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.
WASHINGTON A Contemporary Theatre, Inc. (aka ACT Theatre)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. First premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2004, the play takes an inventive and incisive look at career-oriented professionals in modern, middle-class life. Carter Family Puppet Theater (aka Northwest Puppet Center)
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a puppet-theater performance adapted from an opera. Stephen Carter will direct The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina, adapted from the opera by Signorini Caccini. Center for Religious Humanism (on behalf of Image, A Journal of the Arts & Religion)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the production, promotion, and increased writers' fees for issues of Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion. The journal will increase its national reach through an improved Web site and a direct-mail campaign. Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas (aka CD Forum)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of Carl Hancock Rux's The No Black Male Show and Daniel Bernard Roumain's Vision Blinding. The performances will be accompanied by numerous outreach activities. Centrum Foundation
Port Townsend, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a series of workshops, panels, public performances and a community gathering in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship program. The program will include performances by children of Heritage Fellows who have assimilated and expanded these musical traditions. Cinema Seattle
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival. More than 300 films will be presented to an audience of 150,000 people. Youth programs will include festival screenings for students, and a program of films produced by children.
Confluences (aka Confluence Project)
Vancouver, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a landscape art installation by Maya Lin at Sacajawea State Park. The installation will be located at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, part of the homelands of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, and a location that Lewis and Clark passed through. Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Authors will include Ruth Stone, C. D. Wright, Alberto Ríos, W. S. Merwin, and Christian Wiman. Early Music America, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an expansion and redesign of the Web site www.earlymusic.org. The new design will include an interactive membership directory database, a member's forum, a section devoted to score exchanges, educational resources for K-12 teachers and artists, and free downloadable music by early music ensemble members. Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle (aka Earshot Jazz)
Seattle, WA
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Earshot Jazz Festival in various Seattle venues. The project will present more than 250 international and regional jazz artists in more than 50 concerts and outreach activities. Empty Space Association (aka The Empty Space Theatre)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a world premiere. Doris to Darlene: A Cautionary Valentine by Jordan Harrison will receive a full-scale production in the summer of 2007. Gamelan Pacifica
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by choreographer Mary Sheldon Scott, with an original score composed by Jarrad Powell, for MSS/JPP, a contemporary dance company. The work will premiere at On the Boards in Seattle as part of the Northwest Artist Series. Henry Gallery Association, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the national tour of an exhibition of the work of Chinese American artist Maya Lin (b. 1959), with accompanying education materials. Organized by the Henry, the tour will expand the exhibition's reach beyond the Pacific Northwest and expose diverse audiences to Lin's most recent work. Jack Straw Foundation (aka Jack Straw Productions)
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a residency program focusing on the creation of new audio art works. State-of-the-art space as well as technical and artistic resources will be made available to West Coast artists who work in diverse disciplines. Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition of the work of internationally recognized artists whose installations often use glass as a medium, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will act as an indicator of the future direction of glass as it moves from the traditional to the conceptual. Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a curated film exhibition series. The project will present retrospectives of directors including Pedro Almodovar, Amos Gitai, and Jim Jarmusch. Other programming will include premieres, films for children, and the commissioning of original scores to accompany classic silent films. Northwest Indian College
Bellingham, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Maintaining and Expanding the Traditional Arts of Coast Salish Basketry project. Activities will include an 11th Annual Native American Women and Girls Conference, basketry workshops, and a Weavers Teaching Weavers Conference. Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association
Omak, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 2007 Annual Gathering of Basketweavers. The gathering offers an opportunity for indigenous weavers to showcase and sell their basketry, share techniques with one another and the public, and teach Native young people about the cultural significance of basketry. On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the New Performance Series and the Under the Boards outreach programs. Related activities will include master classes for artists, demonstrations, post-performance question-and-answer sessions, online audio interviews with artists, a performance blog, and workshops. Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Eastsound, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support The Music Experience, a celebration of the festival's 10th anniversary in a rural community within Washington State's San Juan Islands. Performances will feature artists such as pianist Jon Kimura Parker and violinist William Preucil. Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Celebrate Seattle Festival. The festival will include presentations of national and local dance companies, and will feature world premieres, acquisitions, and Pacific Northwest Ballet repertory works. The program will also include a variety of education and outreach programs. Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a summer artist residency program. Artists will be provided with resources, facilities, and technical assistance to experiment with new work in glass. Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Japan Envisioning the West: 16th-19th Century Japanese Art from the Kobe City Museum, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will present art works exploring how Japanese viewed Westerners, and vice-versa, from the late 16th to the early 19th centuries. Seattle Opera
Seattle, WA
$47,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of Handel's Guilio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Casear in Egypt). Performances of the opera will be accompanied by preview talks, lectures, and radio broadcasts. Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a multidisciplinary presenting series, including silent film screenings, and musical theater, dance, and music performances. Outreach activities, such as lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and open rehearsals at local schools and community centers, will complement the performances. Spectrum Dance Theater
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of American Stories. The project will include performances by the Koresh Dance Company of Philadelphia and Spectrum Dance Theater performing works by Donald Byrd. University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support an exhibition and related educational programs based on Bill Holm's book Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum. The exhibition will consist of works from the museum's contemporary collections that demonstrate a deep understanding of the region's indigenous cultures and their arts. University of Washington (on behalf of UW World Series)
Seattle, WA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of performances and educational activities by international artists. Performers from Australia, Brazil, China, Honduras, and Tuva will provide audiences with opportunities to experience unique traditions and diverse art forms. Velocity Dance Center (Consortium)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a national dance touring alliance. Velocity Dance Center will partner with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis to provide performance opportunities for dance companies in Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia. Village Theatre
Issaquah, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a new musical festival with accompanying panels, forums, staged readings of new musicals, and audience talk-backs. The 2007 Festival of New Musicals will include a full week of performances, exploration, and celebration of the creative process. Walla Walla Symphony
Walla Walla, WA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Soundscapes, a concert celebrating the orchestra's 100th season. The program will include the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Forrest Pierce. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Olympia, WA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support continuation of the Folk and Traditional Arts in the Parks Program. The project will include a series of programs in state parks in close proximity to urban centers where diverse communities reside, as well as in rural enclaves with specific ethnic populations. Western Washington University (on behalf of Bellingham Review)
Bellingham, WA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the promotion and distribution of the Bellingham Review. Each issue of the journal features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and interviews from established and emerging writers.
Number of Grants: 33 Total Amount: $650,000
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