National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement Category Listings Project details are accurate as of December 7, 2016. For the most up to date project information, please use the NEA's online grant search system. Click the grant area or artistic field below to jump to that area of the document. 1. Art Works grants by discipline/field Artist Communities Arts Education Dance Design Folk & Traditional Arts Literature Local Arts Agencies Media Arts Museums Music Opera Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works Theater & Musical Theater Visual Arts 2. Art Works: Creativity Connects grants 3. Challenge America grants 4. Creative Writing Fellowships in Poetry 5. Other Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of December 7, 2016. Art Works Total Number of Grants: 970 Total Dollar Amount: $25,981,000 Artist Communities Number of Grants: 39 Total Dollar Amount: $755,000 18th Street Arts Complex (aka 18th Street Arts Center) $10,000 Santa Monica, CA To support the Artist Lab Residency Program. Original artworks created by resident multidisciplinary artists Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle and Sherin Guirguis will be on view to the public alongside narratives about the artists' creative process. The Lab Residency Program supports artists with curatorial direction, production, marketing, and outreach. Both the resident artists and visiting curator will be provided with living stipends. 3Arts, Inc (aka 3Arts) $15,000 Chicago, IL To support artist residencies for artists with disabilities. The multi-month residencies will provide resources for artists with disabilities to create new work. Through a partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago, artists also will have opportunities to teach, lead workshops, mentor graduate students, collaborate with faculty, present public lectures, or engage with the campus and Chicago community in other ways. While the project's primary focus is to assist artists with disabilities, the residencies also will focus on raising awareness regarding equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Alliance of Artists Communities $35,000 Providence, RI To support professional development within the field of artist communities. Emerging Leader Fellows is a year- long professional development program for early-career leaders in the artist communities field. Board Track is a one-day intensive during the annual conference designed to teach staff and board members best practices. Peer Cohorts is a year-round networking effort to address specific management concerns for areas of interest such as arts and the environment, performing arts, and artist residencies abroad. Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation (aka Anderson Ranch Arts Center) $10,000 Snowmass Village, CO To support artist residencies programs and related activities. Fully funded residencies will be provided for as many as 28 emerging or established artists. The residencies will be offered twice a year and encourage artists to take risks, pursue new projects and ideas, or develop current projects. Art Omi, Inc. (aka Omi International Arts Center) $10,000 Ghent, NY To support American artists as part of an international artists residency program and related activities. Omi International Arts Center will host more than 100 artists (at least one-quarter of whom will be U.S. citizens) in the fields of visual arts, writing, music, dance, and architecture. Each resident will receive room and board, studio space, and time to produce new works, as well as the opportunity to engage with a diverse community of international artists. Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of December 7, 2016. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (aka Bemis Center) $25,000 Omaha, NE To support an artist residency program and related activities. Selected in an open call by a juried process, American and international artists will receive support to participate in residencies at one of Bemis's two facilities in Omaha. Together, the facilities provide a large installation and performance space, a dark room, an art research library, computer stations, and a 10,000-square-feet sculpture and ceramics facility. Big Car Media, Inc. (aka Big Car Collaborative) $25,000 Indianapolis, IN To support the Art and Public Life Residency. Big Car Collaborative resident artists will work with area business people to organize pop-up artist residencies. This is an effort to spur interest in the commercial corridor; build relationships between business owners, artists, and neighbors; and provide resident artists with unique venues and inspiration for their work. Big Car Collaborative also will host monthly mini-festivals featuring artwork and music during citywide First Friday events. Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation (aka The Watermill Center) $15,000 New York, NY To support artist residencies and related activities. Individual artists and artist collectives will be provided space, resources, and financial support to create and publicly present their work at The Watermill Center. Residencies will be designed to overlap to foster spontaneous collaborations and peer review among participating artists. CEC ArtsLink, Inc. (aka CEC ArtsLink) $25,000 New York, NY To support residencies in the United States for international artists and managers. Artists primarily from countries in Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean will be selected through an open call juried process and then placed in artist communities and nonprofit cultural organizations throughout the United States. Resident artists will be matched with organizations providing experiences relevant to their professional and creative goals. Corporation of Yaddo (aka Yaddo) $20,000 Saratoga Springs, NY To support residencies for collaborative teams from all artistic disciplines. Artist teams will utilize a multipurpose studio building with workspaces particularly conducive to collaborative work that crosses disciplines, defies traditional styles, and requires fully concentrated time in a shared space. Working in conjunction with local schools and libraries, Yaddo will provide volunteer opportunities for artists to engage with the community through readings and/or exhibitions. Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology (aka Crosshatch) $10,000 Bellaire, MI To support artist residencies based on storytelling. In the Long Memory Project, a group of songwriters and poets will listen to local residents of the surrounding farming community. After listening and recording the stories, the artists will translate them into stories, songs, and poems. The artists and local residents will reconvene for a performance at the City Opera House. Djerassi Resident Artists Program $15,000 Woodside, CA Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of December 7, 2016. To support artists residencies and related activities. San Francisco's Playwrights' Foundation, New York City's The New Black Fest, and the Latina/o Theatre Commons' Carnaval hosted by Chicago's DePaul University will partner with Djerassi on a three-year program with a focus on nurturing the talent of emerging playwrights of color. All residents will receive stipends, access to tools and equipment, fabrication and production space, and a collaborative environment with fellow artists. Eyebeam Atelier, Inc. (aka Eyebeam) $20,000 Brooklyn, NY To support artists residencies and creative technologists and related activities. Resident artists will be provided with studio space, housing, meals, local transportation, and administrative support. Artists will be encouraged to share their work with the public through exhibitions and installations, performances, panel discussions, workshops, hackathons, and other opportunities to introduce the work to a broad audience. Fell's Point Creative Alliance, Inc. (aka Creative Alliance) $15,000 Baltimore, MD To support artists residencies and related activities. Resident artists will receive feedback about their work from visiting established artists, as well as have opportunities to show their work in open houses and other studio events. Resident artists will provide at least one free arts workshop for the public. Professional development training such as classes about grant writing, pricing art, and navigating the tax system will be offered to the resident artists. Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc. (aka FAWC) $20,000 Provincetown, MA To support residencies for emerging visual artists and writers. Resident artists will be provided apartments, workspaces, and a monthly stipend, as well as access to a woodshop, printmaking studio, and digital media lab. They will lead workshops in local public schools and senior centers, as well as participate in community exhibitions or readings. Franconia Sculpture Park (aka Franconia) $20,000 Shafer, MN To support the Artist Residency and Exhibition Program. Artists will be awarded fully funded residencies supporting the creation of large-scale, three-dimensional artwork to be exhibited for at least 12 months at the sculpture park. The program also will benefit local residents who participate in public arts learning events, such as artist talks and guided tours. Friends of A Studio in the Woods (aka A Studio in the Woods) $15,000 New Orleans, LA To support environmentally themed artists residencies and related activities. Resident artists will