2004 Grant Awards: State Listings
Creativity/Leadership Initiatives/Literature Fellowships
Services to Arts Organizations & Artists
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
NEW YORK
651 ARTS (Kings Majestic Corporation)
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$45,000
To support the presentation of new and existing works by artists
and companies of African descent. Working in all performing arts
disciplines and representing the full spectrum of the African
Diaspora, artists will be commissioned and involved in a series of
public events, including mainstage performances and workshops.
92nd Street Y (Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew
Association)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$50,000
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center Reading Series, featuring
readings, performances, literary tributes, and live interviews. The
center also will present the first American readings of new works
of verse drama.
Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$40,000
To support commissioning and programmatic activities for the
development and presentation of works by artists of color. Included
will be a series by dance, music, and multidisciplinary artists
titled Waterworks at the Gatehouse facility.
Adirondack Theatre Festival, Inc.
Glens Falls, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the creation, development, and production of a play by
Melissa James Gibson. The play will be written and developed in
2004 and will premiere during the festival's 2005 season.
African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the 11th New York African Film Festival and its national
tour. The program will present an overview of the last 50 years of
African cinema.
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support Giving Voice, the second year of a three-year initiative
designed to celebrate American music of the past, present, and
future. The initiative will include the presentation of existing
works by American composers as well as the creation and
presentation of new works by emerging composers.
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$40,000
To support the Nancy Quinn Fund and the Theatre Leadership
Institute technical assistance programs. The two initiatives
provide management-related technical assistance to small and
mid-size theater companies nationally.
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$100,000
To support a United States tour in 2004. The company will present
new works by Robert Battle, Alonzo King, and Jennifer Muller.
American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$60,000
To support the rehearsal, staging, and presentation of a new
production of Raymonda. The work will premiere at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$50,000
To support the Emerging Composers Program, featuring commissions
and performances of new works by early-to mid-career American
composers, as well as related residency activities.
American Federation of Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$20,000
To support the Curators Forum and Directors Forum conferences. The
annual, three-day events are designed to provide senior museum
personnel with professional development and networking
opportunities.
American Folk Art Museum
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$60,000
To support the touring exhibition The Synagogue and the
Carousel: Jewish Woodcarving Traditions, with accompanying
catalogue and educational programs. The exhibition will examine the
transformation of Eastern European Jewish traditions found in
religious carvings, tombstones, and papercuts against parallel
American traditions of the period from the 1880s to early
1920s.
American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support several curated film series. Together, Master Class: The
Art of Screenwriting, Great Performances: Films Selected by the New
York Film Critics Circle, and Repertory Nights will involve
screenings of over 70 feature films and personal appearances by
filmmakers.
American Music Center, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support American Music Center's Virtual Information Center for
new American music through its NewMusicBox.org and
NewMusicJukeBox.org Web sites. NewMusicBox is a monthly Web
magazine about artists and issues in the new music community, and
NewMusicJukeBox is a searchable, encyclopedic database of
contemporary American composers.
American Symphony Orchestra League
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$140,000
To support services designed to strengthen peer-learning networks,
communication, and research within the orchestra field. The project
will help nearly 900 member orchestras of every size and type in
all 50 states.
American Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support the presentation in thematic concert format of U.S.
premieres and rarely performed works by established composers and
the associated educational activities. Composers include Frank
Bridge, Paul Hindemith, Anton Rubenstein, Franz Schreker, and
Richard Wagner.
Americas Society, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$25,000
To support the planning for the exhibition The Phoenix and
the Hummingbird: Asia in the Arts of Latin America, 1520-1820.
The exhibition will examine the cross-cultural hybridization and
exchange between Asia and Latin America during the colonial
era.
Art in General, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support Rock's Role (After Ryoanji). The project will include an
exhibition of sound and visual work inspired by composer and artist
John Cage, an exhibition catalogue, and educational activities.
ART SWEATS, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic
director and choreographer David Dorfman. The work will be created
with collaborators Chris Peck (music), Jane Cox (lighting design),
Naoko Nagata (costume design), Samuael Topiary (video design), and
Scott Pask (set design).
Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$20,000
To support the Architecture and Design Project Series. The
exhibitions provide a venue for emerging and recognized architects
and will introduce current architectural debates to a design,
visual art, and general audience.
Arts Engine, Inc. (on behalf of Big Mouth)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support post-production and outreach costs for a documentary
film by Kirsten Johnson. Life After Death Row will
examine the consequences of the Supreme Court's 1972 decision to
abolish the death penalty, and the more recent decision in Illinois
of clemency for all of that state's death row inmates.
Arts for Art, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the 9th-annual Vision Festival. This ten-day festival of
avant-garde jazz will take place in the center at St. Patrick's Old
Cathedral.
Asia Society
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$100,000
To support the touring exhibition Asian Games: The Art of
Contest, with accompanying catalogue and educational programs.
The exhibition will explore the role of games in traditional Asian
cultures from the earliest recorded time to the beginning of the
modern era.
Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the Asian American International Film Festival. The
festival will travel to 10 sites throughout the United States
including campuses and cultural institutions in North Carolina,
Nevada, and Maryland.
Association of Independents in Radio
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$35,000
To support expansion of the publication Airspace and the
association's Web site. The two communication vehicles deliver a
broad range of services to independent radio producers.
Atlantic Theater Company
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the commission, development, and production of an
adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard by Tom
Donaghy.
Balakian, Peter
Hamilton, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$25,000
To support a Choreographers Workshop and the remounting of three
repertory works. Choreographers participating in the workshop will
be John Carrafa and Mia Michaels.
Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support tuition-free, professional ballet training for New York
public school students. The training will include 1,800 ballet
classes throughout the year and performance opportunities at the
Joyce Theater.
