FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
ALABAMA
Alabama Blues Project, Inc.
Northport, AL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support after-school and summer classes in blues music. Professional Alabama-based blues musicians will teach weekly beginning and advanced-level classes in blues music performance and history. Alabama Folklife Association, Inc. (Consortium)
Birmingham, AL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support continued fieldwork and documentation of traditional artists and artistic resources. In collaboration with the Alabama State Arts Council, the documentation will be used to develop public programming locally, regionally, and nationally. Alabama State Council on the Arts
Montgomery, AL
$822,500
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association (aka Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts)
Montgomery, AL
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the archival re-housing of drawings by African-American self-taught artist Bill Traylor (1854-1949). The works are a key component of the museum's significant collection of works by self-taught or "outsider" artists. Sloss Furnaces Foundation, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Youth Apprenticeship, a visual arts education program. High school students from the Birmingham area will apprentice with professional artists to create cast-metal sculptures.
Number of Grants: 5 Total Amount: $955,500
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