FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
CALIFORNIA
509 Cultural Center (Luggage Store)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition and catalogue to mark the 15th anniversary of the Luggage Store Gallery. The exhibition will feature new work by approximately 30 artists as well as panel discussions with art historians and artists.
American Bach Soloists
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of performances of choral works by 16th- and 17th-century English composers, including William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, and Henry Purcell. The series, to be recorded for radio broadcast, will include pre-concert lectures by local musicologists, and educational outreach to area public school music students.
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the presentation of the exhibition The Elegant Gathering: The Yeh Family Collection, with an accompanying catalogue. A range of educational activities and public programs will accompany the exhibition, including a symposium, brochure, docent-led tours, and calligraphy demonstrations and classes.
AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins that will become part of the company's touring repertory. AXIS Dance Company is made up of dancers with and without disabilities.
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support ongoing, low-cost audio and video preservation services to artists and arts organizations nationwide. Approximately 600 hours of work will be preserved, benefitting 10 artists and 15-20 organizations.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Rep)
Berkeley, CA
$28,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of Zorro, a new work by the Chicano/Latino theater troup Culture Clash. Zorro will explore the romantic myths that surround the creation of the Golden State, the Wild West, Hollywood, and the clashing of Mexican, Indian, Anglo American, Spanish, and Mexican American cultures.
Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Hidden Treasures: Roots Music of Berkeley's Diverse Ethnic Communities. The project will consist of a series of concerts designed to reflect the broad range of Berkeley's ethic and cultural community.
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Europe Meets America. Two concerts and related educational programs will combine the symphonies of Robert Schumann with performances of new works presented by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley).
Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (BFA)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of the Spanish classic La Alcalde de Zalamea by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The production will be performed in both English and Spanish and will be targeted to Hispanic and Latino residents and underserved students in the greater Los Angeles area.
Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Cabrillo Music Festival (Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music)
Santa Cruz, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a professional development program for conductors. The training program will offer emerging conductors the opportunity to lead small and large ensembles in rehearsals and public performances, program contemporary works, and collaborate with composers.
California EAR Unit Foundation
Santa Clarita, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concerts at the REDCAT Theater in the Disney Concert Hall complex. The series will celebrate the integration of advanced technologies in music by programming works scored for acoustic instruments and electronics such as tape, synthesizer, or computer.
California Film Institute
Mill Valley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 29th Mill Valley Film Festival. More than 150 films, from the United States and abroad, will be presented to an estimated audience of 40,000 people. Youth programs include screenings at local high schools, a Young Critics jury, and a Children's Filmfest section.
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Valencia, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
California Shakespeare Theater (Cal Shakes)
Berkeley, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a play in partnership with American Conservatory Theater. Sweet Thunder by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, re-imagines William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
California State University Sacramento Trust Foundation (on behalf of Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Festival of New American Music, featuring artists such as vocalist Susan Naruki, new music ensemble Earplay, and Bang-On-A-Can All Stars. The annual two-week festival, held on the university campus and at various community venues, will feature concerts, workshops, master classes, lectures, seminars, concert previews, and open rehearsals.
California Summer Music, Incorporated
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Composition Program, which includes residencies for emerging composers, the creation and premiere of new chamber works, a free public concert of works by established living composers, and residency activities with guest and Grawemeyer Award- winning composer George Tsontakis.
Center for Asian American Media
San Francisco, CA
$19,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and other exhibition activities. The film festival will showcase more than 120 works by new Asian Pacific American film and video makers. Educational and outreach activities include weekday school programs co-presented with the San Francisco Unified School District, seminars, roundtable discussions, panels, community screenings, and the publication of a catalogue.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles (Center Theatre Group)
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the final development and world premiere production of Water and Power by Chicano/Latino theater troupe Culture Clash. Drawn from research into Los Angeles' history and interviews with local residents, the new play will explore police-gang relations, racism, abuse of power, and the acquisition of power by Latinos in Southern California.
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and presentation of an opera by composer Gang Situ. Based on Mozart's Don Giovanni, the work will fuse musical elements of traditional Cantonese opera with those of western composition.
