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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.

FLORIDA

City of Tampa, Florida (on behalf of Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Public Art Program)(consortium)
Tampa, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies 
To support Lights On Tampa, a consortium project. In partnership with Friends of Public Art, Inc., the City of Tampa will host the work of major and emerging contemporary artists working in light-based art and technology.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
$656,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Folklife Radio Series, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, Folklife Days, Festival Outreach, and partial support of the outreach coordinator position to coordinate project activities. Project goals include an increased awareness throughout the state of Florida's traditional culture.

Florida International University (on behalf of Wolfsonian - FIU)
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support the reinstallation of the Museum's permanent collection. Urban planning, architecture, decorative arts, and industrial, interior, and graphic design objects from 1885 to 1945 will be presented to demonstrate the role of design in shaping and reflecting the human experience.

Florida International University (on behalf of Frost Art Museum)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support a comprehensive inventory of the collection, leading to a collection management database. The project will include research, staff training, data entry, implementation, and dissemination.

Miami Children's Museum
Miami, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the artist-in-residence program. The program is a component of the museum's after-school program for underserved children, in collaboration with the Phillis Wheatley Elementary School.

Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the restaging of Dances at a Gathering, choreographed by Jerome Robbins. The work will be performed in Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties.

Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the 10th International Ballet Festival of Miami. The festival includes ballet performances, open rehearsals, workshops, master classes, a lecture, and a dance film series.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (on behalf of New World School of the Arts)
Miami, FL
$42,500
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a school-based, artist residency program of dance, theater, music, and visual arts instruction. Visiting artists will guide high school students in the creation and exhibition of artworks that are rooted in Afro-Caribbean, Latin, Spanish, and African American traditions.

Museum of Contemporary Art
North Miami, FL
$32,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support expansion of the Junior Docent Program. This free after-school program provides instruction in contemporary art, art journalism, creative writing, and public speaking.

Northwest Florida Ballet, Inc.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Academie, a comprehensive arts and academic education program for students in the third through fifth grades. Students will learn basic ballet, art, and music integrated into their core subject areas.

Proyecto Arte Actual Inc. (Moore Space)
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support commissioning of art projects by Jeppe Hein, and the collaborative team of Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. The artists will participate in a one-month residency program that will culminate in the exhibition of an artwork realized during that period.

South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support Professional Artist Residencies and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Mentorships. The programs will assist artists and students in the creation of new audio and video art works.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the 20th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents audiences with multilingual theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from Latin America, Europe, and the United States.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support a consortium project for a series of performances, workshops, panels, and symposia exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble VI will take place in collaboration with the Florida Dance Association.

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the completion of the documentary Movement Revolution. The film features contemporary African dance troupes that performed in Tallahassee as part of the 2004 conference Movement Revolutions Dialogues: Contemporary Performance In and Out of Africa.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting 
To support a series of schooltime performances and related educational activities. More than 15,000 students from four counties will be transported to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for performances.

 

FLORIDA total grants: 17
FLORIDA total dollars: $1,016,300


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