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.

CALIFORNIA

826 Valencia
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support writing programs and the publication of student work. Professional artists will teach creative writing to at-risk youth in under-performing schools.

About Productions
Pasadena, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the continued development and production of a play that explores the role of early American films in exporting images of Latino culture. An educational panel at the Autry National Center will accompany the production.

AjA Project
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support The Journey, a writing and photojournalism project. Young refugees from war-torn countries will learn to take black-and-white and digital photographs, shoot and edit video, write and recite poetry, create Web-based presentations, and express themselves through art, culminating in public exhibits and events.

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a consortium project for the Cultural Mapping Initiative. A partnership with World Arts West, the project will identify strategies to strengthen support for traditional dance production in communities of immigrant and culturally-specific dance artists in the Bay Area.

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the sixth year of the Traditional Arts Development Program. The program will include a mentoring and professional development program and partial support of the executive director and administrative assistant positions.

Alliance for California Traditional Arts (Consortium)
Fresno, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program. The project fosters the continuance of significant traditional arts within cultural communities, while providing public visibility for those artists and art forms.

American Conservatory Theatre Foundation (aka American Conservatory Theater)
San Francisco, CA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of a classic musical theater work. Artistic Director Carey Perloff will direct Happy End by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, with music direction by Constantine Kitsopoulos.

American Film Institute Inc. (aka AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field including free classroom and hands-on training in directing and $5,000 toward completion of a short narrative project.

Armory Center for the Arts
Pasadena, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the continuation of FLARE: Fun with Language, Arts & Reading. The program provides as many as 750 children in the 3rd to 8th grade with an opportunity to work directly with teaching artists in one-on-one studio classes, arts mentoring relationships, and vocabulary-building seminars to strengthen their understanding of the visual arts and language skills.

Arte Americas (aka ARTE AMERICAS)
Fresno, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presenting series Nights in the Plaza. Music and dance performances featuring Latino performing arts forms will be presented at an outdoor venue. Also guest artist workshops and clinics will be conducted for local artists.

Arts Council Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Community Arts Fund (CAF). The CAF is one of the Arts Council's core granting programs providing support to Santa Clara County's emerging community-based arts organizations.

ARTScorpsLA
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Iron Pour Home Project, a public installation. Guided by lead artist Meredith Jack, members of the community, art students, and a collective of artists will create sand-scratch blocks that reflect the concept of home and install them at two reclaimed parks in Los Angeles.

Asian American Theater Workshop Co. (aka AATC)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Walls, a new play by Jeannie Barroga, and the interactive My Walls Letter Project. The play depicts stories of Vietnam soldiers as they prepare for the unveiling of Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.

Asian Improv aRts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the commissioning, development, and presentation of a new work by composer Francis Wong and librettist Genny Lim. Shanghai 1948: George and Noela's Story (working title) will be scored for jazz ensemble and two vocalists.

Asian Improv aRts (on behalf of Gen Taiko)
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the creation of a new work incorporting Odori (dance), Taiko (drums), and shinobue (Japanese flute). The project will explore the concepts of loyalty, honor, truth, and purpose and will culminate with an 11th Anniversary Concert.

Autry National Center of the American West (aka Autry National Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Native Voices at the Autry, a program targeted to the development and presentation of new plays by Native American writers. Writers will work with professional directors and actors and participate in readings and workshop productions.

Balboa Art Conservation Center
San Diego, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a postgraduate internship in paintings conservation. The intern will be afforded a broad range of supervised and guided treatment experiences formulated to develop pratical knowledge and skill.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a consortium project for the Mediamaker Awards and MediaMaker Advance programs. In collaboration with KQED-TV (the San Francisco PBS affiliate), these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with technical assistance and resources they need to finish their projects.

Bethune Theatredanse
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Infinite Dreams. Residency artists will provide weekly dance instruction for approximately 1,200 underserved, special-needs students, ages six to 21, from 11 Los Angeles County schools.

Black Storytellers of San Diego (aka BSSD)
Chula Vista, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the youth component of the 24th Annual National Association of Black Storytellers Conference and Festival. Elementary and middle school students will receive instruction in the art of storytelling and creation, including performances at a community presentation.

Business Arts Council, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Business Volunteer for the Arts Program. Small and mid-sized arts organizations will be matched with experienced, volunteer consultants to address specific organizational challenges in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development, finance, marketing, human resources, and accounting.

Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. (on behalf of Downtown Center)
Pomona, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of the Downtown Center's community-based programs. Project activities will include exhibitions, youth arts programs, and opera and orchestral performances.

