FY 2010 Grant Awards: Arts on Radio and Television

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

American Documentary, Inc. (aka P.O.V.)
New York, NY
$265,000
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging, and promotion of films for broadcast on the public television series P.O.V. ("point of view"). As the longest running PBS series devoted exclusively to the art of independent, non-fiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks rarely found in the mainstream media to national audiences.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc
New York, NY
$25,000
To support research and scripting for The Greatest Jubilee, the production of a film about the music at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc
New York, NY
$50,000
To support production costs for a documentary film by producer/director Daniel Anker. Intended for PBS's American Masters series, Sidney Lumet: The Moral Lens will examine the life and work of the American filmmaker.

Arshile Gorky Foundation
Chaska, MN
$10,000
To support production and post-production costs related to the documentary Arshile Gorky-My Grandfather. Directed by Cosima Spender, the film will explore the life and work of Armenian-born American painter Arshile Gorky (1900-48).

Art 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
To support the sixth season of Art: 21 Art in the Twenty-First Century and the film William Kentridge: Anything is Possible. A public television series about contemporary visual art and artists in the United States, Art: 21 will yield as many as four one-hour programs as well as ancillary outreach activities.

Capital Concerts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support staging and related costs for The National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth, two patriotic concerts at the United States Capitol to be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2010. A national television audience of 10 to 12 million watches these 90-minute programs each year.

Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council (aka KLRU)
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the production of a nationally distributed television program on the arts. The series, iN CONTEXT.TV, will feature up to eight half-hour programs.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support production and related costs for the national broadcast of the 120th anniversary of the first concert performed at Carnegie Hall featuring the New York Philharmonic.

Catticus Corporation
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a feature-length documentary about the Mark Morris Dance Group working with people who have Parkinson's disease. Capturing Grace will follow the Mark Morris Dance Group's dancers and the Parkinson's patients as they prepare for their first public performance in June 2010.

Center for Asian American Media
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the production of a video documentary intended for public television. The half-hour program will feature the North Indian dance master Chitresh Das and tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith.

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$25,000
To support production costs for a documentary by Nancy Kates. Regarding Susan Sontag will be a portrait of the late writer and critic (1933-2004).

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York City, NY
$10,000
To support the production and distribution of a radio series of chamber music performances. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is a 26-part series of one-hour segments distributed by the WFMT Radio Network.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series. Carried on 344 stations, the two-hour programs are heard by an estimated weekly audience of 488,000 listeners.

ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. (aka Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz)
Spartanburg, SC
$65,000
To support the production of new programs for the weekly radio series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. National Public Radio will distribute the programs to listeners on 247 stations in the United States and in Puerto Rico and Guam.

From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$60,000
To support the production of the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by young classical musicians ages eight to 18.

Grammy Museum Foundation, Inc. (aka The GRAMMY Museum)
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
To support final post-production costs for a documentary film by Jim Brown. Rockin' the Iron Curtain will explore how American Rock and Roll music energized the youth behind the Iron Curtain.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (aka WETA)
Arlington, VA
$150,000
To support WETA's production of a series of arts news reports. Each six- to 10-minute report will be included on The PBS NewsHour, which airs five nights a week on PBS.

Independent Television Service, Inc. (aka ITVS)
San Francisco, CA
$185,000
To support the selection, acquisition, and packaging of films for the public television series Independent Lens. This weekly primetime PBS series provides the public with access to innovative, dramatic, animated, and documentary works by independent filmmakers.

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
$10,000
To support the production of a special radio series as part of the weekly radio program Night Lights. The series of four one-hour programs, "Jazz Crossroads of America," will depict the evolution of 20th-century American jazz through a Midwestern perspective.

Kartemquin Educational Films (aka Kartemquin Films)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the production costs for the documentary A Good Man. The film will chronicle the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company as they create a piece inspired by Abraham Lincoln.

KQED, Inc. (aka Northern California Public Broadcasting)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the research and development phase of a multi-part television series. In Both Sides Now the artist Linda Ronstadt will explore the rich musical traditions and history of various locals along the border between the United States and Mexico through musical performance, conversation, and travel.

L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$20,000
To support the production and distribution of The Play's the Thing, a radio theater series intended for broadcast on satellite and public radio stations nationwide. The 52-week series will include new radio plays, as well as selections from L.A. Theatre Works' extensive audio drama collection.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$165,000
To support the production and broadcast of the television series Live From Lincoln Center. In 2011, the series will be aired on PBS stations in all 50 states, reaching an average of three million viewers per program.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$230,000
To support production and post-production costs associated with the national telecasts of Great Performances at the Met. Captured in high-definition video, the productions will be broadcast on PBS stations around the country, reaching an estimated audience of three million viewers.

Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation (aka WNIT Public Television)
Southy Bend, IN
$10,000
To support the acquisition of music rights for an hour-long documentary Kicking the Notes the Toradze Way. The film will explore the life and work of classical pianist Alexander Toradze.

Minnesota Public Radio, Inc. (aka Minnesota Public Radio|American Public Media)
St. Paul, MN
$220,000
To support the production, acquisition, and national radio broadcast of classical music programming. In 2010-11, programs such as Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Pipedreams will reach as many as two million listeners each week.

