ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

------{2004 Annual Report} MEMBERS State Council On the Arts

BERNICE PRICE CHAIRMAN Montgomery

BECKY QUINN VICE CHAIRMAN Huntsville

FRANK HELDERMAN SECRETARY Florence

EVELYN ALLEN Birmingham

JULIE HALL FRIEDMAN Fairhope

RALPH FROHSIN, JR. Alexander City

DOUG GHEE Anniston

ELAINE JOHNSON Dothan

DORA JAMES LITTLE Auburn

JUDGE VANZETTA PENN MCPHERSON Montgomery

VAUGHAN MORRISSETTE Mobile

DYANN ROBINSON Tuskegee

JUDGE JAMES SCOTT SLEDGE Gadsden

CEIL JENKINS SNOW Birmingham

CAROL PREJEAN ZIPPERT Eutaw ANNUAL REPORT 2004

------[ mission ]------

The Mission of the Alabama State Council on the Arts is to

enhance quality of life in Alabama

culturally, economically, and educationally

by supporting the state’s

diverse and rich artistic resources.

THE GOALS OF THE COUNCIL ARE TO COMMIT GREATER FINANCIAL TO INCORPORATE THE ARTS AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THE EDU-

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN ALL CATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ALL ALABAMIANS AND TO PROVIDE AN OP-

ART FORMS SO THAT QUALITY IS THE HALLMARK OF ARTISTIC ACTIV- PORTUNITY FOR ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN AND APPRECIATE THE ARTS.

ITY IN ALABAMA.

ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 1 ------[ contents ]------

Arts-in-education Programs ...... 7 community arts Programs...... 9 folklife Programs ...... 11 literature Programs ...... 15

Performing Arts Programs ...... 17

Visual Arts Programs ...... 21

Grants ...... 22

ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1800

Phone: 334-242-4076 / Fax: 334-240-3269

www.arts.state.al.us ANNUAL REPORT 2004 {Message from the Director}------

The 2003-04 fiscal year was another period of year where budget cuts had to be absorbed, damage control adjustment and realignment of resources for the Alabama in the grants program was the “order of the day.” State Council on the Arts. The legislative appropriation for During FY 04 Governor Riley appointed four new FY 04 produced a reduction of 10% or a cut of $351,000 to members to the Council for six-year terms: Julie Hall Fried- the agency’s overall budget. This appropriation followed the man from Fairhope, Ralph Frohsin from Alexander City, Dora defeat of the Governor’s “Amendment One,” calling for a James Little from Auburn and Vaughan Morrissette from comprehensive tax increase to address pressing Mobile. Ceil Jenkins Snow was reappointed for a needs in state government. The 10% cut was in second term. James Scott Sledge of Gadsden line with other state agencies in the Education concluded a two-year term as Chairman of the Trust Fund. Council and Bernice Price of Montgomery assumed As a result of the budget situation, across the Chair’s position becoming the first African- the board cuts were made in the grants and American Chairman of the Council. administrative budget. In the program area where Within the Agency’s staff, Barbara Council goals are addressed, several initiatives Edwards, Arts in Education Program Manager for were either delayed or eliminated. An ambitious over twenty-years was promoted to the position of “Black Belt Initiative” was limited to the restruc- Deputy Director. Hank Willett, Director of the turing of existing programs to serve some Black Alabama Center of Traditional Culture, retired after Belt schools and communities in the greatest Albert B. Head twenty-one years of combined service with the Executive Director areas of need. These efforts included the Rural agency. Joey Brackner, Folk Arts Program Man- Schools Touring Program, Camp Shakespeare and special ager, became the Acting Director of the ACTC. Diana Green targeted project grants for community development. Techni- was hired as Arts in Education Program Manager, bringing a cal assistance to arts organizations in the field had to be wealth of experience to that important job. reserved to top priority needs only. Plans to expand the The resources of state government go through a Artist-in-Schools Program in rural areas were deferred series of peaks and valleys over time. The 2003-04 year was because of the reduction of state funds. a lean time and the Council made do with the funds it had to With respect to the agency’s “front-line” grants work with. The Council’s multi-year plan for growth and program where the Council responds to hundreds of applica- development of the arts in Alabama was slowed a bit but is tions from arts organizations and schools statewide, the still viable and ready for the next phases of implementation. impact of the cuts was felt in several ways. Obviously In fact, an important planning phase for an upgraded soft- competition in the discipline program areas relative to grant ware program for grants-management took place in 2003- awards was more intense than ever before. Many otherwise 04. The Black Belt Initiative is being developed and is worthy projects had to be either under-funded or rejected scheduled for activation in the future. Expanded partnerships altogether. Support for all major arts institutions had to be are being forged in design arts, folk arts, literature, dance, scaled back. Small Technical Assistance grants usually made arts education and other areas where potential is great. throughout the year, were eliminated. Start-up grants and When resources are secured, significant progress will take support for emerging groups in rural and inner-city areas place relative to Council programs and the arts in Alabama. were severely restricted. Since FY 04 was the third straight ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 3 ------

4 ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2004 {Message from the Chair}------

I am constantly reminded of the plethora of events audiences. We have felt the music reverberating in our and experiences that connects us to each other, serving as hearts and minds; we have seen visuals reach out and speak reminders of what it means to be truly human. I, likewise, to us; we have moved with dancers to new heights; we find awe-inspiring the significant impact of the arts in those have been led to explore and examine ideas and realities on humanizing experiences and in generating a the printed page; and, we have taken won- cultural atmosphere imbued with artistic drous journeys with theatrical performers. If expressions throughout Alabama. Two years it ago our budget was cut, necessitating cuts in were not for the interest and financial grants to arts organizations. I am, however, support of the legislature, arts organizations amazed, yet gratified, by the innovative ways could not present various artistic renderings arts organizations throughout Alabama have to the communities in Alabama. Additional used resourceful venues to strive to make the organizations have arts programs and projects arts accessible to those who might not that would benefit from funding. Sadly, our otherwise be exposed, formally or informally. current appropriations do not allow us to Not only have those organizations, despite fund them. When we have been faced with funding cuts, been successful in keeping the challenging budget cuts, the staff, managers, arts vibrant, they have been successful in deputy director, director and the Council keeping them relevant. Their successes have have responded in a concerted and positive been manifest in diverse ways: the amaze- manner. ment and wonder on the faces of children as When state and local budgets face they view art works, watch dancers, or travel tremendous cuts, often the response by imaginatively with actors; the pain, yet some is to eliminate the arts or reduce exhilaration, expressed by incarcerated boys Bernice Price funding to a bare minimum. My response is, and girls as they read excerpts from their Board Chair “We cannot afford to eliminate the arts which published works; or the excitement generated are so vitally important.” If we want to as children listen to storytellers or participate in choral enhance the quality of life, if we want singing. Visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, and something that embraces the very essence of the human theatrical performers are portals, opening doors for their experience, we must continue to support artists and the means by which they express that essence.

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The goal of the Arts in limited number of high school seniors Schools and the Rural School Touring Education Program is to provide to continue their study of the visual Program. opportunities for Alabama students to arts. Camp Shakespeare was a experience excellence in the arts and ------partnership program of the Alabama develop competency in artistic expres- Alabama Students Shakespeare Festival and the Council. sion as part of their education. Students from three schools were Additionally, the goal is to support the experience excellence introduced to the works of William professional development of teachers in the arts and develop Shakespeare through a variety of and the involvement of artists and arts competency in artistic classes ranging from acting to techni- organization in this process. cal theatre. The five-day, in-school In FY 2004, the Council expression as part camp culminated with a student addressed this goal through its grants of their education. production at each of the participating program and through partnerships with schools. Through the Rural School other organizations. Financial support ------Touring Program, 8,867 students were was provided for artist residencies, The Imaginative Learning given an opportunity to see a live school-based projects, presenting Workshop, a partnership program of professional performance. activities and partnership activities. the Alabama Alliance for Arts Educa- In addition to the above These funds supported art education tion and the Council, provided a partnerships, the Council worked at activities for rural, underserved, and hands-on, participatory, summer the state level with the Alabama inner city students, students with workshop for classroom teachers, art Alliance for Arts Education and the disabilities and incarcerated youth. specialists and teaching artists. The Alabama State Department of Educa- There were a number of focus of this summer program was on tion on the promotion of comprehen- partnership programs with other the development of thematic units of sive arts education for every student. organizations that supported arts study for grades pre-K-12. Another These organizations as well as the education. These programs offered partnership program focused on Alabama Institute for Education in the opportunities for individual students professional development for class- Arts and the organizations of arts and teachers and brought events into room teachers and teaching artists education specialists are working schools. The Visual Arts Achievement was the Alabama Institute for Educa- together to revise the standards for Program, a partnership program of the tion in the Arts Summer Arts Institute. arts education. Council, local arts organizations and This six-day intense study of arts The Council strongly believes institutions of higher learning, recog- integration was based on disciplined that the arts are the “critical links” to nized the artistic talent of over 800 based arts education. student success and has used its visual arts students in grades 6-12 and The Council was able to reach resources during FY 2004 to support provided financial support to a rural and underserved schools arts education activities in schools through Camp Shakespeare in the statewide.

