2006 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 14, 2005 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museum | Music | Musical Theater | Opera | Presenting
Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Presenting

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
$65,000
To support the inaugural series titled WaterWorks. Commissioned artists will perform new works, and other artists will participate in residencies that will advance the development of new works scheduled for production in the following season.

Anchorage Concert Association, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$20,000
To support pre- and post-performance residencies and presentation of music and dance performances. The residency components will include school matinees, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, and dance and drum workshops.

Arizona State University (on behalf of ASU Public Events)
Tempe, AZ
$35,000
To support the Beyond Broadway Series and Connecting Communities. Performances and residencies will feature multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, dance artists Ronald K. Brown, Eiko & Koma, and Delfos Danza Contemporánea (Mexico) among others.

ArtSpot Productions Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support the creation of Beneath the Strata/Disappearing, a site-specific installation-performance. The work will be installed and performed at A Studio in the Woods, an artist retreat located in the coastal Louisiana bottomland hardwood forest.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
$40,000
To support residency activities for emerging and mid-career artists working with master artists, and a residency program in Argentina. Project components will include residencies for artists working in the visual arts, music, literature, and dance; an annual themed residency focusing on architecture; and an international residency that will take master and associate artists to Cordoba, Argentina, to work with Argentine artists.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$70,000
To support the annual Next Wave Festival. Now in its 23rd year, the festival will feature American artists who have had an ongoing, working relationship with BAM as well as international artists whose new works will be presented during the festival.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the creation of Invisible Cities, a site-specific, interactive performance work. A group of at-risk high school students from the Brooklyn College Community Partnership will be invited to participate in the development of virtual depictions of New York City.

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Valencia, CA
$20,000
To support the REDCAT Intersections program at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Center. The project will be composed of a series of residencies, performances, and exhibitions.

College of Staten Island Foundation, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$20,000
To support SoundWaves, a radio festival produced aboard the Staten Island Ferry. The ferry will be transformed into a floating radio station where original music, sound art, radio plays, lectures, interviews, and other interactive programming will occur.

Colorado Music Festival (Consortium)
Boulder, CO
$15,000
To support EcoArts Festival, a consortium project aimed at increasing awareness of environmental issues through the arts. Presented in collaboration with the American Solar Energy Society and hosted by three Colorado cities, the festival will bring together artists, scientists, and environmentalists in collaborative performances, exhibitions, and children's workshops.

Cypress Performing Arts Association (Cypress String Quartet) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support Inspired by America, a consortium project of film and chamber music programming. In collaboration with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois, producer/director Michael Schwarz will create a film of readings and images based on Dr. Jacob Needleman's book The American Soul, with integrated performances by the Cypress String Quartet.

Dance Brigade (Dance Mission Theatre) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a consortium project that will engage Colombian theater companies in artist residencies. In collaboration with the South of Market Cultural Center, two Colombian theater groups (Teatro Taller de Colombia and Teatro Experimental La Mama) will stage performances involving community arts partners as part of the 2006 San Francisco International Arts Festival.

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$45,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center. Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater artists, choreographers and dance companies, musicians, and traditional artists from around the world.

DiverseWorks, Inc. (DiverseWorks Art Space)
Houston, TX
$35,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works by artists including choreographers Mabel Dai Chee Chang and Miguel Gutierrez. The project will include visual arts exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, public sessions and classroom visits.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$35,000
To support artist residencies providing as many as 50 residents with studios, living accommodations, meals, and professional assistance. The program will reach American writers, composers, choreographers, and media and visual artists.

Door Dog Music Productions (San Francisco World Music Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the San Francisco World Music Festival. Presentations will take place in various San Francisco venues and will showcase international music artists and performers from the Bay Area.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music & Dance (Kaufman Center/Lucy Moses School) (on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation of Mosheh: A Video Opera by American composer Yoav Gal. The work will depict the Biblical saga of Moses' coming of age, re-imagined in the landscape of today's world.

Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support Listening: Making Sense of the Sonic Soup. The series of residencies will investigate sound and listening through the creation of new works and site-specific sonic installations that will become part of the museum's permanent collection.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc. (FAWC)
Provincetown, MA
$25,000
To support the Residency Fellowship Program for emerging artists. As many as 20 emerging visual artists and writers will be provided housing, studios, and a monthly stipend during this seven-month residency program.

