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.

LOUISIANA

A.J. and Nona Trigg Hodges Foundation (aka Hodges Gardens) (on behalf of Sabine Parish Players)
Florien, LA
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Shakespeare in Sabine, an annual production of a Shakespeare play featuring local residents of Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The production will be targeted to the general public and students from adjoining parishes in a culturally underserved, rural area.

All For One Foundation (on behalf of Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre)
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of the Nutcracker Swing. The work will be accompanied by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the MasterWorks Residencies. Clay sculptor Jean-Pierre Larocque and potter Lisa Orr will be in residence at Louisiana ArtWorks and will conduct workshops for university visual arts students and practicing artists, as well as provide public demonstrations of their craft.

Contemporary Arts Center (aka CAC) (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a consortium project to examine civil rights from a 21st-century perspective. In partnership with the Louisiana State Museum, the multidisciplinary project will feature a new work by composer/trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe and site-specific installations by African American Louisiana artists.

Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Core activities include the New Populations project designed to document the folk arts traditions of Louisiana's immigrant and refugee populations.

Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
$618,000
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Fiesta Sinfonica, a concert focusing on the music of the Caribbean and South America. Educational activities will include master classes and lectures for students and music historians.

National Performance Network, Inc. (Consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a consortium project to present the 2006 NPN Annual Meeting in Cedar Rapids. Presented in partnership with Legion Arts, the national forum for artists and presenters will feature performance showcases, professional development workshops, and plenary sessions.

New Orleans Video Access Center, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the New Orleans Video Access Center's Film and Video Institute. The program will provide young and adult media artists with hands-on training as well as courses focused on media literacy.

Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, Inc. (aka PASA)
Lafayette, LA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Bravo! (Building Relationships, Awareness, Visibility, and Opportunities). The program will showcase the performing arts of Asian, East Indian, and Latin American cultures through a series of residencies comprising lecture-demonstrations, master classes, open rehearsals, and public performances.

Tulane University (aka Adminstrators of the Tulane Educational Fund)
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the New Orleans Heritage Dance Festival. The festival will include dance classes, lectures, and performances celebrating Afro-based dance traditions in North and South American and Caribbean cultures.

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts the two-hour, weekend-oriented program, in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz, and classical forms with in-studio performances, field recordings, and interviews.

Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $911,000

 
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