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The Community Arts Program The Coleman Center in York, which is and Union Springs. Other innovative addresses the needs of a variety of in its second year of the program and and unique activities that were sup- organizations across Alabama. From now has its first full-time executive ported include the Missoula Children’s urban to rural, from cultural arts centers director. Theatre in Tallassee and the Moscow to local arts councils, from main street ------Chamber Orchestra in Livingston. programs to social service organizations, Community Planning Community Planning and this program’s multi-disciplinary focus and Design is an unique Design is a unique program that sup- supports many of the state’s diverse program established to ports projects that use the design arts to resources. support projects that use impact the quality of life in Alabama Operating support is provided communities. Supported in this program to larger art councils and art centers to the design arts to in 2003-04 were architectural plans for encourage a strong relationship between impact the quality of life the adaptive reuse of Church Street communities and local governments in Alabama communities. School in Andalusia and a landscape where the arts are considered an ------design for Decatur’s Delano Park. important economic development tool. Design Alabama, a statewide organiza- These organizations represent the The Multi-discipline Project and tion that promotes awareness and state’s urban centers and also reflect Festivals and Project Assistance appreciation of all the design disciplines, their diverse community needs. Local Program addresses the needs of a is supported as a significant partner in arts groups that are supported are as variety of programs and organizations Community Planning and Design. diverse as the Tuscaloosa Art Council, that have diverse and multicultural The Individual Artist Fellowship which operates the Bama Theatre and missions. Grants include small commu- Program provides awards to designers in its varied programs, and the Mobile Arts nity festivals such as the Turkey Trot recognition of artistic excellence as well Council with its unique community Festival in Collinsville and the Piney as professional commitment to design services. Woods Festival in Enterprise, as well as arts and to the state. Awards in 2003- To help community arts larger festivals like Panoply in Huntsville. 04 went to Jake Sanders, an architect organizations that may have no perma- Alabama’s communities have a variety with the Rural Studio in Greensboro, and nent staff, the Council offers Program- of needs. This component of the Erin Wright, a graphic designer and ming Development Grants. These grants Community Arts program supported an professor at the University of Alabama – are implemented in a three-year program after-school arts and tutoring program in Birmingham. designed to assist volunteer organiza- Hayneville, an annual, summer arts tions in adding paid staff to stabilize camp in Talladega, and locally produced growth and development. One such plays about community history in ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 9 grantee was Brundidge 10 ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2004 {Folklife}------

The Alabama Center for Traditional traditions and present them through  The presentation of Alabama Culture and Alabama Folklife Program educational products such as docu- folk artists in performance or mentary CDs, traveling exhibits, exhibition. The folklife division of ASCA lectures, and publications. Folklife  Educational materials such as consists of a research and production topics represent a large part of the curriculum guides and other office called the Alabama Center for content of the Alabama Arts Radio resources that will further the Traditional Culture and a grants- series which is produced by the understanding of Alabama folklife making office called the Alabama Center. in a classroom setting. Folklife Program. Both programs work ------ An organization assisting a folk in concert to identify, preserve, and artist with a project to further his present Alabama folk arts and tradi- Alabama Folklife, or her tradition. tions. in its many facets,  Fee subsidies for no more than 50 Alabama folklife consists of uniquely reflects the percent of total cash expenses for those aspects of our state’s culture booking performances of tradi- which are traditional, and are learned personality of our state tional artists from Alabama or within communities from generation to and its communities. elsewhere. generation. As a result, these cultural Folk Art Apprenticeship grants traditions reflect community values ------are given to master folk artists for and aesthetics. Folklife includes folk The Alabama Folklife Program teaching their art form. Prospective arts such as traditional crafts, music offers grant support to non-profit students who have entered into an and dance, as well as, regional organizations for a wide range of agreement with a master folk artist foodways, folk architecture, beliefs, projects seeking to present and may also apply for an Apprenticeship , myths, and medicinal preserve the state’s folk culture. grant. Apprenticeships are one of the practices, etc. Folklife is regional, Examples of these primary “preservation” tools of the reflecting the process of adaptation by projects include: Alabama Folklife Program. They are various ethnic groups to a geographi-  Documentation and presentation designed to ensure the transmission of cal area. Because it is a product of an of Alabama folklife through media a diversity of folk skills from historical and geographical process, such as film, video, photography, Sacred Harp singing to pottery-making, Alabama folklife, in its many facets, recordings, radio and publications. using the traditional master-apprentice- uniquely reflects the personality of our  Festivals which present folklife ship system. state and its communities. and involve community-based folk The Alabama Folk Heritage Through the staff of the artists. Award recognizes an outstanding Alabama Center for Traditional Culture,  Field Surveys that identify and traditional artist every other year as ASCA works to identify folk document Alabama folk traditions part of ASCA’s Governor’s Arts and practitioners. Awards program. The last two

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{Folklife (continued)}------winners were Bo McGee, a blues artist folklife issue of Alabama Arts. The Rotunda and Capitol City from Greene County and Jerry Brown issue is a part of a special series on Shape Note singings -- These events a folk potter from Hamilton. cultural tourism in Alabama. The bring together singers from around the Accomplishments in Folklife articles written by Joyce Cauthen, country, celebrating Alabama’s four during 2003-2004: Steve Grauberger, Anne Kimzey, Carol shape note hymnbooks.The Archive of The Alabama Arts Radio Zippert, Joey Brackner, and Al Head Alabama Folk Culture is an initiative Series -- Steve Grauberger continues emphasize the traditional arts in with the Alabama Folklife Association to produce ASCA’s weekly radio series Alabama. and the Alabama State Council on the “Alabama Arts” on the Southeastern Latin American Survey -- We Arts to create a permanent archive of Public Radio Network. We have are in the early stages of a project to Alabama folk materials at the Alabama recently agreed to a new season of 26 research Hispanic/Latin American Department of Archives and History. half-hour programs featuring inter- culture in the state. This survey is Hank Willett Retires -- Folklor- views by ASCA staff with a variety of funded by an NEA Folk Arts grant. ist Hank Willett, who directed the artists from around the state. Traditional Musics of Alabama Alabama Center for Traditional Culture The series is being aired by Recording Series -- The primary music since 1990, retired in December 2003. other public radio stations across the documentation project for the Center Hank intends to remain active in state. You can listen to past programs for Traditional Culture is an ongoing special projects near his new home in at: http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/1/ CD series called Traditional Musics of Mentone, Alabama. radioseries.html. Alabama produced by Music Tour -- The Alabama Steve Grauberger. Jubilee Concerts was an NEA-spon- Volume 4: Traditional Musics sored tour of Alabama traditional of Alabama: Wiregrass Notes Revised, music. The artists included Jerry is planned but not yet released. It will “Boogie” McCain, a blues musician be a reissue of the 1980 LP recording from Gadsden, the Gary Waldrep with additional recorded material Band, a bluegrass ensemble from digitally mastered from the original Kilpatrick, the Birmingham Sunlights master tapes. gospel quartet and the Mariachi Tributaries: The Journal of the Garibaldi of Montgomery. The tour Alabama Folklife Association, Issue performed in Montgomery, Dothan, No. 7, 2004, included articles on Gadsden, Selma, and Boaz. Picking Mayhews, Black Mardi Gras in Alabama Arts Magazine -- The Mobile, and Stereotypes in Short Center Staff coordinated a special Stories of .

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The goal of the Literary Arts an opportunity for readers and writers his fellowship to travel and research Program is to increase public aware- alike to hear contemporary writers and material for a new novel. ness of and exposure to literature and scholars speak and read. Providing The Literary Arts Program has the state’s literary heritage and to funds for literary journals is yet a long-term collaborative partnership support contemporary Alabama writers another way this program seeks to with the Alabama Writers’ Forum, a of creative non-fiction, fiction, and expand the opportunities for writers in statewide service organization that poetry, and other literary genres. The the state. promotes Alabama writers and writing. Literary Arts Program accomplishes The individual artist fellowship The Forum has many collaborators as this by providing a variety of grant program provides awards to writers in well, including the Alabama Center for components enabling organizations recognition of artistic excellence as the Book, Alabama Southern Commu- and communities to share in the well as professional commitment to nity College (where the annual Harper literary wealth that this state offers. literary arts and to their state. FY Lee Award for Alabama’s Distin- Presenting grants support 2004 awards went to Priscilla guished writer is awarded), numerous readings and presentations by authors Hancock Cooper, a poet from Birming- other community colleges, public in a variety of venues around the state ham who is working on a collection of libraries, and literary festivals. The and put writers in direct contact with her work and Charles Rose from Forum publishes First Draft, a quarterly readers and their communities. A Auburn who plans to use journal of literary news, maintains a partner in this mission is the Auburn ------website (www.writersforum.org), and University Center for the Arts and The mission of the recognizes young Alabama writers, as Humanities, whose Alabama Voices well as their teachers and schools, in program brings writers to communities Literary Arts Program the High School Literary Arts Awards. for readings, workshops, school is to increase public Since 1997, the Forum has programs, and other literary events. partnered with the Alabama Depart- They co-sponsor events with local awareness of and exposure ment of Youth Services to create host and partner organizations such as to literature and the “Writing Our Stories: An Anti-Violence schools, libraries and local arts state’s literary heritage Creative Writing Program.” In this councils in communities large and unique program, published writers small across the state. and to support work with incarcerated youth to Project grants provide support contemporary Alabama develop their creative writing skills. for a wide range of activities that Each year three anthologies of student include conferences and festivals such writers of creative work are published. “Writing Our as the Alabama Writers Symposium non-fiction, fiction, and Stories” is becoming known nationally held annually in Monroeville on the poetry, and other as a model juvenile justice and the arts campus of Alabama Southern Commu- program. nity College. This event provides literary genres. ------ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 15 16 ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2004 {Performing Arts}------

