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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.

MINNESOTA

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$27,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a commission for the educational program BandQuest and website expansion. Composer Alex Shapiro will create a new work for middle school level band to be included in the BandQuest series.

Ananya Dance Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Kshoy/Decay!, a new work exploring violence against women. Scheduled to premiere at the Southern Theater, the original Southeast Asian dance theater composition will feature the work of composer and vocalist Shubha Mudgal and guest director Laurie Carlos.

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc.
Red Wing, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
To support residencies for visual artists and writers. Ranging from two to four weeks, residencies will provide uninterrupted time and space for artists to advance a work-in-progress or initiate new work.

Batt, Matthew
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Cedar Cultural Center, Inc. (aka The Cedar)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support The Cedar's Global Roots Festival. Performances will be complemented by workshops, meet-and-greet artist sessions, educational components for teens, and complimentary tickets.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert and outreach activities by the Parker Quartet. Comprised of violist Jessica Bodner, cellist Kee-Hyun Kim, and violinists Daniel Chong and Karen Kim, the quartet will perform, as well as conduct lecture demonstrations and master classes for local musicians.

Children's Theatre Company and School (aka Children's Theatre Company)
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and production of new works of theater for young audiences. The project will include the development of Swift Raid by The Civilians and a production of Happy End of the World by playwright Lloyd Suh.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$72,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of volumes of poetry and fiction. Scheduled writers include Karen Tei Yamashita, Travis Nichols, Andrew Ervin, Aaron Morales, Ange Mlinko, Greg Hewett, and Lightsey Darst.

College of Saint Benedict
St. Joseph, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support residency activities and multidisciplinary performances at the Benedicta Arts Center. Guest artists will participate in activities designed to reach underserved audiences.

Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. (aka Shapiro & Smith Dance)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of a new multimedia, evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Joanie Smith, and performed by Shapiro & Smith Dance. Ophelia will include text by playwright David Greenspan, music by composer Scott Killian, and a cast of dancers including Smith.

Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association
Moorhead, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of Peter Boyer's Ellis Island - Dreams of America. Through a collaborative effort with Theatre B, local immigrants will tell their oral histories, receive dramatic coaching, and present their stories during the concerts.

FORECAST Public Artworks (aka Forecast Public Art)
St.Paul, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the publication of Public Art Review. Two topics of current interest in the public art field -- the use of realism and figurative sculpture in public art projects and public art in New Zealand and Australia -- will be explored in the 2010 journals.

Franconia Sculpture Park
Shafer, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
To support the residency and exhibition program for emerging and established artists. Artists will be provided housing, work space, technical and studio assistance, materials, a stipend, and exhibition space.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$96,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on international fiction and emerging and mid-career writers. Scheduled authors include Alyson Hagy, Jeffrey Allen, Robert Boswell, Per Petterson, Bernardo Atxaga, Nathacha Appanah, Tiphanie Yanique, and Maile Chapman.

Guthrie Theatre Foundation (aka Guthrie Theater)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of David Henry Hwang's award-winning play M. Butterfly. Peter Rothstein, artistic director of Theater Latté Da, will direct the production, and Randy Reyes will play Song Liling, the Chinese opera diva who beguiles a French diplomat.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc. (aka In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre)
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and production of Zenteotl: First Corn Energy. The In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre production will be written and designed by Deborah Ramos and directed by Artistic Director Sandy Spieler.

Illusion Theater & School, Inc. (aka Illusion Theater)
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development and premiere of an adaptation of My Ántonia by Allison Moore. Executive Producing Director Michael H. Robins will direct.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$66,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of works of poetry, fiction, and an anthology. Scheduled authors include Eric Gansworth, Kira Henehan, Éireann Lorsung, and Arra Lynn Ross.

Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Perpetuating Bluegrass. The project will support the propagation of bluegrass music through workshops, performance evaluation, and informative radio programming.

Minnesota Opera Company
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of Donizetti's Roberto Devereux. Based on Francois Ancelot's Elisabeth d'Angleterre and featuring a text by Salvatore Cammaran, the opera centers on the tragic love affair between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, Earl of Sussex.

Minnesota Orchestral Association
Minneapolis, MN
$42,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute. The professional development project will be co-directed by the institute's composer and new music adviser Aaron Jay Kernis and artistic planning associate Beth Cowart.

Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a collaborative performance of Sva by Ragamala Dance Theatre and Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara. Related activities will include a community dancing workshop and master classes for college percussion students.

Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the advancement of the theater's new play initiative. The project will give continued life to newly commissioned works by supporting early productions.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Saint Paul, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the International Children's Festival. Artists from varying cultural backgrounds will perform in a variety of artistic genres in presentations targeted for children and their families.

Pangea World Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a collaboration with Teatro del Pueblo for the Women of Color Project. The project is designed to enhance the skills of female artists of color, and will culminate in a co-production of La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca.

Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the year-long Ruth Easton Lab. The project fosters the development of new work by the center's Core Writers through multi-day workshops offered throughout the year.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the expansion of Yathra (Journey) by choreographers Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, from a 25-minute piece into an evening-length work. Ragamala will present the expanded Yathra for its home audiences in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and on a national tour.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of the Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a national circulation of 18,000 copies.

Rose Ensemble
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Voices of Venice and Rome: The Glory of Italian Renaissance Music. Under the artistic direction of Jordan Sramek, the British a cappella choral group Voces8 will collaborate with the ensemble in performances, workshops, and master classes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
Saint Paul, MN
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Living Composers Project. The orchestra will perform new works by American composer Steven Stucky and Italian composer Michele Dall'Ongaro, as well as works by John Adams, Thomas Ades, Louis Andressen, and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Smith, Gregory Blake
Northfield, MN
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Theater Mu Incorporated (aka Mu Performing Arts)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang. Artistic Director Rick Shiomi will direct the production.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support New Models of Integration, a dance and music residency program. As part of the University's Northrop Presents series, the program will include performances, outreach activities, and an Arts and Ideas Festival.

VocalEssence
Minneapolis, MN
$32,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Witness program. An annual celebration of contributions by African Americans, the program will feature the a cappella all-female ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock.


Number of Grants: 34          Total Amount: $866,500

 
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