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FY 2011 Grant Awards: State Listings

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

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

NEW MEXICO

Art Center at Fuller Lodge
Los Alamos, NM
$5,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the arts education project Connections: An Exploration of Indigenous Art, Culture, and Creativity. Youth from the Espanola school system will study historic and contemporary folk and traditional arts and receive opportunities to work with artists and craftspeople to create works in tin, wood, fiber, and straw.

Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces Foundation (on behalf of Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference)
Las Cruces, NM
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Mariachi Music and Folkloric Dance Program, a project of the Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference. The project includes instruction in music and folkloric dance for students, as well as professional development seminars for instructors.

Cornerstones Community Partnerships
Santa Fe, NM
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support the Summer Youth Training Program. Participants will have the opportunity to learn traditional building skills while helping to restore San Miguel Chapel, a National Historic Landmark which combines adobe and early Spanish colonial architecture.

National Dance Institute New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Dancing to Excellence in Albuquerque. Students will receive weekly, in-school and after school dance classes, and will perform in a culminating performance at the end of the year.

National Institute of Flamenco (aka Conservatory of Flamenco Arts)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a tour of flamenco dance performances. The programs will be performed by the conservatory's performing groups: Niños Flamencos, a children's group for ages 5 to 12; Alma Flamenca, a pre-professional company for teens and young adults; and Yjastros: The American Flamenco Company for professional dancers.

New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$716,600
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Outpost Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the sixth annual New Mexico Jazz Festival. In consortium with the Lensic Performing Arts Center, and additional partner Santa Fe Jazz Foundation, the 12-day, two-city event in Albuquerque and Santa Fe features both free and ticketed events, and will include eight concerts, workshops, open rehearsals, and a Meet the Artist session with featured performer NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston.

Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition Half Life: Patterns of Change and related public programs. The project will include residencies, exhibitions, public lectures, workshops, and educational outreach activities utilizing renowned artists who will engage the community around issues of life cycles and urban redevelopment.

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Ltd.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival radio series. The series will include 13 one-hour programs created from festival recordings. Each program consists of commentary, interviews, and music performance.

Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Songs of War and Peace, a performance and outreach project featuring composer-in-residence Robert Kyr. Activities will include performances of Kyr's newly-created work titled The Tides of Peace and related residency activities, outreach educational programs, and performances and lecture-demonstrations in venues such as the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, and the Loretto Chapel.

Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Stories in Music, a performance outreach project for children and families. The project will feature storyteller Joe Hayes as narrator in a bilingual (English and Spanish) presentation of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and the traditional Latin American tale La Llorona with music by Antonín Dvořák (Water Goblin) and Engelbert Humperdinck (The Witch's Ride from Hänsel und Gretel).

Society of the Muse of the Southwest
Taos, NM
$8,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support literary events that seek to unite the Hispanic, American Indian, and Caucasian communities of Northern New Mexico. Activities include public readings, youth mentoring, and an annual storytelling festival.

Tricklock Company
Albuquerque, NM
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. The festival will host companies from around the world including Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, the Philippines, South Africa and the United States, performing in venues throughout Albuquerque and Santa Fe, with each visiting company offering free workshops and/or lecture-demonstrations to students at the University of New Mexico and within the Albuquerque community.

Wise Fool New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Peñasco Theatre Collective, a community arts program targeted to the Hispanic and Native residents of the region surrounding Peñasco, New Mexico. Workshops, training, and performances will be offered to youth and families in circus, physical theater, poetry, visual art, and dance.

Working Classroom, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$42,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Multicultural Street Conservatory, a program of theater and visual arts residencies by nationally prominent artists from diverse backgrounds for 11- to 18-year-old students. All students will study play writing, performance, and visit exhibitions; advanced students will produce work for theater productions, public art projects, and gallery installations.


Number of Grants: 15          Total Amount: $1,056,600

 
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