Flint Cultural Center Corporation, Inc.
Flint, MI
$25,000
To support the presentation and community components of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's Genome Project. The project is the last phase of a two-year endeavor that includes workshops, town meetings, presentations of work by local artists, a PBS documentary on Michigan Public Television, a residency, and public performances.

Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$40,000
To support the presentation of dance, music, and theater works, including commissioned presentations, such as 29 Lives by choreographer Doug Varone. Each of the presentations will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lecture-demonstrations, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Haleakala, Inc. (The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Sidney Kahn Summer Institute, a state-of-the-art multimedia laboratory for students and young professionals artists. The intensive three-week program immerses participants in the artistic, technical, and philosophical approaches to contemporary performance through workshops, screenings, and discussions with guest artists such as Philip Glass and Bill T. Jones.

Hallwalls, Inc. (Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center)
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist in Residence Project for the creation and presentation of new works, including works addressing the image and reality of the "Rustbelt City" of Buffalo. Artists will receive stipends, allotments for materials and fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.

Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Creative Residency Program in Technology and New Media. Artists will create public performances, installations, CD-ROM and DVD recordings, and Web and broadcast art.

Harvestworks, Inc. (on behalf of LEMUR)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and design of four musical instruments that will expand the sonic qualities of a chamber orchestra. Using advanced technology, LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots) will create robotic instruments that offer composers and performers new sound options for the future.

Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$30,000
To support residencies for as many as 25 emerging and mid-career visual, literary, and performing artists. The program will provide resident artists with opportunities to create new work, investigate surrounding communities, share ideas and their works with other artists and the public through presentations and public fora.

Hesperus
Arlington, VA
$10,000
To support the development and production of the Hunchback Project. The silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be presented with live, early French music performed on authentic instruments. The presentation will be preceded by a lecture and accompanied by a medieval fair.

Hip Hop Theatre Junction (Hip-Hop Theater Festival)
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the production and presentation of hip-hop festivals in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, DC. The 2006 festivals will feature works based in dance, musical theater, theater, and staged readings of works-in-progress.

Immaterial Incorporated (Cabinet Magazine)
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support artist fees and production costs for the art journal Cabinet, which provides a literary and visual forum for the exploration of multidisciplinary arts, literature, and cultural activities. The quarterly publication will publish the work of contemporary artists and essays on art and culture.

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the creation of Northern Lights, Southern Cross: Tales from the Other Side of the World, a multidisciplinary performance work that will challenge society's views about disability. Collaborators include director Jeanne Calvit, storyteller Kevin Kling, and the Tutti Ensemble.

Jack Straw Foundation (Jack Straw Productions)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
As many as 20 artists will take part in this residency program to create new audio art works. New works will be presented through meet-the-artist events, gallery installations, a published anthology, radio broadcasts, and educational outreach programs.

Kahilu Theatre Foundation
Kamuela, HI
$15,000
To support music and dance performances and related educational outreach activities. Classical and traditional music and dance forms as well as jazz and gospel will be presented in communities in the remote Waimea region.

Kings Majestic Corporation (651 ARTS)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support a series of mainstage performances, the Artist Development Initiative, and Salon 651. Resources will be made available for artists whose work is grounded in the African American cultural experience to create new or present existing works.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support performances and related activities of Lincoln Center Festival 2006. The summer festival will feature approximately 75 programs, including international performing art works, symposia, discussions, and lectures. Selections will include Grendel, a new opera by director/designer Julie Taymor and composer Elliot Goldenthal.

MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$25,000
To support up to 10 artist residencies. Since 1907, MacDowell Colony has hosted nearly 6,000 artists, many of whom are recipients of Rome Prizes, MacArthur Fellowships, and Pulitzer Prizes.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. (MASS MoCA)
North Adams, MA
$45,000
To support a series of performances, exhibitions, residencies, and media screenings. Participating artists will include visual artist Huang Yong Ping, photographer Cindy Sherman, and musician Craig S. Harris.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (MFACM) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a consortium project of performances demonstrating the heritage shared by Mexicans and African Americans. In collaboration with Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, the museum will present Yanga Lives, a joint performance with La Negra Graciana, the Mexican harpist/singer and master of the son jarocho musical style.

