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.

PENNSYLVANIA

American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the American Poetry Review. The journal will promote its issues through a direct-mail campaign, special offers to students at writing programs, and Web site visitors.

Astral Artistic Services (Astral)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of solo recital debut concerts in Philadelphia. The series will include debuts by violinist Ayano Ninomiya, harpist and 2004 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Bridget Kibbey, saxophonist Doug O'Connor, and prize-winning clarinetist José Franch-Ballester.

Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Inc. (Brandywine Workshop)
Philadelphia, PA
$33,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support artists residency opportunities for artists working in printmaking. The project will be documented in a catalogue and a touring exhibition.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
$38,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a design competition aimed at developing ideas on how to connect the existing cultural and educational institutions in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood into a family-oriented district. The project also will include community presentations, a publication, and an exhibition.

Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Guest Artist Program. The residency will provide national and international ceramic artists an opportunity to create new work.

Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion, including increased artists's fees, of an issue of Creative Nonfiction. The journal will provide discounted issues for classroom use and expand its Web site to include more in-depth author interviews and podcasts of authors reading their work.

Elk County Council On The Arts
Ridgway, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 7th Annual Ridgway Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous. The Rendezvous is a gathering of U.S. and international carvers who meet to share their knowledge and demonstrate the technique of chainsaw carving for the general public.

Fabric Workshop, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an artist-in-residence program. Each of five participating artists will create new work using innovative fabrics, materials, and construction techniques in exploratory ways.

Foundation for the Reading Public Museum
Reading, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition of the work of American artist Keith Haring (1958-1990), with an accompanying catalogue and education programs. Educational programs will focus on teaching children and youth about the basic materials, tools, techniques, and methods of visual art expression.

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support an electronic marketing initiative. The two-part initiative includes an online events calendar, PhillyFunGuide.com, and FunSavers, an e-mail program offering last minute, half-price tickets for events by the region's nonprofit cultural organizations.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Jazz at Lafayette: Looking Back, Moving Forward, a program of performances and presentations by a broad range of jazz musicians, including guitarist and NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall. Performances, radio broadcasts, and workshops at local high schools and Boys' and Girls' Clubs will reach more than 2,500 people.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. As many as 100 students will participate in a series of workshops, open rehearsals and concerts, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations led by a group of world-class concert artists, composers, and scholars.

Mattress Factory, Ltd.
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an artist-in-residence program. Up to nine artists will be invited to create new, site-specific installations at the museum, which has presented new work by more than 250 artists since 1982.

Moss, Barbara Klein
Haverford, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the recreation and production of a musical theater work. The Wizard of Oz, with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, will be performed using live actors and puppets.

New Paradise Laboratories Theatre, Inc. (New Paradise Laboratories)
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a play. The company will present a reworking of Rrose Sélavy Takes a Lover by Artistic Director Whit MacLaughlin. The reworking will examine Philadelphia and its role in the founding of America.

ODUNDE, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2006 ODUNDE Festival. The festival is the oldest African American community festival in Philadelphia, annually featuring local and international African American dancers, musicians, and performers.

Opera Company of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Margaret Garner by composer Richard Danielpour and librettist Toni Morrison. The title role will be sung by mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, who will be joined by soprano Angela Brown, baritone Gregg Baker, and bass-baritone Rodney Gilfry.

Orchestra 2001, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commission and performance of a new violin concerto by composer Andrea Clearfield. Performances of the work will be conducted by music director James Freeman in downtown Philadelphia and at Swarthmore College.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the multidisciplinary series Cultural Relay. The project will include performances, workshops, and panel discussions.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Christopher D'Amboise's Franklin Court. The work will be performed at Philadelphia's Academy of Music and also will be presented to students at a dress rehearsal and as part of a Family Day student matinee.

People's Light & Theatre Company
Malvern, PA
$38,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the commissioning and initial development of new plays to be adapted from award-winning young adult books. One adaptation will be fully produced as part of the 2006 Family Series.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a vocal music project exploring the art of song. The performances of works, ranging from the renaissance to contemporary music, will be augmented by master classes and lectures conducted by guest artists and scholars.

Philadelphia Dance Company, Inc. (aka Philadanco)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new works that will premiere at the Kimmel Center and also tour the U.S. and abroad. Choreographers creating the works include Carmen de Lavallade, Elisa Monte, Christopher Huggins, and Robert Moses.

Philadelphia Folklore Project (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
A consortuim project to support Art Happens Here. A collaboration with Asian Americans United, the project will document and present Philadelphia folk artists, in arts such as Cambodian dance, klezmer music, and Khmer dressmaking, through residencies and public performances to audiences in community sites throughout the region.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820, with accompanying education programs. Accompanied by a scholarly catalogue and a full range of bilingual education programs and materials, the exhibition will feature some 350 masterworks from colonial Spanish and Portuguese America.

Philadelphia Museum of Art (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
A consortium project to support the touring exhibition A Revolution in the Graphic Arts: Mexico and Modern Printmaking 1920-1950. To be presented with the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the exhibition will be accompanied by a scholarly catalogue and bilingual educational programs and materials.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of commissioned work by Sofia Gubaidulina, Bright Sheng, and Gerald Levinson. Music director Christoph Eschenbach and guest conductors Simon Rattle and Osmo Vänskä will conduct the concerts at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Philadelphia Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a new play and the New Plays Project. The company will present Some Men by Terrance McNally and festivals of staged readings.

Pig Iron Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, development, and production of Love Unpunished, a new theater work inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The work will be presented under the auspices of a new residency program at Drexel University's Department of Performing Arts.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Derek Deane, set to the music of Cole Porter. Songs of Cole Porter will premiere with Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinantra Songs as part of the company's spring series.

Pittsburgh Dance Alloy (aka Dance.Alloy.Theater)
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new works for the company's 30th anniversary, including Chicken Soup by Blondell Cummings, The Moor's Pavane by José Limón, and the premiere of a new work by Joe Goode. Community outreach programs, including workshops and classes, will take place at Carnegie Mellon University, Point Park College, and local elementary and high schools.

Pittsburgh International Children's Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the International Children's Festival. The festival will present the works of theater companies from around the world, including Het Laagland's Theatre of the Netherlands and the Manding Jata Theater of Mali.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support productions of Puccini's Tosca and Mozart's Così fan tutte. The two works will employ contrasting approaches to display the richness and variety of opera: Tosca will use traditional staging and dramatic sets while Cosi will offer a light, flexible alternatively staged interpretation.

Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources (aka Pittsburgh Cultural Trust) (on behalf of Pittsburgh Dance Council)
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies including Danzahoy from Venezuela, Tero Saarinen Company from Finland, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, and Paul Taylor Dance Company. Residency activities for youth and adults will include post-performance sessions, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, and student matinees.

Regional Performing Arts Center, Inc. (Kimmel Center, Inc.)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Artists Voices project. The guest-curated activities will include a series of artist discussions, master classes and commissions by artists including choreographer Myra Bazell, and violinist Gloria Justen, among others.

Squonk Opera, Inc.
N. Huntingdon, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation and presentation of site-specific operas in several American cities. Cities under consideration for the development of "meta-civic celebrations" include Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; College Park, Maryland; and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Tempesta di Mare, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Ambassador Franklin in London, a concert commemorating the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Performances will include 18th-century works by George Frederic Handel, Johann Christian Bach, Maurice Greene, John Stanley, and William Boyce.

Wilma Theater, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Caryl Churchill Festival. The project will include symposia, workshops, the production of Churchill's plays A Number and Cloud 9 and staged readings of other plays by the writer.

Number of Grants: 39          Total Amount: $987,000

 
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