2002 GRANT AWARDS - Creativity

2002 Grant Awards: Creativity

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

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

DANCE

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24 cities in 16 states across the country.

American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of two works. American Ballet Theatre will commission James Kudelka's The Firebird and perform Frederick Ashton's The Dream.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presenting of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition to performances, the Celebration! program series will include educational outreach activities.

Anchorage Concert Association, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
To support a residency with the Diavolo Dance Company. The residency will include performances, workshops and other activities with local middle schools, local dancers and the Alaska Design Forum.

Art of the Matter (on behalf of Dance-Network)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2002. The program will revolve around Setsuko Yamada, one of Japan's leading female contemporary choreographers, and offer a program of symposia, workshops, master classes and performances.

Axis Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a work for dancers with and without disabilities by French Canadian choreographer Sonya Delwaide. The dance, titled Les Saisons, will involve solo, duet and ensemble work.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation of a new work by Pedro Ruiz. The work will be based on the Cuban folktale of Cecelia Valdes and will be created for 12 dancers.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
To support the presentation of two new works. The works include Black Cake by Hans van Manen and Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$15,000
To support commissioning, presentation, outreach and educational activities for the Bates Dance Festival 2002. Dance artists include Jane Comfort and Company, Robert Moses/KIN, David Neumann and Lisa Race Dance.

Big Dance Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support the creation of an original dance adaption of Franz Kafka's short story The Country Doctor. Annie-B Parson will create choreography and sound design for the piece.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. (Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support design and rehearsal of a program of revivals of seminal works choreographed by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane over the past 20 years. This project will help renew and disseminate a body of dance works that has had a major impact on contemporary modern dance.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
(College Community Services, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the World of Dance Series. The series will include dance companies from the United States and around the world.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new chamber ballet. The ballet will be choreographed by Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, and will be performed at the AJ Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC and at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the development of a production to honor the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The project will include re-staging excerpts from Ballet Russe ballets, commissioning two new one act ballets, and working with the Cincinnati Art Museum to display sketches from the Ballet Russe era.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theatre, Inc.)
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support the creation of a full evening-length work. One Nation Under a Groove is a full evening work that draws inspiration from the soulful sounds of Motown.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of artists. Local and national artists will be presented along with residency activities.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of workshops in the United States and China. The workshops will result in the creation of Home: Part 3 of The Geography Trilogy, choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation of one new work and the revival of two existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour.

Dance Brazil (Capoeira Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and premiere of a new work. Artistic Director Jelon Vieira will collaborate with Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos, and the music will be performed live with the dance.

Dance Center (Columbia College)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support two dance presentation projects. The Dance Center will present DanceAfrica Chicago 2002 and Into the West, featuring contemporary dance from the West Coast.

Dance Kumikokimoto (Dansology, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of a new work. Argus is a multimedia performance piece featuring choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Caspar Stracke.

Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 22nd Series. The series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and companies.

Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support an extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at various stages in their careers and TheMainEvent series will present established mid career companies/artists.

Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of five dance events in celebration of Dance Umbrella's 25th anniversary. All artists will participate in week-long residencies that will include professional level master classes, participation in meet-the-artist events, lecture demonstrations, and dance workshops in local middle and high schools.

DANCECleveland (Cleveland Modern Dance Association)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support DANCECleveland's 2001-2002 Series. The program will include five concert presentations, as well as a commissioning project and two extended residencies.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the fifth year of City/Dans in 2002. This program supports the presentation of New York-based choreographers.

David Dorfman Dance (Art Sweats, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will create the work to the music of Robert Fripp.

Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.
(Dayton Contemporary Dance Guild, Inc.)
Dayton, OH
$20,000
To support the creation of new works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Garth Fagan, Bebe Miller and Doug Varone. Each of these four new works will explore the theme of flight or aviation in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the first, powered flight.

Doug Varone and Dancers (Dova, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will involve the commissioning of a sound score and film and include a set design, guest dancers and actors.

Eiko & Koma (Inta, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support creation of a new work. "The dance will be a "living" installation conceived for gallery-like spaces.

Evidence, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of two final sections in a series of dances, choreographed by Ronald K. Brown. Titled Walking Out the Dark, the material developed will explore the dances and music of Cuba as well as spiritual dances and music from West Africa.

Field Papers, Inc.
Cambridge, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of small chamber pieces. Choreographer Dana Reitz will create solos for herself and other dancers, which will be adaptable to a variety of performance spaces.

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the presentation of artists and education activities during the 24th Florida Dance Festival. This two-week festival includes dancers, teachers, students, choreographers and others from across Florida, the United States and abroad.

Hae Kyung Lee Dancers (Artist Consortium)
Rosemead, CA
$5,000
To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee, in collaboration with film director Allen Yamashita and composer Steve Moshier. The multimedia work with live musicians will take place at the Japan America Theater in Los Angeles.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$5,000
To support the creation of a new work. Sound Sources will be created by Headlong Dance Theater's three artistic directors in collaboration with sound designer and composer Rick Henderson.

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a new music-theater collaboration. Meredith Monk and theater-artist Ong Keng Sen of Theatreworks in Singapore will create a work involving American and Asian artists.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of dance works by two choreographers. Australian choreographer Natalie Weir will create a world premiere and the company will perform a piece by Sir Kenneth Macmillian.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the acquisition of a ballet. No More Play, created by Jirí Kylián, will begin the second phase of Hubbard Street's Kylián Project, a repertoire expansion effort launched in 1998.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Lee, MA
$70,000
To support dance presentations during Jacob Pillow Dance Festival's 70th anniversary. Each company will be in residency for a week and their work will be presented along with specially curated events.

James Sewell Ballet (Ballet Works, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support performance and education activities in Rochester, MN. The company will perform at the Mayo Civic Center and teach master classes at the Rochester Ballet School.

Jazz Tap Ensemble, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the creation of new works and the training of artists. Artistic Director Lynn Dally will identify and develop future tap artists, create original choreography, and re-interpret existing company repertoire.

JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Danny Buraczeski and a jazz score will be composed by Philip Hamilton.

Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere. Mythic, choreographed by Joe Goode, will be a large-scale work of dance theater.

Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the revival of two ballets. These ballets are Robert Joffrey's Astarte, which premiered in 1968, and John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, which premiered in 1984.

John Jasperse Co. (Thin Man Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new evening-length work. Clear Field will be choreographed by John Jasperse to music by composer Michael Floyd.

José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the restaging of a work. The company will perform Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman's 1935 New Dance, which is the final part of the epic New Dance Trilogy.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. The projects include: the 2002 Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce SoHo Presents.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To present a series of six solo works. The works include It Starts with a Step, by Lotte Goslar; Strange Hero, by Daniel Nagrin; Kaddish, by Anna Sokolow; Totem Ancestor, by Merce Cunningham; Debut at the Opera, by Agnes de Mille; and The Dying Swan, by Michel Fokine.

Ko-Thi, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support two annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest Festivals will be held at the Pabst Theater.

La Donna Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work. The Salon Project will be a collaboration between choreographers Donna Uchizono and Valeria Solomonoff and composer Guy Yarden.

Lilly Cai Chinese Dance Company (Chinese Cultural Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of Jade Warriors: The Chinese American Dance Spirit. The concert will consist of stories about the strength, passion and character of Chinese American women.

LINES Contemporary Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new dance work. This work will be choreographed by Alonzo King to music by Polish composer Pawel Syzmanski.

LINES Contemporary Ballet
(on behalf of La Tania Flamenco Music & Dance)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work, titled Agua, Fuego y Tierra, will be choreographed by La Tania.

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Dance Exchange, Inc.)
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
To support New Works 2002, a program consisting of six to eight premieres by artists of the company and Home Hallelujah, a community-based performance work choreographed by resident artist Celeste Miller.

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
Inglewood, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African influences. Lula Washington will choreograph Experimentations in Jazz to music by McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane and Boujoubumbastic, a jazz/Sengalese Kora music group.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Margaret Jenkins. Knot will be created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and visual designer Alexander V. Nichols.

Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of Henry Purcell's opera King Arthur for the English National Opera, directed and choreographed by Mark Morris. The production will feature all 18 members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, 10 actors, five vocalists, a 20-person chorus, and a 32-person orchestra.

Mobile Ballet, Inc.
Mobile, AL
$5,000
To support the creation of a new ballet by Artistic Director Winthrop Corey. The ballet will be based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the 10th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer classes, workshops, educational outreach and panel discussions.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
To support 40 dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities in over 21 communities throughout the United States. The National Performance Network offers artists a defined system of fee subsidy in order for them to engage in extended residencies in communities.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support two dance presentations. Evidence, Inc. and Doug Varone and Dancers will be presented on the concert stage as well as in community settings throughout greater New Orleans.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the 10th anniversary of the Diamond Project. The company will premiere six new ballets and re-stage past Diamond Project ballets.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Yin Mei Dance)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national touring of Asunder. The work is choreographed by Yin Mei with set by Cai Guo Qiang, music by Robert Een, and poetry by Mark Strand.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Urban Tap)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national and international touring of Caravane. Created by choreographer Tamango, the project includes musicians on percussion, cello, trumpet and voice and features tap, hip-hop, capoeira and African stilt dancers.

Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. This work will be taught to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden, with guest artist Desmond Richardson. Rhoden will collaborate with composer Antonio Carlos Scott to create a contemporary electronic soundscape for the work.

Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of the culminating work in Pascal Rioult's Ravel Project. The piece will be created to Ravel's Bolero, and will have its premiere at the company's 10th anniversary performances at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the creation and presentation of work nationwide through tandem touring by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. The tours include performances, education activities and community service events.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present five performances in Harrisburg, PA and Erie, PA.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The Private Lives of Dancers will be choreographed to live piano by Artistic Director David Gordon.

Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score by Peter Schickele.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
To support the creation of a new ballet. Choreographed by Kevin O'Day to the music of Sting, this production will be part of Pittsburgh Ballet's program of new ballets, Brand New Day.

Pittsburgh Dance Alloy
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the creation of four new works by a variety of artists. The project will feature collaborations with choreographers, composers, videographers and singers.

Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of six companies. The companies include The Shaolin Warriors, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Compagnie Maguy Marin, The Parsons Dance Company, and Pittsburgh companies Labco and Attack Theatre.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of WorDance. The cross-cultural work by the Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and the Ko-Thi Dance Company will be performed at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul, MN.

Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Facing Mecca, created by Artistic Director Rennie Harris, will feature a cast of 17 dancers, three DJ's, live percussion, and a recorded sound score with vocals by Philip Hamilton, Grisha Coleman and Kenny Muhammad.

Rhapsody In Taps, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work by tap dancer Sam Weber. Weber will create the work for seven tap dancers and five jazz musicians and it will premiere at the Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles.

Rhythm In Shoes, Inc.
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support creation of an evening-length performance. Rhythm in Shoes will collaborate with the musical group the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, NC.

River North Chicago Dance Company
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the presentation and touring of Pulse. Choreographed by Daniel Ezralow, this piece is one of seven works that will tour throughout the United States during 2001-02.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The company will acquire a work by Hans van Manen and commission works by choreographers Helgi Tomasson, Julia Adam and Yuri Possokhov.

Shapiro + Smith (Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of new works. The works will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York City, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, and on tour in the United States.

Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the revival of the 1986 piece Vienna: Lusthaus, choreographed and directed by Martha Clarke. The work will include new choreographed sections along with other additions by collaborators, composer Richard Peaslee and writer Charles L. Mee, Jr.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographer Stephen Petronio was inspired to create this work from a series of portraits created by Donald Baechler at the Gellert Hotel in Budapest, Hungary.