Circus Center
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and performance of an original production by the Center's professional performing troupe, the New Pickle Circus. The production will continue the company's work toward the development of a new American circus aesthetic.
Cypress Performing Arts Association (Cypress String Quartet) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
DanceArt, Inc. (aka Summerfest/dance)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 15th annual Summerfest/dance Festival. The festival presents more than 50 emerging and mid-career Bay Area choreographers and includes Choreographers and Composers Consortium, a commissioning program that matches choreographers with composers.
Dancer's Group (on behalf of San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Fest)
San Francisco, CA
$6,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 8th annual San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest, presenting hip-hop dance artists from across the United States and abroad. The DanceFest also includes performances by Bay Area youth dance companies and master classes with visiting artists.
Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, workshops, community-based performances, and tour of a new work. The Peer Project will be an international, collaborative adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt with Mexican mask-maker and choreographer Alicia Alvarez-Martinez.
Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. (Consortium)
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a consortium project for the creation and presentation of Spirits Uplifted. Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. will collaborate with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir on a work incorporating slave narratives, contemporary stories, spitiruals, blues, gospels, jazz, contemporary music, and spoken word.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
East-West Players
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of a musical. As part of the 40th-anniversary season, Tim Dang will direct a revival of the theater's 1994 production of Sweeney Todd by composer Stephen Sondheim and lyricist Hugh Wheeler.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Madcat Women's International Film Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 10th MadCat Women's International Film Festival and national tour. Approximately 80 films will be presented in cities including Baltimore, Maryland; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and DeLand, Florida.
Friends of the Schindler House (on behalf of The MAK Center for Art and Architecutre)
Los Angeles, CA
$33,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an exhibition, a symposium, and a publication on the contemporary convergence of art, architecture, environmental design, and the life sciences. U.S. and international architects, designers, and artists will contribute installations and essays on issues including liquid space, nanotechnology, and light as a building product.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
El Cerrito, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the creation of a new dance-drama titled Kali Yuga. The project will involve a collaboration between Indonesian and American artists to produce a work commemorating the bombing of a nightclub in Kuta, Bali, in 2002.
Greer, Andrew
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Heyday Institute
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of an anthology of California Native American literature. Heyday will promote the anthology through its Web site, readings, and in its catalogue mailed to 6,500 bookstores, museums, parks, libraries, universities, and individuals.
Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey (Cultural Odyssey)
San Francisco, CA
$23,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, staged readings, workshop production, and world premiere of a new work. Co-artistic directors Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor will collaborate with writers Pearl Cleage and Zaron Burnett to create The Love Project.
Independent Feature Project/West (IFP/Los Angeles)
Beverly Hills, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 12th Los Angeles Film Festival. More than 175 films including dramatic features, documentaries, and short films will be presented to an anticipated audience of 45,000 people.
Intersection (Intersection for the Arts)
San Francisco, CA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of A Waiter by Charles Randolph Wright. The play confronts the random murder of the playwright's friend Richard Adan by convicted murderer and celebrated writer Jack Henry Abbot.
Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support performances and lecture-demonstrations for the Jazz Tap Ensemble Caravan Project, a professional training program for teens. The activities will be offered in local theaters and schools throughout Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, and Orange County.
Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and world premiere of Stay Together, choreographed by Joe Goode, and a retrospective of Joe Goode's works during the company's 20th anniversary. Stay Together is set to music by San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
Johnston, Bret Anthony
San Bernardino, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Kitka, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Song Routes in a New Land. This program will include a series of five-day residencies featuring 11 performer-teachers of traditional Eastern European music. The program will also feature school and community workshops, as well as repertoire development, master classes, and national touring.
Kronos Performing Arts Assn (Kronos Quartet)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Kronos: Live Mix. The project will feature musical inventions, technologies, compositions, and performances, including a celebration of the music of Steve Reich and collaborations with instrument creator and sound artist Walter Kitundu, the experimental duo Matmos, and sound artist Trimpin.
