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Multidisciplinary: FY 2005 Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
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Access to Artistic Excellence
651 ARTS (Kings Majestic Corporation)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the Artist Development Initiative program. Resources will be made available for artists whose work is grounded in the African American cultural experience to create new or present existing works.
Akhra:The Dancing Grounds, Inc. (consortium)
Somerville, MA
$15,000
To support a consortium project to create and present Hands: Rhythm Project. In partnership with the Seattle International Children's Festival, composer Nandlal Nayak and choreographer Wendy Jehlen will create a work that will bring together musicians and dancers from the United States, India, and Japan.
Arts at St. Ann's (St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Puppet Lab and Labapalooza! Mini-Festival of New Puppet Theater from The Lab. The project is an ongoing professional workshop where emerging and mid-career puppet artists and collaborators meet weekly to create interdisciplinary puppet theater works.
ArtWallah (Indo-American Cultural Center)
Venice, CA
$15,000
To support ArtWallah, a festival of South Asian arts. The festival showcases artists whose ancestry originates from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support creation and development of Super Vision, a multimedia performance exploring how humans are perceived as accumulations of electronic personal data, and how this perception is changing us. The project is a collaboration with dbox, a multidisciplinary studio whose work explores the intersection of visual arts and architectural design through 3-D digital media.
CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
Valencia, CA
$25,000
To support the REDCAT Intersections residency program at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Center. The program includes a series of residencies, performances, and exhibitions.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Culver City, CA
$10,000
To support the Wendover Artist Residency Program. Both emerging and established artists will be selected to create new works that capture the landscapes in Utah, Nevada, and southern Idaho.
Clemson University (on behalf of Brooks Center for the Performing Arts)
Clemson, SC
$20,000
To support the Women's Arts Festival. Designed to enhance appreciation of women in the arts, the festival will feature a reading by playwright Suzan Lori-Parks, a concert, an exhibition, a panel discussion and a lecture-presentation.
Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of Center for Asian Arts & Media)
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the 2005 Woman Warrior Festival, a biennial event celebrating the accomplishments of women of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the arts. Thematic presentations will include lectures, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, performances, and readings.
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$25,000
To support performances scheduled on the Uptown/Downtown series. The Center will present renowned jazz pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, a ballet oratorio by Jay Weigel, and dance performance group Urban Bush Women.
Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the tour of The Geography Trilogy, Part 3: House, a dance/theater work choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon. The Geography Trilogy is a decade-long, autobiographical work that explores race, culture, modernity, and individual identity.
d.u.m.b.o. arts center
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the d.u.m.b.o (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) festival. The annual three-day festival will feature exhibitions, site-specific installations, film and video screenings, live music, theater, and dance by artists that live and work in the 10-block area under the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Dance Brigade (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a consortium project involving residencies by contemporary Russian dance/movement theater companies. In partnership with UCLA Live, the companies will work with students and local arts groups while in residence in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$45,000
To support the Visiting Performing Artist Series at the Hopkins Center. Residencies will feature presentations of new and existing works by theater artists, choreographers and dance companies, musicians, and traditional artists from around the world.
DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new works. The project will include visual arts exhibitions, performances, artist residencies, and educational activities.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$30,000
To support artist residencies. The project will provide studios, living accommodations, meals, and professional support for American writers, composers, choreographers, and media and visual artists.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the commission, presentation, and documentation of an audio/visual installation in an abandoned, 19th-century historic site. Audio artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller will collaborate with composer David Lang to create a multimedia vocal and percussion installation with visual components.
eighth blackbird performing arts association
Evanston, IL
$15,000
To support the creation of a multimedia work titled Slide, which will explore the role of perception in the context of psychological experiments. The work involves a collaboration by eight blackbird, a chamber music sextet, composer/musician Steven Mackey, and actor Rinde Eckert.
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Artists Residency Program and the Outer Ear Festival of Sound. The project will provide local sound artists with residencies to create and present new sonic art works.
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support artist residencies focused on miniature programmable technologies in sound, film, kinetic sculpture, and activated environments. The artists will develop and present hands-on public art and technology workshops at the Exploratorium and other science centers in the United States.
Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist in Residence Program. Artists will participate in five-month residencies and receive stipends for the development, creation, and presentation of new works of art created with new technologies and digital tools.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Provincetown, MA
$20,000
To support the Residency Fellowship Program. Emerging contemporary visual artists and writers will be provided housing, studios, and a monthly stipend during their residency.
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the development of professional writers and playwrights. The project will feature writing workshops, staged readings, and the 33rd annual Black Roots Festival.
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
To support the Techno-Arte series of dance and theater performances and a visual art exhibit. The series will focus on media and technology projects that integrate Latino traditional art forms.
Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
To support the Artist in Residence Project for the creation and presentation of new works. Artists will receive stipends, allotments for materials and fabrication, and workspace; access to equipment and technical support; and opportunities for public presentation and interaction with local artists and community members.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$30,000
To support the U.S. Artists-in-Residence Program and associated public programs. The project will provide U.S. artists with residencies ranging from one to six months.
Immaterial Incorporated
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support Cabinet Magazine, a quarterly journal that publishes the work of contemporary artists and essays on art and culture. Each issue of Cabinet features regular columns, essays, and a themed art project that can take the form of an audio CD, CD-ROM, postcards, posters, or Web-based projects.
Jack Straw Foundation
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To support a residency program for the creation of new audio art works. The program will make available Jack Straw studio space and other facilities to Northwest artists who work in diverse disciplines.
Miami Light Project, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the consortium project Global Hip-Hop Network. In partnership with the Caribbean Cultural Center in New York, the Network is an annual celebration of hip-hop music, dance, theater, spoken word, visual art, film, and video that features work by hip-hop artists.
MOSAIC, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the remounting of Cabaret Schoenberg, an interpretation of composer Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, stylized to evoke the original cabaret setting. Director Hans Peter Cloos (Germany) and designer Jean Kalman (France) will collaborate with the MOSAIC ensemble to meld the components of music, theater, film, and slide projections.
National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support a series of performances titled Next Generation. At the annual festival, performances will be supplemented by educational activities and humanities-based events designed to deepen the audience's connection to artists and the works being presented.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Art Research Collaboration , Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Interactive Alexandria, a multi-sensory, new media online artistic work. Originally conceived as an installation, the Web-based work will feature the charred remnants of 150 books as a metaphorical image for extinction and loss.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of dance & be still arts)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the development of The America Project, a multimedia music/theater work by poet, playwright, and performer Sekou Sundiata. The work will explore the deeper meaning of democracy in Western society.
Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support Language Speaks, an exploration into the use of language. Activities such as performances, a gallery exhibition, workshops, and post-performance discussions will be included in the project.
The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Sidney Kahn Summer Institute, a laboratory for students and young professionals who are interested in the creation of multimedia works. The intensive three-week program immerses participants in the artistic, technical, and philosophical approaches to contemporary performance through various workshops, screenings, and artist discussions.
The Thing, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a new media residency program titled THING.Clouds: A Wireless Media Project. A public Internet network in Manhattan and Brooklyn will allow easy access and connections among various artists, enabling them to create multidisciplinary works.
Thunder Bay Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of a new collaborative performance work. The ensemble will create a new work in conjunction with European performance groups Artus (Hungary) and Toaca (Romania).
Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$25,000
To support dance and music performances during the 25th Anniversary Season. The celebration will include a series of week-long artist residencies, panel discussions, workshops, and outreach activities targeting Miami's diverse Caribbean, Central, and South American communities.
University Cultural Center Association
Detroit, MI
$15,000
To support the Detroit Festival of the Arts. The annual three-day multidisciplinary, international arts celebration held in downtown Detroit provides free music, dance, and theater performances, and includes public art and literary events.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (on behalf of New World Theater)
Amherst, MA
$25,000
To support New Works for a New WORLD (NW2), a play-development laboratory. New World Theater will target support to works-in-progress by artists of color.
University of Notre Dame du Lac (on behalf of Institute of Latino Studies)
Notre Dame, IN
$20,000
To support Poetas y Pintores (Poets and Painters). Latino visual artists will draw inspiration from works of Latino poets, resulting in the creation of new visual art works which will be part of a traveling exhibition.
Wexner Center for the Arts (Wexner Center Foundation)
Columbus, OH
$40,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing, and media art works. The project is part of an ongoing artists' residency program that provides technical and professional support for the creation, completion, and/or presentation of new work.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support artists residencies. Artists working in the visual, performing, and media arts will develop new work and engage in a variety of educational and community programs.
