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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.

MARYLAND

Black Leadership Council for Excellence
Bryans Road, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Celebrations series of festivals and concerts. Major components of the event will be the Festival of the Americas, the Asian and Pacific Island Festival, and the Juneteenth Festival of African American Cultures.

Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support instruction in Cambodian classical and folk dances. The project will culminate with a concert in observance of the Cambodian New Year.

Class Acts Arts, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary 
To support outreach to underserved populations through artist residencies, artist training, and choral and songwriting programs. The project's goals are to improve arts programming in youth detention facilities, special needs centers, and correctional facilities in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Imagination Stage, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support a production of The Hundred Dresses. Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by Eleanor Estes, the production will be adapted and directed by Mary Hall Surface.

League of Historic American Theatres
Baltimore, MD
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a historic theater rescue and rehabilitation initiative. A training manual and a national inventory of historic theaters will be created and published, and related workshops will be conducted.

Magical Experiences Arts Company
Baltimore, MD
$7,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. The Faerie Queen by Artistic Director and playwright Joanne Margolius will tour to area schools providing interactive workshops for students residing at the Maryland School for the Blind and The Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the fifth year of Maryland Traditions. Activities will include support of a folklorist position at Frostburg State University to coordinate project programs, fieldwork, continuation of the apprenticeship program, an online database, and a Traditional Arts Summit.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$581,200
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a folk and traditional arts program associate position and related costs. Core responsibilities will include fieldwork to identify traditional artists and their needs, the integration of fieldwork into other programs at the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the creation of links to allied field and funding resources.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$1,177,900
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Montgomery County Public Schools (on behalf of Department of Curriculum & Instruction)
Rockville, MD
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support professional development and networking for teachers, including a week-long Summer Institute. Using the CtCurriculum.org Web site as a model, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Connecticut public school teachers will plan, prepare, implement, and distribute multidisciplinary arts lesson plans to other classroom teachers via the Web site.

National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support an urban and rural festival, a Masters of Caribbean Music tour on the West Coast, and a series of outdoor concerts in an underserved region of Appalachia. The project honors folk, tribal, and ethnic communities across the nation by developing audiences and giving national exposure to folk artists.

National Dance Education Association (consotium)
Bethesda, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a standards-based dance program at the Jim Henson School. The arts career-track academy in Prince George's County, Maryland, will participate in curriculum development and professional development for teachers in best practices, assessment, and action research techniques.

SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc.
Laurel, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support My World. The project will support the production of radio documentaries to be aired in the United States and Canada.

Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery
Baltimore, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support a series of education and public programs to celebrate the opening of the renovated Renaissance and Baroque galleries in the original 1904 building. The programs will be designed to provide context for, and access to, interpretations of the museum's collections for various audiences.

University of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MD
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance 
To support the preservation of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange archives. The archives will be made available to researchers at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library.

Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support Chinese opera excerpts along with pre-performance workshops and lectures. Chu Shan Opera plans to bring Chinese opera to the local Chinese American and general communities of Richmond, Virginia.

Washington Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute Inc. (consotium)
Silver Spring, MD
$9,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a consortium project for classes in traditional Chinese opera, in partnership with the Rockville Chinese School. Year-round classes in beginning, intermediate, and advanced Beijing-style opera movement, singing, and acting will be offered to students.

 

MARYLAND total grants: 18
MARYLAND total dollars: $2,130,100


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