California Alliance for Arts Education (on behalf of State Education Agencies Dir. of Arts Ed)
Pasadena, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the development of curriculum and electronic networking for the State Education Agencies Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE). A writing curriculum will be developed and piloted in classrooms, and the results will be evaluated and used to create a toolkit of resources available on the SEADAE Web site.

California Arts Council
Sacramento, CA
$1,071,500
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

California College of the Arts
Oakland, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the 100 Families Project. Visual arts instruction for youth, ages five to 18, who will draw upon experiences from their own family life as a foundation from which to create new work.

California Indian Basketweavers Association (aka CIBA)
Nevada City, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support an annual basketweavers gathering. The event will provide opportunities for weavers to educate the public, exhibit and sell their work, and discuss issues relevant to their traditions.

California Indian Storytelling Association (aka CISA)
Fremont, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Storytelling Festivals 2006/07 Inside the Roundhouse. The project includes a series of events featuring indigenous storytellers from California and Hawaii.

California Institute of the Arts (aka CalArts) (Consortium)
Valencia, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Community Arts Partnership, a consortium project. In partnership with Plaza de la Raza, CalArts will provide rigorous, after-school theater arts learning workshops to underserved students. In addition, students will work with a professional playwright and specially trained CalArts student mentors to write and perform scripts reflective of the Latino and Chicano cultural histories of the local community.

California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. Technical support, seminars, and Web-based information will focus on the development of new strategies for California artists and arts organizations to secure permanent and affordable live/work space.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Walnut Creek, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Community Outreach Program. Activities will include community concerts, a family concert, an instrument petting zoo, and classroom visits by the orchestra's musicians.

Cartoon Art Museum
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a collections management project. The goals of the project are to document and preserve the permanent collection and to secure the necessary systems and tools for ongoing documentation and preservation.

CELLspace
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Mission Urban Arts. Artists from local arts organizations will lead arts classes in the context of youth social service. Classes offered include hip-hop poetry and breakdancing, congolese drumming and dancing.

Center for World Music
El Cajon, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support World Music in the Schools. Traditional artists will teach Balinese gamelan and dance, Peruvian panpipes, Brazilian drumming, Karnatic singing, and Bharata Natyam dance to elementary, middle, and high school students in San Diego and Orange counties.

Central City Hospitality House (aka CCHH)
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support visual art workshops and access to studio space for homeless and poor artists in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The program provides artists with scheduled or drop-in studio time in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, ceramics, and digital media.

Children's Museum San Diego (aka Museo de los Ninos San Diego)
San Diego, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Muse/Art Installation Program. The museum will commission site-specific works, both permanent and temporary, for its new facility opening in fall 2006.

Chinese Cultural Productions (aka Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support performances and residency activities. The Lost of the Red-Tasseled Spear, created by choreographer Lily Cai and composer Gang Situ, will be performed in Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Boston, and Houston.

City of San Fernando, California
San Fernando, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Mariachi Master Apprentice Program. Evening mariachi classes for youth will culminate in a concert performance and mariachi conference. Classes include instruction in violin, guitarrńn, vihuela, trumpet, and folk harp playing techniques.

Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. (aka Cornerstone)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program. The company will collaborate with seniors and their caregivers to perform an original theater work by playwright Octavio Solis.

Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (aka Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation treatment of key French furniture pieces and important frames in the European art collection. Dating from the 18th century, the works are anchors of the museum's survey collection of European art.

Creative Growth, Inc. (aka Creative Growth Art Center)
Oakland, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Art Citizen Lab. The project aims to involve artists with disabilities as a vital part of the larger arts landscape and will include a series of studio arts workshops for adults with disabilities, a visiting artists program, an exhibition series, and an updated publicity campaign.

Dance Camera West
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Los Angeles Dance Film Festival. The festival will present a series of screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles.

Dancers' Group (on behalf of Epiphany Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's trolley lines. The third annual San Francisco Trolley Dances will bring together the local dance community and the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) for two weekends of free performances.

Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a free dance program for children and young adults. Rites of Passage, taught by professional dancers, provides dance education and training in a variety of styles.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, CA
$28,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Call and Response. Community-requested performances will be presented at city festivals, cultural fairs, community centers, local companies, parks, and schools throughout Contra Costa County.

East Los Angeles Classic Theatre (aka ECT)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Literary Engagement Performance Tour. The tour will bring a Shakespeare classic performed in a "Zoot Suit" style or mariachi adaptation to schools and community venues.

