2002 Grant Awards: Challenge America: Community Arts Development

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

Total Community Arts Development Grants Awarded: 154
Total Community Arts Development Dollars Awarded: $1,415,000

ALABAMA

Arts Council, Inc.
Huntsville, AL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support Create Huntsville, an arts assessment and cultural plan that will bring together people representing different aspects of the community to formulate a common vision and strategies for making the arts a more prevalent part of daily life. Leadership Huntsville/Madison County will be a partner in the assessment and planning process. Madison County encompasses the mid-size city of Huntsville, the small city of Madison, and rural areas.

Mountain Valley Council on the Arts
Guntersville, AL
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the MOVA Arts Festival that will feature emerging songwriters, a visual arts marketplace, and artists' workshops. The festival is part of an effort to attract tourists to the area. Partnering organizations include Marshall County's Economic Development Board and Convention and Visitors Bureau, Covenant Cove Lodge and Marina, the City of Guntersville, and Gunterville Department of Recreation.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $15,000

ALASKA

Organization for Northern Development
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the development of a regional arts and cultural district. The goal of the project is to transform a deteriorating commercial street in a low-income neighborhood into an area used by local and visiting artists. Project partners hope to develop up to 40 new low- to moderate-income artists' live/work studios and a related public arts facility. Partners include Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services, Out North, and Artspace Projects.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

ARIZONA

Dry Creek Arts Fellowship
Flagstaff, AZ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the 14th Annual Trappings of the American West, a showcase of cowboy culture that combines the work of contemporary cowboy painters, sculptors and photographers with the work of traditional cowboy artists, including saddlemakers. This showcase is one event in a cultural tourism strategy to attract visitors to the area. Partnering organizations include Flagstaff's Convention and Visitors Bureau, Culture Partners, Pine County Pro Rodeo, Unified School District, and KAFF AM/FM Radio.

West Valley Fine Arts Council
Litchfield Park, AZ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support development of a cultural plan to guide the creation of new programs, new facilities, new interdisciplinary fine arts curriculum and other arts education programs for the West Valley area. Partnering organizations include West Valley Fine Arts Council, Estrelia Mountain Community College, and West Valley Regional Municipal Partnership.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

CALIFORNIA

Arts Council Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a cultural marketing partnership to provide low-cost marketing and public relations services to local arts and cultural nonprofit organizations. Arts programs and events will be publicized through a cultural calendar. Partnering organizations include the San Jose Arts Commission, San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley.

Merced Regional Arts Council, Inc.
Merced, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the ArtNET Project, a monthly cooperative planning workshop to produce a five-year strategic plan for county arts and culture, and to create a county-wide Internet site of arts and cultural events and projects. Partnering organizations include Merced Center for the Performing Arts, Merced Symphony Orchestra Association, Filipino American National Historical Society, and the Los Bano Arts Council.

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the marketing and promotion of Carnaval San Francisco, a festival showcasing Latin American culture. Project partners will create and implement an integrated campaign emphasizing the cultural richness of the Mission District to attract new and former audiences to the neighborhood. Partnering organizations include the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Mission Street Merchants Association.

Oberlin Dance Collective
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the planning, design and promotion for the renovation of Oberlin Dance
Collective's facility. As a result of the renovations, the Collective will significantly increase its capacity to promote the creation and performance of new work, facilitate creative and technical training for children and adults, and foster artistic networking and audience and community building. Partnering organizations include Architecture + Light and Summerfest/Dance.

Riverside Arts Council
Riverside, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of a marketing plan and campaign leading to the establishment of downtown Riverside as a cultural district. The goals of the campaign are to expand tourism, increase community awareness of the arts, and establish a cultural identity. Partnering organizations include Riverside's Office of the Mayor and the Riverside Downtown Partnership.

Stage 3 Theatre Company
Sonora, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of a marketing brochure and creation of a ticketing kiosk for area arts organizations. The community has been positioning itself as a cultural destination for tourists. Partnering organizations include Duende Drama and Literature, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Economic Development Company of Tuolumne County, Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau, and the Central Sierra Arts Council.

Three-Forests Interpretive Association, Inc.
Tollhouse, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the creation and production of a play based on the history of battling forest fires. It is hoped that the play will deepen public understanding of key environmental issues and promote tourism to the area. Partnering organizations include Duende Drama &Literature, Tuolumne County Office of Education, Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau, and Central Sierra Arts Council.

Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation
Truckee, CA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support marketing efforts focused on cultural events in the North Lake Tahoe region. Partnering organizations include the Nevada County Arts Council, Arts Council of Placer County, North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, and Placer County Visitors Council.

Total Grants Awarded : 8
Total Dollars Awarded : $80,000

COLORADO

City of Delta
Delta, CO
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Council Tree Pow Wow &Cultural Festival, an American Indian cultural festival. Increased marketing efforts will help develop new audiences for this event. Partnering organizations include the Northern Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Southern Ute Tribe. The City of Delta is in western Colorado, five hours from the nearest metropolitan area.

Town of Milliken
Milliken, CO
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the Milliken Streetscape Project. The project has three components: developing a plan for improvement and visual unification of Board Street and the downtown area; working with the community to identify the plan's implementation phases; and conducting a jury to select designs. Partnering organizations include the Community and Neighborhood Development Office, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, and the Milliken Art Advisory Board

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

CONNECTICUT

Greater Hartford Arts Council, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the design, creation, and distribution of calendars highlighting the Capitol Region's arts and cultural activities. As a key piece of a larger image-building campaign, the calendars will help build the profile of Hartford as a year-round cultural destination. The calendars will also build pride and participation among local residents for the distinctive cultural resources that Hartford offers. Partnering organizations include Greater Hartford Tourism, Greater Hartford Convention &Visitors Bureau, Capital City Economic Development Authority, Metro Hartford Regional Economic Alliance, and the Hartford Economic Department Commission.

Real Art Ways, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the creation of public art through an artist-led process involving Parkville neighborhood residents. Real Art Ways will engage artist Harrell Fletcher who has worked in a variety of media including sculpture, painting, and video production. Partnering organizations include the University of Hartford's Art School, Parkville Senior Center, Parkville Revitalization Association, and Parkville Business Association.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

DELAWARE

Main Street Dover, Inc.
Dover, DE
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support establishment of a cultural district, implementing part of a recently developed cultural plan. Partnering organizations include the City of Dover, Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, and the Schwartz Center for the Arts.

Milton Development Corporation
Milton, DE
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support architectural and engineering design services for renovation of an historic movie theater. The theater will house a multidisciplinary arts center and provide a venue for films and arts education activities. Partnering organizations include the Chamber of Commerce of Milton, Town of Milton, Milton Family Practice, Southern Delaware Tourism, and Sussex County Council.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

African Continuum Theatre Coalition, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the design development for a theater within the Atlas Performing Arts Center (APAC). APAC is the focal point of revitalization efforts along the H Street corridor in the Northeast quadrant of the District. APAC will provide two theaters, rehearsal space, shops and office space. Partnering organizations include the Atlas Performing Arts Center and Sprenger Lang Foundation.

