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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.

NORTH CAROLINA

Alleghany County Schools (on behalf of Junior Appalachian Musicians)
Sparta, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Junior Appalachian Musicians. Traditional Appalachian folk music will be the centerpiece of school classes for students in the fourth through ninth grades and a pedagogical conference for artists, teachers, and administrators.

Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc. (consortium)
Asheville, NC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support a series of exhibitions documenting the history of artistic innovation and experimentation at Black Mountain College (1933-1956), with accompanying publications and education programs. The project will document and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the College's closing.

Center for Craft, Creativity and Design
Hendersonville, NC
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support writing and editing of 20th Century American Studio Craft, a survey of craft history. Writers and critics Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf are the authors of the textbook, which will be structured to coordinate with a typical one-semester college course.

Center for the Development of Social Responsibility
Boone, NC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support completion costs for a video documentary titled Unrecognized Players and Makers of the Banjo. The video will emphasize the African American roots of the banjo, and will feature Dink Roberts, John Snipes, Odell Thompson, fiddler Joe Thompson, John Jackson, and many more.

Charlotte Philharmonic Society, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support the performance and broadcast of the 2005 Philharmonic Holiday Concert. The performance will take place at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Charlotte, NC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a consortium project for professional development of music and dance educators. In partnership with the North Carolina Dance Theatre, the project will provide for a four-day workshop focused on integrative curricula, development and implementation of units of study for third and fourth grades, and assessment.

Community Music School, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the expansion of PLAY (Private Lessons for At-Risk Youth). The program provides disadvantaged youth with low-cost private instrumental lessons for a period of up to one year.

Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Tillery, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a video documentary titled Over the Farm. The video will document the stories, family histories, and artistic traditions of African Americans in the New Deal Resettlement Community of Tillery, North Carolina.

Greensboro Symphony Society, Inc.
Greensboro, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support a community gospel concert and associated educational activities. Under the artistic direction of Dr. Isaiah Jackson, the concert will involve more than 200 choristers from community churches of various denominations.

New Century Musical Arts Society
Greenville, NC
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support residencies by the New Century Saxophone Quartet for three underserved communities in Washington, DC. The ensemble will provide master classes, performances, and lessons at Howard University, the Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts, and the Southeast Branch of the Levine School of Music.

North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure Initiative  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the executive director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute (an office within the North Carolina Arts Council) and related costs. Core responsibilities of the position will include heritage tourism projects in coastal, piedmont, and mountain communities, as well as development of a Web site and production of a CD.

North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$702,300
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support a directory of folk and traditional artists in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area of western North Carolina. The directory will provide access to artists who are outstanding representatives of the region's traditional culture, and educate residents and visitors about the region's traditional art forms.

North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the reinstallation of the Egyptian galleries. The project seeks to address not only public access to, and interpretation of, the collections but also environmental and conservation concerns.

Pacific Foundation for the Performing Arts (Allegro Foundation)
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support dance classes targeted for children with physical and learning disabilities. Working with Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools, the project will provide weekly dance instruction by specially trained peer tutors.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of Ackland Art Museum)
Chapel Hill, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the exhibition The Body of God: Encountering South Asian Sculpture in the Ackland's Permanent Collection, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The project will disseminate new scholarship about the museum's Asian art collection.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (on behalf of University of North Carolina Press)
Chapel Hill, NC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts 
To support preparation of a manuscript for Voices in Studio Craft, a book featuring writings by artists working in the craft field from 1945 to 2000. Edited by art historians Diane Douglas and Vicki Halper, the manuscript will be peer reviewed; there is no similar publication available in the field.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support the Curriculum, Music, and Community Project. Components of the professional development project for teachers and regional musicians will include a four-day summer institute, a mid-year conference, and Web-based resources designed to integrate folk and traditional music into the state curriculum.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro (consortium)
Greensboro, NC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support a consortium project titled Accelerated Motion: Toward a New Dance Literacy. The project will join together dance education specialists, artists, and high school educators in an effort to create curricular materials.

 

NORTH CAROLINA total grants: 19
NORTH CAROLINA total dollars: $1,114,800


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