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.

DELAWARE

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. (aka Winterthur, An American Country Estate)
Winterthur, DE
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842, with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition and publication will present and interpret an artistically and historically important body of silverware never before assembled, presented, or published.

OperaDelaware, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of The Phantom Tollbooth by composer Arnold Black and librettists Sheldon Harnick and Norton Juster. The work is based on a book chosen from required reading list of the Delaware Department of Education. A study guide linked to state educational standards will be developed and distributed to participating teacehers prior to performances for students.

Number of Grants: 2          Total Amount: $60,000

 
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