NetSAP-DC Foundation, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Planning
To support development of a cultural plan that will assist in the regional development of South Asian traditional arts and serve as a model for other geographically dispersed American cultural communities. Partnering organizations include WordSoundAction and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Theatre Downtown, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support pre-development and architectural design plans for a theater to be located in a residential, art, retail complex that will also provide a home for the Washington Stage Guild. Partnering organizations include the Wax Museum Partners and Weihe Design Group.

Total Grants Awarded : 3
Total Dollars Awarded : $30,000

FLORIDA

Arts Association of Lake County, Inc.
Leesburg, FL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support planning for the construction of a performing arts center for central Florida. Partnering organizations include Lake Sumter Community College Board of Trustees, Lake Sumter Community College Foundation, and the Lake County Cultural Affairs Council.

Catherine Cole Taylor Center for the Arts, Inc.
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the design plan for a theater in the Taylor Center for the Arts that will allow the Center to produce preliminary drawings of the theater and finalize site plans. Partnering organizations include the Cultural Arts Association, South Walton Three Arts Alliance, Walton County Board of County Commissioners, South Walton Tourist Development Council, and the Walton County Chamber of Commerce.

City of Stuart
Stuart, FL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support activities associated with the creation and promotion of the Stuart Cultural Arts District, including the development of signage, marketing brochures, kiosks providing maps, landscape improvements, and a mural by local artists. Partnering organizations will include Martin County Council for the Arts, Stuart Mainstreet, Keep Martin Beautiful, The Lyric Theatre, and Stuart Heritage.

Monroe Council of the Arts Corporation
Key West, FL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a marketing campaign to identify the county, the Florida Keys, as a national and international cultural destination. The campaign will include public relations support and ads in local, regional and national newspapers, magazines and television. The project will be implemented in partnership with Monroe County Board of County Commissioners.

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
White Springs, FL
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support marketing and promotion for traditional Florida folk life demonstrations in the Folk Culture Park's Craft Square. Focusing on Florida folk life demonstrations during the off-season will promote tourism for the park and town of White Springs. Partnering organizations include the Town of White Springs, Florida Nature &Heritage Tourism Center, and Original Florida.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $45,000

GEORGIA

Georgia G3 Communities, Inc.
Newnan, GA
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the Chalk Level Historic District Redevelopment Plan that will help revitalize this historic African American community, dating back to the 1880s, by examining land use, new construction, and facility needs. Partnering organizations include Chalk Level Neighborhood Association, City of Newnan, African-American Alliance of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society, College of Architecture of Georgia Institute of Technology, and Central Education Center.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $5,000

HAWAII

Hawaii Lyman House Memorial Museum
Hilo, HI
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Traditions, a series of concerts and workshops featuring Native Hawaiian, Japanese, and Okinawan traditional arts presented in downtown Hilo. The goal of the project is to develop Hilo's historic cultural district for both local residents and tourists and to facilitate greater cooperation between local arts and education institutions. Partnering organizations include the National Organization for Traditional Artists Exchange, Palace Theater, Hawaii Public Radio, Taiko of the Pacific, and Okinawan Association of Hawaii.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

IDAHO

City of Nampa
Nampa, ID
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support performing arts events and educational outreach programs that will enhance both the quality of life through the arts for Nampa residents and provide positive economic impact through cultural tourism. Partnering organizations include the Nampa School District/Boys and Girls Club, Nampa Chamber of Commerce, Syringa House/Nampa Children's Home, Nampa Senior Center, and the Hispanic Cultural Center.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

ILLINOIS

American Indian Center, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Annual Fall Powwow, a cultural event and historical form of social gathering. Assisting the American Indian Center is a partner consortium of 32 other Illinois-based Native America organizations and the Field Museum of Natural History's program Cultural Connections, a network of 23 ethnic cultural centers and museums collaborating to present traditional arts events that encourage cultural understanding. Partnering organizations include the Illinois Arts Council, AT&T;Foundation, University of Illinois-Chicago, and City Arts II-Department of Cultural Affairs.

New Salem Lincoln League
Petersburg, IL
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the staging of original plays about the life of Abraham Lincoln and the village of New Salem where he lived as a young man. The presentation of the original plays will be held in conjunction with the opening of the New Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, 30 miles away. Partnering organizations include Theatre in the Park, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, and Springfield Visitors and Convention Center

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

INDIANA

Arts Council of Indianapolis, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support coordinated public relations and promotional efforts for activities taking place in cultural districts throughout Indianapolis. Partnering organizations include Indianapolis Downtown, Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association, and the City of Indianapolis' Office of the Mayor.

Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Inc.
Evansville, IN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support a feasibility study to convert a library into a cultural arts center. If the feasibility study's conclusion is positive, the Arts Council will commission architectural designs to adapt the building. A cultural center would help strengthen local arts organizations, help reach underserved populations living near downtown, provide space for arts education programs, and assist downtown redevelopment efforts. Partnering organizations include The City of Evansville, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, New Hope Music Academy, Signature Learning Center, and Tales &Scales.

Cathedral Arts, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Sixth Quadrennial International Violin Competition, a 17-day festival featuring concerts, recitals, and educational programs. Violinists from 20 countries will travel to participate in this competition and an audience of approximately 50,000 is expected to attend. Partnering organizations include the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Butler University, Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Arts Council of Indianapolis, and the Indiana Historical Society.

Total Grants Awarded : 3
Total Dollars Awarded : $30,000

IOWA

Ames Community Arts Council
Ames, IA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support hiring a cultural coordinator and other administrative costs associated with the implementation of a recently completed cultural plan for the Ames Area. Partnering organizations include the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames Chamber of Commerce, Ames School District, and Dance Co'Motion.

City of Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls, IA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support creation and installation of a piece of art as the cornerstone of the Main Street Collection, part of the city's tourism and improved streetscape efforts. Partnering organizations include the City of Cedar Falls Development Services Department, Cedar Falls Tourism and Visitor's Bureau, Cedar Falls Art and Culture Board, and Community Main Street.

Iowa Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, Inc.
Des Moines, IA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/ Plan
To support a cultural assessment as part of the Community Arts Initiative that includes multiple communities working together to plan and implement projects born from identified needs and resources within their counties. Partnering organizations include the Iowa Arts Council, and Pioneer Hi-Bred International.

Iowa Trails Council, Inc.
Center Point, IA
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the design of bridge enhancements to a proposed pedestrian and bicycle trail bridge in rural Fairfield, Iowa. The 253-foot bridge will span the double tracks of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway near Chautauqua Park in Fairfield. Design of the enhancements will focus on the history and the importance of the railroad and manufacturing to the local agricultural community. Partnering organizations include the Fairfield Art Association, Jefferson County Historical Society, Fairfield Manufacturers Association, Fairfield High School, and Jefferson County Trails Council.

Total Grants Awarded : 4
Total Dollars Awarded : $35,000

KANSAS

Cowley County Community College Endowment Association
Arkansas City, KS
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a residency to encourage new music compositions. Composers Philip Aaberg, Eugene Frieson, Glen Velez, Howard Levy, and Darol Anger will create two new inter-related compositions that celebrate the natural prairie ecosystem and contrast the challenges and benefits of rural industrialization. Partnering organizations include the Arkansas City Arts Council, Winfield Arts and Humanities Council, Southwestern College, and Arkansas City and Winfield Chambers of Commerce.

