FY 2007 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements/Summer Schools in the Arts
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
CALIFORNIA 509 Cultural Center (aka Luggage Store)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support production of an online archive documenting the 16-year exhibition history of the Luggage Store. The archive will include more than 1,000 visual images, biographical information, video footage, DVDs, newspaper articles, and critical writing. A Noise Within
Glendale, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Professional Internship Program. The apprentice-style program offers classroom study, performance, observation, and mentorship opportunities for classical actors in the early stages of their careers. Actors' Gang, Inc.
Culver City, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the adaptation and production of a classic play for the annual summer Children's Theatre Festival. Company members will collaboratively create a piece for family and student audiences based in the traditions of Commedia dell Arte using masks, puppetry, and music. AjA Project
San Diego, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Journey program. The series of after-school photography workshops is targeted to serve refugee youth, ages 12 to 17, living in the San Diego area. Alliance for California Traditional Arts (Consortium)
Fresno, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Development (TAD) Program. A collaboration with the California Arts Council, the program will consist of technical assistance through a consultancy and mentoring program. Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. The project will foster the continuance of significant traditional arts within cultural communities while providing public visibility for those artists and art forms. American Film Institute, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year, the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field. Arte Americas: The Mexican Arts Center (aka ARTE AMERICAS)
Fresno, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Nights in the Plaza series. Music and dance performances will be presented at an outdoor venue, and guest artist workshops and clinics will be conducted for local artists. Arts Council Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Community Arts Fund (CAF). The program provides project support to emerging, community-based arts organizations of Santa Clara County. ARTScorpsLA
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support We Will Always Remember You on Our Street, a public art installation. Guided by lead artist Meredith Jack, members of the community, art students, and a collective of artists will create medallion-shaped sand-scratch blocks that reflect the concept of family and install them at a reclaimed park in Los Angeles. ArtWallah
Venice, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the 2007 ArtWallah Festival of South Asian arts. The festival will showcase artists working in film, literature, visual arts, and performing arts whose ancestry originates from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Autry National Center of the American West
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Native Voices at the Autry, a program dedicated to the development and presentation of new plays by Native American writers. New plays by participating writers will be developed through staged readings and workshop productions. Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (aka BAVC) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Mediamaker Awards and MediaMaker Advance programs. In collaboration with KQED-TV (the San Francisco PBS affiliate), these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with technical assistance and resources they need to finish their projects. Bebop and Beyond
Novato, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the CD recording of the late NEA Jazz Master Benny Carter and the Mel Martin Quintet. The new recording, titled Bebop and Beyond Presents the Benny Carter/Mel Martin Quintet, will feature previously unreleased live performances by Carter. Bethune Theatredanse
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Infinite Dreams. Residency artists will provide weekly dance instruction for approximately 1,200 underserved, special needs students, ages 6 to 21, from 12 Los Angeles and Orange County schools and community sites. Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a Spanish-language production of Maria La O, a Cuban zarzuela written in 1930 by Ernesto Lecuona. The project will be targeted to the Hispanic community of Southern California, including underserved populations and high school students. California Arts Council
Sacramento, CA
$1,047,700
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. California College of the Arts (Consortium)
Oakland, CA
$68,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the 100 Families Project. In collaboration with the Oakland Museum, the program will increase students' visual arts skills by having them create new work drawn from their own family life experiences and through the study of exemplary works of art by a broad group of professional artists. California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. Collaborative efforts will facilitate the development of artist studios and multi-tenant spaces for arts organizations in San Francisco. California Shakespeare Theater (aka Cal Shakes)