Eldergivers
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an art instruction program for residents of Bay Area nursing homes. Building upon nearly 15 years of experience, Eldergivers will hire professional artists with teaching experience to conduct workshops for institutionalized seniors.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Artist Professional Development Initiatve. The project will include programs for youth, emerging, mid-level, and established artists and will offer participants classes on marketing, strategic planning, sustainability, and film financing, as well as career counseling.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support completion costs for a documentary film by Arthur Dong on the history of the Chinese in American feature films. The 90-minute film will be a multilayered look at American cinematic history from the early 1900s up to the present day through the lens of the Chinese American experience.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Ernie Gehr Film and Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and post-production costs for an experimental film by Ernie Gehr. The New York Project (working title) will capture the sounds and sights of Manhattan.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Suzan Pitt Films)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production and related costs for an animated film by Suzan Pitt. El Doctor is about a crotchety old doctor who, when visited by Santa Esmeralda, begins to see the world differently.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Xochitl Films)
San Francisco, CA
$53,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Lourdes Portillo. When the Tide Comes In will explore the truths behind a Mexican fable about a group of fishermen who discover drugs washed up on shore.

Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
San Jose, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support classes in traditional Chinese instrumental music. Youth will receive year-round, weekend lessons and ensemble classes in Chinese music.

Ford Theatre Foundation
Hollywood, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Community Participation Initiative. The project will study and implement programming, marketing, and audience development strategies aimed at increasing Latino and Asian American audiences.

Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a conference. Persistent Vision will concentrate on strategies relating to exhibition, distribution, and support for filmmakers. The conference will take place in June 2006.

Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation (aka "everybody dance!")
Encino, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support everybody dance! The project will provide weekly dance classes in jazz, tap, modern, hip-hop, and creative movement. Classes will be offered after school and on Saturdays at two inner-city sites for more than 400 underserved youth, ages four to 17.

Galeria/Studio 24 (aka Galeria de la Raza)
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support production of an online catalogue documenting exhibitions that commemorate Galeria's 35th anniversary. The exhibitions, organized in 2005, featured the work of approximately 75 Latino artists from California.

Grabhorn Institute
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a series of public programs, including demonstrations, lectures, and exhibitions, titled Bookmaking, Writing, and Art. The project explores connections between traditional bookmaking crafts and the work of contemporary artists and writers.

Grand Performances
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Electronics and Music: Invoking the Past, Changing the Present, and Guiding the Future. The series of performances, film screenings, DJ workshops, and demonstrations will be designed for and targeted to audience members who are 25 years of age or younger.

Greenway Arts Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Arts Recovery Project. Professional artists will teach in-school and after-school classes in theater, film, and poetry to youth.

Hmong Cultural Arts, Crafts, Teaching & Museum Projects (aka Hmong Cultural Arts)
Sacramento, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support classes in traditional Hmong folk arts. Local artists will lead year-round, after-school classes in Hmong music, pa dao (reverse appliqué embroidery), and folk dance in preparation for performances and demonstrations at public festivals and other community events.

Imagination Workshop, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$13,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the New Artists' Training Project. The project will train 30 professional theater artists in the company's dramatic method under the guidance and supervision of Artistic Director Margaret Ladd and existing company artists, writers, therapists,and doctors.

Independent Television Service, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$135,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the selection, acquisition, and packaging of films for the public television series Independent Lens. This anthology series provides the public with access to innovative dramatic, animated, and documentary works by independent filmmakers.

Inside Out Community Arts, Inc.
Venice, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support continuation of The School Project. The after-school and weekend theater-based arts program will serve middle and high school-aged youth from the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Institute on Aging
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of workshops at senior centers throughout San Francisco. The workshops will bring together seniors and youth to create new works incorporating a wide range of disciplines under the guidance of professional artists.

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (aka JACCC)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Presenting Initiative. Diverse activities will include the incubation of work, development of marketing and interpretive materials, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and networking opportunities for artist partnerships and collaborations.

Khmer Arts Academy
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Classical Dance Training & Performance Program. The program will continue the tradition of master/apprentice training and will strengthen the presentation and performance of Cambodian dance in the community and beyond.

KQED, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support expansion of the SPARK Digital Library. Additional artist and organizational profiles and a new four-volume set of discipline-specific DVDs will be developed for inclusion in the library, along with an interactive Web site and companion to KQED's SPARK public television series, all of which provide access to information on local artists, exhibitions, performances, classes, and arts education in Northern California.

