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.

MISSISSIPPI

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the first phase of a statewide Blues Trail. A partnership with the Mississippi Blues Commission, the project will honor and preserve the indigenous art form of the blues and the musicians that created and continue it.

Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support fieldworker positions and related costs. Folklorists living in different regions of the state, or in nearby border states, will document and recruit traditional artists for the agency's apprenticeship, fellowship, and Artist Roster programs.

Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$634,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
Biloxi, MS
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the interpretive portion of the George Ohr (1857-1918) exhibition, with accompanying education programs. Using cutting edge technology the museum will present Ohr's work in multiple languages and learning levels, a soundtrack in Ohr's virtual studio, and two seminars.

University of Mississippi Main Campus (on behalf of Center for the Study of Southern Culture)
University, MS
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2007 Oxford Conference for the Book, which includes panel sessions and workshops with authors, editors, agents, librarians, and booksellers. The program will be dedicated to the late Mississippi author Larry Brown.

Number of Grants: 5          Total Amount: $704,800

 
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