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2005 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Folk Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships

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

CONNECTICUT

American Classical Orchestra, Inc.
Greenwich, CT
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Classical Music for Kids. The program is an interactive teaching and learning program for students as they focus on the music, and important composers, of the early classical period.

Artists Collective, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support dance and music classes for children and youth. After-school and weekend classes for children (ages 4 to 18) will provide instruction in African, Afro-Cuban, jazz and modern dance, tap, and ballet, as well as jazz and steel pan music.

Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
Hartford, CT
$624,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Connecticut Historical Society
Hartford, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the preparation of a catalogue manuscript for the Society's collection of Kellogg lithographs. The catalogue will shed light on the evolution of American graphic arts, and the development of American artistic taste, during the 19th century.

Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
East Haddam, CT
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support the remounting of a musical theater work based on the novel Marked by Fire by Joyce Carol Thomas. Abyssinia, with book by James Racheff and Ted Kociolek, music by Kociolek, and lyrics by Racheff, will be presented on the mainstage of the Goodspeed Opera House in the fall of 2005.

Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support a Martin Luther King Celebration concert, school and community concerts, and a Latino Celebration. Plans include the 7th annual I Have a Dream concert in 2006, outreach performances in community organizations, and concerts featuring performances and compositions by Latino artists.

Hill-Stead Museum
Farmington, CT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, featuring summer readings and workshops. Scheduled poets include Edwina Trentham, Major Jackson, and Cortney Davis.

Institute for Community Research, Inc. (consortium)
Hartford, CT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support expansion of the Lao Saturday School, a consortium project. A collaboration with the Lao Association of Connecticut, the project will include a series of classes for elementary, middle, and high school students in traditional Lao social dance, verbal arts, Lao cultural history, and khene instrument playing.

Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the eighth year of the Southern New England Apprenticeship project. The project brings together master artists and apprentices from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the statewide folk arts program. Program activities will include fieldwork, technical assistance, programming, special projects in education, and partial support of a program director to administer the projects.

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Old Lyme, CT
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Pre-College and Young Artists Scholarship Program. Scholarships will be made available to underserved children to strengthen their pre-college portfolio and equip them to be competitive in the college application process.

Real Art Ways, Inc. (consortium)
Hartford, CT
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support a consortium project titled Poza. In partnership with Central Connecticut State University, the multidisciplinary series will feature exhibitions, music, film, video, lectures, artist talks, panel discussions, and open community conversations.

Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support MATRIX 30. The project will celebrate the anniversary of a groundbreaking contemporary arts program in a museum dedicated to traditional art.

Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Child Life Arts and Enrichment Program. Designed to integrate the arts into the healthcare setting, the project offers children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses the opportunity to learn how to express their thoughts and feelings through videography.

 

CONNECTICUT total grants: 14
CONNECTICUT total dollars: $944,700


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