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.

VIRGINIA

Barter Foundation, Incorporated
Abingdon, VA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the production of a new play, The Other Side of the Mountain, by Catherine Bush. The play deals with issues of diversity, economics, education, and acceptance; post-performance discussions and a lecture will also be featured.

Dharmaraj, Ramola
Arlington, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.  

Kennedy, Sarah J.
Fairfield, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Lembke, Janet
Stauton, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the retranslation from Latin of Virgil's four-book Georgics. Virgil's Georgics, the second of his three poetic works, comprises 2,172 lines of Latin hexameters on farming. Book I tells of crops and the celestial signs that mark the times for planting and harvesting; Book II covers trees and grapevines; Book III explores the breeding, rearing, and training of livestock; and Book IV concerns bees. Its primary themes, however, are the labor that farming requires and the lessons to be learned from a pastoral life. Most 20th-century translations of the Georgics are out of print, hard to come by, or written in British English. This project will add a new translation in American English with the goal of reaching general readers interested in poetry and ancient history, as well as gardening and farming.

Janet Lembke is a writer, translator, and naturalist. Her translations include Euripides's Electra and Hecuba; Aeschylus's Persians and Suppliants; and Bronze and Iron: Old Latin Poetry from Its Beginnings to 100 B.C.

Pankey, Eric
Fairfax, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.  

Poetry Daily (Daily Poetry Association, Inc.)
Charlottesville, VA
$7,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the online publication Poetry Daily. This journal features a new poem and poet every day, as well as criticism and links to contemprary poetry and poets.

Richmond Ballet
Richmond, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director Stoner Winslet, and choreographers Val Caniparoli, Colin Connor, Jessica Lang, and William Soleau. The works will be performed as part of the Studio Series in Richmond and as part of the company's debut at the Joyce Theater in New York.

Signature Theatre, Inc.
Arlington, VA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support the adaptation and production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Pacific Overtures. The musical portrays Japan's first encounter with America in 1853, and is presented during the 150th anniversary of U.S.-Japan relations.

Virginia Opera Association, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera 
To support a consortium project to present Brundibar, a children's opera by Czech composer Hans Krasa and librettist Adolf Hoffmeister, both victims of the Holocaust. In February 2005, four performances of Brundibar will be presented at Richmond's Virginia Holocaust Museum, collaborator for the project.

Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Arlington, VA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support a three-week residency program for emerging young musicians from the Americas. The Youth Orchestra of the Americas will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City and Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC.

VIRGINIA total grants: 10
VIRGINIA total dollars: $173,000

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