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National Endowment for the Arts 2013 Grants

State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description Literature IL 1 2013 Jun-13 Buffam, Suzanne Fellowships: Literature $25,000 Creation Creative Writing To support productions of Moliere's celebrated IL 1 2013 Feb-13 Court Theatre Fund Chicago Art Works Theatre $10,000 comedies "The Misanthrope" and "Tartuffe" directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell.

To support the creation and presentation of a new Muntu Dance IL 1 2013 Feb-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $20,000 collaborative dance and music work, "Memories N' Theatre Time," including community outreach activities. Literature IL 1 2013 Jan-13 Reddy, Srikanth Chicago Fellowships: $25,000 Creative Writing To support an exhibition featuring R.H. Quaytman, a IL 1 2013 Jan-13 at the Art Works Museums $20,000 contemporary artist who works predominantly with Chicago silkscreen on wood panels. To support the exhibition SAHMAT COLLECTIVE: ART IL 1 2013 Jan-13 University of Chicago Chicago Art Works Museums $20,000 AND ACTIVISM IN INDIA SINCE 1989, and related programming. To support Benjamin Britten: Spheres of Influence, a IL 1 2013 Jun-13 University of Chicago Chicago Art Works Music $15,000 festival celebrating the centenary of the composer's birth. South Chicago Art IL 2 2013 Jul-13 Chicago Art Works Visual Arts $20,000 To support SmARTS, a youth art instruction program. Center NFP Challenge America: To support the expansion of cross-disciplanary arts Children's Museum Arts Engagement IL 3 2013 Oct-13 Oak Lawn Arts Education $10,000 education programs for pre-school and early in Oak Lawn in American elementary school children. Communities To support the second phase of the preservation and Chicago Film dissemination of the moving image and audio IL 4 2013 Jul-13 Chicago Art Works Media Arts $20,000 Archives, NFP collection for dancer and choreographer (1899-1991). To support the Youth Action Media Project, a digital Community IL 4 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Media Arts $65,000 media arts production program for youth in school Television Network settings across Chicago.

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description National Heritage IL 4 2013 Apr-13 Feraru, Nicolae Chicago $25,000 Fellowships To support a collaborative project engaging a group Challenge America IL 4 2013 Jun-13 Guild Complex $10,000 of multigenerational writers to create and perform Fast-Track an original theater piece. National Museum of To support "Outside In," an exhibition featuring IL 4 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Visual Arts $20,000 Mexican Art works by Mexican American street artists. Puerto Rican Arts IL 4 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $20,000 To support the inaugural Cultura Viva Festival. Alliance To support the 30th Chicago International Children's Facets Multimedia IL 5 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Media Arts $65,000 Film Festival and related media arts programs for Incorporated children. To support a concert celebrating the 75th birthday of Fulcrum Point New IL 5 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $20,000 composer John Corigliano with related educational Music Project activities. Literature IL 5 2013 Jan-13 Muench, Simone D. Chicago Fellowships: Literature $25,000 Creative Writing Neighborhood IL 5 2013 Jun-13 Housing Services of Chicago Art Works Design Arts $25,000 To support the Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative. Chicago Old Town School of IL 5 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $10,000 To support the "Global Dance Parties" series. Folk Music, Inc. Society of To support Reading the City, a print publication, IL 5 2013 Jun-13 Architectural Chicago Art Works Design Arts $10,000 online resource, and public programming about the Historians built environment of Savannah, Georgia.

To support the development and production of the Victory Gardens IL 5 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $25,000 American premiere of "Disconnect" written by Theater Anupama Chandrasekhar and directed by Ann Filmer.

Window to the To support "Introductions," a weekly radio broadcast IL 5 2013 Jun-13 World Chicago Art Works Music $20,000 of performances by pre-collegiate musicians on The Communications, Inc. WFMT Radio Network.

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description Challenge America: To support the Community Outreach for Developing Arts Engagement IL 6 2013 Jan-14 Wheaton College Wheaton Arts Education $10,000 Artists (CODA) program at the Community School of in American the Arts. Communities Art Institute of IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Media Arts $20,000 To support the "Black Harvest Film Festival." Chicago To support a study of the characteristics, needs, and Art Institute of Art Works: IL 7 2013 May-13 Chicago $20,000 support systems of ethnically and culturally specific Chicago Research organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

To support Taiko Legacy 10: Drumming the Legacy - Asian Improv aRts Challenge America The Evidence, a series of performances and IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Oak Park Music $10,000 Midwest Fast-Track workshops on both the traditional and evolving forms of taiko (Japanese drumming).

Chicago Architecture To support Open House Chicago, a free citywide IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Design Arts $25,000 Foundation weekend event.