Music, Dance and Theatre educational components again being a in tribute to Sammy Young, a arts are supported together under the priority for Council funding. Applicants Tuskegee Institute student, the first Performing Arts Program. The goal is are primarily community theatres, college student murdered during the to ensure that high quality perfor- orchestras, choirs and dance compa- Civil Rights Movement. mances are available to Alabama nies. Southern Danceworks in Birming- Operating Support grants audiences by supporting the state’s ham provided an opportunity for provide greatly needed unrestricted performing arts organizations, present- wheelchair-bound individuals to funds to the state’s largest institu- ers and artists. There are six grant audition and take workshops culminat- tions. Performing arts organizations components that serve to deliver their ing in a performance experience must have a three-year average budget programs and services to Alabama entitled “Burn Rubber.” Mobile’s of $350,000 in order to qualify for this communities. Singing Children conducted a 7-day program, where a percentage of their Presenting grants allow tour to 6 communities including average is awarded. They must also organizations to engage artists and performances in nursing homes. match the grant amount in city and/or companies from other parts of the county funding, and have a full-time state, the country and the world, ------artistic and administrative staff. There bringing the best of the performing Presenting grants were ten organizations statewide arts to Alabama. Performances allow organizations to funded under this component in fiscal supported by state funds this year year 2004. include the Paul Taylor Dance Com- engage artists and There are three organizations pany and Russian National Ballet in companies from other funded under Collaborative Ventures Huntsville, Verdi Opera Company in that provide services and programs Anniston, Orpheus Quartet and Los parts of the state, the with statewide impact. The Alabama Angeles Piano Quartet in Auburn and country and the world, Dance Council distributes a newsletter, Ballet Hispanico and Sweet Honey in bringing the best of provides technical assistance to dance the Rock in Birmingham. One criterion companies, and coordinates the annual vital to the success of each presenter the performing arts Alabama Dance Summit, bringing application is inclusion of educational to Alabama. dancers and companies together from outreach programs where, for ex- throughout the state for professional ample, artists perform for school ------training, study and performance audiences or offer a master class for Zelpha’s Cultural Development Corpo- opportunities. The Alabama Confer- student musicians, dancers or actors. ration provides on-going music lessons ence of Theatre serves high school, Project grants provide support for 150 underserved students in college and university and community for producing, commissioning, planning Tuscaloosa, and Tuskegee Repertory theatre process and touring, with Theatre mounted an original work

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{Performing Arts (continued)}------programs through their newsletter and The Council supports indi- annual festivals. The Council supports vidual artists through the Fellowship the Southern Writers’ Project of the Program, which recognizes and Alabama Shakespeare Festival that rewards the state’s most promising provides opportunities for the develop- and accomplished artists. In dance one ment and production of new works award was made to emerging choreog- based on the broad range of Southern rapher Janie Allen Alford to support experience. the creation of new work; in music Two community theatres one award was made to blues legend were supported through the Program Willie King; and in theatre two awards Development grants component this were made to playwright Jeanmarie year. Mobile Theatre Guild received its Collins and ventriloquist and children’s third year of this three-year grant performer Darrell Revel. Another way program to secure administrative staff that the Council supports artists is by and public relations functions. The engaging them to participate in the Whole Backstage in Guntersville Rural School Touring Program, a received it’s second year of funding to component of the Arts-In-Education support administrative staff as they Program. work to fund and implement a multi- year, multi-million dollar renovation to their facility.

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The goal of the Visual Arts Boys and Girls Club, Irondale Senior Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Program is to ensure that excellence, Center, Children’s Museum of the and Mobile were funded under this professionalism and multicultural Shoals and Studio by the Tracks in component in fiscal year 2004. expressions are available to Alabama Birmingham provided art classes for The Alabama Craft Council is audiences in the disciplines of painting, audiences ranging from at-risk youth funded under a Collaborative Venture sculpture, crafts, printmaking, photog- to autistic adults to senior adults. The in the Visual Arts. The organization raphy and film. The program supports Kentuck Museum Association in provides communication, education, the state’s museums, exhibition Northport organized exhibitions in such and technical assistance to artists, also spaces, art centers, artists and diverse public spaces such as the sponsoring the annual Alabama Clay community projects with visual art and newspaper office and a Visitor’s Conference/Alabama Craft Conference. craft programming. Center. The Sidewalk Moving Image The Council provides Artist Presenting grants allow Festival in Birmingham plans opportu- Fellowships to individuals in the visual organizations to bring exhibitions from nities in film making and viewing for K- arts based on merit of work, career other parts of the state, country or 12 students as well as independent achievement, career potential and world, providing diverse experiences artists and the general public. service to the state. 2004 recipients for the viewing audience. Project ------were Steve Ashlee for film production; grants provide support to organize quilter Murray Johnson for develop- exhibitions, commission public art- The Visual Arts Program ment of new designs; ceramist Charles works, provide art classes for both also refers artists to Smith for study of African and Native children and adults, include visual arts juried exhibitions, American pottery forms; in community festivals, and offer Mario Gallardo, Anne Howard, Amy professional development opportunities festivals, and teaching Pleasant, and Sonja Rieger for career for artists. The Metal Arts Program of opportunities as well development. Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham provides The Visual Arts Program also a unique opportunity for professional as responding to refers artists to juried exhibitions, and emerging artists as well as high public requests for artists festivals, and teaching opportunities as school students to create sculpture with particular skills. well as responding to public requests with cast iron, bringing artists from for artists with particular skills. The throughout the world to Alabama. In ------Alabama Artists Gallery at the offices South Alabama the Centre for the Operating Support grants of the Council organizes exhibtions to Living Arts and Gulf ArtSpace estab- provide unrestricted funds to the bring visibility, promotion and career lished exhibition opportunities for state’s largest museums. To qualify, opportunities much needed by the young contemporary these organizations must have a three- state’s artists. artists, providing unique experiences year average cash income of at least and educational opportunity for the $500,000 and receive a percentage of general public as well. The Akron this average. Art museums in ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 21 ANNUAL REPORT 2004

Grants for fy 2004 (by county) BALDWIN Alabama Committee Women/Arts ...... Montrose ...... Gulf Coast Artists Forum ...... VIS ... $ 3,500 Alabama Vocal Association ...... Daphne ...... Alabama All-State Choral Festival ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Baldwin Pops, Inc...... Fairhope ...... County Outreach Concert Tour ...... PER ... $ 2,300 Eastern Shore Art Association ...... Fairhope ...... Contemporary Clay Project ...... VIS ... $ 3,990 Eastern Shore Art Association ...... Fairhope ...... Three Concerts ...... COM . $ 1,396 Eastern Shore Art Association ...... Fairhope ...... Visual Arts Enrichment ...... AIE ... $ 5,000 Friends/Daphne Public Library ...... Daphne ...... “Spring Into Reading” ...... COM . $ 1,110 Friends/Daphne Public Library ...... Daphne ...... Summer Reading Program ...... LIT .... $ 600 Gulf ArtSpace, Inc...... Fairhope ...... Exhibitions ...... VIS ... $ 4,200 Gulf ArtSpace, Inc...... Fairhope ...... Spring/Summer Exhibitions ...... VIS ... $ 3,420 Gulf ArtSpace, Inc...... Fairhope ...... Winter 2004 Exhibition Season ...... VIS ... $ 4,532 SUBTOTAL BALDWIN COUNTY ...... $ 35,048

BARBOUR Eufaula Carnegie Library ...... Eufaula ...... Centennial Celebration ...... LIT .... $ 2,500 Eufaula Heritage Association ...... Eufaula ...... Performers at the Pilgrimage ...... COM . $ 3,420 SUBTOTAL BARBOUR COUNTY ...... $ 5,920