Bang on a Can, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$27,500
To support the annual Bang on a Can Marathon and e-Festival. The
day-long new music marathon, scheduled for spring 2005, will be
broadcast on WNYC-FM as well as heard live over the Internet, and
will serve as the anchor presentation for the month-long Bang on a
Can e-Festival.
Bard College
Annandale-Hudson, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore the
music of Dmitri Shostakovich by presenting a wide range of musical
forms including his symphonies, concerti, chamber music, songs, and
choral music.
Bebe Miller Company (Gotham Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of The Landing/Place
Project, choreographed by Bebe Miller. Activities will include
developmental residencies, work-in-progress showings, research into
digital technology and choreographic process, production and
distribution of CD-ROMs, and a project Web site.
Big Orbit Gallery, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support residencies resulting in site-specific installations for
artists from the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states. Artists will be
selected from an open call by a committee of artists and curators
from the western New York region.
BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$40,000
To support production, promotion, and related expenses for new
volumes of poetry. Poets scheduled to be published include Lucille
Clifton, Bill Knott, David Mura, and Lola Haskins.
Bronx Arts Ensemble, Inc.
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support a one-week residency by composer and performer Papo
Vasquez and the Bronx Arts Ensemble at Hostos Community College in
Brooklyn. The residency will include performances of Mr. Vasquez's
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite as well as classes taught in music
appreciation and composition.
Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts
Agencies
$45,000
To support the Cultural Venture Fund. Selected Bronx arts
organizations will be provided consultants and grants to facilitate
the development of arts-related entrepreneurial ventures.
Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Longwood Arts
Project)
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$30,000
To support cyberspace residencies that enable artists to work with
advanced computer technology. An exhibition of completed works will
be hosted on Longwood's online cyber gallery. Public programs and
demonstrations will complement the residencies.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$55,000
To support the New Discoveries series and Strategic Alliances
presentations. The New Discoveries series will focus on New York or
U.S. debuts, and Strategic Alliances will feature new work by
artists with whom the Brooklyn Academy has continuing
relationships.
Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$12,500
To support Latin music concerts at the summer-long Celebrate
Brooklyn Festival. The four concerts will explore musical genres
from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Brazil.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$40,000
To support the reinstallation of a collection of indigenous art
from the Pacific Northwest. The new, permanent installation
implemented in collaboration with Native communities will replace
one that dates from the 1960s.
Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony (consortium)
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$35,000
To support the Composer Mentorship Program. The project will
provide young composers with professional development in
compositional training, community outreach, educational activities
and some business skills.
Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$40,000
To support Stolen Goods, a concert featuring works by composers
Lukas Foss, John Corigliano, and Richard Strauss. The Brooklyn
Philharmonic, under the direction of guest conductor JoAnn
Falletta, will perform in the historic Gilman Opera House at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Brooklyn Public Library Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support the Brooklyn Authors for Brooklyn Readers series,
featuring readings and interviews with WNYC radio talk show host
Leonard Lopate. The library will make digital audio recordings of
each program available on its Web site.
Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (Squeaky Wheel)
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support SWAP: Squeaky Wheel Access Program. The 17-year old
program provides media equipment access, low-cost workshops, artist
residencies, and resource services to film and video artists
locally and nationally.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$22,500
To support presentations of Richard Einhorn's Voices of
Light paired with Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film The
Passion of Joan of Arc. The work is scored for chorus,
soloists, and orchestra and contains a libretto drawn from ancient
writings of female medieval mystics including Joan of Arc
herself.
Builders Association, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$15,000
To support Avanti!, a multimedia performance integrating digital
technology. The project, written by Jessica Chalmers and directed
by Marianne Weems, will tell the story of the demise of the
Studebaker automobile.
Cabin Creek Center for Work
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the production of a documentary film by Barbara Kopple.
Out of Our Minds (OOOM) will follow the first year of
classes at the High School for Contemporary Arts in the South
Bronx.
Capoeira Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$15,000
To support the creation of a new work by artistic director Jelon
Vieria. The work will explore Capoeira's centuries-old traditions
and rituals, from basic musical rhythms to the influence of
religion, in a contemporary context.
Carnegie Hall Society, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$75,000
To support the Perspectives series. Curated by pianist Leif Ove
Andsnes, soprano Dawn Upshaw, composer John Harbison, and conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas, the series will include 20 performances of
solo, chamber, and orchestral music including premieres of
commissioned pieces and professional training workshops for
singers, composers, and conductors.
Cathy Weis Projects (Roxanne Dance Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support the development and production of Electric Haiku,
Part II. The new work by Cathy Weis will integrate dance,
video, poetry, animation, new media, and sound art.
CEC ArtsLink, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$35,000
To support an exhibition and catalogue featuring work by
participants in the ArtsLink Program. The public-private
partnership enables U.S. artists to undertake exchanges with other
artists in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.
Chamber Music America, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$100,000
To support the National Leadership Initiative. Designed to build
leadership skills in the chamber music field, the project will
provide professional services including consultancies, on-site
technical assistance, publications, a Web site, and a national
conference.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support Sound Investment, a 10-day festival celebrating 35 years
of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's commissions of new
chamber music works. Performances will be held at Alice Tully Hall,
and free symposia will be offered at the Society's Rose Studio.
Chee, Alexander
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Cherry Lane Alternative, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the Mentor Project, a play development program that
engages emerging writers in working relationships with noted
American dramatists for an entire theater season.
Children's Hospital Foundation at Weschester Medical
Center
Valhalla, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support the commission of artist Ming Fay to create a garden for
a new pediatric hospital. Ming Fay's rooftop garden will serve as
the centerpiece for the new Maria Fareri Children's Hospital.
