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.

TENNESSEE

Ballet Memphis Corporation
Cordova, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of AbunDance: Visual Riches, a series of dances based on a work of art seen at a local museum or gallery. The works will be choreographed by Camille Brown, Jane Hope Rehm, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and Travis Bradley.

Germantown Performing Arts Centre
Germantown, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of Teatro de Piazza o D'Occasione's Farfalle. An interactive virtual landscape will be created for the youth audience through the use of projections, sensors, and audio design to complement the live performers.

Jubilee Community Arts, Inc. (aka Laurel Theater)
Knoxville, TN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support traditional music programming at the Laurel Theater. The project will support performances, broadcasts, research, and documentation of traditional music.

Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the exhibition Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass. In addition to presenting a public gallery talk, Simpson will discuss his work with low-income students of Beaumont Elementary Magnet Honors Academy.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation and company premieres of Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite and James Canfield's Jungle. The works will be presented during Nashville Ballet's winter series at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

Nashville Film Festival
Nashville, TN
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 40th Nashville Film Festival. The event features student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films, and experimental work.

Opera Memphis, Inc. (aka Opera Memphis)
Memphis, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Scott Joplin and Treemonisha, based on the opera by Scott Joplin. The revised opera will include additional scenes and musical elements in an effort to make Treemonisha more approachable to a wider audience.

Roxy Productions, Inc. (aka Roxy Regional Theatre)
Clarksville, TN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a main stage production of a new adaptation by playwright John McDonald of the classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front and related educational activities. Prior to the main stage production, the script will be workshopped by Roxy School for the Arts students.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $93,000

 
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