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.

LOUISIANA

ArtSpot Productions Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of Beneath the Strata/Disappearing, a site-specific installation-performance. The work will be installed and performed at A Studio in the Woods, an artist retreat located in the coastal Louisiana bottomland hardwood forest.

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances and residencies by jazz musicians. Plans include premieres of new works by Mark Feldman, Richard Landry, and Hannibal Lokumbe; and a performance by Dave Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters, melding jazz with Caribbean rhythms. Outreach activities include programs for seniors and students.

Louisiana State University (on behalf of Louisiana State University Press)
Shreveport, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry. Authors scheduled for publication include James Applewhite, Judith Harris, Christine Garren, Henry Taylor, and Susan Ludvigson.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of new work and facilitate touring. The project will include dance residencies and related education and outreach activities throughout the United States.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of dance performances and educational outreach activities. The project will include 10 concerts, 35 lecture-demonstrations, and 50 life-long learning activities for youth and adults.

Swine Palace Productions, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of "In QUARTER Time", a new work featuring scenes from Tennessee Williams' best known plays.

Tulane University (Adminstrators of the Tulane Educational Fund) (on behalf of Tulane University/The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane)
New Orleans, LA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of William Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts I and II. Educational programming will include artist/teacher workshops and matinee performances for local high schools.

Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc. (aka YA/YA)
New Orleans, LA
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a twelve-week design apprenticeship program in millinery. Approximately 20 area youth, ages 14-24, will learn the technical skills of design and construction from master milliner Tracy Thomason and other guest artists.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $172,000

 
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