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.

KENTUCKY

Appalshop, Inc. (aka WMMT-FM)
Whitesburg, KY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support a documentary arts film program for high school students. Using a new curriculum, professional independent filmmakers will teach students the history, aesthetics, ethics, and practice of documentary filmmaking, resulting in the production of a documentary film.

Appalshop, Inc. (aka WMMT-FM) (Consortium)
Whitesburg, KY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a consortium project for the production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Elizabeth Barret. In collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Barret will explore the life and work of photographer William Gedney.

Appalshop, Inc. (aka WMMT-FM) (on behalf of Roadside Theater)
Whitesburg, KY
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Thousand Kites Project, which will address issues surrounding the growing prison population in the United States. Roadside Theater will lead a community-based creation process through which a play will be developed and broadcast on public radio.

Clay County Board of Education (aka Clay County Public Schools)
Manchester, KY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support artist residencies in Clay County public schools. A sequence of teacher professional development seminars followed by artist residencies will take place in eight elementary schools and one middle school.

East Bernstadt Independent Board of Education
East Bernstadt, KY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support classes in folklore fieldwork and folk dances, music, and visual arts of Mexico and the Appalachian region. The project will include professional development workshops for teachers and artists, classroom residencies, field trips to state and community folklife festivals, and periodic evaluation of students.

International Bluegrass Music Museum, Inc. (aka IBMM)
Owensboro, KY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a Video Oral History Project. The project documents the lives, stories, and musical performances of artists designated as Bluegrass Music's First Generation.

J.B. Speed Art Museum (aka Speed Art Museum)
Louisville, KY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Community Cultural Youth Apprenticeship Program. The project is a workforce development program serving a target population of youth, ages 15 to 18.

Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a community scholar coordinator position and related costs. Students will learn the craft of the folklorist--identifying and documenting traditions, collecting oral histories, and presenting local tradition-bearers in a variety of venues.

Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$657,400
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Lexington Arts & Cultural Council (aka LexArts)
Lexington, KY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the consortium project In This Place. In partnership with the Pick Up Performance Company of New York, site-specific public theater expressing lesser-known histories of the city of Lexington will be created.

Number of Grants: 10          Total Amount: $852,400

 
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