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2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

MARYLAND

Arts Education in Maryland Schools, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$45,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support a review of the status of the local fine arts strategic plans. Through a two-year evaluation process, AEMS and its partners will examine the results of fine arts strategic plans undertaken in all 24 school districts in Maryland and that were supported by the governor, state legislature and state department of education.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Baltimore, MD
$70,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support expansion of the Arts Excel curriculum program for grades K-12. The program includes school observations, classroom presentations, planning sessions with teachers, implementation workshops to review curriculum, and program distribution. Consortium partner is the Baltimore City Public School System.

Cambodian American Heritage, Inc.
Fort Washington, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support instruction in Cambodian classical and folk dances. The project will culminate with a concert in conjunction with and in observance of Cambodian New Year.

Cambodian Network Council, Inc.
Rockville, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support Cambodian arts and cultural classes. Cambodian American youth will participate in after-school classes in traditional Cambodian dance and music as a means to develop an understanding for the significance of their arts and culture.

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Inc.
St. Michaels, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support apprenticeships in traditional wooden boat building. Working under the guidance of a master shipwright, the apprentices will learn the art of wooden boat building while restoring the last remaining skipjacks licensed to dredge for oysters on the Chesapeake Bay.

Class Acts Arts, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the expansion of outreach programs to underserved populations and the development of access programs for people who are deaf. These efforts will focus on special needs and at-risk youth and include workshops with master artists, new learning guides and other support material for teachers.

Evergreen House Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$30,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the conservation of works by Russian artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) in the permanent collection. The collection consists of theater sets, backdrops, drawings, curtains and stencils designed by the artist for Evergreen's theater.

Magical Experiences Arts Company
Baltimore, MD
$6,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support workshops and performances for children and adolescents with severe disabilities. Magical Experiences Arts Company will present This Is Your Rainbow, a program of interactive workshops that provide participants with sensory, emotional and educational experiences and the development of plays based on the writings of Helen Keller.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$32,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the second year of Maryland Traditions. Folklorists will be placed in four cultural institutions that serve rural and underserved regions presently challenged by demographic and cultural shifts.

Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$563,400
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$1,106,900
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$40,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a folk arts program officer position and other related costs. A full-time staff member will allow the foundation to more fully realize its goal of institutionalizing the folk and traditional arts within the agency's work.

National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$75,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support urban festivals, a national tour to immigrant communities, and programs and cultural interpretations in national parks. This project honors folk, tribal and ethnic communities across the nation by developing audiences and giving national exposure to excellent folk artists.

National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$40,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a manager's position at the Blue Ridge Music Center near Galax, VA. The manager will develop programs, oversee program production and fundraising, and participate in the planning of exhibitions for the interpretive center.

Pyramid Atlantic, Inc.
Riverdale, MD
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
To support a residency program, educational outreach, teacher training and mentorships. The program, designed to explore various media, imagery and the notions of community, will be intergenerational and bilingual, uniting artists, scholars, teachers and youth.

Station Resource Group, Inc. (consortium)
Takoma Park, MD
$35,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the Radio Exchange. Through this Web-based service, public radio stations will have access to creative radio productions, and individual producers will find new outlets for their work.

University of Maryland Baltimore County Campus
(on behalf of the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery)
Baltimore, MD
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support production of the traveling exhibition Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carter, an accompanying publication, and educational programming. The exhibition will present Carter-designed typefaces and analysis from designers and institutions that have worked with or commissioned Carter's typefaces.

Walters Art Gallery
Baltimore, MD
$14,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support Family Fun Programs. The project will encompass activities such as festivals organized around special exhibitions, workshops for adults and children, and development of interpretive materials designed to enhance the museum experience.

Writer's Center (on behalf of Out of the Box Productions)
Bethesda, MD
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support research and development costs for a documentary on Frank Gehry's addition to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The film will explore Washington's architectural heritage juxtaposed with the proposed design, while also examining new museum architecture both here and abroad.

Total Dollars Awarded: $2,162,300
Total Grants Awarded: 19


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