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FY 2012 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works I | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Prose)

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

TEXAS

Abilene Arts Alliance
Abilene, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Artfully Abilene, a cultural tourism initiative for the City of Abilene. Designed to make residents and visitors aware of the range of cultural activities available in the area, the marketing plan includes an e-marketing campaign, a quarterly magazine, a newsletter, and a cultural affairs Web site highlighting events in the West Texas area.

Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
Fort Worth, TX
$68,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Color! an exhibition of American fine art color photography with accompanying catalogue. The first ever comprehensive survey of American fine art color photography, the exhibition will feature works from the medium's beginnings to present day.

Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Beaumont, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the exhibit Robert Pruitt: The Rejection of the Conqueror and related activity. Programming will include a five-day residency with Pruitt whose work explores the complexity of African American identity. The residency will be promoted to the public, but will be dedicated primarily to working with children in the Beaumont schools.

Artpace, Inc. (aka Artpace San Antonio)
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support the International Artist-in-Residence program. The program will invite as many as nine artists selected by guest curators to produce and exhibit new work at Artpace in San Antonio during a two-month residency that will provide housing, work space, technical assistance, transportation costs, and a stipend.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the presentation of several curated film and video series. The nine series will include the ongoing exhibition of contemporary documentaries, experimental work, and the presentation of films from Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East, as well as a retrospective film series devoted to director Ernst Lubitsch and the actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Badgerdog Literary Publishing, Inc.
Austin, TX
$7,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of the quarterly journal American Short Fiction. The journal will publish short stories each month exclusively on its website, and will promote its print and online content through Google network ad campaigns, Twitter, blog updates, and podcasts of author interviews and readings.

Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation (aka Ballroom Marfa)
Marfa, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support group exhibitions for emerging and established artists. Deluge, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki will present the work of artists who develop visual interpretations of data collected from readily accessible digital information; Carbon, curated by David Buckland, will include new site-specific work presenting creative and innovative responses to climate change by artists Antony Gormley, Cynthia Hopkins, and Ackroyd and Harvey.

Binational Independent Film Festival
El Paso, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the Binational Independent Film Festival, including workshops and pre-event talks by independent film directors. A juried competition of independent films involving organizations in El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, the 12th annual festival will include proposed guest artists writer and film director Leon Ichaso and actor/singer Ruben Blades.

Blue Lapis Light
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a site specific aerial dance, titled Swan Nebula, choreographed by Sally Jacques. The dancers will be accompanied by a choral ensemble, interspersed with music by composer William Meadows. Microphones on cables will pick up the sounds of the dancers' feet.

Centro Cultural Aztlan, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Cultural Encounters/Encuentros Culturales, a series of community arts projects involving Chicano/Latino artists. Activities will include exhibitions, workshops, literary events, and performances that preserve cultural traditions and support new and evolving art forms.

Centro del Obrero Fronterizo, Inc. (aka La Mujer Obrera)
El Paso, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Celebrando Primero de Mayo with Veracruz Fandango. The project will feature the Los Utrera, a son jarocho ensemble from Veracruz, Mexico. Son jarocho is a improvisatory, string-driven music of Veracruz. The ensemble's music represents the development of an authentic Veracruz-style fandango, a cultural celebration often practiced in Eastern Mexico.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX
$21,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue; education and outreach programs, performances inspired by the exhibition; and a tour and other talks to introduce artists such as Benjamin Patterson, Sanford Biggers, Renee Cox, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Lyle Ashton Harris, Dave McKenzie, Adrian Piper, Xaviera Simmons, and Sir Rodney Sur, to the community.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a national tour to California, Maryland, and Texas. The tour will include performances of Ulysses Dove's Vespers, Alvin Ailey's Escapades, and a new work choreographed by Dianne McIntyre based on the life and work of singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist Nina Simone.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a new production of The Aspern Papers by composer and librettist Dominick Argento, based on the Henry James novella. The creative team will comprise director Tim Albery, lighting designer Thomas Hase, scenic designer Andrew Lieberman, costume designer Constance Hoffman, and will feature performers Susan Graham, Carol Vaness, and Nathan Gunn.

El Paso Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
El Paso, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras program. Students advance musical skills in lessons and participation in small group ensembles based on age including The El Paso Youth Orchestra, the El Paso Symphony Youth String Ensembles, the El Paso Youth Symphonic, and the El Paso Youth String Philharmonic.

EmilyAnn Theatre Inc. (aka The EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens)
Wimberley, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Shakespeare Under the Stars, a summer youth theater program for high school students. Working with professional theater artists, youth will study lighting, set and costume design, technical theater, and performance skills culminating in the production of a full-length play performed at the outdoor EmilyAnn Theatre.

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
San Antonio, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Arte es Vida Westside Cultural Project. Activities will revitalize and engage San Antonio's Westside community by presenting public events, concerts, dance performances, film screenings, and workshops.

Fort Worth Opera Association, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
$17,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the production of Lysistrata by composer Mark Adamo. In keeping with the company's mission to produce a variety of work spanning the history and breadth of the art form, this production marks the company's continued effort to produce contemporary opera.

