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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.

MISSOURI

Bi-State Development Agency (aka Metro) (on behalf of Arts in Transit)
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support development of a curriculum kit on public art to document the collection of the region's transit system. The curriculum, targeted to middle-school students, will be available in print and online and will feature works by artists such as Jody Pinto, Olafur Eliasson, and Ellen Driscoll.

COCA - Center of Creative Arts (aka COCA)
St. Louis, MO
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Dance Outreach and Pre-Professional Dance Programs. The activities will provide intensive training for low-income students and year-long residencies at elementary schools.

Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia (Consortium)
Columbia, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Missouri Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, a consortium project. In collabortion with the Missouri Arts Council, the project will bring together masters and apprentices who are committed to conserving their artistic traditions and cultural heritage.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support opera training for youth, which culminates in the performance of Hans Krasa's opera Brundibar. Rehearsals will begin during a summer camp and continue after school, working with a professional stage director, conductor, set and costume designers, Czech-language coach, and the company's adult choir.

Metro Theater Company
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and national tour of an original adaptation of the epic Beowulf. First produced in 1989, the piece will be remounted with the original artists, an original percussion score, athletic movement, and a transformational set.

Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City, MO
$1,054,200
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support phase two of the Folk Arts School Residency Pilot Project. Activities will include the development and printing of an educational guide for use in school residencies.

Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$590,200
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Consortium)
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Artists-In-Training, a consortium project with the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The program will provide opportunities for urban high school students to pursue individual vocal coaching from professional voice teachers.

ReStart, Inc.
Kansas, MO
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Arts at reStart. Professional artists will lead year-round weekly multidisciplinary arts workshops for children, ages 5 to 18, who live in shelters for homeless families, leading to presentation of youth work.

Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 15th annual St. Louis Tap Festival. The festival features nationally and internationally acclaimed tap artists from around the United States in performances and residency activities.

St. Louis Children's Choirs
St. Louis, MO
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support sequential choral music training. The project will provide students with age-appropriate classes structured to develop a foundation in the skills, knowledge, and art of choral singing.

University of Missouri at St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Public Policy Research Center's Photography Project. The project will provide members of three community groups with equipment, training in photography, and opportunities for exhibiting the resulting work.

Viva Vox Organization
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Imagine Arts Mentoring Program. Local artists will lead visual and performing arts workshops for residents of Lakeside Center, a facility for youth who have been placed by the family court system.

West Plains Council on the Arts, Inc.
West Plains, MO
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support fieldwork in the Ozark region. Activities will include technical assistance, setting up archival space with public access, Web site enhancement, and programs related to cultural tourism.


Number of Grants: 15          Total Amount: $1,904,400

 
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