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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.
NEW JERSEY
Auricle Communications (aka Free Music Archive)
Jersey City, NJ
$75,000
CATEGORY: Arts in Media
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Re:Mix Media Project, a new series of programs planned by the Free Music Archive that aims to engage audiences in the appreciation, discussion, and creation of music and arts in the digital environment. Three programs will use the Free Music Archive's interactive platform to create multimedia arts works and/or provide access to those art works. Kean University
Union, NJ
$77,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
To support Educating the Creative Mind: Music, Arts and the Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Children in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten. Participants will engage in a two-day summer professional development workshop to develop knowledge and skills for an arts-based interdisciplinary curriculum, be coached by arts mentors in their classrooms during the fall, and attend a project evaluation at a conference the following spring. Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
$40,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the presentation of the Voices Animating the Stage series. Premieres of dance, opera, and music works will be presented by artists including composer David T. Little, director Robert Woodruff, dance collective Via Katlehong (South Africa), composer Scott Johnson, music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, and choreographer Richard Alston (United Kingdom), along with pre- and post-performance conversations. Music For All Seasons, Inc.
Scotch Plains, NJ
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support music programs targeted for at-risk children living in shelters in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Geared primarily to children who are victims of domestic violence, eight monthly programs by instrumentalists are planned for each of 14 shelters in 5 states, totaling 112 programs. New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$879,600
CATEGORY: Partnership
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities. Newark Public Radio, Inc. (aka WBGO Jazz 88)
Newark, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts in Media
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts. Concerts are brought to the listening public from locations including the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard in New York, the Detroit Jazz Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival. The series is aired on 97 NPR-affiliate stations in the United States, to global audiences through NPR Worldwide, and on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
Paper Mill Playhouse
Millburn, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Theater for Everyone Sensory Friendly Performance Project, a new model of live theater designed specifically for families of children with autism or other cognitive and developmental disabilities. The project will include the production of four "sensory friendly" performances; the creation of a new work to engage this specific audience; the elimination of experiential and practical barriers to participation; and active sharing of the model with other theaters. People and Stories Gente y Cuentos, Inc.
Trenton, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Reading Literature: Writing Our Stories, a series of free book discussions and writing workshops targeting inmates, homeless individuals, and Latino adults, including recent immigrants. Guest teachers will include Paul Muldoon, C.K. Williams, Claudio Mir, and José L. Martí. Princeton Festival A NJ Non-Profit Corporation (aka The Princeton Festival)
Princeton, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support performances of an opera double-bill: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi paired with Rachmaninoff's Francesca da Rimini. These two works, a comedy and a tragedy both based on cantos from Dante's Divine Comedy, together will form the centerpiece of the Princeton Festival, which will draw visitors from the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (on behalf of Center for Latino Arts and Culture)
New Brunswick, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Latino/a Literary Imagination: Emerging Voices Residency Program, offering free intensive writing workshops and reading tours throughout New Jersey and New Mexico. Rutgers University and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque will select 48 fellows from each region through a competitive application process to work with such authors as Jimmy Santiago Baca, Denise Chávez, Junot Díaz, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Martín Espada. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden Campus
Camden, NJ
$14,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support Writers at Camden, free monthly workshops, readings, and discussions with visiting writers targeting residents of Camden, one of the most poverty-stricken cities in the nation. Scheduled sessions include Breaking In: First Novels, First Nonfiction, with Téa Obreht; The Poet and Political Conscience, with Martín Espada; Unconventional Fiction, with Percival Everett; and Books to Movies, with Tom Perotta. Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Tovarich by Jaques Deval. Tovarich (the Russian word for comrade) was translated into English from French by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood in 1933 and explores individualism, loyalty, and conviction as sources of happiness.
Number of Grants: 12 Total Amount: $1,195,600
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