FotoFest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support FotoFest 2012, the International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art in Houston, TX. The series offers exhibitions for US and international artists, an international portfolio review, an artist scholarship program, workshops, symposia, discussion, tours, film screenings, and a catalogue; the theme of the principal exhibition is "Contemporary Russian Photography," which will be curated by independent Russian curators Evgeny Berezner and Irina Tchmyreva.

Great Promise, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support the American Indian Heritage Festival and Austin Powwow at the Toney Burger Center, featuring artists including Kiowa regalia maker and NEA National Heritage Fellow Vanessa Jennings, as well as dancer and storyteller Tim Tingle, and related activities. Additional activities will include classroom visits by the artists and a smaller scale program for older residents at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts
Houston, TX
$7,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and promotion of the biannual journal Gulf Coast. The project includes support for the Gulf Coast Reading Series, an annual season of readings introducing local, emerging writers.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by choreographers Stanton Welch and Nicolo Fonte. The project will include information on each ballet such as articles, historical information, synopses, image galleries, and interviews and biographies for choreographers, designers, dancers, and musicians that will be posted on the company's Web site.

Houston Festival Foundation, Inc.
Houston, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Houston International Festival 2012. This festival features major artists from South America, as well as local and regional artists, visual arts, cuisine, and cultural exhibits.

Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support year two of activities for East + West, a four-year program of chamber opera focused on Houston's Asian populations. Dedicated to art as a vehicle for cultural diplomacy and community building, the second year of the initiative will focus on the Iranian and Cambodian communities in Houston, exploring subjects such as the relationship between first- and second-generation immigrants, displacement of war refugees, storytelling traditions, and cultural inheritance.

International Accordion Festival
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the 12th International Accordion Festival. The weekend-long event will present as many as 50 free performances and 12 workshops by accordion masters representing ethnic, regional, and national music traditions from throughout the world.

Jubilee Players Inc. (aka Jubilee Theatre)
Fort Worth, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the creation and performances of Black Spurs by playwright Celeste Bedford Walker and composer Ron Hasley, with direction by artistic director Tre Garrett. The new musical recounts the historical adventures of African American cowboys in Texas.

Mid Texas Symphony Society, Inc.
Seguin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Rachmaninoff Rocks, a concert featuring pianist Mariangela Vacatello and related activities. Additional activities will include a lobby exhibit of work by local artists, a master class for area university students, a pre-concert lecture, and radio broadcast of the concert.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (on behalf of Glassel School of Art)
Houston, TX
$34,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the Glassell School of Art's Core Residency Program. The program provides one- or two-year long residencies for artists and art scholars and comprises three components: 1) the resources, support, and environment necessary for fellows to continue to develop their practices; 2) an exhibition program designed to stimulate dialogue and experimentation; and 3) a series of visits from distinguished arts professionals who consult with fellows on their work and give public lectures.

Musical Bridges Around the World, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Kids to Concerts, a series of in-school presentations. Kalinka, a Russian folk duo, and Carribean Express, an ensemble of salsa dancers and musicians, will perform for elementary and middle school students.

Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a series of residencies for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. The series will support the creation of artist installations in the shotgun-style row houses along Dowling Street, provide long-term artists residencies, and artist incubation projects for innovative artist organizations to develop their projects and ideas.

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Celebrando 2012: Bomba de Loiza with Los Hermanos Ayala. The project will explore Puerto Rico's African heritage through dance. Beginning with a two-day workshop with members of Los Hermanos Ayala, a Puerto Rican ensemble specializing in traditional, African-influenced, Puerto Rican dance, the event will culminate in a joint performance featuring the Los Hermanos and Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.

Strickley, Sarah A.
Houston, TX
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances of A Home Para Todos / Un Hogar For All, a new work by composer Dan Welcher and writer Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez. The composition will be performed at local elementary schools by a chamber ensemble and narrator.

University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of University of Texas Press)
Austin, TX
$7,500
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of Mexican literature in English translation. The press will print La estatua de sal by Salvador Novo, translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz; and El llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo, translated by Ilan Stavans.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the 12th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. Artists participating in the project include Dianne Walker, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Barbara Phillips, and Sarah Petronio, among others.

Voices Breaking Boundaries
Houston, TX
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support a series of Living Art Productions. Video screenings, photography exhibitions, installations, and performances will take place in homes in the neighborhoods of Gulfgate and Freeman's Town.

VORTEX Repertory Company
Austin, TX
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the creation and presentation of The Elementals: Water, an original theatrical work with music and dance, conceived and directed by Bonnie Cullum, an original score by Chad Salvata, and choreography by Toni Bravo. Performed in a large pool of water, the new work will integrate dance and original electronic music to convey stories of water from diverse global mythologies, celebrate its beauty, and heighten awareness, reverence, and protection of this precious resource.

Waco Symphony Association, Inc.
Waco, TX
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a concert featuring pianist Andre Watts and related outreach activity. Prior to the public performance, local piano students and members of the organization's youth orchestra will attend a rehearsal and participate in a question-and-answer session with Watts.


Number of Grants: 38          Total Amount: $743,000

 
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