BLOUNT Alabama Crafts Council ...... Oneonta ...... Statewide Partnership ...... VIS ... $ 4,500 Blount Co. Community Arts Council ...... Oneonta ...... Missoula Children’s Theatre ...... COM . $ 1,600 Blount Co. Community Arts Council ...... Oneonta ...... Shaghai Quartet ...... COM . $ 3,535 Blount Co. Community Arts Council ...... Oneonta ...... Revue ...... COM . $ 2,800 SUBTOTAL BLOUNT COUNTY ...... $ 12,435

BULLOCK South Highlands Elementary ...... Union Springs ... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 750 Union Springs/Bullock County ...... Union Springs ... “Conecuh People” ...... COM . $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL BULLOCK COUNTY ...... $ 5,750

BUTLER Greenville Area Arts Council ...... Greenville ...... Singin’ in the Rain ...... COM . $ 4,065 SUBTOTAL BUTLER COUNTY ...... $ 4,065

CALHOUN Knox Concert Series ...... Anniston ...... Moscow Festival Ballet - “Giselle” ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Knox Concert Series ...... Anniston ...... Verdi Opera Co.- Rigoletto...... PER ... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL CALHOUN COUNTY ...... $ 14,000

CHAMBERS Bob Harding Shawmut Elementary...... Valley ...... Elementary Music Project ...... AIE ... $ 3,000 SUBTOTAL CHAMBERS COUNTY ...... $ 3,000

CHOCTAW Ballet & Theatre Arts Company ...... Gilbertown ...... Sound of Music ...... PER ... $ 1,575 Ballet & Theatre Arts Company ...... Gilbertown ...... “The Little Foxes” ...... PER ... $ 2,000 (continued)

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CHOCTAW (continued) Butler Elementary School ...... Butler ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL CHOCTAW COUNTY ...... $ 4,575

COFFEE Coffee County Arts Alliance ...... Enterprise ...... Boomers ...... COM . $ 2,100 Coffee County Arts Alliance ...... Enterprise ...... Letters from the Front ...... COM . $ 2,240 Coffee County Arts Alliance ...... Enterprise ...... Dallas Brass ...... COM . $ 2,450 Coffee County Arts Alliance ...... Enterprise ...... Piney Woods Festival ...... COM . $ 2,000 SUBTOTAL COFFEE COUNTY ...... $ 8,790

COLBERT Sheffield City Schools ...... Sheffield ...... Third Grade Violin Program ...... AIE ... $ 3,100 Tennessee Valley Art Assn...... Tuscumbia ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 10,000 Tennessee Valley Art Assn...... Tuscumbia ...... Weave, Withe and Weir ...... VIS ... $ 7,000 Tennessee Valley Art Assn...... Tuscumbia ...... The Color of Mexico ...... VIS ... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL COLBERT COUNTY ...... $ 27,100

COVINGTON Andalusia Ballet Association ...... Andalusia ...... Feasibility Study Church St School ...... COM . $ 2,475 Andalusia Ballet Association ...... Andalusia ...... “Toe to Toe” ...... PER ... $ 3,000 Covington Arts Council ...... Andalusia ...... Alabama Ballet ...... COM . $ 2,595 SUBTOTAL COVINGTON COUNTY ...... $ 8,070

CRENSHAW Bodiford, Calvin ...... Luverne ...... Music Apprenticeships ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 SUBTOTAL CRENSHAW COUNTY ...... $ 2,000

CULLMAN West Point Elementary School ...... Cullman ...... Writer in Residence Project ...... AIE ... $ 1,750 SUBTOTAL CULLMAN COUNTY ...... $ 1,750

DALE Dale Co Council of the Arts ...... Ozark ...... Juried art exhibition...... VIS ... $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL DALE COUNTY ...... $ 1,000

DALLAS Dallas County High School ...... Plantersville ...... Rural School Touring Performance ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Salem Elementary School ...... Orrville ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 500 Selma Arts Council...... Selma ...... Alabama Jubilee Concert ...... FOK .. $ 1,500 Selma Arts Council...... Selma ...... Curriculum Development Workshop ...... AIE ... $ 5,600 Selma-Dallas Co Historic Pres ...... Selma ...... Alabama Tale Tellin’ Festival ...... COM . $ 3,845 Southside High School ...... Selma ...... Six-Week Visual Arts Residency ...... AIE ... $ 2,460 Southside Primary School ...... Selma ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Tipton Middle School ...... Selma ...... Camp Shakespeare in the Schools ...... AIE ... $ 6,000 SUBTOTAL DALLAS COUNTY ...... $ 21,905

DEKALB Big Wills Arts Council ...... Fort Payne ...... 3rd Tyme Out Bluegrass Band ...... COM . $ 1,468 Bryan, Rachel ...... Mentone ...... Old-Time music/guitar apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 Collinsville Public Library ...... Collinsville ...... Turkey Trot Festival ...... COM . $ 1,680 Collinsville Public Library ...... Collinsville ...... Collinsville Arts Festival ...... COM . $ 2,820 (continued) ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 23 ANNUAL REPORT 2004

DEKALB (continued) Downer, Matthew ...... Ider ...... Guitar Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 McKinney, Eric Thomas ...... Fort Payne ...... Guitar Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 Sylvania High School ...... Sylvania ...... School Yr Performing Arts Residency ...... AIE ... $ 9,840 SUBTOTAL DEKALB COUNTY ...... $ 21,808

ELMORE McCraney-Cottle Arts Council ...... Tallassee ...... Missoula Children’s Theatre ...... COM . $ 1,550 McCraney-Cottle Arts Council ...... Tallassee ...... A Tribute to Lewis Grizzard ...... COM . $ 1,100 McCraney-Cottle Arts Council ...... Tallassee ...... “National Players” Our Town ...... COM . $ 1,337 McCraney-Cottle Arts Council ...... Tallassee ...... Pianist-Yakov Kasman ...... COM . $ 800 SUBTOTAL ELMORE COUNTY ...... $ 4,787

ESCAMBIA Bailey, William ...... Atmore ...... Creek Indian Language Apprentice ...... FOK .. $ 1,250 Brewton Council of the Arts ...... Brewton ...... BCT-Reluctant Dragon ...... COM . $ 1,093 Escambia County Board of Education ...... Brewton ...... Dance Education ...... AIE ... $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY ...... $ 7,343

ETOWAH Attalla City Board of Education ...... Attalla ...... Elementary/Middle School Strings ...... AIE ... $ 3,100 Downtown Gadsden Inc...... Gadsden ...... Downtown Grits ...... COM . $ 3,600 Damascus Road Ministries, Inc...... Gadsden ...... Aesop’s Fables/Character Education ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Etowah County Board of Education ...... Gadsden ...... Strings Program ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Gadsden Cultural Arts Found ...... Gadsden ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 38,700 Gadsden Cultural Arts Found ...... Gadsden ...... Alabama Jubilee concert in Gadsden ...... FOK .. $ 1,500 Gadsden Symphony Orchestra ...... Gadsden ...... Two Concerts ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Gallardo, Mario ...... Gadsden ...... Visual Arts Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL ETOWAH COUNTY ...... $ 68,900

FRANKLIN NW Shoals Community College ...... Phil Campbell ... Birmingham Children’s Theatre Perf ...... PER ... $ 1,300 NW Shoals Community College ...... Phil Campbell ... Mariachi Band Garibaldi Concert ...... FOK .. $ 1,770 SUBTOTAL FRANKLIN COUNTY ...... $ 3,070

GREENE Carver Middle School ...... Eutaw ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Ezell, Nora Lee ...... Eutaw ...... Quilting Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 Greene County High School ...... Eutaw ...... Rural School Touring Performance ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Greene County Board of Education ...... Eutaw ...... Performing Arts Program ...... AIE ... $ 5,000 Hughes, Wanda ...... Eutaw ...... Pine Needle Basketry Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 Outland, Lureca ...... Boligee ...... Quilting Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 Society of Folk Arts & Culture ...... Eutaw ...... Black Belt Folk Roots Festival ...... FOK .. $ 6,300 Society of Folk Arts & Culture ...... Eutaw ...... Youth Festival ...... COM . $ 4,200 Williams, J. C...... Boligee ...... White Oak Basketry Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL GREENE COUNTY ...... $ 22,500

HALE Akron Boys & Girls Club*The ...... Akron ...... Mural ...... VIS ... $ 4,275 SUBTOTAL HALE COUNTY ...... $ 4,275

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HOUSTON Dothan Landmarks Foundation ...... Dothan ...... Alabama Jubilee concert in Dothan...... FOK .. $ 1,500 Music South ...... Dothan ...... School Performances by Quadre...... AIE ... $ 2,450 SE AL Regional Arts Alliance ...... Dothan ...... Dance and Music outreach ...... COM . $ 1,500 SE Alabama Dance Company ...... Dothan ...... “Alice in Wonderland” and More ...... PER ... $ 5,000 SE Alabama Dance Company ...... Dothan ...... 2004 Summer Workshop ...... PER ... $ 3,500 Wiregrass Museum of Art ...... Dothan ...... Tadashi Torii’s Fluid Color: Glass...... VIS ... $ 4,350 Wiregrass Museum of Art ...... Dothan ...... George Taylor/Recent Work Exhibit ...... VIS ... $ 1,500 Wiregrass Museum of Art ...... Dothan ...... Local Color ...... VIS ... $ 4,500 Wiregrass Museum of Art ...... Dothan ...... Self-taught Artists—the Visual Blues ...... VIS ... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL HOUSTON COUNTY ...... $ 31,300

