National Endowment for the Arts FY 2015 Spring Grant Announcement
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National Endowment for the Arts FY 2015 Spring Grant Announcement State Listings Project details are current as of April 17, 2015. For the most up to date project information, please use the NEA's online grant search system. Included in this document are Art Works grants, State & Regional Partnership Agreements, and Research: Art Works grants. All are organized by state/territory and then by city, with the exception of the State & Regional Partnership Agreements which appear at the top of each state. Click the state or territory below to jump to that area of the document. Alabama Kentucky Ohio Alaska Louisiana Oklahoma American Samoa Maine Oregon Arizona Maryland Pennsylvania Arkansas Massachusetts Puerto Rico California Michigan Rhode Island Colorado Minnesota South Carolina Connecticut Mississippi South Dakota Delaware Missouri Tennessee District of Columbia Montana Texas Florida Nebraska Utah Georgia Nevada Vermont Guam New Hampshire Virginia Hawaii New Jersey Virgin Islands Idaho New Mexico Washington Illinois New York West Virginia Indiana North Carolina Wisconsin Iowa North Dakota Wyoming Kansas Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 17, 2015. Page 1 of 245 Alabama Number of Grants: 6 Total Dollar Amount: $848,800 Alabama State Council on the Arts $743,800 Montgomery, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional To support Partnership Agreement activities. ---------------------------------------------------- Alabama Folklife Association, Inc. (aka Alabama Folklife Association) $20,000 Birmingham, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support Common Threads II. The project is a series of classes about Alabama quilting traditions. Experienced folklorists and quilting scholars will offer technical training for identifying, documenting, preserving, presenting, and making traditional quilts. Additionally, master artists will offer hands-on instruction for designing and making quilts. Classes will be offered in northwest, central, and southeast Alabama to explore the regional diversity of quilting traditions around the state. Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc. (aka Alabama Symphony Orchestra) $10,000 Birmingham, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music To support a statewide tour. Project plans will include performances, school programs, instrument petting zoos, and distribution of teacher guides. Repertoire for the concerts may include excerpts from Stravinsky's "The Firebird" or Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. The selection of tour venues will focus on underserved communities that do not have direct access to a professional orchestra. Regional Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham Inc. (aka Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingam) $15,000 Birmingham, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts To support post-production and outreach costs for a documentary by George King on the life and work of Alabama artist and musician Lonnie B. Holley. Intended for television broadcast, the documentary chronicles Holley's early life in poverty to his becoming a respected visual artist and musician. The film will also explore Holley's creative process as it takes into view his insights on the environment and ecology, as well as his sources of deep inspiration rooted in Southern life and African-American history. Mobile Arts Council, Inc. (aka MAC) $10,000 Mobile, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies To support ChARTing New Directions (CND) and related costs. CND is an arts-based community outreach program that uses art-making and the creative process to prepare young people for a positive and productive future. Launched by Mobile Arts Council in 2008, CND is now offered as a year-round activity at Boys and Girls Clubs in Mobile, Alabama. Program instructors are recent college graduates who have been recognized locally and nationally for their artistic talents in various media. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 17, 2015. Page 2 of 245 Alabama Alliance for Arts Education $50,000 Montgomery, AL FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education To support a collective impact project to develop a Statewide Comprehensive Arts Education Plan. Alabama Alliance for Arts Education and the Alabama State Council on the Arts will lead a collective impact project through communication, quarterly meetings, coordination of a leadership team, collection of statewide data on the status of arts education, and development of a shared agenda with measureable goals. The leadership team comprising diverse stakeholders was formed in 2013 as a direct result of Alabama's participation in the National Endowment for the Arts' Education Leaders Institute (ELI). Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 17, 2015. Page 3 of 245 Alaska Number of Grants: 5 Total Dollar Amount: $758,000 Alaska State Council on the Arts $668,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional To support Partnership Agreement activities. ---------------------------------------------------- Alaska Design Forum, Inc. (aka Alaska Design Forum) $40,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design To support the lecture series Future Tense. The series, held in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, will engage as many as nine designers and artists and futurist thinkers to speak about the role of design in imagining possible future realities. Key lectures will be televised for statewide viewing and will include designers such as Alvin Huang, Bernard Khoury, and others. A convening to investigate past design visions of the future and how they compare to reality will accompany the lecture series. The convening will be webcast. Anchorage Symphony Orchestra $15,000 Anchorage, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music To support Young People's Concerts. In an effort to inspire participation in school instrumental music programs, concerts will take place for elementary school students. Working in collaboration with Anchorage School District music educators, the orchestra will create study materials for classroom instructors. Teacher workshops also will be offered to prepare students for the concert experience. Perseverance Theatre, Inc. (aka Perseverance Theatre) $15,000 Douglas, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater To support a production of "Mr. Burns, a post-electric play" by Anne Washburn. The play is a dark comedy examining pop culture and myth-making, and was developed by Washburn with The Civilians, a New York-based ensemble company. The project will allow the theater to begin to explore the creation of a year-round company of Alaskan actors. Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum $20,000 Sitka, AK FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts To support the Native Artist Demonstrators Program. Alaska Native artists will participate in residencies at the museum, where they will share their art and culture with visitors through demonstrations, hands-on workshops, public presentations, and lectures. Residency benefits will include travel, lodging, a food per diem, salary, and opportunities to research and access the Sheldon Jackson Museum's collection and archives. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 17, 2015. Page 4 of 245 American Samoa Number of Grants: 1 Total Dollar Amount: $289,500 American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture & Humanities $289,500 Pago Pago, AS FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional To support Partnership Agreement activities. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of April 17, 2015. Page 5 of 245 Arizona Number of Grants: 16 Total Dollar Amount: $1,232,900 Arizona Commission on the Arts $797,900 Phoenix, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional To support Partnership Agreement activities. ---------------------------------------------------- Flagstaff Arts Council (aka previously known as Flagstaff Cultural Partne) $30,000 Flagstaff, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies To support the ArtBox Institute. A professional development and business training program for artists and arts administrators in Northern Arizona, the ArtBox Institute (ABI) is designed to provide tools and resources for succeeding in the contemporary arts marketplace. The ABI uses hands-on interactive learning and a curriculum that covers marketing, communication, planning, financial literacy, and fundraising. ABI instructors include artists, consultants, and staff from arts organizations and agencies around the country. City of Mesa, Arizona (aka Mesa Arts Center) $50,000 Mesa, AZ FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education To support Jazz from A to Z. Mesa Art Center's comprehensive jazz education project fosters an appreciation of jazz music, its history, and its importance as one of America's greatest cultural resources. The project will include professional development workshops in which teachers will learn how to analyze and interpret jazz music and use it as a resource to teach history. Middle and high school students will participate in jazz clinics presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center musicians such as Wynton Marsalis. The project also will include a Band Director's Academy taught by professional jazz musicians, a regional "Essentially Ellington" student band competition, and Young People's concerts. Nogales Unified School