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1998 Grant Awards: Creation & Presentation
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Direct Impact Grants
33 Fainting Spells
Seattle, WA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a dance theater work directed by choreographers Dayna
Hanson and Gaelen Hanson for three dancers and two musicians.
Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
$72,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support Building Audiences for New Work: The Second Renaissance of Harlem, a project to develop
and premiere new opera, dance, music, and theater pieces during 1998-99.
Actors Theatre of Louisville, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$37,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support productions, exhibits, lectures, films, and symposia to celebrate the centennial of the
founding of the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, Ireland, as part of the annual Brown-Forman Classics In
Context Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.
African American Dance Ensemble, Inc. (Consortium)
Durham, NC
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a consortium with the Triangle Opera Theater and Duke Artist Series for the creation of
a dance opera titled Luyala, based on an East African folk tale with drama and imagery
inspired by the ritual sculptures of Central Africa and the ceremonies of African Diaspora
religions.
Afrikan Poetry Theatre, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a ten-concert series by jazz artists in a performance and discussion format and a
musical tribute to Randy Weston at the Afrikan Poetry Theatre during 1998-1999.
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support "Stories Told in the Dark," a video about the various Native cultures of Alaska as told
by members of the five Native cultures.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support musicians' fees for rehearsals and performances, and production and promotional
expenses for new music reading sessions and concerts that examine significant and rarely performed
American works of the 20th century to be performed in Carnegie Hall during the 1998-99 performance
season.
American Conservatory Theater Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the workshop phase of a collaborative work of music theater, The Difficulty of
Crossing a Field, based on a short story by Ambrose Bierce, with libretto by Mac Wellman,
score by David Lang, and the participation of the Kronos Quartet.
American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the commissioning and presentation of established and emerging artists in performances
and residencies as part of American Dance Festival's 65th anniversary project.
American Indian Services, Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a series of Native American arts presentations including a workshop demonstration by
Oglala Lakota artist Roger Broer, a lecture/discussion by Standing Rock Lakota writer/lecturer Vine
Deloria, and a performance by Lakota dancer/flute player Kevin Locke.
American Repertory Theatre
Cambridge, MA
$62,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support costs for a new work entitled Postmodern Times that will re-imagine in modern
day terms the work of Charlie Chaplin, in the persona of the Little Tramp, to be produced
during the 1998-99 season.
American Soviet Theatre Initiative, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Moscow Art Theater's 1998 tour to America with performances at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music in New York and a master class and symposium led by Artistic Director Oleg Yefremov.
American Women Composers Midwest, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Work-In-Progress: An Incubator For New Opera (two performances of new operatic scenes,
and a symposium for music students and for the general public) presented at Pick-Staiger Concert
Hall in Evanston, Illinois during 1998-99.
Amherst College
(For Folger Consort)
Amherst, MA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support guest artists' fees and expenses for six concert programs of early music performances
by the Folger Consort during the 1998-1999 season presented at the Elizabethan Theatre of the
Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
Amigos del Museo del Barrio
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support "Across Generations: Puerto Rican Identity and the Changing Self," an exhibition of art
by contemporary U.S. - based Puerto Rican artists, with accompanying catalogue and education
programs.
Anchorage Museum Association
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a residency by and subsequent statewide tour of an exhibition of the work of
internationally recognized artist Hamish Fulton, with accompanying catalogue and educational
programs.
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation
Snowmass Village, CO
$30,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support residencies of one to six months for 16 visual artists at a former cattle and sheep
ranch in the Rocky Mountains, now converted to professional studios and fully equipped visual arts
facilities.
Archipelago Company, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development and production of a new work written by Nor Hall and Ellen
Hemphill with music composed by Sam Piperato, entitled Oya's Dream: Eulogy For A Warrior,
in which the demise of the warrior in modern society is explored through a theatrical examination
of warrior myths.
Arizona State University
(For the Art Museum)
Tempe, AZ
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support an exhibition of work by contemporary artists titled "Sites Around the City: Art in the
Environment," with accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Art Awareness, Inc.
Lexington, NY
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the creation of permanent site-specific installations by sculptor Meg Webster on
Schoharie Creek in the Northern Catskills.
Art in General, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support residencies for four visual artists that will be accompanied by exhibitions,
educational programs, and catalogues.
Art Institute of Chicago
(For The Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support an extended film exhibition project to provide a forum for the study, discussion and
increased appreciation of cinema by and about people of African descent, with a strong emphasis on
African-American film.
Art Re Grup, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a residency and exhibition at the LAB of Rebecca Bollinger, a Bay Area conceptual
visual artist who works with new technologies.
Art Sweats, Inc. (David Dorfman Dance)
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the development of Art Sweats' (David Dorfman Dance) third community-based project, to
include a seven-week creative/rehearsal period.
ArtLies
Houston, TX
$5,300
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the "Reviews" section of ArtLies, a quarterly publication based in Houston
that covers the visual arts in Texas.
Asian American Arts Centre, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition and catalogue examining the contributions of Asian Americans to American
art history in this century.
Asian American Theater Workshop Co.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production costs for a new play written and directed by Philip Kan Gotanda entitled
The Sisters Matsumoto to be produced in San Francisco and focusing on three sisters in
Stockton, CA in 1951 and how their lives are changed by their experience of internment during World
War II.
Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the Austin Film Society's Free Cinema project, a weekly screening of rarely-shown film
and video works, curated and presented within an historical and cultural context, free of charge to
members of the Austin community.
Available Potential Enterprises, Limited
Northampton, MA
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production costs for the revival of one work from the repertoire as well as development
and production costs for the creation of a new work as part of a celebration of the 25th
anniversary of No Theater during the 1998-99 season in Northampton.
Ballet Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support in 1998-99 the creation of a new ballet, choreographed by Artistic Director Michael
Uthoff, in collaboration with R. Carlos Nakai, a Native American flutist, that will be based on
Native American themes and stories and developed after dialogue with the various segments of the
community.
Ballet Espanol, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a flamenco festival featuring master flamenco
guitarists, choreographers and singers.
Ballet Metropolitan, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the commissioning of a dance work by choreographer Julia Adam.
Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of works by choreographer Eliot Feld.
Bargemusic, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support professional quality recordings of weekly chamber music concerts presented by
Bargemusic during 1998-1999 for preservation, outreach, broadcast, and promotion.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$15,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a residency program that will provide up to twelve American artists with housing and
workspace, a monthly stipend, and access to facilities and equipment for the creation new work.
Bennington Museum, Inc.
Bennington, VT
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the creation of a new exhibition and study center on pottery produced in Bennington,
Vermont, from the late 18th century to the end of the 19th century.
Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the exhibition of curated film and video series including series devoted to in-person
presentations, avant garde cinema, documentary work, and screenings by artists from Pennsylvania in
1998-1999.
Blackberry Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production expenses associated with Harlem Renaissance II, a two-week theatrical event
to be produced at Aaron Davis Hall, Harlem's premiere performing arts institution, in the spring of
1999.
Boston Dance Umbrella, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of dance works for AXIS Dance Troupe by choreographers
Thais Mazure and Bill T. Jones.
Boulevard Arts Center
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support an artistic documentation of the life of the Center's working class African-American
community through instruction programs that will culminate in a video, public art pieces, a book
about neighborhood life, and a dance/music piece reflecting the culture and values of the
community.
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival
Brunswick, ME
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support fees for guest artists and guest composers in the 1998 Bowdoin Summer Music Festival
season on the campus of Bowdoin College.
Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$31,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a series of artists' residencies and an exhibition entitled "Printed
Influences/Sculptural Editions," that will examine printmaking as an extension of sculpture.
Brava! for Women in the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$21,150
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and presentation of The Calle Veinticuatro Project, a new work
developed in collaboration with Culture Clash through community-based workshops in the Mission
District of San Francisco, to premiere at the Brava Theater Center in the spring of 1999.
Bronx Community Cable Programming Corporation
Bronx, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production and telecast of "BRONX LIVE !," a model local cable access series which
will showcase the performing artists and arts institutions throughout the Bronx community.
Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support an artist residency program at the Longwood Arts Project that will provide four artists
with studio space, materials, and a stipend for periods of six months to one year.
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY
$32,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the exhibition "Urban Mythologies: The Bronx Represented Since the 1960's," as shown in
contemporary art, street culture, and the mass media, with accompanying catalogue and education
programs.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$110,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support Next Wave Festival 1998 involving a range of work in a concentrated period of time,
wherein audiences and artists can experience and appreciate contemporary dance, music,
music-theater and theater from around the world.
Brown University
(For Rites & Reason Theatre)
Providence, RI
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production costs for Fortunes of the Moor, written by
Barbara and Carlton Molette and scheduled to premiere in the spring of 1998 at Rites & Reason
Theatre.
Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$21,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the development of an interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the architectural
team Diller & Scofidio and scripted by Jessica Chalmers, weaving together two tragic stories
using live action and video.
Cabrillo Guild of Music
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Next Generation Project, a presentation of emerging American symphonic composers
and soloists with accompanying outreach activities to young audiences at the 1998 Cabrillo Music
Festival.
California State University Sacramento Trust Foundation
(For Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support visiting artists' fees and promotional expenses for the 1998 Festival of New American
Music to be held in November 1998 on the campus of California State University (Sacramento) and at
various community venues.
Cambridge Arts Council
Cambridge, MA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the final phase of a major public artwork by the artist Mierle Ukeles, to convert a
municipal landfill in Cambridge into a 55-acre public park to be completed in 1999.
Capoeira Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support performances and a residency at SummerStage, a Danspace workshop, a series of outdoor
performances, an exhibition of traditional Brazilian instruments and costumes, and a music
concert.
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts, Inc.
Katonah, NY
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the presentation of a series of concerts that identify and nurture emerging artists
during the 1998 Caramoor International Music Festival.
Caribbean Dance Company, Inc.
St. Croix, VI
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a dance work by choreographers Monty Thompson and Nii Yartey, and
artists' fees for additional rehearsals.
