Representative Garnet Coleman House District: 147

Arts and Cultural Grants Listed by Texas House District Fiscal Year 2016

Alley Theatre Arts Create $16,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $2,975 To support an international collaborative theatrical piece called "Remote " with the German theater collective Rimini Protokoll as part of the CounterCurrent festival at the , which will attract local, national, and international audiences. Arts Respond Education $3,825 To support teacher professional development tied to an arts integration curriculum for K-12th grade students in Fort Bend ISD. Cultural District Project - Promotion and Marketing $50,000 To market and promote the regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning Best Play "All the Way" about President Lyndon Baines Johnson which will attract visitors to the Houston Theater District (done in partnership with the Dallas Theater Center).

American Festival for the Arts Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $850 To support arts residencies led by professional musicians in Houston area K-12th grade classrooms. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $3,500 To support a music residency with children who have received double cochlear implants, with the goal of helping them adapt to mainstream schooling, and a film residency at Houston's Monarch School for children on the autism spectrum. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $1,500 To support free afterschool music lessons for low-income students in partnership with KIPP Houston High School and YES Prep Southeast.

09/22/2016 Designated Funding- Texas Women for the Arts $7,500 Support for music education enrichment and arts integration activities at little or no cost to K-12th grade students in schools throughout the greater Houston region.

Art League of Houston Arts Create $10,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $4,000 To support costs associated with convening "charge," a gathering that will bring together a diverse network of local, regional and national artists, curators, researchers, educators and advocates to engage in conversation regarding how the arts can make real change in their communities.

Asia Society Texas Center Arts Create $4,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Community Artists' Collective Arts Create $3,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Da Camera of Houston Arts Create $13,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $4,000 To support Music Encounters, a series of TEKS-related music activities for Houston-area elementary and high school students. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $4,000 To support presenting musical residencies by members of the Da Camera Young Artists Program at the Monarch School in Houston, serving children with neurological differences in developmentally specific programming. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $2,550 To support a series of educational jazz and percussion workshops and performances for at-risk youth in the Boys and Girls Harbor at Morgan's Point, south of Houston. Cultural District Project - High Quality Arts Programming $50,000 To support an innovative concert series consisting of two world premieres and three Houston exclusives (Sarah Rothenberg: The Marcel Proust Project; The Colorado: A Film Oratorio; La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc; Passion for Bach and Coltrane; SFJAZZ Collective) that incorporate film, literature, and visual arts along with music to attract visitors to the Houston Theater District.

Discovery Green (dba) Arts Respond Performance Support $1,500 Artistic fee subsidy for Carolyn Wonderland to perform in Houston on September 17, 2015.

09/22/2016 Arts Respond Performance Support $1,400 Artistic fee subsidy for Dale Watson to perform in Houston on September 24, 2015. Arts Respond Performance Support $1,400 Artistic fee subsidy for Los Texmaniacs to perform in Houston on October 8, 2015. Arts Respond Performance Support $1,350 Artistic fee subsidy for the Jones Family Singers to perform in Houston on September 25, 2015.

DiverseWorks Arts Create $5,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $1,000 To support marketing and audience development initiatives related to DiverseWorks' relocation to the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston in December 2015. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $3,500 To support a variety of public programs and performances in Houston related to an exhibition by Los Angeles artist Katie Grinnan that explores thought patterns based on EEG readings, sleep, dreams, and neuroscience.

Ensemble Theatre Arts Create $11,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $4,000 To support a multidisciplinary out-of-school program at Fleming Middle School, a Title 1 school in Houston. Cultural District Project - Signage and Wayfinding $50,000 To support new and enhanced signage for the theater so visitors to the Midtown Houston Cultural District are able to locate the building with ease in the midst of all the surrounding development in the district.

Foundation for Modern Music Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $3,000 To support Salsa y Salud, a salsa dance event put on in partnership with health care organizations to promote physical fitness and health in Houston.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art Arts Create $4,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $1,000 To support the monthly Gulf Coast Reading Series, featuring established authors and held in Houston's bustling Montrose district.

09/22/2016 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Arts Create $7,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Houston Center for Photography Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $850 To support the Master Class program for intermediate to advanced photographers who want to improve their skills by learning from leading experts; this program attracts students from Houston and across the state, and instructors from across the nation. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $2,908 To support Picture This!, an education outreach program in photography for children at the Texas Children's Hospital in the dialysis unit, bone marrow transplant unit, and the cancer and hematology centers in Houston and Katy. Arts Respond Natural ResourcesAgriculture $3,500 To support Bound to Change, a group photographic exhibition featuring work from eleven artists who portray the transformation of the earth through various photographic processes and perspectives. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $2,000 To support Collaborations, a program that connects twenty Houston-area high school students through photography instruction and culminates in a professionally-mounted exhibition. Designated Funding- Texas Women for the Arts $7,500 Support for the expansion of the Picture This! outreach program working with at-risk youth in a variety of medical, after-school, and community settings to inspire and educate through art and photography.

