Film/Television/Radio and New Media: FY 2005 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 12th New York African Film Festival and the 9th edition of the African Film Festival Traveling Series, which tours 10 American cities. The program will present an overview of the last 50 years of African cinema.
American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
$15,000
To support several curated film series. Repertory Nights, World Cinema Fridays, and The New York Film Critics Circle will feature screenings of more than 75 feature films and personal appearances by filmmakers, curators, and critics.
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$20,000
To support the 43rd Ann Arbor Film Festival. More than 125 films will be presented to an audience of approximately 17,000 people in Michigan and other states where the festival tours.
Anthology Film Archives
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the preservation of films by Wallace Berman and Greg Sharits. Anthology Film Archives holds the originals or top sources for all titles to be preserved.
Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Gene Siskel Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support New Criterion Cinema. This curated film series will present premieres of contemporary American independent and foreign films, as well as domestic and international classic works to an estimated audience of 23,000 people.
Art Institute of Chicago (on behalf of Video Data Bank)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the transfer of works in the videotape collection from analog to digital Betacam format. The transfer will facilitate distribution on DVD and allow the titles to be viewed through video streaming on the Web.
Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 28th Asian American International Film Festival. The festival will travel to 10 sites throughout the United States including campuses and cultural institutions in Iowa, Florida, and Nevada.
Asian Media Access, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the 10th Annual Chinese Film Showcase. Comedy in Chinese Cinema will feature more than 25 films from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.
Aspen Filmfest (Independent Films)
Aspen, CO
$15,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.
Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the presentation of a curated film and video series. More than 55 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 20,000 people.
BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc.)
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
To support ongoing, low-cost video preservation services to artists and arts organizations throughout the nation. Services include the recording, retrieval, and preservation of video art and art on video, and the dissemination of information to the public.
Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$10,000
To support the exhibition of several curated film and video series. Programs will focus on avant-garde cinema, documentary and animation work, presentations by filmmakers, and screenings of films by artists from the region.
California Film Institute
Mill Valley, CA
$10,000
To support a curated film and video series featuring documentaries. The screenings will include guided discussions among guest artists, filmmakers, scholars, and members of the audience.
California Newsreel (Resolution Inc.)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support South Africa After Ten Years of Freedom: A Cinematic Overview. As part of its Library of African Cinema, Resolution will include 10 new titles, in both documentary and narrative genres, which explore South Africa's progress since the end of apartheid. The films will be made available to the institutional market, film festivals, media arts centers, and broadcast outlets.
Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the 17th Onion City Film Festival. The exhibition series includes a lecture and screening series, and the Onion City Film Festival celebrates excellence in experimental work.
Chicago Latino Film Festival (International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the 21st Chicago Latino Film Festival. Over a two-week period, the Center will exhibit the work of directors of Ibero or Latin American descent as well as films directly related to Latino culture.
Cinema Arts Centre (New Community Cinema Club, Inc.)
Huntington, NY
$10,000
To support International Women's Film Festival and the International Latino Film Festival. Both events will feature films from the United States and abroad, and present guest artists and speakers.
Cinema Chicago (Chicago International Film Festival)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the 41st Chicago International Film Festival. More than 60,000 people will see 130 films from around the world.
Cinema Seattle
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the 10th Women in Cinema Film Series. Approximately 25 films will be presented to an audience of more than 10,000 people.
Cinema St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the presentation of American independent, documentary, and foreign films at the 14th St. Louis International Film Festival. More than 150 short and feature-length films will be presented to an audience of 18,500 people.
Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc./ Cleveland Film Society
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the 29th Cleveland International Film Festival. The festival presents current work from around the world along with educational programs.
Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support a curated film series. Approximately 65 films will be presented to an audience of more than 50,000 people.
Electronic Arts Intermix, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Artists' Videotape Distribution Service. Through an online catalogue, works will be made available to libraries, educational institutions, community centers, museums, and other organizations.
Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$65,000
To support the 22nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities will include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children and their families throughout the year.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Madcat Women's International Film Festival)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 9th MadCat Women's International Film Festival and national tour. More than 50 films will be presented to an audience of approximately 7,000 people.
Film Forum (Moving Image, Inc.)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films. Film Forum is devoted to bringing a broad array of the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as well as by more established figures, to a large and diverse general public.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a curated film series. Um Cinema Popular will present a history of Brazilian cinema.
Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a curated film and video series. Open Screen will present short and feature-length work of all genres to an estimated audience of 2,000 people.
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Doc Arts, Inc.)
Durham, NC
$20,000
To support the eighth Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The event will showcase work by emerging, established, and international documentarians.
George Eastman House
Rochester, NY
$35,000
To support The Reel Emergency Project. The 20 titles included in the project -- including films dating back to 1916 -- are in imminent danger of disintegration. Once preserved, the films will be featured in public screenings in Rochester throughout the U.S., and abroad.
Global Action Project, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Urban Visionaries, a consortium project with the Museum of Television and Radio. This film festival features the work of young filmmakers.
IFP Los Angeles (Independent Feature Project/West)
Beverly Hills, CA
$20,000
To support the Los Angeles Film Festival. More than 175 films including dramatic features, documentaries, and short films will be presented to an anticipated audience of 40,000 people.
IMAGE (Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc., Inc.)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support the 29th Atlanta Film Festival. The festival presents the best of current independent film and video to an audience of 28,000 people.
ITVS (Independent Television Service, Inc.)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the 2005 International Public Television (INPUT) Conference. Held in San Francisco, the conference will bring together media artists and public television professionals from around the world to view productions and exchange information.
Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the 12th San Diego Latino Film Festival. The event presents more than 100 films from Latin America and features filmmaker Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and workshops for high school students.
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the preservation of endangered films from the museum's nationally recognized collection. Each year, the museum saves 50 to 100 films by transferring them from unstable nitrate stock to acetate, and preserves fading and damaged acetate films.
NAATA (National Asian American Telecommunications Association)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and other exhibition activities. The film festival will showcase the work of new Asian-Pacific American filmmakers and videographers.
Nashville Independent Film Festival
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the 36th Nashville Film Festival, featuring student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films, and experimental work. The festival will also present workshops and seminars on writing screenplays, film scores, and distribution issues.
National Center for Jewish Film
Waltham, MA
$20,000
To support the preservation of The Jester (aka Drama of a Clown), a 1932 musical comedy about a father's plans to marry his daughter into a prominent family. The Center's collection contains two original nitrate prints of the film from which the complete narrative can be pieced together.
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$10,000
To support a consortium project to archive work from the New American Radio series. The archival project will preserve contributions by artists such as Pauline Oliveros, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Charles Amirkahnian.
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support Deep Focus, a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director retrospectives by narrative and experimental filmmakers in both of the Northwest Film Forum's two theaters.
Ohio University Main Campus (on behalf of Athens Center for Film and Video)
Athens, OH
$10,000
To support the 32nd Athens International Film and Video Festival. The event features narrative work, documentaries, and short films produced in the United States and abroad.
Pacifica Foundation
Studio City, CA
$15,000
To support the preservation of arts-related recordings in the Pacifica archive material. Of the 40,500 tapes housed in the archive, approximately 25 percent represent arts programming. Preservation activities will focus on radio dramas in the collection, and on copies of the publication, Folio.
Portland Art Museum (on behalf of Northwest Film Center)
Portland, OR
$40,000
To support the Northwest Film and Video Festival and its tour throughout the Northwest. The festival showcases new work by media artists living in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Providence Latin American Film Festival
Providence, RI
$5,000
To support the 13th Providence Latin American Film Festival. Approximately 30 films will be presented to an estimated audience of 10,000 people.
