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.

VIRGINIA

American String Teachers Association, Inc.
Fairfax, VA
$48,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Careers in String Teaching. The professional development program is designed to assist high school string and orchestral teachers in developing curriculum and lesson plans.

Arts Council of Richmond, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support Partners in the Arts. The year-round sequential training program integrates the arts into core subjects through professional development for teachers, collaborations with resident artists, teacher implementation of arts curricula in partnering elementary schools, and the development of an assessment model.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Fairfax, VA
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the production, printing, and distribution of The Writer's Chronicle and the AWP Job List, continued development of the AWP Web site, and the 2006 AWP Conference in Austin, Texas. AWP will promote the publications and annual conference through a 200,000-piece direct mail campaign.

Barter Foundation, Incorporated (consortium)
Abingdon, VA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support a consortium project for the final development and production of a new musical theater work celebrating Appalachian music and culture. In partnership with the Town of Clintwood, Virginia, and the Ralph Stanley Museum, the Barter Theatre will produce Constant Sorrow: The Story of the Stanley Brothers by Dr. Douglas Pote.

George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation
Fredericksburg, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum 
To support the conservation of a pair of Rococo-revival frames in the permanent collection. The frames are supports for recently conserved portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, who were George Washington's nephew and Martha Washington's granddaughter, respectively.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA-TV)
Arlington, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts 
To support the commissioning of six deaf artists to produce short films to be included in History Through Deaf Eyes, a feature-length documentary. Scheduled to air on PBS in 2007, the film explores the experience of the deaf community in America over the last 200 years.

Lime Kiln Arts, Inc.
Lexington, VA
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater 
To support the production and tour of a musical based on Appalachian folk tales. The project will re-orchestrate and produce a summer outdoor production of Sing Down the Moon, by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox, and tour a one-hour version of the work to rural areas.

Roanoke Symphony Society
Roanoke, VA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support a tour to rural and underserved communities in southwestern Virginia. Activities will include concerts, ensemble performances, and master classes.

Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
$577,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will support apprenticeship teams, drawing from a diverse range of communities and involving a wide array of traditional arts and folkways.

Virginia Symphony
Norfolk, VA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music 
To support Lift Every Voice, a community partnership project with churches and Historically Black Colleges in Hampton Roads. The Virginia Symphony, and the combined choirs of Hampton University and Norfolk State University, will perform composer Dr. Robert Ray's Gospel Mass, and conduct workshops and educational performances throughout the region.

VIRGINIA total grants: 11
VIRGINIA total dollars: $860,200

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