NEA 2010 GRANT AWARDS: State Listings (Access to Artistic Excellence II/ American Masterpieces/Arts on Radio and Television/ Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth/Partnership Agreements)


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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 YORK

3-Legged Dog, Inc (aka 3-LD)
New York City, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Cooperative Professional Resources Residency Program. Residencies will provide space, expert consultations for artists, and equipment, including access to the Art and Technology Center for the creation of new work.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. (aka Harlem Stage)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support commissioning, long-term residencies, and presentation of the WaterWorks and Harlem Stride series at Harlem Stage. Commissioned artists will create and perform new works, and other artists will participate in residencies that will advance the development of new works scheduled for production the following season.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. (aka Harlem Stage)
New York, NY
$42,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Fats Waller Project, presented at Harlem Stage. Composer/pianist Jason Moran will create a program that will explore Waller's music and include performances, films, discussions with musicians and scholars, original recordings, and video and photography exhibitions.

Academy of American Poets, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support National Poetry Month in 2011. In partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English, the Academy will sponsor outreach programs designed to encourage Americans to make poetry a larger part of their lives.

Alianza Dominicana, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Conjunto Folklorico, a dance, instrument, mask-making, and arts and crafts apprenticeship project. The apprenticeship activities will be enhanced by instructing students in traditional 19th-century African Dominican games.

Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Inclusion Project. The project aims to ensure full inclusion of people of color and those with disabilities in all areas of nonprofit theater.

Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc. (aka A.R.T./New York)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Nancy Quinn Fund Technical Assistance Program and the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Theatre Leadership Institute. Both programs will provide administrative and managerial training for theaters.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support AileyCamp New York, a summer program that includes dance training, creative writing and visual arts instruction, and personal development and communication workshops. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater program, in partnership with the Children's Aid Society, will take place in Washington Heights and Staten Island.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and presentation of Mary Lou's Mass, choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1971. The work features music by American composer Mary Lou Williams.

Alwan Foundation (aka Alwan for the Arts)
New York City, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of documentary films for Alwan for the Arts' New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival and presentation of the Sacred Music Festival. Filmmaker Nigel Nobel and composer/musicologist Jihad Racy will direct the project components.

American Brass Chamber Music Association, Inc. (aka American Brass Quintet)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a multi-state performance tour by the American Brass Quintet, and related residency activities. Each two- to three-day residency will include as many as seven performance and/or educational events, based on the repertoire of American composers such as Stephen Foster, Trevor Gureckis, Shafer Mahoney, David Sampson, and Joan Tower.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute. In partnership with the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and through a series of seminars, workshops, concerts, and new music reading sessions, the institute will be designed to add jazz compositions to the symphony orchestra's repertoire.

American Craft Council
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the digitization and preservation of Your Portable Museum, a significant historical craft slide archive from the latter half of the 20th century. The collection of more than 8,000 slides documenting specific Craft Council exhibitions and work by stellar 20th-century artists will be organized in theme-based kits produced for dissemination through borrowing, rent, or sale.

American Documentary, Inc. (aka P.O.V.)
New York, NY
$265,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging, and promotion of films for broadcast on the public television series P.O.V. ("point of view"). As the longest running PBS series devoted exclusively to the art of independent, non-fiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks rarely found in the mainstream media to national audiences.

American Museum of the Moving Image (aka Museum of the Moving Image)
Astoria, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Moving Image Source. The website is a resource for students, curators, scholars, filmmakers, and others interested in the moving image.

Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Bob Marley: His World, His Legacy, a series of music, literature, and visual arts presentations. A symposium will be held to address the life and work of Marley, and Review magazine will publish an issue dedicated to his legacy.

Aperture Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support touring exhibitions of the American photographer Paul Strand's (1890-1976) work in Mexico, with accompanying catalogue. A large exhibition of 114 vintage and master prints, film stills, and a film screening will be complemented by a smaller exhibition of 20 images expressly designed for smaller venues with more limited budgets and space.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support research and scripting for The Greatest Jubilee, the production of a film about the music at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

API Arts and Outreach, Inc
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production costs for a documentary film by producer/director Daniel Anker. Intended for PBS's American Masters series, Sidney Lumet: The Moral Lens will examine the life and work of the American filmmaker.

Apollo Theater Foundation
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support The Oral History Project. During a six-week, in-school oral history program, fourth- and fifth-grade students will learn to interview adults in their community to document the rich history of the Apollo Theater as a cultural icon, and interpret what they learn though original storytelling and dramatic presentations.

Art 21, Inc. (aka Art21)
New York, NY
$110,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support development of educational activities and online resources for Art:21 —Art in the Twenty-First Century. The public television series about contemporary visual art creates intimate profiles of America's diverse artists and the contexts in which they work.

Art 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the sixth season of Art: 21 Art in the Twenty-First Century and the film William Kentridge: Anything is Possible. A public television series about contemporary visual art and artists in the United States, Art: 21 will yield as many as four one-hour programs as well as ancillary outreach activities.

Art Council Inc. (aka Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support residencies for visual artists by Artadia. Participating artists will be provided with studio space, housing, subsistence stipends, and a materials budget for a three-month residency in partnership with the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York City.

Art Resources Transfer, Inc. (aka A.R.T. Press)
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Distribution to Underserved Communities Program. A.R.T. Press will offer books, museum catalogues, videos, and other material about contemporary art free-of-charge to libraries across the nation, with a special emphasis on rural areas and inner cities.

Arts Center & Theatre of Schenectady, Inc. (aka Proctors Theatre)
Schenectady, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Stories That Dance, a community outreach program with Proctors Theatre and Northeast Ballet Company, targeting students in third through fifth grades. Students will write stories that will be turned into professional dance productions, performed at the historic Proctors Theatre.

Arts Council for Chautauqua County
Jamestown, NY
$14,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Jamestown High School Media Arts Project. Media arts educators will provide instruction in filmmaking, recording, broadcasting, and digital design to high school students throughout the school year.

Arts Engine, Inc. (aka Media That Matters Film Festival/MediaRight) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Elizabeth Mandel, Beth Davenport, and Katy Chevigny. Working in collaboration with Mapendo International, Arts Engine will tell the story of Rose and Nangabire (working title), a mother and daughter separated because of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently reunited.

Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. (aka ARC)
NYC, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Eye On Dance Archive Legacy Project. Materials in this archive, including videotapes, photographs, dance periodicals, artist notes, studies, and educational material dating back to 1976, will be organized and catalogued for easy public access.

ASCAP Foundation
New York, NY
$36,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Music Camp. Public school students living in New York City's five boroughs will receive free music training, with an emphasis on increased performance skills.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc. (aka A4)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support A4's Professional Development Series. Artists and arts groups will participate in gatherings, panel discussions, and online forums.

Asian American Writers' Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support programs that nurture Asian American writers and build audiences for Asian American literature. Activities include Neighborhood Words, a reading series in the outer boroughs of New York, and the Asian American Literary Festival.

Association of Art Museum Directors Educational Foundation, Inc. (aka Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD))
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Engaging Art Museums, Communities, and the Public program. The project will assist museums across the country in placing stories about community-based programs in local print and broadcast media.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the preservation of the collective historical materials of Ballet Hispanico and founder Tina Ramirez. In partnership with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College, the company will create a system to collect, document, and preserve the materials.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and presentation of choreographer Tally Beatty's 1975 masterwork Tres Cantos. The work will be restaged and performed in New York City at the Joyce Theater and on Ballet Hispanico's national tour.

Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a tuition-free ballet training program. The program, founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, provides pre-professional arts training including an integrated public academic education and a student performance troupe.

Bang on a Can, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Summer Institute of Music, an experimental music residency for composers and performers. In partnership with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the program will include free concerts and outreach activities in low-income communities and at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams.

Bard College
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the exhibition Knoll Textiles in Modern Furniture and Interiors, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will consider the individuals and ideas that helped shape the identity of Knoll textiles from its founding in the early 1940s to the present.

Bard College (on behalf of Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of performances during the SummerScape Festival at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. The festival's thematic approach will focus on a major composer, remount rarely performed works, and present the work of influential choreographers.

Bard College
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging, performance, and documentation of Continuous Replay, choreographed in 1977 by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. The work will be set on Bard College dance students.

Bard College
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support American Masterpieces on the Road. Chamber music by American composers will be performed by ensembles comprising students and faculty, along with related residency activities at Bard College Conservatory of Music and in venues around the region.

Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. (Consortium)
Poughkeepsie, NY
$17,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Young Playwrights Festival Program. In partnership with Poughkeepsie City School District, the project will place playwright Casey Kurti and actor Geordarna Poulten in 10-week residencies for sixth-graders in four schools, culminating in performances by professional actors of plays written by the students.

Baryshnikov Dance Foundation (aka Baryshnikov Arts Center/BAC)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of residencies, performances, festivals, and screenings at the Jerome Robbins Theater and the Howard Gilman Performance Space. Dance, music, theater, film, and multimedia artists will also participate in a variety of residency activities.

Bowery Arts and Science, Ltd.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support The Wor(l)d in New York: Poetry and Community. In partnership with Rattapallax, the project will celebrate ethnic poetry traditions in New York City with a series of readings, a web-based directory, and a bilingual anthology.

Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Teen Council. Students will receive training in media arts to produce a series of visual works, podcasts, and DVDs.

Bronx River Art Center, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Dialects. The multi-faceted project includes artists' exhibitions, professional development for artists, and a mentorship program for students and the community.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. (aka BAM)
Brooklyn, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support BAM's annual Next Wave Festival. The festival will feature contemporary and international performing artists.

Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Once Upon A Time in Brooklyn: Traditional Storytellers and Their Tales. The project will identify, document, and present traditional storytellers practicing their art in a natural context.

Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the expansion of the 1st Thursday DUMBO Gallery Walk. In partnership with the DUMBO Improvement District, the project will highlight the area's galleries and visual arts groups.

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support jazz concerts and related educational activities. NEA Jazz Master drummer Jimmy Cobb and multi-instrumentalist Howard Johnson with their bands will perform the music of jazz legends.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc. (on behalf of Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the American Masterpieces Series, presented as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival. Programming will explore the impact of immigration in America through master works in dance, music, and film.

Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Brooklyn Independents literary series and the Russian Literary Series. The latter will feature Russian fiction writers, poets, journalists, critics, and filmmakers reading and presenting in Russian to Brooklyn's large population of Russian speakers.

Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation of ROAD TRIP.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc. (aka DanceBrazil)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of A Jornada (The Path) by Capoeira Mestre Jelon Vieira. The work will premiere in New York City as part of DanceBrazil's 2011 home season and spring tour.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc.
Katonah, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Pursuing the Pulitzer, a series of American chamber music concerts and educational activities. Two programs of Pulitzer Prize-winning composers juxtaposed with those who have heretofore not won the prize will take place during the Caramoor Festival.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances and educational activities by Ensemble ACJW. In partnership with the Juilliard School, performances by the ensemble will take place at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, and Skidmore College and in other school and community venues.

Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and related costs for the national broadcast of the 120th anniversary of the first concert performed at Carnegie Hall featuring the New York Philharmonic.

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a graduate conservation internship. The internship will focus on the conservation of a 17th-century tapestry from the cathedral's collection of 12 Barberini tapestries.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support an annual week-long writing retreat for emerging African American poets.

Center for Arts Education
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the School Arts Support Initiative. Teaching artists in underserved New York City middle schools will design and lead a series of classroom lessons that will integrate the imparting of artistic skills and techniques, the study of representative works of art, and the creation or performance of original work in one or more artistic domains.

Center for the Arts at Ithaca (aka Hangar Theatre)
Ithaca, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the integration of a deaf lighting designer into the creative team for a mainstage production. The Hangar Theatre project will allow all rehearsals, production meetings, and technical rehearsals to be ASL-interpreted.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc. (aka CTMD) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the An-sky Initiative for Jewish Culture. In collaboration with the Center for Jewish History, the project will document and present Yiddish performing traditions found in New York City

Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Inc. (aka CTMD)
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Community Cultural Initiatives. The project will identify, document, and present traditional artists from immigrant and ethnic neighborhoods throughout the New York City metropolitan area.

Chamber Music America, Inc. (aka CMA)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the development and dissemination of information for the NEA's American Masterpieces Chamber Music initiative. Through a variety of promotional showcases, including Chamber Music magazine and Chamber Music America's website, materials will be developed to generate interest in the initiative, serve as a resource on repertoire to be performed, and document the success of individual projects funded.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York City, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of American chamber music, radio broadcasts, and educational activities. Eight programs will feature American repertoire in concerts at Alice Tully Hall and at the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio at Lincoln Center.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York City, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of a radio series of chamber music performances. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is a 26-part series of one-hour segments distributed by the WFMT Radio Network.

Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Residency Program, free facility space, and stipends for theater groups and visual artists. Venues will include a black-box theater, galleries, and window stages.

Children's Media Project
Poughkeepsie, NY
$34,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support DROP TV, a youth-produced television show. Working with professional media artists, high school students will study all aspects of media arts and create programs for broadcast.

Children's Theatre Company
New York, NY
$29,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Building Character Onstage. Youth will participate in the creation, production, and performance of plays and musicals that reflect and explore diverse racial, ethnic, and religious communities.

Circus Amok, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Circus Amok Parks Tour 2010 and the development and performance of a new original circus/theater work. Artistic Director Jennifer Miller will direct and lead the development process with participating artists and community members and organizations.

City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Telling Stories: Exploring Culture through the Arts. The project will integrate folk arts and community study with grade-level social studies, art, and language arts curriculum units.

Classical Recording Foundation, Inc.
Pelham, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances and a recording of string quartets by composer Fred Lerdahl. The Daedalus String Quartet will present and discuss the three string quartets by Lerdahl at area public schools and record the works to be released on Bridge Records.

Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Inc. (aka CSV)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Fiestas Around the Year: Folk Arts and Festivals in Five New York City Communities. The project will present a series of day-long celebrations, marking holidays from various Latino communities in New York City.

College Art Association
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ARTspace, a programming component during the annual conference of the College Art Association. Designed to engage the artist members, ARTspace sessions are offered free-of-charge and include activities such as live interviews with prominent artists; film, video, and multimedia screenings; performances; and presentations scheduled throughout the annual conference.

Columbia University in the City of New York (on behalf of Miller Theatre)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support performances of American chamber music at Miller Theater with related educational activities. Six concerts will take place during the free Lunchtime Concert Series in Philosophy Hall on the university campus.

Community-Word Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support artist residencies in creative writing. Teams of teaching artists, in collaboration with classroom teachers, will work with students, ages 7 to 17, attending underserved schools to develop creative writing skills.

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
$90,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Saturday Outreach Program. The project will provide underserved New York City high school students free studio visual arts education in the subjects of drawing, basic design, sculpture, and graphic design.

