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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.

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ArtStreet. Designed to give homeless artists access to art-making opportunities and mentorship, the project is a partnership with the National Hispanic Heritage Cultural Center and the Harwood Art Center.

Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces Foundation (on behalf of Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference)
Las Cruces, NM
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 17th Annual Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference. The project will showcase traditions of mariachi music and Mexican folkloric dance through workshops, performances, and a festival.

Chatter - A Chamber Ensemble
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support community engagement concerts. Plans include concerts with ensemble musicians performing side by side with members of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony and concerts of music by living African American composers with one work featuring the Albuquerque Boy Choir.

City of Santa Fe, New Mexico (aka City of Santa Fe Arts Commission)
Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission's ArtWorks. The program provides professional development in aesthetic education for elementary school teachers, school staff, and teaching artists, resulting in arts lesson plans that will be implemented during the school year.

Cornerstones Community Partnerships (aka Cornerstones)
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Summer Youth Training Program and community work days. Participants will learn traditional building skills while helping to restore adobe missions in Mora County, New Mexico.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Santa Fe, NM
$23,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Art and Leadership Program for Girls and Boys. Teaching artists will work with youth in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico to learn to create art using a variety of techniques and engage in discussion workshops providing a secure base for self-expression on themes of culture, identity, and body image.

National Dance Institute New Mexico (aka NDI-NM)
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Dancing to Excellence: Albuquerque Program. Students attending Albuquerque public elementary schools will receive weekly, in-school and after-school dance classes and will perform in a culminating performance at the end of the year.

National Institute of Flamenco
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the tour of a series of flamenco performances. Three performance groups of the National Institute of Flamenco--Ninos Flamencos, Alma Flamenca, and Yjastros: The American Flamenco Company--will perform 116 performances in theaters and open-air community venues throughout rural New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado.


New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$793,900
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Outpost Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Fifth Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival. In partnership with the Santa Fe-based Lensic Performing Arts Center, the festival will feature NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi (2007) with her quartet, and she will lead the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra in a program dedicated to her works.

Outside In Productions (Consortium)
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Youth With Promise. In partnership with El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, the program will offer classes in dance, guitar, and visual arts for adjudicated youth.

Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation (aka Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program)
Roswell, NM
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for artists. Artists will be provided a private house with studio, technical facilities, and a monthly stipend for a year-long residency opportunity.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
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.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$12,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the American Composer Residency Project. The festival will host composers Christopher Rouse and Sean Shepherd.

Santa Fe New Music, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Music & Word: American Masters, a performance and educational project. The ensemble will perform works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers George Crumb (1968), David Lang (2008), and Lewis Spratlan (2000).

Society of the Muse of the Southwest
Taos, NM
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support literary events that unite the Hispanic, American Indian, and Caucasian communities of Northern New Mexico. Activities include public readings, youth mentoring, and an annual storytelling festival.

Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The project will host companies from around the world performing in venues throughout Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

University of New Mexico Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the documentation of the technique, methodology, and philosophy of dancer, choreographer, and educator Hanya Holm (1893-1992). Holm shaped generations of dancers including Alwin Nikolais, Mary Anthony, Valerie Bettis, Don Redlich, and Glen Tetley.

Working Classroom, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$48,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Multicultural Street Conservatory. The Working Classroom Theater and Visual Arts Training Program will provide professional training in visual arts and theater in both English and Spanish.


Number of Grants: 19          Total Amount: $1,217,400

 
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