Lucas Arts and Humanities Council, Inc.
Lucas, KS
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support artist residency programs that will complement the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future. Visual artists Mri Pilar and composer and vocalist Lena Gaye Davis will be the artists in residence. Partnering organizations include the Kansas Humanities Council, United School District 407, Lucas Chamber and Russell County Chamber and Visitors Bureau, Lucas Public Library, and Lucas Area Community Theater.

William Inge Festival Foundation
Independence, KS
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the William Inge Theatre Festival as a cultural event to promote tourism in the area. Independence Community College will be a partner in this project.

Total Grants Awarded : 3
Total Dollars Awarded : $30,000

KENTUCKY

Campbellsville-Taylor County Industrial Authority
Campbellsville, KY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support architectural planning for the design of the Tebbs Bend Toll House Center. Partnering organizations include Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area Board, Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association, and Taylor County Cooperative Extension Services.

Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council, Inc.
Elkhorn City, KY
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a cultural needs assessment focused on musicians living and working in Pike County where bluegrass, country, southern rock, gospel and folk music are prevalent. The assessment will assist the Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council with its mission of preserving the county's musical culture by building stronger support systems for musicians and musical performance. Partnering organizations include Appalachian Rural Cultural Heritage Education Initiative, University of Kentucky Appalachian Center, and Stone Heritage.

Monroe County Economic Development Board, Inc.
Tompkinsville, KY
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Monroe County Heritage Festival, an event that attracts visitors from Kentucky and Tennessee. The festival will highlight regional heritage through a variety of activities, including craft demonstrations, music and theater performances, tours of historically significant sites, and oral history workshops. Partnering organizations include the Monroe Arts Council, Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site, Monroe County Heritage Committee, and Monroe County Chamber of Commerce.

Pioneer School of Drama
Danville, KY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a public relations effort to gather, compile, and disseminate information about the cultural attractions in Kentucky's historic triangle. The 30-mile area encompasses the communities of Harrodsburg, Shakertown, Perryville, and Danville and contains sites relevant to Kentucky history, folk art and culture. Partnering organizations include Central Kentucky Technical College, Danville/Boyl County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Danville Arts Commission.

Wolfe County Arts Association, Inc.
Campton, KY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Hands-on Appalachia project which brings urban groups to rural Hazel Green Academy Life Long Learning Center to actively participate in Appalachian art and culture. Participants will also be guided to other Appalachian attractions including traditional mountain dance at Natural Bridge State Park, the Historical Museum, and nature excursions at Red River Gorge Geological Area. Partnering organizations include Hazel Green Academy Life Long Learning Center, Wolfe County Tourism Board, Wolfe County Historical Museum, and Wolfe County Economic Development.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $40,000

LOUISIANA

Bayou Civic Club, Inc.
Larose, LA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support design and planning for a multidisciplinary cultural facility to be used for public programming in folk arts and cultural heritage by members of rural communities along the bayou. Partnering organizations include the Cajun Heritage Festival, Friends for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building, Les Amis du francais de Lafource, Cajun County Music, and Les Artistes du Bayou.

Grand Opera House of the South, Inc.
Crowley, LA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support plans for the renovation and restoration of the Grand Opera House of the South. This 100 year-old second story opera house has been closed and nearly untouched since 1939. Once renovations and restoration is complete, the 600-seat opera house will be the venue for performing arts presentations and arts education activities. The partnering organization will be the Crowley Chamber of Commerce.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

MAINE

Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, Inc.
Old Town, ME
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support artists' demonstrations of traditional basketmaking techniques at the Wabanaki Arts Center Gallery. The artist demonstration program at the gallery will encourage the practice of Maine's oldest art forms among the four tribes in Maine, while at the same time stimulating heritage tourism and economic development in the area. Partnering organizations include the City of Old Town and Cultural Resources.

Western Maine Finance
South Paris, ME
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of a Web site to market nonprofit arts organizations and artists in western Maine. The Web site will allow artists and cultural organizations in this rural, isolated area to advertise their schedule of events, recruit volunteers, raise awareness about community needs, promote arts festivals and showcase cultural renewal efforts. Partnering organizations include Denmark Art Center, Community Concepts, and Western Oxford Foothills.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

MARYLAND

Adkins Arboretum, Ltd.
Ridgely, MD
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support production and promotion of Art in Nature, including art exhibitions and concerts at the Arboretum for residents of Caroline County, MD. Partnering organizations include Caroline County Council for the Arts and Caroline County Public Schools.

Silver Spring Urban District
Silver Spring, MD
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Magical Montgomery, a cultural festival in downtown Silver Spring, that includes development of an arts and entertainment guide for the Silver Spring Arts and Entertainment District. Partnering organizations include the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County, Greater Silver Spring Advisory Board, and Impact Silver Spring.

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Riverdale, MD
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Mount Rainier Artists Housing Project that will provide affordable live/work space for artists and space for community activities within this predominantly African American suburb of Washington, D.C. This project is a component of a larger initiative, the Gateway Arts District, whose goal is to revitalize a two-mile stretch of the Lower US Route 1 through an infusion of artists and arts facilities. Partnering organizations include Artspace Projects and the Gateway Community Development Corporation.

Total Grants Awarded : 3
Total Dollars Awarded : $30,000

MASSACHUSETTS

Arts Extension Institute, Inc.
Amherst, MA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support two cultural tourism summits and a Web site. Through these endeavors, the institute will bring cultural organizations and the region's artists together to advance community and economic development and provide visitors with information, cultural calendars, and links to other resources such as convention and visitors bureaus. Partnering organizations include the University of Massachusetts, Berkshire Visitors Bureau, and Western Massachusetts Arts Alliance.

Downtown New Bedford, Inc.
New Bedford, MA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/Design
To support AHA! (Arts, History, & Architecture) -- Thursday Nights in the City, a celebration of the unique history, buildings, National Park sites, and growing arts venues in the city. Partnering organizations include New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford Whaling Museum, ArtWorks! at Dover Street, and the City of New Bedford.

Fitchburg State College
Fitchburg, MA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the development of architectural plans for the redevelopment of an historic structure for use as a multipurpose center for the arts. When renovated, the building, a former YMCA and bank building, will house a state-of-the-art black box theater to provide flexibility to stage plays, music and dance concerts and provide rehearsal space, classrooms, office and box office spaces, costume shop, prop storage space, and a gallery. Partnering organizations include Fitchburg Economic Development Authority, Fitchburg Public Schools, City of Fitchburg Planning Office, and North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
North Adams, MA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the design, creation, and installation of a display to promote downtown North Adams's cultural and business district. The display will be in the lobby of the newly renovated Tourism Office located at a key entrance to the city's downtown and adjacent to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Partnering organizations include North Adams Cultural Economic Development Partnership, Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, and the North Adams Mayor's Office of Tourism and Cultural Development.

