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.

NEW JERSEY

Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum
Tuckerton, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Tuckerton Seaport Artist in Residence program. The project will include a series of demonstrations and workshops in boat building, decoy carving, and basketmaking.

Branch Brook Park Alliance, Inc. (consortium)
Newark, NJ
$27,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design 
To support a consortium project for the restoration of the Octagon Shelter in Branch Brook Park. In collaboration with the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, the Octagon Shelter will be restored for use by neighborhood schools and community groups.

Music For All Seasons, Inc.
Scotch Plains, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support interactive music programs for children and residents of shelters for victims of domestic violence. The eight programs of two to four musicians are planned for shelters in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and California.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation
Newark, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support Sounds of the City, a presentation of weekly, free, outdoor summer concerts in the center's downtown plaza. The concerts will feature diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, swing, and salsa to Cajun and Celtic.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$712,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden Campus
Camden, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the 18th annual Rutgers-Camden Writers' Conference, a day of free writing workshops for residents of Camden and South Jersey. Proposed workshop leaders will include Terrance Hayes, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Rafael Yglesias, and Gretel Ehrlich.

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater 
To support the tour and production of Julius Caesar with accompanying educational activities and materials for student and adult audiences. The play will be the final presentation in a multiyear examination of politics and ethics using selected plays from William Shakespeare's canon.

NEW JERSEY total grants: 7
NEW JERSEY total dollars: $789,700

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