Carpetbag Theatre, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of a new, company-developed work tentatively entitled
Knockin' On Heaven's Gate, that explores the exploitation of people manipulated by charismatic
leadership.
Carter Family Puppet Theater
Seattle, WA
$4,230
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of a marionette play based on the opera The Magic
Flute that will feature the opera's scenario, music and arias along with improvisational comic
dialogue and action.
Celebrity Series of Boston, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support Project Discovery during 1998-99, a city-wide arts initiative designed to make arts
accessible to people of all ages in the Boston area.
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art
Buffalo, NY
$13,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a multi-faceted project entitled "Ruins in Reverse: Time and Progress in Contemporary
Art," looking at notions of progress, time, and history on the eve of the Millennium.
Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support two exhibitions: "Rooms for the Dead," based on the traditional Chicano ancestral
tribute Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos), and "Migrant Artists and Migratory Ideas," featuring
contemporary artists from Mexico City.
Center for Women & Their Work, Inc.
Austin, TX
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support development of a traveling exhibition and catalogue, "20/20 Vision: Two Decades of
Women and Their Work," to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Center.
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles (Mark Taper Forum)
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998 mainstage premiere production of Peter Parnell's completed The Cider House
Rules, Parts I and II, adapted from John Irving's novel.
Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, Inc.
Palos Verdes, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the commission, performance, and related expenses of a new work for flute and chamber
orchestra by Augusta Read Thomas, to be performed by the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay and
flutist Nadine Asin.
Chicago Children's Theatre, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the commission and production of an adaptation by Henry Godinez of Walking
Words, a collection of traditional Latin American folktales by Eduardo Galeano with
performances at the Diller Street Theatre in Winnetka, IL and at the Mercury Theatre in
Chicago.
Chicago Dramatists Workshop
Chicago, IL
$3,525
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support productions of two original plays that are outgrowths of the play development
programs.
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support "Kino-Eye," a weekly screening of independent film and video; and "Talking Pictures," a
screening and lecture series on avant garde film and video.
Chicago Latino Cinema
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 14th Chicago Latino Film Festival which will offer the best of Latino cinema to an
estimated audience of over 30,000 people.
Chicago Sinfonietta, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the commission of a piano concerto by Panamanian composer Roque Cordero during the
Chicago Sinfonietta's 1998-99 subscription series at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and at Dominican
University in River Forest, Illinois.
Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$32,900
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support Children's Theater Company's 1998-1999 restaging and production of an adaptation of Dr.
Seuss's The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins by the playwright Timothy Mason.
Childsplay, Inc.
Tempe, AZ
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998-1999 Playwright-in-Residence project of Jose Cruz Gonzalez at Childsplay to
create new work with staged readings, workshops and a fully mounted premiere of The Highest
Heaven.
Chinati Foundation
Marfa, TX
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the permanent installation of a major, large-scale, site-specific work by the late
contemporary American artist Dan Flavin (1933-1996).
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati, OH
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Young Composers' Showcase, presenting music of
highly promising young American composers during the 1998-1999 concert season at Cincinnati's Music
Hall.
Cine Accion, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$16,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the presentation of the seventh annual Festival Cine Latino showcasing the work of
Latino producers.
Circus Arts Foundation of Missouri
St. Louis, MO
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a design charette and the incorporation of new technologies into the designs for Circus
Flora's 1998-1999 production of Calder's Circus.
City of El Paso
(For Arts Resources Department)
El Paso, TX
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the 1998 String Series featuring performances and master classes by solo guitarist
Manuel Barrueco, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and the Santa Fe Guitar Quartet; presented at the
Chamizal National Memorial Theater in El Paso for audiences from El Paso and bordering cities of
Mexico.
City of Oakland, California
(For Cultural Arts Division)
Oakland, CA
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support "Oakland Arts A(Live)!", a 1998 series featuring diverse Oakland artists and arts
groups presented at the Alice Arts Center, a city-owned and operated arts facility.
City of San Antonio, Texas
(For the Carver Center)
San Antonio, TX
$34,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the Carver Center's 1998-99 Cultural Festival, offered in celebration of the diverse
cultures of the world with an emphasis on the cultural and historic contributions of
African-Americans through the presentation of multi-disciplinary performing arts programming.
Classic Stage Company Repertory, Ltd.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support CSC Repertory Company/Classic Stages 1998-1999 production of a new adaptation of Henrik
Ibsen's Peer Gynt by playwright/performer Kevin Kling and translator/dramaturg Paul
Walsh.
College Community Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of Brooklyn Center's 1998 World of Dance Series.
Colorado Dance Festival, Inc.
Boulder, CO
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of the second of four years of dance programming that celebrates
dances of the Americas and the Caribbean.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Colorado Springs, CO
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the presentation at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center of the exhibition "Master
Drawings from the Worcester (MA) Art Museum," and accompanying education programs.
Columbia College
(For Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of Columbia College Dance Center's 1998-99 season, to include such
artists/companies as David Rousseve/REALITY, the DanceAfrica Chicago 1998 Festival, Chris Aiken,
and H.T. Chen & Dancers.
Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support The Composer's Project at Wellesley College in August 1998 which will enable young
composers to study with senior composers and players, including the presentation and recording of
their works in four free concerts by new music experts.
Concerned Citizens for Humanity, Ltd.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the creative development, design and distribution of contemporary and culturally
sensitive public information materials as part of a teen pregnancy reduction campaign lasting one
year.
Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation and attendant residencies of the 1998 Guest Artist Series of dance
companies/artists.
Cornell University
(For Cornell Cinema)
Ithaca, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support Monday Night Classic Cinema Series, which is intended to provide an informal education
about the history of cinema--its evolution, genres, key directors/actors/production staff, national
characteristics--and an appreciation for the cinema's technical and artistic aspects.
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the installation costs of a new long-term exhibition at the Corning Museum which will
showcase glass made in Corning from 1868 to 1930, with accompanying education programs.
Coro de Ninos de San Juan, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1998 Christmas Concerts, which will include one performance at the Performing Arts
Center Festival Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a local tour to five rural areas in Puerto
Rico.
Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support four to six week residencies in 1998, including studio space, housing and meals, for
ten mid-career artists in various disciplines.
Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Coterie for its 1998-1999 Great Books/Banned Books Project that explores the works
of great writers who have been challenged or banned through presentations to Coterie's diverse
youth and family audiences.
Creative Time, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a consortium project with El Museo del Barrio consisting of an installation and
performance titled "El Mexterminator II," by Chicano artist and cultural critic Guillermo
Gomez-Pena, at three sites in New York City.
Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of a portable installation and other activities by the artist Mierle
Ukeles on the concept of building peace that will move throughout New York area neighborhoods in
September 1998.
Crosspulse
Berkeley, CA
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the creation and presentation of Perayaan/the Celebration, an original
full-length work about communication and community developed by the six-member Crosspulse
percussion ensemble and six artists from Indonesia in an intercultural collaboration to premiere in
San Francisco.
Cuyahoga Community College
(For Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 20th anniversary of the Tri-C JazzFest in a centennial celebration of the music of
Duke Ellington in 1999.
D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of a series of dance performances and residencies by a diverse
selection of dancers/companies.
Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support a new production of Handel's Ariodante in 1998-99.
Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the Community Animation initiative designed to develop and sustain public interest in
and attendance for the performing arts by involving artists more deeply in communities through its
extended performance series, residency activities, and special projects.
Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of dancer/choreographer Stephanie Ballard, Robert Moses' dance company
KIN, Chen & Dancers, and 33 Fainting Spells.
Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of the second year of Dans/City, a series of programs of dance works
by New York-based choreographers, to celebrate Danspace Project's 25th anniversary season.
Dartmouth College
(For Hopkins Center)
Hanover, NH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the Hopkins Center 1998-1999 Visiting Performing Artist Series which will encompass a
range of presentations, including the co-commission of a new work by choreographer and theater
artist Martha Clarke, an orchestra presentation, and a festival of international puppetry.
Deaf West Theatre Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production of See How They Run by Philip King presented for deaf and
hearing audiences.
Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, production, and regional tour of two original works that will comprise
Dell'Arte's 1998-99 Project Reach.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver, CO
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998 U.S. West Theatrefest of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, a new play
development program that includes new play readings, productions of new plays, adaptations, and
translations.
Des Moines Children's Choruses, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support artists' fees and production costs associated with a two-week workshop and festival
focusing on the music of Scandinavian countries at the biennial Des Moines International Children's
Choral Festival in 1999.
Dia Center for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$37,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a major retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Robert Whitman (b.
1935), with accompanying catalogue and education programs.
DiverseWorks Artspace
Houston, TX
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support development of an exhibition and catalogue featuring the work of contemporary Houston
artists.
Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc.
Ashfield, MA
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development, rehearsal, and presentation of the performances of Song Of
Absence, Song Of Songs, and Keter in one theatrical event: The Song
Trilogy Cycle.
DOVA, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a multi-disciplinary dance work for DOVA choreographed by Doug Varone
with music by Julia Wolfe, to be presented with other company repertory at the Joyce Theater.
Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$3,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Drama League of New York's 1998 Drama League Directors Project, which includes
production costs associated with the Fall Producing program, the Summer Directing programs, and the
New American Play Initiative.
Duncan Avenue Arts Collaborative
Providence, RI
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a concert dance work by the Everett Dance Theater titled True
School, through improvisational rehearsal with a variety of collaborators.
Early Music Guild of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Hildegard von Bingen Festival, a two-week summer music festival in August 1998
celebrating the 900th anniversary of Hildegard von Bingen's birth in 1098, including concerts, an
educational workshop, and a weekend conference.
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the development of a collaborative program between Merkin Concert Hall and the Lucy
Moses School for Music & Dance in 1998-99 which will stimulate the creation and performance of
new works written specifically for children and will promote understanding and appreciation of such
works through interactive, educational components.
