National Endowment for the Arts — 2013 Spring Grant Announcement Art Works & Partnership Agreements State Listings Project details are as of April 23, 2013. For the most up to date project information, please use the NEA's online grant search system. Art Works grants supports the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Click the state or territory below to jump to that area of the document. Alabama Kentucky Oklahoma Alaska Louisiana Oregon Arizona Maine Pennsylvania Arkansas Maryland Puerto Rico California Massachusetts Rhode Island Colorado Michigan South Carolina Connecticut Minnesota Tennessee Delaware Missouri Texas District of Columbia Montana Utah Florida Nebraska Vermont Georgia Nevada Virginia Hawaii New Hampshire Washington Idaho New Jersey West Virginia Illinois New Mexico Wisconsin Indiana New York Iowa North Carolina Kansas Ohio Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. Page 1 of 171 Alabama Number of Grants: 3 Total Dollar Amount: $82,000 Auburn University Main Campus $42,000 Auburn, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design To support the documentation of Rural Studio's 20 years of bringing quality design to rural Alabama. The project will include the creation of a documentary and social media campaign that highlights Rural Studio's anniversary project to build 20 houses that cost $20,000 each. Birmingham Children's Theatre, Inc. (aka BCT) $10,000 Birmingham, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater To support the Birmingham premiere of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963. Adapted by Reginald Andre Jackson from the novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, the production will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the pivotal events surrounding the struggle for civil rights in Birmingham in 1963. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association (aka MMFA) $30,000 Montgomery, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum To support Material Transformations, an exhibition featuring works by contemporary artists who employ everyday materials in making their artwork. The exhibition will feature approximately 30 works by artists such as Angela Ellsworth, Alison Foshee, Johnston Foster, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Rune Olsen, Lucrecia Troncoso and Paul Villinski. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. Page 2 of 171 Alaska Number of Grants: 4 Total Dollar Amount: $160,000 Alaska Design Forum, Inc. (aka ADF) $50,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design To support BLING, a lecture series and art installation. Internationally acclaimed artists and designers will speak about the role of ornament in contemporary architectural design. Alaska Junior Theater, Inc. $10,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater To support Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories and Sunjata Kamaleny. Pushcart Players will blend four classic fables into a fully mounted, costumed, and orchestrated production and McCarter Theatre will perform Sunjata Kamalenya to introduce audiences to an African fable about overcoming adversity. Anchorage Museum Association (aka Anchorage Museum) $50,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design To support an exhibition, Re/Marks on the Land. The exhibition is part of the museum's "Northern Initiative," which explores key issues facing Alaska and its northern neighbors by engaging contemporary designers to share their perspectives on the changing landscape. Koahnic Broadcast Corporation $50,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts To support production costs for the Native Artists of Alaska Radio Series. The project will include a series of radio features about contemporary Alaska Native visual artists, radio call-in programs about Alaska Native artists, a visually robust website, and extensive outreach and promotion. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. Page 3 of 171 Arizona Number of Grants: 10 Total Dollar Amount: $320,000 Arizona State University $50,000 Tempe, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting To support the Beyond Series at Arizona State University Gammage. The series will present artists Eiko & Koma, Vijay Iyer, AnDa Union, Susan Marshall & Company, and the Apple Hill Quartet's Playing For Peace Project in a series of performance residencies that will include workshops and educational activities with the local community. Ballet Arizona $30,000 Phoenix, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance To support Ballet Under the Stars, a free outdoor performance series in local parks throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. The company will perform classical and contemporary ballet works at each performance, and children from local elementary schools who have worked with Ballet Arizona dancers through the Class Act program will showcase a short dance piece. City of Mesa, Arizona (aka Mesa Arts Center) $55,000 Mesa, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education To support Jazz from A to Z, a comprehensive jazz education project at the Mesa Arts Center. Working with accomplished artists from Jazz at Lincoln Center, middle and high school jazz band students participate in jazz clinics, while history and music teachers attend professional development workshops to learn how to integrate jazz into the curriculum. Dine be iina, Inc. (aka Navajo Lifeway) $15,000 Window Rock, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support training for Navajo fiber artists. Masters weavers will instruct emerging artists in successful weaving methods, procuring materials, and promoting their art within and outside of the Navajo Nation. Heard Museum $30,000 Phoenix, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum To support the Masterworks Online Project to make the work of American Indian artists digitally accessible. Designed to improve the scholarship and accessibility of American Indian art history, the project will include scanning of images and primary documents for more than 150 artists and, when necessary, will entail direct contact with each artist (or his or her estate) to verify information and secure rights of use. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. Page 4 of 171 Museum of Contemporary Art (aka MOCA) $30,000 Tucson, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum To support research, documentation, and other collection care management of a newly acquired collection of art works by more than 40 contemporary artists. The collection includes works by artists such as Carl Andre, Joana Avillez, Fia Backstrom, Mike Bidlo, Robert Colescott, Emory Douglas, Sylvie Fleury, Dan Graham, Amy Granat, Isabel Halley, Nicole Hassler, Yves Klein, Jessica James Lansdon, Louise Lawler, and Sherrie Levine. Sonoran Art Foundation, Inc. (aka Sonoran Glass School) $40,000 Tucson, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education To support the Youth Glass Arts Education Program. Students will learn centuries-old glass making techniques, how to properly use tools and equipment, application of various coloring methods, and how to create a wide range of forms. Tucson Meet Yourself, Inc. (aka Tucson Meet Yourself (TMY)) $35,000 Tucson, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support activities to strengthen folk and traditional arts across the state. The project will provide support for the expansion of an online archive of documented folk artists and regional folklife practices, as well as provide training for community scholars in folklore documentation. Tucson Meet Yourself, Inc. (aka Tucson Meet Yourself (TMY)) $20,000 Tucson, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support the Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival. In addition to presenting music, dance, food, and folk arts by traditional artists, as well as ethnic and occupational groups from the Arizona-Sonora region, the festival will feature the expressive traditions of the disabled community of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. Western Jazz Presenters Network, Inc. $15,000 TUCSON, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music To support performance and educational outreach tours by jazz pianist Vijay Iyer's Trio through the Western United States. The artists will be presented in as many as 14 nonprofit venues in small towns and metropolitan areas in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and Washington State. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. Page 5 of 171 Arkansas Number of Grants: 4 Total Dollar Amount: $155,000 Arkansas Repertory Theatre Company (aka The Rep) $20,000 Little Rock, AR FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater To support performances of John Logan's Red and associated audience engagement activities. Performances at The Rep will be directed by Cliff Fanin Baker and auxiliary activities will include discounted tickets; pre- and post- show discussions with curators, creative staff, and actors; and community conversations. Arkansas State University $30,000 State University, AR FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support the Arkansas Folklife Program, the only statewide traditional arts service In addition to documenting traditional artists and presenting that information through publications, recordings, and public programs, the Arkansas Folklife Program will continue the folk arts apprenticeship program, integrate folk arts in education, and provide technical assistance to folklife organizations and traditional artists in the state.