San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a curated film and video series. Lights! Camera! Action! Performance On and Off Screen will feature media artists who combine film and video projection with live performance.
San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 48th San Francisco International Film Festival. The festival presents more than 200 films from 50 countries to an audience of 95,000 people.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to films on Jewish subjects, premieres films and videos by independent producers from around the world.
Station Resource Group, Inc.
Takoma Park, MD
$20,000
To support Public Radio Exchange's Showcase Program. The Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a newly created, Internet-based program wherein independent audio producers can upload their work, linking it to public radio stations that can choose pieces for their own programming.
SWAMP (Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc.)
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the production and statewide distribution of The Territory. As the longest running showcase of media art in the United States, the public television series presents independent film and video works to more than 12 million viewers throughout Texas.
Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
To support the Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. More than 60 organizations host the festival each year, which draws more than 700 entries from throughout the country.
Video Association of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$15,000
To support the 19th Dallas Video Festival. The event will present work in all genres ranging from documentary to new video art.
Visual Communications (VC) (Southern California Asian American Studies Central)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the 20th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival and other exhibition activities. The eight-day festival is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian International and Asian Pacific American film and video work.
Washington, DC International Film Festival
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support Filmfest DC. The event includes free films for children, senior citizens, and underserved communities.
Access to Artistic Excellence II
American Documentary, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 4th Youth Views Institute. The program engages young people between the ages of 14 and 20 to use non-fiction media as a tool to facilitate dialogue with their peers about issues that are addressed in the film/video artworks.
American Film Institute Inc. (AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year the program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.
Appalshop, Inc.
Whitesburg, KY
$21,000
To support Appalshop Filmmaking at 35. The retrospective touring program will feature past and current films, and videos produced at Appalshop since its inception in 1969.
Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the Blind Youth and Adult Audio Project. The series of workshops will introduce visually impaired people to the creative possibilities and latest techniques of audio production while they design their own radio program.
Arts Engine, Inc. (on behalf of MediaRights.org)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 5th annual Media That Matters Film Festival. The touring program features short film and video artworks produced by independent and youth makers from across the United States.
Association of Independents in Radio
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the Mentor Program. Veteran radio producers will be paired with less experienced counterparts and selected public radio stations to provide individual training and guidance in every aspect of audio/radio production.
Atlantic Public Media (on behalf of Transom) (consortium)
Woods Hole, MA
$35,000
To support Transom.org. The project encourages both emerging and experienced independent audio producers to tell their stories on public radio.
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support a consortium project for the Mediamaker Awards and Artist Residency. In collaboration with the San Francisco Art Institute, these programs will provide independent video artists and producers with critical technical assistance and the resources they need to finish their projects.
Buffalo Media Resources, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$15,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 18-year-old program provides media equipment access, low cost workshops, artist residencies, and resource services to film and video artists locally and nationally.
Camera News, Inc. (Third World Newsreel)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a digital media literacy and production education program. Components of the program will be the Advanced Film and Video Production Workshop, Wednesday Night Media Workshops, and an Introduction to Final Cut Pro/Media Literacy Workshop Series.
Center for New American Media, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the production of a documentary film by Andrew Kolker and Louis Alvarez. Getting Happy (the working title) will explore Americans' search for happiness.
Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the publication of Cineaste, a quarterly film magazine dedicated to the art and understanding of cinema. Cineaste will report on new French cinema, the recent critical success of documentary film as an art form, publish interviews with Ousmane Sembene and Oliver Stone, and commission essays on Oscar Micheaux and Anna May Wong.
Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support workshops, facilities access, and related activities. Downtown Community Television (DCTV) is devoted to making technologically sophisticated media available to underserved communities by providing a range of courses and services.
Experimental Television Center Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.
Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$65,000
To support the Emerging Filmmaker Initiative. The program will provide media artists with workshops, seminars, classes, facilities access, peer mentorship, and information services to cultivate new voices.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of 3 Dogs Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support research and development and the subsequent production of an experimental documentary film by Naomi Uman. Using an observational point of view, the filmmaker will examine her family's path from the Ukraine to the United States.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Nathaniel Dorsky Film and Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the production of a silent experimental film by Nathaniel Dorsky. Dedicated to the spirit of devotional song, Coda (working title) will explore the external surface of objects both man-made and natural.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Hotwire Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary film by Lynn Hershman. Changing Worlds: Art, Women and Revolution will examine the feminist art movement from 1968 through the present.
Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Locomotion Films)
San Francisco, CA
$38,000
To support the production of an experimental film by Jay Rosenblatt. The film will examine the subject of suicide. It will combine interviews and archival footage. Music, ambient sounds, and text will reflect the respectful tone of the piece. Philosophical and spiritual text will be interspersed throughout the film, to be shot in both color and black and white.
Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary by Nicole Cattell. Revolucion: Visions of Cuba Since The Revolution is about six Cuban photographers.
Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Information Services Project. Consisting of the publication The Independent Film and Video Monthly, the electronic newsletter Splice!, one-on-one artist advice and referral services, and online directories, the project will serve a constituency of more than 100,000 individuals, including artists and members of the public.
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA-TV)
Arlington, VA
$20,000
To support the commissioning of six deaf artists to produce short films to be included in History Through Deaf Eyes, a feature-length documentary. Scheduled to air on PBS in 2007, the film explores the experience of the deaf community in America over the last 200 years.
Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs, AR
$10,000
To support the 14th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Held in the fall, this 10-day event showcases both short and feature-length documentaries from the United States and abroad.
In Progress
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support NEXUS. Targeted to underserved communities, the program will provide emerging media artists with workshops, master classes, peer mentorship, and exhibition opportunities.
Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the IFP Market. The conference and exhibition provide independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.
Independent Feature Project-North
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support educational activities and access to film and video equipment for use by media artists in the region. More than 500 film and video makers are expected to benefit from the project.
Independent Features Project/Midwest
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 14th IFP/Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. The event provides opportunities for filmmakers to learn from, and meet with, industry professionals.
International Film Seminars, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the 51st Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The week-long event, to be held at Claremont College in California, will bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, curators, librarians, and film enthusiasts to explore and discuss the art of the moving image.
Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$85,000
To support the production of a radio series by the Kitchen Sisters. Hidden Kitchens will explore how communities come together through food.
L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the production and distribution of two episodes of Freewaves. The 13-part television series will showcase independent media artworks and broadcast them on local public access stations.
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$45,000
To support the expansion of the Alive and Aloud and Library Access national outreach programs. The project will include the distribution of audio plays to libraries in underserved communities and to public schools in all 50 states.
Long Haul Productions Inc
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support the production of radio documentaries by Dan Collison. Heartland Chronicles will feature stories from Chicago and the Midwest, exploring both urban and rural communities.
National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support Giving a Public Face to the Media Arts. Through regional meetings, leadership development, and information gathering and dissemination, the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC) will continue to serve the independent media arts community.
National Association of Latino Independent Producers, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
To support the Latino Media Market. Targeted to Latino media artists, the Market will connect filmmakers with representatives from both the nonprofit and commercial film and television fields.
National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains audio artists in script writing, performance for radio, and technical skills to produce innovative live radio drama.
National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Inc. (consortium)
Oakland, CA
$15,000
To support a consortium project to offer radio production workshops. In collaboration with KBOO Foundation, the training will take place during the 2006 Community Radio Conference, which will be held in Portland, Oregon.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Automatic Release)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a video/audio installation project by Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty. Artificial Paradise will combine images from different locations around the country with an audio score consisting of music and other sounds.
Ninth Street Media Consortium, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
To support collaborative programming. Founded in 2001, the Ninth Street Independent Film Center houses eight nonprofit media arts organizations, each with its own identity.