Payomet Performing Arts Charitable Trust
North Truro, MA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the engagement of a professional architectural firm to design and execute plans for the renovations of the Highlands Center. When renovated, the fully accessible building will house a lobby/gallery space, a 150-seat theater, a black box theater, box office, administrative offices, classrooms, dressing room, rehearsal studio, and storage areas. Partnering organizations include the Highlands Center and the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $50,000

MICHIGAN

Michigan Council for the Humanities
Lansing, MI
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a series of live cultural heritage programs focused on Michigan's northwoods and Great Lakes presented at venues within state and national parks and national forest recreation areas. Partnering organizations include the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Michigan Department of Natural Resources/Parks and Recreation Bureau, and numerous national forests and parks.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

MINNESOTA

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc.
Red Wing, MN
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a series of arts presentations, including the Celebration of Minnesota Children's Book Authors and Illustrators and Open Studio Art Shows. Combined the events present the work of 150 visual and literary artists, many nationally known, to audiences of over 3,000. Project partners will promote events to the broadest possible public to attract new audiences. Partnering organizations include Birchbark Books, Red Balloon Book Store, Red Wing Public Library, Sheldon Theatre, and the Red Wing Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Artspace Projects, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support planning for the development of a cultural district in East Garrison, CA. The East Garrison arts community will transform a section of Fort Ord, a former U.S. Army base, into an arts district that will provide permanent, affordable housing for low-income artists and their families, as well as space for the creation, production, presentation, storage, administration, and teaching of the arts. Arts Habitat will work with Artspace Projects, Inc. to implement the project.

Asian Media Access, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a cultural planning process for a permanent art house for Asian Media Access's film exhibition program. This process will support location scouting, marketing, programming strategies, and capacity building. Partnering organizations include Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce, and the Council for Asian Pacific Minnesotans.

Bemidji Area Council of Nonprofits, Inc.
Bemidji, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support The First City Experience, a coordinated programming and marketing effort among seven arts and cultural organizations located in the first city on the Mississippi River. The project will encourage integrated programming and collective audience development. Partnering organizations include Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, Bemidji Community Arts Council, Headwaters Science Center, Beltrami County Historical Society, and Beltrami County Council on Aging.

East Side Neighborhood Development Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support free public performances in the Plaza Latina marketplace with the intent of establishing a cultural district. Programming will benefit local artists and residents as well as businesses in the immediate area. Partnering organizations include the East Side Arts Council and Plaza Latina Business Association.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support planning for renovation of an historic building that lays the groundwork for its redevelopment and assesses demand for leased and rental performance spaces. This process will include eliciting input from neighborhood businesses, residents, and performing arts groups, conducting a market assessment, and identifying criteria for the building's redesign. Partnering organizations include California Building Company and Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association.

Paramount Arts Resource Trust, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the creation of living history productions featuring St. Cloud historical figures who were important to the development of the town. Performances will be presented at the restored Paramount Theatre. Partnering organizations include Paramount Arts District, Stearns History Museum, and the St. Cloud Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Total Grants Awarded : 7
Total Dollars Awarded : $65,000

MISSISSIPPI

Lexington Revitalization Association, Inc.
Lexington, MS
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support a design plan for the development and renovation of the historically significant T & T Building for use as a community arts center. There is currently no public space available in this rural county for art education or cultural events. When renovated, this former theater and dry goods store will provide that public space. Partnering organizations include the Mississippi Arts Commission and Friends of the Lexington Public Library.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

MISSOURI

Arts Rolla!
Rolla, MO
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support an assessment of current and near future cultural needs for the Rolla area and the degree to which current programming fulfills those needs. Partnering organizations including the City of Rolla, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce, and Phelps County Regional Medical Center will then begin a planning process.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $5,000

MONTANA

Conrad Mansion Directors, Inc.
Kalispell, MT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Discovery Pass, a program to promote cultural organizations and the state parks of northwest Montana. The pass will be packaged to encourage families and tourist to discover the cultural and natural treasures of the area. Partnering organizations include Hockaday Museum of Art, Central School Museum, Montana State Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Division, and Kalispell Chamber of Commerce.

Helena Presents
Helena, MT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support promotion and marketing of summer cultural activities, especially in relation to the increased tourism associated with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration. ATTRACT, a local cultural tourism coalition, has developed strategies including creation of a Web site highlighting summer events and a map of all cultural organizations and activities, and a wider use of Travel Montana advertising outlets and billboards. Partnering organizations include the Holter Museum of Art, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, and Downtown Helena Business Improvement District.

Mission Valley Friends of the Arts
Polson, MT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support creation of a cultural inventory and cultural plan for the City of Polson and Lake County, Montana. Partnering organizations include Sandpiper Gallery, Fort Polson Players, and the Dubay Center.

Total Grants Awarded : 3
Total Dollars Awarded : $30,000

NEBRASKA

Central Plains Foundation, Inc.
Holbrook, NE
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the production of a cultural tourism guide titled Nebraska's Heritage Trails -- Hidden Treasures Map that will document Nebraska's arts and crafts studios and fine art museums. The goal of the guide is to stimulate tourism and interest in Nebraska arts and crafts products. Partnering organizations include the Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Division of Travel and Tourism, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Central Plains Development Center, and the Nebraska Historical Society.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

NEVADA

Lake Tahoe Arts Council
Stateline, NV
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a cultural survey for the Lake Tahoe Basin area. The result of the survey will be a directory listing arts, cultural and educational organizations and individual artists working in all media with contact information and program descriptions. The directory will be available in printed and electronic forms. Partnering organizations include Sierra Nevada College and the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society.

Reno/Sparks Theater Community Coalition
Reno, NV
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Truckee River Theatre Fest that will feature local and regional theater companies. The Fest will include celebrating and promoting the local theater arts companies; continuing to establish the downtown corridors of Reno and Sparks as arts and culture districts; and providing an expanded audience with a commanding, varied theater arts experience. Partnering organizations include Washoe County Department of Parks and Recreation, Theaters in the Round, City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission, City of Sparks Redevelopment Agency, and Harrah's, Reno.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $15,000

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire
Littleton, NH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a cultural plan for the region, an isolated rural area hit hard by recent mill closings. Work will include an assessment of cultural resources and needs, focusing on arts programming, education, cultural tourism, and venues, and recommendations for action. The plan will be integrated into the five-year economic development plans being developed by the regional planning commission. Partnering organizations include North County Council, North County Education Foundation, Northern Forest Center, Northern New Hampshire Foundation, and the University of New Hampshire.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

NEW JERSEY

Arts Council of Monmouth County, Inc.
Red Bank, NJ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support an assessment to determine how best to incorporate venues for folk and traditional music in the commercial redevelopment of Asbury Park. The study will be used to evaluate community needs and viability of such options as a performance space, a recording studio, and CD/cassette distribution traditional and immigrant musicians within a planned arts and entertainment district. Partnering organizations include the International Institute of New Jersey's Program for Immigrant Traditional Artists, Black Box of Asbury Park, and the New Jersey Folklore Society.