Susan Marshall + Co. (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Putnam Valley, NY
$15,000
To support the creation of two new dance works choreographed by Susan Marshall. Titled Heavy Air and The Chorus, these works will premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival.

The New Victory (New 42nd Street, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of a dance series. Camut Band (Spain), Donald Byrd/the Group (New York), and Noche Flamenca (Spain/New York) will perform 65 public and education shows.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$5,000
To support dance presentations during the 8th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The festival will include performances, workshops, panels and symposia.

Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of two new works choreographed by Trisha Brown. A new piece will be created to Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreisse and Trisha Brown will create a solo for herself that combines her work in the visual arts with her work in dance.

Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival
Norfolk, VA
$5,000
To support the presentation of two dance companies. The Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Theatre of Harlem will offer performances, workshops and a student matinee performance.

Wally Cardona Quartet (WCV, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work choreographed by Wally Cardona. Morphmaniac will be performed in non-proscenium stage settings in several states.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Rennie Harris Puremovement, Kim Itoh + the Glorious Future, Yin Mei, Bebe Miller Company, Quasar Dance Company, and Whispering Voice/David Rousseve will offer performances and other activities in Maryland and D.C.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$5,000
To support the presentation of four dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes and residencies.

Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$5,000
To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers & Dancer Residency. Four emerging choreographers and eight dancers will be selected to be in residence for five weeks and two emerging companies will be chosen for a four-week company residency.

Zaccho SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Ghost Architecture choreographed by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood. This piece will examine the relationship between space and time and how that relates to architecture.

Zvi Gotheiner + Dancers (ZGD, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, the piece will deal with environmental issues.

DESIGN

Architectural League of New York
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Life: An International Look at Contemporary Housing Design, a traveling exhibition showcasing and analyzing significant recent work in urban housing around the world. Projects selected for the exhibition will reflect the highest design standards as well as demonstrate a marked contribution to their urban environments.

Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$22,500
To present design exhibitions on the theme of information technology as part of the Architecture and Design Project Series. The exhibitions will examine new methods for integrating technology and information systems into the designed and built environment.

Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (consortium)
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support an exhibition, catalogue, video and national conference on school design. The project, Architecture for Education: New School Designs from the Chicago Competitions, will document and disseminate design models for school facilities.

Casa Familiar, Inc.
San Ysidro, CA
$20,000
To support an ideas competition, educational workshop, community events, and a publication examining the San Diego - Tijuana border region. This conceptual competition will generate ideas for the redesign of the border condition currently demarcated by a ten-foot high steel wall.

City of Long Beach, Mississippi
Long Beach, MS
$10,000
To support development of a master plan for the downtown and harbor area. The master plan process will begin with a series of public and private workshops involving the mayor, leaders from the community, and town citizens.

Design Trust for Public Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$27,500
To support research, planning and design of a park and its boundaries for a wetland within an urban neighborhood. Eib's Pond Park is a 17-acre wetland park in northeast Staten Island with a poorly planned surrounding community that houses a large number of low-income families.

Friends of the High Line
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a juried design competition to generate creative schemes for the reuse of the High Line, an abandoned elevated rail structure. The High Line runs for one and a half miles from the meatpacking district through Chelsea and up to the Javitz Center.

J Mandle Performance, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support Pedestrian Traces, an urban outdoor performance in collaboration with an architect and urban designer. The site-specific performance will provide an opportunity to educate and inform audiences about their impact on the shape of public spaces.

Mid-South Planning and Development Commission
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support a documentary exhibition on public housing in Chicago. The transformation of Stateway Gardens from a public housing complex to a mixed-income community will be documented through interviews, photographs and oral histories.

Museum of Modern Art (consortium)
New York, NY
$35,000
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.

Praxis, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
To support Praxis, an architectural journal that informs the architectural writer, builder, academic and professional by exploring the balance between theory and practice. Three volumes will be produced focusing on housing, the American landscape, and museums and merchandising.

Pueblo of Zuni
Zuni, NM
$20,000
To support an architectural design for an eagle aviary compound and related structures. In this second phase of the project, an eagle breeding ground, visitor facilities, orchards and landscape features will be added to the existing eagle aviary.

Spaces
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support an exhibition that investigates contemporary residential design in a Midwest context. Ten regional architects will exhibit design proposals for an aesthetically provocative, technologically advanced, single-family home that considers the needs and environment of a middle-income family.

University of Pennsylvania
(on behalf of the Institute of Contemporary Art)
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support a group show of architectural projects that examines complex techniques from architecture that bring together diverse fine and applied art practices. The exhibition will present work by emerging designers that is conceived and produced with computers and inspired by technological developments such as genetic engineering.

William Marsh Rice University (consortium)
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support a publication to document a panel discussion and site-specific architectural installations that examine the shotgun house within contemporary architectural design and theory. The publication will allow national dissemination of a project that will be unable to travel.

Windows of Opportunity, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To design and produce a traveling exhibition and catalogue on a housing design competition sponsored by the Chicago Housing Authority and the NEA New Public Works initiative. The competition's goal was to stimulate creative vision and design excellence in Chicago public housing and this project seeks to encourage a broader awareness and a national discussion on the subject.

FOLK & TRADITIONAL ARTS

Alabama Folklife Association, Inc.
Montgomery, AL
$20,000
To support Alabama Traditions: A Musical Celebration. The statewide, six-venue tour of Alabama's finest folk music tradition will feature the Birmingham Sunlights, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Mariachi Garibaldi, and the Gary Waldrep Band.

Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (consortium)
Bristol, TN
$10,000
To support the initial field research and planning for a presentation of the music of southern Appalachia at the 37th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Fieldworkers will identify relevant traditions and identify areas where original fieldwork needs to be done.

Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
San Rafael, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of a collaborative work. Chitresh Das, Malonga Casquelourd of Fua Dia Congo, and Ritesh Das of Toronto Tabla Ensemble will present a new work designed to connect the cultural roots of India, Africa and modern day North America through rhythm, music and dance.

Diamano Coura West African Dance Co.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support Collage de la Cultures Africaines. The two-day festival with workshops will feature companies representing the African diaspora and the Polynesian Islands.

Guateque Folkloric Taller of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Corozal, PR
$8,000
To support a series of music and dance workshops. The workshops will take place in various schools and will provide young people ages 15 to 21 with hands-on experience in bomba and plena and the stylistic dance forms of danza and the minuet.

International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
(on behalf of the Cuentos Foundation)
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support Ritmo del Fuego/Rhythm of Fire, a touring exhibition and catalogue. The exhibition will present the coppersmithing art and artisans of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan, Mexico.

Master Musicians Festival, Inc.
Somerset, KY
$10,000
To support the 2002 Master Musicians Festival. The three-day event will honor master musicians over the age of 50, and will offer workshops and master classes to attendees and students.

Miami-Dade Community College
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support Contemporary Women, Living Traditions. The project features residency and performance activities with Nritagram Dance Ensemble in traditional Odissi dance, and Lila Downs in the indigenous folk music of Mexico.

Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support East Meets West: Cultural Conservation in the Atlantic Northeast and the Pacific Northwest. Curatorial teams of tradition bearers and folklorists from each region will help determine programming for the 2002 Northwest Festival focusing on conservation of language, natural resources and place.

Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support plena music, song and dance workshops. The workshops will be led by NEA National Heritage Fellow Juan Gutierrez and Los Pleneros de la 21, and will culminate in a concert.

Texas Folklife Resources (consortium)
Austin, TX
$70,000
To support the Community Residency Program. The project will consist of 15 week-long residencies in Texas towns with populations under 10,000.

LITERATURE

92nd Street Y (Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Asso.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Unterberg Poetry Center Reading Series, featuring readings, performances, literary tributes and live interviews. The center will present first American readings of new works of verse drama.

Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc.
Farmington, ME
$18,000
To support the publication and promotion of poetry titles selected from two annual competitions, the Beatrice Hawley Award and the New York/New England Award. Titles will be promoted to more than 8,000 individuals, bookstores, libraries and literary organizations nationwide.

American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of The American Poetry Review. The tabloid will seek to increase its current circulation of 20,000 through a targeted direct mail campaign to more than 240,000 prospective readers.

Another Chicago Magazine (Left Field Press, Inc.)
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of Another Chicago Magazine. Edited by poet and fiction writer Barry Silesky since 1981, the magazine features work of approximately 25 writers in each issue, including the winner of the Chicago Literary Award for fiction and poetry.

Aunt Lute Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support publication and promotion of Fish-Hair Woman, a novel by Australian Filipina author Merlinda Bobis. The press will organize a reading tour for Ms. Bobis to 13 cities around the country with large Filipina and Filipina American communities.

Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$7,000
To support the publication, distribution and promotion of issues of Bamboo Ridge, an annual journal of Hawaiian literature and arts. Authors featured in the issues will promote the journal through readings and workshops at community colleges, high schools, educational conferences, bookstores and local organizations.

Bard College (on behalf of Conjunctions)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$11,000
To support publication, circulation and related expenses, including authors' fees, for issues of Conjunctions. Each issue will be distributed to bookstores throughout the country and subscribers in more than 40 states and 15 countries.

Big River Association (on behalf of River Styx Magazine)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx annually publishes the work of approximately 60 poets and 20 prose writers.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$10,000
To support production, promotion and related expenses for new volumes of poetry. Scheduled poets to be published include Ellen Bass, Wendy Mnookin, Adrie Kusserow and Olga Orozco.

BorderZone Arts (Intersection)
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the presentation and promotion of writers' residencies in San Francisco. Proposed artists include Jessica Hagedorn, Mike Davis, Kevin Powell and Suzan Lori Parks. Each residency will include a public reading and at least one free outreach event tailored to the writer's interests and expertise.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support the publication, promotion and national distribution of "New and Selected" works by established writers of fiction and poetry. Scheduled writers include Jack Marshall, Anne Waldman, Quincy Troupe, Maxine Chernoff and Jonis Agee.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry by emerging and established poets, and books in translation. Promotional author readings will be scheduled throughout the country at bookstores, libraries and literary conferences.

Creative Nonfiction Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of an issue of Creative Nonfiction. In addition to author readings, special mailings, and advertisements on its Web site, the journal will promote its issues by binding a subscription card into Poets and Writers magazine.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$60,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of contemporary poetry and fiction by writers from Latin America, Vietnam and Algeria. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings by international writers in bookstores, libraries, schools and community centers.

Divinity, Inc.
Florissant, MO
$5,000
To support the fifth annual Langston Hughes St. Louis/World Black Poetry Festival. Participating poets include Quincy Troupe, Rita Dove, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Reggie Gibson, Eugene B. Redmond and Yusef Komanyakaa.

Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and national distribution of books in the International Women's Writing Project. Works proposed for publication include Dance With a Poor Man's Daughter by South African author Pamela Jooste and Lindsey Collen's The Rape of Sita, a novel exploring the political and cultural landscape of Mauritian society.

Fence Magazine, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support production, promotion and related expenses, including artists' fees, for issues of Fence. The magazine will increase payments to contributors and advertise in journals such as Poets and Writers, American Poetry Review, Boston Review and Poetry Flash.

Fiction, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of a double issue of Fiction. The 330-page issue will include short stories, novel excerpts, translations and essays.

Gettysburg College (on behalf of Gettysburg Review)
Gettysburg, PA
$10,000
To support an increase in payments to contributors and promotional expenses for the Gettysburg Review. A direct mail campaign on behalf of the literary journal will target 50,000 potential readers across the country.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$55,000
To support the publication, promotion and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Katie Ford, Eamon Grennan, Natasha Trethewey, Nick Flynn, and Leslie Miller.

