2010 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence
[ August 13, 2009 deadline ]
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Theater
Visual Arts
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior
Endowment approval.
Media Arts
American Film Institute, Inc. (aka AFI)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year, the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.
American Museum of the Moving Image (aka Museum of the Moving Image)
Astoria, NY
$50,000
To support the Moving Image Source. The website is a resource for students, curators, scholars, filmmakers, and others interested in the moving image.
American University (on behalf of Center for Social Media)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the Evolving Documentary Project. Through this initiative, the Center for Social Media will explore the aesthetic and strategic challenges facing documentary filmmakers.
Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (aka AVIA)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support a series of audio production workshops and mentorships for visually impaired adults and youth. The program will introduce visually impaired individuals to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production.
Arts Engine, Inc. (aka Media That Matters Film Festival/MediaRight) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Elizabeth Mandel, Beth Davenport, and Katy Chevigny. Working in collaboration with Mapendo International, Arts Engine will tell the story of Rose and Nangabire (working title), a mother and daughter separated because of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently reunited.
Association of Independents in Radio, Inc. (aka AIR)
Dorchester, MA
$72,500
To support Virtual Air, a series of web-based services for independent radio producers. Activities will include enhancing the organization's website to provide AIR's members with its information services, membership directory, and other related programs.
Atlantic Public Media Inc (aka APM)
Woods Hole, MA
$37,500
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.
Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$30,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Nancy Kelly. Stories to Tell follows the creation of a play at Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project.
Downtown Community Television Center, Inc. (aka DCTV)
New York, NY
$95,000
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.
IFP-Minnesota (aka IFP MN)
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
To support educational activities, access to film and video equipment for media artists in the region, and a screening series. Approximately 600 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.
Independent Feature Project, Inc. (aka IFP)
Brooklyn, NY
$75,000
To support Independent Film Week. The event provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.
Independent Filmworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane Wagner. Seeking Refuge will follow four torture survivors as they embark on their journeys of healing at the Program for Survivors of Torture at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Independent Television Service, Inc. (aka ITVS)
San Francisco, CA
$110,000
To support the Independent Digital Distribution Lab. The Independent Television Service (ITVS) is exploring revenue-generating partnership models for independent filmmakers and public television.
International Film Seminars, Inc. (aka The Flaherty)
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event, to be held at Colgate College in Hamilton, New York, will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.
Kartemquin Educational Films (aka Kartemquin Films) (Consortium)
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Maria Finitzo. Working in collaboration with the Virginia Technical Institute's Center for the Study of Rhetoric and Virginia Tech's Institute for Society, Culture, and the Environment, Kartemquin will produce Invisible Seasons, a documentary that will examine the history and everyday impact of Title IX.
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$25,000
To support the distribution of audio plays to schools and libraries. The Alive and Aloud and Library Access national outreach programs provide the audio plays to underserved communities in all 50 states.
Long Haul Productions Inc
Three Oaks, MI
$10,000
To support production and post-production costs for a series of audio documentaries by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister. American Anthology will examine a wide range of timely issues.
Maiden Voyage Productions Inc
Half Moon Bay, CA
$40,000
To support production and post-production costs for an experimental documentary film by Ellen Bruno. Split will explore the inner world of children whose parents are going through a divorce or who are divorced.
Media Working Group, Inc.
Portland, OR
$40,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Helen De Michiel. Open Mouths Open Minds will examine the school lunch initiative in Berkeley, California.
National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc. (aka National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture)
San Francisco, CA
$85,000
To support services to the nonprofit media arts field. The National Alliance of Media Arts Centers includes among its more than 350 members media arts and technology centers, university-based programs, artist cooperatives, exhibitors, distributors, multidisciplinary centers, film archives, and community-access television stations.
National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. (aka NALIP) (Consortium)
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
To support a series of regional conferences. In collaboration with Doc Arts (aka the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival), the National Association of Latino Independent Producers will offer Doing Your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices in four American cities.
National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc. (aka NALIP)
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
To support the seventh Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the project will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.
National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support the Radio Arts Track at the 2011 Community Radio Conference. Workshops, seminars, and mentorships will be offered to 400 participants.
Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc. (aka Ninth Street Independent Film Center)
San Francisco, CA
$55,000
To support a programmatic collaboration at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. The center is a consortium of eight media arts organizations, all housed in one building.
Pittsburgh Film-Makers Inc. (aka Pittsburgh Filmmakers)
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support the acquisition of, access to, and training in High Definition Video equipment.
Praxis Project Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$80,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Peter Friedman. Poor Consuelo Conquers the World will examine how soap operas and telenovelas are combating the effects of poverty worldwide.
Radio Diaries, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production of radio documentaries by Joe Richman. America's Lost Stories: People Documenting Their Own History will air on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
Red River Film Society, Inc. (aka Robinson Film Center)
Shreveport, LA
$10,000
To support a filmmaker-in-residence with Zack Goodshall.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Pacific Film Archive) (Consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
To support Behind the Scenes. Working in collaboration with the San Francisco Film Society, Pacific Film Archive will host artist residencies with film specialists outside of the directorial role.
Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$80,000
To support workshop programs and related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video artworks.
Squaw Valley Community of Writers (aka Squaw Valley Screenwriters)
Nevada City, CA
$10,000
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop focuses on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.
Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality production and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.
Sundance Institute
Park City, UT
$150,000
To support the Feature Film Program. The program offers emerging screenwriters, directors, producers, and composers the opportunity, support, and resources needed to successfully create new work.
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
$45,000
To support The WGBH Lab. Established in 2003, The Lab uses an open call to invite filmmakers to create content that is aligned with PBS broadcast initiatives.
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