L.A. Freewaves (aka Freewaves)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Freewaves. The monthly series of half-hour thematic programs of video art will be presented on the Internet. Each artist's work will be accompanied by links, a biography, curatorial statement, and artist contact information.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support expansion of the Alive and Aloud and the Library Access national outreach programs. The project will include the distribution of audio plays to libraries in underserved communities and to public schools in all 50 states.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of The Play's the Thing, a radio theater series intended for broadcast on satellite and public radio stations nationwide. The 52-week series will include up to 10 new radio plays, recorded live before audiences at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles, as well as selections from L.A. Theatre Works' extensive audio theater collection.

La Pena Cultural Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a consortium project to present the Arab Cultural Initiative. A partnership with the Arab Cultural and Community Center in San Francisco, the series will showcase the diversity of Middle Eastern and North African cultural expressions.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc. (aka Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national distribution of a series of radio programs featuring live performances of the Mozart piano concertos. Produced by Classical KUSC, the series will include performances by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra led by music director Jeffrey Kahane.

Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Pasadena, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Choral Music Education and Performance. Young singers will learn a range of choral repertoire and be taught music theory during their weekly chorus rehearsals.

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Inc. (aka LACE)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the second phase of an archival project to preserve the holdings of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibtions Inc. (LACE). Founded in 1978, LACE presents contemporary work by artists in exhibitions, lectures, and performances.

Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$85,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Arts for All Residency Program, a consortium project. A partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Arts Education, the project will assist participating school districts county-wide in developing artist residencies in music, dance, and visual arts for students in kindergarten to 12th grades.

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support A Patchwork of Culture: Exploring the Sephardic-Latino Connection. The program is designed to teach students in the 3rd to 5th grades about the similarities and differences between Sephardic and Latin American music.

Los Angeles Opera Company (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the production of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde, a consortium project with the St. John Eudes Church. Members of the children and adult choirs of the church will join the company's opera professionals to perform the work.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Community Partnership Project, a consortium project. With the Byzantine-Latino Quarter Foundation Community Center, the orchestra's education staff and musicians will teach classroom and after-school lessons in music appreciation and instrumental performance in the Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a consortium project for workshops to develop community-based theater projects. In partnership with the Single Room Occupancy House Corporation, Change/Exchange will offer training in the development and implementation of theatrical works in collaboration with community partners and residents.

Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation (aka Luther Burbank Center for the Arts)
Santa Rosa, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Hispanic Community Cultural Outreach Program. The project includes educational and outreach activities offered to the North Bay Hispanic community.

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. (aka Carnaval San Francisco) (on behalf of Carnaval San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Carnaval San Francisco Festival and Parade. Seven festival stages, including one stage entirely dedicated to youth performances, will offer ongoing performances by a variety of artists representing the cultural traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean.

MoveSpeakSpin (aka Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble)
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a residency in Puerto Rico. The residency will include workshops for teachers, educators, and dancers on how to integrate dance and mathematics into the classroom; workshops for students in grades K-8; and a final performance.

National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc. (aka National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support services to the nonprofit media arts field. Through three different programs, the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers will provide leadership training, a comprehensive survey of the media arts field, and adopt a communication plan to better serve its constituency.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a consortium project to host regional conferences. In collaboration with the Foundation for Independent Video and Film, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. will offer Doing Your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices in four American cities.

National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. (Consortium)
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Third Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the Market will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.

Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc. (aka Ninth Street Independent Film Center)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a three-part project. Through this initiative, the members of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center will continue their programmatic collaborations.

Other Minds (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium project to digitize archival recordings to allow for free public access via the Internet. Consortium partner Internet Archive will select and prepare the materials, which feature live recorded performances, interviews, and conversation by leading composers and artists of 20th-century American music.

P.S. Arts
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support weekly theater and visual arts classes. Taught by resident theater and visual artists, the weekly, year-long instruction is provided for every elementary and middle school student enrolled at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in the McArthur Park community of Los Angeles.

Pacific Symphony Association (aka Orange County's Pacific Symphony) (Consortium)
Santa Ana, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the consortium project American Russian Festival: The Jazz Connection. The Pacific Opera will partner with the orchestra for a two-week festival including performances, films, educational outreach, and public discussions.

Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Cultural Kaleidoscope. The artist-in-residency program will partner kindergarten to 6th-grade classes from culturally diverse schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District with those in the Ravenswood School District.