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support educational activities and facilities access. Pittsburgh Filmmakers offers its services to more than 1,800 media artists and students each year.
San Diego Asian Film Foundation
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the sixth San Diego Asian Film Festival. Held in the fall, the four-day event features short films, animated work, documentaries, and narrative feature films.
Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$45,000
To support workshop programs and other related activities. Scribe Video Center is a community-based media arts center that provides students and artists with the tools and skills necessary to produce video art works.
Scribe Video Center, Inc. (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support the consortium project, the 2005 Conference of the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers. In collaboration with the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Scribe Video Center and six other Philadelphia-based media arts organizations will plan and host the bi-annual event.
Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of a radio documentary by Dave Isay. To be produced as part of the American Sound Portraits series, the half-hour work will be broadcast on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc.
Laurel, MD
$15,000
To support My World. The project will support the production of radio documentaries to be aired in the United States and Canada.
South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Professional Artist Residencies and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Mentorships. The programs will assist artists and students in the creation of new audio and video art works.
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, CA
$6,000
To support the Screenwriting Program. The workshop focuses on the essence of storytelling and teaches participants how to "show" rather than "tell" their stories.
Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality, and post-production video equipment for artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.
Sundance Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
$115,000
To support a series of educational workshops and labs that offer emerging screenwriters, directors,
producers, and composers the opportunity, support and resources needed to successfully
develop new creative work.
WBEZ Alliance, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support Third Coast International Audio Festival. Established in 2001 as a "Sundance for Radio," the festival provides an opportunity for documentarians, feature reporters, and audio artists from around the globe to gather and share their expertise, and for listeners to hear the best work currently being produced.
Arts on Radio and Television
American Documentary, Inc.
New York, NY
$250,000
To support the selection, acquisition, packaging, and promotion of films for broadcast on the public television series P.O.V. ("point of view"). As the longest running PBS series devoted exclusively to the art of independent, non-fiction film, P.O.V. brings documentary artworks -- rarely found in the mainstream media -- to national audiences.
Art 21, Inc.
New York, NY
$150,000
To support the third year of Art:21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century. A public television series about contemporary visual art and artists in the United States, the project will yield four one-hour programs as well as ancillary outreach activities.
Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences
Seattle, WA
$7,000
To support the production of radio features by Harriet Baskas. Gone -- But Not Quite Forgotten will be a series of short programs introducing national audiences to a variety of traditions and art forms still practiced in small towns.
Atlantic Public Media
Woods Hole, MA
$50,000
To support the production of a radio series showcasing the creative work of new and established radio producers. The Transom Radio Hour will offer national audiences a series of programs based on material from the Peabody Award-winning Web site Transom.org.
Beale Street Caravan, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$10,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the public radio series Beale Street Caravan. Weekly, one-hour programs featuring performances by blues artists will be broadcast on more than 280 public, community, and college radio stations nationwide.
Bowery Arts and Science
New York, NY
$50,000
To support post-production costs of a music performance film by Robert Levi. Hidden Music: Billy Strayhorn's Secret Songs will be a one-hour public television program and will feature newly discovered jazz and vocal compositions written by the co-composer and arranger for the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Capital Concerts, Inc.
Washington, DC
$35,000
The National Memorial Day Concert and A Capitol Fourth are two patriotic concerts at the United States Capitol that will be nationally broadcast live on PBS in 2005. A national television audience of 13 to 15 million watches each of these 90-minute programs every year.
Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$50,000
To support completion costs for a documentary film on the American folk singer Woody Guthrie. Intended for national broadcast on PBS, the 90-minute film will examine the life, work, and legacy of the man whose compositions include folk standards such as "This Land is Your Land" and "Roll on Columbia."
Center for Independent Documentary, Inc.
Sharon, MA
$50,000
To support the production and distribution of a film on John James Audubon (1785-1851). Audubon: Drawn from Nature will be a one-hour documentary for PBS about the first great American painter of wildlife.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production and distribution of a radio series of chamber music performances The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is a 26-part series of one-hour segments distributed by the WFMT Radio Network.
