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FY 2013 Grant Awards: State Listings
Art Works I | Challenge America Fast-Track Grants | Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
Little Rock, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances and workshops featuring guest conductor Guillermo Figueroa. In addition to public performances during concerts held at the Robinson Center Music Hall, Figueroa will conduct workshops and a master class for high school and college students from throughout central Arkansas. Chamber Music Society of Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support One Voice, a series of outreach programs featuring chamber ensemble Imani Winds. The ensemble will perform and conduct programs for secondary school and college students in Pulaski County, AR. Crittenden Arts Council Inc
West Memphis, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a component of the Family Arts Series, Aesop Bops! featuring actor/storyteller David Gonzales. Aesop Bops! - featuring several of Aesop's classic stories including The Lion and the Mouse, The Fisherman and His Wife, and The Turtle's Shell - brings these stories to life using physical storytelling. Fort Smith Symphony Association, Inc.
Fort Smith, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support EARQUAKE!, an annual, free interactive concert series featuring violinist and pianist Andrew Chu, composer Miho Sasaki, and the Western Arkansas Ballet. The series, taking place in a rural area, will reach more than 3,000 students who will participate in outreach activities including workshops, instrument demonstrations, a lecture, and a music composition class taught by Sasaki. Hoahwah, Sy
Benton, AR
$25,000
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
Oxford American Literary Project
Little Rock, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support artist fees for The Oxford American magazine. Featuring new and established writers, the quarterly magazine, which explores the complexity and vitality of the American South, has published such Southern writers as James Agee, Karen Russell, Donna Tartt, Beth Ann Fennelly, Kevin Brockmeier, and Jack Pendarvis. Ozark Foothills Filmfest, Inc.
Locust Grove, AR
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Ozark Foothills FilmFest, a rural festival that will showcase animation, independent film, narrative, and documentary films. Programs will also incorporate some post-screening question-and-answer sessions, including a panel about the specific obstacles faced by female directors. Theatre Squared, Inc. (aka TheatreSquared)
Fayetteville, AR
$20,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater and Musical Theater
To support the 2013 Arkansas New Play Festival, a professional laboratory for the development of new plays. The festival will feature a staged workshop production of one commissioned piece, as well as three staged readings of other new plays. Walton Arts Center Council, Inc.
Fayetteville, AR
$15,000
CATEGORY: Art Works
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Artosphere: Arkansas' Arts + Nature Festival. This month-long festival will present local, national, and international artists in music, theater, puppetry, movement, and visual arts.
Number of Grants: 9 Total Amount: $120,000
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