Kulintang Arts (aka Kularts) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
A consortium project to support the Parol Lantern Festival Project. A partnership with the Filipino American Development Foundation, the project will consist of a residency by master artist Robert David, creation of several giant parol lanterns, and a community stroll lantern parade.
Kuumbwa Jazz Society (Kuumbwa Jazz Center)
Santa Cruz, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Kuumbwa Collaborations. Four concerts will feature collaborative performances by renowned artists, including NEA Jazz Masters Gerald Wilson, Kenny Burrell, and Roy Haynes. Among the performances is an afternoon concert for 200 students; an estimated live and radio audience of 30,000 will benefit from the project.
La Jolla Music Society
La Jolla, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support SummerFest. The three-week music festival will include chamber music and jazz presentations as well as master classes, guided open rehearsals, and panel discussions. Saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Wayne Shorter and Grawemeyer Award-winning composer George Tsontakis are among the musicians featured.
LINES Contemporary Ballet (aka Alonzo King's LINES Ballet)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Alonzo King. The choreogrphay will be set to traditional Indian music performed by vocalist and sarod master Rita Sahai.
Long Beach Opera
Long Beach, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a condensed production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring). Educational and outreach activities, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and the Wagner Society, will include a series of film screenings, recitals and pre-performance lectures.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc. (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
In celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday anniversary, Music Director and pianist Jeffrey Kahane will perform and conduct (from the piano) all 23 concertos in a series of concerts that will also include a symphony, overture, or aria. One of the programs will be presented in South Los Angeles in conjunction with the African American Unity Center; a total of 13,500 people are expected to attend all the performances.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association (Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
Presentations at the Walt Disney Concert Hall will feature classic and new music repertoire, and a program of rarely performed Mexican baroque music. Each program will be broadcast on live radio, and each will include a pre-concert lecture.
Los Angeles Opera Company
Los Angeles, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. Outreach activities will include six free matinee performances for underserved families.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Minimalist Jukebox Festival. Performances and educational activities examining the minimalist movement in music will include orchestral and chamber ensemble programs; a symposium held in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute; and educational activities, including family concerts and residencies.
Luvaas, William H.
Hemet, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Magic Theatre, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Rust, a new play by Kirsten Greenidge exploring the relationship between African American identity and the stereotypes reflected in pop culture, sports, and commercial advertising.
Mainly Mozart Festival
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 18th annual festival. Performances will feature the Juilliard Choir and the festival orchestra under the direction of music director David Atherton.
Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Margaret Jenkins. Created in collaboration with choreographer Padma Menon from Kochi, India, and dancers from the Tanusree Shankar Dance Company from Kolkata, India, the work will premiere in multiple sites at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Franciso, California.
McNeal, Thomas H.
Fallbrook, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 12th San Diego Latino Film Festival. The festival presents more than 100 films from Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia, with accompanying question-and-answer sessions, panel discussions, and workshops for high school students.
Melody of China, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commission and premiere of a new work by composer Duo Huang and the premiere performance of a new work by composer Kui Dong. The Del Sol String Quartet , which was founded to foster a greater understanding of the diverse styles and genres of Chinese music, will collaborate with Melody of China in performances in San Francisco.
Merola Opera Program
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a professional training program for singers, apprentice coaches, and an apprentice stage director. Training will revolve around language study, ensemble work, vocal technique, and stagecraft and also will include private coaching.
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Monterey Jazz Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Festival highlights include the premiere of a commissioned work by artist-in-residence Maria Schneider. The Festival also will feature public panel discussions, workshops, technical clinics and a collaboration between artists-in-residence and the High School All-Star Band.
Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of Chamber Music in Historic Sites. The series of chamber music concerts and outreach activities will match musical programming from a variety of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles area.
Museum Associates (aka Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will feature 60 paintings by Surrealist Belgian artist, Rene Magritte (1898-1967) and 60 works by major artists influenced by his work.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (aka MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, with an accompanying catalogue. The museum will present the first in-depth retrospective of Rauschenberg's 162 "Combine" works
New West Symphony Association (New West Symphony)
Thousand Oaks, CA
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commission and performance of a new work by composer-in-residence Bright Sheng. The composer will conduct performances of his work in Oxnard and Thousand Oaks, California. Residency activities will also include public discussions and visits to a local Chinese school.
