FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
ARIZONA
Alliance for Audience (aka ShowUp.com)
Phoenix, AZ
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support ShowUp.com, an audience development and arts marketing program for the greater Phoenix region. ShowUp.com has been conceived as the region's definitive resource for information about arts and cultural activities taking place in Maricopa County. Arizona Opera
Phoenix, AZ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and premiere of In the Beginning, by composer Enrique Gonzalez-Medina and librettist Campbell Geeslin, and related outreach activities. After the opera's premiere on the Navajo Nation, an eight-week tour will introduce the production to high schools and community theaters throughout Arizona. Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Beyond Series presented at the university's Gammage Auditorium. Artists will participate in performances, workshops, discussions, local school performances, and community events. Arizona Theatre Company
Tucson, AZ
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Lou Bellamy, founder and artistic director of Penumbra Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will guest direct the Tony Award-winning drama. Borderlands Theater Teatro Fronterizo, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a production of Our Dad is in Atlantis. An original play by Mexican playwright Javier Malpica with English translation by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, the production will tour to Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Yuma, Arizona. La Frontera Mariachi Conference, Inc. (aka Tucson International Mariachi Conference)
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Tucson International Mariachi Conference. The conference will be designed to perpetuate traditions of mariachi music and dance through workshops, performances, and a festival. Scottsdale Cultural Council (aka Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art)
Scottsdale, AZ
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support an exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art of the work of American photographers Frederick Sommer (1905-1999), Harry Callahan (1912-1999), and Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Self-taught as photographers, the three artists helped shape a national community of peers as well as the evolution of photography. Scottsdale Cultural Council (on behalf of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts)
Scottsdale, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Cultural Heritage Series, presentations of music, dance, and folk arts at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Participating artists will perform and participate in community forums, lectures, and educational programs. Tucson Chamber Artists, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert featuring American choral masterpieces and the premiere of a work by composer Stephen Paulus in rural Green Valley. Paulus will coach the vocalists and instrumentalists in a rehearsal and also lead a pre-concert discussion with the audience. Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Creative Capital Workshop Retreat and a series of workshops designed to benefit the region's Native American communities. These professional development services will address needs identified in the Pima Cultural Plan.
Number of Grants: 10 Total Amount: $195,000
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