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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.

NEW JERSEY

Aljira, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support Emerge, a professional development program for artists. The program seeks to provide advice and guidance from professional artists to the participants and to assist with networking opportunities.

American Repertory Ballet (Princeton Ballet Society)
New Brunswick, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Graham Lustig. The work will premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ.

ArtPRIDE New Jersey Foundation
Bordentown, NJ
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies 
To support a series of statewide cultural tourism meetings and the publication of a cultural tourism handbook and cultural guide. Project activity will provide opportunities for New Jersey arts groups to interact with tourism service providers to strengthen and expand cultural tourism partnerships.

Fairleigh Dickinson University (on behalf of The Literary Review)
Teaneck, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a special issue of The Literary Review devoted to contemporary Italian fiction in translation. The journal will sponsor free readings and donate 100 copies to hospitals and prisons.

International Sculpture Center, Inc.
Hamilton, NJ
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a series of articles and reviews on emerging and under-recognized artists for Sculpture magazine. Solicited articles will focus on work of current artists, events, and public art projects.

McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, to be directed by Daniel Fish. The production will offer performances for high school students as well as post-show discussions, teacher study guides, and in-school residencies and performances.

National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support evaluation fees and publication costs for poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open Competition. Chosen by distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by HarperCollins Publishers, Verse Press, Coffee House Press, the University of Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support Northern Lights, a winter festival exploring Finland's search for a national identity through the music of Jean Sibelius. Concerts will be performed in Newark, New Brunswick, Trenton, Englewood, and Red Bank.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support planning of anniversary activities to mark the 25-year history of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. The Center plans an exhibition, publication, CD-ROM, and Web site to document its work with more than 300 artists in handmade paper and printmaking.

Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. More than 60 organizations host the festival each year, which draws more than 700 entries from throughout the country.

NEW JERSEY total grants: 10
NEW JERSEY total dollars: $171,500


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