NewTown Pasadena Foundation (NewTown)
Altadena, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Oakland Art Gallery
Oakland, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Visual Alchemy and an accompanying catalogue and audience outreach activities. The exhibition will examine the shared approach of artist and alchemist in the transformation of common materials.
Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS)
Oakland, CA
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support premiere performances of new works by American composers. The project will include works by Mason Bates, Guillermo Galindo, Ellen Hoffman, and Kevin Puts. Each composer will participate in a pre-concert lecture prior to each performance.
Oakland Museum of California Foundation
Oakland, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Arthur and Lucia Mathews: Artists of the California Decorative Style, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will present 85 works created between 1880 and 1929, including paintings, murals, graphic arts, and decorative objects the couple produced collaboratively.
Oberlin Dance Collective (aka ODC/San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a site-specific work by co-artistic director KT Nelson. The Water Project will celebrate the opening year of the company's new dance center. Excerpts from the work will be performed at local elementary schools.
ODC Theater
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Ojai Festivals, Ltd. (Ojai Music Festival)
Ojai, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Ojai Music Festival. The 60th annual music festival, directed by guest music director Robert Spano, will present the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus, and Brazilian singer Luciana Souza in works by Osvaldo Golijov, Manuel de Falla, Conlon Nancarrow, John Adams, and Steve Reich.
Opera San Jose, Inc.
San Jose, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. A student matinee and a family evening at the opera will be offered free of charge, and preview lectures at the San Jose Museum of Art and the Sainte Claire Hotel will feature musical excerpts from the work.
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Birth of the Cool, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The multidisciplinary exhibition will examine the full range of the arts in southern California from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support OM12. The 12th annual new music festival will be held at Yerba Buena Center, with guest composers participating in a four-day residency that will include a panel discussion, a free workshop, and lecture-demonstration session.
Pacific Symphony Association (Orange County's Pacific Symphony)
Santa Ana, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Composers Festival. The festival will honor the late California composer Lou Harrison in live- and radio-broadcast performances of his work. Additionally, the Festival features educational presentations, such as a film viewing and a discussion with the biographer of a new book about Harrison.
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 17th Palm Springs International Film Festival. Held in January, the event presents more than 200 films to an audience of approximately 100,000 people, with accompanying question-and-answer sessions led by industry professionals.
Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California, Inc. (Pasadena Playhouse) (Consortium)
Pasadena, CA
$32,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a consortium project for the development and production of Alison Carey's adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Produced in collaboration with Cornerstone Theater Company, the work will be set in Southern California.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commission and performance of a cantata scored for period instruments by composer Jake Heggie. The performances, preceded by free public lectures, will celebrate the orchestra's 25th anniversary of presenting historically authentic performances of baroque and classical masterworks.
Philharmonic Society of Orange County (Philharmonic Society)
Irvine, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
PlayGround
San Francisco, CA
$6,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 10th annual Best of PlayGround Festival, a showcase of fully produced original short works. By focusing on the 10-minute play form, the programs will allow for experimentation and risk-taking as well as the honing of style and technique.
Poetry Flash
Berkeley, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and distribution of issues of Poetry Flash, a free tabloid of event listings, readings, workshops, and literary news. Divided geographically, Poetry Flash lists programs throughout California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southwest.
Puchner, Roderic
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Radio Bilingue, Inc.
Fresno, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support !Viva el Mariachi! Festival. The festival will showcase local, national, and international mariachi groups while also providing workshops with master musicians and "open mic" performance opportunities for youth and community members.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Art Museum)
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman's Formative Years, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is the first to present Nauman's (b.1941) early career in the San Francisco Bay area, 1964 - 1969.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Cal Performances)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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 Fowler Museum)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Fowler in Focus installations and the publication of companion publications. The Fowler in Focus program comprises a changing space featuring recent acquisitions, selected artistic genres, and important "sub-collections" within the museum's holdings.
Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (on behalf of UCLA Live)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Regents of the University of California at Santa Cruz (on behalf of Shakespeare Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a series of classic plays to be performed in repertory. Outdoor productions of Shakespeare's King Lear and As You Like It will be performed alongside a non-Shakespearean classic work linked to the theme of rulers in exile.
Robert Moses' Kin
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. Blind will premiere at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, California.
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Sacramento, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the development of form-based land use codes in the Sacramento region as an alternative to conventional statistics-based land use regulations. Form-based codes will promote mixed-use communities in the region's cities and counties, which have agreed to collectively adopt a mixed-use growth policy to reduce traffic and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Association, Inc. (Sacramento Philharmonic)
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Gold Mountain, the commission and presentation of new works by composers Jon Jang and Gang Situ. The performances and related residency activities will honor the contributions of the Chinese population to the state of California through new music by the two Chinese American composers.
San Diego Asian Film Foundation
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the seventh San Diego Asian Film Festival. Held in the fall, the week-long event features short films, animated work, documentaries, and narrative feature films, with accompanying workshops and panel discussions.
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Transmission: The Art of Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will compare the works of Chilean artist Roberto Matta (1911-2002) and his son, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) for the first time.
San Diego Opera Association
San Diego, CA
$23,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Handel's Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar). Educational and outreach activities will include a student dress rehearsal for youth from schools in San Diego County and Tijuana, Mexico; pre-performance lectures; and the Artists' Roundtable, an opportunity for the public to meet the singers, conductor, and director.
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the final development and world premiere of Restless Spirits, a new multilingual drama with puppets and music by San Diego playwright Allan Havis.
San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association (San Diego Symphony)
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the premiere of a new orchestral work by composer Mark O'Connor. The orchestra will perform the work in Copley Symphony Hall and conduct related outreach activities.
San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new works, with performances at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House. Organized by the company's Center for Dance Education, education and outreach activities will include community matinees for students and seniors, classroom visits by docents prior to performances, lecture-demonstrations, Meet the Artist interviews for ticket holders, and free-of-charge Pointes of View lectures.
San Francisco Camerawork, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the photography exhibition, Ghost in the Machine. The project will feature work by artists who have explored inventive uses of photography, video, installation, digital media, and performance to reclaim lost histories and respond to personal, national, and cultural memories.
San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc. (Chanticleer) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium residency project of choral workshops, youth choral festivals, and a symposium. With the MacPhail Center for the Music and other national educational residency partners, Chanticleer will present a series of day-long workshops and festivals for high school choruses, choir directors, and adult singers in California, Connecticut, and Minnesota.
San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a curated film and video series. Personal Filmmaking Around the Rim will feature experimental and personal work by media artists from the west coast of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as from Asian countries of the Pacific Rim.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Wendell Logan and performances of works by composers Lisa Bielawa, Charles Wuorinen, and Julia Wolfe. The chamber works will be performed at the Yuerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco, CA
$19,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival presents more than 200 films from 50 countries. In addition, students from Bay Area schools attend matinee screenings and discuss the films with the directors.
San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the residency and touring activities of the SF Jazz Collective ensemble. Events will include open rehearsals, world premieres of new work, educational outreach activities, and a national tour.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 26th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to films on Jewish subjects, premieres films and videos by independent producers from around the world.
San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the creation and tour of a new musical theater work. Leave the Light On will tour in Bay Area parks and to rural communities in northern and central California.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (aka San Francisco MOMA)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the presentation in San Francisco of the exhibition Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition of 268 works is the first comprehensive survey of more than 50 years of work by Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu (b. 1930).
San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The 1774 work embodies significant reforms to opera, which had a lasting impact on the development of the form.
San Francisco Performances, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
San Jose Museum of Art Association
San Jose, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will survey the work of more than 40 artists who have focused their work on the examination of suburban culture.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, CA
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991): A Modern Icon Reinterpreted, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The retrospective will to feature Tamayo's best canvases and murals produced during a seven-decade career.
