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.
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Arts Council
Little Rock, AR
$653,700
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Arkansas State University
State University, AR
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the Arkansas Folklife Program, the only statewide traditional arts service organization in the state. In addition to documenting traditional artists and presenting that information through publications, recordings, and public programs, the project will continue the folk arts apprenticeship program, integrate folk arts in education, and provide technical assistance to folklife organizations and traditional artists in the state. Oxford American Literary Project (aka The Oxford American)
Little Rock, AR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts in Media
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support production of So Lost, a series of online video episodes and related outreach. The series is accessible through Oxford American Literary Project's website and YouTube and will allow the public to encounter the side roads, backrooms, cellars, and psyche of the modern South. So Lost currently reaches 25,000 unique visitors every month.
Sonny Boy Blues Society
Helena-West Hele, AR
$12,500
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the King Biscuit Blues Festival. Artists' fees will be provided to 250 renowned artists during the three-day festival for performances on four free and one ticketed stage, and for artist-in-residence activities with the year-round Blues-in-Schools music education program whose students will also perform at the festival.
Number of Grants: 4 Total Amount: $716,200
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