Craft in America, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the production of a television series about craft artists in the United States. Presented in three one-hour programs intended for national PBS broadcast, Craft in America will feature contemporary artists and artisans working in glass, metal, clay, wood, and fiber.
Duquesne University (on behalf of WDUQ-FM)
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the production and national distribution of a series of radio programs featuring traditional music. Folk Tours will be a series of one-hour programs created from recordings of live performances presented by the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$575,000
To support the development and production of the television series Great Performances and Dance in America for broadcast on PBS. Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, American television audiences in all 50 states will be provided free access to a diverse range of cultural programming in 2006-2007.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
$575,000
To support the development and production of the television series American Masters for PBS broadcast. Definitive documentary profiles of major cultural figures will be made available in 2006-2007 to millions of viewers, in all 50 states, over 345 public television stations.
ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
$65,000
To support the production of new programs for the weekly radio series Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. National Public Radio will distribute the programs to American audiences on 246 stations in the United States, and to international audiences via NPR's Worldwide Service.
From the Top, Inc.
Boston, MA
$65,000
To support the production of new programs for the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by exceptional young classical musicians (ages 9 to 18), interviews, guest artists, and a teenage "roving reporter" who profiles the young musicians.
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Arlington, VA
$25,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from the Library of Congress. A series of 13 one-hour programs will present recent performances, archival audio recordings, and descriptions of artifacts and other classical music resources at the Library.
Independent Television Service, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$175,000
To support the selection, acquisition, and packaging of films for the public television series Independent Lens. This anthology series provides the public with access to innovative dramatic, animated, and documentary works by independent filmmakers.
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK
$25,000
To support the production of the weekly radio series Earthsongs. The one-hour program features recordings and live performances of contemporary Native American music and reaches an estimated audience of more than 60,000 people each week.
L A Theatre Works
Venice, CA
$40,000
To support the production and distribution of The Play's The Thing, a radio theater series intended for broadcast on satellite and public radio stations nationwide. The 52-week series will include up to 16 new radio plays, recorded live before audiences in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles as well as selections from L.A. Theatre Works' extensive audio theater collection.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
To support the production and broadcast of the television series Live From Lincoln Center. In 2006, the series will be aired on approximately 300 PBS stations across all 50 states and territories, reaching five million viewers per program.
MediaRites
Portland, OR
$13,000
To support the production of a radio documentary by Dmae Roberts. The Crossing East Music Project, will be a series of short public radio features focusing on Asian American traditional music performed by folk and contemporary artists.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support post-production costs for a national PBS telecast of Richard Strauss's Salome. Distributed to PBS stations nationwide, Metropolitan Opera Presents is seen by two to three million viewers per program.
Minnesota Public Radio, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the development of arts segments for the new radio magazine program Weekend America. Produced and distributed by American Public Media, the two-hour program features segments on news, issues of the week, and the diversity of American arts and culture.
Minnesota Public Radio, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
To support the production and national broadcast of classical music programming. In 2005-06 programs such as St. Paul Sunday and Pipedreams, broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra series, and occasional music specials will reach millions of listeners each week.
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
$150,000
To support the Classical Music Initiative. The project will include the recording, acquisition, and national radio broadcast of selected American orchestral performances on Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Creators @ Carnegie; the presentation of American operatic productions for the World of Opera radio series; and the coverage of classical music throughout NPR's news programs.
Newark Public Radio, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$65,000
To support the production of JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts. The series is produced by WBGO/Newark and distributed by NPR, reaching nearly 200,000 listeners each week throughout the United States.
North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$15,000
To support the cost of public television broadcast and educational/DVD distribution rights for a documentary film profile of theater producer/director Margo Jones (1911-55). Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater tells the story of Jones's rise to prominence as the founder and director of Fair Park in Dallas, the first professional resident theater outside New York.