Miami Dade College (on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs)
Miami, FL
$40,000
To support Cultura del Lobo, a performance series and residency program that will focus on contemporary work of world cultures. Choreographer Ronald K. Brown and Evidence Dance Company will collaborate with singer/composer Nnenna Freelon on a work based on the songs of Billie Holiday.

Montclair State University Foundation, Inc.
Upper Montclair, NJ
$40,000
To support a series of performances during the Arts and Cultural Programming season. Featured artists will include writer/director/choreographer Charles Moulton, the Kretakor Theatre of Hungary, German director/composer Heiner Goebbels, and the team of composer David Lang and writer Mac Wellman.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the presentation of new performing and visual arts programs including a Festival of Disability Arts and Culture. Project activities will include performances, residencies, a mural project, a photography exhibition, an institute, and dance competitions.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$30,000
To support the creation of A Great and Shining Light by American composer Hannibal Lokumbe and the presentation of Nothing But the Truth by South African playwright John Kani. Both components are part of a larger initiative, Crafting Cultural Understanding, intended to build creative links between South Africa and the United States.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$15,000
To support newly commissioned artwork and related critical essays for the Turbulence Web site. The project will provide for the creation and distribution of new Internet-based works by nationally recognized artists such as artist/writer/software engineer Francis Hwang and media artist Jillian McDonald.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (NYFA) (on behalf of dance and be still arts)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production and touring of Sekou Sundiata's The 51st (dream) state. Developed through civic engagements and educational activities as part of the multi-year America Project, the production will visit Chicago, Minneapolis, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, among other cities.

NewTown Pasadena Foundation (NewTown)
Altadena, CA
$10,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of Speak/See. The series of collaborative works by spoken-word and animation artists aims to increase audience understanding of these the two art forms.

ODC Theater
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a series of residencies for established and emerging artists. The residencies will enable performing artists and companies to create site-specific works during their residencies. Among them, the Kunst-Stoff Dance Company will create a film and dance project to be performed at community centers.

Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Main Stage Concert Series. The series will feature international, national, and local musicians who represent an array of musical genres from around the globe.

On the Boards (OtB)
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the New Performance Series and the Speaker Series. Plans for related activities include master classes for artists, demonstrations, post-performance question-and-answer sessions, online audio interviews with artists, a performance blog, and workshops.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the multidisciplinary series Cultural Relay. The project will include performances, workshops, and panel discussions.

Philharmonic Society of Orange County (Philharmonic Society)
Irvine, CA
$25,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of The End of Cinematics by composer Mikel Rouse. The third in a trilogy that includes Dennis Cleveland and Failing Kansas, the new work is a dream-like meditation on the history of cinema, as well as a reflection on corporate entertainment and its transformation of the cinema.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the Time Based Art (TBA) Festival and related educational activities. The festival is a 10-day event featuring local, national, and international artists working in dance, theater, music, performance art, film, and multidisciplinary forms.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Cal Performances)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support the Masters Series. International master artists, including pianist Murray Perahia, will give public performances and participate in pre-performance lectures and student matinee sessions with accompanying study guides. Students from more than 35 school districts in the Bay area will attend performances.

Regents of the University of California at Davis
Davis, CA
$40,000
To support New Works for the New California, a project which aims to foster cross-cultural understanding through performance and outreach. Activities will include productions, arts education residency activities, pre-performance lectures, discussions with artists, master classes, a school matinee, and professional development sessions for K-12 teachers.

Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (on behalf of Center for Intercultural Performance)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Asia Pacific Performance Exchange Fellowship Program. The six-week artist residency program will bring together American and Asian artists working in music, dance, theater, and puppetry.

Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (on behalf of UCLA Live)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
To support the International Theatre Festival. Performances will feature artists and ensembles that extend the boundaries of theater by using unique combinations of media and pioneering new approaches to historic literary and dramatic texts.

Regional Performing Arts Center, Inc. (Kimmel Center, Inc.)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the Artists Voices project. The guest-curated activities will include a series of artist discussions, master classes and commissions by artists including choreographer Myra Bazell, and violinist Gloria Justen, among others.

San Francisco Performances, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the presentation of chamber music, vocal and instrumental recitals, jazz, and contemporary dance. Related audience outreach activities include workshops and lectures.