Guild Complex (on behalf of Tia Chucha Press)
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of volumes of poetry. Proposed books include The Poetry Deal by Diane DiPrima; a collection by a Chicago or Midwestern writer; and two books selected from minority communities.

Guild Complex
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 2002 Women Writers Series and Conference. Now in its 7th year, the program will consist of five readings held between April and September. It will conclude with a three day conference of lectures, panel discussions, open mike readings, workshops and keynote readings by Naomi Shihab Nye and Rosellen Brown.

Heyday Books (Clapperstick Institute)
Berkeley, CA
$9,500
To support Heyday Books's publication and related costs for an anthology of Hispanic, Latino and Chicano writers who have lived in or written about California. Co-edited by Francisco Jimenez and Juan Velasco, the anthology will include novel excerpts, short stories, letters, literary essays, autobiographies, reminiscences, interviews, journalism, theater pieces and poetry.

Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Inc.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
$7,500
To support the Literary Presentation Series, featuring live readings by distinguished writers, and Open Mike Nights, a series of readings by local regional poets and writers. The Literary Presentation Series will feature public readings at the restored Philipse Manor Railroad, the historic home of Washington Irving in Tarrytown, NY and at other educational institutions in Westchester County.

Illinois State University (on behalf of Unit for Contemporary Literature)
Normal, IL
$5,000
To support publication and promotion of issues of American Book Review. A direct mail campaign will target Associated Writing Programs' faculty lists, offering MFA graduates free, one-year subscriptions.

Indiana University (on behalf of Indiana Review)
Bloomington, IN
$5,000
To support publication and promotion of a special issue of Indiana Review featuring new work by writers of color. Scheduled contributors include Cornelius Eady, Virgil Suarez, Tina Chang, Carl Phillips, Timothy Liu and Terrence Hayes.

Kelsey Street Press
Berkeley, CA
$5,000
To support the production, promotion and related expenses, including artists' fees, of volumes of poetry by women. Titles include The Girl Riding Through the Story Garden by Patricia Dienstfrey; Nest by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge; and Frayed Edges, a collaboration between poet Ann Lauterbach and visual artist Ann Hamilton.

Lenoir-Rhyne College (consortium)
Hickory, NC
$5,000
To support the Word Wide: Writers of the Americas residency program, which will bring Leroy Quintana to counties throughout western North Carolina. The consortium will distribute 300 copies of his books to residency participants.

Loft, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support The Minnesota Program for Writers, which presents readings by established authors and provides mentors for emerging writers throughout the state. Mentors committed to the project include Victor Hernandez Cruz, Agymah Kamau, Dorianne Laux and Amy Bloom.

Louisiana State University (on behalf of Louisiana State University Press)
Baton Rouge, LA
$10,000
To support production costs and related expenses for books of poetry. Scheduled titles include Kelly Cherry's Rising Venus, Daniel Hoffman's Darkening Water, and Kathryn Stripling Byer's Catching Light.

Mad Alex Arts Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support artists' fees and related expenses for readings by emerging and well established writers in the New York City area. Previous guests include Jayne Cortez, Robert Creeley, David Henderson, Grace Paley, Ed Friedman, Kimiko Hahn, Gordon Lish, Lynne Tillman and Hugh Seidman.

Marygrove College
Detroit, MI
$5,000
To support a day of readings and workshops with Edwidge Danticat as part of the college's Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. The program will be promoted through direct mailings to more than 200,000 students and residents in downtown Detroit.

Mountain Writers Series
Portland, OR
$25,000
To support readings, residencies and special events throughout the Pacific Northwest region. Proposed authors include Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Ann Carson, W.S. DiPiero, Rita Dove, Mary Oliver, Carl Phillips, Anne Carson, Charles Simic and Sherman Alexie.

National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$7,500
To support publication costs for five poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open Competition. Chosen by distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by HarperCollins Publishers, Louisiana State University Press, Sun & Moon Press, the University of Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.

North Carolina State University (on behalf of Obsidian III)
Raleigh, NC
$8,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Obsidian III. The journal will increase its direct mail campaign with new lists and more frequent mailings.

Oakland Community College (on behalf of Witness)
Farmington Hills, MI
$5,000
To support the production and promotion of a special issue of Witness magazine on aging in America. The issue will feature work of writers such as Carol Bly, Stanley Kunitz, Robin Hemley, Kathleen Norris, George Garrett, Henry Taylor, Maxine Kumin, Joyce Carol Oates and Donald Hall.

Open City, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support publication and related costs, including artists' fees, for issues of Open City. New issues will include fiction, poetry, and essays from ethnically diverse contributors such as Ariel Leve, Paco Brown, Vince Passaro, Honor Moore and Will Eno.

Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the publication and national circulation of issues of Ploughshares to 6,000 readers across the country. The winter 2002-03 and spring 2003 issues will feature new work by 70 poets and 12 fiction writers.

Poetry Center of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the Annual Reading Series of nationally renowned writers, and the Discover Reading Series, featuring monthly readings by Chicago poets in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago. Scheduled participants include Andre Codrescu, Billy Collins, Thomas Lynch, Lisel Mueller and James Tate.

Poetry Flash (consortium)
Berkeley, CA
$7,000
To support the seventh annual Watershed Festival set in the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in downtown Berkeley. The festival features a day of readings by poets and writers such as Joy Harjo, Jane Hirschfield, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kay Ryan, Diane di Prima, Gary Snyder, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jim Dodge and Brenda Hillman.

Poetry in Review Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the publication, promotion and related expenses of issues of Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Proposed authors include Mary Karr, Marjorie Perloff, Eric Ormsby, William Logan, Marilyn Chin, David Barber, Thomas M. Disch, Helene J.F. de Aguilar and Jay Ladin.

Poetry Project, Ltd.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Monday Night and Wednesday Night Reading and Performance Series, which will feature live presentations by more than 100 poets and performers. Writers under consideration include Paul Auster, Amiri Baraka, Carolyn Chute, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Barbara Guest, Rick Moody and U Sam Oeur.

Sheep Meadow Press
Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry, and translations of established foreign poets. The press will organize author readings and advertise in magazines such as Crossroads, Parnassus, The New York Review of Books, American Poetry Review and Poets and Writers.

Symphony Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story. The project is a series of live readings featuring classic and new short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors.

Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of the Threepenny Review. Featuring work by 100 established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted through a direct mail subscription campaign targeting 100,000 readers.

University of Chicago (on behalf of Chicago Review)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support publication, promotion and related expenses, including translators' fees, for an issue of Chicago Review devoted to new writing in German since 1989. The issue will feature poetry, prose, essays, verse, reviews and interviews by more than 70 German-language writers, including previously untranslated writers from the generation that has emerged since German unification.

University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa)
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
To support publication, promotion, distribution and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues will feature new writing from Korea, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands and include poetry and prose by American writers from diverse cultural backgrounds.

University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Público Press)
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support publication and promotion of anthologies of works by Latino authors. Featured authors will read at more than 180 venues nationwide, including libraries, community centers, trade shows, inner-city schools, and alternative schools for at-risk youth.

University of Iowa (on behalf of University of Iowa Press)
Iowa City, IA
$8,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for two winning selections from the Iowa Short Fiction Award competition. Titles will be selected by Barry Hannah, author of High Lonesome.

University of Maine (on behalf of National Poetry Foundation)
Orono, ME
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of new volumes of poetry as part of the foundation's Contemporary Poets Series. Scheduled titles include two book-length poems by Theodore Enslin, Axes and Ranger; and the Collected Poems of Joanne Kyger, 1957-1990.

University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$18,000
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. The magazine will enhance its Web site, increase authors' fees, and target 50,000 potential readers through a national direct mail campaign.

University of Nevada at Las Vegas
(on behalf of University of Las Vegas Press)
Las Vegas, NV
$10,000
To support publication and promotion of poetry titles by University of Nevada Press. The press will schedule readings and classroom visits for each author throughout the state, and will promote its author events via direct mail and on its Web site.

White Pine, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of titles in the World of Voices Project. White Pine will partner with the Buffalo School System and Just Buffalo Literary Center to bring its authors and books to local high schools and colleges.

Women's Review, Inc.
Wellesley, MA
$12,000
To support the publication and promotion of special issues of The Women's Review of Books. The issues will include fiction, poetry, essays, critical analyses and personal narratives by women who identify themselves as members of a diaspora.

Woodland Pattern Book Center, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support a series of readings, exhibits and workshops in Milwaukee's inner city. Scheduled authors include Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Michael Harper, Anselm Hollo, Fanny Howe, Ed Roberson, Kathleen Fraser, Juan Filipe Herrera, Myung Mi Kim, Joanne Kygar and James Welch.

Xavier University of Louisiana Audubon Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$15,000
To support readers' fees, promotion and related expenses for a reading series targeting African American students and community members. Scheduled participants include E. Ethelbert Miller, Dorianne Laux, Harryette Mullen, Bruce Weigl, Lenard D. Moore, Peggy Shumaker, David Brendan Hopes and Henry Taylor.

Zephyr Press (Aspect, Inc.)
Brookline, MA
$15,000
To support the translation, publication and promotion of contemporary literature from China and Poland. Zephyr Press will publish an anthology of contemporary Polish poets and arrange bilingual readings of featured authors in communities with large Polish American populations.

ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support publication, promotion and related costs, including authors' fees, for issues of Zyzzyva, a magazine featuring the work of West Coast writers. Each issue includes approximately 20 writers, one-third of whom have never been in print.

LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES

Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$23,000
To support a master artist residencies series designed to offer professional visual artists the opportunity to work in non-studio settings. The master artists selected for this initial residency are John Scott, Lin Emery and Helen Escobedo.

Churchill Arts Council
Fallon, NV
$15,000
To support a performing and visual arts series for the benefit of residents of northern Nevada and surrounding areas. The series will include performing and visual arts events offering a wide variety of cultural traditions and aesthetics.

City of El Paso Arts Resources Dept.
El Paso, TX
$10,000
To support the World on a String Guitar Festival, including performances and master classes. Guitarists Paul Galbraith, Berta Rojas, Andrew York, Brian Gore, Peppino D'Agostino and Laurence Juber will perform at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater drawing audiences from New Mexico and Mexico.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the World Views Visual Arts Residency. Until the events of September 11, the program operated on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center's Tower One. An alternative site is being explored.

Quad City Arts, Inc.
Rock Island, IL
$18,000
To support the Visiting Artist Series. This series will include internationally acclaimed artists performing and in residence at venues in a six-county area of Illinois and Iowa.

MEDIA ARTS

911 Media Arts Center
Seattle, WA
$17,500
To support the Artists-in-Residence Program. Through equipment access and technical support, the program nurtures emerging and established artists in the creative use of new technologies.

African Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the exhibition and tour of a series of films from Africa. The theme of the 2002 festival is "The Next Generation: African Cinema Today."

American Film Institute, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the Directing Workshop for Women. Each year, this program provides individuals with the necessary skills and portfolio to enter the directing field.

American Indian Film Institute
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 2002 annual American Indian Film Festival and the quarterly film journal Indian Cinema Entertainment. At the 27th anniversary festival, documentaries and feature films will be presented along with work by emerging Native filmmakers.

American Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
$15,000
To support a curated film series of contemporary cinematographers.

Ancestral Films, Inc.
Houston, TX
$5,000
To support the fourth Houston Pan-Cultural Film Festival. Held biannually, this event will focus on the work of American independent filmmakers and emerging directors from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Ann Arbor Film Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
$15,000
To support the 40th Ann Arbor Film Festival and its national tour. Over 125 films will be presented to an audience of over 21,000 people in Michigan and the states to which the festival tours.

