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.
ARIZONA
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Phoenix, AZ
$863,400
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Arizona Theatre Company (Consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a theater access program for underserved youth in rural southern Arizona. In partnership with Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County, the theater will offer school-based workshops, mainstage student matinee performances, summer enrichment opportunities, and ticket vouchers. Ballet Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support free ballet performances in local parks in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Ballet Under the Stars will be performed in Sahuaro Ranch Park, Glendale; Red Mountain Park, Mesa; South Mountain Community College, Phoenix; Fountain Park, Fountain Hills; Tempe Center for the Arts Amphitheatre; and Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix. Drawing Studio, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support The Art of Summer, a visual arts program for youth and teens. The program will introduce students (ages nine to 18) in the metro Tucson area to the role studio art practice plays in the development of visual intelligence. Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival
Grand Canyon, AZ
$22,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Native American Composer Apprentice Project. Students will study one-on-one with a composer-in-residence and create original works that will be performed by the ETHEL String Quartet while the group is on tour to reservation schools. SharMoore Children's Productions
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Stories that Soar!, a literacy and performing arts program that brings original children's stories to life through theater. The program will be conducted in Tucson and Phoenix elementary schools and will be accompanied by an interactive Web site. Tucson Symphony Society (Consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Southern Arizona Residency. In collaboration with the Bisbee Community Chorus, the project will consist of educational activities and a public concert in rural communities in southern Arizona. Tucson Symphony Society (aka Tucson Symphony Orchestra)
Tucson, AZ
$17,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Young Composers Project. Students will learn to compose music for orchestra, culminating in a reading and recording of their newly composed pieces by the Tucson Symphony Chamber Orchestra or the Tucson String Quintet. University of Arizona (on behalf of Poetry Center)
Tucson, AZ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Poetry Center Reading Series and the international Eco-Poetics Symposium. The Poetry Center's free reading series will present established and emerging visiting writers, who will also participate in the symposium, for an in-depth conversation about poetry and the natural world.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $992,400
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