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.

COLORADO

Boulder County Arts Alliance
Boulder, CO
$23,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support an audience development initiative for Boulder County. Select cultural organizations--including the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and Old Firehouse Arts Center--will participate in a planning process designed to better coordinate audience development strategies.

Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek (Bravo!Vail Valley Music Festival)
Vail, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 19th annual Vail Valley Music Festival, which will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, a commissioned work, open rehearsals, public workshops, and educational outreach concerts. Three orchestras will be in residence during the festival, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore, originally commissioned by the opera in 1946. Educational and outreach activities will include Opera 101, a series of lectures and symposia, in collaboration with Colorado Public Radio and the Denver Public Library, designed to introduce new audiences to opera.

Colorado Music Festival (Consortium)
Boulder, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 29th Denver International Film Festival. Festival programming includes the screening of contemporary, classic, and experimental films, tributes to significant film artists, a salute to a national cinema, a junior film critics program, educational screenings for local students, the screening of classic and experimental films, seminars, and workshops.

Fort Collins Museum Foundation
Fort Collins, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Crossroads at the Council Tree Native American Music Festival. The project will consist of music performances and educational programming for elementary and high school students.

Independent Films (aka Aspen Filmfest)
Aspen, CO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Music Associates of Aspen, Inc. (Aspen Music Festival and School)
Aspen, CO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Academy of Conducting. The summer institute for 20 post-conservatory conductors will engage participants in a comprehensive, professional development training program including master classes at the Aspen Opera theater Center, and composition and film scoring classes.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $143,000

 
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