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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.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Chorus America
Washington, DC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference; publications; and leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers.

Chorus America (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium project offering professional development for choral conductors. Philadelphia Singers will partner with Chorus America to host conducting workshops in Philadelphia; approximately 400 conductors, singers, and instrumentalists are expected to participate.

D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc. (aka Dance Place)
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support performances and residencies by dancers representing a wide spectrum of dance styles including African, modern, hip-hop, and tap dance. Residency activities will include master classes, post-performance discussions, meet-the-artists receptions, off-site performances, and outreach performances for school children.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support professional development services for company administrators, artists, and presenters. The project will include the 2006 Winter Council meeting, the Biennial Roundtable, Dance Presenters Leadership Forum, Dance/USA on Tour, Dance/NYC, and Dance/Metro DC.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Protégés International Ballet Academy Festival for ballet schools including the Royal Ballet School (London, England), the Royal Danish Ballet (Copenhagen, Denmark), the Vaganova School of the Maryinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia), Dance Theatre of Harlem (New York, NY), and the Young Artist Training Program of the New National Theatre Ballet (Tokyo, Japan). Educational activities will include a panel discussion by student performers, classes with the international dancers for local dance students, student discounts, and adult education events.

KanKouran West African Dance Company
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a new dance production, The Legend of Sunjata. Legend will tell the story of Mali King Sunjata and his defeat of King Sumonguru in 1235.

National Building Museum
Washington, DC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support The Spotlight on Design, a design lecture series featuring presentations by nationally and internationally known design professionals. The range of speakers includes architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and graphic and environmental designers.

National Symphony Orchestra Association (National Symphony Orchestra)
Washington, DC
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the seventh National Conducting Institute. The professional development program for conductors will culminate in public concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Opera America, Inc.
Washington, DC
$95,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the continued provision of publication and online services to opera companies and artists. The national service organization for opera will provide essential support to member artists and companies in realizing artistic excellence and service to their local communities.

Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare and its tour to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon next summer. The production will offer post-performance discussions and seminars that will explore the text of the play.

Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Neil LaBute Festival. The project will feature productions of Fat Pig and the world premiere of Autobahn, as well as a Readers Theatre Series of LaBute's short stories and prose.

Teatro de la Luna (The Moon Theater)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Ninth International Festival of Hispanic Theater. The festival will offer Spanish-language theater from Spain, the Caribbean, and all the Americas.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of vocal solo recitalists at venues in Washington, DC including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The project will include educational outreach performances in schools and will serve more than 6,000 youth and adult audiences.

Washington Drama Society, Inc. (Arena Stage)
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the revival of On The Verge by playwright Eric Overmeyer. In the play, three female Victorian explorers set out on an adventure that propels them into the Eisenhower era.

Washington National Opera
Washington, DC
$27,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Wagner's Das Rheingold. For Generation O, the opera's young adult (18-35 year old) audience, the company will offer reduced ticket prices, educational materials, and special events designed to increase interest in the art form among students and young professionals.

Washington Performing Arts Society (aka WPAS)
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support dance presentations and residency activities, such as master classes, lecture-demonstrations, post-performance discussions, and other activities for school children, university students, and local professional dancers. Performances will take place at George Washington University Lisner Auditorium, the Lincoln Theatre, the Tivoli Theater, and the Warner Theatre.

Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Washington, DC International Film Festival (aka Filmfest DC)
Washington, DC
$19,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Filmfest DC. The event includes free films for children, senior citizens, and underserved communities at venues including public libraries and hospitals.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$27,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere production of The Velvet Sky by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Associate Artistic Director Rebecca Taichman will direct.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $716,000

 
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