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of a play. The company will produce William Shakespeare's King Lear, and implement an educational outreach program for at-risk youth in collaboration with community development organizations. Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support pre-production and partial production costs for a documentary film about Charles Eames (1907-78) and Ray Eames (1912-88). The Architect and the Painter: The Creative Lives of Charles and Ray Eames will be a feature-length public television biography of the husband-and-wife team who are widely regarded as among the most influential American industrial designers of the 20th century. Center for Asian American Media
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support completion and distribution costs for a documentary film by Arthur Dong on the history of the Chinese in American feature films. The 90-minute film will be a multi-layered look at American cinematic history from the early 1900s to the present day through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Center for the Art of Translation
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Poetry Inside Out. The program will introduce bilingual students, ages 8 to 13, to Spanish literature with the goal of increasing language proficiency in both English and Spanish through literary translation. Chinese Cultural Productions (aka Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a full-length concert that will be performed by Chinese and Chinese American dancers and musicians in San Francisco and Shanghai. The Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company production will combine traditional Chinese music and dance elements with contemporary American stagecraft and digital technology. Chula Vista Elementary School District
Chula Vista, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support an expansion of Community of Teachers and Artists (CoTA). The professional development project features side-by-side collaborations of teachers and artists who conceive and implement instruction strategies and methods that integrate the arts into all facets of the elementary school curriculum. City of San Diego, California (on behalf of Commission for Arts and Culture)
San Diego, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the conservation and exhibition of a selection of early California paintings within the city's collection. The selected works include paintings by American artists who painted in the San Diego area during the early 1900s. City of San Fernando, California
San Fernando, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Mariachi Master Apprentice Program. Mariachi los Camperos, led by NEA National Heritage Fellow Natividad Cano, will teach sequential, advanced-level mariachi classes held weekly in evening hours for youth, ages 11 to 18, to prepare them for a culminating concert performance and mariachi conference. Community Works in Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Allie Light and Irving Saraf. The Empress Hotel will examine the transition from homelessness to permanent housing. Conscious Youth Media Crew
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support digital multimedia and video training. Participants will study media literacy, creative writing, film arts appreciation, story development, screenwriting, basic photography, hands-on learning with still and digital video camcorders, sound and lighting equipment, and Final Cut Pro digital editing tutorials. Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play through the fourth annual Summer Residency Program. In collaboration with the Cornerstone Institute and community members, the company will develop and produce a new theater work that highlights the cultural challenges facing the town of Holtville, California. Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, development, and production of a new play. In partnership with Families to Amend California's Three Strikes, Inc. (FACTS), the company will produce a new play by KJ Sanchez titled Eye for Eye. Craft in America, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support the touring exhibition Craft in America, featuring works that exemplify aesthetic achievements in the fields of craft, folk, and native arts, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will provide historical context for a selection of objects created from the mid-1850s to the present. Creative Growth, Inc. (aka Creative Growth Art Center)
Oakland, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Contest/Converge: Art and Disability in a Contemporary Context. The project to involve artists with disabilities as a vital part of the larger arts community will include a series of studio arts workshops for adults with disabilities, a visiting artists program, an exhibition series, an updated publicity campaign, and a publication. Crocker Art Museum Association
Sacramento, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the conservation of major paintings in the museum's permanent collection. The project precedes the reinstallation of the collection in expanded gallery space in 2009. Dance Camera West
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 2008 Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival. The project will present a series of screenings of dance films from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles. Deaf West Theatre Company, Inc.
