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.

NEBRASKA

Association of American Cultures, Inc.
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support two regional meetings as well as planning for a national conference. The meetings will be held in Asheville, North Carolina, (co-sponsored by Alternate ROOTS), and Seattle, Washington, (co-sponsored by the City of Seattle), in the summer and fall of 2012. The national conference will be held in New England in 2013

Metropolitan Community College
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support PlayFest 2013. A component of the Great Plains Theatre Conference, PlayFest will feature five evenings of plays by nationally recognized guest playwrights in venues across Omaha.

Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc.
Lincoln, NE
$70,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the television series Growing Native, directed and produced by Chris Eyre and Beverly Morris. The 10-part series is a travelogue that covers indigenous cuisines and food histories of the Americas as a way to offer viewers an opportunity to learn about sustainability from the Native American community.

Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$758,500
CATEGORY: Partnership   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Nebraska Folklife Network, Inc.
Lincoln, NE
$30,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support the operation of the Nebraska Folklife Network. The project will support the Harvest of Traditions festival; a statewide apprenticeship program; assistance to folk artists from recent immigrant groups; and folk arts in education projects, including "school trunks" that provide lesson plans and cultural artifacts related to Latino and Eastern European populations.

Omaha Symphony Association
Omaha, NE
$65,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support education and outreach programs, including Carnegie Hall's Link Up, Music Mentors, Choral Collaborative, and Education & Engagement Tour. Students will study and perform instrumental and choral music and have the opportunity to attend symphony concerts.

University of Nebraska at Lincoln (on behalf of Lied Center for the Performing Arts)
Lincoln, NE
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the Arts Across Nebraska program, which will introduce Nebraskans of all ages to modern dance. Repertory Dance Theatre, based in Salt Lake City, will perform its multimedia retrospective Time Capsule: A Century of Dance, which features works by choreographers such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, José Limón, and Merce Cunningham.

Number of Grants: 7          Total Amount: $973,500

 
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