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.

WISCONSIN

First Stage Milwaukee, Inc. (aka First Stage Children's Theater)
Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support First Stage Theater Academy. Professional actors will lead workshops focusing on acting skills, playwriting, and play production.

Lawrence University of Wisconsin
Appleton, WI
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Choral Music
To support an American Masterpieces Choral Music Festival. The festival of American choral music will feature four days of programming including performances, master classes, a workshop, a commissioned work, a guest conductor residency, a local radio broadcast, and outreach performances in Chicago and Milwaukee as well as participation by 250 high school and college singers.

Madison Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support HeartStrings, a community outreach project. An ensemble of the orchestra's professional string musicians will perform interactive recitals for underserved and special-needs communities.

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support the Pre-College MAJORS program, a visual and design course. Design professional will provide hands-on residencies for approximately 90 high school students.

Sheboygan Arts Foundation, Inc. (aka John Michael Kohler Arts Center)
Sheboygan, WI
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Connecting Communities and the commissioning of new works at the Kohler Arts Center. Artists will collaborate with area cultural minorities, senior centers, churches, the Audubon Society, at-risk youth, and domestic abuse shelters to develop residency projects and community-based commissions.

Skylight Opera Theatre Corp.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the KidsWrites Workshop Program and an outreach tour. The project, intended to advance children's understanding of musical theater, includes a writing workshop that culminates in the creation of a musical.

Stockbridge-Munsee Community
Bowler, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a Native American Traditional Arts Program. Participants will have the opportunity to learn a variety of Native American art forms, including beading, regalia crafting, quill work, native dance, and basketmaking.

University of Wisconsin at Madison (on behalf of Chazen Museum of Art)
Madison, WI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a Collections Management and Access Initiative. The project will enhance the Chazen Museum's educational mission and facilitate improved management of the collection in preparation for an upcoming building expansion.

Wild Space, Inc. (aka Wild Space Dance Company)
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth
To support Dancing Aloud. Students and teachers from four Milwaukee Public School sites will participate in a dance residency program in which they will create original dances based on stories from their reading curriculum.

Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison, WI
$646,700
CATEGORY: Partnership  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Madison, WI
$7,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Concerts on the Square, free summer outdoor community outreach concerts. The orchestra will perform the concerts on the steps of the Capitol Square in downtown Madison.

Woodland Pattern, Inc. (aka Woodland Pattern Book Center)
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of readings, exhibits, and community workshops. Proposed writers include Bei Dao, Cornelius Eady, Harryette Mullen, Juliana Spahr, and Anselm Hollo.

Number of Grants: 12          Total Amount: $893,700

 
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