Youth Speaks, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support a consortium project for the creation of a collaborative work titled Scourge, which explores Haiti's history through spoken word, dance, and music. In partnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the work will be premiered at the Bay Area Hip Hop Theater Festival.
Access to Artistic Excellence II
509 Cultural Center (Luggage Store)
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support outdoor performances, visual arts exhibitions, and the 11th annual In the Street Theater Festival. The project provides free, professional quality, community-based multidisciplinary arts programming for culturally and economically diverse residents of San Francisco's Tenderloin and Mid-Market Corridor neighborhoods.
Alliance of Artists Communities
Providence, RI
$50,000
To support the creation of a Leadership Development Initiative. The project will address issues such as the generational shift in leadership; the need to develop culturally diverse leaders; and continued professional development for management of staff of artist communities.
Alternate ROOTS, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support the 29th Annual Meeting. The project will offer training in community-based art practices through residency activities, workshops, cultural exchanges, and informal discussions.
Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support the Tour and Residency Program. The multistate project will provide services that will enable geographically isolated artists and presenters to reach broader audiences, share information, and develop new work.
Artist Trust: A Resource for Washington
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the maintenance and expansion of the Information Services program. The project provides professional development information and resources to Washington State artists.
ArtReach, Inc.
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support the Community Events program. The project will provide access to year-round arts and cultural performances, exhibitions, and workshops to disadvantaged children, adults, families, and elderly people in the Denver metropolitan community.
Asian Arts Initiative (consortium)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support a residency and consortium project, Artists in Communities Training. The project will train multidisciplinary artists to conduct art-making workshops and residencies in multigenerational communities throughout Philadelphia.
Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.
Washington, DC
$70,000
To support the Presenting Leadership Initiative. The project will provide seminars, workshops, forums, convenings, and professional training to arts presenters at all stages of their careers.
Atlatl, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
$25,000
To support the Native Arts Network Conference in Washington, DC. The Conference provides professional development, networking, and other services to enhance leadership in the field of Native American arts.
Austin Circle of Theaters
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support Let's Go Austin2's online bilingual ticketing service and marketing training for performing arts organizations The project will build a new interactive functionality into the AusTIX website.
Business Arts Council
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Business Volunteer for the Arts Program. Small and mid-sized arts organizations will be matched with trained business volunteers who will assist the organizations with specific organizational challenges.
California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. The program will provide technical support, seminars, and Web-based information on how to develop affordable space to artists and arts organizations in the Bay Area.
Central City Hospitality House
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support workshop, exhibition, and publication components of the Community Arts Program. The project will provide professional arts training to the population of the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco.
Centro Cultural Aztlan, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$15,000
To support a series of community arts programs. Through exhibitions, workshops, and performances, underserved audiences will be given the opportunity to participate in Chicano and Latino art and culture.
Chashama, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,000
To support free performance, exhibition, and work space for performing and visual artists. A minimum of two venues will be made available including a black box theater, galleries, and window stages.
Children's Art Carnival, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Learning from the Living Treasures of Harlem initiative. The arts education project will document the under-represented history of the Weusi Artist Collective through exhibitions, residencies, lecture-demonstrations, artists' talks, printed and online journals/catalogues, and a video.
Class Acts Arts, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$20,000
To support outreach to underserved populations through artist residencies, artist training, and choral and songwriting programs. The project's goals are to improve arts programming in youth detention facilities, special needs centers, and correctional facilities in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
Clay County District Cooperative Extension Education Fund
Manchester, KY
$20,000
To support professional development workshops for arts organizations and artists in rural counties. The project will enhance the effectiveness and susbstainability of the organizations, and provide training in marketing and business skills for artists.
COSACOSA art at large, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the Healing Art Project. Professional artists will teach hospitalized individuals and other community members artistic techniques that will result in the design and creation of permanent public art projects for public spaces and neighborhood healthcare facilities.
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the Flashpoint Business Center, a network of management tools and capacity-building services for artists and arts organizations. Services will include the Residency and Technical Assistance Programs that offer affordable exhibition, performance, and office spaces in conjunction with business amenities.