JACKSON Gorham’s Bluff Institute ...... Pisgah ...... Alabama Ballet Summer Residency ...... PER ... $ 6,000 Gorham’s Bluff Institute ...... Pisgah ...... Dance COLEctive Winter Residency ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Gorham’s Bluff Institute ...... Pisgah ...... Storytelling Artist Residency/Festival ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Gorham’s Bluff Institute ...... Pisgah ...... 2004 Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ..... PER ... $ 5,000 Scottsboro City Schools ...... Scottsboro ...... Third Grade Violin Program ...... AIE ... $ 3,500 Stevenson Elementary School ...... Stevenson ...... School Performances by BCT ...... AIE ... $ 2,013 SUBTOTAL JACKSON COUNTY ...... $ 28,513

JEFFERSON Alabama Ballet ...... Birmingham ...... Balanchine - Donizetti Variations ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Alabama Ballet ...... Birmingham ...... “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” A. Hineline .... PER ... $ 7,000 Alabama Celtic Association ...... Trussville ...... Music Concerts & Ed Workshops ...... PER ... $ 3,600 Alabama Dance Council ...... Birmingham ...... Alabama Dance ...... PER ... $ 42,750 Alabama Dance Council ...... Birmingham ...... Alabama Dance Summit 2004 ...... PER ... $ 7,500 Alabama Dance Council ...... Birmingham ...... North Carolina Dance Theatre ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Alabama Folklife Association ...... Birmingham ...... “Alabama Jubilee” Concer in Boaz...... FOK .. $ 4,000 Alabama Folklife Association ...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... FOK .. $ 16,200 Alabama Folklife Association ...... Birmingham ...... Latino Cultural Survey ...... FOK .. $ 15,000 Alabama Moving Image Assn Inc...... Birmingham ...... Sidewalk Cinematheque ...... VIS ... $ 6,240 Alabama Moving Image Assn Inc...... Birmingham ...... Sidewalk Student Film Competition ...... VIS ... $ 3,150 Alabama OperaWorks ...... Birmingham ...... “What’s So Grand About Opera” ...... PER ... $ 3,100 Alabama School of Fine Arts ...... Birmingham ...... Contemporary Dance Performance ...... PER ... $ 2,800 Alabama Symphonic Association ...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $148,300 Alabama Symphonic Association ...... Birmingham ...... On the Road with ASO ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Alabama Symphonic Association ...... Birmingham ...... School Performance ...... AIE ... $ 4,500 Artburst ...... Birmingham ...... 20th Century Piano Classics ...... PER ... $ 840 Arts Council of Trussville ...... Trussville ...... Theatre Manager ...... COM . $ 1,320 Ashlee, Steve ...... Birmingham ...... Media Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 Better Basics Inc...... Birmingham ...... Schoolwide Enrichment ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ...... Birmingham ...... Juneteenth Summer Arts Camp ...... COM . $ 3,500 Birmingham Art Music Alliance ...... Birmingham ...... Alabama Modern Collaborations 4 & 5 ..... PER ... $ 2,425 Birmingham Art Music Alliance ...... Birmingham ...... New Art Stage ...... COM . $ 3,500 Birmingham Art Music Alliance ...... Birmingham ...... New Work Tour ...... PER ... $ 2,250 Birmingham International Fest ...... Birmingham ...... AL/International Community Festival ...... AIE ... $ 5,000 (continued)

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JEFFERSON (continued) Birmingham International Fest ...... Birmingham ...... School Performances ...... AIE ... $ 6,500 Birmingham Kwanzaa & Heritage ...... Birmingham ...... Kwanzaa 03 ...... COM . $ 4,000 Birmingham Kwanzaa & Heritage ...... Birmingham ...... Marketing the Arts ...... COM . $ 3,000 Birmingham Museum of Art ...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... VIS ... $274,600 Birmingham Music Club ...... Birmingham ...... Janice Martin & Pilsen Philharmonic ...... PER ... $ 6,000 Birmingham Music Club ...... Birmingham ...... Los Angeles Guitar Quartet/Labeque ...... PER ... $ 6,000 Birmingham Music Club ...... Birmingham ...... NY Fest. of Song - At Harlem’s Height ..... PER ... $ 5,000 Center for Community Outreach ...... Birmingham ...... The Ugly Duckling/A Unit of Study ...... AIE ... $ 5,000 Children’s Dance Foundation ...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 13,900 City of Irondale ...... Irondale ...... Senior Center Art Education Program ...... VIS ... $ 2,520 Collins, Jeanmarie ...... Birmingham ...... Theatre Fellowship ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Crunk, Tony ...... Birmingham ...... Literature Fellowship ...... LIT .... $ 5,000 Hayes High School ...... Birmingham ...... Multicultural Arts Festival ...... AIE ... $ 4,000 Jefferson Co. Com. for Equal Opportunity Birmingham ...... YES ...... COM . $ 4,000 Jefferson State Comm College ...... Birmingham ...... Red Mountain Reading Series ...... LIT .... $ 2,700 Johnson, Rosemary ...... Birmingham ...... Arts Administration Fellowship ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Johnston, Murray...... Birmingham ...... Crafts Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 Metropolitan Arts Council...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 46,100 Miles College ...... Birmingham ...... George Walker: A Retrospective...... PER ... $ 6,100 Miles College ...... Birmingham ...... “Sky Sash, So Blue” Children’s Opera ...... PER ... $ 3,500 Opera Birmingham ...... Birmingham ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 15,200 Operation New Birmingham ...... Birmingham ...... Artwalk Birmingham ...... VIS ... $ 3,600 Operation New Birmingham ...... Birmingham ...... Imagination Festival...... COM . $ 6,000 Pleasant, Amy ...... Birmingham ...... Visual Arts Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 Rieger, Sonja ...... Birmingham ...... Photography Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 Seasoned Performers ...... Birmingham ...... Senior Adult Theatre Script & Tour ...... PER ... $ 7,500 Seasoned Performers ...... Birmingham ...... Senior Readers Theatre Script & Tour ...... PER ... $ 3,750 Seasoned Performers*The ...... Birmingham ...... Workshops for Senior Adults ...... PER ... $ 4,000 Sholanke, Solomon ...... Birmingham ...... African Drum and Dance Apprenticeship .. FOK .. $ 1,000 Sloss Furnace Association ...... Birmingmam ..... Artist Residency Program ...... VIS ... $ 6,440 Sloss Furnace Association ...... Birmingham ...... Summer Youth Apprenticeship Program ... VIS ... $ 7,000 Sloss Furnace Association ...... Birmingham ...... Open studios and workshop program ...... VIS ... $ 7,000 Sloss Furnace Association ...... Birmingham ...... Workshops/computer sculpture design ..... VIS ... $ 4,140 Southern Danceworks ...... Birmingham ...... Collaborative Partnership ...... AIE ... $ 5,950 Southern Danceworks ...... Birmingham ...... “Palettes” Multimedia Commission/Tour ... PER ... $ 7,000 Southern Danceworks ...... Birmingham ...... Dancing Wheels Residency ...... PER ... $ 7,500 Southern Danceworks ...... Birmingham ...... Rural School Touring Performances ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Space One Eleven (SOE) ...... Birmingham ...... Camp Chroma Summer Arts Camp ...... VIS ... $ 6,755 Space One Eleven (SOE) ...... Birmingham ...... Exhibition/Three Alabama Artists ...... VIS ... $ 4,005 Studio By The Tracks ...... Irondale ...... 2004 Curriculum ...... VIS ... $ 6,650 Superspandious Poetry Foundation ...... Birmingham ...... A Summer of Spoken Word ...... LIT .... $ 2,000 UAB Dept. of Theatre ...... Birmingham ...... School Touring ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 UAB/Alys Stephens Center ...... Birmingham ...... Ballet Hispanico-2 Educational Programs .. PER ... $ 7,000 UAB/Alys Stephens Center ...... Birmingham ...... Mentoring program ...... COM . $ 4,000 UAB/Alys Stephens Center ...... Birmingham ...... Sweet Honey In the Rock...... PER ... $ 6,000 UAB/Alys Stephens Center ...... Birmingham ...... Pilobolus ...... PER ... $ 7,000 UAB/Alys Stephens Center ...... Birmingham ...... Bela Fleck and the Flecktones ...... PER ... $ 5,000 UAB/English Department ...... Birmingham ...... PMS Poemmemiorstory-Literal Journal ..... LIT .... $ 3,000 UAB/School of Public Health...... Birmingham ...... Radio Drama ...... COM . $ 4,000 United Cerebral Palsy of Birmingham ...... Birmingham ...... Music Education ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 (continued)

