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.

RHODE ISLAND

Alliance of Artists Communities
Providence, RI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Emerging Programs Capacity Building Project. A series of guides, consulting programs, and a training institute will assist new members with organizational infrastructure development.

Brown University (on behalf of The Arts Literacy Project)
Providence, RI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the ArtsLiteracy Project. In preparation for their classroom residencies, teachers and artists will attend professional development workshops, led by program staff, that are designed to increase literacy of youth through the study of performing and visual arts.

Community Musicworks (aka CMW)
Providence, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support free music education and performance programs targeted to at-risk children and youth. Residency activities by the Providence String Quartet will include after-school group class instruction, performances at community venues, bi-monthly performances with students, and classes to train older students as teaching assistants.

First Night Providence, Inc. (aka FirstWorks) (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a consortium project for the production of the FirstWorksProv Festival 2006. The series of New England performance premieres will be produced in partnership with the City of Providence and extend into communities through forums, workshops, lectures, and discounted admissions.

Providence Black Repertory Company (aka Black Rep)
Providence, RI
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a series of actor training workshops. In Project Langston, artist-trainers will use the play A Tribute to Langston Hughes to develop and refine the creative skills of local actors.

Providence Public Library (aka PPL)
Providence, RI
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support six-week writing workshops for teens at inner-city branch libraries. Their work will be displayed alongside the work of published Rhode Island poets on buses throughout the state.

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (aka RIPO)
Providence, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support state-wide community outreach performances. Ensembles of orchestra musicians will perform family concerts throughout the state, culminating with an orchestral concert in Providence.

Rhode Island School of Design (aka RISD) (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a consortium project for a conference and guidebook on urban waterfront development. The Rhode Island Economic Policy Council will assist an interdisciplinary team in determining and disseminating best practices.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and related costs. The program will foster the sharing of traditional skills within cultural communities.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$610,800
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a consortium project for occupational apprenticeships. A partnership with Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build (aka The Steel Yard), the project will offer apprenticeships in furniture making, blacksmithing, wax bronze casting, stone carving, and slate roofing.

Yoricks Productions (aka Yorick's Marionette Theater)
Saunderstown, RI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Young at Heart Tour. Activities will take place at senior centers and will include marionette performances, lecture-demonstrations, and puppet making workshops.

Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $815,300

 
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