DiverseWorks, Inc. (consortium)
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the consortium project, the annual DiverseWorks Artists Retreat and Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop for visual and performing artists. The project will provide intensive professional training on the business of being an artist.
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Richmond, CA
$47,000
To support Call and Response and a series of special performance events. Multicultural resident dance, music, and theater companies will perform at San Francisco Bay Area sites.
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
San Antonio, TX
$40,000
To support Arte es Vida. The series will continue to develop and strengthen this cultural grounding project, which focuses on the predominately Latino community of San Antonio's West Side.
Flint Cultural Center Corporation
Flint, MI
$25,000
To support A View from the Front Porch, part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration. The project will use storytelling, spoken word, dance, and visual arts to engage underserved residents in the history and potential future of their neighborhoods.
Fund for Women Artists, Inc.
Florence, MA
$20,000
To support the WomenArts Network, an online service designed to increase hiring, funding, and public awareness of women artists nationally. The project provides access to artists' contact information and descriptions of their work.
High 5 Tickets to the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the Take 5 reduced-price ticketing program. The adult-led, small group program will promote parental involvement and adult mentorship in arts experiences.
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
To support the Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Presenting Initiative. Through presentation of representative works, the project will deepen public understanding and appreciation of the community's arts and cultural heritage.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA
$45,000
To support Becoming Animal, a thematic series of exhibitions, performing and media arts events investigating the many complex levels of commonality between humans and animals. Outreach activities will include lectures, symposia, school and library events, a free pass program, and museum tours.
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$60,000
To support the fifth Leadership Training Institute and Regional Field Training Workshops. The two-part project will offer Latino cultural organizations opportunities to develop organizational and leadership skills.
National Center for Creative Aging, Inc. (Elders Share the Arts) (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
To support the consortium project, Summit Conference on Arts and Aging. The project will bring together, for the first time, the top organizations and 200-300 artists who work with older people.
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
New York, NY
$45,000
To support professional development programs for leaders in the community arts education field. The programs will include a national conference, Advance Training for Regional Chairs, the Arts Management in Community Institutions Training Institute, and an interactive platform for online discussions.
National Performance Network, Inc. (consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
To support the 2005 NPN Annual Meeting in Miami, a consortium project with Tigertail Productions. The national forum for artists and presenters will feature performance showcases, professional development workshops, and plenary sessions.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support NYFA Source, a national resource that lists opportunities for artists. The largest and most comprehensive free online information repository, NYFA Source lists more than 7,500 opportunities in every state.
ODC Theater
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the Verge and Artists-in-Residence programs. The project will provide professional development training, technical support, and space subsidies to dance and music artists, and companies.
Real Art Ways, Inc. (consortium)
Hartford, CT
$35,000
To support a consortium project titled Poza. In partnership with Central Connecticut State University, the multidisciplinary series will feature exhibitions, music, film, video, lectures, artist talks, panel discussions, and open community conversations.
Sheboygan Arts Foundation, Inc. (John Michael Kohler Arts Center)
Sheboygan, WI
$55,000
To support Connecting Communities, and commissioned new works. Artists will collaborate with area cultural minorities, the elderly, farm families, disadvantaged youth, and industrial workers to develop five residency projects and community-based commissions.
Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
To support Expanding Our Borders: Stretching Our Imagination. Performances, exhibitions, and literary events will emphasize the connections among Asian, Puerto Rican, and African American groups.
Temple University (on behalf of Institute on Disabilities)
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support the tour of a multimedia performance using the eVokability Interactive Costume. The work will involve performers with wearable electronic devices that respond to their voices and movements, coordinated with projected images, sound, and text.
Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the expansion of Project LAW (Lawyers and Accountants on Wheels). The project will make it possible to reach underserved and rural areas of Texas.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Legal Boot Camp, and expansion of business and legal services. New and traditional programs will be offered on a regional basis in New York State and around the nation in cooperation with arts councils and arts organizations.
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support the expansion and enhancement of educational opportunities for the regional touring and presenting field. Professional development programs including workshops, forums, publications, and mentoring will be offered in order to enhance artists' and organizations' ability to realize their artistic and public service goals.
Zeum
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support Zeum Presents, free multimedia and performing arts presentations to the public. Community-based arts organizations will use the facilities, and technical and administrative support, to create and present work to students and adults.
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