Santa Rosa Symphony Association
Santa Rosa, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Russian Titans Festival: Music as a Mirror of History. The festival will feature the music of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich performed by the orchestra and the Santa Rosa Symphony Chamber Players, under the direction of Jeffrey Kahane.
Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Pump Up the Volume, a project that will provide artists opportunities to create new work inspired by comic traditions from various cultures.
ShadowLight Productions
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the production of a shadow puppet play titled Monkey at Spider Cave. The project is based on Journey to the West, the traditional story of how Buddhism was brought to China.
Shotgun Players, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
In collaboration with writer/director Aaron Davidman, the company will develop and produce a new community-based theater work based on the history of Berkeley, California's Lorin District, a neighborhood that has undergone significant transformations. Workshops will engage the community in a dialogue examining the issues surrounding the production.
Silent Film Festival (aka San Francisco Silent Film Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 11th San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Newly composed live music will accompany the films presented at the festival's nine programs.
Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a distribution initiative targeting individuals, libraries, and bookstores in all 50 states. Publications from approximately 500 small and independent presses will be included.
South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of THE STUDIO by Christopher D'Amboise.
Southern California Asian American Studies Central (aka Visual Communications)
Los Angeles, CA
$19,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 22nd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival and other exhibition activities. The eight-day festival is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian International and Asian Pacific American film and video work. Educational and outreach activities include panels, workshops, community screenings, and the VC Digital Slam 2006, an exhibition of 30-second spots commissioned by Visual Communications.
Southern Exposure
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support The New Situationists. The project will feature new work by local and international artists in various locations around the San Francisco Bay area and will address the role of art in society through the exploration and mapping of public space.
Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Jazz Mentors. The teacher internship and professional development program will train young jazz musicians to serve as junior faculty members at the annual Stanford Jazz Camp. The program will mentor 12 interns (ages 18 to 22) in a program designed to develop their musicianship and teaching abilities.
Stanford University (Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Univ) (on behalf of Stanford Lively Arts)
Stanford, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Stewart, Amy
Eureka, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Stone Soup Fresno
Fresno, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support workshops and demonstrations in traditional Hmong silversmith, blacksmith and needle arts, and the qeej, a ceremonial flute. The project is designed to create a living institute that encourages cross-cultural intergenerational understanding and appreciation for traditional Hmong arts in Fresno.
SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a USA-Japan Creative Residency in honor of the 10th anniversary of SUMMERDANCE. Doug Varone and Dancers and Japanese contemporary dance artists will perform individually and collaborate on a new work. Outreach activities will include afternoon observations of company rehearsals, open rehearsals at local studios, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, an intergenerational matinee for youths and seniors, and free tickets for children, at-risk youth, and low-income seniors.
Tenorio, Lysley
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego County (aka La Jolla Playhouse)
La Jolla, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of a new musical. The Essential Alice, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's novels by author Annie Weisman and composer/sound designer Michael Friedman, will be directed by Des McAnuff.
TheatreWorks
Palo Alto, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the 2006 New Works Festival.
Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support authors's fees and promotional costs for issues of Threepenny Review. Featuring work by established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted through a direct-mail subscription campaign targeting 100,000 readers, as well as through collaborative literary events with other organizations.
University of the Pacific (on behalf of Brubeck Institute)
Stockton, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Visiting Jazz Artists Program, in which young musicians in the professional development program of the University's Brubeck Institute will be mentored by master artists (such as NEA Jazz Master David Baker and Branford Marsalis) and participate in master classes, outreach to schools and performances at the annual Brubeck Festival.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.
Z Space Studio (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a consortium project for the first phase of the Western Presenters' Commissioning Initiative. The theater will partner with performing arts presenters to commission the development of theatrical works to tour among the partners.
ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and related costs for issues of Zyzzyva, a magazine featuring the work of West Coast writers. Each issue includes approximately 20 writers, one-third of whom have never been in print.
Number of Grants: 139 Total Amount: $3,230,500
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