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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.
NEBRASKA
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artists Communities
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a monthly stipend for two- to four-month residencies. Metropolitan Community College
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the annual Great Plains Theatre Conference. The conference will feature a production of Ma-Chu-Nah-Zha: I am a Person by playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle, commemorating the 130th anniversary of Standing Bear's trial. Museum of Nebraska Art
Kearney, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support an exhibition and related catalogue of African American artists who have lived or are living in Nebraska. The museum will partner with the state's Educational Service Units to promote the exhibit to schools. Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support I Hear America Singing: The Neligh Mill Jamboree. The July Fourth concert will emphasize the state's divergent music traditions such as country, mariachi, gospel, and pow-wow. Omaha Performing Arts Society
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Africa Project Tour: Nebraska. Banjo player Bela Fleck will collaborate with African musicians on performances, workshops, and residency activities. University of Nebraska at Lincoln (on behalf of University of Nebraska Press)
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of translated fiction and literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Featured authors include Isabelle Eberhardt, Édouard Glissant, Olivier Rolin, Ana María Shua, Toni Jensen, Terese Svoboda, Robert Vivian, Fleda Brown, Ellen Cassedy, Sonya Huber, Patrick Madden, David Mogen, Jon Pineda, and Tracy Seeley.
Number of Grants: 6 Total Amount: $85,000
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