City Parks Foundation (Central Park Summerstage)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$15,000
To support New Works/New Voices 2004 for the Central Park
SummerStage program. The project will be a continuation of annual
efforts to present new cross-disciplinary work or debut
presentations by emerging, regional, and international artists.
Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the Summerworks '04 Festival. The month-long festival
will feature three full productions and four staged readings of new
plays.
College Art Association of America, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support the commission of offset print projects by contemporary
artists in Art Journal. Designed to complement the mission
of the journal, the project will integrate works of art with
intellectual critique to develop creative discourse.
College Community Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the presentation of American and international dance
companies. The project will include educational programs,
subsidized ticket prices, and extensive outreach to Brooklyn's
diverse communities.
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support Morton Feldman's opera Neither on a double-bill
with Arnold Schoenberg's Erwartung. Ten performances of the
Neither/Erwartung project will be held at the 500-seat St. Ann's
Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$20,000
To support career development of emerging classical musicians
through national concert engagements.
In diverse venues across the country, a significant number of
performance opportunities will allow artists on the Concert Artists
Guild (CAG) roster to hone performance skills and improve their
powers of communication.
Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support creative residencies for professional artists. Up to 100
artists, who have never been in residence at Yaddo, will be offered
two-week to two-month residencies.
Council of Literary Magazines
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$45,000
To support new and enhanced services for independent literary
publishers. Scheduled activities include an interactive Web site, a
national conference, and technical assistance workshops.
Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$29,000
To support the Coney Island Sign Painting Project featuring the
work of contemporary artists and traditional sign painters led by
project director and artist Stephen Powers. Artists will create
hand painted and sculpted signs for local rides, attractions, and
businesses.
Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the production, residencies, rehearsals, premiere, and
touring of The Geography Trilogy, Part 3: House. The
work is directed and choreographed by Ralph Lemon and created in
collaboration with an ensemble of multidisciplinary artists.
Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$100,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance film and the
revivals of two works by Merce Cunningham. The film will be
produced by Charles Atlas, and the works to be revived are
Doubletoss (1993) and Ground Level Overlay
(1995).
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support the d.u.m.b.o art under the bridge festival. The
three-day event will feature exhibitions, site-specific
installations, film and video screenings, live music, theater, and
dance by artists that live and work in the 10-block area under the
Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Dance Space Center, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support an Artist in Residency program. The project supports
professional dancers and choreographers who are at transitional
points in their careers.
Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$70,000
To support an extended-run performance series. The Carnival series
features artists at various stages in their careers, and
TheMainEvent series will present established, mid-career
artists.
Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$35,000
To support the seventh year of City/Dans. The program supports the
new work of New York City choreographers.
Darby, Ann K.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$18,000
To support Dieu Donné Lab Grant, a residency program for
mid-career artists who have never worked in papermaking. The grant
includes a stipend, studio access for six months, materials, and 12
days of instruction.
Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$10,000
To support production and distribution of a report documenting the
findings of the New York State Workspace Consortium. The consortium
is a regional partnership of organizations that explores technical
and artistic development issues unique to the workspace and
develops strategies for building organizational capacity.
Division 13 Productions
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support an advanced developmental workshop for a new American
translation of Eugene Ionesco's Journeys Among the Dead. The
goal of the workshop is to fully conceptualize, design, and
construct the visual elements for this interdisciplinary piece.
Dixon Place (Open Channels NY, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$15,000
To support Mondo Cane!, a commissioning program for theater and
dance artists. The program provides four to six weeks of workshop
and residency time and an additional month in which the artists
perform their work, gather audience feedback, and continue the
work's development.
Donna Uchizono Company (La Donna Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Salon Dances.
The work will be created by choreographer Donna Uchizono in
collaboration with composer Guy Yarden.
Dova, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support the creation of a dance opera by choreographer Doug
Varone. The work will be created in collaboration with composer
Michael Gordon and designer Allen Moyer.
Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the Directors Project. The Directors Project is a
national apprenticeship for young directors that provides
opportunities for them to work with professionals in off-Broadway
or regional theaters.
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music
& Dance
(on behalf of Merkin Concert Hall)
New York, NY
$12,500
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the creation and presentation of new works for
percussion ensemble. Muhal Richard Abrahms and Coleridge-Taylor
Perkinson each will create new works for the percussion ensembles
M'Boom and So Percussion.
En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$23,000
To support production of several issues of Nueva Luz, a
bilingual photographic journal. Each issue will feature the work of
emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic/editor,
and a comprehensive listing of career opportunities and other
resources for photographers.
Eos Music, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$17,500
To support the creation and presentation of new works for orchestra
and percussion solo by Ned Rorem and David Lang, featuring
percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Two performances are planned for the
Concert Hall at the Ethical Culture Society in New York City, as
well as open rehearsals and symposia with the composers and
soloist.
Exit Art/The First World, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$25,000
To support the exhibition In Medias Res. The exhibition will
examine how new models of production and distribution, derived from
mass media and new technologies, are changing the practice of
artmaking.
Experimental Television Center, Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support a year-round residency program for media artists. The
Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists
access to sophisticated production facilities.
Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$30,000
To support the Artist in Residence Program. The program will
provide as many as 20 artists with five month residencies and
stipends for the creation and presentation of new works of art
created with digital tools.
Fence Magazine, Incorporated
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support production, promotion, and related expenses including
authors' fees, for issues of Fence. The magazine will
advertise in journals such as Poets and Writers, American
Poetry Review, Boston Review, and Poetry
Flash.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$45,000
To support several curated film series. Mass Production and
Individual Expression in World Cinema will examine the films
produced by film studios in Asia - the Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong
and Japan's Shochiku Company - and will include a retrospective of
the films by director Joseph Losey.
Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the Artist Mentor Project. Participants create
individual film/video projects and have free access to on-site
training, equipment and facilities, career counseling, information
resources, and screenings of their work.
Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$60,000
To support the presentation of a co-production with the Brooklyn
Academy of Music for the company's 20th anniversary. The event will
include performances of revivals, new works, and guest
performers.
Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$35,000
To support the Information Services Project. The project consists
of the publication The Independent Film and Video Monthly,
the electronic newsletter Splice!, one-on-one artist advice and
referral services, and online directories.
Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the premiere production of Fifth Exotic, a new
solo work by Ralph Pena, commissioned for award-winning performer
Ching Valdes-Aran. Filmmaker/videographer Marilys Ernst will create
cinematic elements to accompany the live performance.
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$30,000
To support the development of professional writers and playwrights.
The project will feature writing workshops, staged readings, and
the 32nd annual Black Roots Festival.
Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.
Rochester, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support a revival tour for the 10th anniversary of Griot New
York and the creation and presentation of a new work by Garth
Fagan.
George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Save America's Treasures
$50,000
To support the archival video recording of choreographer George
Balanchine's original dancers teaching younger dancers the
choreography of many of his major works.
Geva Theatre Center, Inc.
Rochester, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$28,000
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Gregg Coffin,
associate artist at Geva Theatre, is the author, composer,
lyricist, and orchestrator of Five Course Love.
Glass, Julia
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$30,000
To support the world premiere of The Refugees by Stephen
Hartke with libretto by Philip Littell. Based on Guy de
Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, the opera will have
nine performances during the company's 30th festival season.
Great Small Works, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the collaborative creation of a new work. Great Small
Works will partner with Chinese Theater Works to create Journey
to the West, an interdisciplinary, bilingual work combining
traditional Chinese literature, opera, and shadow puppet theater
with contemporary Western puppetry.
Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$18,000
To support the Creative Residency Program. The program will provide
artists with studio time, technical support, and public
presentation of work.
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd. (HERE)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$22,000
To support the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), a professional
development program for mid career artists and collaborative artist
teams. HARP serves artists through workshops, panel discussions,
productions, and career development services.
Hudson Review, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of a special issue of
the The Hudson Review featuring writers new to the journal.
The journal will send complimentary copies of the issue to
publishers and literary agents.
Immaterial Incorporated
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support artist fees and production costs for the art journal
Cabinet. The quarterly publication will publish artist
projects and essays on art and culture.
Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$45,000
To support the IFP Market. The conference and exhibition provides
independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to
present their work to the industry.
Eiko & Koma (Inta, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work.
As part of the project, Koma will create a series of pastels
that will be distributed to the attendees as a keepsake.
International Center of Photography (consortium)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$25,000
To support the touring exhibition Gustav Klutsis and
Valentina Kulagina: Between the Public and the Private, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will
provide a new understanding of the Russian avant-garde artists
while examining the development of the photomontage art form in the
Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.
International Print Center New York
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$17,000
To support the New Prints Program, a series of exhibitions designed
to bring printmaking to a wider audience. A selection committee
will jury submissions solicited in an open call to small community
based workshops, university and regional presses, and artists who
are not affiliated with a gallery.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Inc.
Jamaica, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$10,000
To support the exhibition Live Pictures: the Digital World
Animates Contemporary Art and accompanying catalogue. Curated
by Heng-Gil Han, the exhibition will feature approximately 15 new
media artists.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$60,000
To support the U.S. tour by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and
the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. The project, directed by Wynton
Marsalis, will include premieres of new works, educational
activities, family concerts, and teaching sessions.
Jewish Museum
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$25,000
To support artists' commissions and the exhibition of photography
and video works as part of Common Ground, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. Contemporary artists will explore
diversity in the context of how Jewish identity and community are
represented in America's multicultural society.
John Jasperse Company (Thin Man Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support a United States tour. The tour will include the
evening-length works Out There and tethered to
wind.
Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support the staging of Lar Lubovitch's Thus is All. The
piece will be set to excerpts from the Mozart operas Don
Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, La Clemenza di
Tito, and Cosi Fan Tutte, which are performed live on
stage with the dancers.
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$70,000
To support dance presentation projects. The projects will feature a
range of companies in the Altogether Different series, the Dance
Presentation Program, and Joyce Soho Presents.
Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$10,000
To support outreach programs throughout the greater Buffalo area.
Proposed programs include Poetry To Go and If All of Buffalo Read
the Same Book.
Katonah Museum of Art, Inc.
Katonah, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$40,000
To support the touring exhibition The Eternal Presence, with
accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will
examine the visual manifestations and devotional contexts of
handprints and footprints in Buddhist art and culture, primarily
Tibetan.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$44,000
To support the development and presentation of a new theater piece
based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Artistic Director Ellen Stewart
will adapt and direct the play and Elizabeth Swados will compose
original music.
LAByrinth, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and premiere production of a new theater
work tentatively titled Massacre (Sing to Your
Children) by Jose Rivera. The play will be directed by Kate
Whoriskey.
Lewis-Ferrell, Carolyn
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$37,000
To support a residency program for artists and the publication of
their work in Contact Sheet - The Light Work Annual.
Participating artists' work will also be made available on Light
Work's online database, an ever-expanding collection of images,
essays, and biographical information.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$50,000
To support performances and related activities of Lincoln Center
Festival 2004. The summer festival will feature traditional and
contemporary multidisciplinary works, as well as symposia that
inform the presentations.
Lincoln Center Theater (Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$60,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and
II. The works will be adapted by Dakin Matthews and directed by
Jack O'Brien.
LogTV, Ltd.
Spencer, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary
video by Slawomir Grunberg. Portraits of Emotion will follow
Jonathan Lerman, a 15 year-old artistic prodigy diagnosed with
autism.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$45,000
To support the Workspace artist residency program. Workspace is a
competitive residency program that will provide studio space to
emerging and mid-career artists for the creation and exhibition of
new work.
Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by
choreographer Lar Lubovitch and the re creation of older works. The
work will include a commissioned score by composer Aaron Jay Kernis
and will be presented at Jazz at Lincoln Center Theater.
Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support the development and production of a new work by Korean
American playwright Edward Bok Lee. Tentatively titled
Whorled, the piece will be developed through workshops with
invited audiences before going into rehearsal for full
production.
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$27,000
To support the development and tour of Cara Lucia, a new
play by writer-director Sharon Fogarty. The production will tour to
venues in California, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.
Manhattan Class Company, Inc. (MCC Theater)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support the presentation of The Distance from Here by
Neil LaBute. The play will be directed by David Leveaux.
Marilyn Horne Foundation, Inc. (MHF)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$15,000
To support vocal recitals by emerging artists. The foundation will
present the artists at the Kosciuszko Foundation, Merkin Hall, and
Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, as part of its On Wings of Song
series, which will be later broadcast on WQXR -FM radio.
Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by Mark
Morris. The works will be set to Prokofiev's Quintet in E Minor,
Op. 39; Quintet for Guitar and Strings by Boccherini;
and Bach's Two Part Inventions.
Meet The Composer, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$150,000
To support Commissioning Music/USA. This landmark program supports
the creation and performance of new American music works.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$100,000
To support the exhibition Byzantium: Faith and Power
(1261-1557), with accompanying education programs. "The
exhibition will present works of art from collections around the
world that demonstrate the artistic and cultural importance of the
last centuries of the East Christian Byzantine world that called
itself "the Empire of the Romans."
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$100,000
To support a new production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Maestro James Levine will conduct 15 performances at the
Lincoln Center Opera House.
Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$18,000
To support the creation, production, and presentation of an
original outdoor performance piece inspired by The Pentamerone, a
17th-century collection of lively and humorous Neapolitan
folktales. The production will be performed in outdoor venues
throughout upstate New York and New England.
Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the exhibition of experimental film and video art and a
series of filmmaking workshops. Exhibitions will feature
avant-garde cinema and video from the United States and abroad.
Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the 25th Anniversary Celebration. This celebration will
include a series of dance performances, panel discussions and
public talks, workshops, and film/video screenings.
Movin' Spirits Dance Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support the initial development of America the
Beautiful, a new interdisciplinary performance work. The
evening-length work will be choreographed by Marlies Yearby with a
script and lyrics by writer and director Laurie Carlos and
playwright Carl Hancock Rux.
Moving Image, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$65,000
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and
foreign films. Film Forum is devoted to bringing a broad array of
the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as well
as more established figures, to a large and diverse general
public.
Municipal Art Society of New York
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$30,000
To support a Geographic Information System (GIS) workshop program.
The Community Information Technology Initiative will consist of
training workshops for GIS digital mapmaking technology.
Museum for African Art
Long Island, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$70,000
To support the touring exhibition Beauty of the Gods: Urhobo Art
in a Modern World, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition
will present a comprehensive view of the traditional art and
culture of the Urhobo people of the Niger Delta.
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$30,000
To support the design and production of a site-specific
architectural installation at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. The
project will create a public venue and provide critical exposure to
emerging architects/designers.
Music at the Anthology, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the MATA 2004 Festival. The week-long, new music
festival, held at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City,
will include performances, commissions, field-related workshops,
and educational programs.
Music-Theatre Group, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$42,000
To support the final development and presentation of a new musical
theater work by composer Douglas Cuomo. Based on the Hindu
scriptural verses, the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna's Dilemma
features both Eastern and Western instrumentalists and
vocalists.
Musical Theatre Works, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$13,000
To support two performances of the staged reading presentation
of an original musical-in-progress. Andrea Frierson-Toney is
writing the book for the new work entitled 1616, under the
guidance of Musical Theatre Work's Artistic Director, Thomas
Cott.
National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$30,000
To support the 16th annual Festival of New Musicals. The festival
will showcase 10-15 new musicals for an invited audience of
producers and musical theater professionals.
National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support the Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains
audio artists in script writing, performance for radio, and
technical skills to produce innovative live radio drama.
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Multidisciplinary
$30,000
To support a leadership development program. The three-part program
will include a national conference, a series of regional workshops,
and a management-training institute.
New 42nd Street, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the presentation of theater works by four international
theater companies at the New Victory Theater. The company will
present The Gruffalo by Tall Stories Theatre Company of
England, Herman Melville's Moby Dick by Theater Triebwerk of
Canada, Vivace by The Vivace Theatre of Germany, and
La Felicite by Theatre de L'Oeil of Canada.
New Community Cinema, Inc.
Huntington, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$10,000
To support two curated film series. Discovering the World of
Central Asian Contemporary and Classical Films will present work
from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tadjikistan, and Film
Festival from the People's Republic of China will showcase films
made in China after 1949.
New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$50,000
To support the Readings and Workshops program, which provides New
Dramatists' resident company of playwrights with varied, flexible
opportunities for the development of new work. This ongoing program
enables extensive, creative development of new theater works in
workshop processes tailored to the needs of the writer.
New Group, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support a production of Roar, a new play by
Palestinian-American writer Betty Shamieh. Roar looks at an
ordinary Palestinian family living in Detroit just after the Gulf
War and explores the ways their lives in America are affected by
conflicts in the Middle East.
New Professional Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$10,000
To support the production of a new musical theater work. New
Professional Theater will produce Slam by playwright Thomas
Jones II and composer William Knowles.
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support new commissioned work and the continued development of
the Turbulence Web site. The project will provide for the creation
and distribution of as many as five new works of Internet based art
by nationally recognized artists.
New School University (on behalf of New School Concerts)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the New York String Seminar Program for emerging young
musicians. The professional development program, directed by
violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo, will culminate in two
concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$90,000
To support the Balanchine Centennial Celebration. The project will
consist of repertory that focuses on George Balanchine's classical
and modern heritage.