North Hollywood, CA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Dramatic Gestures. Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing elementary and middle school students will experience deaf culture through artist residency activities. di Rosa Preserve
Napa, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Collection Care Program. The program will address the long-term conservation needs of the Preserve's collection of works by important Northern California artists through a collaboration with the Department of Art and Art History at Sonoma State University. Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. (Consortium)
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a free dance program for children and young adults. Rites of Passage will take place in partnership with Fifth Stream Music, and will provide training in a variety of African and African-derived dance and music styles as well as performance opportunities. Each One Reach One
Pacifica, CA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Playwriting Workshop. Designed for incarcerated San Francisco and San Mateo County teenagers, the playwriting and educational tutoring program will pair professional theater artists one-on-one with youths to create and develop original, one-act plays. East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, CA
$28,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the 40th-anniversary season of Call and Response. Community-requested performances will be presented at city festivals, cultural fairs, community centers, local companies, parks, and schools throughout Contra Costa County. East Los Angeles Classic Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Literacy Engagement Performance Tour and associated workshops. Performances of culturally relevant adaptations of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet will be presented in schools and community venues. Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of the pilot episode for a new television series that will explore intersections of contemporary art, science, and philosophy. Meeting of the Minds is planned as a new series of 13 half-hour-long episodes for national broadcast. Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support media arts educational programs and facilities access. The project will include programs for youth, emerging, mid-level, and established artists. Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra
San Jose, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support classes in traditional Chinese instrumental music. Youth will receive year-round, weekend lessons and ensemble classes in Chinese music. Foundation for California State University San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support summer program of the Coyote Conservatory for the Arts. Two professional puppetry teaching artists will present puppetry works and guide students to create and perform work on the theme of San Bernardino Stories. Free History Project
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Samuel Green. The Universal Language will examine the rise and fall of Esperanto, an artificial language. Galería/Studio 24 (aka Galería de la Raza)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support expansion of an online exhibition archive to include materials from Galería's earliest years of programming, 1970-85. The project involves uploading more than 1,500 images, documents, newspaper articles, and critical reviews. Grabhorn Institute
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Bookmaking, Writing, and Art, a series of public programs including demonstrations, lectures, and exhibitions. The project explores connections between traditional bookmaking crafts and the work of contemporary artists and writers. Grand Performances
Los Angeles, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Rhythm and Pulse: A Multidisciplinary Look at Tuned Percussion. The series will include free dance, film, and music events with related lecture-demonstrations. Guitar Foundation of America
Garden Grove, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support online access to an archive of classical music scores for guitar. The online collection will include scores written and published before 1906, which are either rare publications or unique editions. Hmong Cultural Arts, Crafts, Teaching & Museum Projects
Sacramento, CA
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support classes in traditional Hmong folk arts. Local artists will lead year-round, after-school classes in pa dao (reverse-appliqué embroidery), the qeej (free-reed aerophone of bundled bamboo pipes), and folk dance movement in preparation for performances and demonstrations at public festivals and other community events. Independent Television Service, Inc. (aka ITVS)
San Francisco, CA
$135,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the selection, acquisition, and packaging of films for the public television series Independent Lens. This weekly primetime PBS series provides the public with access to innovative dramatic, animated, and documentary works by independent filmmakers. Inner-City Arts (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Arts in the Middle (AIM), a theater and literacy immersion program. In partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District, AIM is targeted to students at the Berindo Middle School who lack sufficient English language skills to achieve academic success. Inside Out Community Arts, Inc.
Venice, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support continuation of The School Project. The after-school and weekend theater-based arts program will serve middle and high school students from the Los Angeles Unified School District. International Documentary Association
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev. The Art Rescuers of Nukus (working title) will tell the story of a virtually unknown art collection in Uzbekistan. Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support preservation of the Kawakami Collection. The collection includes pieces of issei (first-generation Japanese American immigrant) laborer clothing and accessories used on plantations in Hawaii from 1910 to 1940. Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Women in Tap, a national gathering of four generations of female tap artists. The conference will include a performance, a tap conservatory, and discussion panels. Jazzschool, Inc. (aka The Jazzschool)
