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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.

WISCONSIN

Alverno College (on behalf of Alverno Presents)
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support presentations by Alverno Presents of Lingo dancetheatre and Compagnie Marie Chouinard, and a summer residency for Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group from New York. Lingo dancetheatre, based in Seattle, will present Inhabit, a 50 minute non-proscenium work.

Arts Wisconsin, Inc.
Madison, WI
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Wisconsin's Rural Arts Initiative II. The project will provide training, technical assistance, and information resources for artists and arts organizations in rural and small-town Wisconsin.

Florentine Opera Company, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Handel's Semele. As part of the company's 75th anniversary season, the work represents the first baroque opera performed for Milwaukee audiences.

Forgotten Wisdom, Inc.
Bayfeld, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the production of Unsung Stories of the Civil War, a narrated program of original music composed by Artistic Director Bruce Burnside. The Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra will perform a new orchestral arrangement of the work.

Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Green Bay, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert featuring soprano Erica Strauss performing arias from Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka. Strauss will also lead a master class for local college students.

Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Opera in the Park, a free, outdoor concert event at Garner Park. Past soloists have included Melody Moore, Kendall Gladen, Bryan Hymel, and Luis Ledesma. The Madison Opera Chorus and Madison Symphony Orchestra will also perform.

Madison Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Madison, WI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady as part of a Great American Musical series, with accompanying educational activities. Artistic director Richard Corley will direct the musical with pre- and post-show talkbacks and performances for area high school students.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. (aka Milwaukee Ballet)
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Adam Hougland. The piece will be presented at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Public Theatre
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support artist residencies by members of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre of Minneapolis. The guest artists will work with local artists in preparation for the Rhythm Rainbow Community Festival.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. The project will feature the theater's resident acting company and will be directed by Ben Barnes, former artistic director of Ireland's Abbey Theatre.

Opera for the Young, Inc.
Madison, WI
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the performing artists costs for a multi-state tour of a new production of Dvorak's Rusalka. The company condensed and adapted this 45-minute opera.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Emerging Composers Initiative. Composer Ryan Carter will participate in artist residency activities, including the creation and premiere performance of a commissioned work.

Racine Art Museum Association, Inc. (aka RAM)
Racine, WI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Viola Frey (1933-2004), with accompanying education programs. The exhibition of monumental ceramic sculptures, paintings, and works on paper is being co-organized with the Gardiner Museum, Toronto.

Woodland Pattern, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity & Aging   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility
To support an older writers-in-residence project. Participants will mentor younger writers, give public readings of their work, and conduct writing workshops for older adults.

www next cc inc (aka www.next.cc)
Shorewood, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a workshop series that will introduce teachers to the Web site www.NEXT.cc. The Web site will be used as a design education tool to help complement traditional teaching methods currently used in K-12 curriculum concerning art, design, and the environment.


Number of Grants: 15          Total Amount: $178,500

 
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