Art Institute of Chicago for the Video Data Bank
(on behalf of the Film Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support Showcasing American Independent and International Cinema. This curated film series will present 35 contemporary and classic films to Chicago audiences in the newly constructed Gene Siskel Film Center.

Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the 2002 Asian American International Film Festival and its national tour. After its run in New York, the festival will travel to 10 sites throughout the United States including Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Pennsylvania.

Asian Media Access
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support the seventh annual Chinese Film Showcase. The curated film series will feature films and videos from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.

Aspen Filmfest (Independent Films)
Aspen, CO
$10,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

Atlantic Public Media, Inc.
Woods Hole, MA
$40,000
To support www.Transom.org. The project is a public radio/Internet initiative designed to foster new and artistic audio artworks.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the presentation of underrepresented works of cinema spanning more than 100 years of film history. Over 135 films will be shown to an estimated audience of 34,000 people.

Austin Film Society (on behalf of Passage Productions)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Susanne Mason. Let It Roll: A History of the Texas Penitentiary recounts the inmate-led revolt against prison conditions in Texas during the 1960s and 1970s.

Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the Artist Equipment Access Program. The program provides training, technical assistance and equipment access services to artists and independent producers.

Berks Filmmakers, Inc.
Reading, PA
$10,000
To support the exhibition of several curated film and video series. Programs will include presentations by filmmakers, avant-garde cinema, documentary and animation work, and screenings of films by artists from the region.

Boston Film Video Foundation, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support professional and artistic development opportunities for media artists in New England. Through a comprehensive media arts education program, the New England Film and Video Festival, and works-in-progress screenings (Rough Cuts), the foundation provides a full range of services to its constituents.

Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Independent Feature Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the Onion City Film Festival. The Independent Film and Video Festival places special emphasis on documentary and experimental films and video and the Onion City Film Festival is dedicated to experimental work.

Cinema Arts Centre (New Community Cinema)
Huntington, NY
$10,000
To support The Weekend Mini-Focus Series: A Journey Across Four Continents. The curated film series will showcase American independents, African/African American cinema, films from the Peoples Republic of China, and Latino/Hispanic work.

Cleveland Film Society
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
To support the 26th annual Cleveland International Film Festival, including the fifth annual Midwest Independent Filmmakers Conference. Held in the spring, the event presents current work from around the world along with educational programs to increase the audience's understanding of, and appreciation for, the art form.

Community Media Productions, Inc.
Yellow Springs, OH
$50,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary series produced by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. Intended for national broadcast on PBS, A Lion in the House follows five families whose lives are transformed when each family learns one of their children has cancer.

DC Productions, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the production of a series of radio documentaries by Dan Collison. Waiting It Out will follow the stories of Americans whose lives are in transition.

Four Oaks Foundation (on behalf of DocuClub)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the exhibition of documentary films. DocuClub's mission is to facilitate filmmakers in the making of their documentaries by providing a supportive community to screen, provide feedback, and assist in the completion and distribution of the work.

EBS Productions, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the 2002 International Film Financing Conference. This annual event encourages and increases collaborations between American producers and international film production entities.

Experimental Television Center, Ltd.
Newark Valley, NY
$10,000
To support a year-long residency program for media artists from throughout the United States. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$60,000
To support the annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children throughout the year.

Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$57,000
To support the Artist to Artist project. This mentorship program will encourage emerging and mid-career artists to connect with more established media-makers to further develop their skills.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Nathaniel Dorsky Film & Video)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the production of an experimental silent film by Nathaniel Dorsky. This new work will explore the meaning of devotion.

Film Arts Foundation (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the Ninth Street Media Arts consortium, a project in which four media arts organizations, all housed in the same building, will share resources, staff and facilities. Already viewed as a national model of partnership, the consortium will formalize its processes to include joint decision-making, governance and program delivery.

Film Arts Foundation
(on behalf of Wadi Rum Films & Little Dust Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$55,000
To support post-production costs for a documentary film by Roko Belic, Jazmine Dellal and Adrian Belic. Freedom Writers is a story about a low-income high school English class and its extraordinary teacher.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Locomotion Films)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the production of an experimental documentary film by Jay Rosenblatt. Phantom Limb will be about loss and grief.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Waveland Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support production, post-production and distribution costs for a documentary program by John Hewitt. Smokestack Lightnin' tells the story of the blues artist Chester Arthur Burnett, also known as Howlin' Wolf.

Film Forum (Moving Image, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
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.

Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
$40,000
To support three curated film series. A New Wind from the East will showcase films from India, Egypt and South Korea.

Film/Video Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Internship Program. Each year, Film/Video Arts provides emerging artists with mentoring opportunities, training and access to equipment.

Foundation for Independent Video and Film
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the publication of The Independent Film and Video Monthly and maintenance of its on-line companion resource. This nationally distributed magazine provides information on all aspects of independent film and video production including practical, esthetic and scholarly articles.

Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$16,000
To support the presentation of a film series. Modern Masters of Lesbian and Gay Cinema will feature the works of six filmmakers who have influenced lesbian and gay media for the past quarter-century.

Harvard University (on behalf of Harvard Film Archive)
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the presentation of two film retrospectives. One will focus on the work of the German director Werner Schroeter, and the other on the Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha.

Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute
Hot Springs, AR
$7,500
To support the 2002 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Attended by over 16,000 people, the festival is dedicated to the art of nonfiction film.

Independent Eye, Ltd.
Sebastopol, CA
$5,000
To support the production of two radio programs by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller. Hitchhiking Off the Map will combine documentary and drama techniques to explore transformations in people's lives.

Independent Feature Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Independent Feature Film Market. Held in the fall, this six-day conference provides independent filmmakers from across the country the opportunity to present their work to the industry.

Independent Feature Project/West
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the 2002 Los Angeles Film Festival. Over 100 films, including dramatic features, documentaries, shorts and music videos, will be presented.

Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc., Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the 26th Atlanta Film and Video Festival. The event presents the best of current independent film and video to an audience of approximately 13,000 people.

International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the 18th Chicago Latino Film Festival. Over a 10-day period, Chicago Latino Cinema exhibits the work of directors of Ibero or Latin American descent, as well as films directly related to Latino culture.

iotaCenter (Iota Fund)
Los Angeles, CA
$16,000
To support Kinetica 4, a traveling film exhibition program. The project will primarily feature films by Jordan Belson and James Whitney.

Kitchen Sisters Productions
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support the production of Lost & Found Sound & Beyond, a collection of new radio stories by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (aka the Kitchen Sisters). Exploring American life through recorded sound, the works will be aired on National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

L.A. Freewaves
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support Appropriate/Appropriated, the eighth celebration of independent video and new media. The biannual event will include work by artists creating single channel work, installations, CD-ROMs and innovative Web sites.

Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$5,000
To support the ninth annual San Diego Latino Film Festival. The films and videos exhibited must be produced by Latinos or be about the Latino experience.

Millennium Film Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,500
To support the exhibition of experimental film and video art and the provision of filmmaking workshops. Exhibition programs will feature the work of avant-garde cinema and video from the U.S. and abroad.

National Asian American Telecommunications Association
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The 10-day event showcases the work of new Asian Pacific American film and video makers.

National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Hempstead, NY
$10,000
To support the annual Audio Theatre Workshop. The series of classes trains audio artists from across the country in script writing, performance for radio, and technical skills development to produce innovative live radio drama.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Only Child Motion Pictures)
$15,000
New York, NY
To support production and post-production costs for a documentary produced by Ira Wohl and Katie Cadigan. John Cadigan will direct People Say I'm Crazy.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Nobody's Girls)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support finishing costs for a documentary on the children's opera Brundibar, produced by Mirra Bank. The dance company Pilobolus and author/illustrator Maurice Sendak are collaborating to revive the opera. The film will track its development from rehearsals through premiere.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lumiere Productions)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support research and development costs for a documentary series by Ali Pomeroy, Cal Skaggs and David Van Taylor. To Tell the Truth will explore the history of nonfiction film, shedding light on the art of filmmaking itself and on the way documentarians have helped shape popular history.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Mrex Productions)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support post-production costs for an experimental documentary by Reiko Tahara. Enmyoin tells the story of a 95-year old Japanese female Buddhist priest.

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$5,000
To support Weekend Rarities, a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director retrospectives and thematic programming.

One Reel
Seattle, WA
$5,000
To support the 1 Reel Film Festival. Dedicated to showcasing the works of contemporary American filmmakers who work in short format, the event takes place during the annual Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival.

Pittsburgh Film Makers, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support an experimental film forum during the annual Three Rivers Film Festival. The initiative will enable experimental filmmakers to share their work and ideas with each other and the audience.

San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support On The Edge, a series of residencies for artists, scholars and curators focusing on experimental cinema. Each residency will be one week long, with lectures, workshops, panels and screenings.

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 2002 Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to Jewish-subject films, will be held in July and August of 2002 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Marin County.

Scribe Video Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$35,000
To support Scribe's workshop program. Classes assist independent artists, community organizations and the interested novice in understanding the language and craft of storytelling through film and electronic media technology.

Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$5,000
To support the 2002 Nashville Independent Film Festival. The event features student films and videos, documentaries, narrative films and experimental work.

Southern California Asian American Studies Central, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support the 17th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival. Held in the summer, the event is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian international and Asian Pacific American film and video work.

Southwestern Alternate Media Projects, Inc.
Houston, TX
$25,000
To support the production and statewide distribution of The Territory. As the longest running public television showcase of media art in the United States, the 13-part series presents independent film and video works to over 12 million viewers throughout Texas.

Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, CA
$5,000
To support the Screenwriters Program. The eight-day workshop is centered on the essence of storytelling and provides participants with an understanding of the language and grammar of film necessary for a clear, readable and intelligent script.

Standby Program, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the provision of state-of-the-art, broadcast-quality, post-production video equipment to artists and independent producers. Standby's access program is a unique model of collaboration between a nonprofit arts organization and privately owned businesses.

Sundance Institute for Film and Television
Salt Lake City, UT
$110,000
To support the Feature Film Program and the House of Docs. The Feature Film Program offers emerging screenwriters, directors, producers and composers the support and resources needed to successfully develop new creative work; the House of Docs nurtures nonfiction storytelling.

Taos Talking Pictures, Inc.
Taos, NM
$7,500
To support the Taos Talking Picture Film Festival and related activities. The event is held in the spring and showcases films by independent filmmakers working in all genres, including narrative, experimental and documentary.

Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$18,000
To support the 2002 Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Over 60 organizations throughout the United States host the festival each year, and it draws over 800 entries annually from all over the country.

University of California at Berkeley
(on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support 50 Years of Bay Area Avant-Garde Film and Video. This curated, two-part exhibition series will present a comprehensive overview of the Bay Area's contribution to experimental cinema.

Video Association of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$10,000
To support the 16th Annual Dallas Video Festival. Over a five-day period, the event will present classic work programmed with new video art.

Washington, DC International Film Festival
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the 2002 Washington, DC International Film Festival. Held annually in the spring, the event includes free films for children, senior citizens and underserved communities.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

'A 'A Arts
Honolulu, HI
$8,000
To support a special issue of the journal Chain and a related reading/talk series dedicated to the theme of dialogue. This project will feature a series of discussions between prominent artists from diverse cultures whose work addresses similar concerns.

33 Fainting Spells
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the creation of Dirty Work. The project will encompass both movement research and 16mm filmmaking.

Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$8,000
To support ArtSci2002. This international symposium will promote new forms of collaboration between artists and scientists.