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Jazzschool Middle School Project. Economically disadvantaged students in grades six through eight will have the opportunity to work with professional jazz musicians and music educators in a 30-week, after-school jazz study and performance program. Katahdin Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film about the photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965). Grab a Hunk of Lightning will be a feature-length film portrait of the 20th-century photographer known primarily for her images of human migration and dislocation, including the iconic photograph Migrant Mother. Khmer Arts Academy
Long Beach, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Classical Dance Training & Performance Program. The program consists of master/apprentice training and public performances throughout the Long Beach Cambodian community. Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of new stories for the Hidden Kitchens radio series. Produced by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva in partnership with NPR's Morning Edition, the series looks into the worlds of kitchen visionaries, eating traditions, and local kitchen rituals as it explores how communities come together through food. Kitka, Inc. (aka Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble)
Oakland, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the revision and touring of The Rasulka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds. The folk opera is a collaborative project with composer Mariana Sadovska and director Ellen Sebastian Chang. L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of The Play's the Thing, a radio theater series intended for broadcast on satellite and public radio stations nationwide. The 52-week series will include new radio plays, as well as selections from L.A. Theatre Works' extensive audio theater collection. L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the distribution of audio plays to schools and libraries. The Alive and Aloud and Library Access national outreach programs provide the audio plays to underserved communities in all 50 states. La Peña Cultural Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA 94, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of Raising Voice: The Immigrant Experience. In partnership with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Oakland, the series will showcase commissioned and existing music as well as spoken-word, visual art, and theater works by a diverse group of artists. Latino Public Broadcasting
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the production of a documentary film titled Mariachi High. The film captures a year in the life of a high school mariachi band as the students prepare to compete for a national championship title. Literature Alive!
Nevada City, CA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support literary readings in and around the Sierra foothill communities of Grass Valley and Nevada City, California. Visiting writers also will conduct workshops at local high schools. Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an outreach concert presented in the Neighborhood Concert Series. Hosted by a local celebrity and performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Academy of Opportunity Youth Choir, the free concert will be presented in an underserved community in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a series of radio programs featuring live concert recordings. Produced by Classical KUSC, the series will include performances by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) led by music director Jeffrey Kahane. Los Angeles County Arts Commission (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Arts for All Residency Program. A partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Arts Education, the project will assist participating school districts county-wide to develop artist residencies in music, dance, and visual arts for students in kindergarten through 12 grade. Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD)
Los Angeles, CA
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play. The company will present Utopia/Dystopia by Henriette Brouwers, with artistic director John Malpede coordinating the collaboration between playwright and designers. Los Angeles Poverty Department (aka LAPD) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play. In partnership with Echo Park United Methodist Church the company will present La Llorona, The Weeping Women of Echo Park. Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation (aka Lula Washington Dance Theatre)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Inside View Studio Dance Series. The project will invite audiences to preview and offer feedback on new works in the company's home studio. Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute
Oakland, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Higher Ground, an after-school program in African stilt dancing. The Prescott Circus Theatre (a youth ensemble of the Institute) will place in residence professional artists to provide training in African stilt dancing for elementary school children. Marin Shakespeare Company
San Rafael, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of a play. William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II will be directed by artistic director Robert Currier. Melody of China, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of commissioned works by composers Gang Situ and Yuanlin Chen. The San Francisco Guitar Quartet will collaborate with Melody of China in the premiere performances at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. (aka Carnaval San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the 30th-Anniversary Carnaval San Francisco Festival and Parade. Numerous festival stages, including one stage entirely dedicated to young artists, will offer ongoing, simultaneous performances by a variety of artists representing the cultural traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean. Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose, Inc. (aka MACLA)
San Jose, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support photography-based public art projects in the William/Reed Corridor of downtown San Jose. The projects will provide community members with training in photography and opportunities for exhibiting the resulting work. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (aka MOCA)