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JEFFERSON (continued) Vestavia Hills High School ...... Vestavia ...... Student Publication/Professional Dev ...... AIE ... $ 1,200 VSA Arts Alabama ...... Birmingham ...... Drumming workshops ...... COM . $ 3,780 VSA Arts Alabama ...... Birmingham ...... Walker County Summer Art Camp ...... COM . $ 1,800 VSA Arts Alabama ...... Birmingham ...... Statewide Art Exhibition ...... VIS ... $ 3,500 SUBTOTAL JEFFERSON COUNTY ...... $905,665

LAUDERDALE Children’s Museum of Shoals ...... Florence ...... Pioneer Folklife Festival ...... FOK .. $ 2,200 Children’s Museum of Shoals ...... Florence ...... Walk-In/After School/Saturday Art ...... VIS ... $ 5,700 Music Preservation Society ...... Florence ...... Digital Archives ...... COM . $ 3,600 Music Preservation Society ...... Florence ...... Muscle Shoals Heritage Area Planning ..... FOK .. $ 2,800 OperaSouth, Inc...... Florence ...... Amahl/Gifts of the Magi ...... PER ... $ 5,000 OperaSouth, Inc...... Florence ...... Financial & Strategic Planning ...... PER ... $ 2,750 OperaSouth, Inc...... Florence ...... Gianni Schicchi ...... PER ... $ 1,800 Shoals Symphony Orchestra ...... Florence ...... Outreach Collaboration ...... PER ... $ 2,100 Shoals Symphony Orchestra ...... Florence ...... Virtuosic Violinists ...... PER ... $ 4,800 SUBTOTAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY ...... $ 30,750

LEE Alabama Dance Company East ...... Auburn ...... “A Bit of Ballet & Broadway” ...... PER ... $ 2,850 Auburn Chamber Music Society ...... Auburn ...... 3 Concerts and 1 School Concert ...... PER ... $ 2,625 ...... Auburn ...... Alabama Voices ...... LIT .... $ 15,300 Auburn University ...... Auburn ...... Gala Author Dinner and Festival ...... LIT .... $ 6,000 Carcache, Marian ...... Auburn ...... Literature Fellowship ...... LIT .... $ 5,000 Envision Opelika ...... Opelika ...... Oral History Project ...... COM . $ 2,100 Opelika Arts Association ...... Opelika ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 10,800 Opelika City Schools ...... Opelika ...... Fieldtrips to Performing Arts Events ...... AIE ... $ 2,000 Opelika City Schools ...... Opelika ...... Professional Development ...... AIE ... $ 1,900 Wang, Wei ...... Auburn ...... Design Fellowship ...... COM . $ 5,000 Williams, John ...... Auburn ...... Design Fellowship ...... COM . $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL LEE COUNTY ...... $ 58,575

LOWNDES Central Elementary School ...... Hayneville ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Door II Community Center*The ...... Hayneville ...... Steppin ...... COM . $ 2,260 Lowndes Co Children’s Policy ...... Hayneville ...... Early Childhood Arts Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,838 Lowndes Co Children’s Policy ...... Hayneville ...... Start With the Arts ...... AIE ... $ 1,780 Lowndes County Middle School ...... Fort Deposit ..... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Lowndes County Middle School ...... Fort Deposit ..... Camp Shakespeare in the Schools ...... AIE ... $ 6,000 STEP ...... Hayneville ...... Start with Arts -- Summer Camp 2004 .... COM . $ 5,300 SUBTOTAL LOWNDES COUNTY ...... $ 19,178

MACON Notasulga High School ...... Notasulga ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 St. Joseph Catholic School ...... Tuskegee Inst. .. Celebrate the Arts/Student Workshops .... AIE ... $ 900 Tuskegee Repertory Theatre ...... Tuskegee ...... “Remembering Sammy” - A new play ...... PER ... $ 7,000 TU/Tuskegee University ...... Tuskegee Inst. .. Exhibition: Art of Edward L. Pryce ...... VIS ... $ 4,500 SUBTOTAL MACON COUNTY ...... $ 13,400

MADISON Arts Council, The ...... Huntsville ...... Art Workshop ...... COM . $ 1,000 Arts Council, The ...... Huntsville ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 23,800 (continued) ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 27 ANNUAL REPORT 2004

MADISON (continued) Arts Council, The ...... Huntsville ...... Original production feature film ...... VIS ... $ 7,000 Arts Council, The ...... Huntsville ...... Sequence Painting at Panoply ...... COM . $ 900 Community Ballet Association ...... Huntsville ...... Paul Taylor Dance Company ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Community Ballet Association ...... Huntsville ...... Russian National Ballet - Don Quixote ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Howard, Anne ...... Huntsville ...... Visual Arts Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 Huntsville Art League ...... Huntsville ...... Pastel/oil painting workshop ...... VIS ... $ 2,566 Huntsville Botanical Gardens ...... Huntsville ...... History of America-an outdoor drama ...... COM . $ 2,000 Huntsville Chamber Music Guild ...... Huntsville ...... Two Concerts & Educational Programs .... PER ... $ 3,625 Huntsville Chamber Music Guild ...... Huntsville ...... Chanticleer & Itzhak Perlman w/ed. out. ... PER ... $ 5,400 Huntsville Community Chorus ...... Huntsville ...... Student Vouchers for Two Concerts ...... PER ... $ 2,500 Huntsville Housing Authority ...... Huntsville ...... Strings Program ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Huntsville Literary Assn...... Huntsville ...... POEM Literary Publication ...... LIT .... $ 800 Huntsville Museum of Art ...... Huntsville ...... Operating Support ...... VIS ... $ 61,400 Huntsville Symphony Orchestra ...... Huntsville ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 38,200 Ivey, David ...... Huntsville ...... Sacred Harp Singing Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 Lucinda Boone Pless Foundation ...... New Market ..... Historical Drama ...... COM . $ 3,000 Madison Community Chorus ...... Madison ...... Verdi Requiem ...... PER ... $ 3,000 Mental Health Association ...... Huntsville ...... “A Celebration of the Arts & the Mind” .... COM . $ 1,600 Ovation Arts ...... Madison ...... Proidance American Arts Festival ...... COM . $ 2,000 Sacred Harp Musical Heritage ...... Huntsville ...... Camp Fasola ...... FOK .. $ 3,250 Tennessee Valley Jazz Society ...... Huntsville ...... Jazz & Black History Celebration ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Tennessee Valley Jazz Society ...... Huntsville ...... 18th Annual Jazz-N-June Festival ...... PER ... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL MADISON COUNTY ...... $203,041

MARENGO Amelia Love Johnson High School ...... Thomaston ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 City of Demopolis ...... Demopolis ...... School Performances by BCT ...... AIE ... $ 575 City of Demopolis ...... Demopolis ...... Meridian Symphony Orchestra ...... COM . $ 1,590 Jackson, Floyd ...... Demopolis ...... Basketry Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 Marengo High School ...... Dixon Mills ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,000 Sweet Water Elementary School ...... Sweet Water .... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE ... $ 500 SUBTOTAL MARENGO COUNTY ...... $ 5,665

MARION City of Hamilton ...... Hamilton ...... Jerry Brown Festival ...... COM . $ 1,840 SUBTOTAL MARION COUNTY...... $ 1,840

MARSHALL Boaz Elementary School ...... Boaz...... School Performance ...... AIE ... $ 625 Mountain Valley Arts Council...... Guntersville ...... MOVA Arts Festival Education Outreach .. AIE ... $ 1,500 Mountain Valley Arts Council...... Guntersville ...... MOVA Festival ...... COM . $ 4,800 Snead State Community College ...... Boaz...... “On the Same Page”-Reading Rick Bragg.. LIT .... $ 1,300 Whole Backstage, Inc...... Guntersville ...... Program Development ...... PER ... $ 8,000 SUBTOTAL MARSHALL COUNTY ...... $ 16,225

MOBILE Alabama Contemporary Dance Co ...... Mobile ...... “No Loitering” ...... PER ... $ 7,000 Centre for the Living Arts ...... Mobile ...... “Art Off Centre ...... VIS ... $ 5,880 Community Foundation - South AL ...... Mobile ...... Two School Year Residencies ...... AIE ... $ 24,600 Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage ...... Mobile ...... Gulf Coast Jazz Festival ...... COM . $ 4,000 Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage ...... Mobile ...... An Evening of Poetry ...... LIT .... $ 2,000 (continued)