Centrum Foundation
Port Townsend, WA
$30,000
To support the expansion of Centrum's residency program. Through this project, Centrum will convert its current print center to non-toxic materials, host an international residency with Mexican and Latino artists, and develop a theater residency program.

Chatham Baroque, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$5,000
To support a program of Spanish baroque music and dance. The project will be performed in collaboration with two dancers, a harpist and a percussionist.

Circum-Arts Foundation, Inc. (on behalf of MOSAIC)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support phase two of the Twentieth Century Music Project. This new music and dance work will be a collaborative effort among MOSAIC, Donald Byrd/The Group, composers Steve Mackey and Tania Leon, and video artist Star Reese.

Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
$18,000
To support one-month residencies for professional artists. In 2002, 10 artists will come from across the United States for residencies that offer uninterrupted time and private space for experimentation and creation.

DiverseWorks, Inc.
Houston, TX
$45,000
To support the artist residency program DiverseDialogues and the commissioning and presentation of new works. The project will bring nationally recognized artists to Houston to engage the community in the creation of new work.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
$20,000
To support one-month residencies for artists during the 2002 season. The project will provide studios, living accommodations, meals and professional support for 10 media artists, visual artists, choreographers and composers.

Eos Music, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the production of Master Peter's Puppet Show. This fully staged puppet opera, featuring puppeteer Basil Twist, will be performed at three venues as part of the seventh Festival of New Puppetry.

Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support production residencies for Chicago-area artists through the Artists' Residency Program. Six 40-hour residencies will be offered in 2002 for the completion of works in four categories: Sound Works, Performing Arts Collaboration, Soundtrack Design for Film and Video, and Creative Use of Radio.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc.
Provincetown, MA
$25,000
To support the Winter Residency Program. The program will provide 20 emerging writers and visual artists with housing, studios and modest monthly stipend for a seven-month period.

Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the development of professional writers in all genres. This three-part project will feature writing workshops, a reading series of original plays for stage and screen, and the 30th annual Black Roots Festival of Poetry, Prose, Drama and Music.

GAle GAtes et al.
Brooklyn, NY
$8,000
To support the production and presentation of Wine-Blue-Open-Water. This performance/installation will offer audiences an immersive theatrical environment based on Homer's Odyssey.

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
El Cerrito, CA
$30,000
To support the restaging and touring of Kawit Legong: Prince Karma's Dream. This large scale dramatic work will combine Balinese dance, music and shadow puppetry.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
San Antonio, TX
$50,000
To support phase one of the S.A/L.A. Project, a cultural exchange between artists from West San Antonio and East Los Angeles. In the first year of the project, Los Angeles artists will partner with local artists in San Antonio for a series of presentations and residencies for local youth.

Hallwalls, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support the Hallwalls Artist-in-Residence Project. The project will enable two visual artists, one media artist, and one jazz musician to create and present new works.

Harvestworks, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Artists' Access Program in digital media. The program will provide artists with studio residencies, classes and public presentation of work.

Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito, CA
$35,000
To support the U.S. Artists-in-Residence Program and associated public programs. The project will provide three-month residences for up to 30 artists and 15-20 educational programs for artists and audiences.

Interfaze Educational Productions (on behalf of Warzinake Productions)
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
To support Archeology of Memory: Three Cantos. The multidisciplinary project based on the memories of Chilean exiles living in the United States will involve the composition and recording of a musical suite and the publication of a book.

Jack Straw Productions
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support audio art residencies for the creation and presentation of new work. The program will make Jack Straw studios and facilities available to Northwest artists from a variety of disciplines.

Junebug Productions, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the completion, premiere and tour of Like Poison Ivy. This multimedia play will be rewritten for a premiere in New Orleans and subsequent performances in five additional cities.

Kulintang Arts
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the commissioning of Heroes, a performance work based on escrima (a style of Pilipino martial arts). The project will be presented as part of the Post-Modern American Pilipino Performance Project.

La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural and Community Arts Projects
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Museum of Fetish-ized Identity. This original performance/installation piece by Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Juan Ybarra will premiere in San Francisco in 2002.

MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Peterborough, NH
$25,000
To support residencies for artists from a variety of disciplines. Through this project, artists will be provided with a studio and room and board for five weeks in order to foster the creation of new works of art.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
To support a series of performances by artists in various disciplines as part of the 2002 National Black Arts Festival. The performances will include commissions, residency activities, workshops and educational forums.

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
Staten Island, NY
$12,000
To support new commissioned work and the continued development of the Turbulence Web site. The project will provide for the creation and distribution of six new works of Internet based art by national artists and assist in the maintenance of the Web site.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Bill Shannon/Crutch Productions)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of an interdisciplinary dance piece. The evening-length work will incorporate hip-hop dance, film projection and music.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Picture Projects)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the traveling exhibition 360degrees: Perspective on the U.S. Criminal Justice System. This multimedia installation will explore the historical context of the criminal justice system.

NewTown Pasadena Foundation
Pasadena, CA
$8,000
To support the presentation of two public art projects. On the Bowl, a large scale exhibition of new media projections, and Art InTents 2, an outdoor event featuring site-specific installations and performances, will take place at city-owned venues.

Northwest Asian American Theatre
Seattle, WA
$9,000
To support the final residency of the International Artists Program. This project will focus on the creation of a collaborative multimedia sound and movement theater work by Byron Au Yong and Lee Swee Keong.

Painted Bride Art Center
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support Asiatopia, a month-long festival celebrating the art of Asian Americans. The event will include visual art, dance, and music components and educational residencies.

Painted Bride Art Center (on behalf of Spoken Hand)
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support Flammable Contents: ZH/RH/SH. This project will bring together composer Zakir Hussain, hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris, and Spoken Hand (a 15-member handing drumming orchestra) to create and perform a new work.

Performance Space 122, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support art performance/performance art. Through this new initiative six artists will be commissioned to create new works that emphasize visual elements.

Performing Arts Chicago
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the PAC Studio. This theater/movement series will present performances by the Builders Association, Richard Maxwell, Elevator Repair Service and Anne Bogart/SITI Company, and include residencies and lecture/demonstrations.

Portland Taiko
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the Rock the Boat Project. This collaboration of Portland Taiko, Asian American theater duo Eth-Noh-Tec, and master drummer Kenny Endo will fuse taiko (the Japanese word for drum), theater and performance art.

ShadowLight Productions
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the world premiere of Californio. This new shadow-theater performance piece will focus on Latino identity and heritage in California.

Spoleto Festival USA (consortium)
Charleston, SC
$40,000
To support the restaging of Meredith Monk's 1976 work Quarry. The project will include a choir of outstanding voices from local schools and arts organizations.

Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, SC
$60,000
To support the 2002 Spoleto Festival USA. The event will include dance, opera and theater performances; a visual arts exhibition; and jazz, chamber, orchestral and new music series.

Squonk Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$18,000
To support the development and national tour of Hell, a multimedia, music theater work. The production will combine projected movies, installations, live music and puppetry.

St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
To support the 2002 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 puppet theater works.

The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support The Sidney Kahn Summer Institute. Students and young professionals in the performing and media arts will receive intensive training in the design and development of multimedia work.

University of New Mexico Main Campus
(on behalf of the Arts Technology Center)
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support residencies by artists to create new work utilizing high performance computing and virtual reality software. The participants will collaborate with scientists and engineers to explore the artistic development of three-dimensional virtual reality software.

Wexner Center Foundation
Columbus, OH
$85,000
To support the commissioning of visual, performing and media art works. This project is a part of the Wexner Center for the Arts' ongoing artists residency program that provides financial, technical and professional support for the creation, completion and/or presentation of art.

Writers' League of Texas (on behalf of Cinematexas)
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the Austin Eye+Ear Performance Series. Through a combination of performances, premieres and a commission, the event will bring contemporary new music and performance art to Austin-area audiences.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support residencies for artists of multiple disciplines. Artists-in-residence in the visual arts, performing arts, film and video will be given the opportunity to develop new work, reformulate existing works and engage in a variety of education and community programs.

MUSEUMS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo Fine Arts Academy)
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani (1840-1920), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major Modigliani exhibition in the United States in more than 40 years.

Art Institute of Chicago for the Video Data Bank
Chicago, IL
$90,000
To support the touring exhibition Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major exhibition to feature works of art from the entire Himalayan region, including India, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan.

Asia Society
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the exhibition The New Way of Tea, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Organized with the Japan Society in New York, the exhibition will examine the teahouses and utensils associated with the tea ceremony juxtaposed with new works by contemporary artists who have been inspired by the tea ceremony.

Asia Society (consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the exhibition Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-76, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first comprehensive international exhibition of the art of 16th-century Iran and will include some rarely seen objects from public and private collections from around the world.

Bellevue Art Museum
Bellevue, WA
$15,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of contemporary Chicano painter Alfredo Arreguin, with accompanying bilingual catalogue, education programs and a residency. This will be the first retrospective of the Arreguin's work, covering the last 30 years.

Bowdoin College (on behalf of the Museum of Art)
Brunswick, ME
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition examining how late 19th and late 20th century representations of the ghost in visual art functioned metaphorically for both anxiety and optimism at the time of radical technological innovation. The exhibition will include the work of 19th-century photographers and contemporary artists working in a variety of media.

Cleveland Museum of Art (consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$65,000
To support the exhibition Magna Grecia: Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Organized with the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida, the exhibition features masterworks that have never before been seen in America.

Columbia University in the City of New York
(on behalf of Wallach Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support an exhibition of the work of Mexican artist Fernando Leal (1896-1964) with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Leal was an influential member of the Mexican avant-garde throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Louisiana artist Douglas Bourgeois (b. 1951), with accompanying catalogue. This will be the first mid-career survey of Bourgeois' paintings.

Cornell University
(on behalf of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art)
Ithaca, NY
$25,000
To support the touring exhibition Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue will celebrate the centennial of Byrdcliffe, a colony founded as a center for artists and craftsmen in Woodstock, NY in 1902.

Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support an exhibition of the work of Dutch artist Michael Sweerts (1618-1664), with accompanying education programs. The exhibition is being organized in collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Denver Art Museum
Denver, CO
$45,000
To support the touring exhibition Painting a New World: Mexican Colonial Art 1521-1821, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will explore the complex society of colonial Mexico through the presentation and interpretation of paintings that depict the diverse cultural forces at work during this period.

Des Moines Art Center (Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.)
Des Moines, IA
$45,000
To support a public art project and exhibition of the work of contemporary English artist Andy Goldsworthy. Titled Three Cairns, the project involves collaboration with two other East and West Coast American venues.

Dia Center for the Arts
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the next phase in the completion of American artist James Turrell's Roden Crater project. Turrell is in the process of transforming a crater into a monumental work of art that relates to changing experiences of the surrounding environment, sky and land.

Drawing Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the touring exhibition Ocean Flowers and Ferns: Botanical (Photogenic) Drawings, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will feature hand drawn natural history illustrations and experimental botanical photograms from the mid-19th century.

Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To support artists residencies to create installations for the museum's collection of science exhibitions. The project will include a symposium of artists and scientists to discuss the implications of their artwork and its relation to the latest research in biology.

Fabric Workshop and Museum
Philadelphia, PA
$65,000
To support the Fabric Workshop Museum's artist-in-residence program. The program provides a workshop for experimentation by contemporary artists who may or may not have considered fabric as a part of their work.

Friends of the Schindler House
Los Angeles, CA
$17,000
To support the exhibition Houses and Artists. The exhibition will consist of up to 12 houses designed by contemporary artists in collaboration with the New York-based architecture firm Open Office.

Harvard University (on behalf of the Harvard University Art Museums)
Cambridge, MA
$25,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Italian artist Medardo Rosso (1858-1928), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Rosso is a key figure in the development of modern sculpture.