National Black Programming Consortium
New York, NY
$50,000
To support completion costs for a documentary film by Thomas Allen Harris. Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People will explore how photography provides a context for and a cultural representation of African American history.

National Black Programming Consortium
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the acquisition, packaging, and distribution of a curated film series about the arts and culture in the African diaspora. In its third year on public television, AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, will reach national audiences through American Public Television.

National Public Radio, Inc. (aka NPR)
Washington, DC
$125,000
To support the Music Discovery Initiative

National Public Radio, Inc. (aka NPR)
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the production and distribution of segments from the NPR radio series 50 Great Voices. The series identifies and celebrates influential vocalists of the recorded era.

Newark Public Radio, Inc. (aka WBGO Jazz 88)
Newark, NJ
$60,000
To support the production of JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts. The series is produced by WBGO/Newark, distributed by NPR, and reaches approximately 170,000 listeners each week throughout the United States.

Oregon Public Broadcasting (aka OPB)
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support research and script development for the documentary film series Superheroes by Michael Kantor. The series will explore the history of the comic book and the evolution of its main characters.

Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Inc. (aka Echoes)
Chester Springs, PA
$10,000
To support the production of concerts and special features for Echoes, a daily radio series of contemporary music. Distributed by Public Radio International, the series will serve a weekly audience of more than 250,000 listeners on 130 stations throughout the United States.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the production of national radio broadcasts of performances by the New York Philharmonic during its 2010-11 season. Approximately 2.5 million listeners will hear each two-hour program in the 52-week series.

Public Radio International, Inc. (aka PRI)
Minneapolis, MN
$65,000
To support the production and distribution of Studio 360. The series of weekly arts and culture radio programs is designed to illuminate the role of the arts in society is a co-production of PRI and WNYC-FM.

Public Radio International, Inc. (aka PRI)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the production of "The Global Hit" segments on the weekday news and information radio program The World. The daily feature showcases world music for American audiences, offering listeners a unique perspective on other cultures through the medium of music.

Radio Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production for radio and audio media of James Joyce's Ulysses. Produced by Larry Josephson, The Complete Ulysses will be a reading of the entire novel for radio broadcast and audio distribution.

Riverwalk Jazz
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
To support the weekly public radio jazz series Riverwalk Jazz. Distributed by Public Radio International to 167 stations nationwide, each hour-long program combines live performance with interviews, oral histories, and historical recordings to celebrate important artists and eras in jazz history.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
To support the production and distribution of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival radio series. Distributed by WMFT Radio Network, the series is carried by 216 stations throughout the United States.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the production of a radio series. Distributed by WFMT, the series will feature concert performances by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Sound Portraits Productions, Inc. (aka StoryCorps)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support production of "StoryCorps" radio segments for weekly broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. A collaboration of Sound Portraits Productions, the Library of Congress, and public radio stations, "StoryCorps" is a nationwide project aimed at inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound.

Storyville Center for the Spoken Word (aka The Moth)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series The Moth Radio Hour. The series showcases the art of storytelling by featuring first-person accounts recorded before live audiences as told by some of the greatest writers, actors, and performers of our time, as well as by perfectly "ordinary" individuals with extraordinary stories to tell.

Sweet Bird Classics, Inc.
Edmonds, WA
$20,000
To support the production and distribution of radio series broadcast from music festivals. Hosted by conductor Marin Alsop, the 26-week series will showcase live performances from some of the most dynamic music festivals in the country.

Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of the public radio series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and the distribution of related CDs. Distributed through Public Radio International, the series will present leading stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the production and national distribution of the public radio series World Cafe. This contemporary music and interview series, hosted by David Dye, is distributed by NPR to 220 public radio stations.

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$60,000
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts the two-hour, weekend-oriented program, in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz, and classical forms with in-studio performances, field recordings, and interviews.

WHYY, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio series Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The award-winning daily journal of contemporary arts and culture is broadcast on 510 NPR stations and is heard by more than 4.5 million people each week.

Window to the World Communications, Inc. (aka WFMT)
Chicago, IL
$45,000
To support the production and national distribution of the radio series Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. The series consists of weekday one-hour programs focusing on classical music in an informed, educational, and entertaining manner.

WNET.ORG (aka Thirteen/WNET New York)
New York, NY
$570,000
To support the development and production of the television series American Masters for PBS broadcast. Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be made available in 2011-12 to millions of viewers in all 50 states on more than 345 public television stations.

WNET.ORG (aka Thirteen/WNET New York)
New York, NY
$570,000
To support the development and production of performing arts specials for the television series Great Performances and Dance in America for broadcast on PBS. Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, American television audiences in all 50 states will be provided free access to a diverse range of cultural programming in 2011.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$10,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The series provides national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap near Washington, DC.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a feature-length documentary on Alice Walker. You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: The Life and Times of Alice Walker will chronicle the author's life to date.

World Music Productions, Inc. (aka Afropop Worldwide)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the production and distribution of the weekly public radio program Afropop Worldwide. The series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, and is distributed by Public Radio International to more than 110 radio stations in the United States.

Number of Grants: 53          Total Amount: $4,020,000

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