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
Cape May, NJ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support promotion of the 2003 Cape May Music Festival as well as the Cape May area as a tourism destination. The music festival is an established, six-week series of concerts presented in Victorian Cape May. The marketing program will bring visitors to the area, which is largely rural, dependent on seasonal industries and underserved with regard to cultural experiences. The marketing project will target the greater Philadelphia, Northern New Jersey and New York areas. The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May will be a partner in this effort.

Millville Development Corporation
Millville, NJ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support promotion of Pioneer Artists. With the establishment of the Glasstown Arts District in 2000, a pioneer program to encourage artists to live and work in the downtown arts district was designed. In conjunction with the general marketing of cultural tourism in the arts district, special attention will be focused on the pioneer artists. Partnering organizations include the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Glasstown Nine Artists, Cumberland County Cultural & Heritage Commission, and the New Jersey State Council.

Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc.
Farmingdale, NJ
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Lenape Indian Arts Festival, in which over 50 Lenape Indian artists will demonstrate American Indian singing, dancing, storytelling, and art work in a variety of mediums. A goal of this project is to increase attendance at the festival, drawing visitors to Bergen County, while presenting the work of Lenape Indian artists who are members of the Bergen County community. Partnering organizations include the Bergen County Office on Cultural Heritage, American Museum of Natural History, and the North East New Jersey Folk Arts Program.

Total Grants Awarded : 4
Total Dollars Awarded : $40,000

NEW MEXICO

Cornerstones Community Partnerships
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support creation of a cultural plan for the Pueblo of Acoma's Cultural Center. The Cultural Center will perform dual tasks: to educate the 500,000 people who visit the pueblo each year to see the historic San Esteban del Rey mission church and learn more about Acoma's heritage; and to be a distribution point to the people of Acoma of a wider variety of information. Partnering organizations include the Offices of Pueblo of Acoma's Cultural Center, Historic Preservation Office, and Education Office.

Dona Ana Arts Council, Inc.
Las Cruces, NM
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the planning process for the renovation and restoration of the historic Rio Grande Theatre in downtown Las Cruces. The project partners will work with an architectural firm to generate a schematic design and architectural drawings for the project. Partnering organizations include the City of Las Cruces, Las Cruces Downtown Revitalization Project, and New Mexico State University.

Magnifico Arts Incorporated
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the design, production, and distribution of guides that highlight the Central Arts District. The Cultural Tourism Guides will be two 12-page publications in magazine format that showcase arts activities in the emerging arts district, a key component of the current revitalization of downtown Albuquerque. Partnering organizations include the Downtown Action Team and ABQarts Magazine.

Mimbres Region Arts Council, Inc.
Silver City, NM
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Arts Events, multiple-day activities set in Silver City that will be promoted as cultural tourism attractions. The series of cultural events will include Weekend at the Galleries, Silver City Blues Festival, and the Mimbres Paquime Pottery Symposium. The events will combine the arts with opportunities for entertainment, education, and recreation. Partnering organizations include Zia Publishing, Western New Mexico University Museum, Town of Silver City, Yankie Street Galleries, and the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce.

Youth Works!
Santa Fe, NM
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Rag Rug Festival, an arts and economic development project using the folk and traditional art of rag rug weaving. An objective of the project is to improve economic conditions for residents in this isolated mountain community by creating a rag rug weaving enterprise that will grow into a village cooperative. Partnering organizations include the Las Trampas Institute, La Lanzadera Weaving Shop, New Mexico Community Foundation, Art Refuge-Friends of Tibetan Women's Association, and New Mexico Women's Foundation.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $45,000

NEW YORK

Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.
Mattituck, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the research and assessment associated with the creation of statewide cultural districts/zones that tap into job development and small business entrepreneurial programs for arts organizations throughout the state. ArtsAction for New York will be a partner in this project

Arts & Business Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support cultural tourism workshops. These workshops, provided to approximately 150 arts groups in rural upstate New York and the boroughs of New York City, are part of the council's Cultural Tourism Initiative Grant Program that links the cultural community with state and regional tourism efforts in the state of New York. Partnering organizations include the New York State Council on the Arts and Tourism Development Associates

Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Inc.
Haverstraw, NY
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Children's Performing Arts Series and the Riverfest Summer Festival as tourist attractions. Artists performing in the Children's Performing Arts Series include Arm-of-the-Sea Puppet Theatre and Laura Simms: Stories From Around the World. Yomo Torro y su Conjunto and Kansas City Sound will be featured artists in the Riverfest Summer Festival. The events will be promoted regionally through a Discover What's In Your Own Backyard campaign to increase day tourism. Partnering organizations include the Metro-North Railroad, NY Waterway, and Rockland County Department of Tourism.

Audubon Partnership for Economic Development LDC
New York, NY
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a cultural assessment for the Washington Heights and Inwood communities, focusing on the needs and resources of the Latino community. The goal of the project is to assess the community's cultural assets and resources, engaging local stakeholders, businesses and local leaders to examine barriers to participation by minority groups. Partnering organizations include the Association of Hispanic Arts, Pregones Theater, and Alta Classica.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support art-themed, guided trolley tours that visit South Bronx institutions including the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Pregones Theatre, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Lehman College Art Gallery, and the Bronx River Art Center. Events scheduled at each institution will emphasize the cultural heritage and ethnic diversity of the South Bronx and the vibrant arts hub and arts incubator flourishing there, although largely unknown outside the borough. Partnering organizations include the Bronx Tourism Council and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a planning process for a group of ten Brooklyn public schools to encourage collaboration between cultural and school partners. Partnering organizations include P.S. 333, Beginning With Children Charter School, P.S. 58 Carroll School, Prospect Heights High School, and Brooklyn Technical High School.

Broome County Arts Council
Binghamton, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a community cultural assessment and planning process for Broome County. Project partners plan to reassess cultural needs of the mostly rural community and define a new direction with objectives that can be accomplished within the next three to five years. Partnering organizations include the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence B. Decker Foundation, Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation, Broome County Chamber of Commerce, and Broome County Government's Broome-Tioga Workforce Development Department.

Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Buffalo, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Arts on Wheels: Artists Reinvent, Recycle, and Reuse that includes public programs and artist-in-residency activities. Sculptures based on the theme of the wheel will be placed at cultural and heritage host sites creating an arts trail that will lead visitor through Erie and Niagara Counties. Arts of Wheels will also co-market regional events. The Materials Reuse Project, along with 60 cultural organizations, will be a partner in the project.

Goodwill Theatre, Inc.
Binghamton, NY
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the development of the Arts District Strategic Plan that includes a feasibility study for the conversion of factory buildings for artists' living and workspaces as well as the overall development of an arts district in downtown Johnson City, NY. Partnering organizations include the Broome County Department of Planning and Economic Development, Broome County Empire Development Zone, Johnson City School District, Susquehanna Heritage Area, and the Village of Johnson City.

Total Grants Awarded : 9
Total Dollars Awarded : $80,000

NORTH CAROLINA

Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a cultural assessment and facilities master planning process for the Charlotte Mecklenburg area. Partnering organizations include the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Chowan Arts Council, Inc.
Edenton, NC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the promotion of organizations and activities by the Northeast Arts Team, a consortium of 30 cultural organizations and universities across rural northeastern North Carolina. Promotional activities will include the publication and distribution of Art Moves, an arts information resource for tourists. Partnering organizations include the Virginian Pilot and North Carolina's Northeast Partnership for Economic Development.