To support Arts Education Program Design Seminar, Chicago Arts that imparts a model of inquiry-based, arts- IL 7 2013 Jul-13 Partnerships in Chicago Art Works Arts Education $45,000 integrated teaching and learning to partnerships Education between schools and arts organizations for students. Chicago Chamber IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $15,000 To support the First Monday Concert Series. Musicians Chicago Dancing To support the presentation of local and national IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $10,000 Company NFP companies as part of the Chicago Dancing Festival. Chicago Human To support the annual Rhythm World, a tap and IL 7 2013 Mar-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $10,000 Rhythm Project percussive dance festival. Chicago Humanities To support Stages, Sights & Sounds, a world stages IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $20,000 Festival festival.

Chicago International To support the 49th Chicago International Film IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Film Festival Inc. Chicago Art Works Media Arts $35,000 Festival. Cinema-Chicago

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description Chicago Jazz To support a performance project celebrating the IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Music $15,000 Philharmonic contributions of NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller.

Chicago Opera To support Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc)," in IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Opera $27,500 Theater celebration of the composer's 200th birthday.

Chicago Shakespeare To support Chicago Shakespeare in Urban IL 7 2013 Jul-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $50,000 Theater Communities. Chicago Symphony IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $80,000 To support Rivers - Nature, Power, Culture. Orchestra Chicago Symphony To support training and stipends for pre-professional IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $50,000 Orchestra musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. To support the creation of the CSO Media Portal, a Chicago Symphony web site through which audiences can listen to IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Media Arts $75,000 Orchestra concerts, podcasts, commentary and radio broadcasts. To support the world premiere of "The Happiest Song IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $90,000 Plays Last" by Quiara Alegria Hudes with direction by Group, Inc. Teatro Vista's Artistic Director Edward Torres. Chinese Fine Arts IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $17,500 To support the "Five Elements Project." Society City of Chicago, IL To support Loops and Variations, a series of free Dept. of Cultural IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $45,000 concerts pairing new classical music with electronic Affairs and Special music. Events To support contemporary dance residencies at The Columbia College IL 7 2013 Sep-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $30,000 Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago and Chicago related outreach activities. To support the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's "The IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Gilloury Institute Chicago Art Works Theatre $20,000 Lake Effect." Hubbard Street To support Movement as Partnership, a IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $70,000 Dance Chicago, Inc. comprehensive, in-school dance residency program.

Partnerships (State IL 7 2013 Jul-13 Illinois Arts Council Chicago Multidisciplinary $803,900 To support Partnership Agreement activities, & Regional)

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description Instituto Cervantes of IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Folk Arts $20,000 To support the Chicago Flamenco Festival. Chicago, Inc. International Music To support the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $11,500 Foundation Series. To support the second half season of JazzCity, a free Jazz Institute of IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Music $12,500 concert series, and a two-day Latin Jazz Festival in Chicago neighborhood parks across the city of Chicago. IL 7 2013 Jul-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $15,000 To support the "Bridge Program." League of Chicago IL 7 2013 Aug-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $10,000 To support Professional Development Programs. Theatres Foundation

Lookingglass Theatre To support the commissioning and development of IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $15,000 Company "Yuri Kochiyama" by J. Nicole Brooks. Lyric Opera of IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Opera $50,000 To support a new production of Dvorak's "Rusalka." Chicago Marwen Foundation, To support the "Marwen Studio," a free program IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Arts Education $60,000 Inc. which offers out-of-school visual arts courses. Museum of To support "13th Ballad", a large-scale installation by IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Museums $45,000 Contemporary Art artist Theaster Gates. Music and Dance To support the Learning Lab, a professional IL 7 2013 Jul-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $10,000 Theater Chicago Inc. development series.

National Vietnam To support Transforming Trauma, an arts education IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Veterans Art Chicago Art Works Arts Education $15,000 and art therapy outreach project reaching students in Museum Chicago Public Schools and their families. Patrick G. and Shirley To support faculty fees for a comprehensive singer IL 7 2013 Jun-13 W. Ryan Opera Chicago Art Works Opera $40,000 training and professional development program. Center Literature IL 7 2013 Feb-13 Reeves, Roger W. Chicago Fellowships: Literature $25,000 Creative Writing River North Dance To support the creation and tour of a new jazz dance IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Dance $10,000 Company work by choreographer Kevin Iega Jeff.

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description To support free chamber summer concert Rush Hour Concerts performances at the historic St. James Cathedral in IL 7 2013 Jun-13 at St. James Chicago Art Works Music $10,000 downtown Chicago and a one-day Make Music Cathedral Chicago music festival in neighborhoods around the city. To support the production of Head of Passes, a new Steppenwolf Theatre play commissioned by Steppenwolf, written by IL 7 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $100,000 Company ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, and directed by ensemble member Tina Landau.