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MOBILE (continued) Mobile Arts Council Inc...... Mobile ...... Operating Support ...... COM . $ 10,000 Mobile Arts Council Inc...... Mobile ...... School Performances ...... AIE ... $ 2,800 Mobile Arts Council Inc...... Mobile ...... “Inclusion Teacher Workshop” ...... AIE ... $ 3,000 Mobile Ballet Inc...... Mobile ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 11,700 Mobile Chamber Music Society ...... Mobile ...... Four Concerts/ Two Master Classes ...... PER ... $ 6,900 Mobile Co Public School System ...... Mobile ...... Fieldtrip/Mobile Symphony Orchestra ...... AIE ... $ 2,310 Mobile International Festival ...... Mobile ...... Mobile International Festival ...... COM . $ 6,000 Mobile International Festival ...... Mobile ...... “Sounds of Solvakia-outreach” ...... COM . $ 2,800 Mobile Museum of Art ...... Mobile ...... Operating Support ...... VIS ... $ 57,700 Mobile Opera Inc...... Mobile ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 17,400 Mobile Opera Inc...... Mobile ...... School Tour ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Mobile Opera Inc...... Mobile ...... School Tour ...... AIE ... $ 2,500 Mobile Symphony ...... Mobile ...... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 21,000 Mobile Symphony ...... Mobile ...... Youth Orchestra Gulf Coast Concert Tour PER ... $ 7,000 Mobile Symphony ...... Mobile ...... School Tour ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Mobile Theatre Guild ...... Mobile ...... Program Development ...... PER ... $ 8,000 Mobile’s Singing Children ...... Mobile ...... 7-Day Concert Tour ...... PER ... $ 2,100 Smith, Charles ...... Mobile ...... Crafts Fellowship ...... VIS ... $ 5,000 University of Mobile ...... Mobile ...... “Art with a Southern Drawl” ...... VIS ... $ 4,500 Westlawn Elementary School...... Mobile ...... Elementary Strings Program ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Women’s Business Asst. Center ...... Mobile ...... “Art As Business” ...... VIS ... $ 1,780 SUBTOTAL MOBILE COUNTY ...... $236,970

MONROE Alabama Southern Community College .... Monroeville ...... Community Chorus “Gloria” ...... PER ... $ 4,200 Alabama Southern Community College .... Monroeville ...... Seventh Writers’ Symposium ...... LIT .... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL MONROE COUNTY ...... $ 11,200

MONTGOMERY Alabama Alliance for Arts Education ...... Montgomery ..... Statewide Services ...... AIE ... $ 45,000 Alabama Dance Theatre ...... Montgomery ..... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 11,400 Alabama Institute Education in the Arts ... Montgomery ..... Professional Dev/Summer Institute ...... AIE ... $ 16,200 Alabama Shakespeare Festival ...... Montgomery ..... Southern Writers’ Project ...... PER ... $ 16,200 Alabama Writers’ Forum, Inc...... Montgomery ..... Literary Initiatives ...... LIT .... $ 45,000 Alabama Writers’ Forum, Inc...... Montgomery ..... Program Support ...... LIT .... $ 45,000 Alford, Janie Allen ...... Montgomery ..... Dance Fellowship ...... PER ... $ 5,000 Arts Council of Montgomery ...... Montgomery ..... Birmingham Children’s Theatre ...... COM . $ 1,000 Arts Council of Montgomery ...... Montgomery ..... Doing Our Own Thing ...... VIS ... $ 1,225 Baldwin Arts & Academics MS ...... Montgomery ..... Visiting Artist Program ...... AIE ... $ 7,000 Children’s Center/Montgomery ...... Montgomery ..... Visual Arts Program ...... AIE ... $ 1,050 DesignAlabama, Inc...... Montgomery ..... Design ...... COM . $ 45,000 Hernandez, Jose ...... Montgomery ..... Mariachi Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 2,000 Jubilee CityFest, Inc...... Montgomery ..... Artfest ...... VIS ... $ 2,000 Jubilee Community Center ...... Montgomery ..... School Five Points Project ...... COM . $ 5,310 Montgomery Ballet*The ...... Montgomery..... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 10,900 Montgomery Chorale ...... Montgomery ..... Spring Concert - “All About Music...... PER ... $ 1,870 Montgomery Chorale ...... Montgomery ..... 30th Anniversary Concert ...... PER ... $ 4,135 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts ...... Montgomery ..... Dale Kennington Exhibition Catalogue ...... VIS ... $ 1,900 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts ...... Montgomery ..... Operating Support ...... VIS ... $ 96,900 Montgomery Symphony Orchestra ...... Montgomery ..... Operating Support ...... PER ... $ 18,300 Old AL Town/Landmarks Found ...... Montgomery ..... PaPa Mali ...... COM . $ 1,500 (continued)

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MONTGOMERY (continured) Raghuram, Sudha...... Montgomery ..... Bharatanatyam Dance Apprenticeship ...... FOK .. $ 1,000 Volunteer & Information Center ...... Montgomery ..... Star-Spangled Follies ...... COM . $ 3,400 SUBTOTAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY ...... $388,290

MORGAN Decatur Concert Association ...... Decatur ...... Three Concerts ...... PER .... $ 3,750 Eva School ...... Eva ...... Writer in Residence Project ...... AIE .... $ 2,975 Gordon-Bibb Elementary School ...... Decatur ...... Student Production ...... AIE .... $ 4,160 Princess Theatre ...... Decatur ...... Operating Support ...... PER .... $ 12,400 Somerville Road School ...... Decatur ...... Alabama Blues Project ...... AIE .... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL MORGAN COUNTY ...... $ 30,285

PERRY Albert Turner Sr Elementary ...... Marion ...... Rural School Touring Program ...... AIE .... $ 800 SUBTOTAL PERRY COUNTY ...... $ 800

PICKENS Aliceville Elementary School ...... Aliceville ...... Rural School Touring ...... AIE .... $ 1,000 King, Willie ...... Aliceville ...... Blues Apprenticeship ...... FOK ... $ 2,000 King, Willie ...... Aliceville ...... Music Fellowship ...... PER .... $ 10,000 Rural Members Association, Inc ...... Aliceville ...... Freedom Creek Festival ...... FOK ... $ 4,625 SUBTOTAL PICKENS COUNTY ...... $ 17,625

PIKE Brundidge Historical Society ...... Brundidge ...... Folkplay-Supper Time ...... COM .. $ 2,000 Pioneer Museum of Alabama ...... Troy ...... Fiddle Fest and Music Jamboree ...... FOK ... $ 1,000 Troy Arts Council ...... Troy ...... Philharmonic Orchestra of Rzeszow ...... COM .. $ 4,480 Troy Arts Council ...... Troy ...... The All-American Boys Chorus ...... COM .. $ 3,661 Troy Arts Council ...... Troy ...... Troyfest Arts Festival ...... COM .. $ 2,000 TSU/College of Comm/Fine Arts ...... Troy ...... School Enrichment Outreach ...... AIE .... $ 6,419 TSU/Troy State University ...... Troy ...... SE US Choral Masterwork Festival ...... PER .... $ 3,100 SUBTOTAL PIKE COUNTY ...... $ 22,660

SHELBY Parnell Memorial Library Found ...... Montevallo ...... Architectural Drawings ...... COM .. $ 7,000 Revel, Darrell ...... Helena ...... Theatre Fellowship ...... PER .... $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL SHELBY COUNTY ...... $ 12,000

ST CLAIR St. Clair County Day Program ...... Ashville ...... BETA Project ...... VIS .... $ 7,000 SUBTOTAL ST. CLAIR COUNTY ...... $ 7,000

SUMTER Coleman Center*The ...... York ...... Program Development ...... COM .. $ 8,000 Sumter Co Fine Arts Council ...... Livingston ...... BCT’s Reluctant Dragon performances .... COM .. $ 700 Sumter Co Fine Arts Council ...... Livingston ...... Mississippi Symphony Orchestra ...... COM .. $ 1,900 Sumter Co Fine Arts Council ...... Livingston ...... Moscow Chamber Orchestra ...... COM .. $ 2,793 Sumter Co Fine Arts Council ...... Livingston ...... Josh White, guitarist ...... COM .. $ 2,123 UWA/Dept./Languages/Literature ...... Livingston ...... The Sucarnochee Folklife Festival ...... FOK ... $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL SUMTER COUNTY ...... $ 16,516

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TALLADEGA Alabama Inst for Deaf & Blind ...... Talladega ...... School Year Visual Arts Residency ...... AIE .... $ 7,380 Talladega City Bd of Education ...... Talladega ...... School Year Visual Arts Residency ...... AIE .... $ 14,760 Talladega First Inc...... Talladega ...... StreetCar Named Desire ...... PER .... $ 5,000 Talladega First Inc...... Talladega ...... Adventures of Lewis & Clark ...... PER .... $ 2,450 Rogers, Robert J...... Eastaboga ...... Fiddle Music Apprenticeship ...... FOK ... $ 1,500 Sylacauga Area Arts Council ...... Sylacauga ...... School Performances by BCT ...... AIE .... $ 850 Sylacauga Area Arts Council ...... Sylacauga ...... School Performances ...... AIE .... $ 1,190 Sylacauga Area Arts Council ...... Sylacauga ...... School Performances ...... AIE .... $ 823 Sylacauga Area Arts Council ...... Sylacauga ...... Field Trip to Alabama Symphony ...... AIE .... $ 798 SUBTOTAL TALLADEGA COUNTY ...... $ 34,751

