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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.

PENNSYLVANIA

Abington Art Center
Jenkintown, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition, installation of an outdoor environmental work, and accompanying catalogue by Philadelphia sculptor Winifred Lutz. The exhibition Sorting Through the Residue of Years will be a survey of the artist's gallery objects of handmade paper and natural materials, documentation of her process, and outdoor installations, as well as a new installation that unearths a 2,000-square-foot pool on the grounds of Abington Art Center.

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support in-school and after-school instruction in Arab percussion, melody, and singing and presentations of classical Arab music by the Arabesque Music Ensemble. Beginning and intermediate-level workshops are held weekly in Philadelphia public schools and advanced students perform with profession musicians as members of the Arabesque Music Ensemble.

Art Sanctuary
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the 28th annual Celebration of Black Writing. The 2012 festival will focus on Caribbean writers and include a week-long line-up of readings, workshops, panels, performances, discussions, and a book fair.

ArtsQuest
Bethlehem, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the inaugural River Jazz Festival. Free community concerts at the Town Square and the Levitt Pavilion as well as residency and educational activities, and open rehearsals with jazz artists at the SteelStacks campus are proposed.

Asian Americans United, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 16th Annual Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival in Philadelphia's Chinatown. The festival will feature arts and crafts activities, a lion dance and lantern parade through the community, and performances showcasing Chinese folk and traditional artists.

Asian Arts Initiative (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support workshops and long-term apprenticeships for youth. A partnership with Termite TV Collective, the project will allow students to study with artists in workshops and apprenticeships, produce original works in open-studio time, and document their own experiences through youth-produced media.

Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Inc.
Bethlehem, PA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support educational programs for adults, children, and intergenerational groups. The program will include Bach to School assembly programs for elementary through high school students, Family Concerts incorporating student and professional guest artists, and the free Bach at Noon concert series of Bach cantatas.

Carnegie Institute (on behalf of Museum of Art) (Consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$68,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support restoration of public art works at the Allegheny Landing in Pittsburgh. The museum will collaborate with Riverlife, an organization established in 1999 as a steward for the city's riverfront development.

Carnegie Institute (on behalf of Museum of Art)
Pittsburgh, PA
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Museum of Art's permanent collection galleries. Using a thematic approach as opposed to a strictly chronological presentation, the reinstalled Scaife Galleries will introduce visitors to works of art from antiquity to the present.

Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Artists and School Partnerships: Teaching the Creative Process, a visual arts education project at the Andy Warhol Museum. Under the guidance of practicing artists, students use contemporary media and themes and the artistic practice of Andy Warhol as springboards to explore all aspects of the creative process.

Center City Opera Theater, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$22,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the East Coast premiere of Il Postino by composer Daniel Catán. The opera will feature newly commissioned reduced orchestration to be performed by players from Orchestra2001, a new music ensemble based in Philadelphia, and will be presented in Spanish in Camden's Gordon Theater and Philadelphia's Perelman Theater.

City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (on behalf of Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy)
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the restoration and reinstallation of El Gran Teatro de La Luna, a public artwork created by Rafael Ferrer. The painted aluminum piece that was commissioned in 1982 will be restored by Ferrer and Upscale Welding, the firm that originally fabricated the work.

Civic Light Opera (aka Pittsburgh CLO) (Consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Pittsburgh CLO's National High School Musical Theater Awards, in recognition of achievement in high school musical theater. In partnership with Houston's Theater Under the Stars and other regional theaters, the program will invest in young artists nationally and connect high school performers with theater industry professionals.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Harrisburg, PA
$948,600
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a post-graduate internship in paper conservation. The project will provide the intern with training in all areas of the conservation process, including writing condition reports, accessioning items into the lab, treating a broad range of paper-based artifacts, writing final reports, and maintaining client contact.

Gateway to the Arts, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a residency by Imani Winds. Activities include educational outreach coaching sessions by Imani Winds for student ensembles at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music, followed by in-school programs in Pittsburgh public schools--first by Imani Winds and later by Carnegie Mellon student ensembles.

International Assn. of Performing Arts for Young People, Inc. (aka International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY))
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the planning and production of the IPAY Showcase 2012. The 400 attendees, who include artists, performing arts presenters, managers/agents, arts educators, and students, will participate in professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, and networking events.

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Lancaster, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Sound Discovery, a music education program. The project involves open rehearsals with Lido©, an illustrated conductor's baton, that will be presented to students and adults; Friday Nights for Generation X, Y and Next performances; Music Discovery Experience; and Symphonic Concerts for Children, designed for students in the third through fifth grades.

Landis & Company Theatre of Magic, Inc. (aka Enchantment Theatre Company)
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation and national tour of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, based on a book written and illustrated by William Steig, directed by Artistic Director Landis Smith. Through the inventive use of puppetry, masks, music and special effects, the play will portray Sylvester, a winsome young donkey, who through the magic of a bright red pebble, learns about himself and about the importance of his family, friends, and community.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (aka MCG Youth & Arts) (Consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$48,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Clay Connections: Bridging High School and Higher Education through Regional and Global Art. A partnership with West Virginia University, project components include courses, exhibitions, residencies, workshops, and experiential learning opportunities that will advance knowledge, skill, and cultural exploration of ceramic art through direct contact with American and Chinese master artists.

Mercy Life Center Corp (aka Mercy Behavioral Health )
Pittsburgh, PA
$24,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support Mercy Behavioral Health's Pittsburgh Dancing Classrooms, a dance education program in ballroom dance. Students are trained in merengue, tango, foxtrot, rumba, and swing.