Lakeland Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Littleton, NC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a five-county, two-state assessment as the first step in the development of a regional cultural plan. The region includes Halifax, Northampton, and Warren counties in North Carolina, and Brunswick and Mecklenburg in Virginia. Partnering organizations include the Warren County Arts Council, C-Line Graphics, Halifax County Tourism Development Authority, and Northhampton County Board of Supervisors.

Pocosin Arts, Inc.
Columbia, NC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Pocosin Arts Preserves, a region-specific traditional folk arts exhibit. A professional folklorist and museum specialist will be hired to document, catalogue, interpret, and design an exhibit of a 120-piece folk art collection that represents the cultural heritage of the Pocosin wetland region of northeastern North Carolina. Partnering organizations include Tyrell County Schools, Tyrrell County Public Library, Columbia Theatre Cultural Resources Center and Partnership for the Sounds, and the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

Total Grants Awarded : 4
Total Dollars Awarded : $40,000

NORTH DAKOTA

Lake Agassiz Arts Council
Fargo, ND
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of the F-M (Fargo-Moorhead) Arts Menu, a series of publications designed to create awareness in the region of opportunities for arts participation as a consumer and performer. F-M Arts Menu will contain a cultural calendar and program information and will be distributed monthly in hard copy as well as electronically. Partnering organizations include the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, the Cities of Fargo and Moorhead, North Dakota Arts Alliance, and several local schools.

North Dakota Community Foundation
Bismarck, ND
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the compilation of information about arts activities and events within the state as an initial step in the creation of a cultural plan, including a comprehensive cultural tourism effort. Partnering organizations include the North Dakota Arts Alliance/Alliance for Arts Education and the North Dakota Council on the Arts.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

OHIO

Arts Foundation of Olde Towne
Columbus, OH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Hot Times Community Arts & Music Festival, that includes theater performances, poetry presentations, storytelling, and musical presentations for an audience drawn from central Ohio. Partnering organizations include the Main Street Business Association, City of Columbus, Columbus Health Department, and ComFest.

Bellefontaine Cultural Arts Commission
Bellefontaine, OH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a collaborative theater project that will include the development of an original play based on stories and folklore centered upon the lives of the African American pioneers who helped settle Ohio's frontier. Partnering organizations include Mad River Theater Works and the City of West Liberty.

Human Race Theater Company
Wapakoneta, OH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/Plan
To support the creation and presentation of an oral history-based dramatic production highlighting the community's 20th century history. The production will be the focus of cultural tourism efforts, augmenting participation by tourists in the cultural offerings of Auglaize County, OH. Partnering organizations include the Wallpaper Project, Wapakoneta Area Chamber of Commerce, St. Mary's Area Chamber of Commerce, and Southwestern Auglaize County Chamber of Commerce.

Museum of Industry of Licking County/Institute of Industrial Technology
Newark, OH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the promotion of The Knowledge Works arts center as a tourist destination by improving printed materials, extending their distribution, and expanding outreach to surround areas. As part of this effort, the partnership will present public exhibitions, demonstrations and lectures by regional artists. Many of these activities and marketing efforts will be tied to a yearlong celebration of Newark's bicentennial celebration that began in May 2002. The Licking County Art Association will partner in this project.

Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a community cultural plan relevant to the African American community of Cincinnati. Partnering organizations include Enjoy the Arts, Greater Cincinnati African American Heritage Institute, JLG Tours, and the Cincinnati Museum of Art.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $50,000

OKLAHOMA

Fine Arts Institute of Edmond
Edmond, OK
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support an identity package and marketing strategy for the newly-designated Edmond Cultural District. The objective is to establish name recognition through a logo, signage, informational kiosks, promotions, a Web site, and advertising, drawing new patrons to the area. Partnering organizations include the University of Central Oklahoma, City of Edmond, Central Edmond Urban Development Board, Studio Architecture, and the Edmond Cultural District Committee.

Norman Arts & Humanities Council
Norman, OK
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the promotion of year-round cultural events and activities in and around Norman. This project will unify public relations efforts and will use the arts as a focus for cultural tourism. Project partners will use media outlets in their promotional efforts including newspapers, magazines, radio and cable television, and printed promotions in hotels, restaurants and retailers. Partnering organizations include the Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau and Firehouse Art Center.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

OREGON

Arts Alliance of Yamhill County
McMinnville, OR
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a community cultural plan for Yamhill County, OR that highlights arts resources available in several small, rural towns. The assessment and planning process will identify needs and resources, create a common vision for making art an integral part of the community, and develop a working plan that encourages partnerships, has clear goals, assigns specific responsibilities, and has definite time frames. Partnering organizations include Linfield Chamber Orchestra, Gallery Theater, and Yamhill County Commissioners.

Clackamas County Library for Arts Action Alliance of Clackamas County
Oak Grove, OR
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a needs assessment culminating in a county-wide cultural plan. Project goals include sparking new collaborations among cultural and arts organizations and deepening commitments among existing partners, demonstrating how such partnerships can invigorate isolated and rural areas and attract funding, and building an action plan for creating future relationships. Partnering organizations include the Providence Milwauki Hospital, Clackamas County Tourism Development Council, Wyeast Bookshoppe and Art Gallery, Arts Leaders, Network of Clackamas County, and Clackamas County Heritage Council.

Coastal Arts & Business Alliance, Inc.
Reedsport, OR
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the development of professionally designed schematic plan for a park located in the heart of the community. The project includes a site survey, a call for proposals to landscape designers and architects, a series of public meetings, and finally a plan complete with illustrative artwork. Partnering organizations include the Reedsport Parks Committee and the Oregon Arts Commission.

Estacada Together
Estacada, OR
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the Estacada Summer Celebration, a festival that includes creation of a mural in a prominent downtown location. This festival offers free arts and cultural events in a remote, economically challenged area, while using the arts to build community and develop cultural tourism. Partnering organizations include the Estacada Arts Commission, Estacada Public Library, and Artback Artists Cooperative.

National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
Portland, OR
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support artists' fees and travel costs associated with Many Nations-Many Voices, an inaugural event of the national Lewis and Clark Bicentennial commemoration to be held at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Many Nations-Many Voices will tell the story of the sovereign nations that encountered Lewis and Clark or through whose homelands the expedition traveled 200 years ago. It will feature traditional and contemporary American Indian music, dance, visual arts, and crafts. Partnering organizations include the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, National Park Service, and numerous Native American tribes from across the nation.

Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
Newport, OR
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the creation and installation of a sculpture depicting a life-size gray whale skeleton and development of interpretive signage. The sculpture would be installed in an oceanfront setting in the City of Newport's Con Davis Park. The installation and signage will have educational, cultural, and functional value. Partnering organizations include the City of Newport and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

Springfield Renaissance Development Corporation
Springfield, OR
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of Springfield Artists Retreat that will provide artists with living and working space in the downtown Springfield Cultural District. The retreat will provide a supportive environment for artists to create, experiment, and produce new works. The retreat will extend into rural, economically distressed communities and other underserved populations through workshops, classes, and special events by visiting artists. Partnering organizations include Oregon Solutions, Lane Arts Council, Springfield Arts Commission, Springfield Library, and the Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County.