TALLAPOOSA Alexander City Arts Inc...... Alexander City .. Sigmund Romberg Orchestra ...... COM .. $ 4,620 Alexander City Arts Inc...... Alexander City .. Midsummer Nights Dream-Mont. Ballet ... COM .. $ 5,215 Alexander City Arts Inc...... Alexander City .. Kevin Sharpe, pianist ...... COM .. $ 3,056 Alexander City Jazz Festival ...... Alexander City .. Two-Day Jazz & Blues Festival ...... PER .... $ 5,000 Radney Elementary School ...... Alexander City .. Camp Shakespeare in the Schools ...... AIE .... $ 6,000 SUBTOTAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY ...... $ 23,891

TUSCALOOSA Alabama Blues Project Inc...... Tuscaloosa ...... Blues Camp 2004 ...... FOK ... $ 6,000 Alabama Conf Theatre & Speech ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Statewide Partnership ...... PER .... $ 12,150 Arts Council of Tuscaloosa ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Jewish Film Festival ...... VIS .... $ 1,044 Arts Council of Tuscaloosa ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Operating Support ...... COM .. $ 10,800 Crestmont Elementary School ...... Northport ...... Visual Arts Enrichment ...... AIE .... $ 6,685 Eastwood Middle School PTSA ...... Cottondale ...... School Performance/Andes Manta ...... AIE .... $ 950 Kentuck Museum Association ...... Northport ...... Exhibition support for “Visual Legacies” .. VIS .... $ 6,840 Kentuck Museum Association ...... Northport ...... Guest Artist Residency Program ...... VIS .... $ 5,530 Kentuck Museum Association ...... Northport ...... Museum Without Walls ...... VIS .... $ 2,000 Theatre Tuscaloosa ...... Tuscaloosa ...... “Mockingbird” Student Ticket Subsidy .... PER .... $ 4,550 Tuscaloosa Public Library ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Creative Writing Classes ...... LIT ..... $ 1,800 Tuscaloosa Public Library ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Story telling with Deborah Ferguson ...... LIT ..... $ 500 UA/Center for Public TV ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Alabama Bound Radio Reviews ...... LIT ..... $ 4,800 Verner Elementary School ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Folk Art in the Elementary Curriculum ..... AIE .... $ 900 Zelpha’s Cultural Dev Corp ...... Tuscaloosa ...... Music Lessons - Underserved Students ... PER .... $ 5,000 SUBTOTAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY ...... $ 69,549

WALKER Walker Co Arts Council ...... Jasper ...... Professional Dev/Creative Writing ...... AIE .... $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL WALKER COUNTY ...... $ 1,000

WILCOX F. S. Ervin Elementary School ...... Pine Hill ...... Rural School Touring ...... AIE .... $ 800 G. W. Watts Elementary School ...... Pine Apple ...... Rural School Touring ...... AIE .... $ 500 J. E. Hobbs Elementary School ...... Camden ...... Rural School Touring ...... AIE .... $ 750 Pettway, Annie E...... Boykin ...... Quilting Apprenticeship ...... FOK ... $ 1,000 SUBTOTAL WILCOX COUNTY ...... $ 3,050

ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 31 ANNUAL REPORT 2004 {Financial Report}------

REVENUES EXPENDITURES

Education Trust Fund Appropriation ...... $3,163,849 ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS Organizational Grants ...... $ 291,431 FEDERAL FUNDS Rural School Touring ...... $ 16,600 National Endowment for the Arts ...... $ 638,400 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 83,949 NEA Partnership Grant ..... $ 375,100 Arts in Education ...... $ 74,700 COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS Underserved Communities $ 76,600 Organizational Grants ...... $ 368,327 Challenge America ...... $ 97,000 Fellowships to Individual Artists ...... $ 10,000 Folk & Traditional Arts ..... $ 15,000 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 112,991 TOTAL ...... $3,802,249 FOLKLIFE PROGRAMS

Organizational Grants ...... $ 49,945 Apprenticeships ...... $ 24,750 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 72,156 Alabama Center for Traditional Arts ...... $ 217,000 - LITERATURE PROGRAMS

Organizational Grants ...... $ 35,000 Fellowships to Individual Artists ...... $ 10,000 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 216,578

PERFORMING ARTS

Organizational Grants ...... $ 654,845 Fellowships to Individual Artists ...... $ 25,000 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 127,022

VISUAL ARTS

Organizational Grants ...... $ 672,332 Fellowships to Individual Artists ...... $ 35,000 Technical Assistance/Services to the field .. $ 90,816

GRANTS MANAGEMENT/ INFORMATION SYSTEMS ...... $693,510

TOTAL ...... $3,802,249

32 ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS STAFF Alabama State Council On the Arts DIANA F. GREEN Alabama Center For Traditional Arts In Education Program Manager Culture AL HEAD Executive Director JOHN MEYERS JOEY BRACKNER Gallery Assistant Director BARBARA EDWARDS Deputy Director BARBARA REED JACKIE ELY Public Information Officer Administrative Secretary RITA GRAY ALLEN Grants Assistant REBECCA RYALS STEPHEN GRAUBERGER Performing Arts Program Manager Folklife Specialist JACQUELINE BERRY Executive Assistant RANDY SHOULTS ANNE KIMZEY Community Arts, Design, and Literature Folklife Specialist JOEY BRACKNER Program Manager Folklife Program Manager DEXTER SMITH GEORGINE CLARKE Security Visual Arts Program Manager VINNIE WATSON WANDA DEJARNETTE Programs Assistant Grants Officer ------Photo Credits

Cover: (Clockwise) Rural School Touring Program, Page 8: Bottom Left -- Just for Fun, a program of the Mosses Elementary, photo by Barbara Reed; Top -- Scene from the play To Kill A Mockingbird, Selma-Dallas County Public Library. Photo courtesy Huntsville Ballet performing The Nutcracker, photo being performed at the Monroeville County of the Selma-Dallas County Public Library. courtesy of the Huntsville Ballet; Creativity hands- Courthouse. on table at Magic City Festival, Birmingham, photo Bottom right -- ONB Magic City 2004 EyeBeam Page 16: courtesy of ONB Magic City; Garden view of the Dwellings. Left -- Philip Pleasants and Johnny Lee Davenport Birmingham Museum of Art, photo courtesy of the Bottom Left -- Taylor Moe plays guitar while in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s production Birmingham Museum of Art. children dance at the annual Freedom Creek of The Negro of Peter the Great, 2001. Photo by Festival. Phil Scarsbrook. Page 5: Top right -- Violinist, Alabama Symphony Center -- Bernice Price, photo courtesy of Karen S. Page 10: Orchestra. Doerr, Montgomery Advertiser. Top -- The Gary Waldrep Band performing at the Middle right -- Mobile Opera’s production of the Boaz Jubilee Festival. Pirates of Penzance. Page 6: Bottom right -- Ms. Kato, seven-shape singing at Bottom right -- Sudha Raghuram, Bharatanatyam Top Left -- A child benefiting from a Teacher’s Newville. Photo by Steve Grauberger. Indian dancer. participation in Imaginative Learning Workshops Bottom left -- Pineburr Quilt by quilter, Queenie offered by Alabama Alliance for Arts Education. Pettway and Loretta Bennett. Page 18: Top right -- Student participating in The Symphony Top left -- Musicians performing with the Alabama School, an educational music outreach program of Page 12: Symphony Orchestra. the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. Top Left -- Jesse Thomason, a white oak Top right-- Huntsville Ballet performing The Bottom right -- Dorothy and friends set out to see basketmaker. Photo by Joey Brackner. Nutcracker, photo courtesy of the Huntsville Ballet. the Wizard at Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Right -- Thanksgiving Pow Wow, Poarch Creek Bottom -- Southern Danceworks, Teri Weksler, photo by Terry Schrimscher. Indian Festival, photo by Aimee Schmidt. Artistic Director. Photo by Rob Lagerstrom, Bottom Left -- students at Mosses Elementary Bottom Left -- Face Jug by Jerry Brown. Photo by Streamline Studios, Birmingham. School enjoying a performance of “Math in Motion” Joey Brackner. by Children’s Dance Foundation, a performance Page 20: made possible by ASCA’s Rural School Touring Page 14: Top left -- Julie J. Hankins ceramic stoneware Program. Top Left -- Kathryn Tucker Windham telling stories sculpture in the Alabama Artists Gallery. to children at the Homewood Public Library. Photo Top middle -- Michael Perry pottery in the Alabama courtesy of the Alabama Writers’ Forum. Artists Gallery. Top Right -- Already enjoying a book before it is Top right -- Tony Wright sculpture in the Alabama checked out. Photo courtesy of the Selma-Dallas Artists Galley. County Public Library. Bottom -- Baskets and Quilts exhibition in the Alabama Artists Gallery. {Alabama State Council on the Arts} ------

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