Paradigm Productions, Inc.
Emeryville, CA
$25,000
To support completion costs for a documentary film on Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949). Orozco rivaled Diego Rivera in technique, authenticity, and talent, but never achieved the same recognition.
Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Inc.
Chester Springs, PA
$40,000
To support the production of concerts and sound portraits for Echoes, a daily radio series of contemporary music. The series will serve a weekly audience of more than 300,000 listeners on 150 stations in 35 states and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Public Radio International, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$65,000
To support the production, distribution, and marketing of Studio 360. The series of weekly arts and culture radio programs, designed to illuminate the role of the arts in our society, is a co-production of PRI and WNYC/FM.
Public Radio International, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the production of "The Global Hit" segments on the weekday news and information program The World. The daily feature showcases world music for American audiences, offering listeners a unique perspective on other cultures through the medium of music.
Radio Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the production of a public radio series that will examine the role of Jewish Americans in the arts. Only in America: Celebrating 350 Years of the Jewish Experience will consist of nine one-hour programs, with four programs devoted to the contributions of artists.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support the development and production of a chamber music series for national radio broadcast. The series, created from recordings made at recent Festival concerts, will be produced and distributed by the WFMT Radio Network.
Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the production of weekly radio segments created from selected StoryCorps interviews. A collaboration between Sound Portraits Productions, the Library of Congress, and public radio stations, StoryCorps is a nationwide project aimed at inspiring Americans to record one another's stories in sound.
Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the production of the public radio series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and the distribution of related audiocassettes. The series, which will air on more than 120 National Public Radio stations, will present leading stage and screen actors reading both classic and new short fiction by established and emerging authors of diverse cultures.
Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the development of a series of radio programs. Border Radio will explore the history of the megawatt stations set up in Mexico along its border with the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
To support the weekly public radio jazz series Riverwalk, Live From the Landing. Distributed by Public Radio International to 151 stations nationwide, each hour-long program combines live performance with interviews, oral histories, and historical recordings to celebrate important artists and eras in jazz history.
Tundra Club
Bozeman, MT
$35,000
To support the production and national distribution of (((Hearing Voices))), a series of radio art specials. Twelve hour-long programs will present classic works combined with new stories created by established and emerging radio producers.
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$75,000
To support the production and national distribution of American Routes, a weekly radio series devoted to the roots of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer hosts the two-hour, weekend-oriented program, in which he combines recordings of popular, folk, jazz, and classical forms with in-studio performances, field recordings, and interviews.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
Charleston, WV
$25,000
To support the production and broadcast of the radio series Mountain Stage. Distributed by Public Radio International to 106 stations throughout the United States, the weekly, two-hour program presents contemporary music and traditional roots performers.
WHYY, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$70,000
To support the production and national broadcast of the radio series Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The award-winning daily journal of contemporary arts, culture, and issues is broadcast on 445 NPR stations and heard by 4.4 million people each week.
Window to the World Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support the production and national distribution of the radio series Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. The series consists of daily (Monday through Friday) one-hour programs focusing on classical music in an informed, educational, and entertaining manner.
WNYC Radio, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a model radio programming project. Through The Integration Project, WNYC will develop programs that bridge classical music and news/talk formats within its own broadcast schedule, encourage local stations around the country to customize the model for their own communities, and make innovative programs available for national broadcast.
WNYC Radio, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the production of The Next Big Thing, a weekly public radio series reflecting the artistic life of a multicultural city. Hosted by Dean Olsher and distributed nationally by PRI, the series commissions radio producers, writers, musicians, artists, and performers to create new works for the radio medium.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$25,000
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from Wolf Trap near Washington, DC. The series provides national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap.
World Music Productions
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
To support the production and distribution of the weekly public radio program Afropop Worldwide. The series showcases the contemporary musical cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, and is distributed by Public Radio International to approximately 100 radio stations in the United States.
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