En Garde Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support En Garde Art's 1998 "Walking Tour," a theatricalized walking tour through New York
City's lower east side that will uncover and celebrate the cultural history of this vibrant
neighborhood.
Ethnic Folk Arts Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,675
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the 1998 Mahrajan al-Fan, a festival of traditional Arab music, dance, poetry, and
crafts featuring master Arab performing and traditional artists' presentations to diverse
metropolitan New York audiences.
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc.
Waterford, CT
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center's 1998 National Music Theater Conference and
the National Playwrights Conference resulting in the creation of new works, musical and
non-musical, for the contemporary theater.
evidence, inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of dance works choreographed by Ronald K. Brown.
Experimental Television Center, Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support a year-long residency program for up to 50 artists from throughout the United States
working in electronic media.
Facets Multi-Media Inc.
Chicago, IL
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1998 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the largest and most important
event of its kind in North America.
Field Papers Inc.
North Bennington, VT
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a dance work by choreographer Dana Reitz.
Fiji Theater Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$36,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and presentation of the Korea Project, a multi-disciplinary performance
work by Ping Chong and Dong-Il Lee examining Korean-American relations past, present and
future.
Film Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support two international film exhibition series in 1998: a survey of Chinese cinema and a
retrospective of the works of the master Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Provincetown, MA
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support housing, studios, and stipends for seven-month residencies in 1998-99 for writers and
visual artists who are in the early stages of their careers and come from many regions of the
country.
Florentine Opera Co., Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support production costs for the American premiere of The Picture of Dorian Gray by
Lowell Liebermann at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in 1999.
Florida Orchestra, Inc.
Tampa, FL
$43,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the audience development project, Casual Classics, a mini-series of non-traditional
concert performances from October 1998 through March 1999, designed around alternative venues to
diversify and broaden the attendance of younger, Tampa Bay area concert goers.
Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Creation in Community Across the Disciplines" in 1998-99, six creative residencies in
an effort to develop and present new work while opening up the creative process to a series of
outreach/community activities.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the core chamber orchestra's classical music performance series, "Unplugged," aimed at
younger, 20- to 40-year old audiences at Fort Wayne's Performing Arts Center and Embassy Theatre
from January through May 1999.
Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
$72,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the reinstallation and reinterpretation of the Detroit Institute of Arts' modern and
contemporary art collections.
Free Street Programs, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support salaries, materials, and touring expenses for TeenStreet, a jobs program in writing and
performing for low-income, inner-city teens that consists of four summer neighborhood teen theater
companies that create free performances for children and one year-round professional teen company
that creates new work for performance in Chicago.
Friends of the Arts, Inc.
Locust Valley, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Long Island Jazz Initiative including the Long Island Jazz Festival, the Choral
Jazz Institute, and a Jazz-Link program in public schools.
Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the January through May 1999, Sunday afternoon series of free, public concert
performances at the Basilica of Saint Mary, featuring new works of American composers along with
traditional chamber orchestra works.
Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Live Music for Film," a project to expand and enhance a series which focuses on
musical composition for film and will feature live performances of scores written for film.
Galeria Studio 24 (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a consortium to develop an intercultural project that investigates and commemorates,
through exhibitions, films and performing and literary arts events, the historical and contemporary
connections among American communities affected by the Mexican American War (1848) and the Spanish
American War (1898).
Gamelan Pacifica
Seattle, WA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the commissioning, development, and presentation of Kali, a multidisciplinary theater
piece combining Hindu mythology and western sensibility to be composed collaboratively by Tonny
Prabowo and Jarrad Powell and featuring a cross-cultural cast of artists from the United States,
Europe, and Asia.
Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a full evening dance work choreographed by Garth
Fagan.
Genesee Valley Arts Foundation, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$37,600
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support development and production expenses for the world premiere of Famous Orpheus
by OyamO, a collaboration between GeVa Theatre and Garth Fagan Dance.
George Coates Performance Works
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support actor and design team workshops, script development, rehearsal and production expenses
for an original work, tentatively entitled Wittgenstein On Mars or Machiavelli's
Motivation, to be produced in San Francisco during the 1998-99 season.
George Street Playhouse, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
$14,100
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the commission and production costs for the translation, adaptation and production of
Rene Marques' La Carreta, to be co-produced with the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre,
directed by Miriam Colon and presented as part of George Street Playhouse's 25th anniversary season
in 1998-99.
Glimmerglass Opera, Inc. (Consortium)
Cooperstown, NY
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Glimmerglass Opera's 1998-2000 consortium project with New York City Opera for the
creation and presentation of a new production of The Mother of Us All, by Virgil Thomson,
with libretto by Gertrude Stein, in Cooperstown, NY and New York City.
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
East Haddam, CT
$85,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the revival of the 1959 musical Redhead by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, David
Shaw, Sidney Sheldon, and Albert Hague on its mainstage in 1998.
Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the development of Graywolf Press's poetry program through the publication, promotion,
and national distribution of eight books of poetry by authors such as William Stafford, Tony
Hoagland, Linda Gregg, Carl Philips, Dana Gioia, and Sophie Cabot Black.
Gregg Smith Singers, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support reading workshops of new works by emerging composers leading to possible subsequent
performances during the 1998-1999 season of concerts at the Adirondack Festival of American Music
in Saranac Lake, New York and concerts in New York City.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the 1998-99 Gateways project, a large scale cultural exchange and collaboration with
Mexican artists that will focus on creating a multidisciplinary performing arts work based on the
life of Cesar Chavez, and the presentation of U.S. Latino and Mexican borderlands visual artists,
writers, musicians, dancers, film makers and theater artists.
Guateque Folkloric Taller of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Corozal, PR
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support 1998-99 touring activity and performances to commemorate the centenary of the arrival
of the American Troops to Puerto Rico with workshops on traditional dances and music at sites
throughout Puerto Rico.
Guild Complex
Chicago, IL
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support "Poets Across the Generations," a series of seven readings, discussions, and workshops
during 1998-1999, in which writers from different generations such as Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka,
Joy Harjo, Piri Thomas, Mari Evans, and Marvin Tate read from their work and discuss the historical
times and events which have shaped their writing.
Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support rehearsal and production costs of Carlo Goldoni's The Venetian Twins, with a
new translation by Ranjit Bolt, directed by Michael Bogdanov in collaboration with a Twin Cities
writer during the 1998-99 season in Minneapolis, MN.
Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support residencies in 1998-99 for seven emerging artists of national reputation: three in the
visual arts, one in music, one in media arts, and one interdisciplinary team of two artists. The
grant will provide stipends, materials, workspace and access to equipment and technical support to
create work and interact with the local artists and the community.
Handel and Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support artistic fees of orchestra musicians, chorus members, and guest soloists for the Great
Composers Series, six programs of Baroque and Classical music performances, presented at Boston's
Symphony Hall during 1998 and 1999.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the expansion of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's Classical Conversations: Music and
Architecture, an audience development program during the 1998-1999 season.
Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support three 60-hour residencies during which artists can create new work and experiment with
new production and recording equipment, and to increase community access to new technology.
Hawaii Arts Ensemble
Kamuela, HI
$14,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support creation and presentation of "PAIEA--The Child Kamehameha," a project of traditional
Hawaiian chants and hula revolving around the birth and childhood of Hawaii's first unifying chief,
Kamehameha.
Hawaii Literary Arts Council
Honolulu, HI
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support From Renshi to Rap, a series of readings during 1998 and 1999 by writers of national
and international stature such as Tony Kushner, Gil Scott Heron, Makoto Ooka, and Sherley Ann
Williams; and a series of readings by Hawaiian writers in Philippino and Samoan neighborhoods on
leeward Oahu and on neighboring islands.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support studio space, housing, meals, travel, and a stipend for five artists from across the
United States to participate in three-month residencies to develop creative work in a stimulating
interdisciplinary community of artists.
Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support an exhibition of traditional and contemporary Zuni and Navajo silverwork with
accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Heart of the Beast Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development and production of a new full-length mask and puppet work,
tentatively entitled Genesis, to be presented during the 1998-99 season.
Helena Presents
Helena, MT
$46,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Cultural Crossings," a program of new work and multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary
collaborations by a variety of performing artists throughout the Helena community during
1998-1999.
Henry Gallery Association, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the planning of an exhibition, symposia, and catalogue based on contemporary artists'
approaches to current issues related to science and biotechnology.
Highlights in Jazz
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the production of two thematic concerts, A 26th Anniversary Celebration and Salute to
Kenny Burrell, a Living Jazz Legend, presented as part of an eight-concert 1998-99 jazz concert
series, held at the Pace University Theater in New York City.
His Majestie's Clerkes
Chicago, IL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support historically-informed performances of rarely-heard French Renaissance vocal music of
composer Claude Le Jeune scheduled for Chicago area churches in 1998-99, sung by 24 singers and an
accompanying viola da gamba quartet.
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
$43,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the final phase in a comprehensive reinstallation of the Academy's Asian art collection
considered to be one of the finest Asian art collections in the United States.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$32,900
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support Honolulu Theatre for Youth's Hothouse-Center For New Play Development, Phase 3, a
program in its third year that will include development and production of a new play, commissions
for a diverse group of Hawaii writers, and training led by a team of Hawaii mainland
dramaturgs.
Hostos Community Advisory Council
(Fiscal Agent for Latin American Writers Institute)
Bronx, NY
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the U.S. Latino Poetry Festival to feature internationally prominent writers such as
Ray Gonzalez, Oscar Hijuelos, Sandra Maria Esteves, Cristina Garcia, Giaconda Belli, Miguel
Algarin, and Ariel Dorfman; and to support the LibroFest Latino Bookfest during November 1998
focusing on Latina Writing in the United States.
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs, AR
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1998 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, the only event of its kind devoted
exclusively to presenting non-fiction film.
Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of world-premiere performances of dance works by choreographers Lila
York, Stanton Welch and Glen Tetley, and the creation of a new dance work by choreographer David
Rousseve.
