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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.

ILLINOIS

About Face Theatre Collective
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the New Works Festival 2009. The project will feature a workshop production of Casa Cushman, a new play by Leigh Fondakowski.

Africa International House USA, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the 20th anniversary of the Chicago African Festival of the Arts. Components will include a book fair, film and video screenings, multiple stages set for music performances, a pavilion for folk dance and music, visual arts, and a drum village

American Theater Company
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and world premiere production of Yeast Nation: The Triumph of Life. The new musical by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, creators of the Broadway hit Urinetown, will explore America's responsibility to its environment in a satirical rock musical format.

Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Gene Siskel Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support a curated film series at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The Documentary Challenge will be a year-long exhibition program featuring new documentary work from the United States and abroad.

Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Video Data Bank)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Video Data Bank's distribution service and related activities.Video Data Bank currently offers 5,700 titles by 450 artists for distribution.

Chicago Architecture Foundation (aka CAF) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Open House America, a national design education initiative, and its pilot Open House Chicago. In partnership with the City of Chicago Mayor's Office of Special Events, Open House Chicago will offer free access to innovative sites and the built environment along with education programs to inspire appreciation for and knowledge of architecture, design, and planning in the city.

Chicago Chamber Musicians (aka CCM) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the First Monday Concert Series. Presented monthly at the Chicago Cultural Center and broadcast live on radio station WFMT, the free noontime concert series is a partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Chicago Dramatists
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Playwrights' Development Readings and Workshops program. The project will nurture the creative growth of playwrights and support new plays that will contribute to the national repertory.

Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$12,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the 20th Onion City Film Festival. The Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series emphasizes documentary and experimental films and videos; the Onion City Film Festival is dedicated to exhibiting experimental work.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (aka CHRP/Rhythm Project)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 19th annual tap festival, Rhythm World. The project will include residencies, performances, and educational and outreach activities.

Chicago International Film Festival -- Cinema Chicago (aka Chicago International Film)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 45th Chicago International Film Festival. More than 60,000 people will see 130 films from around the world.

Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. Outreach activities will include lectures, panel discussions, and performances.

Chicago Sinfonietta, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a series of concerts and related educational activities. Programming will include a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a concert featuring young opera singers, and a program of music inspired by oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Antonin Dvorak Festival of orchestral, chamber, and jazz concerts. As a culmination to the year-long programming theme "Echoes of Nations," the orchestra will collaborate citywide to celebrate the Czech composer and use music programming as a bridge for cultural and civic events.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on behalf of Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support stipends and professional training for pre-professional musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Performances and audition coaching will take place under the direction of resident and guest conductors.

Chicago Theatre Group, Inc. (aka Goodman Theatre)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a world premiere production of Ghostwritten, a new play by Naomi Iizuka. The Goodman Theatre production will be directed by Lisa Portes.

City of Bloomington, Illinois (on behalf of Bloomington Cultural District)
Bloomington, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by the Ailey II dance company. The company will present an educational performance for students from the region, as well as perform for the general public at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of The Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of works by choreographer Wayne McGregor and his company Random Dance, dance company Troika Ranch, and filmmaker David Michalek. Dance Center The works will focus on interweaving science and technology with dance.

Court Theatre Fund
Chicago, IL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Henrik Ibsen's 1884 play, The Wild Duck. Artistic Director Charles Newell will direct the production with a new translation by playwright Richard Nelson.

Dalkey Archive Press
Champaign, IL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the International Voices Project, original and reprinted works of fiction in translation. The press will publish titles from the Czech Republic, Argentina, Spain, France, Estonia, Brazil, Finland, Japan, and Austria.

Diaz, Joanne T.
Chicago, IL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Association (aka Elgin Symphony Orchestra)
Elgin, IL
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Discovering: Leonard Bernstein Festival. Concerts, community events, and educational activities will examine the composer's musical legacy.

Facets Multimedia, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 26th Chicago International Childrens' Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities will include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children and their families throughout the year.

Gilloury Institute (aka Silk Road Theatre Project)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion. The Silk Road Theatre Project will ask multiple playwrights of presupposed Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds to write new plays in response to a DNA test that reveals their genetic ancestry.

Grant Park Orchestral Association (aka Grant Park Music Festival)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of contemporary works and related educational activities during the Grant Park Music Festival. Performances of works by American composers Michael Torke and John Adams and Scottish composer James MacMillan will be accompanied by pre- and post-concert talks and open rehearsals.