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition and catalogue surveying the museum's permanent collection. The collection includes significant and influential works of art from the post-war period to the present day, representing many important artists in considerable depth. Museum of Jurassic Technology
Culver City, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the production of a film titled The Great Eclipse. The project is a collaboration with the Kabinet, an art/science collective based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Exposures Program. Planned in collaboration with the San Diego County Office of Education and San Diego City Schools, the free, multi-session program will incorporate critical thinking and visual literacy and integrate photography with history and language arts. National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc. (aka National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support services to the nonprofit media arts field. The National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC) includes among its more than 350 members media arts and technology centers, university-based programs, exhibitors, distributors, artist cooperatives, film archives, and community access television stations. National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Fourth Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the project will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields. Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc. (aka Ninth Street Independent Film Center)
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support programmatic collaborations at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. The center is a consortium of eight media arts organizations all housed in one building. North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island
Los Angeles, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a three-CD recording of composer Harry Partch's long-lost work Bitter Sweet (1940). The +PARTCH+ performing ensemble will perform and record the three-hour work for release on Bridge Records. Oakland East Bay Symphony (aka OEBS)
Oakland, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a concert-hall staging of Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Heyward. Educational and outreach activities accompanying the production will include a community forum, free concerts for young people, and a composers symposium. Odyssey Theatre Foundation (aka Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Bertolt Brecht's Mann Ist Mann with a new musical score by composer Randy Dreyfuss. The production will be developed and performed by the resident, process-oriented ensemble, the KOAN unit. Orange County Museum of Art (aka OCMA)
Newport Beach, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Collection Histories/Collective Memories: Post War Experiments and Experience, with accompanying education programs. This project will be the second in a series of three exhibitions focused on the museum's permanent collection. Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the museum's Chinese art collection, and accompanying education programs. The project is another phase in the museum's overall reinstallation program. Pacific Chorale
Santa Ana, CA
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Choral Music
To support an American Masterpieces Choral Music Festival. In celebration of American composers and conductors, the festival will include residencies for composers, master classes and choral clinics, a young composer's competition, and performances by the chorale, the John Alexander Singers, and high school and college choirs. Paradigm Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support presentations of the documentary film OROZCO: Man of Fire in museums nationwide, and related educational materials. The hour-long documentary examines the life of the early 20th-century Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco and his influence on American art. Pasadena Arts Council
Pasadena, CA
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the public program series of the Arts and Ideas Festival. Unifed under the theme of "Skin," project activities will include performances, lectures, and exhibitions. Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California, Inc. (aka Pasadena Playhouse)
Pasadena, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the premiere production of a new adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Can Can. Writer/director David Lee and writer Joel Fields will adapt the original version, with book by Abe Burrows and music by Cole Porter, to appeal to contemporary audiences.
PEN Center USA West (aka PEN USA)
Culver City, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support writing residencies and workshops for emerging writers. The project will include Emerging Voices, a one-on-one mentorship program; PEN in the Classroom, providing arts instruction for underserved Southern California high school students; and the Writers' Toolbox Series, featuring panels on the craft and business of writing. Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (aka Music Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$76,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Music Center's Arts Capacity Team Project (ACT 3). Teams of teachers, artists, and school administrators will collaborate to advance arts learning for students, while building school capacity to implement standards-based arts instruction. PhotoAlliance
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a visiting artist lecture series. The program enables artists at varying points in their careers to engage the public in a discussion of critical issues in photography. Playwrights Project
San Diego, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Write On! Underserved eighth- and ninth-grade students will work with teaching artists in their classrooms to create original plays - a means also to improve students' reading skills and their vocabulary. Plaza de la Raza Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Mariachi Mentorship Program. Members of Monumental de América, under the musical direction of Juan Jose Almaguer, will teach after-school and weekend classes in mariachi history and culture, music dictation, singing, and performance. Public Corporation for the Arts of the City of Long Beach (aka Arts Council for Long Beach)