Houston Foto Fest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$22,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support FotoFest, a biennial photographic festival in Houston that includes exhibitions, artist
residencies, lectures, educational tours, and services for artists.
Houston Symphony Society
Houston, TX
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the production of the Spring 1999 Baroque Music Festival performed under the baton of
Nicholas McGegan at Houston's Wortham Theater Center in the Cullen Theater, including full
orchestra works, a violin and keyboard soloist, chamber ensemble concerts, and lectures or seminars
on the repertoire.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support dancers' salaries in support of the creation, maintenance, and revival of
repertoire.
Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Inc.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the 1998 Literary Presentation Series, featuring live readings by writers such as
Pulitzer Prize-winner Frank McCourt, Stuart Dybeck, Edwidge Danticat, Amy Gerstler, David Trinidad,
Eamon Grennan, and Benjamin Cheever at the recently restored Philipse Manor Railroad Station in
Sleepy Hollow, and at Sunnyside, the historic home of Washington Irving.
Hundred Grand Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Bill Young.
Illusion Theater and School, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 11th annual FRESH INK series of new works and works in progress that offers
opportunities for emerging and established artists to create and produce new theatrical works
during the 1998-99 season.
Imago, The Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the exploration of new theater forms by staging a contemporary work that is based on a
classical text.
Independent Eye, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development and performance of a new work, entitled The Descent of
Inanna, by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller to be presented during the Philadelphia resident
season and on a local tour.
Indiana State Symphony Society, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1999 Spring Festival entitled Nature in Sight and Sound comprised of symphonic
music performed to photography of nature projected over the stage by American artist James
Westwater.
Indianapolis Art Center
Indianapolis, IN
$6,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of two site-specific projects by artists Susan Wink and Drea
Howenstein for the Center's proposed Sensory Path to be installed along the White River.
International Arts Relations, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,850
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support "One Hundred Years of Garcia Lorca," theatrical presentations celebrating the life and
artistic legacy of Frederico Garcia Lorca, one of Spain's most celebrated playwrights, on the one
hundredth anniversary of his birth.
International House of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support a retrospective film series devoted to Paul Robeson, the internationally famous
American actor, creative genius, civil rights activist and African-American leader.
Intersection
San Francisco, CA
$14,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the presentation and promotion of six four-day writer's residencies during 1998 and
1999, featuring Lynn Emmanuel, Martin Espada, Darcy Steinke, Randall Kenan, Jaime Jacinto, and
devorah major.
Intiman Theatre
Seattle, WA
$7,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the New Voices program of workshops and productions dedicated to the development of new
work for the American theater during 1998.
Island Institute (Consortium)
Sitka, AK
$27,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support a consortium project between six organizations to establish the Alaska Literary Trail,
a statewide program bringing writers to Alaska's underserved audiences in remote rural villages; to
produce Northern Letters, a radio show featuring Alaskan and visiting writers; and to develop
LitSite Alaska, an electronic network to promote new writers within the state.
Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$22,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support ten residencies for Northwest audio artists during 1998-99 and to commission and record
a new collaborative work by Portland drummer and composer Obo Addy and Seattle jazz artist and
composer Julian Priester.
Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association
Jackson, MI
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1998-99 Visiting Specialist Program, designed to improve the orchestra's artistic
quality, expand its repertoire, and provide educational opportunities to encourage young musicians
within the community, by engaging specialists in the following instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, and cello.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. (Consortium)
Lee, MA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance works by choreographers Merce Cunningham,
Joanna Haigood, Elizabeth Streb, Laura Dean, and Susan Marshall.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1998 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival and the
Essentially Ellington program which includes the creation of transcriptions of Edward Kennedy
"Duke" Ellington's music and dissemination of these original arrangements to public and private
high schools for study and performance by students, band directors, and musicians around the
country.
Jazz Education, Inc.
Houston, TX
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the eighth annual Houston International Jazz Festival in 1998 that will spotlight
international artists at the Poolside Jam, the Outdoor Festival at Sam Houston Park, and the
Mayor's Jazz Brunch.
Jazz in the City
San Francisco, CA
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1998 San Francisco Jazz Festival which includes concerts in numerous Bay Area
venues, a Youth in Jazz concert, featuring high school jazz musicians, and Jazz Dialogues lectures
for adults.
Jazz Tap Ensemble
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a work in collaboration with choreographer Lynn Dally and video
designer Dennis Diamond.
Jewish Museum
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a major exhibition examining the role of Berlin Jews in the emergence of modernism in
the arts, with accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Jo Ha Kyu Performance Group, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dance works in Boston,
Massachusetts.
John Woodman Higgins Armory, Inc.
Worcester, MA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support an exhibition titled "Road Warriors: Knight Riders," which will contrast and compare
medieval armor and knighthood with contemporary motorbike culture, with and education programs.
Jomandi Productions, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$37,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, workshop development and mainstage premiere of Slam, a new
musical by Thomas W. Jones, II, with music by Keyth Lee.
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of dance projects including a dance series titled "Altogether
Different," including Compagnie Maguy Marin, Doug Elkins Dance Company, and La Tania.
Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998-1999 New Works Project including the development and production of new works
and assistance for the ongoing "Wednesday-in-Performance/Works-in-Progress" series.
Kankouran West African Dance Company
Washington, DC
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the l5th Annual African Dance and Drum Festival, including workshops in traditional
African and African inspired dance and music, with a full concert production.
Kansas City Ballet Association (State Ballet of Missouri)
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of a choreographic workshop for choreographers selected through an
application process.
Knoxville Community Development Corporation
Knoxville, TN
$22,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of a public artwork by artist Vernon Fisher, which will be installed
on the Knoxville riverfront.
Knoxville Symphony Society, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support commissioning of a series of orchestral fanfares to open each of the 1999-2000
Masterworks series concerts at the Tennessee Theater in a two-year project called "Fanfares for a
New Millennium," including composer residency activities, such as pre-concert "Music Talks."
Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support artists' fees for concerts featuring renowned and emerging jazz artists presented at
the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz during the 1998-99 season and other artist residency
activities, including educational concerts in community facilities.
L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 6th Celebration of Independent Video, a multi-faceted showcase for the newest, most
adventuresome video, CD-ROM, and Web art from throughout the nation.
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the workshop, rehearsal, and remounting in 1999 of Andre Serban and Elizabeth Swados'
Great Jones Repertory Company production at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club of Fragments of A
Greek Trilogy, which includes Medea, Electra, and Trojan Women, in
celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the original premiere of this work.
La Pena Cultural Center, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$21,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Convergencias," a series to be presented during 1998-99, featuring collaborative works
by artists whose work is rooted in specific cultural traditions.
Lafayette College
(For Williams Center for the Arts)
Easton, PA
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Orpheus in the Real World," the presentation of three performances by the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra within a festival setting, and new works by theater artist John Kelly and
choreographers Donald Byrd, Yoshiko Chuma, and Trisha Brown.
Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission
Lafayette, CO $10,262
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the creation of a mural during 1998 by Barbara Jo Revell and John Caron, for the
exterior wall of the Lafayette Public Library.
Lake George Arts Project, Inc.
Lake George, NY $8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support costs related to the presentation of jazz artists and ensembles as part of the Lake
George Jazz Weekend to be held in September 1998.
LifeLong Medical Care
Berkeley, CA
$22,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a site-specific permanent installation by two artists, Chere Mah and Susan Wick, at the
Over Sixty Health Center, a program for elders independence and low-income senior housing for the
South Berkeley community.
Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support an artist-in-residence program, which will provide 10 photographers and artists working
in related electronic media with the time, resources, and support to create new work.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$82,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Lincoln Center Festival '98," a summer showcase of national and international artists
and companies presented at Lincoln Center and other New York venues.
LINES Contemporary Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a ballet choreographed by Alonzo King with music by Zakir Hassain.
Live Bait Theatrical Company
Chicago, IL
$2,050
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of Crime of the Century, a script by playwright
Rebecca Gilman, adapted from a book by William J. Martin, the prosecuting attorney in the Richard
Speck trial.
Longwood College
(For Longwood Center for the Visual Arts)
Farmville, VA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the exhibition "From Background to the Foreground: The Photo Backdrop and Cultural
Expression," with an accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Los Angeles Hanmi Opera Company
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Los Angeles Hanmi Opera's production of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Wilshire
Ebell Theater in 1998-99.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$110,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support "The Surprising Century" series of concerts (orchestral, chamber, and recital),
including lectures, symposia, and a published catalogue of essays, planned for January - May 1999,
which will focus on unique, little-known aspects of music in the 20th century and neglected
composers also of this century.
Los Angeles Poverty Department
Los Angeles, CA
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of "Taking Back My Place," a series of workshops and discussions in the
Los Angeles Skid Row area that will lead to a work, utilizing movement theater techniques and
ritual performed out-of-doors, and performances at a local theater.
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the three-concert 1998-99 "American Crossings" series aimed to preserve and promote the
musical roots of New Orleans by presenting thematic concerts that fuse European classical music to
the spiritual, blues, gospel and jazz idioms, and which include such activities as open rehearsals,
pre-concert talks, and master classes at area colleges and universities.
Louisiana Symphony Association
Baton Rouge, LA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the commissioning of a new orchestral work by American composer Stephen Paulus to
celebrate the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra's 50th Anniversary Season in 1998-99, with the work's
premiere in January 1999 in Baton Rouge at the Theater for the Performing Arts.
Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,300
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a retrospective exhibition and catalogue featuring printmaking artists who have worked
at the Lower East Side Printshop during its 30-year history.
Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a dance work choreographed by Lar Lubovich and set to music by Johannes
Brahms.
Lucinda Childs Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of dance works by choreographer Lucinda Childs.
Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$27,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support Mabou Mines in 1998-1999 for the Belen Project, the development and production of a
bilingual musical theater piece inspired by the history of a 17th century refuge for women that
became one of Mexico's most notorious prisons.
MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support six artists of different disciplines for one-month residencies in 1998 in the
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Residency Project to re-emphasize the Colony's founding principle
that collaboration between artists of different disciplines enhances creativity.
Macon Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Macon, GA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the performance of James Oliverio's Second Timpani Concerto, featuring soloist Mark
Yancich as part of one of the Orchestra's subscription concerts to be broadcast on Peach State
Public Radio; three young people's concerts; and a run-out concert at Fort Valley State College
during 1998-99.
Madison Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Madison, WI
$17,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the commission, development and production of a new play by the playwright Jeffrey
Hatcher that will explore the shifting American class system.
Madison Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Madison, WI
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a chamber music festival entitled Decade by Decade, which will combine music and
educational lectures in a progressive and comprehensive examination of the period of 1901 through
1950, expanding appreciation and awareness of modern musical trends including the avant-garde,
atonal or twelve-tone, and the aleatoric or "chance music" movements.
Magic Theatre, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$16,450
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Ex Libris Project, a sixteen-month national commissioning initiative emphasizing
adaptations of literary classics, that will expand the Magic Theatre's thirty-year commitment to
making a home for adventurous playwrights.
Make a Circus, Inc
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and presentation of an original circus theater piece as part of the Circus
Days Program in the summer of 1998.
Mattress Factory, Ltd.
Pittsburgh, PA
$22,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the creation of four site-specific installations by five artists in the Mattress
Factory's main facility and its satellite site.
Mayi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production costs of a new play entitled peregri/Nasyon, written and
directed by Chris Millado in celebration of the theater's tenth season and the 100-year anniversary
of Philippine independence.
McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production of a new musical, The Night Governess, by author/composer Polly
Pen, based on a Louisa May Alcott thriller, as part of McCarter's five-play 1998-1999 mainstage
season.
Mendocino Music Festival
Mendocino, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the expansion of the 1999 Mendocino Music Festival to a three-week format to increase
performances, educational offerings, and community economic benefits; and to improve the quality of
musical performances through increased rehearsal time.
Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the two-year "American Music Project" which encompasses the commissioning of a new work
for each of Metamorphosen's four-concert season at Boston's Jordan Hall; pre-concert lectures to
contextualize the programming and introduce the audience to the composer; and a free ticket program
for area public schools.
Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a ballet titled Evening of Ballroom Ballet,
choreographed by up to three artists including Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros and Peter Anastos, with
music by Richard Adler.
Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit, MI
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support presentations associated with the city-wide Gershwin Centenary Festival including a
production of Porgy & Bess at the Detroit Opera House.
Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc.
Austerlitz, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support one month residencies including separate studios and living quarters for nine artists
in 1998-99 representing writers, composers and visual artists from throughout the United
States.
Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support filmmaking workshops and the exhibition of experimental film and video art, including
in-person presentations.
Mills College
(For Center for Contemporary Music)
Oakland, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support concerts of contemporary music presented at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills
College during the 1998-99 season, including performances, lectures, and demonstrations by
innovative electronic musicians in residence.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$44,650
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of a new play written by Steven Dietz and directed by
Joseph Hanreddy based on Elective Affinities, a novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, to be
presented for a five-week run during the 1998-99 season.
Minnesota Film Center
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 17th Annual Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival which is expected to
draw an audience of over 23,000 people.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
$32,900
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support commissions and production costs for fully mounted productions of two original works
created by members of Mixed Blood Theatre Company to be presented as part of the 1998-99
season.
Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a series of free concerts (from early music on authentic instruments to premieres of
new works) by soloists and small ensembles in 1998 to be presented in churches and meeting houses
in rural towns of the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire.
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support three components of the 1998 Monterey Jazz Festival, held at the Monterey County
Fairgrounds: a commissioned work to be premiered at the Festival; artists in residence; and
artists' fees for emerging jazz musicians.
Mount Saint Mary's College
(For DaCamera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Chamber Music in Historic Sites concerts, which match musical programs from a variety
of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles
area, and associated outreach activities during 1998-99.
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura
Latino Americana de San Jose, Inc.
San Jose, CA
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support an installation project by the artist Pepon Osorio, exploring the relationship between
Latina working-class women, dolls, home decor, and personal aspects of domesticity.
Mum Puppettheatre
Philadelphia, PA
$6,250
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation, development and production of Ghost Stories, a new puppetry work
to be presented as part of the 1998-99 season.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a large-scale exhibition of new work by the internationally acclaimed American sculptor
Richard Serra (b. 1939), with an accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support artists' fees and expenses for production of chamber music concerts performed by
ensembles of American musicians with national or international careers during Music at Angel Fire's
15th Anniversary Season in 1998.
Musical Arts Association
Cleveland, OH $110,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a Charles Ives mini-music festival which will focus on the commissioned reconstruction
of an unfinished piano concerto, to be performed by the Cleveland Orchestra during its subscription
concert series and at the Cite de la Musique in Paris, and which will include a related chamber
music concert, lecture, and exhibit during 1998-99.
National Council for the Traditional Arts (Consortium)
Silver Spring, MD
$105,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support American Traditions Consortium of Community Presenters, a project for small towns and
rural areas to cooperatively plan and present traditional concert series in their communities.
National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$85,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the National Symphony Orchestra World Music Festival, which explores the interweaving
of folk and indigenous music in particular geographic areas and examines how these musical
traditions have influenced composers in various cultural settings.
National Theatre of the Deaf, Inc.
Chester, CT
$21,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the research and development associated with the creation of a new mainstage musical
production intended for touring in the spring of 2000.
New Community Cinema Club, Inc.
Huntington, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support five weekend-long mini film/video festivals presenting African-American,
Latino/Hispanic, Asian culture, women's issues, and international/independent film.
New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the costs associated with the Writer Development: New Works Process in which
approximately 50 playwrights and more than 250 actors, singers and directors participate in a
year-round, artist-initiated program of development and presentation of new plays, musicals and
works for the American theater during 1998-99.
New Federal Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$47,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production costs for a new adaptation of In Dahomey by Shauneille Perry,
with director/choreographer Dianne McIntyre, and musical arranger/musical director Neal Tate.
New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support rehearsal and production costs for Jitney, a new play by August Wilson and
directed by Walter Dallas, in June 1998 at the Zellerbach Theatre in Philadelphia.
New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of performances and residencies of dance companies from the United
States and abroad.
New Theater, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support The New Plays Project: 1998, through which a mini-festival of new plays by Florida
playwrights will be commissioned, developed and presented during the summer of 1998.
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support over a two-year period the creation and presentation of a dance work choreographed by
Peter Martins with music by composer Wynton Marsalis.
New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support production costs for An American Project, performances of the operas Lizzie
Borden by Jack Beeson and Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd at Lincoln Center in
1998-99.
New York Festival of Song, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support thematically-based song recitals presented at the 92nd Street Y and Weill Hall at
Carnegie Hall in New York City exploring world cultures through song, including new American
works.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(Fiscal Agent for Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc.)
New York, NY
$43,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the production and post-production of a video by noted architectural filmmaker Michael
Blackwood on the design competition for a new American embassy in Berlin, entitled The Return
of the Americans to No. 2 Pariser Platz.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(Fiscal Agent for Mystery City Films)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the script development costs for a feature-length narrative film about a young couple
re-examining their relationship while on a short road trip, to be written and directed by Leslie
McCleave.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(Fiscal Agent for John Jasperse and Dancers)
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a dance work titled Uncommon Bundle by choreographer John
Jasperse, with music by James Lo.
New York State Historical Association
Cooperstown, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the first comprehensive traveling exhibition of New York State folk art from the 18th
century to the present, with accompanying publication and education programs.
New York Street Theatre Caravan
Jamaica, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support creation and production costs of a new work, entitled Somewhere Under the
Rainbow, in which people from different cultures and traditions confront changing times, to be
presented at the Jamaica Arts Center in the fall of 1998 and tour throughout New York State.
New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$32,900
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Master Directors Program, in which master theater directors will share their
expertise with artists and audiences while developing new theater work.
New York University
(For Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$11,600
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the presentation at the University's Grey Art Gallery of the exhibition "Shiro
Kuramata, 1934-1991," one of Japan's foremost furniture and interior designers, organized by the
Hara Museum, Tokyo, with accompanying brochure and education programs.
Nexus, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a multi-faceted project, "Home and Place: Contemporary Artists and Traditional Southern
Vernacular Arts and Crafts," that will include two community-based residencies, one book residency,
and an exhibition and catalogue.
Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support presentation at the Joyce Theater of dance works by Nikolais and Louis Dance
Company.
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the acquisition, staging, and 1998-99 North Carolina performances of Paul Taylors'
Esplanade for the North Carolina Dance Theatre, which provides the only professional dance
performance available to many communities.
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the reinstallation of and programming for the museum's African, New World, and Oceanic
collections, with accompanying education and outreach programs.
North Country Chamber Players, Inc.
Franconia, NH
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support in 1998 Discovery! -- a community outreach program designed for children in summer
programs in rural New Hampshire.
North Shore Community Arts Foundation, Inc.
Beverly, MA
$36,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the North Shore Community Arts Foundation's 30th anniversary production of the musical
HAIR.
Northeast Ohio Jazz Society
Cleveland Height, OH
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support in 1998-99 the opening and closing concerts of an eight-concert jazz series, Jazz On
The Circle.
Northlight Theatre
Skokie, IL
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
$10,000
To support workshop expenses for the creation and development of a modern-day adaptation of Israel
Zangwill's 1908 play The Melting Pot by Ari Roth, entitled Remaking A Melting
Pot, scheduled to take place in June 1998.
Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle, WA
$22,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support "Norte y Sur, Un Solo Pueblo: The Chicano Legacy into the New Millennium," a musical
component of the 1998 Northwest Folklife Festival held in Seattle, Washington.
Ohio Chamber Ballet
Akron, OH
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of the Ohio Ballet Summer Festival.
