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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.

OREGON

Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Tigard, OR
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the world premiere of Duane Nelsen's Ripper with the creative team of Abe Reybold as director, Alan Lytle as musical director, and set and light design by Gene Dent. Based on the story of Jack the Ripper, the regional premiere will feature a cast of 30 and an 11-piece orchestra.

Clarion Foundation
Eugene, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 2011 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop. Established in 1968, the Clarion Writers' Workshop is considered the premier training ground for aspiring writers of fantasy and science fiction.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The company will present a repertory program, including Artistic Director Toni Pimble's Divertimento, choreographer Gillmer Duran's Without the Cover, and choreographer Jessica Lang's Solo in Nine Parts in collaboration with Alaska Dance Theatre, as well as a touring production of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.

Literary Arts, Inc.
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Oregon Book Awards & Author Tour. Following their announcement at an awards ceremony in Portland, winners and finalists will participate in tours reaching 8-12 Oregon cities, reading and speaking at events presented in partnership with local arts councils, libraries, and bookstores.

Northwest Documentary Arts & Media (aka NW Documentary)
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support documentary workshops and related activities for media artists in the Pacific Northwest. The programs will encourage artists to enhance their storytelling skills through hands-on educational classes, access to film, video and audio equipment, and additional resources.

Oregon Arts Commission
Salem, OR
$764,700
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR
$70,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support script development, design, rehearsal, and production of a new version of Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella with the resident acting company, co-directed and adapted by Artistic Director Bill Rauch and Tracy Young. The project interweaves Greek drama, Shakespearean tragedy, and American musical comedy in a bold and inventive union of experimental and populist theater.

Portland Art Museum (on behalf of Northwest Film Center)
Portland, OR
$73,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support Cinema in Situ, a series of community-based artist residencies. Media artists will work within various communities throughout the state of Oregon, partnering with community organizations, schools, social service agencies, and other organizations to create documentaries, short narratives, and public service announcements about issues in their communities.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (aka PICA) (Consortium)
Portland, OR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of a dance collaboration between Flemish/Moroccan dancer/choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Indian/French performer Shantala Shivalingappa. PICA's Time Based Arts Festival, in partnership with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, will produce and present Play, a work co-choreographed and performed by the two artists to live music.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (aka PICA)
Portland, OR
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Time Based Art Festival and related educational activities. The festival will feature local, national, and international artists working in dance, theater, music, visual art, film, and multidisciplinary forms.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support a concert featuring traditional Japanese performing arts. In addition to performances by the taiko ensemble, the concert will include traditional Japanese dance (nihon buyo) and performances on the shakuhachi (traditional flute) and the koto (traditional Japanese stringed instrument).

Regional Arts & Culture Council
Portland, OR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Right Brain Initiative, a professional development seminar that brings together school administrators, teachers, and teaching artists to integrate the arts into Portland-area schools' curricula. The project will provide hands-on training for teachers and artists to integrate and assess arts learning across the curriculum, leading to classroom collaborations in theater, music, dance, and visual arts.

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Oregon Folklife Network's research and public programming. The project will reestablish the traditional arts apprenticeship program, develop an interactive map that locates and identifies folk artists, and improve the Oregon Folklife Network's website, making Oregon's Folk Arts Archives accessible to the public.

University of Oregon (on behalf of Oregon Bach Festival) (Consortium)
Eugene, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a touring performance project by the Oregon Bach Festival musicians in Ashland, Bend, Eugene, and Portland. In partnership with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, programming will feature period performances of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under the direction of the orchestra's Artistic Director Monica Huggett.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundations (aka Western Arts Alliance)
Portland, OR
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support professional development content for the Western Arts Alliance Conference. The program will focus on updating and broadening professional development content at the conference; creating a series of regional educational forums and events; and developing an online educational program.

Wordstock
Portland, OR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Wordstock's week-long, annual book and literary festival in October 2011. The festival will include a two-day book fair featuring 200 authors on 10 author stages, more than 150 exhibitors, a special children's literature stage, and a series of workshops for writers and K-12 teachers.


Number of Grants: 16          Total Amount: $1,217,700

 
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