Long Beach, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Eye on Design, a neighborhood public art education program of the Arts Council for Long Beach. In the second of a three-year project, third-grade students will attend field trips to historic houses and view public art in the neighborhood; learn about public art, architecture, and design; and design their own public art works and build maquettes. Public Design Studio (aka Public Architecture) (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a publication about library design. The publication will document the Robin Hood Foundation's L!brary Initiative, which provides new libraries for New York City public schools. Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Great Wall Youth Orchestra and Chorus. Children and youth will participate in weekly, beginner, and advanced individual lessons in Chinese music and group ensemble classes. Radio Bilingüe, Inc. (Consortium)
Fresno, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support live broadcasts of the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The project, a collaboration with WLCH-FM is designed to make the festival and artist works available to underserved, low-income Latino communities via Radio Bilingüe's six stations, affiliates across the United States, and on its Web site. Redbird
Simi Valley, CA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 7th Children of Many Colors Intertribal Native American Powwow. The festival will consist of traditional songs, dances, music, art, and public ceremonies of indigenous peoples. Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of University Art Museum)
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Open Museum Project at the University Art Museum. The project consists of a series of innovative digital media programs intended to engage audiences as participants and demonstrate a national model for the open museum of the 21st century. Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Young Musician's Program)
Berkeley, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Jazz Infusion Education and Performance activities of the Young Musician's Program. Complementing existing classical music training, the program will provide students with year-round instruction, including a seven-week intensive summer workshop, and master classes and rehearsals throughout the school year. Regents of the University of California at San Diego (on behalf of TheatreForum, International Theatre Journal)
La Jolla, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the publication and distribution of issues of TheatreForum. The journal documents and disseminates innovative theater works internationally. Regents of the University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara! The project will include artist residencies and free performances for low-income communities and schools. Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated (aka Rhapsody in Taps)
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of a past work and the creation of a new work, both choreographed by Linda Sohl-Ellison. The works will be performed at the George & Sakaye Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Ryman-Carroll Foundation (aka Ryman Arts)
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support pre-professional drawing and painting classes and the Outreach Drawing Workshop Series. Teens from Los Angeles will receive tuition-free studio instruction by master artist-teachers. San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association (aka SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY)
San Diego, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an educational outreach program for schoolchildren and their families. The orchestra will perform concerts for fourth graders in the San Diego City Schools and offer coaching, side-by-side rehearsals, and an instrument "petting zoo." San Francisco Art and Film Program
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support continuation of the Teen Film Workshop. The project is designed to prepare students for film school and train them for future careers in the film industry. San Francisco Art Institute (aka SFAI)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support City Studio. At each of three sites, an SFAI faculty member and a group of approximately 15 students will work with professional artists to study photography, digital media, game design, and architecture. San Francisco Arts Commission (on behalf of WritersCorp)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the WritersCorp program. Professional artists will teach creative writing to at-risk youth in underserved public schools. San Francisco Ballet Association (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Dance in Schools and Communities. Implemented with the San Francisco Unified School District, the residency program will provide free, interactive movement and music instruction to as many as 3,500 students in second through fourth grade and their teachers. San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc. (aka Chanticleer)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a national concert tour and educational residency project. Activities will include choral coaching, youth choral festivals, and advanced choral training for adult singers. San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Music Education and Outreach Program. The project will provide an introduction to choral singing and serve as the foundation for the concert performance and touring ensembles. San Francisco International Arts Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support performances and residency activities by Spanish jazz pianist Omar Sosa and his Sextet. The Sextet also will perform at the Yerba Buena Arts and Events Festival. San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the preservation of the archives of San Francisco Ballet, LINES Ballet, and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The outcome of the project will be a comprehensive visual record of the groups' historic achievements. San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the cataloguing and digitizing of audiotapes from the Poetry Center's American Poetry Archives. The center will catalogue and record detailed contents for the most significant audiotapes dating from 1954 to 1974. San Francisco Symphony (on behalf of San Francisco Youth Orchestra)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Artist Development Program. The program will provide students with coaching, apprenticeship, mentorship, and specialized training in chamber music, instrument care, and auditioning techniques. San Jose Children's Musical Theater (aka Children's Musical Theater San Jose)
