FY 2006 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/Arts on Radio and Television/
Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

ALASKA

Alaska Design Forum, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a lecture series focused on stimulating discussion of the built environment. Internationally recognized designers and artists will be invited to speak in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau.

Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$17,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the presentation of theater works through the Arts Outreach Program. Dynamo Theater of Montreal, Canada, will present Me, Me, Me, and ArtsPower National Touring Theater of New York will present From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Alaska Native Heritage Center, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Winter Weekend series of cultural education and performance programs. The programs are offered each Saturday of the winter season and will celebrate Alaska Native arts, dance, languages, and storytelling.

Alaska State Council on the Arts
Anchorage, AK
$541,900
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of special editions for the weekly radio program Earthsongs. The series features recordings and live performances of contemporary Native American music and reaches an estimated audience of more than 60,000 people each week.

Sitka Summer Music Festival Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concert tours of chamber music in cities and rural communities of Alaska. The concerts will serve communities in Anchorage, Dutch Harbor, Dillingham, Gustavus, Juneau, Sitka, and Tenakee Springs.

Number of Grants: 6          Total Amount: $613,900

 
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