PEN Center USA West (aka PEN USA)
Culver City, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support writing residencies and workshops for emerging writers. The project will include Emerging Voices, a one-on-one mentorship program, and PEN in the Classroom, providing arts instruction for underserved Southern California high school students.

Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (aka Music Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Arts Capacity Team program. Professional development for teachers will lead to artists residencies in kindergarten to 5th-grade classrooms and the incoporation of arts education programs into the school's core curriculum.

Performing Arts Workshop, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Artists-in-Schools program. Artists-in-residence will provide four schools with a combination of world dance, theater, music, and creative writing residencies, including eight, 30-week intensive residencies and eight, 15-week moderate residencies, totaling 360 hours of direct arts instruction.

PhotoAlliance
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a visiting artist lecture series. The free lecture series features prominent and emerging photographers from the United States and an international representative.

picART (aka partners in Compassion ART)
Carlsbad, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Community Snapshot/Community Portrait. Through this photography project at Boys & Girls Clubs in San Diego, children receive mentoring by artists and are provided cameras with which to photograph and interview local business owners, firefighters, police officers, residents of senior homes, and their own families.

Playwrights Project
San Diego, CA
$13,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Write On Write Now, an in-school theater residency program. The project will bring professional productions to middle and high school students throughout Southern California.

Public Corporation for the Arts of the City of Long Beach (aka Arts Council for Long Beach)
Long Beach, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the second phase of A City of Neighborhoods: Civic Engagement Through Design. Local professional artists Craig Cree Stone and Steve Eicker will teach 3rd-grade students at Edison Elementary School in Willmore City about the design arts, including architecture of homes in their historic neighborhood and public arts in Long Beach.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Bancroft Library)
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an oral history project associated with the world premiere of John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic, produced by the San Francisco Opera. Interviews and video clips will be made available on the Internet and to schools, museums, and radio and television stations through the Bancroft Library and the Online Archive of California.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Closely Watched Films. The eight-part series will bring filmmakers and cinema professionals to Berkeley to lead audiences through behind-the-scenes investigations of the process involved in moviemaking.

Regents of the University of California at Davis (on behalf of Richard Nelson Gallery)
Davis, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation treatment of Robert Arneson's Egghead sculptures. The large-scale, enameled bronze sculptures are permanently situated outdoors throughout the university campus.

Regents of the University of California at San Diego (on behalf of TheatreForum)
La Jolla, CA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the publication and distribution of Theatre Forum. The journal documents and disseminates innovative theater works internationally.

Rhapsody In Taps, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of works as part of the company's 25th anniversary. The project will include a tribute to Gregory Hines, creation of a new work by Artistic Director Linda Sohl-Ellison, and outreach activities.

Rhythmic Concepts, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the 22nd annual Jazz Camp West. The eight-day jazz music education program will offer daily instructional classes and multiple performance opportunities

Robey Theatre Company
Sherman Oaks, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Greensboro (A Requiem) by writer and director Emily Mann. Additional activities will include student matinees, speaker forums, and post-performance discussions.

Rova:Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Improv:21, a series of lecture-demonstrations on music improvisation. The programs will feature guest artists and composers with the Rova Saxophone Quartet in San Francisco.

Ryman-Carroll Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support pre-professional Drawing and Painting Classes and the Outreach Drawing Workshop Series. Teens from Los Angeles will receive tuition-free studio instruction in drawing and painting by master artist-teachers.

San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the publication of a series of monographs on significant works in the museum's permanent collection. The project will result in new scholarship on those works of art which have heretofore been undocumented.

San Diego Performing Arts League
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support an audience development initiative. Traditional marketing methods such as advertising, direct mail, and publicity will be utilized to increase awareness of electronic services designed to increase attendance at performing arts events in San Diego County.

San Francisco Art and Film Program
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support continuation of the Teen Film Workshop. The project is designed to prepare students for film school and train them for future careers in the film industry.

San Francisco Ballet Association (aka San Francisco Ballet) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a consortium project titled Dance in Schools and Communities. The residency program, implemented with the San Francisco Unified School District, will provide interactive movement and music instruction at no charge to as many as 3,500 2nd- to 4th-grade students and teachers.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc. (aka Chanticleer)
San Francisco, CA
$27,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a national concert tour and educational residency project. Activities will include choral coaching, youth choral festivals, and advanced choral training for adult singers.

San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Music Education and Outreach Program. The project will provide an introduction to choral singing and will serve as the foundation for the concert performance and touring ensembles.