Cornell University (on behalf of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art)
Ithaca, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Objects and Their Makers: New Insights (OMNI) program at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. OMNI will offer grade- and culture-specific learning units including classroom instruction by museum staff, museum visits, a teacher institute, and artist-led workshops focused on the arts of Africa, China, Japan, Tibet, Southeast Asia, pre-Columbian art, and Native American art.

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (aka CLMP)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support technical assistance and capacity-building programs for large, mid-size, and small independent magazines and presses. Services and resources will include an interactive website offering access to media databases and virtual roundtable discussions, as well as workshops, one-on-one mentoring, and networking opportunities.

Creative Center, Inc. (aka Creative Center for Women with Cancer)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the New York City Hospital Artists-in-Residence Program and Training Institute for Healthcare Artists. The project will promote the value of the arts in the healing process and provide access to quality art instruction by professional artists.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation and tour of How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? The tour of the multimedia performance/installation, conceived by interdisciplinary artist Ralph Lemon, will include educational activities.

Culture Project
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of RAM: The abduction of Sita into darkness, writer/director Yael Farber's stage adaptation of the Indian epic poem The Ramayana, with accompanying outreach and educational activities. Farber will direct in collaboration with Artistic Director Allan Buchman, and composer John McLaughlin and the Shakti Ensemble will compose music for the production.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Merce Cunningham Dance Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the revival and digital preservation of Merce Cunningham's Antic Meet, choreographed in 1958. In partnership with the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the dance will be integrated into the active touring repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's final two-year world tour.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and digital documentation of the dance Roaratorio, created by choreographer Merce Cunningham. The dance will be part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's final two-year Legacy tour, and will be documented to facilitate future study and performance of the work.

Cygnus Ensemble, Inc.
Mount Vernon, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the recording of works by composer Frank Brickle. Works for solo piano or chamber ensemble will be included on the compact disc that will be produced by Furious Artisans Records.

Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a chamber ensemble performance tour and residency activities. The multiple-state tour will involve concerts, public school performances, open rehearsals, and programs for retirement communities.

Dance Films Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$16,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the national tour of the Dance on Camera Festival. The festival will include domestic and international films and related educational outreach activities.

Dance Ring (aka New York Theatre Ballet)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support New York Theatre Ballet's revival of Septet, choreographed in 1953 by Merce Cunningham. The work will be performed to Erik Satie's Troix Morceaux en Forme de Poire.

Dance Theatre Etcetera, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$32,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Art for At-Risk Youth. With Good Shepherds Services Dance Theatre Etcetera, the project will provide in-school and after-school arts courses and workshops in visual arts, theater, poetry, and filmmaking at three Brooklyn high schools that specialize in serving chronically truant youth.

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY
$33,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Alvin Ailey's classic work The Lark Ascending (1972). The piece will premiere in New York City as part of a shared program with the Manhattan School of Music, mark Stage II of Dance Theatre of Harlem's re-launch as a professional performing entity, and subsequently tour nationally.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a dance residency. In partnership with the Maggie Allessee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University, choreographers Juliette Mapp and David Neumann will pursue artistic research and experimentation.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$150,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Season of Returns, a project highlighting works by choreographers John Kelly, Meredith Monk, Trisha Brown, and Yvonne Meier. Each presentation will include pre- and post-performance discussions.

Dancewave, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$28,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Kids Company, a program in which teens train with emerging American choreographers. Designed to provide a solid foundation in dance technique and choreographic styles, students train for approximately 14 weeks with each guest artist.

Dancing Crane, Inc. (aka Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Theater)
Warwick, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Children's Georgian Dance Class and Performance Ensemble. Master artists who were trained in the nation of Georgia and now live in the United States will teach traditional Georgian dance.

Dancing in the Street, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the fourth annual Hip-Hop Generation Next. The festival will include performances at Lincoln Center Out of Doors; a block party in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn; performances in Queensbridge and St. Mary's parks, and on Staten Island; and a film/panel discussion about hip-hop culture at the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in Queens.

District 75/New York City Department of Education
New York, NY
$14,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the PS 37R Arts Academy. Marquis Studios teaching artists working closely with classroom teachers and other school staff will lead visual arts and creative movement residencies in four classrooms of children who have autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and performance of Doug Varone's choreographic work, Ballet Mécanique (2001). The New York City premiere and subsequent tour will include residency and education and outreach activities.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc. (aka DCTV)
New York, NY
$95,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.

Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Directors Project. Artistic Director Roger Danforth will lead a national comprehensive career development program for emerging theater directors.

DreamYard Drama Project, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$37,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the DreamYard Out of School Programs for Teens. Professional artists will mentor Bronx middle and high school students to develop skills in poetry, theater, dance, and visual arts and prepare them for culminating exhibitions and performances.

Dynamic Forms, Inc. (aka Mark DeGarmo & Dancers)
New York, NY
$11,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Partnerships in Literacy Through Dance and Creativity. Teaching artists will partner with classroom teachers in Lower Manhattan to help students develop dance and literacy skills.

El Puente de Williamsburg, Inc. (Consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the El Puente Summer Arts Camp. With partnering organization Teatro Circulo, Ltd., the summer camp will provide pre-professional, technical training in dance, drama, and visual arts.

El Puente de Williamsburg, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Educational Opportunity in the Arts. The project will implement the Integrated Arts Project model curricula integrating academic and artistic disciplines at two New York City public high schools, the El Puente Academy and the Academy for Young Writers.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance (aka Music Program of Special Music School/Merkin)
New York, NY
$67,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Kaufman Center's Music Program at the Special Music School. The program includes free private instrumental lessons, performance opportunities, and classes in theory, music history, and chorus to students in a school for musically gifted children in New York City.

Epic Theatre Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$32,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Journeys Series program. Artist residencies will take place in New York public high schools, with teaching artists leading students in the study of classical and modern plays.

Ethel's Foundation for the Arts
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a compact disc recording and online documentation of TruckStop: The Beginning, collaborations with artists from indigenous cultures. The recording, tentatively titled Ethel's New York, will be released on Innova Records and online documentation of TruckStop will take the form of audio tracks, scores, and other digital material.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Foundation (aka Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture)
Bronx, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support BomPlenazo 2010, the Sixth Biennial of Afro Puerto Rican Culture. The project at the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will focus on Puerto Rican music and dance, with an emphasis on traditions particular to Mayaguez.

Evidence, Inc. (aka Evidence, A Dance Company)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of Ronald K. Brown's Destiny (1998). In celebration of the company's 25th anniversary, Evidence will present the work during its home season at the Joyce Theater in New York City, followed by a national tour.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Inc. (aka Flushing Town Hall)
Flushing, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Cultural Crossroads 2, featuring the presentation of world music and jazz at Flushing Town Hall. The project will present selected artists in public performance and include their participation in educational and community engagement activities.

Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Inc. (aka The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a production of The Golden Land, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Folksbiene Artistic Director and Yiddish musical theater artist Zalmen Mlotek will collaborate with actor/producer/agent Moishe Rosenfeld to produce the musical.

Fordham University
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Joyce Trisler's ballet Four Temperaments (1975). The work will be performed by Ailey/Fordham BFA students at the BFA Senior Concert in the Ailey Citigroup Theater.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation by the Bill T. Jones/ArnieZane Dance Company of The Lincoln Suite. The project will include dance performances and a pilot initiative of expanded public and education programs that will tour across the country.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of early duets by choreographers Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. The works will be performed on a national tour.

Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support expansion of Open Arts Network, a national collective of arts service organizations. The program will add career development training and health insurance information targeted for emerging artists in various urban cities outside New York City.

French Institute Alliance Francaise
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Crossing the Line Festival, featuring emerging artistic practices in the performing, visual, and media arts from France and the U.S. Commissions, residencies, and roundtable discussions will complement the series of performances and exhibitions at the Florence Gould Hall, the FIFA Gallery, and Le Skyroom.

Gametophyte, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the creation and presentation of Nameless Forest. The collaborative multidisciplinary performance will involve choreographer/video artist Dean Moss, Korean sculptor/poet Sungmyung Chun, photographer Mike Kamber, visual artist Gandalf Gavan, and composer Stephen Vitiello.

Genesee Street Corporation (aka Genesee Center for the Arts & Education)
Rochester, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Urban Youth Arts Education photography program at the Genessee Center for the Arts & Education. Mentored by professional photographers, students will learn about and practice the art of photography, reflect on their work and the work of others, and express their own creative vision by making and displaying their own work.

Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre Inc. (aka Digital Performance Institute/DPI)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support DPI's creation of the Performing Arts Database, an online source on performing arts productions and artists. The comprehensive database will contain information on specific productions in opera, music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary arts, including historical data on the practitioners, producers, presenters, and funders.

Global Kids, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Undesirable Elements theater project. Led by professional artists, high school students will study music, poetry, dance, and storytelling to create and perform an original theater work.

Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of emerging choreographers in a performance as part of the SummerDANZ festival. The performance will take place at The Playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center in New York.

Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley, Inc. (aka Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area)
Albany, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the New York Heritage Weekend. The event will celebrate the cultural and historical resources of the state by providing open access to historic sites and site-specific special events.

Gregg Smith Singers, Inc.
Yonkers, NY
$11,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Gregg Smith Singers Stravinsky Chronicles: 1960-1971. Online materials will document the ensemble's participation in the last years of the composer's life.

Groundswell Community Mural Project, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Leadership Institute. Teens will work under the tutelage of professional artists to create large-scale works of public art in New York City neighborhoods.

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of multimedia literary events showcasing small, alternative literary publications and the writers they publish. The Kitchen will partner with the journal n + 1 to promote and present the monthly series.

Haleakala, Inc. (aka The Kitchen)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support The Kitchen's Archive Project. Activities will include cataloguing of video and paper archives and re-mastering videotapes to preserve and make accessible the works created and presented during its 30-year history.

Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$33,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Artist in Residence Project, including the creation and presentation of new works. Artists will receive stipends; allotments for materials, fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.

Harlem Arts Alliance
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the initial launch activities of the Harlem International Exposition of the Arts, featuring the presentation of contemporary art by local, national, and international artists The event will showcase Harlem?s arts institutions, cultivate international cultural exchange, and feature presentations at traditional and non-traditional venues throughout Harlem.

Henry Street Settlement (aka Henry Street Settlement/Abrons ArtsCenter)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Abrons Arts Center Dance Ensemble and the Abrons Arts Center Junior Dance Ensemble. Students will study ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, salsa, and flamenco, and participate in a 16-week choreography workshop.

Hester Street Collaborative Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the People Make Parks (PMP) initiative. In partnership with the City Parks Foundation, Hester Street Collaborative will develop a toolkit manual and website to make the park design process broadly understandable and accessible for the public.

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation of an education program based on the work of artist Meredith Monk. In partnership with the Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, the program will be replicable for high schools and colleges throughout the United States.

Hudson Review, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support College Now, a free summer program for New York City high school students. In partnership with the City University of New York, the journal will distribute the anthology Writes of Passage: Coming-of-Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review to participating students for use in the classroom.

Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Inc.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Literary Reading Series, featuring emerging and established writers of poetry and prose. The goals of the project are to develop new audiences, inspire writers and readers of all levels, and encourage the work of independent literary journals and presses.

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Facility, Inc. (aka Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy)
Brooklyn, NY
$36,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support a dance education program for students in two schools in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project includes 16 weeks of instructing teaching artists in African and Afro-Brazilian dance to students in pre-kindergarten through third grade.

Independent Feature Project, Inc. (aka IFP)
Brooklyn, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Independent Film Week. The event provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.

Independent Filmworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane Wagner. Seeking Refuge will follow four torture survivors as they embark on their journeys of healing at the Program for Survivors of Torture at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Infinity Dance Theater Company, Ltd.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a series of workshops to provide dance educators and students with disabilities instruction in ballet and modern dance technique. The classes, led by Artistic Director Kitty Lunn, will be transposed for dancers with disabilities and will be conducted throughout the New York City metropolitan area as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Instituto Arte Teatral Internacional, Inc. (aka Teatro IATI)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Triple Play Tours. The project will bring full-length children's plays, theater workshops, and staged readings of new plays to diverse communities in underserved neighborhoods throughout the Northeast.

International Center of Photography (aka ICP)
New York, NY
$150,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition The Mexican Suitcase, with accompanying catalogue, scholarly publication, and interactive website. The exhibition and catalogue will display never before seen images from the Spanish Civil War taken by Robert Capa (1913-1954), David Seymour (1911-1956), and Gerda Taro (1910-1937).

International Film Seminars, Inc. (aka The Flaherty)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event, to be held at Colgate College in Hamilton, New York, will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.

Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance, Inc. (aka Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and tour of works by choreographer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927). These include Rakoczy March (1902), Slow March (1915), Marche Slave (1917), and The Crossing (1923).

Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (aka The Noguchi Museum) (Consortium)
Long Island City, NY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the symposium In Considering Legacy: Perspectives on Philip Johnson, Donald Judd, and Isamu Noguchi. Developed in partnership with the Judd Foundation, the project will explore topics related to the importance and challenges of preserving each artist's legacies.

Issue Project Room, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a concert version of composer Robert Ashley's opera Perfect Lives, with related educational activities. Plans include two composer-led performances; two lectures: one by composer/musicologist Alex Waterman and one by Ashley; and live online streaming video for both performances and lectures.

Japan Society, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Responding to, a visual arts education program. In partnership with the Smithtown School District, the project will pair two culturally and socio-economically disparate student groups for community-building through the study of Japanese art, art history, and culture.

Jazzmobile, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support A Touch of Taylor: A Life in Music, a performance and symposium program. Highlighting the music of NEA Jazz Master pianist, composer, educator, and humanitarian Dr. Billy Taylor, the program will feature performances by established and emerging artists and educational activities.

JazzReach Performing Art & Education Association
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a national tour of jazz education programs by resident ensemble Metta Quintet. Focused curriculum activities include master classes for student musicians, workshops, clinics, and concerts for general audiences.

José Limón Dance Foundation
New York, NY
$65,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the revival of José Limón's The Emperor Jones, choreographed in 1956. The revival will include a new set design and costumes, as well as a multidisciplinary educational package that will include excerpts from the theater, film, and opera versions of Eugene O'Neill's play.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Evening Stars, an outdoor dance festival that takes place in parks in Lower Manhattan. The project, in partnership with the Alliance for Downtown New York, will feature the Trisha Brown Dance Company as part of its 40th anniversary season.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of works by choreographers Jane Comfort and Molissa Fenley. A variety of educational activities will accompany the performances.

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Babel, a literary arts initiative that brings renowned international writers to western New York for readings and related outreach activities.

