FY 2012 Grant Awards: State Listings

Art Works II/Arts in Media/Partnerships

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

ALASKA

Alaska Design Forum, Inc. (aka ADF)
Anchorage, AK
$25,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support a lecture series titled HERE: From Global to Hyperlocal. Internationally acclaimed artists and designers will speak about the meaning of place and innovative ways of approaching challenges affecting urban and rural Alaska.

Alaska Junior Theater, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support presentations of performing artworks for children and their families. Theatreworks USA will perform Junie B. Jones and Australia's Monkey Baa: Theatre for Young People will perform Hitler's Daughter in schools and hold workshops at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Alaska Native Heritage Center, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Indigenous World Film Festival. The project will host screenings of original works produced by indigenous filmmakers from the United States, Alaska, and the rest of the world.

Alaska State Council on the Arts
Anchorage, AK
$674,600
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support Young People's Concerts. In an effort to encourage student participation in the school district's instrumental music program, the concerts will be designed for and presented to students in grades four through six.

Orutsararmuit Native Council (on behalf of Eddie Hoffman Senior Center)
Bethel, AK
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Traditional Arts Mentorship Model Program. Yup'ik elders will mentor youth in tribal folkways, including making traditional clothing, instrument-making, foodways, ceremonies, and stories.

Sitka Summer Music Festival Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support concert tours of chamber music in cities and rural towns of Alaska, including Anchorage, Gustavus, Kenai, Sitka, and Talkeetna. The festival brings professional musicians from around the world to Alaska each year to rehearse and perform in small ensembles of two to eight performers in as many as 27 concerts.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $774,600

 
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