In recognition of "Fabulous Females" and "Temporary LockDown," gender-specific residential programs dedicated to encouraging adolescents Storycatchers IL 7 2013 Oct-13 Chicago Coming Up Taller Theatre $10,000 within the Chicago, Illinois juvenile justice system to Theatre make thoughtful life choices through writing, producing, and performing original musical theater inspired by personal stories. Third Coast To support the production and national distribution IL 7 2013 Jul-13 International Audio Chicago Art Works Media Arts $28,000 of the radio program "Re:Sound." Festival University of Illinois To support the design of "History Moves," a mobile IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Design Arts $20,000 at Chicago public history museum. To support multidisciplinary artist residencies that IL 7 2013 Jun-13 Urban Gateways Chicago Art Works Arts Education $20,000 integrate arts into elementary school curricula in Chicago Public Schools. To support creative writing and professional Young Chicago IL 7 2013 Sep-13 Chicago Art Works Arts Education $20,000 development workshops for youth, classroom Authors teachers, and teaching artists. Anila Sinha Challenge America: Foundation for Arts Engagement To support the Arts and Culture of India Educational IL 8 2013 Oct-13 Elk Grove Vlg Folk Arts $10,000 Promotion of Arts in American Programs. and Culture of India Communities About Face Theatre IL 9 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Theatre $20,000 To support selected activities in the Out Front Series. Collective

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description To support the Independent Film and Video IL 9 2013 May-13 Chicago Filmmakers Chicago Art Works Media Arts $15,000 Exhibition Series and the presentation of the 25th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. To support the commissioning and premiere of Eighth Blackbird "Colombine's Paradise Theatre" by composer and IL 9 2013 Jan-13 Performing Arts Chicago Art Works Music $20,000 poet Amy Beth Kirsten with related outreach Association activities. Experimental Sound IL 9 2013 Jun-13 Chicago Art Works Multidisciplinary $12,000 To support the Artist Residency Program. Studio Korean American To support IlKwaNori International Joint Production, IL 9 2013 Jan-13 Resource and CHICAGO Art Works Folk Arts $10,000 a concert of traditional Korean music and dance. Cultural Center Literature for All of IL 9 2013 Jul-13 Evanston Art Works Arts Education $30,000 To support Books Alive!, a literary arts program. Us Jazz Education IL 10 2013 Jun-13 Highland Park Art Works Arts Education $40,000 To support the Traditional Jazz Curriculum Project. Network Midwest Young To support orchestra, chamber music, and music IL 10 2013 Jun-13 Highwood Art Works Arts Education $20,000 Artists theory programs. IL 10 2013 Jun-13 Highland Park Art Works Music $15,000 To support "Reach*Teach* Play." Association To support the Hispanic/Latino Music Immersion University of St. Challenge America Project featuring performances by guitarist David IL 11 2013 Jan-13 Joliet Music $10,000 Francis Fast-Track Burgess, composer Elbio Barilari, and the Ondas Ensemble. Challenge America: Southwestern Illinois Arts Engagement To support the William and Florence Schmidt Art IL 12 2013 Oct-13 Belleville Arts Education $10,000 College in American Center Arts Education Programs. Communities To support the commissioning and performance of a , new work by multiple composers using Chicago IL 13 2013 Jan-13 Chicago Art Works Music $12,000 Inc. architecture as inspiration with related educational activities. Challenge America: McLean County Art Arts Engagement IL 13 2013 Oct-13 Bloomington Arts Education $10,000 To support ROVER: Mobile Arts Center. Association in American Communities

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State District NEA_FY Grant Date Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description Challenge America: Batavia Access Arts Engagement To support the acquisition of an HD video camera to IL 14 2013 Oct-13 Batavia Arts Education $10,000 Television, Inc. in American enhance broadcast education programs. Communities

Challenge America: Centralia Cultural Arts Engagement To support the presentation of "Mooseltoe: A New IL 15 2013 Mar-14 Centralia Theatre $10,000 Society in American Moosical." Communities

Challenge America: Northern Illinois Arts Engagement To support a series of artist residencies at the IL 16 2013 Nov-13 DeKalb Arts Education $10,000 University in American Community School of the Arts. Communities

IL 17 2013 Jun-13 Quad City Arts, Inc. Rock Island Art Works Multidisciplinary $45,000 To support the Visiting Artist Series. Rockford Area Arts IL 17 2013 Jun-13 Rockford Art Works Arts Education $20,000 To support ArtsPlace. Council Challenge America: To support in-school dance instruction, outreach Peoria Ballet Arts Engagement IL 18 2013 Oct-13 Peoria Dance $10,000 performances for underserved communities, and the Company in American presentation of "Cinderella." Communities Total $3,004,900

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