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc. (Consortium)
Buffalo, NY
$33,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Soundscapes. With the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, artists will teach visual, literary, and sound art to seventh-grade students in two Buffalo public schools.

Kings Majestic Corporation (aka 651 ARTS)
Brooklyn, NY
$100,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Ronald K. Brown: 25, a music and dance program presented by 651 ARTS. Performance and outreach activities will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the choreographer's dance group Evidence.

Kundiman, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2010 Asian American Poetry Retreat, offering artistic and professional development for emerging Asian American poets. The retreat includes workshops, readings, lectures, mentorship opportunities, and a public reading.

Kunqu Society, Inc.
Whitestone, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the presentation of The Jade Pin. The project will include a full performance of the 17th-century Kunqu classic, as well as a workshop and lecture-demonstration related to the opera.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte, created in 1986 by John Kelly. The work of dance, film, and music depicts the life of Viennese expressionist Egon Schiele (1890-1918).

La Troupe Makandal, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Tanbou program. The project provides weekly workshops in traditional African Haitian drumming to children, students, and adults.

Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of performances for underserved audiences. World music and dance artists will be presented access to affordable ticket prices will be provided for the Latino, Asian, and European communities in the Bronx.

Let My Children Hear Music, Inc. (Charles Mingus Institute)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a tour by the Mingus Orchestra, a radio broadcast, and educational activities by the Charles Mingus Institute. The 10-piece ensemble will perform works by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of the Lincoln Center Festival 2010. Performances will focus on dance, theater, opera, and music from New York City's rich cultural and artistic traditions and those from around the world.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Stories (Past & Present): American Experiences through Art Song, a performance and educational program by the Lincoln Center Institute. School performances of American art songs will be followed by classroom lessons co-planned by Institute teaching artists and classroom teachers.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education)
New York, NY
$165,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and broadcast of the television series Live From Lincoln Center. In 2011, the series will be aired on PBS stations in all 50 states, reaching an average of three million viewers per program.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts and Education)
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education's Focus Schools Collaborative. Music, dance, theater, and visual arts will be integrated into the curriculum of a cluster of New York City public schools.

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education (Consortium)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Local Learning in Lafayette Folk Artist Integration Project. In collaboration with the Acadiana Arts Council of Lafayette, Local Learning will train teams of educators and folk artists to design and produce classroom residences.

Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the inclusion of folk arts in education. The project will sustain and expand folk arts in education by connecting educators and students with folklorists, folk artists, and folk arts materials and training.

Los Pleneros de la 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Puerto Rican Music Project. The program will include a touring and residency project, bomba and plena community workshops, a Fiesta de Cruz, and a Fiesta Navideña.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc. (aka LMCC)
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support Workspace and Swing Space. The artist workspace programs will provide artists with the space and opportunity to create and present innovative new work.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Lar Lubovitch Dance Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Fandango, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch in 1989. The work will be performed to Ravel's Bolero.

MAPP International Productions Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the development and tour of red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb). In partnership with Youth Speaks, the multimedia performance work conceived by Marc Bamuthi Joseph will include poetry, movement, documentary footage, and music.

Marquis Studios, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$36,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Marquis pARTnership Program. Professional development will be provided for artists and teachers to design and implement arts curriculum in New York City schools.

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. (aka Martha Graham Dance Company)
New York, NY
$140,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a rehearsal period in preparation for touring and performances in New York. The Martha Graham Dance Company will rehearse new and existing works by Martha Graham and other choreographers.

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$150,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Martha Graham's ballet, Deaths and Entrances (1943). The ballet takes its name from a Dylan Thomas poem and draws from the life and work of writer Emily Brontë.

Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Crucible, created by choreographer Alwin Nikolais in 1985. The dance students will perform the work at the Marymount Manhattan Theater in New York City.

Maverick Concerts, Inc.
Woodstock, NY
$17,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Bernstein and Friends, a mini-festival celebrating the legacy of composer Leonard Bernstein. Programming will feature the composer's works for string quartet, piano trio, piano duo, and voice.

Melodious Accord, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a performance and recording project. The chorus will perform and record excerpts of Alice Parker's comic opera The Ponder Heart, based on the story by author Eudora Welty.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$230,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs associated with the national telecasts of Great Performances at the Met. Captured in high-definition video, the productions will be broadcast on PBS stations around the country, reaching an estimated audience of three million viewers.

Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
$51,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Dissemination of Opera Institute Practice. Two Guild-trained artist resource consultants will provide workshops with five Los Angeles Opera teaching artists, building the capacity of the Los Angeles Opera to support classroom teachers in arts learning.

Mill Street Loft, Inc.
Poughkeepsie, NY
$27,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft summer arts education programs. Professional teaching artists will lead after-school, evening, and full-time summer programs focused on portfolio development in the visual arts for teens.

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co.
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Dr. Beverly Robinson Community Folk Culture Program. The project will train interns to identify, document, and present folk artists in their communities.

Muller Works Foundation (aka Jennifer Muller/The Works)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support New Views/Next Stages, a series of education and community outreach initiatives by Jennifer Muller/TheWorks. The project will include in-school arts awareness programs for New York City school students, a presenting series to mentor emerging choreographers, and an extensive roster of public performances by the company.

Museum of Arts & Design (aka MAD)
New York, NY
$125,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Second Lives 2: Nature Revisited, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Second Lives 2 is the companion exhibition to the museum's 2008 inaugural exhibition titled Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary.

Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Collections Management Documentation of Object Locations project. The project will allow better control over the collection and serve the museum's collection review process.

National Black Programming Consortium
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support completion costs for a documentary film by Thomas Allen Harris. Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People will explore how photography provides a context for and a cultural representation of African American history.

National Black Programming Consortium
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the acquisition, packaging, and distribution of a curated film series about the arts and culture in the African diaspora. In its third year on public television, AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, will reach national audiences through American Public Television.

National Book Critics Circle
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the expansion of the National Book Critics Circle website and the Critical Mass literary blog. These online resources feature daily original content on book culture, industry news, previews, reviews, interviews, and multimedia coverage of awards events, readings, and panel discussions.

National Book Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support The Best of the National Book Awards Poetry campaign in honor of the foundation's 60th anniversary. The campaign, designed to highlight the work of the 50 poets who have won the award since 1950, will feature a daily blog/web page, posters, flyers, a printed timeline of winners, and public events in different regions of the country.

National Book Foundation, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support BookUpNYC, a 12-week program encouraging middle school students to read for pleasure. Presented in partnership with the Children's Aid Society, the after-school program is led by published writers who model good reading behavior and help students explore new ideas of literature.

National Dance Institute, Inc. (aka NDI)
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Advanced Scholarship Program. Licensed dance instructors will provide year-long, sequential dance training to advanced and motivated students, culminating in dance performances featuring choreography by Jacques d'Amboise and other NDI master teachers.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support professional development programs for leaders in the arts education field. Programs will include the National Conference for Community Arts Education and regional events and training sessions in Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), Austin, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver.

New 42nd Street, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the New Victory in the Classroom Residency Program. Designed and implemented in partnership with New York City Department of Education School District 15, the residency program allows students to experience professional productions at the New Victory Theater, after which residency artists teach performing arts techniques from a diverse range of cultures in a series of in-class workshops.

New Art Publications, Inc. (aka BOMB Magazine)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support artists' interviews and expansion of an online presence for BOMB Magazine. A quarterly arts publication, BOMB is distributed nationally to chain and independent bookstores, newsstands, and subscribers.