On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of residencies by choreographers Meg Stuart, David Rousseve, Pat
Graney, Rennie Harris, and 33 Fainting Spells.
Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of a new work for the theater to be written, directed, and
designed by Richard Foreman with the working title of Paradise.
Opera Carolina
Charlotte, NC
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support Opera Carolina's production of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini at the Belk
Theater in the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and related student and adult
educational activities in partnerships with schools and community organizations during 1998-99.
Opera San Jose, Inc.
San Jose, CA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support production of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky at the Montgomery Theater
in 1998-99.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$90,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support in 1998-99 the commission and presentation of the new opera The Merchant and the
Pauper by Paul Schoenfield with libretto by Margaret Stearns and the professional premiere of
a new children's opera, Sukey and the Mermaid, written on a collaborative basis by the
seventh grade vocal music class at Carr-Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School.
Opera/Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the creation, production, and November 1998 premiere at Rose Theater of Eric
Hermannson's Soul, an opera composed by Libby Larsen, based on the short story by American
author Willa Cather.
OperaDelaware, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support costs associated with the creation of a new opera for AIDS awareness aimed at a high
school audience and appropriate for performance in the Delaware school system in 1998.
Oregon Symphony Association
Portland, OR
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the two-year outreach project "Nerve Endings," an experimental concert series designed
to attract non-traditional audiences to classical music through innovative programming, creative
staging and lighting, and interactive informational contexts.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$32,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support concerts at Riverside Church and El Museo del Barrio in an effort to reach
community-based, non- traditional new audiences.
Painted Bride Art Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a six-week festival on the artistic work of contemporary women from the African
Diaspora, including a visual arts exhibition, "Black Diva Photographers: Inside/Outside," and
numerous works of music, dance, and theater presented by black women artists.
Paper Bag Players, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and tour of a new show throughout the Northeast and South during 30 weeks
of performances that will reach between 130,000 and 150,000 audience members.
Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the commissioning and presentation of a new work by choreographer Matthew Neenan.
Performing Arts Chicago
Chicago, IL
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the Audiences for the Performing Arts Network Project involving the 1998-1999
presentation of choreographer Bill T. Jones, composer Steve Reich, and theater artist Robert LePage
in premieres of new work and residencies with Performing Arts Chicago's community partners.
Perry County Council of the Arts
Newport, PA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the 15th Anniversary Little Buffalo Festival of the Arts, a regional celebration of
arts and world cultures, at Little Buffalo State Park for audiences from south-central
Pennsylvania's rural communities and nearby cities.
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the "Art Song Series" and related educational programs, including the only Philadelphia
recital appearances by five outstanding world-class and younger emerging professional singers.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the exhibition "Delacroix: The Late Work," celebrating the bicentennial of the artist's
birth in 1798, with accompanying education programs.
Philadelphia Singers
Philadelphia, PA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the commission of Day, a secular cantata for chorus and chamber orchestra by
Philadelphia composer Robert Capanna and the premiere performance by the 32-member core ensemble of
The Philadelphia Singers, accompanied by the Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra, in October 1998
in Philadelphia.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$22,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support performances in the San Francisco Bay area of Handel's oratorio Solomon, a
company premiere that will open the Philharmonia's 18th home season in September, 1998.
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the creation and performance of new works associated with the New York Philharmonic's
"Commissions 2000," performances of American concerti as part of the American Classics series, and
special festivals celebrating the music of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin which will take place
from 1998 to 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall.
Phoenixville Area Economic Development Corp.
Phoenixville, PA
$2,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a commission to artist Michael Webb to create a mural for the downtown Colonial
Theatre.
Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$14,100
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and development of Court Dance, a new collaborative theater work
by David and Ain Gordon.
Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support ten artists with the time, resources, facilities, and technical assistance to create
and present new work in glass during Pilchuck's 1998 Artist-in-Residency Program.
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh, PA
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support "The Electronic Show," a group exhibition of electronic media art and accompanying
interpretive educational programs.
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support performances of world premieres of works written for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
by American composers John Harbison, W.T. McKinley, Andrew Waggoner, Roger Dannenberg, and David
Stock, and Australian Michael Smetanin, during 1998-1999.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the creation of a new musical about the rise and fall of the steel industry in
Homestead, Pennsylvania, with Jeffrey Lunden providing the music, Arthur Perlman writing the book
and lyrics, and Ted Pappas directing.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support Playwright Horizons' 1998-1999 Musical Theater Program which includes workshops and a
mainstage production of a work developed in the program.
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.
Madison, NJ
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of Fathers and Sons: A Trilogy by Rufus Caleb,
a series of three one-acts thematically linked by their exploration of the father-son relationship
and the role of creativity in our lives.
Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998 PlayLabs, a professional workshop for the development of new American plays
that culminates in a weekend of staged public readings.
Poetry Project, Limited
New York, NY
$26,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the Monday and Wednesday Night Reading and Performance Series comprising 60 readings
and literary and events featuring over 100 writers such as W.S. Merwin, Andrei Codrescu, Michael
Ondaatje, Walter Mosley, Denise Levertov, Grace Paley, John Ashbery, Ishmael Reed, Paul Beatty, and
Gary Snyder.
Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support Portland Center Stage's New Plays Festival, a week of new play readings with
playwrights, actors, and directors drawn from around the country.
Portland Stage Company, Inc.
Portland, ME
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the expansion of the Little Festival of the Unexpected, a two-week celebration devoted
to the development of new plays and new voices for the theater.
Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a residency program to commission eight Los Angeles artists to create installations in
22 shotgun-style row houses in Houston's Ward 3 neighborhood.
Public Art Works
San Rafael, CA
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Art-in-Print Program, an annual commission in the Bay Area, which offers artists
the opportunity to develop public art projects that directly reach the general public through
distribution of a large edition of offset printed works of art.
Puerto Rico Community Foundation, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the Permanent Fund for the Art's multidisciplinary series of six performances including
dance/theater artist Eduardo Alegria, jazz musician David Sanchez, the Rosa Luisa Marquez Theater,
the San Juan Children's Choir, the Quinton Quartet, and a visiting group from Latin America.
Puppet Co.
Glen Echo, MD
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support design elements, stage adaptation, composition of a musical score, creation of puppets,
costumes, scenery, and the rehearsals and performances of The Wizard of Oz during
1998.
Quad City Arts, Inc.
Rock Island, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the 1998-99 Visiting Artist Series, featuring performances and residencies by musicians
and theatrical artists at venues in Illinois and Iowa.
Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Burnsville, MN
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a three-day event, sponsored by the Ragamala Dance Company, in 1998-99 at sites
throughout Minnesota and St. Paul that will honor the late choreographer and pioneer of classical
Indian dance, Uday Shankar.
Ragdale Foundation
Lake Forest, IL
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support travel costs, living and studio space, meals and a stipend for two and four week
residencies for up to 24 artists, to be selected from the following states: AK, AR, DE, HI, IA, ID,
IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, OH, OK, SC, WI, WY.
Real Art Ways, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support development of one group exhibition, "Sleight of Hand," and six solo exhibitions
featuring work of emerging artists, all documented by catalogues.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley
(For Cal Performances)
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of the Dance Masters project, including performances and residencies
by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Mark Morris Dance
Group.
Reich Music Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the creation and development of Three Tales (Acts II and III) by Steve Reich
and Beryl Korot, a documentary opera that reflects on human aspirations and the consequences of
technological advancements in the twentieth century.
Repertory Dance Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support relicensing, restaging and expansion of Repertory Dance Theatre's collection of
American modern dance classics, and to present a 1998-99 series of concerts saluting the nation's
most inventive dance pioneers for audiences in Utah and on subsequent national tours.
Research Foundation of State University of
New York at Albany/Purchase
(For Performing Arts Center at Purchase College)
Albany, NY
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support "The Goldberg Variations," a project designed to explore and study J.S. Bach's
masterpiece through various performances and lectures in March, 1999 on the campus of
SUNY-Purchase.
Research Foundation of State University of
New York at Albany/Potsdam
(For Community Performance Series ­ Potsdam)
Albany, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the presentation of concert artists in the Guest Artist Series, a project to celebrate
the 10th anniversary year of the Community Performance Series in upstate New York during
1998-99.
Resounding Winds
Radford, VA
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the two-year expansion of the Community Partnership Residency program as a model of
chamber music accessibility and audience development, using multiple short-term residencies, master
classes, workshops, and concerts in rural, underserved communities throughout the New River Valley
of southwest Virginia.
Ringside, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of a dance work performed on a box truss structure, and to commission new
work for Elizabeth Streb/Ringside dance company.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(For Alliance Theater Company)
Atlanta, GA
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Alliance Theater Company for the development and staged readings of two new plays,
an artist-in-residence position for the playwright Pearl Cleage, and activities for audiences that
create access to the artistic process.
Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(For The High Museum of Art)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the exhibition "Monet and Bazille: an Early Impressionist Collaboration," with
accompanying catalogue and education programs, organized by the High Museum of Art.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production costs for a new play by Beth Henley entitled Impossible Marriage,
to be presented May through August 1998.
Rova Saxophone Quartet
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Bay Area Emerging Composers Project, the Rova Saxophone Quartet's new initiative of
commissioning and performing the works of promising young composers.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Consortium)
Piscataway, NJ
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support residencies for four artists, two from Puerto Rico and two Puerto Ricans living in the
U.S., to work alongside a master printer and papermaker to create new work at the Rutgers Center
for Innovative Print and Paper over the next two years.
S. U. Theatre Corporation
Syracuse, NY
$37,600
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support costs associated with the production of Death and the King's Horseman by Wole
Soyinka, as well as community discussions and lectures exploring the creative aspects of the play
and its relevance to societal issues, to be presented during the 1998-99 season.
San Diego Opera Association
San Diego, CA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support artistic, technical, facility, and marketing costs for a new production of Carlisle
Floyd's opera Of Mice and Men during 1998-99.
San Diego Repertory Theatre, Inc.