Houston Cinema Arts Society Arts Create $6,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Houston International Dance Coalition Arts Create $8,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Houston Metropolitan Dance Company Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Houston Symphony Arts Create $17,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

09/22/2016 Arts Respond Education $4,675 To support an arts-based curriculum, in connection with a symphony concert and multimedia production for Houston area students.

Inprint Arts Create $12,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Menil Foundation Arts Create $18,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Mercury Houston Arts Create $8,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $3,769 To support marketing and artistic costs associated with presenting Bach's Complete Orchestral Suite during the Houston Early Music Festival, which will attract local, state and international audiences to the city. Arts Respond Education $3,400 To support educational, in-school chamber orchestra performances for at-risk K-12th grade students in the Houston metropolitan area. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $850 To support providing free chamber music performances at Houston Methodist Hospital in the common areas and in the hospital rooms of terminally ill and bedridden patients. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $3,500 To support afterschool chamber music ensembles for at-risk youth who attend YES Prep Public Schools in Houston.

Midtown Management District Cultural A & E District Arts Respond Economic Development $1,275 To support Art in the Park, a free festival that takes place in Houston's Baldwin Park, featuring artists, musical performances, food trucks, art demonstrations, and children's art activities, attracting an audience from Houston and the surrounding region. Cultural District Project - Promotion and Marketing $25,000 To support the development of a new website to better promote and market the Midtown Houston Cultural District to visitors with new interactive tools for planning your visit, tour ideas, an online events calendar, venue information, parking information and more.

Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company Arts Create $4,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

09/22/2016 Arts Respond Economic Development $1,000 To support the production, artistic, and marketing costs associated with a production of Mac Wellman's "Dracula" that will employ actors, designers, directors, and production staff in Houston. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $850 To support performances of "Dollface," which addresses rape and violence towards women, and the provision of ancillary programs exploring the topic with the Houston Area Women's Center and the District Attorney's office.

Multicultural Education & Counseling Through the Arts Arts Create $5,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $2,500 To support providing sustained expressive arts classes in a variety of media for men living at the Open Door Mission, a recovery and rehabilitation center in Houston. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $3,825 To support a seven-week digital storytelling workshop for Houston area at-risk youth.

Music Doing Good Arts Create $6,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $1,000 To support an afterschool music and theater program that will teach students of Houston Title 1 schools about Broadway music, culminating in a performance at the end of the school year.

Musiqa Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $4,000 To support musical training and development for high school students in Houston. Arts Respond Performance Support $1,500 Artistic fee subsidy for SOLI Chamber Ensemble to perform in Houston on October 10, 2015. SOLI’s performance will include a world premiere by Carl Schimmel, as well as works by Musiqa composers Brandt, Al-Zand, Jalbert and Maroney.

Project Row House Arts Create $5,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Rothko Chapel Arts Create $10,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

09/22/2016 Society for the Performing Arts Arts Create $6,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $850 To support a multifaceted arts integration program that focuses on creative writing and performance for middle and high school students in the Houston metropolitan area.

Southwest Alternate Media Project Arts Create $8,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

Theatre Under the Stars Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $3,825 To support the musical production "Million Dollar Quartet" at Miller Outdoor Theatre that will attract visitors and residents and generate income for artists, technicians, and local businesses. Arts Respond Education $4,000 To support classroom theater and literacy workshops for high school students in Houston. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $3,400 To support the provision of quality, customized, accessible summer camp opportunities to Houston area children living with disabilities. Arts Respond Public SafetyCriminal Justice $3,000 To support providing free afterschool musical theater instruction at underserved schools in the Houston area, culminating in student performances.

UH/Arte Publico Press Arts Create $9,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $2,000 To support educational workshops on literacy, presented by authors, for elementary schools in the Rio Grande Valley.

UH/Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Arts Respond Economic Development $2,975 To support the CounterCurrent festival, an annual citywide event featuring interdisciplinary work by contemporary artists from throughout the world that attracts local audiences and visitors from across the country.

UH/Texas Music Festival Arts Create $7,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization.

09/22/2016 University of Houston/ Blaffer Gallery Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $2,125 To support Your Brain on Art, a collaboration between the museum and Houston's scientific and technical communities to study the neural activity of visitors to the museum who agree to wear EEG skullcaps while touring the galleries.

Voices Breaking Boundaries Arts Create $7,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Education $1,063 To support educational writing and language arts workshops for K-8th grade students in Wharton.

Writers In The Schools Arts Create $16,500 To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in the operations of this arts organization. Arts Respond Economic Development $4,500 To support WITS Performance workshops, which increase student participation in school-based poetry slams and send winners to compete in the Grand Slam at Discovery Green Park in downtown Houston. Arts Respond Education $4,675 To support interactive writing workshops, based on museum visits, for Houston area Title 1 students. Arts Respond HealthHuman Services $2,975 To support Writing to Heal, a program of creative writing classes for young patients at the MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital in Houston. Arts Respond Natural ResourcesAgriculture $6,500 To support the Environmental Writing Project, which brings at-risk students to a local park or natural habitat in Houston and has them work with writers and a naturalist to create nature writing.

Number of Awards: 85 Award Total: $604,140

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