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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.

OREGON

Long, Robert Hill
Eugene, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Miracle Theatre Group
Portland, OR
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the development and production of an English translation of a Spanish drama classic, Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega. The play looks at the nature of leadership, the role of government in the lives of citizens, and the ability of individuals to address social inequities.

Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Inc.
Portland, OR
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support a series of publications documenting the exhibition of individual photographers' work at Blue Sky Gallery, which has presented several first solo shows for major American artists such as Mark Klett and Birney Imes. The publications will include both catalogues and a full monograph.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the design and production of two commissioned new works: Gibraltar, by Octavio Solis, and By the Waters of Babylon by Robert Schenkkan. The two works explore the influence of race and culture on interpersonal interactions in 21st-century America.

Oslund & Company/Dance
Portland, OR
$6900
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Mary Oslund in collaboration with composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain. Capture will premiere in Portland, OR.

Portland Art Museum (on behalf of Northwest Film Center)
Portland, OR
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the Northwest Film and Video Festival and its tour throughout the Northwest. The festival showcases new work by media artists living in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the creation of a new work titled Drum Voices. The projet is a ground-breaking collaboration between 1996 Natinal Heritage Fellow, African drummer Obo Addy and Asian drumming ensemble Portland Taiko.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include master classes and lecture demonstrations.

OREGON total grants: 8
OREGON total dollars: $162,900


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