New England Dinosaur, Inc. (aka MICHAEL MAO DANCE)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support ESLdance: Learning English Through Dance, a 10-week dance program aimed at immigrant youth. Teaching artists from Michael Mao Dance teach students American Modern Dance and use movement to illustrate the structure of spoken American English.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support commissioned artwork for the Turbulence website. The project will provide for the creation, presentation, and distribution of new Internet-based works by nationally recognized artists.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the preservation of Turbulence.org's NET ART Commissions Archive. In partnership with Cornell University's Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, a catalogue will be created during the migration from server to DVD-ROM.

New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.
New York City, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of Zephyre, a French baroque acte de ballet by JeanPhilippe Rameau. The work will be choreographed by Catherine Turocy and performed in New York and Dallas.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a literary audio tour throughout the garden. Recordings will feature New York City-based writers reading their nature-inspired short stories, essays, or poems and commenting on what inspired them.

New York City Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Encores!, a series of staged concert productions of classic and lesser-known Broadway musicals. Musicals with original orchestrations and books will be staged by professional creative teams.

New York City Players, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the tour of a new dance theater project created by choreographer Sarah Michelson and the New York City Players' Artistic Director Richard Maxwell. The work will premiere at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and then will have its New York premiere at The Kitchen.

New York Classical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support free performances of classic works in New York's Central Park. Productions of Shakespeare's Richard III, Measure for Measure, and Moliere's The School for Husbands will be staged throughout a 12-acre area of the park.

New York Folklore Society, Inc. (Consortium)
Schenectady, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Conversations across Communities: Linking Latinos in New York State. In collaboration with Long Island Traditions, the project will convene a series of meetings of Latino folk artists from various locations across New York.

New York Folklore Society, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Folk and Traditional Arts Infrastructure. The project will continue a full-time folklorist position.

New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (on behalf of New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' documentation and preservation of significant dance and theater performances and oral histories by notable performing artists. Performances and oral histories will be recorded, and deteriorating oral history material will be conserved.

New York State Council on the Arts
New York, NY
$995,100
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Evening Lecture Series. The free program enables artists, scholars, critics, philosophers, and art historians to engage the public in a discussion of critical issues in the visual arts.

New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a re-imagining of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. The project represents the theater's sixth collaboration with Flemish director Ivo van Hove.

New York University (on behalf of The Drama Review)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the publication of The Drama Review. Founded in 1955 as The Carlton Drama Review and edited by Richard Schechner, The Drama Review documents global performance and issues in performance studies, theater, and dance.

New York Writers Coalition Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the sixth annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. The project will consist of a six-week series of free creative workshops for young people and a public reading.

New York Youth Symphony, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Making Score. The project will consist of a series of educational courses designed to introduce aspiring young composers to fundamental principles of musical composition.

Nicholas Roerich Museum, The
New York, NY
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a poetry in translation reading series. Proposed events include Charles Martin reading from his translation of the Bhagavad Gita and contemporary Greek poet Katerina Angelaki-Rooke reading her poetry in Greek alongside Karen Van Dyke reading her English translations.

North American Cultural Laboratory, Inc.
Highland Lake, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the 10th annual Catskill Festival of New Theatre. The festival will present six new works by ensembles and independent artists from North America and Europe.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetic Heritage Festival. Young performers will stage plays and readings of poems by artists who were presented by the cafe during early stages of their careers, including founders Miguel Algarin, Pedro Pietri, and Miguel Pinero, as well as Ntozake Shange, Ishmael Reed, and Sandra Maria Esteves.

Open Channels New York, Inc. (aka Dixon Place)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Dixon Place's Mondo Cane, a program of commissioning and performances at Dixon Place. The project comprises residencies, mentorships, free rehearsal and performance space, workshops, technical assistance, and marketing and publicity support.

openhousenewyork inc. (aka OHNY) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support an architecture and design education program for New York City youth. In partnership with the Center for Architecture Foundation, the project will provide youth activities and educational materials celebrating the architectural and design significance of New York City's built environment.

Opus 118 Music Center (aka Harlem Center for Strings)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the After-School Music Program of the Harlem Center for Strings. Through private and group lessons, performance opportunities, and community outreach activities, young people from one of New York's economically challenged neighborhoods are able to develop their creative, scholastic, and personal strengths.

Our Time Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Teen Play Program. The theater arts instruction project is targeted to teenagers who stutter. Led by professional theater artists, students will meet weekly for nine months to study the structure of playwriting and the importance of theme, and develop vocal strength and breath support through singing exercises.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka Pan Asian Rep)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the bilingual North American premiere of We Are by playwright and director Ngoc Minh Nguyen, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Artistic Producing Director Tisa Chang will collaborate with Vietnamese playwright and director Nguyen and renowned artists from Vietnam and New York.

Paper Bag Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a national tour of original works for young audiences. The theater ensemble will create productions for youth under the artistic direction of Ted Brackett.

Participant Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support archival documentation for two interrelated organizations. The project will address historical, contemporary, and future efforts through the publication of a book documenting programming by Thread Waxing Space and a web-based ongoing archive project for Participant, Inc.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$91,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction of Orbs, created in 1966 by choreographer Paul Taylor. The work will be part of the company's annual performance at New York's City Center and will tour across the United States.

Pearl Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Richard II by William Shakespeare. Artistic Director James R. Sullivan will direct, with accompanying educational and outreach activities.

PEN American Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. The project will feature readings, performances, discussions, conversations, screenings, and music in both large-scale and intimate public venues.

Perlman Music Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Music School @ PMP. The program is an intensive six-week residency which provides instruction, coaching, and mentoring opportunities to exceptionally gifted young string players.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka New York Philharmonic)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of national radio broadcasts of performances by the New York Philharmonic during its 2010-11 season. Approximately 2.5 million listeners will hear each two-hour program in the 52-week series.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka The New York Philharmonic) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the New York Philharmonic's School Partnership Program. In partnership with the New York City Department of Education, teaching artists will provide weekly in-school workshops in orchestral music, recorder instruction, composition, and recital preparation for students, as well as professional development workshops for teachers.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the remounting of ?Dancing Henry 5? by choreographer David Gordon. The work will be constructed in part of material previously completed by the choreographer.

Planet Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
Catskill, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the second phase of The Creative Music Studio Archive Project to preserve, digitize, and disseminate the Creative Music Studio tapes archive. In partnership with the Creative Music Foundation, the archive features ground-breaking composers/performers of jazz, world, and new music such as Anthony Braxton, Abdullah Ibrahim, and NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz (2009).

Playwrights' Preview Productions, Ltd. (aka Urban Stages)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of youth-oriented programs for a touring outreach program presented at public libraries throughout the five boroughs of New York City by Urban Stages. Proposed programming will include The Golem, The Truth about Sojourner, The Tale of Sacagawea and Poetry for Children.

Poetry Project, Limited (aka Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church)
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Monday Night and Wednesday Night Reading Series. These events allow poets to perform new work for a broad audience. Together, the two series will present 64 live programs featuring 130 poets and performers.

Poetry Society of America
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support new and existing public programming that celebrates the organization's 100th anniversary. Launched in 1992, Poetry in Motion places poetry placards in public transportation systems throughout the country, reaching 12 million mass transit riders daily in cities nationwide.

Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication of Poets & Writers Magazine and the expansion of the Poets & Writers website. The national literary service organization will make content from the magazine and the website available on a range of mobile and other digital devices.

