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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.

GEORGIA

Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the 29th Annual Meeting. The project will offer training in community-based art practices through residency activities, workshops, cultural exchanges, and informal discussions.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support the Tour and Residency Program. The multistate project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information, and develop new work.

Atlanta International Museum of Art & Design, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a community education program examining the historical context of local neighborhoods. Students from two local schools along with neighborhood residents will work with designers to develop proposals for redevelopment of abandoned rail lines into bicycle and pedestrian paths

Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Art-at-Work. After-school visual arts workshops and open studios for teenagers will culminate in an exhibition of student work featuring stained glass, clay, furniture making, glass blowing, printmaking, and poetry recitations. The youth participants are referred by the Fulton County Juvenile Court probation officer or a judge.

Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, GA
$632,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a state-wide tour of a Shakespeare play. Artistic Director Richard Garner will direct the production that will be offered free of charge and tour to elementary schools in rural areas of south and central Georgia.

Macon Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Macon, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support performances of works by American composers. The Macon Symphony, under the artistic leadership of music director Adrian Gnam, will perform two concerts at the Grand Opera House and the Griffin Auditorium.

Phoenix Theatre Academy, Inc. (Academy Theatre)
Atlanta, GA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a tour of original, curriculum-based, issue-oriented plays and drama workshops to schools throughout metro-Atlanta and the Southeast. The plays will be created and performed by the Academy Theatre for Youth Tour Team ensemble, in consultation with educators, psychologists, parents, and students.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships with communities across the state.

Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$1161,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

UNIMA-USA
Atlanta, GA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the publication and distribution of Puppetry International Magazine and the Directory of Touring Companies & Professional Puppetry Services. The project will include expanded Web site services to promote the interests and international visibility of American puppeteers.

 

GEORGIA total grants: 11
GEORGIA total dollars: $2,025,000


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