National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Fighting for Democracy Theater Exhibition Project. The hybrid theater exhibition will integrate an interactive theater production incorporating live performance, multimedia installation, and online educational tools for audience members with the Fighting for Democracy exhibit in the National Constitution Center's exhibition gallery.

Nego Gato, Inc. (aka Nego Gato Afro-Brazilian Music and Dance)
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support From Kongo to Brazil: A Living History, a project that traces the connections between culture of the Congo and Afro Brazilian culture. Master artists, including NEA National Heritage Fellow João Grande, will lead lecture/workshops in Congolese and Brazilian drumming and dance.

Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a public art project by Roxane Permar, and related community workshops. Permar will give public lectures and lead workshops for members of community organizations, during which she will hear their concepts of "the art of justice" and collect items to include in her piece, which will be created during a six-week residency at Pittsburgh Glass Center and be on public display at Neighborhood Legal Services Association's main office building.

Nichole Canuso Dance Company
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and a work-in-progress series of The Garden by choreographer Nichole Canuso. The multimedia dance work will be created in collaboration with media artist Lars Jan, composer/musician Michael Kiley, and set/visual designer Luciana Stecconi.

Northampton County Area Community College (aka Northampton Community College)
Bethlehem, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support music, movement, and visual arts residencies for children in kindergarten and preschool classrooms, and professional development to teachers. Children will be engaged with age-appropriate activities to learn verbal and symbolic literacy, painting, drawing, sculpting, dance movement, and basics skills for listening, responding to, and creating simple melodies.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a collaborative creation residency with Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra and performance ensemble Voices. The project will culminate with performances of the new work Skins & Songs, along with outreach activities including master classes, demonstrations, and workshops.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$80,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support arts education programming. The project includes both the Academy Visit Program and the Family Arts Academy, designed to enable the public to experience a variety of activity-based gallery tours and art-making opportunities tailored to current exhibitions or the academy's collection.

Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Inc. (aka Echoes)
Chester Springs, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of concerts and special features for Echoes, a daily radio series of contemporary music. This daily series features programs of ambient music, world fusion, classical cross-over, new acoustic, and contemporary chamber music, interviews, and "Living Room Concerts."

Philadelphia Dance Company (aka Philadanco)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support Philadanco's creation and presentation of a new work by hip-hop choreographer Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris, and the revival of choreographer Billy Wilson's Rosa (1990), a work in tribute to Rosa Parks. The works will be part of the Full Circle, Black Dance Philadelphia project, which will highlight the American dance contributions of African American dance artists from Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support technical assistance workshops, exhibitions, and public salons. The project will encourage development and growth of traditional artists, while building skills among community members in documenting and sustaining local folk arts.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival (aka Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the commissioning and presentation of selected works at the 2011 Live Arts Festival. A U.S. premiere of The Devil and Mister Punch will be commissioned and performed by Improbable Theatre (UK), and the Philadelphia premiere of Kyle Abraham's The Radio Show.

Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates (aka City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program)
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Mural Arts Program. Students develop personal portfolios and collaborate with professional artists and community members and stakeholders to plan, design, and execute large-scale, sophisticated murals and other works of public art.

Philadelphia Young Playwrights (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the development of student-written plays through a play development series and professional productions. In partnership with InterAct Theatre Company, selected students will be given dramaturgical support and a staged reading of their work by professional theater artists.

Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc. (aka PICT)
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest as re-imagined by Irish playwright and director Conall Morrison. Morrison will direct an all-male cast, and a new prologue and interludes will allow Wilde himself to become a character in the play.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society (Consortium)
Pittsburgh, PA
$45,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support an archival project in partnership with WQED Multimedia. More than 3,000 recordings of performances, rehearsals, and radio broadcasts by the orchestra in Heinz Hall since 1971 will be preserved, including commissions and premieres, such as the 1984 world premiere of John Harbison's Ulysses' Bow, conducted by André Previn.

Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a program to introduce contemporary regional art and artists to Philadelphia residents. Project activities include three exhibitions featuring a total of nine artists, three Community Conversations to introduce youth to practicing artists, a series of workshops taught by exhibiting artists, studio visits, public lectures, and web and social media access to the artists.

Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$85,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support workshop programs and related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video artworks.

Settlement Music School of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$32,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Learning in the Arts
To support the Advanced Study Program. The nine-month training and mentoring program provides high school students with pre-professional music instruction through individual study, ensemble classes, collaborative efforts with professional musicians and composers, and performance opportunities.

Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia (Consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support PhillyTheatreTix, an audience development initiative. In partnership with the Azuka Theatre, the project will align a group of 16 member organizations to share a comprehensive patron database, using the Tessitura Arts Enterprise Software.

Village of Arts and Humanities, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the creation of an interactive online digital arts collection documenting the history of The Village of Arts and Humanities. As part of the organization's 25th anniversary exhibition, the archive Digging Deeper will include more than 2,000 images, biographical information, video footage, DVDs, newspaper articles, and critical writing, and be designed to support interactive future arts planning.

Westmoreland Museum of Art (aka Westmoreland Museum of American Aart)
Greensburg, PA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support conservation of paintings in the museum's permanent collection. As many as 17 paintings by American artists such as Rembrandt Peale, Childe Hassam, Ben Shahn, George Hetzel, and Mary Martha Himler will be conserved.

WHYY, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio and Television   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio series Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The award-winning daily journal of contemporary arts and culture is broadcast on 528 National Public Radio stations and is heard by almost 4.5 million people each week.


Number of Grants: 43          Total Amount: $2,263,100

 
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