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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.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support the production of a contemporary musical. Scot Reese will direct Jelly's Last Jam, by George C. Wolfe and lyricist Susan Birkenhead, in ACTC's new performance venue.

Andrew Cacho African Drummers & Dancers Economic Development, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the Youthworks 2005 project. Training will be provided in African/Caribbean drumming, dancing, stilt walking, and masquerades.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.
Washington, DC
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the Presenting Leadership Initiative. The project will provide seminars, workshops, forums, convenings, and professional training to arts presenters at all stages of their careers.

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the Flashpoint Business Center, a network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations. Services will include the Residency and Technical Assistance Programs that offer affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with business amenities.

Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support a dance videotape archival project. The project will include the expansion of the National Dance Heritage Videotape Registry, distribution of booklets on videotape best practices and copyright issues, and the reformatting of 75 at-risk videotapes.

DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support professional development for District of Columbia Public School teachers and artists. A summer institute and year-round training workshops will focus on integration of the arts into other academic subjects.

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the citywide folk arts program. The program will consist of an online exhibit, a DC Folklife digest, professional development for folk artits, continuation of the Dance DC Festival, and partial support of the folklorist position to administer these programs.

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
$529,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
Washington, DC
$32,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the development and production a play. El Rufían Castrucho (Castrucho, the Scoundrel) by Lope de Vega will be directed by Artistic Director Hugo Medrano.

Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Early Childhood Music. The program incorporates musical activities that will support the development of young children's cognitive abilities and social skills.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Washington, DC
$513415
CATEGORY: National Services  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support national leadership services in the areas of education and technical assistance, public awareness, development of new partnerships, and advanced information services. Established programs will be continued, maintained, and updated in FY 2006.

National Building Museum (consortium)
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a consortium project for the research, exhibition, catalogue, and educational materials about World's Fairs of the 1930s in America. Collaborating with the Wolfsonian Museum, the project will explore the impact of six World's Fairs on the modern design movement.

Phillips Collection
Washington, DC
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the touring exhibition Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will examine the aesthetic, cultural, and historical dimensions of Lawrence's (1917-2000) epic The Migration of the Negro series, the seminal work of one of the most prominent African American artists of the 20th Century.

Phillips Collection (consortium)
Washington, DC
$70,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Art Links to Literacy, a consortium project. Targeted to underserved elementary students, and in partnership with Turning the Page, the project will include a family workshop series, professional development for teachers, and a museum-school program that will include student art exhibits.

Shakespeare Theatre (consortium)
Washington, DC
$68,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Text Alive! and SHAKESPEARIENCE, a consortium project. Through comprehensive professional development opportunities, District of Columbia public school teachers will explore theater instruction, effective evaluation tools, and the relevancy of Shakespearean themes in today's world.

Smart Growth America (consortium)
Washington, DC
$27,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a consortium project for a traveling exhibition, Web site, lecture series, and catalogue that highlights neighborhood revitalization. Working with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the project will promote the rehabilitation of abandoned historic properties.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support Jazz in America: The National Jazz Curriculum. The free, Internet-based curriculum teaches the history and development of jazz in the United States.

U.S. Green Building Council, Inc.
Washington, DC
$50,050
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a pilot program for a professional certification for "green" neighborhood design. The national certification system will be modeled after the existing national rating system for green buildings.

Washington Men's Camerata, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the National Library of Men's Choral Music, and a CD recording of men's choral repertoire. The project will advance the multiyear development of an operational lending library and searchable database to safeguard collections of men's choral music, and will make the repertoire widely available for study and performance.

Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
Washington, DC
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the Youth to Dare Tour. The project will produce plays that are engaging and playful, and reflect current issues that will speak to multigenerational, multicultural audiences.

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA total grants: 20
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA total dollars: $1,717,465


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