Heckscher Museum
Huntington, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition Out of the Shadows: Helen Torr: A Retrospective, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will place the work of this modernist painter, long overshadowed by her husband, artist Arthur Dove, in a brighter light.

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
San Marino, CA
$20,000
To support the presentation of a retrospective of British artist George Romney (1734-1802), with accompanying education programs. Organized by the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England, the exhibition will mark the bi-centenary of Romney's death.

Jewish Museum
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition New York: Capital of Photography, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will highlight the role that Jewish photographers played in the development of the genre known as "street photography" and the impact of their work on the perception of New York City.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Museum Associates)
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the exhibition Noh and Kyogen Theater in Japan, with accompanying catalogue and exhibition programs. The exhibition is being co-organized with the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the exhibition The Timeless Genius of Leonardo da Vinci, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition will reintroduce American audiences to this icon of artistic, humanistic, scientific and technological genius on a broader scale than ever before in this country.

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support two exhibitions and a youth-based, mural-making training program. The exhibitions are Los Tres Grandes: Orozco, Rivera, Siquieros, and a group show of local artists' work.

Museum of American Folk Art
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a touring exhibition drawn from the Museum's permanent collection, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. Works dating from the colonial period to the present will be included.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of drawings by American artist Willem de Kooning, with accompanying catalogue. The exhibition will highlight de Kooning's most significant abstract renderings of the female form.

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will focus on Kelly's figure/ground paintings of the late 1950s and mid-1960s.

Museum of Craft & Folk Art
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the exhibition Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will bring together the work of the first generation of Native American studio glass artists for the first time.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
$110,000
To support a touring exhibition on the history of Japanese photography, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is being co-organized with the Japan Foundation, Tokyo.

New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a series of new media presentations by contemporary artists in the Media Z Lounge. The Lounge programs investigate the impact of digital media on contemporary visual culture.

New York University (on behalf of Grey Art Gallery)
New York, NY
$27,000
To support a retrospective exhibition of the work of American artist Nancy Burson, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition is being organized in collaboration with the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston.

North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$50,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of Dutch artist Jan Miense Molenaer (ca.1610 1668), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will be organized around the museum's own Molenaer painting, The Dentist from 1629.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Long Island City, NY
$30,000
To support the presentation of the exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994, with accompanying education programs. The exhibition explores the political, philosophical, cultural and social developments that led to the dismantling of colonialism in Africa through a program of artwork, film, photography, music, literature and performances by 57 artists.

Paris Gibson Square, Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$16,000
To support an exhibition of the work of American artist Patrick Zentz, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine the influence of Montana's vast landscape in Zentz's sculpture.

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support an exhibition of the work of American artist Barnett Newman. The exhibition is being organized in association with the Tate Gallery, London.

Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the creation of a new work by Beijing-based artist Feng Mengbo, with accompanying catalogue, education programs and conference titled Playing by the Rules: The Cultural Policy and Challenges of Video Games. The new work, entitled QU4, is a digital piece that uses the medium of the video game as a teaching tool, creative outlet and source of entertainment.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
(on behalf of the High Museum of Art)
Atlanta, GA
$50,000
To support the touring exhibition After Whistler, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first exhibition to show James McNeill Whistler's influence on American art, as well as the first major exhibition of his work in the Southeast.

Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support planning for the exhibition A Walking Shadow: Ritual Art from New Ireland. The museum plans to present the most comprehensive exhibition to date to focus on the art of this Western Pacific island group.

Santa Monica Museum of Art
Santa Monica, CA
$12,000
To support the touring exhibition Unusual Behavior: The Art of Richard Jackson, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will survey the work of this Los Angeles-based artist's 40-year career, including his wall paintings, stacked canvas works and painting machines.

Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
$45,000
To support the exhibition Long Steps Never Broke a Back: Art from Africa in America, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will draw primarily from the museum's permanent collection, while collaborations with advisors, African artists and community organizations will shape installations and interpretations of the artwork.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Center
New York, NY
$45,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist James Rosenquist, with accompanying education programs. This will be the first survey of this internationally recognized artist's work since 1972.

St. Bonaventure University (on behalf of Quick Art Center)
St. Bonaventure, NY
$10,000
To support the exhibition Projection Grand Piano, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This exhibition will feature the work of American artist/musician Ken Butler, specifically an interactive audio-visual assemblage sculpture of reconfigured objects, machine parts and other audio-visual items made of wood, metal and plastic.

Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Prints, Drawings, and Paintings, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This exhibition will present for the first time a full survey of this Dutch artist's work.

University of California at Los Angeles, Regents of
(on behalf of the Fowler Museum of Cultural History)
Los Angeles, CA
$27,000
To support the touring exhibition Apartheid and After: The Art of Willie Bester, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This exhibition will be the first retrospective to trace the work and career of this contemporary South African artist.

University of Colorado at Boulder
(on behalf of the Art Galleries)
Boulder, CO
$25,000
To support a touring exhibition of the work of American artist Leslie Dill, with accompanying catalogue, artist residency, community art project and choral performance. In collaboration with Naropa University and Ars Nova Singers, the University of Colorado will present another of Dill's community-oriented, interactive public art projects.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
(on behalf of the Weisman Art Museum)
Minneapolis, MN
$55,000
To support the touring exhibition On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th-Century American Art, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This will be the first major exhibition and publication to explore the art inspired by the visual culture of American popular entertainment from 1890 to 1930.

University of North Texas (on behalf of the Art Gallery)
Denton, TX
$24,500
To support the Silkroad to Pophighway project which will involve the creation and installation of work by artist Wenda Gu, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. This project, jointly developed between the Art Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art and Kansas City Art Institute, will demonstrate Gu's interpretation of the relationship between China and the West, past and present.

University of Rochester (on behalf of the Memorial Art Gallery)
Rochester, NY
$20,000
To support the touring exhibition George Bellows at Woodstock (1920-24), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will examine this short period in Bellows' career during which his work was influenced by the extremities of realism and abstraction, as well as the landscapes and communities of Woodstock.

University of South Florida (on behalf of the Contemporary Art Museum)
Tampa, FL
$15,000
To support the touring exhibition Contemporary Art and the African Lens, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. In collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand/
Gertrude Posel Gallery in Johannesburg, USF will create an exhibition that will explore the multifaceted concept of diaspora and African identity through contemporary photography and lens-based media.

University of Texas at Arlington (on behalf of The Gallery)
Arlington, TX
$16,000
To support the touring exhibition Stories Your Mother Never Told You: A Survey of Photography and Text by Celia Alvarez Munoz, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will present a 20 year-survey of Munoz's work and will focus on the intersection of the artist's personal memories with her Chicana perspective.

University of Wisconsin at Madison
(on behalf of the Elvehjem Museum of Art)
$16,000
Madison, WI
To support the touring exhibition Contemporary Studio Cabinetry: The Inside Story, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The presentation of the exhibition will coincide with the National Furniture Society's annual conference in Madison and will include case furniture by 38 international artists.

Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the touring exhibition The Paintings of Joan Mitchell, with accompanying catalogue. This is a major retrospective that will cover the artist's entire career, from the early works of 1949 until her death in 1992.

Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA
$20,000
To support the planning stage for the touring exhibition Roots and Legacies in African American Art, with accompanying catalogue and education programs. The exhibition will trace the development of African American painting, sculpture, collage and printmaking through the 20th century and will focus on African American artists' responses to African art and Cubism.

MUSIC

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Albany, NY
$20,000
To support Composing the Future, a multi-faceted project celebrating American composers and their music. The Albany Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and two smaller ensembles made up of ASO musicians will commission, present and record for national distribution the music of established and emerging American composers.

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the expansion of the innova® Recordings label. This project will broaden American Composer Forum's recording services to composers and performers.

American Composers Orchestra, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Emerging American Composers Project, featuring composers of diverse racial and stylistic backgrounds in commissioning and performances of new works, as well as outreach and residency activities. The orchestra will perform several world premieres in concerts at Carnegie Hall and will continue its new music reading sessions.

Amherst Saxophone Society, Inc.
Williamsville, NY
$5,000
To support the presentation of music for saxophone quartet. Performances will take place at a church in Buffalo, NY, at Slee Concert Hall on the campus of SUNY/Buffalo and in front of a live radio audience at WBFO-FM studios.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$15,000
To support Sing for the Cure, a work for chorus, orchestra and narrator. The Baltimore Choral Arts Society Chorus and Orchestra will give this work its Maryland premiere at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.

Bang on a Can, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the annual Bang on a Can Marathon. In the fall of 2002, the day-long festival of new music will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and will then be broadcast over the Internet as part of the first Bang on a Can E-Festival.

Bang on a Can, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Bang on a Can Summer Institute for Music, a consortium project. Emerging composers, performers, conductors, and listeners will participate in learning and making music with composer-in-residence Steve Reich, faculty from Bang on a Can All-Stars, the string quartet Ethel, and others.

Bay Chamber Concerts, Inc. (consortium)
Rockport, ME
$15,000
To support the commission and performances of a new work by Billy Taylor and his trio. The new jazz chamber work for the trio and five additional instruments will be presented by Bay Chamber Concerts, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc.
Roslindale, MA
$15,000
To support Lukas Foss at 80, a celebration of the composer's contribution to the orchestral repertoire. Plans include a concert of orchestral works by Lukas Foss, a pre-concert lecture by the composer, and a compact disc recording.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (on behalf of Tanglewood Music Center)
Boston, MA
$50,000
To support the Festival of Contemporary Music, including tour concerts. The center will present the week-long event within the summer festival featuring concerts by ensembles of Tanglewood fellows and guest artists as well as launching a new professional development initiative, Tanglewood on Tour, during the winter.

Bronx Arts Ensemble, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$7,500
To support a residency by the Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra and Paquito D'Rivera as composer-in-residence at the Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. The week-long residency will include performances of Paquito D'Rivera's orchestrated Song for Peace, originally written for piano and voice.

Cabrillo Music Festival
Santa Cruz, CA
$7,500
To support a new music conductor training program. This summer program will partner with the Conductors Guild in providing 15 conductors opportunities in conducting small and large ensembles, programming contemporary works and collaborating with composers.

California EAR Unit Foundation
Green Valley, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of works by contemporary composers such as Morton Subotnick, Mario Davidovsky and Salvatore Martirano. The performances will be part of the Woven Voices Series scheduled at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

California State University, Sacramento
(on behalf of the Festival of New American Music)
Sacramento, CA
$12,500
To support the Festival of New American Music to be held on the campus of California State University (Sacramento) and at various community venues. The annual festival will focus on many facets of new American music, including the latest developments in computer-generated music, new and unusual instrumental design, and exploration of contemporary music and improvisation.

California Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Pleasant Hill, CA
$12,500
To support the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program - A Homecoming. During the orchestra's 15th anniversary season, prior participants of the program along with the current composer-in-residence will be featured in concerts in the spring of 2002.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Inc.
Katonah, NY
$5,000
To support the Caramoor Virtuosi, a professional development program. The program is designed to identify fine young American musicians and make a significant contribution to their professional development through concerts and radio broadcasts.

Carnegie Hall Corporation
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the presentation of William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Music director Leonard Slatkin will direct the National Symphony Orchestra in the performance of this musical work at Carnegie Hall.

Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz
Harrisburg, PA
$5,000
To support an annual jazz festival and related activities. Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz will present concerts, a riverboat jazz cruise, and several "Jazzwalks" in the city of Harrisburg.

Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
Leonia, NJ
$5,000
To support composer residencies and a commissioning program as part of a summer chamber music conference. During the 2002 summer conference, there will be week-long residencies by three composers, Victoria Bond, Tamar Diesendruck and Peter Lewis, and a three-week residency by senior composer-in-residence Chen Yi.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, Inc.
St. Cloud, MN
$5,000
To support a chamber music concert and residency activities. The Four Nations Ensemble, a period-instrument early music ensemble, will be presented in concert and will take part in a five-day residency at a St. Cloud elementary school.

Chicago A Cappella
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support Go Down, Moses, a program of spirituals with original dramatic narrative. Chicago A Cappella will perform this program in various sites throughout the Chicago area, as well as conduct shorter versions of the program in two inner-city schools.

Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support concerts of symphonic works by contemporary composers. The two concerts, performed twice in the spring of 2002, will feature works of composers David Baker, James DeMars and David Schober and will showcase gifted guest artists such as R. Carlos Nakai and cellist John Sharp.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, IL
$100,000
To support a festival of the music of Benjamin Britten. Cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich will lead two weeks of performances, discussions, lectures and various festival related activities in May 2002.

Cleveland Orchestra (Musical Arts Association)
Cleveland, OH
$75,000
To support performances celebrating the 20-year partnership between music director Christoph von Dohnányi and the Cleveland Orchestra. The programming will feature works by Beethoven and Mozart, as well as two world premieres, and include concerts in Boston and New York.

Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Columbus, OH
$25,000
To support a festival of contemporary music. Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Ohio State University will present a festival of concerts and lecture with composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, Inc.
Wayland, MA
$5,000
To support a composer mentorship project enabling emerging composers to study with senior composers and musicians, and for concert presentations and recordings of their work by new music experts at Wellesley College. Ten composers will participate in this project during July and August 2002.

Concert Competitions and Musical Development, Inc.
Dearborn, MI
$50,000
To support the Sphinx Competition for gifted emerging string musicians. During 2002, the competition's semi-finalist string players will perform with the Sphinx Symphony at the Honors and Finals Concerts in Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium.

Cuyahoga Community College (on behalf of Tri-C JazzFest)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the 23rd annual Tri-C JazzFest. The festival's artists will bridge music of the world through the diversity of jazz compositions in concerts, educational activities and local public radio broadcasts aired on WCPN-FM in Cleveland.

Da Camera Society of Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
$15,000
To support the presentation of concerts and related panel discussions focused on combining music with the visual and literary arts. Two productions are planned from December 2002 through March 2003 in celebration of St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support Classical Connections, a series of concerts with an informal format that combines discussion, demonstration and performance. There are three concerts scheduled in 2002 to take place in Memorial Hall in Dayton.

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association (consortium)
Dayton, OH
$50,000
To support a creation project celebrating the centennial of air flight and the legacy of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Three orchestras will commission new works from American composers William Bolcom, Michael Schelle and Nathaniel Stookey.

Des Moines Symphony Association
Des Moines, IA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for young audiences by David Ott, including residency activities. The production, to be premiered in the spring of 2003, is expected to include dramatic and visual components such as actors, costumes and lighting.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (consortium)
Detroit, MI
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Roberto Sierra for orchestra and saxophone as well as composer and soloist residency activities. The work will receive its world premiere by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Detroit saxophone player James Carter conducted by Neeme Jarvi.

Early Music Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support performances of baroque music on period instruments by the early music ensemble New York's Grande Bande. This will be the inaugural year of a three-year plan to present concerts illustrating the chronological development of the orchestra.

Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Council, Inc.
(on behalf of New Century Saxophone Quartet)
Tarboro, NC
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work for saxophone quartet by Barbara Kolb to be performed by the New Century Saxophone Quartet. The premiere and multiple subsequent performances are planned during the 2002-03 season.

Eugene Symphony Association, Inc.
Eugene, OR
$7,500
To support a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 Symphony of a Thousand for large orchestra, eight vocal soloists, two adult choruses, and a children's chorus. The two performances in May 2002 will be the culminating work in a five-year Mahler cycle.

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
$20,000
To support Unplugged, Fort Wayne Philharmonic's informal classical concert series. During 2002-03, Unplugged concerts will be hosted by a local television personality and feature casually-dressed orchestra members under live video images projected on a large screen.

Friends of Chamber Music
Kansas City, MO
$15,000
To support a master piano series. In 2002, five presentations by world-renowned pianists are planned at the Folly Theater in Kansas City.

Greater Grand Forks Symphony Association
Grand Forks, ND
$7,500
To support a pair of concerts that will be held at a tribal college on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in rural North Dakota. The outreach program will feature a performance of a recently commissioned work by composer-in-residence Linda Tutas Haugen.

Handel & Haydn Society
Boston, MA
$25,000
To support performances of a semi-staged production of Handel's opera Il Mondo Della Luna. The presentations will take place in Boston's Symphony Hall.

Illinois State University
Normal, IL
$10,000
To support an annual jazz festival on the campus of Illinois State University. The festival will feature the Branford Marsalis Trio and the Ellis Marsalis Trio.

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
$5,000
To support the 36th annual Contemporary Music Festival. This two-day festival will take place on the campus of the university in the fall of 2002.

Indiana Symphony Society, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support CREATExcellence, a composer-in-residency initiative. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will host American composers and premiere their new works during the year.

International Association of Jazz Educators
Manhattan, KS
$40,000
To support artists' fees and production costs for concert presentations during the 30th annual International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and Music Festival. The January conference will be held in Toronto, Ontario.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's Jump In spring tour. The tour, which will include educational programming, will include 26 cities and 16 states across the United States.

Jazz In June, Inc.
Norman, OK
$5,000
To support a summer jazz festival. Jazz In June will present concerts of jazz and blues, as well as an educational jazz clinic, in outdoor and indoor settings.

Jefferson Academy of Music
Columbus, OH
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for string quartet by composer Donald Harris. The new work will be premiered by the Coolidge Quartet during its residency at Jefferson Academy in April 2003.

Juneau Jazz & Classics, Inc.
Juneau, AK
$5,000
To support the production and presentation of a festival of classical and jazz music, including performances and workshops. The festival will feature internationally-known musicians in open rehearsals, free performances, local radio broadcasts, and in-school concerts for students.

Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
$40,000
To support two theme-based programs. The first, Of War and Remembrance, will concentrate on war and cultural struggles and the second, Quotation of Dream, will be based on the introspective sound world of the music of composer Toru Takemitsu.

Kitka, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$35,000
To support The Rusalki Cycle, a "futuristic" folk opera scored for Kitka's voices and an ensemble of Western classical and East European folk instruments. Composer Richard Einhorn and theatrical designer Ellen Sebastian Chang will collaborate with Kitka to produce this contemporary musical presentation.

Kronos Performing Arts Association
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the development and presentation of a new work by composer Terry Riley. Kronos Quartet will perform the work, which will include taped electronics based upon sounds of space.

Kuumbwa Jazz Society
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
To support a commission and presentation of a new work by composer and guitarist Anthony Wilson. The work will be premiered by Mr. Wilson's ensemble following a five-day artists-in residency program for high school and college students in the Bay Area.

Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$10,000
To support performances and a jazz ensemble residency at Lafayette College. The Lafayette Jazz: A Decade Marked project will feature jazz artists Randy Weston, Sonny Rollins, Uri Caine, Tom Harrell, Mulgrew Miller and Orrin Evans.

Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support choral concerts as part of the inaugural season of new music director, Grant Gershon. Three concerts in the spring of 2002 will take place in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000
To support the Los Angeles premiere of El Niño by American composer John Adams. This oratorio, which includes music, film and dance, will be conducted by music director Esa Pekka Salonen and directed by Peter Sellars.

Marlboro School of Music, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the Invited Master Artist Project. This multifaceted summer project will provide young musicians with enhanced experiences and study with master concert artists.

Mills College
Oakland, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of four concerts by the Center for Contemporary Music. During 2002-03, guest composers Mary Ellen Childs and Carter Scholz and composer/performers Denman Maroney and Dana Reason, will participate in performances of their work at the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland.

Monadnock Music
Peterborough, NH
$7,500
To support free concerts by soloists, ensembles and chamber orchestra presented in churches and meeting houses in 17 rural towns of the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire. During July and August, Monadnack Music will present three free concerts per week.

Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, CA
$25,000
To support the Monterey Jazz Festival, held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Three key components of the festival are a commissioned work to be premiered at the festival, artists-in residence and performances by emerging jazz musicians.

Mount Saint Mary's College (on behalf of the Da Camera Society)
Los Angeles, CA
$17,500
To support Chamber Music in Historic Sites to be presented by the Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary's College. Taking place during 2002-03, the concerts match musical programs from a variety of cultures and periods with sites of architectural and historical significance in the Los Angeles area.

Music at Angel Fire, Inc.
Angel Fire, NM
$10,000
To support Music at Angel Fire's 19th Anniversary Festival. The festival will tour the rural, northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Raton, Las Vegas (NM) and Taos.

Music From China (consortium)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the commission, copying costs, musician fees and outreach activities for the presentation of Beautiful Warrior, a family musical for Chinese and Western instruments by composer Jin Xiang. The premiere is planned for March 2002 in New York City.

Musical Traditions, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support residency activities, final development and video documentation of Sound Stage, a new music theater work by Paul Dresher. The premiere and residency activities will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in April 2002.

Musicorda, Inc.
South Hadley, MA
$7,500
To support a residency by a pre-professional string quartet to the Musicorda Summer String Program. Activities during 2002 include performances, professional training and outreach activities.

Nashville Chamber Orchestra
Nashville, TN
$15,000
To support a guitar festival featuring a commission for a new work for steel guitar and string orchestra by Michael Levine. The April 2002 festival will take place in traditional and non traditional venues and include extensive educational outreach activities.

National Symphony Orchestra Association
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support Journey to America-A Musical Immigration, a festival celebrating the contributions of foreign-born composers to America's artistic heritage. Music director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of works by Dvorák, Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bloch, Rosza and others.

Network for New Music
Philadelphia, PA
$7,500
To support commissions and performances of new musical works. The Network for New Music Ensemble will premiere works by Jan Krzywicki, Chen Yi and Richard Wernick in different sites around the greater Philadelphia region.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Newark, NJ
$25,000
To support statewide presentations of a festival on the music of Richard Strauss. The three week festival in January 2002 will incorporate orchestral performances of the works of Strauss with several ancillary lecture/performances.

New Sounds Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work for saxophone quartet by Steven Mackey to be premiered by the Prism Quartet. Performances and residency activities are planned for Philadelphia and New York City in October 2002.

New World Symphony, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$50,000
To support the Musician Professional Development Program. This comprehensive program prepares young artists for musical leadership positions in the orchestral field through performance, multidisciplinary coaching and community outreach.

New York Philharmonic
(Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)
New York, NY
$85,000
To support the Influence & Influences Festival dedicated to cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich. The festival will consist of 11 concerts in Avery Fisher Hall, including a production of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, two chamber music concerts, a master class, educational programs and symposia.

Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support commissions and premieres of new works by American composers. The Oakland East Bay Symphony will perform works by Brian Current, Marco Beltrami, Noah Schwartz, Ellen Hoffman and Jack Perla.

Ojai Festivals, Ltd.
Ojai, CA
$20,000
To support the 2002 Ojai Music Festival. The six-day festival will explore music composed towards the end of the lives of various composers with the theme "Last Thoughts: Beethoven, Shostakovich and Others."

OK MOZART, Inc.
Bartlesville, OK
$15,000
To support the OK Mozart Festival. Performances will be held throughout the Bartlesville community during the month of June and will include music for orchestra, chamber ensemble and chorus.