Total Grants Awarded : 7
Total Dollars Awarded : $55,000

PENNSYLVANIA

Danzante
Harrisburg, PA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the creation of a mural as part of the proposed redevelopment of the South Allison Hill section of Harrisburg. Muralist Cesar Viveros will work with inner-city youth to design and paint the gateway mural along the Mulberry Street Bridge leading onto the planned arts avenue. Project partners include Community Action Commission, South Allison Hill Ministerium, and South Allison Hill Homeowner/Concerned Resident Association.

Huntingdon County Arts Council
Huntingdon, PA
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Art in the Park, a series of folk and traditional arts programs in the Greenwood Furnace State Park in rural Huntingdon County. Project goals include establishing a cultural tourism site that will draw attendance from outside the region while providing enrichment and positive economic activity to this underserved region. Partnering organizations include Greenwood Furnace State Park, Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau, and Friends of Greenwood Furnace State Park.

Lehigh Valley Arts Council
Lehigh Valley, PA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a forum providing information on the economic impact of the arts industry in the region and to lay groundwork for the development of a regional marketing plan to promote the cultural resources of Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley Partnership, a consortium of chief executive officers of businesses and government officials in the region, will partner with the Lehigh Valley Arts Council to implement this project.

Mattress Factory, Ltd.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the James Turrell: Into the Light exhibition to attract new audiences from the region. The focus of this project is to reach audiences within a day's drive of Pittsburgh, including rural areas of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. A package that includes hotel accommodations and passes to the exhibition is being promoted by the Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, the other partner in this project.

Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the creation of murals in the Parkside neighborhood and related educational outreach activities. Creation of the mural will aid Philadelphia's transformation into a cultural destination while improving living conditions and community interaction in underserved neighborhoods. Partnering organizations include the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, Parkside Development Corporation, Leidy School, and University City Green.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $45,000

SOUTH CAROLINA

Arts Council of Greenwood County, Inc.
Greenwood, SC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a joint marketing effort for the benefit of numerous arts organizations served by a new Arts and Visitors Center. The marketing plan calls for expanding an existing Web site, producing a brochure, publishing a cultural events piece, and distributing table tents to area restaurants with calendar information. Partnering organizations include the Greenwood Community Theatre, the Museum, Artist Guild and Greenwood Lander Performing Arts.

Lancaster County Council of the Arts
Lancaster, SC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a weeklong arts festival, designed to showcase past art influences, while exploring the music, dance and folk art traditions of Hispanic, African, and Western European cultures present in this rural county. In addition to exhibits, presentations, and workshops, a public access station will produce three programs on past and present art traditions of the county. Project partners include Lancaster County School District, Lancaster County Council, City of Lancaster, and Town of Kershaw.

Metropolitan Arts Council
Greenville, SC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a cultural plan for the Greater Greenville area that emphasizes audience building for events and programs. Partners in this planning process will be Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, City of Greenville, Greenville County Planning Commission, and the School District of Greenville County.

Newberry Opera House Foundation, Inc.
Newberry, SC
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a marketing campaign for events presented in the newly renovated Newbury Opera House. Project partners will advertise regionally through North and South Carolina radio stations and newspapers, specifically targeting overnight visitors. Partners implementing the project include the City of Newberry, Newberry College, Newberry Restaurant and Hoteliers Association, and Newberry Merchants Association.

Sumter County Government
Sumter, SC
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism
To support a visual art exhibition in downtown Sumter that will include environmental art, site sensitive installations, film screenings and educational activities. Partnering organizations are Sumter County Cultural Commission, City of Sumter, Downtown Revitalization Planning Committee, Conventions and Visitors Bureau, and Sumter Chamber of Commerce.

Total Grants Awarded : 5
Total Dollars Awarded : $45,000

SOUTH DAKOTA

City of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, SD
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support planning and design for the adaptive reuse of a high school as an arts and recreation center. The design will feature outdoor arts spaces, including performance space and a sculpture garden incorporated into the green space surrounding the facility. Project partners include Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, Aberdeen Area Arts Council, Aberdeen Community Theatre, Aberdeen Community Concert Association, and Dacotah Prairie Museum.

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Sioux Falls, SD
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support an outdoor concert in downtown Sioux Falls that will introduce new audiences to cultural resources in the Sioux Falls region. Partnering organizations include Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau and Sioux Empire Arts Council.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

TENNESSEE

Historic Watertown, Inc.
Watertown, TN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the eighth annual Watertown Jazz Festival. Artists being presented in the festival include Ernest Vantrease, Connye Florance, Don Aliquo, Moe Denham, Annie Selick, Jerry Vinett, the Dixeland Jazz Band, Earl Vantrease and the Jazz Five, and The Establishment Big Band. The two-day festival draws an audience of over 5,000. Project partners include the City of Watertown, Watertown and East Wilson County Chamber of Commerce, and Tennessee Central Railway Museum.

Jubilee Community Arts, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of a performance and radio series featuring traditional area musicians, to be broadcast regionally and netcast worldwide. This project will promote regional culture as well as develop a broader audience for area traditional musicians. Project partners include Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association and Cumberland Communities Communications Corporation.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

TEXAS

Abilene Arts Alliance
Abilene, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the implementation of a recently developed cultural tourism plan. Impetus for the plan included the opening of the Texas Forts Trail Visitors Center, scheduled for spring 2003. In addition, implementation of the plan will complement the major revitalization of downtown cultural facilities that has taken place over the past ten years. Project partners are Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau, Abilene Cultural Affairs Council, and the City of Abilene.

Butterfield Stage Players CommunityTheatre, Inc.
Gainesville, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Camp Howze Christmas, a musical theater piece drawn from the tales of the civilians, soldiers, and P.O.W.s at the WW II military site in the City of Gainesville and Cooke County. Implementing this project are the Morton Museum of Cooke County, City of Gainesville Main Street program, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Rotary Club of Gainesville.

City of Allen
Allen, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the creation of an architectural design for a sculpture garden that will be on the grounds of a newly-constructed library and civic auditorium located in Allen's central business district. Project partners include the Allen Community Development Corporation, Allen Arts Alliance, and the Arts Volunteer Guild.

Hillsboro Heritage League, Inc.
Hillsboro, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the design of Musical Art Park. Located within the city park, the Musical Art Park will feature sculptures of musical instruments created from ordinary hardware items. Partnering organizations are the City of Hillsboro, Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce, Masonic Lodge, Friends of the Park, and Hillsboro Lions Club.

Marfa Studio of Arts, Inc.
Marfa, TX
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support research, planning and design for a native plant specimen garden that incorporates artworks reflective of the history and culture of the region. Community partners include Sul Ross State University and Cactus Fence Enterprises.