San Diego, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of a new work, tentatively entitled Radio
Bordertown, by Culture Clash to be presented at the San Diego Repertory Theatre in the summer
of 1998.
San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of ballets by choreographers Helgi Tomasson and Mark
Morris, acquisition of repertory by Kenneth MacMillan, and encore performances of new works
premiered in '97-'98.
San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support production and presentation costs associated with the restaging of Benjamin Britten's
chamber opera Curlew River at Theater Artaud.
San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support "New Work, New Artists," an exhibition series of experimental film, video, and new
media work by new and emerging artists which is estimated to draw an audience of over 7,000
people.
San Francisco Early Music Society
Berkeley, CA
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the co-presentation of concert performances by American ensembles who specialize in
medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music at the 1998 Berkeley Festival and Exhibition in Berkeley,
California.
San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the creation and premiere performances of an American opera based on Tennessee
William's A Streetcar Named Desire, written by composer Andre Previn and librettist Philip
Littell.
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Festival of the Song Symphonists, a three-week exploration of orchestral works by
composers who championed the incorporation of song into symphonic works, including Leonard
Bernstein and Gustav Mahler, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
San Jose, CA
$14,100
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a consortium project with Villa Association/Villa Montalvo for the 1998 presentation of
the New America Playwrights Festival, that nurtures the development of new works from emerging
American playwrights.
Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research, LTD.
Putney, VT
$13,260
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of The Pig Act, a new puppet theater piece related
to Vermont communities and the integration of dreams into daily life.
Santa Fe Opera Association
Santa Fe, NM
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support a new production of The Magic Flute by Mozart and the American premiere of
A Dream Play by Swedish composer Ingvar Lidholm.
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica, CA
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support "Second Site," a series of four artists installations to inaugurate the Museum's new
facility in the Bergamot Station Arts Center.
Saratoga International Theater Institute
New York, NY
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of The Red Act, a new play based on three Greek
tragedies recounting the tale of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra to be directed by Anne Bogart with set
designer Neil Pate, lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin, and sound designer Darron West.
Schubert Club, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the commissioning of two composers, David Evan Thomas and Randall Davidson, for
performances by pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and violinist Leila Josefowicz during the Schubert
Club's International Artist Recital Series with participation of students from the University of
Minnesota's School of Music and radio broadcasts by Minnesota Public Radio.
Schuylkill River Development Council
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of public artwork by three artists -- Mierle Ukeles, Winifred Lutz,
and Stacy Levy -- for a park along Philadelphia's Schuylkill River.
Scottsdale Cultural Council
Scottsdale, AZ
$37,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the commissioning of six contemporary artists during 1998-99 to create works that will
explore issues of cultural identity among different ethnic groups of this region to be performed or
exhibited during a contemporary arts festival in the year 2000 at the Scottsdale Center for the
Arts.
Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
$20,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a residency program for ten sculptors to create new work using tools and equipment not
readily available in studio settings.
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
(Fiscal Agent for the Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture)
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the 1998 Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture, including Cultural Bridges:
Philippine/Mexican Folk Dance, Rondalla advanced teacher/trainee apprenticeships, a public concert,
workshops, and a festival.
Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and production of Kenny's Window, a new play adapted by Todd
Jefferson Moore from the book by Maurice Sendak who will consult on sets and costume design,
incorporating bunraku rod-puppetry and projected animated film sequences.
Seattle Group Theatre
Seattle, WA
$21,150
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production costs, community cultural forums, and post-play
discussions of Trinidad Sisters by Mustapha Matura.
Seattle Opera Association, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$55,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support costs associated with a new production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at
Seattle Center Opera House in 1998.
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$32,900
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998-1999 New Play Workshop Series, an annual program that brings playwrights
together with the resources of a major regional theatre to focus on the development of their
work.
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support "In Celebration," a project of concerts and education programs featuring American music
throughout the Seattle Symphony's 1998-99 season in Benayora Hall, a new performing arts facility
in downtown Seattle.
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the 1998 Marrowstone Music Festival, which will be held in the summer at the Fort
Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington.
Segue Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation of an evening-length dance titled TABLOID by choreographer Sally
Silvers, composer Bruce Andrews Tipton, and filmmaker Lewis Klahr.
Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$21,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Professional Artists Printmaking Project, an opportunity for up to 40 artists to
create new work in a predominantly Chicano community of East Los Angeles.
Seven Stages, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$17,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Southeastern Writers Commissioning Project in which three Southeastern writers, Jo
Carson, Jim Grimsley, and Robert Earl Price, will be commissioned for the development of new work
in collaboration with visiting international artists from the Balkans.
Shadow Box Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the Free Theatre Arts Package, a program that includes musical puppet productions for
New York's inner-city children, a creative arts teacher learning guide, and story books and audio
tapes based on its productions.
Shadowlight Productions
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the creation of In the Name of Gold, a full-length, interdisciplinary work
that expands the range of traditional shadow theater by incorporating contemporary technology and
stagecraft, exploring the life of John Sutter, America's first millionaire.
Shakespeare Repertory
Chicago, IL
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production costs for the presentation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, directed
by Barbara Gaines.
Side Street Projects
Santa Monica, CA
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the commissioning of artists' projects in the form of slide projections to precede the
trailers for films at commercial movie theaters in Los Angeles County.
Signature Theatre Company
New York, NY
$63,450
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Playwright In Residency II Program, a three-year residency program for early to
mid-career playwrights.
Sitka Summer Music Festival, Inc.
Sitka, AK
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the presentation of professional chamber music through touring concerts in urban and
rural communities of Alaska during 1998-99.
Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation and development costs for Body of Crime: Part II and production
costs for the mounting of Body of Crime: Parts I and II, original site-specific theater
works which explore the history of prisons in America.
Society for the Performing Arts
Houston, TX
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a two-week music and dance residency by the Maria Benitez Flamenco Dance Company.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the Outdoor Studio Program, which will enable up to 20 artists to create large-scale
work in a residency environment by providing them with studio space, equipment, technical
assistance, and a stipend.
South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$42,300
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production of a play based on a John Steinbeck novel in its American Classic
Series.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, NC
$6,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the creation of a new work for SECCA's Artist and the Community program by Inigo
Manglano-Ovalle, with accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Southern California Asian American Studies Central
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1998 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival, Southern California's
premiere showcase of Independent Asian International and Asian-Pacific- American film and video
work.
Southern Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Choreographers and Composers" during 1998-99, five dance events in which ethnically
based choreographers will collaborate and perform with accomplished and ethnically diverse
composers and/or performers.
Southwest Alternate Media Project, Inc.
Houston, TX
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production and statewide distribution of public television's longest-running series
devoted to independent film and video work, "The Territory," to be aired on 13 stations in Texas in
1998-1999.
Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a flamenco dance by Spanish choreographer Juan Andres
Maya.
Spanish Theatre Repertory Co., Ltd.
New York, NY
$35,250
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the presentation and tour of Schoolday Matinee Performances to a wide range of student
audiences as well as senior citizens.
Speculum Musicae, Inc.
New York, NY
$6,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a series of four concerts entitled "The Sounds of the Century in Four Nights" that will
be held in New York City at the Miller Theatre and the Kosciuszko Foundation in 1998-99.
Spoleto Festival U.S.A.
Charleston, SC
$45,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the exploration of different aspects of Charleston's history through the presentation
of African and African-influenced dance and music, as well as Samuel Arnold's 1787 opera Inkle
and Yarico during the 1998 Festival.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield, MA
$17,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Springfield Symphony Orchestra's SSO Block Party, a concert designed to improve
student participation and community outreach, and to incorporate technology into the symphony
experience through the use of videos.
St. Louis Chamber Chorus
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a four-choir concert at the St. Louis Cathedral in a program of seldom performed
masterworks on St. Valentine's Day, 1999 through a special collaborative effort by the St. Louis
Chamber Chorus with collegiate choruses from the St. Louis, Washington, and Webster
Universities.
Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the provision of state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality, post-production video equipment
to artists and independent producers.
Stanford Jazz Workshop
Stanford, CA
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a composer-in-residence collaboration between composer Muhal Richard Abrams and Peter
Apfelbaum with his Hieroglyphics Ensemble, culminating in the premiere performance of their new
work at the Stanford Jazz Workshop's 1998 annual summer Jazz Festival.
Studio Museum in Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support three artists residencies on the occasion of the Studio Museum's celebration of the
30th anniversary of its artist-in-residence program in 1998.
Sundance Children's Theatre, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1998 Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a workshop for directors and playwrights that
utilizes the support of artists/mentors to develop new scripts, stage adaptations of previously
written narratives, and new interpretations of classic texts.
Sundance Institute for Film and Television
Salt Lake City, UT
$150,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, the directing and screenwriting labs, and the
Producers Conference.
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra's 1998-99 touring project to underserved rural
communities throughout Central and Northern New York State, with a programming emphasis on American
music.
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the presentation in Tacoma of the traveling exhibition "Luis Jimenez: Working Class
Heroes, Images from the Popular Culture," organized and toured by Exhibits USA, part of the
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO.
Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of Phineas Cage, a collaborative theater work
that explores issues of medical technology, bioengineering, and artificial intelligence.
Tears of Joy Theatre
Vancouver, WA
$17,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development, production, and tour of The Secret of Karem Raja, a new play
based on an Indian folk tale, and performances of it at the Theater's Family Series and Cultural
Adventure Programs.
Teatro Avante, Inc.
Miami, FL
$37,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the XIII International Hispanic Theatre Festival that features award-winning
productions of contemporary and classical works by Hispanic playwrights produced by internationally
renowned theater companies.
Teatro de la Luna (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$11,750
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a consortium project of Teatro de la Luna and the Arlington County Cultural Affairs
Division for the planning and production of its 1998 First International Festival of Hispanic
Theater featuring the works of Federico Garcia Lorca on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Texas Folklife Resources (Consortium)
Austin, TX
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a consortium effort by Texas Folklife Resources and the Texas Commission on the Arts in
a project of week-long residencies by esteemed traditional musicians including demonstrations,
workshops, and mini-performances in underserved communities throughout Texas.