Poets House, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support talks, panels, readings, and symposia in celebration of Poets House's 25th anniversary. Activities include The Poet in the World, a series of free lunchtime lectures, and Passwords Revisited, in which panels will discuss new topics as well as refresh conversations on previously held panel discussions.

Point Community Development Corporation (aka The Point)
Bronx, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support Mapping Our Environment Through Art III. The project will offer adults and young people of Hunts Point in the Bronx art-making opportunities led by guest artists.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre Collection, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$70,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Latino Masters component of the IN DA BRONX Series. Puerto Rican artists Papo Vazquez (trombonist/composer), Eva de la O (singer), and Magdalena Gomez (performance poet) will perform and participate in residency activities.

Prospect Theater Company Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Broadway Bound Workshop & Staged Reading Project. Producing Artistic Director Cara Reichel will collaborate with Goodwill Theatre's (Johnson City, New York) Executive Director Naima Kradjian to create an artist residency with workshops and a reading series.

Public Art Films, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support In Search of Finah Misa Kule: Voice of a King. The project will provide for post-production of a documentary film that chronicles the efforts to reconstruct an ancient epic.

Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support In the Public Realm. The project provides emerging artists with the opportunity to develop temporary art projects in an urban context that will be documented in a series of publications.

Radio Diaries, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of radio documentaries by Joe Richman. America's Lost Stories: People Documenting Their Own History will air on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

Radio Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production for radio and audio media of James Joyce's Ulysses. Produced by Larry Josephson, The Complete Ulysses will be a reading of the entire novel for radio broadcast and audio distribution.

Raíces Latin Music Museum
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the preservation and exhibition of the Raíces Latin Music Collection. The project will catalogue, conserve, and exhibit selected artifacts from the collection that will underscore the impact and influence of Latin music.

Rattapallax, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a free poetry and literary film festival in New York City. The festival will feature short films, documentaries, and other collaborations between filmmakers, poets, and writers specifically focused on Hispanic, Asian American, and Arab American populations.

Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc. (on behalf of New World Records)
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the recording and release by New World Records of a compact disc of the opera Treemonisha (1911) by American composer Scott Joplin. The recording will feature a new, historically informed production based on research by conductor Rick Benjamin.

Red Bull Theater Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare. Artistic Director Jesse Berger will direct the project, with set design by John Arnone and costume design by Clint Ramos.

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$52,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support The Lab, Reel Impact, The Lab Master Class, and The Summer Lab. Student teens recruited to participate in free, after-school and summer filmmaking workshops will produce and distribute short documentaries about their lives under the mentorship of professional filmmakers.

Reg Lenna Civic Center, Inc.
Jamestown, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Chautauqua Grooves Project involving rhythm-based artists and ensembles in performances and workshop activities. The project will feature spoken-word performers Mayhem Poets, steel drummer and calypso performer Andy Narell, and Jim Donovan and Drum the Ecstatic.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support artist residencies at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. Artists will use the center's facilities to create works investigating the intersection of art, media, technology, and science.

Research Foundation of the City University of New York
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a conference on the artistic and pedagogical legacy of choreographer Alwin Nikolais, titled Sharing the Legacy: Alwin Nikolais Centennial Celebration 2011. The festival will take place at Hunter College and will include a restaging of Nikolais' work Aviary on Hunter College dance students as well as a variety of education and outreach activities.

Ringside Inc. (aka STREB)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support PUBLIC/ACTION, an audience development and access program. The project will support residency and outreach programs for PUBLIC/ACTION NEW YORK and PUBLIC/ACTION ON TOUR.

Rochester Regional Community Design Center
Rochester, NY
$15,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support Reshaping Rochester, an educational program on design and urban planning. Nationally recognized design experts will speak at a public lecture and offer a workshop for local design professionals.

Rosie's Broadway Kids, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the ACTE II (A Commitment to Excellence) program in musical theater. The program will target exceptionally talented students from low-income families for intensive training in music, dance, and drama.

School of American Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the tuition-free Boys Program and community outreach activities. Community outreach programs support recruitment and awareness of the Boys Program and other classes by providing free auditions and free public ballet demonstrations to under-served students in neighborhoods across New York City.

Shadow Box Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support performances of shadow puppet musicals for family audiences. Repertory productions will include The African Drum, three traditional African folk tales told through drumming, storytelling, song, and dance, and Little is Big, an undersea adventure that teaches courage, tolerance, and the meaning of friendship.

Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of Folding, created in 2000 by choreographer and Artistic Director Shen Wei, in commemoration of the company's 10th anniversary. Folding will be premiered at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, and will be performed at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.

Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York City, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a presentation of Lysistrata adapted from a play by Aristophanes, with educational and outreach activities. Artistic Director Theodora Skipitares will create the work by merging Aristophanes' text with the words of incarcerated women at New York's Riker's Island.

Society of Illustrators, Inc. (aka Museum of American Illustration)
New York, NY
$31,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Summer Illustration Art Academy at the Museum of American Illustration. A collaborative effort with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the project will provide intensive visual arts instruction for underserved youth in New York City.

Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (aka Teatro SEA)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a tour of children's musical theater in Spanish to underserved Latino neighborhoods in New York City and Puerto Rico. Performances will be presented in libraries, schools, museums, parks, and community theaters.

Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an adult music education initiative. In partnership with Hamilton-Madison House, the project will offer band and chamber ensemble participation to adult residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, Ltd
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the reconstruction and documentation of Odes, choreographed by Anna Sokolow in 1965. Odes will be performed as part of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble's Centennial Celebration of the choreographer's life and work.

Sound Portraits Productions, Inc. (aka StoryCorps)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production of "StoryCorps" radio segments for weekly broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition. A collaboration of Sound Portraits Productions, the Library of Congress, and public radio stations, "StoryCorps" is a nationwide project aimed at inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound.

Spanish Theatre Repertory Company, Ltd. (aka Repertorio Español)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Teatro Acceso program. Repertorio Español will present and tour classic and contemporary Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Latino works to underserved schools and communities.

St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc. (aka St. Ann's Warehouse)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Puppet, Rods, and Strings Series at St. Ann's Warehouse. Project activities will include the International Toy Theater Festival and Temporary Toy Theater Museum, the Puppet Lab, and Labapalooza.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the SDC Foundation Observership Program. The program offers opportunities for aspiring directors and choreographers to experience the professional workings of the American theater industry through mentorships on high-profile productions.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality production and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Engaged in Music: Student Music Learning Through Professional Youth Concert Experiences. Students will acquire music skills through active engagement at professional orchestra concerts as well as pre- and post-concert experiences.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the restaging of Underland, created by Stephen Petronio. The work will have an extended run in New York City, followed by touring and residencies.

Storyville Center for the Spoken Word (aka The Moth)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support a series of storytelling events in New York City and in other areas of the country featuring both established and emerging writers who will share original narratives based on their life experiences. Performances are developed, edited, and directed through a one-on-one process conducted by The Moth's directors.

Storyville Center for the Spoken Word (aka The Moth)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the radio series The Moth Radio Hour. The series showcases the art of storytelling by featuring first-person accounts recorded before live audiences as told by some of the greatest writers, actors, and performers of our time, as well as by perfectly "ordinary" individuals with extraordinary stories to tell.

Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of the public radio series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and the distribution of related CDs. Distributed through Public Radio International, the series will present leading stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures.

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a concert tour to New York's North Country. The orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Daniel Hege, will perform concerts in rural and underserved communities.

