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FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Prose)

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American Architectural Foundation
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a national conference and regional workshops for design educators. The 2010 Architecture + Design Education Network (A+DEN) conference and regional workshops will offer participants a forum to discuss and share innovations in K-12 design education.

American Society of Landscape Architects Libr and Ed Adv Fund, Inc. (aka ASLA Fund) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the second phase of Landscape Architecture: Designing Your World. The multimedia website will be created to educate the public about the art and science of landscape design through the development of a series of online activities and educational resources.

Americans for the Arts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support a series of webinars, professional development forums, and presentations at national arts leadership meetings. These activities will assist local arts agencies and other arts-related entities re-tool their business and organizational practices to function effectively in a new economic environment.

Americans for the Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$48,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support training and professional development for members of the State Arts Action Network (SAAN). In partnership with the Kentucky Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, the project will provide technical assistance and training to strengthen SAAN members' organizational capacity and their ability to deliver services.

ARCH Development Corporation
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Honfleur Social Arts Initiative for the Anacostia neighborhood in the District of Columbia. Projects in visual arts and music will center on themes related to the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the development of a website titled Building Communities: The Impact of Architecture and Education in North America. The site will celebrate ACSA's centennial anniversary and will present multimedia content to the next generation of architects and designers.

Building Bridges Across the River (aka THEARC)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a marketing and outreach initiative promoting arts events at THEARC Theater by Building Bridges' partners and other arts entities. Programming by partner organizations that operate programs out of THEARC - the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Levine School of Music, and the Washington Ballet - as well as programming by organizations such as the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, Arena Stage, and City Dance will be promoted to residents of Washington's wards seven and eight.

Choral Arts Society of Washington
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation and national radio broadcast of the 22nd annual Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Choral Arts Society and singers from regional gospel choirs will combine forces for performances conducted by music director Norman Scribner.

Chorus America Association
Washington, DC
$102,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support services and technical assistance to the choral field. Activities will include an annual conference; publications; leadership development forums for conductors, board members, and managers; and a chorus impact study.

Chorus America Association (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$68,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a conference collaboration for choruses and orchestras. Holding annual conferences simultaneously in Atlanta in June 2010, Chorus America and the League of American Orchestras will program cross-disciplinary events with content important to both groups.

City Arts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the creation of a music-themed mural project. The mural will trace the history of music, from African drumming to the District?s jazz scene to iPods.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$120,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support professional development programs and expansion of research and technology. the project will include an annual Roundtable, Dance/USA's largest gathering in the national dance field.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/NYC)
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of professional development programs and town hall meetings for dancers. These programs cover topics such as technology, financial management, fundraising, legal responsibilities, business planning, music commissioning, self-producing, teaching in the public schools, and marketing.

Dance/USA (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the attendance of the United States delegation at the 2010 International Tanzmesse, a convening of dance professionals from around the world. The project, in partnership with Dancers' Group, will reintroduce American dance to the international cultural community.

District of Columbia Jewish Community Center (on behalf of Theater J)
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival. The festival, sponsored by Theater J, will feature productions of new works by emerging playwrights.

Festivals DC, Ltd. (aka Duke Ellington Jazz Festival)
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the sixth annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival. The event will feature world-renowned musicians, along with more than 150 DC-based artists, and take place in 40 venues across Washington, DC, including the National Mall, the Kennedy Center, libraries, schools and universities, and galleries.

Ford's Theatre Society
Washington, DC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a revival of The Rivalry by Norman Corwin. The production will be directed by Mark Ramont.

Future of Music Coalition
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the annual Policy Summit. The three-day conference will engage speakers and panelists to discuss key issues impacting independent professional musicians such as digital technology, artists' rights, and the current state of the music industry.

GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos (aka GALA Hispanic Theatre) (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the ArteAmericA 2010 series of music and theater at the GALA Hispanic Theatre. In partnership with the Washington Performing Arts Society, the project will include performances and residencies celebrating Latino cultures throughout the Americas.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Gospel Across America, a festival that will showcase and explore the impact of American gospel music. Artists will include Richard Smallwood with Vision; NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients Shirley Caesar and Mavis Staples; Kirk Franklin; the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, the National Symphony Orchestra; and Take Six, an a cappella ensemble.

Kankouran West African Dance Company
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of BOLO (Unity), a new work by founder and Artistic Director Assane Konte. Featuring Afrika Ritim & Dans Toplulugo (African Music and Dance Ensemble) of Istanbul, Turkey, the concert production will be a cross-cultural collaboration highlighting the traditional dances of Africa and Turkey.

Landis, Dylan
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

National Building Museum
Washington, DC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the online presentation of New Cultural Capitals. The exhibition will explore a series of ambitious initiatives from around the world to develop campuses or networks of cultural facilities characterized by bold architecture and innovative programming.

National Public Radio, Inc.
Washington, DC
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an artists-in-residence initiative. Directed by NPR Music's executive producer Anya Grundmann, the project will explore the work of selected artists in a two-week residency broadcast across national radio stations and the Internet, including NPR's national newsmagazine, podcasts, live performances and web chats.

National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington, DC
Washington, DC
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Perspectives, an artist residency with American composer John Adams. The residency will feature the Washington premieres of his orchestral works The Wound-Dresser, featuring baritone Eric Owens; City Noir; and Dharma at Big Sur with violinist Leila Josefowicz performing on a six-string electronic guitar.

Opera Lafayette
Washington, DC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a production of Franois-André Danican Philidor's Sancho Pana. Students of Stuart Hobson Middle School will create their own opera based on the story of Sancho Panza, a character from Don Quixote. The students will present their piece in sequence with the professional production at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc. (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$13,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Interpreting Liszt, a four-day music festival. In partnership with Georgetown University, the orchestra will provide lectures and performances of works by composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886) on campus at the university and at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Shakespeare Theatre (aka Shakespeare Theatre Company)
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of two Shakespeare plays in rotating repertory. Artistic Director Michael Kahn will direct Richard II, and Associate Artistic Director David Muse will direct Henry V.

Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of David Mamet?s American Buffalo.

Transformer, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Framework Panel Series. A series of free public discussions designed to stimulate dialogue about contemporary visual art, the series is presented in partnership with various District of Columbia cultural institutions and venues.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$13,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of solo vocal recitalists. Performances will be held in the Terrace Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Embassy of Austria, and other venues in Washington, DC.

Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Experiments in Balance, a new work by guest choreographer Karole Armitage. The newly commissioned work will incorporate singers from the Washington National Opera.

Washington Chorus, Inc.
Washington, DC
$36,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Washington premiere of American composer Steven Stucky's oratorio August 4, 1964, written for orchestra, chorus, and four soloists. The performance, directed by music director Julian Wachner, will take place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Washington DC International Film Festival, Inc. (aka Filmfest DC)
Washington, DC
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 24th annual Filmfest DC. The event includes free films for children, older people, and underserved communities.

Washington Drama Society, Inc. (aka Arena Stage)
Washington, DC
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the production of Tony Award-winning Sophisticated Ladies conceived by Donald McKayle with music by Duke Ellington, choreography by Maurice Hines, and direction by associate artist Charles Randolph-Wright. As part of the Arena Restaged Festival of American Voices, the musical will be produced in the historic Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. with accompanying educational and outreach activities.

Washington National Opera
Washington, DC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of Hamlet, by Ambroise Thomas. Based upon Shakespeare's classic play, this adaptation follows Hamlet in his pursuit to avenge his father's death and eventually become King of Denmark.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the presentation of orchestral concerts featuring the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. All concerts will be performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris. The play uses Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun as the departure point for an examination of the racial implications of urban gentrification.


Number of Grants: 38          Total Amount: $1,251,000

 
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