Great Books Foundation
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal The Common Review, as well as the anthology The Great Books Short Story Omnibus. Literary events will be timed to coincide with the publication of each issue.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshops, a program for emerging choreographers to create new work. The two-week workshop will culminate with a public performance of the resulting works-in-progress.

Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation
Chicago, IL
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the Peer Coaching Circles and Mentor Connection Service. The project will provide professional development for emerging, mid-career, and established arts leaders throughout Illinois.

International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (aka Chicago Latino Film Festival)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 25th Chicago Latino Film Festival. Over a two-week period, the center will exhibit the work of directors of Iberian or Latin American descent as well as films directly related to Latino culture.

Lira Ensemble (aka Lira)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a series of holiday concerts featuring traditional Polish music and dance. An English narrative will provide background information about the selected pieces and Polish holiday customs.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. Francesca Zambello will direct, Sven Ortel will provide projection designs, and Sir Andrew Davis will conduct a cast led by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham (Marguerite), tenor Paul Groves (Faust), and bass-baritone John Relyea (Méphistophélès).

Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support On The Road to Glory workshops and performances featuring gospel ensemble The Princely Players. The Princely Players will also offer workshops and informal discussions at Aspen High School in Robbins, Illinois, and Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, Illinois.

Muntu Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and presentation of Ulysses Dove's Night Shade, with related education programs. The work will be performed at Columbia College's Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago as part of the company's 37th annual fall concert series.

Museum of Contemporary Art (aka MCA)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of interdisciplinary artist residencies. Artists Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Donna Uchizono, John Jasperse, and Nicole Mitchell will participate in community based residency activities including open rehearsals, performances, workshops, and round-table discussions.

National Museum of Mexican Art
Chicago, IL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Living in Harmony: The Art of the Huichol, with accompanying education programs. The exhibit will present indigenous Huichol artforms, including chaquira bead paintings and yarn paintings as well as several new commissioned works by master Huichol artists.

Neighborhood Writing Alliance
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Where I Come From: Telling Our Stories & Recording Our Histories. Artist Tyehimba Jess will lead participants in a workshop creating blues poems based on their stories. Selected pieces will be published in the Journal of Ordinary Thought.

Next Theatre Company
Evanston, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a world premiere production of War with the Newts, adapted from the 1936 science fiction satire by Karel Capek about the rise of European fascism. The work will be adapted by Jason Loewith and dramatized with puppets by Michael Montenegro and original music by Josh Schmidt.

Northlight Theatre, Inc.
Skokie, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a world premiere of Po' Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin. Accompanying educational and outreach activities will target Chicago's Asian American population.

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the development and production of Girls vs. Boys, a new musical developed by the university's American Music Theater Project. Northwestern students will collaborate with Chicago's House Theater professional ensemble to create a new coming of age musical that explores gender and the social tensions of the American teenager.

Northwestern University Settlement (on behalf of Adventure Stage Chicago at Vittum Theater)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Adventure Stage Chicago at the Vittum Theater production of Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back by Jason Tremblay. Producing Artistic Director Tom Arvetis will direct the play, with accompanying educational and outreach activities.

Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Folk Masters in Residence. The project will offer extended teaching residencies for traditional musicians scheduled to perform at the school.

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center (aka Lyric Opera Center for American Artists)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the Rising Stars in Concert. The program will be presented by artists in the singer training and professional development program at the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists.

Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Beyond the Music. The project will include a series of lectures, workshops, and discussions on Mexican folk music, dance, and culture.

Spertus College
Chicago, IL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Ground Level Projects, with accompanying public programs. The museum will commission up to five local, national, and international artists to develop site-specific works for the museum's street-level, glass-enclosed vestibule space.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Ensemble member Tina Landau will direct the production and ensemble member Frank Galati will play the role of Prospero.

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an artist residency by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra and faculty musicians will present concerts, composition readings, and chamber music coaching and master classes, as well as community-based educational events for elementary schoolchildren and their families.

University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a performance of An Early Birthday for Abraham Lincoln with musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. Other artists will include members of the Tenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Band and the Springfield International Folk Dancers. Ungar will lead a fiddle workshop for university students and community members.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (on behalf of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
Champaign, IL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Icons of American Innovation, a series presented at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Programming will focus on American iconic artists: writer/theater director Anne Bogart, multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, visual artist Ann Hamilton, and choreographer Mark Morris.


Number of Grants: 48          Total Amount: $1,186,500

 
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