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.

MARYLAND

Baltimore Theatre Project, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the production of the play, Walk A Mile in My Drawers: The Lives and Times of Rodney Dangerous in the Field, The First Stand-Up Slave Comic, to be written, performed, and directed by Joyce J. Scott. The play will explore issues of racism and violence as they relate to the concept of black comedy.

Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support production of a new play, Elima's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play tells the story of three generations of West Indian men living in contemporary London. The production will offer after-school workshops, post-show discussions and student matinees.

Folk Alliance (North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, Inc.) (consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a consortium project for the 18th Annual Folk Alliance Conference. In collaboration with the Texas Music Hall of Fame, the conference will introduce and showcase a wide range of Texas folk musicians to the membership which consists of performing arts presenters, festival bookers, marketing and public relations specialists, and record label representatives.

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Dance Exchange, Inc.)
Takoma Park, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Liz Lerman. The work, titled Ferocious Beauty: Genome, will be developed through partnerships with national cultural and university sites, and include a variety of public programming activity.

Round House Theatre
Bethesda, MD
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the final development and world premiere of Columbinus, a play about the1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO. Through extensive interviews and workshops with adolescents nationwide, the collaborators are exploring adolescent culture and behavior.

Shriver Hall Concert Series, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the world premiere performance of a previously commissioned work by Tobias Picker. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson and the Takacs String Quartet will perform the piano quintet in Shriver Auditorium at John Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Station Resource Group, Inc.
Takoma Park, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support Public Radio Exchange's Showcase Program. The Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a newly created, Internet-based program wherein independent audio producers can upload their work, linking it to public radio stations that can choose pieces for their own programming.

Twentieth Century Consort
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support concerts complementing Visual Music, 1905-2005, a major exhibition organized jointly by the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Performances will take place at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support American Sensibilities. Presentations in dance, music, and theater will explore American heroes and mavericks and examine the concepts of conflict and courage.

MARYLAND total grants: 9
MARYLAND total dollars: $218,000

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