Mexico-North Research Network, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the identification, inventory, and promotion of South San Antonio heritage, art, and cultural activities to encourage resident and visitor awareness of the emerging South San Antonio Heritage-Art-Cultural-Eco Region. Community partners include ArtPace, Mainstreet Alliance of San Antonio/Southtown, San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, and South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Progressive Arts Collective
Austin, TX
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support the development of a community cultural plan for East Austin, including a survey of regional African American art and artists. Austin Circle of Theaters, Austin History Center, African American Arts Technical Resource Center, Coalition of Black Visual Artists and other organizations will partner to develop the plan.

San Marcos Area Arts Council, Inc.
San Marcos, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the creation of a landscape design, and purchase and installation of outdoor sculptures in a sculpture park linking the San Marco's Library and Activity Center. The first phase of the project is the overall landscape design, and plot infrastructure, and the installation and landscaping of three outdoor sculptures. Project partners are Southwest Texas State University School of Art and Design, San Marcos Parks and Recreation Department, and San Marcos Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council
Texarkana, TX
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Jump, Jive, and JamFest, a four-day festival held downtown in the cultural and historic heart of Texarkana. The festival attracts participants from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Organizations partnering in this project are Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, Business Organization for a New Downtown, City of Texarkana, Texarkana Independent School District, and fest-EYE-ful.

Total Grants Awarded : 9
Total Dollars Awarded : $80,000

UTAH

Alta Arts Council
Alta, UT
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support a feasibility and design study for the expansion of the community center. Alta is an isolated mountain community in the Wasatch National Forest. The community center is a multipurpose space that currently serves as the library and computer/internet center, administrative offices for Alta Community Enrichment, the town council meeting hall, classroom space for youth and adult education, low-income housing for fire department personnel, and the contract post office. Project partners are the Town of Alta, Alta Planning Commission, and the Utah Arts Council.

Davis County Council of Governments
Farmington, UT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a cultural facilities planning process that will also address ADA compliance for new and existing facilities, and promotion strategies for area arts organizations. A recent countywide assessment identified proposals for construction and renovation of facilities totaling between $25 million and $30 million, which is beyond the capacity of the county. A plan is needed to satisfy facilities needs without depleting resources. Community partners are Davis County, Davis County Arts and Humanities Council, and Bountiful Performing Arts Center.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $15,000

VERMONT

Pentangle
Woodstock, VT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a Latin arts festival that will introduce the community to Latin artistic achievements through its school and community-based programs. Public presentations will attract visitors to Woodstock as a cultural destination, and increase the duration of their visits. Partnering organizations are Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, Norman Williams Public Library, Windsor Supervisory Union School District, Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, and Eastern Vermont Rivers and Byways Regional Marketing Organization.

Taiko AikoKai New England, Inc.
Charlotte, VT
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Drums and Dragons, a collaborative community celebration showcasing Asian arts and culture. After winning a national award from First Night International for most creative programming in 2001, the event will serve as a marquee event and will be featured in cultural tourism programming for the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce, Burlington Convention Center, and the Vermont state tourism magazine, Vermont Life. First Night Burlington is the primary partner in planning and implementing this project along with other cultural organizations and community groups.

Total Grants Awarded : 2
Total Dollars Awarded : $20,000

VIRGINIA

Downtown Berryville, Inc.
Berryville, VA
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support the development of schematic designs for the renovation of historic structures in downtown Berryville. Two 1920s dairy barns will be renovated for use as a cultural center in this historic district. Participating partners are the Town of Berryville, Clarke County Board of Supervisors, Berryville-Clarke County Chamber of Commerce, Clarke County Historical Association, and Clarke County Public Schools

Mathews County School of Country Arts
Mathews, VA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of a brochure and Web site promoting the area as a scenic destination for artists and photographers, as well as the general public. Partnering organizations are the Bay School Cultural Arts Center, Mathews County Visitors Center, Mathews Land Conservatory, Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, and River Country Tourist Council.

New Dixie Theatre, Inc.
Staunton, VA
$5,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the promotion and marketing of cultural opportunities, institutions, and programs available in the Staunton area. Participating partners are Staunton Downtown Development Association, Shenandoah Shakespeare, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, Staunton Augusta County Arts Center, and Frontier Culture Museum.

Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley
Roanoke, VA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support Destination: Gainsboro, a marketing project to bring cultural tourism to Historic Gainesboro, Roanoke City's oldest neighborhood. The partnering organization in this project is the Dumas Drama Guild, the Roanoke Valley's only African American theater company. Project partners plan to market Roanoke as a destination for tourists seeking historical sites, arts and culture, and African American heritage.

Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the development of Festival Getaway, a marketing strategy for the Virginia Arts Festival to promote the revitalization effort of the downtown areas in Norfolk and Portsmouth, highlighting performances in historic locations throughout these cities. Community partners include the Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau, PortsEvents, and the MacArthur Center.

WASHINGTON

Admiral Theatre Foundation
Bremerton, WA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support the addition of a foreign film series to the Council's First Friday Arts Walks to increase participation in this regular event and further establish the area as a cultural district. Partnering organizations include the City of Bremerton and West Sound Arts Council.

Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council
Bainbridge Island, WA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Assessment/Plan
To support a needs assessment to identify current cultural facilities, needs for additional space and how additional facilities would be funded, used and maintained by the community. Population growth and development over the past few years have not been matched with increased construction of cultural facilities. Partnering organizations are the City of Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Island Parks and Recreation District, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, and Bainbridge Island Historical Society.

Capitol Theatre Committee
Yakima, WA
$10,000
PROJECT TYPE: Civic Design
To support planning for the renovation of the Capitol Theater and the creation of a community center and public plaza. Project participants include the City of Yakima, Center for Urban Development-General Services Administration, and the 9th Circuit United States District Court.

THE CONFLUENCE PROJECT

The Confluence Project encompasses four interpretive sites designed by artist Maya Lin at or near key confluences of the Columbia River in Washington State. Umatilla Confederated Tribe, Nez Perce Tribe, Chinook Tribe, and the City of Vancouver are partners in this project.

Lewis Clark Asotin County Bicentennial Committee
Clarkston, WA
$10,000
The site supported through this award is near the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake Rivers.

Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemorative Committee
Vancouver, WA
$10,000
The site supported in this award is near the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers.

Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark
Long Beach, WA
$10,000
The site supported in this award is near the confluence of the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean.

Total Grants Awarded : 6
Total Dollars Awarded : $60,000

WEST VIRGINIA

Matewan Development Center $10,000
Matewan, WV
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support production of a film documenting events in Matawan that were a turning point in U.S. labor history. Copies of the film will be sold to meet the already established demand from tourists visiting the area. Proceeds from sales will be used to support other arts activities developed for the area's tourism industry, including theatrical productions, music and dance performances and dramatized site tours. Tug Valley Arts Council will serve as a partner in the project.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $10,000

WISCONSIN

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin $5,000
Oneida, WI
PROJECT TYPE: Cultural Tourism/District
To support a series of gatherings that will feature Oneida folk artists, music, and dance. As part of a movement to develop tourism in Oneida, the gatherings are a way to provide culturally accurate events, promote and engage local Native artists, and provide activities for tourists in a rural setting. Green Bay Visitor and Convention Bureau and Radisson Hotel are community partners in this project.

Total Grants Awarded : 1
Total Dollars Awarded : $5,000

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