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.

NEBRASKA

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (aka Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts)
Omaha, NE
$35,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Artist Communities
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists will be provided housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a monthly stipend for two- to four-month residencies. Up to 36 residencies will be supported and approximately 25,000 people will attend public programs.

Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support an exhibition of original children's book illustrations, The Fantastic World of Dan Yaccarino, featuring paintings created by author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino. Organized by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, free programs associated with the exhibition will include Story Adventures, monthly thematic storytelling sessions for preschoolers; Saturday Surprise, an art-making event for families; and art talks led by museum staff.

Omaha Performing Arts Society
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support performances by the Joffrey Ballet and the Bad Plus, with associated outreach activities including a free master class, free concert lectures, and subsidized tickets provided to several Title I schools. The Joffrey Ballet will perform a rendition of The Rite of Spring that reconstructs Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography from the original 1913 production; the Bad Plus will present an evening of progressive jazz highlighted by an original reconstruction of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Omaha Theater Company (aka The Rose Theater)
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Art Works   FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater and Musical Theater
To support the commissioning of playwright Y York to adapt Kate DiCamillo's novel The Tiger Rising into a play for young audiences through readings, workshops, and a subsequent full production. The play tells the story of a young boy dealing with the recent loss of his mother and being bullied at a new school, who finds a caged tiger in the woods.

Number of Grants: 4          Total Amount: $65,000

 
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