FY 2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

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

KANSAS

Fick, Marlon Lee
Overland Park, KS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a creative writing fellowship.

International Association for Jazz Education
Manhattan, KS
$42,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support workshops, master classes, panel sessions, artists' fees, and production costs during the 33rd annual International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference and Music Festival. The January 2006 conference will be held in New York City.

Lawrence Arts Center (on behalf of Seem-to-Be-Players)
Lawrence, KS
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support developmental workshops with guest artists and touring performances of plays for young audiences. Productions of The Ant and the Grasshopper, Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight, and The Diary of Anne Frank will be augmented with original live music and tour nationally to young audiences.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (on behalf of Spencer Museum of Art)
Lawrence, KS
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the touring exhibition Aaron Douglas and the Harlem Renaissance, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Douglas is considered to be one of the foremost visual artists to emerge during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
Lawrence, KS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support Conflict and Creativity. The series of performances and community conversations will explore the impact of political and social turmoil on young foreign artists from China, Israel, Ireland, and Cuba.

William Inge Festival Foundation
Independence, KS
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a series of Guest Artist Residencies. The William Inge Theatre Festival will bring professional directors and actors to collaborate with playwrights-in-residence on the development of new plays through readings and workshops.

KANSAS total grants: 6
KANSAS total dollars: $144,500

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