San Francisco Performances, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project for residencies and presentations of Meredith Monk's The Impermanence Project. In collaboration with the University of California at Santa Barbara, activities will include performances, master classes for dancers and vocalists, post-performance discussions, a composition forum, and a lecture.

Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
To support the Artists and Writers Residencies Program. Up to 30 emerging and mid-career artists and writers will be provided with living and working space, allowing them to focus on the creation of new work.

Scottsdale Cultural Council (Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art) (on behalf of Scottsdale Center for the Arts)
Scottsdale, AZ
$30,000
To support performing artist presentations and community engagement activities. The project is conducted in partnership with the Arizona Science Museum and Arizona State University's School of Journalism. Invited artists include Shen Wei Dance Arts, and Jelon Vieria and DanceBrazil.

Sheldon Arts Foundation (Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries)
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
To support the presentation of Josephine Baker: Image and Icon. This project will celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of this St. Louis-born entertainer through exhibitions, performances, a film series, lectures, and children's educational activities.

Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
$30,000
To support a series of performances by established and emerging artists. Presentations will include a range of multidisciplinary work, juxtaposing traditional repertoire with new works, and will be accompanied by outreach activities such as discussions, interviews, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes.

Squonk Opera, Inc.
N. Huntingdon, PA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of site-specific operas in several American cities. Cities under consideration for the development of "meta-civic celebrations" include Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; College Park, Maryland; and Lafayette, Louisiana.

St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc. (Arts at St. Ann's)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Emerging Artists, Emerging Audiences Initiative, which will include commissioning and production support for emerging music and theater artists. Invited artists include composer Stephen Merritt, who will develop Coraline, a gothic musical extravaganza adapted from Neil Gaiman's graphic novel.

Stanford University (Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Univ) (on behalf of Stanford Lively Arts)
Stanford, CA
$20,000
To support the commissioning, production, and world premiere of Sekou Sundiata's The 51st (dream) state. Activities will include two residencies focusing on production and educational outreach.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
To support the production and presentation of a series of performances and outreach activities. The series will include week-long artist residencies, dance and music performances, panel discussions, workshops, and outreach activities targeting Miami's diverse Caribbean, Central, and South American communities.

University Cultural Center Association (UCCA) (on behalf of Detroit Festival of the Arts)
Detroit, MI
$10,000
To support the Detroit Festival of the Arts. The annual international arts celebration held in downtown Detroit provides free music, dance, and theater performances, and includes public art and literary events.

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$50,000
To support artist residencies that will include performances and community engagement programs. Through its programming and outreach efforts, the project will focus on the African American, South Asian, Mexican, and Arab American communities

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (on behalf of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
Champaign, IL
$25,000
To support the Dance Immersion Project. The project will develop an array of enhancement activities such as discussions with artists and audience members, panel discussions, and master classes that will focus on the element of music in dance.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
Lawrence, KS
$25,000
To support Conflict and Creativity. The series of residencies, performances, and community conversations will explore the impact of political and social turmoil on young foreign artists from India, Albania, and Palestine.

University of Maryland at College Park (on behalf of Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)
College Park, MD
$45,000
To support the presentation of Legendary Leaders: Legacies of Artful Women. Residencies and presentations in dance and music will explore the accomplishments of some of America's most talented and groundbreaking female artists, with performances by the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and the Maria Schneider Orchestra.

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support performances and residency activities as part of the ArteAmericas program. Artists will conduct master classes, youth performances, and workshops for students and community members.

Walker Art Center, Inc. (Walker Art Center)
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
To support Vital Connections: Connecting Contemporary Performance with Community. Large-scale, commissioned projects will support artists in the on-site creation and presentation of new work, including a six-hour re-creation of The Great Gatsby by New York City theater group Elevator Repair Service.

Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$35,000
To support the consortium project ArteAmericA. In partnership with GALA Hispanic Theatre, the project will include performances and residencies celebrating Latino cultures throughout the Americas.

Wexner Center Foundation (Wexner Center for the Arts)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works. The project is part of an ongoing artist residency program that provides technical and professional support for the creation, completion, and presentation of new work.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support Risk and Response. The series of visual and performing arts educational and community programs will center on how the arts have the power to overcome adversity.

Youth Speaks, Inc. (Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project to commission new hip-hop works. In collaboration with the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, new works will be created for presentation at the festivals in San Francisco and New York City.

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