New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$50,000
To support a new production of Morning Becomes Electra by
Marvin David Levy. Five performances will be given at Lincoln
Center's New York State Theater.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Maureen
Fleming Performances)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$10,000
To support the development and production of Decay of the
Angel. This evening-length, multidisciplinary work will be
developed and performed in upstate New York, Boston, and
Minneapolis.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Multidisciplinary
$20,000
To support the NYFA Leadership Initiative. A series of peer
learning groups and workshops will enhance the leadership skills of
administrators from small and mid-sized arts groups.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Bill
Shannon/Crutch Productions)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$12,000
To support the creation of a new solo multidisciplinary project.
The evening-length work will bring together elements of dance,
spoken word, video, and theater.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Strange
Attractions)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$41,000
To support post-production costs for an experimental documentary
film by P. Friedman and R. Manley. Mana, The Power of Things
will examine the meaning of the word "belief" as it applies to
religion and our everyday lives.
New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New
York)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$100,000
To support Contemporary Perspectives, a series that will feature
diverse works by contemporary composers. The New York Philharmonic,
under the direction of music director Lorin Maazel, will perform
world premieres as well as repeat performances of previously
commissioned works at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
New York Shakespeare Festival (Public Theater)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$40,000
To support the world premiere production of Lisa Kron's
Well, directed by Leigh Silverman, with dramaturgy by John
Dias. The play examines individual and societal health and illness,
exploring a model for building communities around these issues.
New York State Council on the Arts
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: AccessAbility
$30,000
To support Beyond Access to Opportunity, a program that provides
access and participation in arts activities for people with
disabilities.
New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$40,000
To support a production of Light Raise the Roof by
award-winning playwright Kia Corthron, which was created and
developed at New York Theatre Workshop.
New York University (on behalf of Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$20,000
To support the exhibition Atsuko Tanaka and the Japanese
Avant-Garde, 1954-1965, with accompanying catalogue and
education programs. The exhibition will document Tanaka's (b.
Osaka, Japan 1932) innovative performances and will present a
number of her installations as well as a selection of her large
abstract paintings and intricate drawings.
Non-Traditional Casting Project, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support the Inclusion Project, which includes Artist Files
Online and the National Diversity Forum. The projects are designed
to assist nonprofit theaters in achieving greater diversity.
Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the development and production of a new play,
tentatively entitled Human Beings with Multiple Brains, by
artistic director Richard Foreman.
openhousenewyork inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
$20,000
To support a site map, interpretive handouts, and Web site guide
for a New York architectural tour. The weekend event tours all five
boroughs and provides access to buildings and facilities not
typically open to the public.
Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support the specialized training and professional development of
opera singers in the Young Artist Program. The program will offer
individual instruction and ensemble training, provide technical and
professional skills, and teach work habits necessary for a
successful career.
Parras, John
Scarsdale, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$100,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by Paul
Taylor. These works will be featured on tour throughout the nation
and abroad, as part of Paul Taylor Dance Company's 50th
anniversary.
Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$35,000
To support an artist mentorship program. The Help Desk provides
technical assistance to emerging and mid-career choreographers.
Performance Space 122, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of new
multidisciplinary theater works. Technical support and performance
space will be provided for three artists working outside the
traditional producer/playwright/actor framework.
Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Danc
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by
choreographer David Gordon. The work will be produced at Danspace
Project at St. Mark's Church.
Ping Chong & Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.) (consortium)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$25,000
To support the development and premiere of God Favors the Predator.
The new multidisciplinary performance work by Ping Chong and
Michael Rohd will draw from Vladimir Nabokov's 1929 novel,
Laughter in the Dark.
Ping Chong & Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$50,000
To support the development and production of three new theater
works through the Undesirable Elements series. The company will
tour to communities in Florida, Kansas, and Washington, creating a
new community-based work in each location.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$50,000
To support a series of new work development programs and two studio
productions during the 2004 05 season. Approximately 1,500 new play
and musical submissions will be evaluated, resulting in up to 20
play readings and musical theater workshops, three commissions, and
two productions.
Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$75,000
To support the publication of Poets & Writers Magazine and the
continued development and promotion of the Poets &
Writers's Web site. Other project activities will include
seminars, panels, lectures, and pamphlets providing writers with
practical information on the business of writing.
Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$35,000
To support the creation, development and production of a new play,
The Red Rose Project. Artistic director Rosalba Rolon will
write and direct the play and oversee the collaboration with
company and guest artists during the creation and development of
the piece.
Present Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$20,000
To support the New York International Fringe Festival. The festival
will feature the works of over 200 theater companies and performing
artists in 20 venues across New York City.
Printed Matter, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$30,000
To support continued development of a Web-based catalogue raisonne
documenting the history of artists books. While Printed Matter has
been compiling a resource since its inception in 1976, new
technologies have presented opportunities to expand the audience
for the genre.
Public Art Fund Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$28,000
To support In the Public Realm, an opportunity for emerging artists
to develop temporary art projects in an urban context. Projects
will be documented in a series of publications.
Queens Museum of Art (consortium)
Flushing, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$40,000
To support the exhibition Subway Series, with accompanying
catalogue and education programs. The project is a collaboration
with the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Research Foundation of State University of New York
(on behalf of Performing Arts Center, Purchase College)
Albany, NY
$25,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the presentation of five theater works by New York
City-based theater companies through the Theater Masterpieces
series. Purchase College will present Betrayal by The Actors
Studio, Othello and Agamemnon by Aquila Theatre
Company, Radio Play by SITI Company, and Pericles by
Theatre for a New Audience.
