2004 Grant Awards: State Listings
Arts on Radio and Television/Folk Arts Infrastructure/Heritage & Preservation/Learning in the Arts/Partnerships
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to
change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
NORTH CAROLINA
Alleghany County Schools (on behalf of
Junior Appalachian Musicians)
Sparta, NC
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support the expansion of Junior Appalachian Musicians. The
project provides after-school classes in Appalachian traditional
folk music for students in fourth through ninth grades; a
pedagogical conference for artists, teachers, and administrators;
and a daylong summer gathering of all youth participants.
Arts Center
Carrboro, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support a series of one-month, after-school arts learning
programs. The project includes up to three hours of classes every
weekday, and two-week residencies by touring performing artists,
including the African American Dance Ensemble and Nai Ni Chen Dance
Company.
Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc.
Asheville, NC
$19,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support implementation and evaluation of More Than Math (MTM).
Through this project, teachers in grades three through nine will
learn to integrate the visual arts into the mathematics curriculum
using objects from the museum's collection.
Dreams of Wilmington, Inc.
Wilmington, NC
$17,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support Voices & Images of Dreams Artists. The
interdisciplinary arts project will combine creative writing and
the visual arts to create artwork that will express students'
personal stories.
Mars Hill College (on behalf of Liston
B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies)
Mars Hill, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE:
Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Madison County: Birthplace to Folk Music Festivals
project. The project will preserve four festival archival
collections containing Southern Appalachian old-time and bluegrass
music recordings through an online catalog, a Web-based exhibition,
and a Community Memory Celebration.
North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC
$693,000
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State &
Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership Initiatives FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk
& Traditional Arts
To support a folklorist position and related costs. The folklorist
will make selected folklife documentation accessible to the public,
help public folklorists initiate and shape heritage tourism
development in the state, and support public projects that have
statewide impact.
North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation,
Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC
$65,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support a statewide expansion of Shakespeare Lives. The
professional development program for teachers aims to improve the
teaching of literature in classrooms by providing in-depth
curricular and educational materials for the study of works by
William Shakespeare.
Pacific Foundation for the Performing Arts
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support dance classes for children with physical and learning
disabilities. The project will provide weekly dance instruction by
specially trained peer tutors. Classes are designed to give
cultural opportunities to students with disabilities, in addition
to developing awareness and understanding by students without
disabilities.
Riddle Institute, Inc.
Morganton, NC
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts
Education
To support the Pathway to the Arts Project. The program will
integrate arts experiences into the activities of early childhood
and family support centers in rural Western North Carolina.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
$70,000
To support documentation of the A+ Schools Program in North
Carolina, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and to convene a national
conference to disseminate research-based evidence of the
effectiveness of the A+ Schools model.
NORTH CAROLINA total grants: 11
NORTH CAROLINA total dollars: $999,000
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
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