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.

VERMONT

Burlington City Arts Foundation
Burlington, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Human=Landscape, featuring the work of Patrick Marold and Andrea Polli. The project will include the creation of a large-scale public art installation and a multimedia exhibit exploring the issues regarding wind energy, its aesthetics and environmental impact.

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance and music works. Each of the performances will be accompanied by related public events such as discussions, lectures, student matinees, master classes, workshops, and open rehearsals.

Green Mountain Cultural Center, Inc (aka Green Mountain Opera Festival)
Waitsfield, VT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a residency by emerging and established vocalists, culminating in a production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Project activities will also include master classes, an emerging artists concert, and open rehearsals.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research (aka Sandglass Theater)
Putney, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 2010 International Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival. The project will include the creation and presentation of When the Sun Shines and the Soup Burns, a new work developed with the Paraprofessional Health Care Institute.

Tupelo Press, Inc.
Dorset, VT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of new collections of poetry and international literature. Proposed authors include Patricia Fargnoli, Dan Beachy-Quick, Theodore Deppe, Joan Houlihan, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Martha Zweig, Jennifer Militello, Angela Shaw, and Rene Char.

Vermont Studio Center, Inc.
Johnson, VT
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support residency programs for emerging artists. Artists will receive living quarters, private studios, meals, stipends, and the opportunity to participate in public presentations.

Yellow Barn, Inc.
Putney, VT
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support professional development for chamber musicians. Young emerging musicians will participate in rehearsals, coaching sessions, master classes, and performances during the annual summer chamber music festival.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $113,000

 
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