Rhizome Communications, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support a commissioning project for new media artists. Artists
will be invited to submit proposals for the creation of
non-commerical new media art games - network-distributed art
projects that take the form of computer games.
Ridge Street Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$23,000
To support the creation and presentation of A Day in
Gotham. The multimedia and orchestral work is a collaborative
effort by composer Michael Gordon, filmmaker Bill Morrison, visual
artist Laurie Olinder, and the American Composers Orchestra.
Ridge Street Theater, Inc. (on behalf of Hypnotic
Pictures)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$65,000
To support the pre-production, production, and post-production
costs for an experimental narrative film by Bill Morrison.
Photosensitive will tell the story of a young woman who
experiences photosensitive epileptic seizures.
Roulette Intermedium, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$15,000
To support the Festival of Mixology 2004. The series of concerts
will explore the range of media art created through the use of
computer software that allows for the live mixture of sound and
video.
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the premiere production of a new play. Intimate
Apparel, by Lynn Nottage, will inaugurate the opening of
Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway home in New York
City.
Row, Jess
Bronx, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.
Saratoga International Theater
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$18,000
To support the development, design, and production of a new play
adapted from a classic work. The new production of Death and the
Ploughman, written in 1401 by humanist Johannes Von Saaz, will
explore how one can live fully amidst the prospect of death.
School of Hard Knocks, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work by artistic
director Yoshiko Chuma. Reverse Psychology, Summerstage will
be presented in Central Park.
Sculpture Center, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support In Practice, an exhibition series for under-recognized
sculptors to create new work. Selected from an open call by a
committee of artists and curators, participants will be provided
with an honorarium and fees for materials and production.
Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support an artist residency program for sculptors. Artists from
outside New York state will be given the opportunity to create new
work during two-month residencies at a former steam engine and
boilerworks plant.
Sean Curran Company (Curran Events, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work
choreographed by Sean Curran. Piano Dances will be a suite
of six dances, set to music and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon.
Second Generation Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$10,000
To support the national tour of an original musical. Making
Tracks by Welly Yang explores the history of Asians in America
recounting an AsianAmerican family's generational struggle to find
a voice in this country.
Sens Production, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a site-specific work.
Noir, created by Noemie Lafrance, will be created for 10
dancers.
Seven Loaves, Inc. (GOH Productions)
(on behalf of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the production of Golem by artistic director Vit
Horejs. The production is a restaging of this interdisciplinary
work for marionettes and live performers.
Shen Wei Dance Arts
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work choreographed by
Shen Wei. The work will draw upon contemporary dance and Chinese
opera, as well as elements of painting and sculpture.
Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$40,000
To support the world premiere production of Mr. Fox: A
Rumination by Bill Irwin. Irwin will serve as playwright,
director, and performer for the production.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$14,000
To support a residency program for emerging artists. Artists will
be provided with a private studio, full room and board, and weekly
private and group critiques by a faculty of leading professional
artists.
Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$12,000
To support the creation and production of Iphigenia, a new
multimedia performance piece. Based on Euripides' texts and other
classical material, the production will feature various styles of
puppetry, video projections, and unusual scenic elements.
Smack Mellon Studios, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$20,000
To support a program to provide artists with access to studio
space, equipment, and technical support in response to the current
housing/studio crisis in New York City. Six artists will be
selected by a panel of artists, curators, and critics for residency
periods of one year, include which includes an honorarium.
Society of Typographic Aficionados, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$25,000
To support TypeCon2004. The four-day event focusing on typography
and related art forms will offer artists and students workshops,
panel discussions, online activities, and a fine arts
exhibition.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Inc.
Long Island City, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$40,000
To support a residency and exhibition opportunity for sculptors to
realize large-scale work. Free to the public, the exhibition
attracts more than 40,000 local and international visitors per year
who watch the artists at work and see how projects are
developed.
Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$12,000
To support the Writer/Director Lab. The Lab is a play development
program in which six emerging playwrights are paired with a
director to write and develop a new play.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$75,000
To support a retrospective exhibition of work by American artist
David Smith (1906-1965). The exhibition will bring together Smith's
seminal sculptures as well as important examples of his paintings
and drawings revealing his singular achievements in post-war
American abstraction.
Solomons Company/Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Richard
Move will create the work for the dance trio Paradigm.
Sound Portraits Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the creation of radio stories based on interviews
collected from StoryCorps kiosks in New York City.
StoryCorps, produced by David Isay, is a nationwide
initiative to instruct and inspire citizens to record oral
interviews.
Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work
choreographed by Martha Clarke. Toulouse Lautrec will be
created in collaboration with playwright Charles L. Mee, Jr. and
music director Michael Feingold.
St. Ann Center for Restoration
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
$40,000
To support the 2004 Puppet Lab and Labapalooza! Mini-Festival of
New Puppet Theater from The Lab. The project is an ongoing
professional workshop where emerging and mid-career puppet artists
and collaborators meet weekly to create new interdisciplinary
works.
Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support access to state-of-the-art, broadcast quality,
post-production video equipment for artists and independent
producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of
collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately
owned businesses.
Staret...The Directors Company
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$18,000
To support The Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program. The program
fosters the creation, development, and production of original
musical theater works by directors, composers, lyricists, and book
writers.
Stecher and Horowitz Foundation
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support educational and career development components of the New
York Piano Competition for young musicians. The project will
include performance, coaching, ensemble playing, and educational
seminars at the Manhattan School of Music.
Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support the 20th anniversary tour. The tour will include
performances in the U.S., international tours, and a self-produced
performance at The Joyce Theater.
Studio Arena Theatre (Studio Theatre School, Inc.)
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$35,000
To support the commission, workshop, and production of a new
musical. Writer-director Marion J. Caffey and theater artist Tsidii
Le Loka have been commissioned to create a musical entitled
Sunset and the Mockingbird.
