FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
TEXAS Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Landscape, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine Demuth's (1883-1935) late career and his work in the larger cultural context of the American avant-garde. ArtLies (aka ARTLIES - The Texas Art Journal)
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the reviews section of the journal ArtLies. A quarterly publication that covers the visual arts in Texas, ArtLies includes an average of 25 reviews per issue and is distributed in more than 30 Texas cities and towns. Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio)
San Antonio, TX
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided with housing, work space, technical assistance, transportation costs, and a stipend for a two-month residency. Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of a curated film and video series. More than 70 films from China, the Middle East, Mexico, and France will be shown to an estimated audience of 15,000 people. Austin Lyric Opera
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the American premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians by composer and librettist Philip Glass. An education symposium and additional education and outreach activities will accompany the performances. Ballet Austin, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled The Mounds. Artistic director and choreographer Stephen Mills will work with visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and composer Graham Reynolds. Campana, Joseph
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship. Da Camera Society of Texas (aka Da Camera of Houston)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support solo and chamber music concerts with related educational activities in Houston and New York City. Plans for the 20th anniversary season include performances of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas integrating poetry, video, and pre-recorded sound; chamber works of Pierre Boulez and Elliott Carter; and past commissioned works performed on tour. Dallas Children's Theater, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the commissioning and development of a new play for young audiences with accompanying educational activities. Playwright Linda Daugherty will create a script based on renowned author Steven Kellogg's stories of his family's Great Dane titled Pinkerton. Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Activities held in conjunction with the African American Museum will delve into the genesis of the opera and its place in American history and contemporary musical history. Dallas Symphony Association, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$22,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer Augusta Read Thomas. Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the premiere at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of dance companies in Central Texas. Discover Dance will involve presentations in Austin, Elgin, and Killeen. Deborah Hay Dance Company
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Deborah Hay. Mountain will be created in collaboration with Northwest choreographers/performers Gaelen Hanson, Peggy Piacenza, and Amelia Reeber, and will be performed in West Coast venues. DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works. The project will include visual arts exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, and educational activities. Documentary Arts, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a pilot television series titled Extraordinary Ordinary People: Masters of Traditional Arts. The 13-part program will explore the cultural and geographic diversity represented by the NEA National Heritage Fellowship program during its 25-year history. Fort Worth Opera Association, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the world premiere of Frau Margot by composer Thomas Pasatieri and librettist Frank Corsaro. The opera will be the company's first world premiere and will anchor the company's first summer festival season, as it makes a shift from nearly 60 years of fall-spring programming. Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts
Houston, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of issues of the biannual journal Gulf Coast. The journal will launch a direct-mail campaign to 8,000 readers of Texas Monthly. Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support presentations of Jerome Robbins' The Concert, Jirí Kylián's Svadebka, and Christopher Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston and reach approximately 14,500 audience members.
Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and premiere of Love, Success, and Other Disappointments by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. Based on an original text by playwright Terrence McNally, the musical theater work will combine spoken text, solos, and ensembles with an onstage chamber orchestra, and will feature American mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade. Houston Institute for Culture (Consortium)
Houston, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston. A collaboration with the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, the project will include a series of storytelling presentations featuring hurricane survivors and long-time Houston residents. International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Seventh Annual International Accordion Festival. The festival celebrates the instrument's local identity and global reach; preserves and presents accordion traditions of ethnic, regional, and national cultures; and educates audiences about free-reed instruments central to the music. Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Electric Performance Lab, a series of new performance works-in-progress. The company-created theater works will range from solo performances to small, dramatic group pieces. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of contemporary jewelry, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be the first major show to comprehensively assess contemporary jewelry's impact as a global art form. Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. The project's three components are: installation opportunities for artists in shotgun-style row houses, a summer studio program for students, and the participation of artists in a public art program. Rude Mechanicals-A Theatre Collective
Austin, TX
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development, creation, and production of The Method Gun, a new play by Kirk Lynn. The project, directed by Shawn Sides, will be developed collaboratively using the ensemble's signature techniques for creating new work for the stage. Schwartz, Marian
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the translation from Russian of Olga Slavnikova's novel, 2017. Set in the near future, 2017 is part science fiction and part political thriller. The story's main character is a gem cutter named Krylov, who works for illegal miners of raw gemstones. Krylov finds himself navigating through diamond mines deep in the Urals, a chance romantic encounter, and riots that mark the centennial of the October Revolution. Olga Slavnikova is the General Director of the Debut Independent Literary Prize. Her first novel, A Dragonfly Enlarged to the Size of a Dog (1996), was short-listed for the Russian Booker Prize. Her second work, Alone in the Mirror (1999), won the Pavel Bazhov Prize.
Marian Schwartz has worked as a freelance Russian translator since 1974. Her work has appeared in Grand Street, Yale Review, Conjunctions, and Two Lines. She has also translated 20 issues of Russian Studies in Literature. Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc. (aka SWAMP)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of The Territory. As the longest running showcase of media art in the United States, the public television series has presented independent film and video works to more than 12 million viewers per year throughout Texas. Stages, Inc. (aka Stages Repertory Theatre)
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of plays. An American Brat by Bapsi Sidhwa will be directed by Rob Bundy, and Shakunta by Kalidasa will be produced in collaboration with the Shunya Theater Company. Symphony Society of San Antonio (aka San Antonio Symphony)
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Cutting Edge, performances of music by living American composers Chen Yi, Osvaldo Golijov, and Timothy Kramer. The concerts will be held in San Antonio's Majestic Theatre and will be accompanied by community outreach activities at local schools, universities, and public venues. University of North Texas (on behalf of Art Gallery) (Consortium)
Denton, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support two exhibitions, residencies, and an accompanying catalogue based on the work of Bulgarian-born, New York-based artist Daniel Bozhkov (b. 1968). The project is a collaboration with the Arthouse at Jones Center in Austin. University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of Center for Middle Eastern Studies)
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication of contemporary Arabic fiction in translation. The works, targeted to English-readers nationwide, include novels and memoirs by women from Iraq, Morocco, and Egypt. University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of Blanton Museum)
Austin, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of the work of contemporary Argentinean artist Jorge Macchi (b. 1963), with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will be the artist's first United States presentation, significantly broadening his exposure to new audiences. Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a tap dance festival. The Soul to Sole Festival will include performances and education and outreach activities.
Number of Grants: 33 Total Amount: $702,000
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