Theater Grottesco North America, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$4,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support remounting and production costs for an original work, entitled Fortune: The Rise
And Fall Of A Small Fortune Cookie Factory, to be presented in Santa Fe and Albuquerque during
the 1998-99 season.
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
$58,350
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of an adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute
that will be co-directed by Dominique Serrand and Barbra Berlovitz Desbois with music adaptation by
Bradley Greenwald to be presented in the fall of 1999.
Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the development of a full-length folkloric ballet titled Captain from Castile
based on a novel with the same title by author Samuel Shelabarger.
Touchstone
Bethlehem, PA
$18,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development of a site-specific production of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound
that will be set in an abandoned part of the Bethlehem Steel mill and will be presented as part of
a multi-disciplinary Steel Festival co-produced by Touchstone and Lehigh University in September
1999.
Town Hall Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support "The Master Mentor Series: At Home Around the World with David Amram," a one-year
project of concerts and master classes for young and adult audiences by composer and musician David
Amram during 1998-99.
Trinity Repertory Company (Consortium)
Providence, RI
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a consortium project, with the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, to
develop original dramatic works that further the work of aspiring playwrights, dramaturgs, actors,
and designers through the continuation and expansion of the annual Providence New Play Festival
that includes two world premiere productions by Trinity Repertory Company.
Trustees of Boston College
(For McMullen Museum of Art)
Chestnut Hill, MA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support an exhibition of paintings illustrating the style, subject, and function of sacred art
in Italy from 1580 to 1620 with Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ as the centerpiece, with
accompanying catalogue, organized by the College's McMullen Museum of Art.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
(For Institute of Contemporary Art)
Philadelphia, PA
$5,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the first one-person exhibition of the work of Teresita Fernandez, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs, at the University's Institute of Contemporary Art.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
(For the Annenberg Center)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the 1998 Philadelphia International Theatre Festival for Children and planning of the
1999 Festival, both of which will feature up to 70 performances by ten companies in up to six
theaters, as well as outdoor performances and crafts activities, all at the University's Annenberg
Center.
Tulsa Opera, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the Tulsa Opera production of Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in 1999.
Tulsa Philharmonic Society, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a series of concerts entitled "Masterworks" during the 50th anniversary season of the
Tulsa Philharmonic.
Twentieth Century Consort
Washington, DC
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support in 1998-99 two programs of the Consort's series at the Smithsonian Institution: one
featuring John Deak's Passion of Scrooge and Richard Wernick's Kaddish at the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the other, Gustave Holst's Savitri related to a
concurrent exhibition on the goddess Devi at the Freer and Sackler Galleries.
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
Seattle, WA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support an exhibition of installations by Ojibwe artist Rebecca Belmore at the Sacred Circle
Gallery.
University Musical Society (Consortium)
Ann Arbor, MI
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a consortium project entitled Beethoven the Contemporary exploring the piano and string
works of Beethoven; concerts and related residency activities will involve consortium partners, the
Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, as well as the
University of Michigan.
University of Arizona
(For the Museum of Art)
Tucson, AZ
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the presentation at the University's Museum of Art of an exhibition of the work of
African-American painter Robert Colescott, organized by SITE-Santa Fe, and accompanying education
programs.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(For Krannert Center for the Performing Arts)
Champaign, IL
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support commissioning and presentation of a collaborative dance work titled Time After
by choreographer Margaret Jenkins and actress Olympia Dukakis, and presentation of Donald Byrd's
Jazz Train and the Houston Ballet.
University of Kansas Main Campus (Consortium)
Lawrence, KS
$23,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "Looking Toward the 21st Century: Latino Influence on the Performing Arts in the United
States," including the presentation of three Latino ensembles/companies at the beginning of a
four-year series in the University's Lied Center.
University of Maryland Baltimore County Campus
(For Fine Arts Gallery)
Baltimore, MD
$17,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the editing, design, and publication of a monograph entitled Paul Rand: Modernist
Design, that will provide a retrospective of the work of this internationally renowned
American graphic designer who died in 1996.
University of Mississippi Main Campus
University, MS
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support planning for a public art project on the University's campus, highlighting the
struggles and achievements that have characterized Mississippi's role in the Civil Rights Movement,
particularly in securing equal access to education.
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the production and national broadcast of "American Routes," a weekly two-hour radio
series from New Orleans devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music premiering in
spring, 1998.
University of the Virgin Islands
(For Reichhold Center for the Arts)
Saint Thomas, VI
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support Pianos Under the Palms, a piano summit of internationally renowned Caribbean pianists,
recognized for their contributions as composers and performers, presented at the Reichhold Center
for the Arts on the campus of the University of the Virgin Islands.
US-China Arts Exchange Center, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Cantonese Traditional Opera and Music Festival, including performances, touring,
exhibitions, and workshops related to the history of Cantonese folk arts.
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development of new works by three of Victory Gardens' ensemble playwrights and a
fully mounted production of one of these works during the 1998-99 season.
Video Association of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1998 Dallas Video Festival which will present more than 250 screenings of work by
national and international artists.
Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support a music theater lab production of two new musical works in development and their
sustained run in front of an audience, with a creative team in residence.
Virginia Avenue Project
Pasadena, CA
$4,700
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a collaboration between the Virginia Avenue Project and Cornerstone Theater Company to
create and produce a new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale The Snow
Queen to be produced at Christmas 1998.
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a traveling exhibition titled "The Virginia Landscape" which will present a survey of
paintings, 1780-1999, mostly by non-resident artists, that interpret the Virginia landscape, with
accompanying catalogue.
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the costs associated with a Directors Lab for new and emerging theater directors,
providing unique opportunities for the participating artists to hone their skills, and to generate
new artistic collaborations.
Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a solo recital series, presenting up to seven national and local singers at the French
Embassy, the Lisner Auditorium, and other recital halls in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
during 1998-99.
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, CT
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the first monographic exhibition of the Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684), with
accompanying catalogue and education programs.
Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$57,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "New Jazz Horizons: Beyond Boundaries, Form, and Orthodoxy," a multidisciplinary
spectrum of experimental and contemporary jazz-based projects during 1998-1999.
Washington Drama Society, Inc. (Arena Stage)
Washington, DC
$47,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support Laughing All the Way: A Celebration of American Comedy through which two
plays, Black No More and You Can't Take It With You which celebrate the human
spirit through the forms of satire, farce, and comedy, will be produced during the latter part of
the 1997-98 season.
Washington Performing Arts Society (Consortium)
Washington, DC
$27,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support "ArteAmericA," a consortium project of the Washington Performing Arts Society, the GALA
Hispanic Theatre, and the Latin American Youth Center designed to expand the performance series
through residencies, outreach activities, and commissioning of a new work for Washington, D.C.
metropolitan-area audiences during 1998-99.
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of extended residencies for such dance companies as Buto Sha-Tenkei,
Carbone 14, Victoria Marks, Sara Shelton Mann, Heidi Latsky/Larry Goldhuber, and Liz Lerman/Dance
Exchange.
Washington, D.C. International Film Festival, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the 1998 Washington, DC International Film Festival which will include free films for
children (Filmfest DC for Kids), senior citizens (Cinema for Seniors), and underserved communities
(Anacostia Fest), and other educational programs.
Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a residency program in which up to 10 artists will be provided with financial,
technical, and professional assistance to create, complete, or present works in the performing,
visual, or media arts to benefit the artists, Ohio University students and faculty, the greater
community, and the various arts fields.
Wheaton Cultural Alliance, Inc.
Millville, NJ
$8,800
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support residencies of three months each for six glass artists to create new work at the
Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Village.
Wilma Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the production of The Psychic Life of Savages by Amy Freed during the 1997-98
season.
Women's Project and Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support production costs associated with The Knee Desires the Dirt a new play by Julie
Hubert to be presented during the 1998-99 season.
Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$46,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development of a production based upon Clifford Odets' The Big Knife in
which the play's text will be juxtaposed with ongoing exploratory work, scheduled for presentation
as a work-in-progress during the 1998-99 season at The Performing Garage.
Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$9,400
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the commissioning and development of an original work by Herman Farrell that explores
the lives of working people to be presented during the spring of 1999.
Works and Process, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the 1998-2000 commission of an opera by Charles Wuorinen based on Salmon Rushdie's
Haroun and the Sea Stories.
World Music Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$41,250
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the "A World of Music and Dance" series of concerts that take place in various New York
theaters in 1998-99.
World Music, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of World of Dance featuring performances by Bale Folclorico da Bahia,
Whirling Dervishes, Dancers & Musicians of Bali, and other world dance companies.
Yale University
(For Yale Repertory Theatre)
New Haven, CT
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a production of C.B. Coleman's adaptation of Petersburg, a 1913 symbolist
novel by Andrei Bely, to be presented as the final production of Yale Repertory Theatre's 1997-98
season.
Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the presentation of a residency designed as a company development session for select
choreographers and dancers.
Yellowstone Art Center Foundation
Billings, MT
$13,200
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a series of individual exhibitions of work by contemporary artists Anne Appleby,
Richard Notkin, Jane Quick-to-See Smith, and Ken Little, with accompanying brochures, scheduled
over the course of 1999.
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the development and production of two new works through collaborations between theater
artists OyamO and Ping Chong, and community members of all ages as part of the Duncan YMCA High
School and Community Performing Arts program during 1998-99.
Young Playwrights, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the 1999 Young Playwrights Festival, professional productions of an evening of up to
four new short plays by America's top young playwrights, eighteen years of age or younger, for a
month-long Off Broadway run in October, 1999.
Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc.
Granville, OH
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support during 1998-99 the creation, rehearsal, and presentation of new southern Slavic works
based in traditional folkloric dances and music to be performed both nationally and
internationally.
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