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.

OREGON

Caldera (aka Camp Caldera)
Portland, OR
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Celebration of the Drum. Professional musicians will conduct residencies and give performances in symphonic percussion, Japanese taiko, Afro-Brazilian, Ghanaian, and other West African drumming traditions.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support regional dance touring in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The tour will consist of performance and outreach programs in rural communities.

Fishtrap, Inc.
Enterprise, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support writing workshops, discussions, and readings for residents of the rural Northwest. The theme for Summer Fishtrap 2006 is "a nation of immigrants."

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$611,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The project is designed to increase the program's visibility within Native American communities especially through apprenticeships and school-based programs.

Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Directed by Jon Else and produced by Bonni Cohen, Shakespeare's Wings will be a two-hour, behind-the-scenes cinema verite program intended for national broadcast on PBS.

Oregon Symphony Association (aka Oregon Symphony)
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Community Music Partnership program. The orchestra will select an underserved, rural community to participate in a two-year outreach residency including professional development for teachers, educational programs for students and adults, and performances.

Portland Art Museum (aka Northwest Film Center) (on behalf of Northwest Film Center)
Portland, OR
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Service Learning Center. The Northwest Film Center will create and administer its new center as a joint initiative of the School of Film, Young Filmmakers Program, and three partnering high schools.

Portland Youth Philharmonic Association
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support an orchestral training program. Refinements to the existing program will include the addition of wind ensemble opportunities, advanced music theory courses, and community master classes.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation (aka Western Arts Alliance)
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of an online database of artist, agent, and presenter information. Web-based forms and reports will assist members in searching for potential programming.

Number of Grants: 10          Total Amount: $866,700

 
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