Susan Marshall & Company (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Putnam Valley, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the
restaging of repertory. Susan Marshall will choreograph Stolen
Moments in collaboration with her company and will reconstruct
Fields of View (1994), Kiss (1988), and Trio in
Four Parts (1985).
Sweet Jane Productions, Inc. (on behalf of International WOW
Company)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work
entitled Death of Nations. Guest artists from Argentina,
Japan, and Thailand will collaborate with the company ensemble in
the development and presentation of the play.
Syracuse Opera Company, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support a new production of The Magic Flute by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Two performances will be held at the 2,000-seat
Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center
Theaters at Oncenter.
Syracuse Stage (S.U. Theatre Corporation)
Syracuse, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support a production of Tazewell Thompson's Constant
Star, a play with music about the life of African American
civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. The play will be performed in
special high school matinees, accompanied by teacher workshops and
classroom study materials.
Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$15,000
To support the production of a new musical. The Talking Band will
produce the musical theater work The Parrot in New York City
in 2004.
Target Margin Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the continued development of a new production based on
both parts of Goethe's Faust. The performance piece will be
developed over an extended period of readings, discussions, open
rehearsal workshops, and work-in-progress viewings for invited
audiences.
Teachers College, Columbia University (on behalf of African
Diaspora Film Festival)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$7,500
To support the African Diaspora Film Festival. The event will
present over 70 films from the United States and abroad to an
audience of over 4,000 people.
Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the creation and development of Variations on a
Portrait. Artistic Director Moises Kaufman will lead the
research phase of the project as well as the two three-week
developmental workshop productions.
Tere O'Connor Dance (Big Tree Productions, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening length work.
Artistic director Tere O'Connor will choreograph the work, in
collaboration with composer James Baker and lighting/set designer
Brian MacDevitt.
Thalia Spanish Theatre, Inc.
Sunnyside, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
$10,000
To support the creation and production of a new musical. Based on
tango artist Raul Jaurena's life, the dance musical RAUL
JAURENA'S TANGOmania will be written and directed by Angel Gil
Orrios with music composed by Raul Juareno.
The Field (Performance Zone, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support a series of workshops and residencies. The project will
include the creation of work, group feedback, retreats, a
conference, and a training program for arts managers.
Theater Labrador, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$10,000
To support the development and production of Three Seconds in
the Key by Deb Margolin. The play will be directed by Loretta
Greco.
Theatre Communications Group, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$125,000
To support professional and leadership development programs for the
nonprofit theater field. The programs are targeted to artistic and
managing leaders, middle managers, and trustees of member theaters,
and are designed to increase organizational effectiveness and
improve management expertise.
Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the production of two plays. Frederick Wiseman will
direct The Last Letter, adapted from the Russian novel Life And
Fate by Vassily Grossman, and Bartlett Sher will direct
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre by William Shakespeare.
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$60,000
To support the creation of a new work and presentation of early
works by Trisha Brown. The new work will be a duet for Trisha Brown
and Steve Paxton, and there will be an art exhibit exploring Trisha
Brown's work with visual artists.
Upstate Films, Limited (on behalf of Timed Exposures)
Rhinebeck, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Ralph
Arlyck. Following Sean is about a young man who grew up in
Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco during the 1960s.
Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$45,000
To support the activities of the Kitty Carlisle Hart Musical
Theatre Lab and the New Play Development Lab. The theater will
formalize and expand these artistic initiatives to assist more
artists with the creative process, and involve them more directly
in the organization and its community.
Visual Arts Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$15,000
To support touring of Vectors: Digital Art of Our Time. The
exhibition includes seminal and new works of digital art including
prints, Internet art, computer animation, interactive
installations, CD ROMs, digital audio, and music.
Visual Studies Workshop, Inc.
Rochester, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$17,000
To support a residency program in photography, bookmaking, digital
imaging, digital video, and small format film and video.
Participating artists will receive a stipend, travel funds, use of
the facilities, training, and housing for one-month
residencies.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Multidisciplinary
$15,000
To support the Statewide Service Initiative. The program will
provide pro bono and low-cost legal services to New York state
artists and arts organizations.
White Pine, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$35,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of titles in
the World of Voices Publishing Project. White Pine will market the
series through targeted mailings and print ads, and will continue
to upgrade its Web site to include book excerpts, reviews, and
study guides.
Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$30,000
To support a broadcast outreach initiative. Women Make Movies is
the leading distributor for women's media with a collection of more
than 500 films and videotapes created by artists worldwide.
Women's Project & Productions
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the Developmental Theatre Program. The program includes
The Directors Forum, Playwrights Lab, First Looks rehearsal
readings, and Works-in-Progress workshops.
Women's Studio Workshop, Inc.
Rosendale, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts
$12,000
To support a residency opportunity for the artist Jill Parisi at a
print and papermaking facility. The artist will be provided with a
stipend, housing, materials allowance, and travel for a six-week
residency.
World Music Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
$42,000
To support the Mediterranean Cross-Currents concert series. The
series will feature music and dance from Egypt, Greece, and Spain
and from North Africa and the Middle East.
Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support the presentation of the Young Concert Artists Series of
recitals and concerto debuts by young musicians, winners of annual
auditions, in New York City and Washington, DC.
Young Playwrights, Inc.
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$15,000
To support the Young Playwrights Festival 2004. The festival
features workshops, staged readings, and full productions, and is
designed to train young playwrights, serve emerging playwrights
with development opportunities, and expose audiences to new
plays.
ZviDance (ZGD, Inc.)
New York, NY
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic
director Zvi Gotheiner. Titled Territories, the work will be
created in collaboration with an original score by Scott Killian,
lighting design by Mark London, and costumes by Naoko Nagata.
New York Total Dollars Awarded: $7,132,500
New York Total Grants Awarded: 242
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