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.

MISSISSIPPI

Communities in Schools of Greenwood Leflore, Inc.
Greenwood, MS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth 
To support expansion of Writing Our Stories: An Anti-Violence Creative Writing Program. Middle-school students will learn the tools of poetry and fiction writing, read and discuss literary works, and publicly present their written work.

Delta Blues Education Fund
Clarksdale, MS
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts 
To support the Delta Blues Education Program. Student-apprentices will learn the Delta blues tradition directly from master blues musician Johnnie "Mr. Johnnie" Billington and graduate students from his training program.

Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$626,500
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional 
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

University of Mississippi Main Campus (on behalf of Center for Study of Southern Culture)
University, MS
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature 
To support the 2006 Oxford Conference for the Book. Proposed participants include Sherman Alexie, George Saunders, Ted Genoways, Annie Proulx, Julia Reed, and Brad Watson.

MISSISSIPPI total grants: 4
MISSISSIPPI total dollars: $671,500

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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Washington, DC 20506