TADA! Theatre and Dance Alliance, Inc. (aka TADA! Youth Theater)
New York, NY
$69,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Musical Theater Writing Residency program. The project will integrate social studies topics with the writing, rehearsal, and performance of an original musical by fourth- and fifth-graders under the tutelage of teaching artists and their regular classroom teachers.

Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support ARTCART, a pilot program to provide aging visual artists with direct support and guidance to manage and preserve their life's work. An intergenerational project, ARTCART will be carried out by matching teams of graduate students with artists who need help.

Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the national tour of The Laramie Project —10 Years Later, with accompanying education and outreach activities. Artistic Director Moisés Kaufman will direct, and Executive Director Greg Reiner will serve as the project director.

theater et al inc. (aka The Chocolate Factory)
Long Island City, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support artist residencies at the Chocolate Factory Theater. Residencies ranging in duration from one to eight weeks will provide artists the opportunity to create new multidisciplinary work.

Theatre Communications Group, Inc. (aka TCG)
New York, NY
$140,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the TCG National Conference, professional development programs, field research, and publication resources for the staff and trustees of professional, nonprofit theaters nationwide. The 2010 National Conference will be held in Chicago.

Theatreworks/USA Corporation
New York, NY
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support a national tour of original theater productions for young audiences. Performances will be presented in professional theaters, schools, and performing arts centers in as many as 29 states and the District of Columbia.

Town Hall Foundation
New York, NY
$16,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Education Outreach Program, a theater/musical theater education program. Summer internships and school-year classes in theater and stagecraft will be offered for students in kindergarten through 12th grades in New York City schools.

Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, Inc. (aka TAUNY)
Canton, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support TAUNY Program Planning and Implementation. The project will evaluate current programs, explore new programming possibilities, and undertake field work and related activities to support the organization's schedule.

Trust Under Clause Fourth of the Will of Antony Tudor (aka The Antony Tudor Ballet Trust)
Ocean Beach, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the continued development of the Antony Tudor (1908-87) ballet website. The multi-media website will offer the most comprehensive online catalogue of Tudor's ballets and additional interactive archival resources.

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Reading the World Conversation Series. Each event will feature a reading by an international author followed by a discussion between the author and his/her translator. The focus on the translator is one of the distinguishing characteristics of these readings targeting residents of Rochester and the surrounding areas.

US-China Arts Exchange Center, Inc.
Flushing, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 16th Annual Chinese Cultural Arts and Variety Show. The project will present the Cantonese Opera Riboud and Diao Chan.

Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture (aka VAI) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Designing the Parks initiative. The project with the National Parks Conservation Association will include a national design competition, conference, traveling exhibition, and publication.

Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc. (aka Lincoln Center Theater)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the world premiere of Nathan Louis Jackson's When I Come to Die, directed by Thomas Kail. The play will be presented as part of LCT3, the Lincoln Center Theater's new program to support emerging artists by producing their work for diverse new audiences.

Voices UnBroken
Bronx, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support outreach programs for youth who are incarcerated, detained, or in the foster care system. Activities will include creative writing workshops, monthly open mics, and performances featuring professional writers reading alongside workshop participants.

Wave Hill, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the Family Art Project. The series of weekend workshops provides families the opportunity to create nature-based art projects inspired by craft traditions from around the world.

Westchester Arts Council, Inc. (aka ArtsWestchester)
White Plains, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the development and mounting of the multimedia exhibition Life Savings: The People's National Bank Building Show. Artists from Westchester and the New York region will explore the changing perspective of American financial institutions.

Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,500
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support "The Happy Journey," performances and touring of diverse American vocal music. The ensemble will perform concerts, residencies, and educational workshops in New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

Whitney Museum of American Art (Consortium)
New York, NY
$125,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the touring exhibition Paul Thek, a Retrospective, with accompanying catalogue. Co-organized with the Carnegie Museum of Art, the exhibition will reintroduce American audiences to Thek's work, which, for a variety of reasons, is better known by Europeans.

Wingspan Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Wingspan Arts Summer Conservatory. The conservatory is divided into two sections: Wingspan Players for younger students in grades six through eight, and Wingspan Ensemble for students with more advanced skills in grades 9 through 12.

WNET.ORG (aka Thirteen/WNET New York)
New York, NY
$570,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development and production of the television series American Masters for PBS broadcast. Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be made available in 2011-12 to millions of viewers in all 50 states on more than 345 public television stations.

WNET.ORG (aka Thirteen/WNET New York)
New York, NY
$570,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the development and production of performing arts specials for the television series Great Performances and Dance in America for broadcast on PBS. Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, American television audiences in all 50 states will be provided free access to a diverse range of cultural programming in 2011.

WNYC Radio
New York, NY
$62,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Radio Rookies, a media arts education program. Open to young people from across New York City's five boroughs, the program will provide training in all aspects of radio production.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production and post-production costs for a feature-length documentary on Alice Walker. You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: The Life and Times of Alice Walker will chronicle the author's life to date.

Women's Studio Workshop, Inc. (Consortium)
Rosendale, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support artist residencies. In partnership with the Kingston City School District, the residency program offers emerging artists paid professional opportunities to work for an extended period of time in a technically equipped studio space as well as training in teaching and mentoring.

Wooster Group, Inc.
New York City, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of a new play by playwright and novelist James Strahs. Artistic Director Elizabeth LeCompte and the theater ensemble will collaborate with Strahs to develop a work about aging and the dynamics of elderly/caregiver relations through research, rehearsals, and work-in-progress showings.

Working Playground, Inc.
New York, NY
$66,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support My Medium, My Message: Critical Response. The project will provide foundational design experiences in the fields of animation, film, digital photography, and music production for high school-aged students.

Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the TheaterWorks! adult education program. The program will teach writing and performance skills to low-income workers in the service and manufacturing sector.

World Music Institute, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the World Music American Touring Consortium 2010-2011. In collaboration with World Music America, the project will present national tours of ensembles representing cultural traditions from three continents.

World Music Productions, Inc. (aka Afropop Worldwide)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the weekly public radio program Afropop Worldwide. The series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, and is distributed by Public Radio International to more than 110 radio stations in the United States.

Writers and Books, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Rochester Reads and Writes. The series will feature year-round, multi-genre writing workshops; If All of Rochester Read the Same Book, a community-wide reading program; and First Novels, a new program designed to introduce Rochester readers to newly published authors.

York Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Musicals in Mufti series. The series presents staged concert performances of notable but lesser-known works of musical theater.

Young Dancers in Repertory, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Center for Dance Studies and Teenage Touring Ensemble. Dance educators will teach Humphrey-Weidman and other modern dance techniques, classical ballet, and other dance forms to pre-professional students during a 10-month period.

Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association (aka 92nd Street Y)
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center's Main Reading Series at the 92nd Street Y. The series features readings, literary tributes, and dialogues between writers and audiences about literary and related topics.

Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association (aka 92nd Street Y)
New York, NY
$20,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Musical Introduction Series. Students will participate in teaching artist residencies and attend live musical performances by professional musicians at the 92nd Street Y.

Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Radio Radiance, an educational outreach project. In partnership with Kronos Performing Arts Association (aka Kronos Quartet), the chorus will bring new choral music by living composers to young people and general audiences through radio and other media sources.

Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Partner Schools Program. Targeted at-risk students from New York City public schools will participate in after-school choral music education activities.

Young Playwrights Inc. (aka Young Playwrights Festival)
New York, NY
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Young Playwrights Festival. Plays will be selected through a national open-submission playwriting competition.

Number of Grants: 302 Total Amount: $13,556,600

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FY 2010 Grant Awards: State Listings

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