San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support phase two of a project to preserve the archives of West Coast dance artists Tandy Beal, Chitresh Das, Anna Halprin, and Michael Smuin. The Dance Icons of the West project will provide scholars and the community with four comprehensive collections of print and video materials.

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the cataloging and digitalizing of audiotapes from the Poetry Center's American Poetry Archives. The center will catalog and record detailed contents for the most significant audiotapes dating from 1954 to 1974.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$170,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a public television series featuring Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. Keeping Score is designed to help a national audience appreciate the relevance of classical music in contemporary life.

San Francisco Symphony (on behalf of San Francisco Symphony youth Orchestra)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Artist Development Program. Designed to complement the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra's core program of weekly rehearsals and concert performances, the program will provide students with coaching, apprenticeship, mentorships, and specialized training in chamber music, instrument care, and auditioning techniques.

San Jose Center for Poetry & Literature (aka Poetry Center San Jose)
San Jose, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support an all-day Festival of Poetry in History Park, San Jose. The festival will include readings, open mic events, a book fair, and a high school poetry contest.

Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association (aka Santa Cecilia Orchestra)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Discovering Music, an educational outreach program in underserved communities of Los Angeles. The project, led by Artistic Director Sonia Marie De Leon, will provide orchestral performances and educational activities in venues ranging from elementary schools to community centers.

Santa Monica College (on behalf of KCRW-FM)
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a radio series presenting classic American short crime fiction. More Mean Streets, USA will be KCRW's second series of hour-long programs of unabridged, full-cast dramatic readings of works written by masters of the genre.

Shakespeare Festival/LA, Inc. (aka SFLA)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 20th Annual Summer Festival. A production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Ben Donenberg, will be presented free-of-charge in Los Angeles' downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and other outdoor venues.

Southwest Chamber Music Society
Pasadena, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a recording of the complete series of Encounters for percussion and solo instruments by composer William Kraft. Educational activities will be developed for Los Angeles County area schools in association with the thirteen Encounters performances and recordings.

Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. (aka Unity Council)
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support workshops in altar making and the Mexican traditions surrounding the art form. Local master artist Ruben Guzman will teach the techniques of cartoneria (Mexican paper sculpture), culminating in an exhibition of the works at the 11th Annual Day of the Dead Festival.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Olympic Valley, CA
$6,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop focuses on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.

Stern Grove Festival Association
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the New Audience Program. The project is a series of performances and educational activities designed to reach underserved ethnic groups.

Tenants and Owners Development Corporation (on behalf of Sixth Street Photography Workshop)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support expansion of photography programming for artists who are homeless. Managed by the Sixth Street Photography Workshop and targeted to residents of single-room occupancy hotels throughout San Francisco, the project will enable the organization to increase the number of introductory photography classes and expand darkroom training.

Theatre Of Hearts, Inc. (aka Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support an artists-in-residence program. Designed for youth with learning challenges, the program places master artists in alternative schools to lead a special artistic "intervention" curriculum.

University of the Pacific (Consortium)
Stockton, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Diversity through the Arts Series, a consortium project. In partnership with Dance for Power, multicultural music and dance events will be presented with outreach activities including school matinees, pre- and post-performance workshops, online study guides, and lectures.

Unusual Suspects Theatre Company
Culver City, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the expansion of theater arts education workshops. Youth, ages 14 to 18, will participate in a series of master classes led by prominent professional screenwriters.

Virginia Avenue Project
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the writing and performing programs titled One-on-One and Playmaking. Mentorships, workshops, a summer camp, and public performances will be offered that will connect area youth with professional artists.

World Arts West
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the arts education program People Like Me. Interactive performances will be presented at Bay Area theaters for students in kindergarten through sixth grades, and teachers will receive extensive curriculum guides in support of the performances.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a consortium project for a series of meetings of the African Consortium. In partnership with Bates College, the national initiative is designed to create a new level of artistic exchange and cultural dialogue between the United States and African countries.

Young Audiences of Northern California
San Jose, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Arts and English Language Development. During a two-year period, school staff and artists will develop, implement, and assess arts learning in elementary schools.

Youth Speaks, Inc. (aka Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project)
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of a multidisciplinary work titled The Breaks. The Living Word repertory company will collaborate with author Jeff Chang to create a work incorporating film, movement, and verse.

Zeum
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Zeum After School Program. Youth from San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood will receive in-depth instruction in figure design and clay animation to create short animation films.

Number of Grants: 134          Total Amount: $4,303,000

 
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