San Jose, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of a classic contemporary musical with educational activities, theatrical training, and performance experience for young artists. In partnership with the San Jose Youth Symphony, artistic director and choreographer Kevin R. Hauge will stage a production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide based on the 1973 revival by director/producer Harold Prince. Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association (aka Santa Cecilia Orchestra)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Discovering Music, an educational outreach program in underserved communities of Los Angeles. Led by Artistic Director Sonia Marie De Leon, the project will provide orchestral performances and educational activities in venues ranging from elementary schools to community centers. Santa Monica Symphony Association
Santa Monica, CA
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support community outreach concerts. The orchestra will perform chamber concerts in schools and orchestral concerts for families at the Civic Auditorium. Scripps College (on behalf of Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery)
Claremont, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation treatment of 14th-18th century Chinese paintings in the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery's collection. After treatment, the works will be used in an exhibition focusing on the methods employed in the conservation of delicate textiles and works on paper. Shakespeare - San Francisco (aka San Francisco Shakespeare Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Free Shakespeare in the Park tour. The project will provide diverse audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area access to productions of a Shakespeare play free-of-charge. Shakespeare Festival/LA, Inc. (aka SFLA)
Los Angeles, CA
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 22nd Annual Summer Festival. William Shakespeare's Hamlet will be directed by Ben Donenberg and will be presented free-of-charge in Los Angeles's downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Shakespeare Festival/LA, Inc. (aka SFLA) (Consortium)
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Will Power to Youth (WPY), a partnership with Richmond Shakespeare (VA). At-risk youth from Richmond's Gang Reduction and Intervention Program will adapt Romeo and Juliet to be performed for the general public. Slavenska Dance Preservation, Inc.
Culver City, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of a documentary film about the ballerina Mia Slavenska (1916-2002). Mia: A Dancer's Odyssey will be a feature-length film about the life and career of one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the 20th century. Southern Exposure (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Mission Voices. The project will focus on arts-based community development by pairing local artists with underserved teens at the Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco. Stern Grove Festival Association
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the New Audience Program. The project will be a series of performances designed to reach underserved ethnic groups. The Other Side of The Hill Productions Inc. (aka The Road Theatre Company)
North Hollywood, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Los Angeles premiere of The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman. The Road Theatre Company production will be directed by Mark St. Amant. Theatre Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support an audience development initiative designed to help Bay Area theater companies increase attendance and diversify audiences. Components will include improvements to existing audience development services and the pilot phases of new initiatives. Triton Museum of Art
Santa Clara, CA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Permanent Collection Maintenance and Preservation project. The project will focus on properly maintaining the museum's Native American collection. Venice Arts In Neighborhoods
Venice, CA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Arts Mentoring Program, a visual arts education project. Free photography workshops for underserved youth will be offered after school and during summer months. Virginia Avenue Project
Santa Monica, CA
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the writing and performing programs, One-on-One and Playmaking. Area youth will connect with professional artists through activities such as mentoring, workshops, a summer camp, and public performances. Walden School, Ltd.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Composition Immersion Course. Students, ages nine to 18, will develop skills in musicianship, music composition, and improvisation, and finish the five-week summer program by creating music compositions. Western Jazz Presenters Network, Inc.
La Jolla, CA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a touring initiative featuring jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. The Coltrane Quartet will perform in communities in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Colorado, Montana, and Utah. World Arts West
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the arts education program People Like Me. Performances featuring five traditional world dance and music genres in an interactive theatrical format will be presented at Bay Area theaters for students in kindergarten through sixth grades. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the African Consortium, a series of meetings, research trips, and exchanges. In partnership with Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), the international initiative is designed to create a new level of artistic exchange and cultural dialogue between the United States and African countries. Youth Radio
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Arts and Culture Desk. Professional journalists and producers will lead training sessions on arts reporting and media production skills targeted to underserved youth, ages 14 to 18. Youth Speaks, Inc. (aka Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Chapter ONE (Oral Narrative Experience). Urban youth in San Francisco and Oakland will participate in literary arts workshops, performances, and publication opportunities as part of the school day and after-school hours.
Number of Grants: 141 Total Amount: $4,897,200
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