the feminist art movement from 1968 through the present.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Locomotion Films)
San Francisco, CA
$38,000
To support the production of an experimental film by Jay Rosenblatt. The film will examine the subject of suicide. It will combine interviews and archival footage. Music, ambient sounds, and text will reflect the respectful tone of the piece. Philosophical and spiritual text will be interspersed throughout the film, to be shot in both color and black and white.

Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary by Nicole Cattell. Revolucion: Visions of Cuba Since The Revolution is about six Cuban photographers.

Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Information Services Project. Consisting of the publication The Independent Film and Video Monthly, the electronic newsletter Splice!, one-on-one artist advice and referral services, and online directories, the project will serve a constituency of more than 100,000 individuals, including artists and members of the public.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA-TV)
Arlington, VA
$20,000
To support the commissioning of six deaf artists to produce short films to be included in History Through Deaf Eyes, a feature-length documentary. Scheduled to air on PBS in 2007, the film explores the experience of the deaf community in America over the last 200 years.

Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs, AR
$10,000
To support the 14th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Held in the fall, this 10-day event showcases both short and feature-length documentaries from the United States and abroad.

In Progress
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support NEXUS. Targeted to underserved communities, the program will provide emerging media artists with workshops, master classes, peer mentorship, and exhibition opportunities.

Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the IFP Market. The conference and exhibition provide independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.

Independent Feature Project-North
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support educational activities and access to film and video equipment for use by media artists in the region. More than 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.

Independent Features Project/Midwest
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 14th IFP/Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. The event provides opportunities for filmmakers to learn from, and meet with, industry professionals.

International Film Seminars, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 51st Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event, to be held at Claremont College in California, will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.

Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$85,000
To support the production of a radio series by the Kitchen Sisters. Hidden Kitchens will explore how communities come together through food.

L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the production and distribution of two episodes of Freewaves. The 13-part television series will showcase independent media artworks and broadcast them on local public access stations.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$45,000
To support the expansion of the Alive and Aloud and Library Access national outreach programs. The project will include the distribution of audio plays to libraries in underserved communities and to public schools in all 50 states.

Long Haul Productions Inc
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support the production of radio documentaries by Dan Collison. Heartland Chronicles will feature stories from Chicago and the Midwest, exploring both urban and rural communities.

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support Giving a Public Face to the Media Arts. Through regional meetings, leadership development, and information gathering and dissemination, the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC) will continue to serve the independent media arts community.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
To support the Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the Market will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.

National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains audio artists in script writing, performance for radio, and technical skills to produce innovative live radio drama.

National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Inc. (consortium)
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support a consortium project to offer radio production workshops. In collaboration with KBOO Foundation, the training will take place during the 2006 Community Radio Conference, which will be held in Portland, Oregon.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Automatic Release)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a video/audio installation project by Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty. Artificial Paradise will combine images from different locations around the country with an audio score consisting of music and other sounds.

Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
To support collaborative programming. Founded in 2001, the Ninth Street Independent Film Center houses eight nonprofit media arts organizations, each with its own identity.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support educational activities and facilities access. Pittsburgh Filmmakers offers its services to more than 1,800 media artists and students each year.

San Diego Asian Film Foundation
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the sixth San Diego Asian Film Festival. Held in the fall, the four-day event features short films, animated work, documentaries, and narrative feature films.

Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$45,000
To support workshop programs and other related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video art works.

Scribe Video Center, Inc. (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support the consortium project, the 2005 Conference of the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers. In collaboration with the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Scribe Video Center and six other Philadelphia-based media arts organizations will plan and host the bi-annual event.

Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of a radio documentary by Dave Isay. To be produced as part of the American Sound Portraits series, the half-hour work will be broadcast on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc.
Laurel, MD
$15,000
To support My World. The project will support the production of radio documentaries to be aired in the United States and Canada.

South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Professional Artist Residencies and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Mentorships. The programs will assist artists and students in the creation of new audio and video art works.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, CA
$6,000
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop focuses on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality, and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

Sundance Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
$115,000
To support a series of educational workshops and labs that offer emerging screenwriters, directors, producers, and composers the opportunity, support and resources needed to successfully develop new creative work.

WBEZ Alliance, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support Third Coast International Audio Festival. Established in 2001 as a "Sundance for Radio," the festival provides an opportunity for documentarians, feature reporters, and audio artists from around the globe to gather and share their expertise, and for listeners to hear the best work currently being produced.

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