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.

GEORGIA

Actors Express, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the premiere of a new musical play with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Alliance Theatre Associate Artistic Director Kent Gash will direct Love Jerry - A Musical About Brothers, with script and music written and composed by Megan Gogerty.

Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The project will cover approximately 550 artists in 250 venues in cities outside of major art centers.

Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc., Inc. (aka IMAGE)
Atlanta, GA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 30th Atlanta Film Festival. The festival presents the best of current independent film and video to an audience of 28,000 people. Educational activities include audience discussions, panels, and seminars.

Mejia, Michael
Rome, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
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.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (RWWAC)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Graduate Playwriting Competition and the world premiere of a play. Competition finalists attend a playwright's forum and reading of their work; the winning play, ..." said Said by Kenneth Lin, will be produced at the Hertz Stage with accompanying audience enrichment activities.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (RWWAC) (on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) (Consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project that celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In collaboration with Morehouse College, the project will include performances, educational outreach activities, and a national radio broadcast.

Russell, Joshua Thomas
Newnan, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Savannah Music Festival, which will feature performances in historic structures and venues of downtown Savannah. Programming for the 2006 festival will range from orchestral and chamber music performances to African choruses and solo recitals.

Seven Stages, Inc. (7 Stages)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Come Into My Kitchen, a play by Robert Earl Price that asks "what happens when you sell your soul for fame?" The production includes matinee performances for 2,000 secondary school students.

Number of Grants: 10          Total Amount: $229,000

 
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