National Endowment for the Arts  
About Us
 
 

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.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Americans for the Arts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support professional development activities through the Public Art Network (PAN). Activities targeted to public art practitioners will include implementation of a digital process for artists' submissions to Year in Review, creation of an online gallery, a series of commissions of temporary public art, and related opportunitities through PAN.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc. (aka Arts Presenters)
Washington, DC
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of professional development initiatives for the presenting field. Intensive seminars, think-tank meetings, regional forums, and peer networking sessions will address topics important to the development of Arts Presenters' members.

Black Women Playwrights' Group
Washington, DC
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Annual Reading of new plays. The reading provides a showcase for the latest original work by emerging and established women playwrights of color.

Capital Concerts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support staging and related costs for The National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth, two patriotic concerts at the United States Capitol to be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2006. A national television audience of 10 to 12 million watches these 90-minute programs each year.

Choral Arts Society of Washington (aka Choral Arts)
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support artsACCESS. Project activities will include professional development for teachers and the development of a curriculum that will integrate music learning into other subjects for elementary school students.

Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Flashpoint Business Center. The center's network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations will involve residency and technical assistance programs and provide opportunities for affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with other business amenities.

Dance/USA (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a consortium project for the participation of the United States delegation at the International Tanzmesse 2006 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Dance/USA will partner with Pentacle, Inc. to develop programs and coordinate the participation of artists and arts administrators at the conference, which was conceived to facilitate exchange among international dance artists.

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the citywide Folk Arts Program. The program will consist of a series of roundtables, continuation of the Dance DC Festival, professional development for folk artists, Arts-in-Education and Artist Roster Programs, and partial support of a folklorist position to administer the programs.

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC
$590,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Film Odyssey, Inc.
Washington, DC
$45,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film by Karen Thomas. Exiles in Hollywood will trace the personal journeys of European writers, directors, producers, composers, and actors who contributed to many of Hollywood's enduring films.

Ford's Theatre Society
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Howard Lindsay's and Russel Crouse's State of the Union, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1946. The production will be directed by John Rando, designed by Michael Yeargan, and will feature actress Judith Ivey.

GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos (aka GALA, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Valor, Agravio, y Mujer by Ana Caro. Outreach activities will include simultaneous English interpretation at all shows and the development of bilingual educatonal materials on the Golden Age of Spanish literature and other women wirters for high school and college instructors.

Heritage Preservation, Inc.
Washington, DC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Rescue Public Murals! The project, designed to respond to the fragility of public art murals in the United States, will include an advisory committee's identification of 10 of the most endangered and highly significant murals and an assessment of each selected mural.

Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Early Childhood Music. The program incorporates musical activities that will support the development of young children's cognitive abilities and social skills.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Washington, DC
$521,045
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support national leadership services in the areas of education and technical assistance, public awareness, development of new partnerships, and advance information services. Established programs for member state arts agencies will be continued, maintained, and updated in FY 2007.

National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of arts features to be aired on NPR's national newsmagazine programs. Several multipart series will examine books that have touched our lives, unsung heroes of American popular music, and iconic fictional characters.

National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$125,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Classical Music Initiative. The project will include the recording, acquisition, and national radio broadcast of selected American orchestral performances on Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Creators @ Carnegie; the presentation of American operatic productions for the World of Opera; and coverage of classical music throughout NPR's news programs.

PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a fiction reading series and writers-in-the-schools program. The foundation will distribute to classrooms free copies of books preceding each author visit.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc. (aka Post-Classical Ensemble)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Song of the Earth, a concert program featuring music by Zhou Long and Gustav Mahler. The orchestral performance, with the Music From China ensemble, mezzo-soprano Delores Ziegler, and actress Shi-hong Aldin, will be held at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc. (aka Post-Classical Ensemble) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a consortium project of performances featuring works by Isaac Albeniz and Manuel de Falla. The orchestra and Instituto Cervantes (USA), Inc. will present concerts, master classes, and post-performance discussions in Washington, DC and New York City.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Jazz in America: The National Jazz Curriculum. The free, Internet-based curriculum teaches the history and development of jazz in the United States.

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support BeBop to Hip-Hop, a consortium project with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Activities will include performances and educational programs with professional musicians for jazz and hip-hop students.

Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a full-length work by Artistic Director Septime Webre. The Latino Dance Project will combine traditional Latino dance and classical ballet to celebrate Latino culture.

Washington Men's Camerata, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the National Library of Men's Choral Music and a compact disc recording of choral repertoire for male voices. The project will advance the multi-year development of an operational lending library and searchable database to safeguard collections of manuscripts and make available this repertoire for study and performance.

Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Youth to Dare tour of plays written by middle and high school students. During the development and rehearsal phases, each young writer will work with professional directors, actors, and costume, lighting, and sound designers to rewrite and share ideas on how each play should be presented.


Number of Grants: 25          Total Amount: $1,822,745

 
< Back to States List
 

Privacy Policy          Important Notices          Contact Us          USA.gov
 
Grants Recent Grants