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FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence II/American Masterpieces/
Arts on Radio and Television/Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnerships

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

FLORIDA

Arts & Cultural Affairs Department, Tampa (aka City of Tampa, Art Programs)
Tampa, FL
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Lights on Tampa, a biennial public art project that brings the work of major and emerging contemporary artists to downtown Tampa. A jury of professionals with expertise in media technologies will select a group of qualified artists to design, fabricate, and install artworks.

Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (Consortium)
Eatonville, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support A Walk Through the Harlem Renaissance: The Zora Neale Hurston Concert. In partnership with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, the commissioned work will include an orchestral piece by composer Adolphus Hailstork and accompanying narration by playwright Lynn Nottage.

Barry University
Miami Shores, FL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Carnival Arts program. Local artists will conduct a series of workshops in traditional carnival arts from Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Colombia, Italy, West Africa, and New Orleans for teen residents in the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services' youth crisis shelters.

Cathedral Arts Projects Inc
Jacksonville, FL
$17,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Changing Young Lives Through the Arts. Every week of the school year, Duval County Public School students will receive two afternoons of instruction in dance, music, and visual arts from teaching artists who serve as mentors.

City of Tarpon Springs, Florida (on behalf of Tarpon Springs Cultural Treasures Program)
Tarpon Springs, FL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Tarpon Springs Greek Folk Arts Initiative. The project will revitalize the traditional Greek culture of Tarpon Springs through public programs, a festival, and workshops featuring local and Grecian folk artists.

Coaching the Global Village
Palm Coast, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the War Veterans' Book Project. A series of workshops will be held in eight different cities, providing returning present-day veterans the opportunity to create books that document their personal war experiences.

Dance Alive!, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support The Century Project. The outreach program, targeted to seniors and K-12 students in rural Louisiana, will include presentations of contemporary and classical dance.

Florida Department of State/ Division of Cultural Affairs
Tallahassee, FL
$950,600
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Florida Department of State/Division of Cultural Affairs (on behalf of Florida Folklife Program)
Tallahassee, FL
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Florida Folklife Program. Core activities will include fieldwork, the Folklife Apprenticeship Program, and the presentation of Florida folklife through festivals and exhibits.

Florida International University
Miami, FL
$38,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support continued planning for the reinterpretation and reinstallation of The Wolfsonian Florida International University Design Collection. The Wolfsonian will conduct a design charrette to finalize its plan to reinstall the museum's permanent collection galleries.

Historical Association of Southern Florida, Inc. (aka Historical Museum of Southern Florida)
Miami, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Florida Jai-Alai Project. The project will document the traditions associated with the sport of jai-alai in Florida with artifacts, interviews, and photography.

Lynn University
Boca Raton, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Chamber Masterworks Celebration. Plans include performances of American chamber music by guest artists, faculty, and students; outreach programs in high schools; a master class; a live radio broadcast; and a showcase concert at the Florida Music Teachers of America conference.

Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Inc.
Jupiter, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a production of Academy, a new, full-length musical by Artistic Director Andrew Kato, with book, music, and lyrics by John Mercurio. Education and outreach activities will include a class on musical theater development for community members, workshops with students at area schools, and talkback opportunities for audience members.

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Cultura del Lobo performance series. The project will focus on contemporary work that explores world cultures.

Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 15th Miami Hispanic Ballet Festival. The festival will feature a Ballet Performance Series, Dance Film Series, dance workshops, and ballet master classes.

Miami Light Project, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation and presentation of Fat Boy. Conceived by writer/director Teo Castellanos; the work will explore world poverty and hunger juxtaposed with issues of over-consumption, waste, and consumerism.

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (aka Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs)
Miami, FL
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the creation and implementation of the Open Access Theatre Series. The project is a comprehensive ADA/accessible theater arts program featuring audio description, Computer-Assisted Real-Time (CART) captioning, and shadow-interpreted theater performances for South Florida audiences.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the educational outreach program Passport to Music: The Composer is Dead, by author Lemoney Snicket and composer Nathaniel Stookey. In partnership with the Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra), the project will comprise activities for teachers and students from elementary grade levels to high school.

Murray Dranoff Foundation, Inc.
Miami, FL
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support PIANO SLAM - The Music Speaks. The project will present inner city middle and high school students in a musical performance and arts education collaboration at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

Mystery Park Arts Company, Inc. (aka SoBe Institute of the Arts)
Miami Beach, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support American Independents/Music of Transcendence, performances, master classes, and lectures by the SoBe Arts Chamber Ensemble. Programming will include works by Charles Ives, Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Earle Brown, Shulamit Ran, and Mark O'Connor.

Pensacola Opera, Inc. (Consortium)
Pensacola, FL
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support From Words to Music, an in-school project in which students produce an opera. In partnership with the School District of Escambia County, students learn to write, compose, design, produce, and perform their own operas based on a text that they study in the classroom.

PlayGround Theatre, Inc.
Miami Shores, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Theater Inclusion Program. Artistic Director Stephanie Ansin and All Children Together inclusion specialist Lee Morgenstern will collaborate with VSA Arts of Florida.

Portrait Society of America, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support educational activities, a catalogue, and online resources related to an exhibition titled Inspiring Figures. The exhibition of work by American women figurative artists is organized by a committee of the Portrait Society and will be held at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio.

Salvador Dalí Museum, Inc. (aka The Dali)
St. Petersburg, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the reinstallation of the permanent collection. The project includes framing, moving, interpretation, installation, and lighting of the permanent collection of Dalí's works into a new Dalí Museum currently under construction in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of the Sir Frederick Ashton Ballet Tribute, which consists of a series of educational lectures, performances, and a symposium. The dances involved in the project include Capriol Suite, Valses nobles et sentimentale, and Foyer de Danse.

School Board of Sarasota County
Sarasota, FL
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support The Arts: Language for Learning program. A five-day professional development institute and mid-year follow-up sessions will train classroom teachers to analyze, interpret, and reflect on works of art and create lessons that integrate arts learning with other subjects.

South Florida Art Center, Inc. (aka ArtCenter/South Florida)
Miami Beach, FL
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Story Time. A series of book-making workshops will be offered to children and their parents or caregivers who have little access to arts programming or artists.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production and presentation of the award-winning XXV International Hispanic Theater Festival of Miami, with accompanying educational activities. Producing Artistic Director Mario Ernesto Sanchez will direct the festival of multilingual productions of contemporary works and classical adaptations by internationally renowned companies from Latin America, Europe, and the U.S.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble XI will take place in partnership with the Florida Dance Association, an organization that serves, supports, and promotes the development of dance in Florida.


Number of Grants: 29          Total Amount: $1,673,100

 
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