Orange County Philharmonic Society
Irvine, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of La Pasion Segun San Marcos by Osvaldo Golijov. Offered as part of the Eclectic Orange Festival's Passion series, the Southern California premiere performances will take place in Segerstrom Hall in October 2002.

Oregon Repertory Singers
Portland, OR
$5,000
To support commissions and performances of new choral works by composer Robert Kyr. The Oregon Repertory Singers will premiere and record the new works for a nationally released compact disc.

Other Minds
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
To support the commission and presentation of a new work by Ornette Coleman. It will be premiered by the composer and the Ornette Coleman Trio in collaboration with Global Expressions, an ensemble of virtuoso musicians, at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco.

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support a vocal music presenting project. During 2002-03, a series of performances of art songs, cabaret songs, vocal chamber music and choral concerts will be presented.

Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia, PA
$75,000
To support the performance of Every Good Boy Deserves A Favor, a play for actors and orchestra by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. This production will be a collaboration between the Philadelphia Orchestra and Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of Handel's oratorio Jeptha. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, under the direction of music director Nicholas McGegan, will give five performances at venues throughout the Bay Area.

Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix, AZ
$30,000
To support a festival of the music of Beethoven. This three-month festival in spring 2002 will feature performances of all nine symphonies, premiere performances of five new works written "in the spirit of" Beethoven, and educational and outreach activities.

Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$6,500
To support performances of the complete string quartets of Beethoven, including outreach activities. Five performances by the Orion String Quartet are scheduled in April 2002 in the historic Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Pittsburgh, PA
$50,000
To support the Relations series. During 2002, four premieres of contemporary works, expressly written for the musicians who will perform them, will be preceded and followed by discussions with the composer and musicians.

Plymouth Music Series
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the Witness program featuring commissions of new work by composers Patrice Rushen and Bobby McFerrin along with the works of neglected and forgotten composers. The program in January 2002 by the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers, Chorus, and Orchestra will include educational events, a young people's concert, a school residency program, and national broadcasts on public radio.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works for chamber orchestra. The premieres of the four new works by composers Christopher Theofanidis, Norman Bolter, Marjorie Merryman and Evan Ziporyn will take place in Cambridge throughout 2002.

Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$5,000
To support a commission of a new work by composer Peter Schickele. The Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra will premiere the work, a clarinet concerto, at the Southern Theatre in Columbus.

Roanoke Symphony Society
Roanoke, VA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by composer Margaret Brouwer. The premiere of the new work, commissioned in celebration of Roanoke Symphony's 50th anniversary in the spring of 2003, will include a pre-concert lecture and a discussion with the composer.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. (consortium)
(on behalf of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
Atlanta, GA
$60,000
To support A King Celebration, a consortium project of performances, educational outreach activities and national radio broadcast in a tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The consortium member of this project is Morehouse College, in partnership with National Public Radio and Spelman College.

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$35,000
To support the creation and presentation of two new works for soloist and orchestra by Augusta Read Thomas and Jeff Tyzik. The works will be premiered in celebration of the Philharmonic's 80th anniversary season in 2002-03 and each will feature musicians from the orchestra as soloists.

Saint Louis Symphony Society
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support community concerts of American music. The Saint Louis Symphony will perform in outreach sites in St. Louis communities, churches, schools and at Symphony Hall.

San Francisco Chanticleer, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support Chanticleer: An American Journey, a 25th anniversary celebration. The project includes commissions, concerts, a compact disc recording, a composer's symposium and multiple education residencies.

San Francisco Jazz Organization
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support Sonny Rollins: Living Legend, a presentation project by the San Francisco Jazz Organization. Artistic director Joshua Redman will program and participate in a weekend festival celebrating the artistry of saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
To support A Russian Festival, a three-week festival exploring the works of Russian composers who exerted a significant influence on the music of the twentieth century. Music director Michael Tilson Thomas will direct the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and guest artists in concerts at the Davies Symphony Hall.

Seattle Baroque Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support performances of rarely heard works of the 17th and 18th centuries performed on period instruments. The three concerts will take place in the new Kirkland Performance Center in Kirkland, WA in 2002.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
$70,000
To support American Music Beyond Borders, a series of concerts, commissions and other activities that will culminate in Viva la Musica: Music of the Americas. The festival features the music of South, Central and North America. Performances and educational activities will occur throughout the 2002-03 season.

Society for New Music
Syracuse, NY
$5,000
To support winter concerts and the creation and presentation of a commissioned work by Dan Trueman. During 2002-03, the society's winter season includes seven concerts with eight repeat performances in venues such as colleges, universities and libraries.

University of California at Berkeley
(on behalf of Cal Performances)
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
To support the seventh Berkeley Festival and Exhibition, a biennial early music festival. Cal Performances and San Francisco Early Music Society will present this weeklong event on the campus of University of California-Berkeley and other sites around San Francisco.

Vocal Arts Society
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support a solo recital presentation project. Performances, to be held at the French Embassy in Washington during the 2002-03 season, will feature eight vocal artists as well as a piano trio, and will include a performance of a song cycle by Lori Laitman.

Walden School, Ltd.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support an artist residency with a jazz quintet. During the summer of 2002, the jazz quintet The Onus will be in residence for two weeks at the Walden School in Dublin, NH.

Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation of the music and libretto of a new music theater work by Eric Salzman and Valeria Vasilevski. The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble will present the work in a concert version.

Women's Philharmonic
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support Music in the Making, a new music reading session. Held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts in March 2002, the sessions will showcase American women composers in the early phases of their careers.

Yellow Barn Music School and Festival
Putney, VT
$7,500
To support artist residencies and chamber music performances. The summer 2002 festival will provide chamber music performances to the predominantly rural population in Putney, VT.

Young Concert Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of the Young Concert Artists Series--recitals and concerto debuts by young musicians who are winners of the annual Young Concert Artists' Auditions. This 2002 project will feature five concerts in New York City and seven concerts in Boston.

Zeitgeist
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by composers Jin Hi Kim and Brent Michael Davids including residency activities. Premieres and residency activities will take place in the spring of 2002 at the Southern Theater and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

MUSICAL THEATER

A Contemporary Theatre, Inc. (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the production of the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum, by Stephen Sondheim. A Contemporary Theatre and the 5th Avenue Theatre will produce the show as part of a collaborative effort to produce the entire Sondheim canon over the next decade.

American Musical Theatre of San Jose
San Jose, CA
$15,000
To support the creation of original songs for the Neighborhood Access-Musicals in the Neighborhood program that serves a multi-ethnic community. The organization will commission composer Craig Bohmler and lyricist Marion Adler to create a new libretto and original songs for a touring production in the Santa Clara Valley.

Apple Tree Theatre (Eileen Boevers Performing Arts Workshop)
Highland Park, IL
$12,000
To support the production and re-orchestration of the musical Bubbling Black Girl. Apple Tree Theatre will remount the musical with the creator of the book, lyrics and music, Kirsten Childs; musical director Tom Murray; and composer Curtis Moore.

Geva Theatre, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$25,000
To support the production of a new musical. Geva Theatre will produce Convenience by Associate Artist Gregg Coffin, a musical that the theater has developed over the last two years.

Goodman Theatre (Chicago Theatre Group, Inc.)
Chicago, IL
$65,000
To support the commission and production of a world premiere opera. The Goodman Theatre will commission and produce the premiere of Galileo, an opera about the mathematician, revolutionary astronomer and inventor by Philip Glass and Mary Zimmerman.

Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc.
East Haddam, CT
$60,000
To support the development and re-creation of a rarely produced musical. Goodspeed will create new orchestration for and develop, through readings and studio workshops, The Baker's Wife, by composer Stephen Schwartz and librettist Joseph Stein.

INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.)
New York, NY
$28,000
To support the translation, development and production of a new musical work. INTAR will produce the world premiere of Havana Under The Sea by Abilio Estevez, a musical about the Cuban troubadours.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the production of The Sondheim Celebration. The project will honor the artistic excellence of Stephen Sondheim and his 40 years of contributions to the uniquely American art form of musical theater.

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK
$10,000
To support a production of the musical The Will Rogers Follies. Paying tribute to Oklahoma's favorite son, Will Rogers, the musical will kickoff a series of statewide events leading up to Oklahoma's 100th anniversary celebration in 2007.

Music-Theatre Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the creation of a new musical theater piece. Composer Diedre Murray in collaboration with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner will create a new work, Prophet Motive, set in an African American church in New York.

Musical Theatre Works, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support rehearsal and production of an original musical. The project will be based on Joan Rivers' teleplay The Girl Most Likely To, with music by Zina Goldrich, lyrics by Marcy Heisler, and book by Doublas Berstein and Denis Markell.

National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the 14th annual Festival of New Musicals. The festival showcases eight to 10 new musicals before an invited audience of producers and musical theater professionals.

New Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the production of a new musical. Supermax, by composer Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie, is a recently commissioned musical theater work that depicts the banality of evil in American society.

North Shore Community Arts Foundation, Inc.
Beverly, MA
$20,000
To support three works in the New Works Development Program. North Shore Music Theatre will produce on its main stage the new musicals: The Night Hunter, I Sent a Letter to My Love, and Martin Guerre.

Park Square Theatre
St. Paul, MN
$7,000
To support the area premiere of Side Show. The creator and writer of the musical, Bill Russell, will direct the production.

Prince Music Theater (American Music Theater Festival, Inc.)
Philadelphia, PA
$50,000
To support The Greenhouse Project, a developmental program designed to support new work in musical theater. American Music Theater Festival will provide readings, workshops and dramaturgical, musical and production support for creators of new work.

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the development, production and national tour of an original musical comedy. The new work will focus on national or community events in San Francisco and will tour Bay Area parks and venues throughout California.

Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
$65,000
To support the world premiere production of a musical theater work. Gabriel Barre will direct Temple, a piece by poet Silvia Peto and composer Norman Durkee based on the life of an autistic woman, Dr. Temple Grandin.

Staret... The Directors Company
New York, NY
$15,000
To support The Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program. The Directors Company started this program to ensure the vitality of American musical theater and to provide developmental support to emerging musical theater artists.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$15,000
To support the world premiere of a new musical. Tennessee Repertory Theatre will produce Francis of Guernica by Marcus Hummon.

TheatreWorks
Palo Alto, CA
$30,000
To support the development and production of a new musical. TheatreWorks will produce the world premiere of Kept, with music by Henry Krieger and book and lyrics by Bill Russell.

Village Theatre
Issaquah, WA
$10,000
To support Village Originals Series, a musical theater development program. Three new musicals will each receive three weeks of development and three readings.

Vineyard Theatre & Workshop Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the development and full production of a new musical. Vineyard Theatre will produce Brutal Imagination, a new musical theater piece with text by Cornelius Eady and score by Diedre Murray.

Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
To support the world-premiere production of a new musical. Vivian Beaumont Theater will present Thou Shall Not, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, music and lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr., and book by David Thompson.

OPERA

Boston Baroque, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$11,000
To support the commission and premiere performances of a new edition of Monteverdi's opera Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. Il Ritorno d'Ulisse represents the completion of a three-opera Monteverdi cycle during three successive seasons in Boston, with L'incoronazione di Poppea having been performed in 2000 and L'Orfeo performed in 2001.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support a new production of Summer and Smoke by Lee Hoiby with libretto by Lanford Wilson. Based on the play by Tennessee Williams, this work will be the seventh 20th-century American opera produced by the company.

Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago, IL
$12,000
To support the Chicago professional premiere of The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten. The production team will be led by two Chicago-based artists: Alexander Platt, Resident Conductor, Chicago Opera Theater; and Michael Halberstam, Artistic Director, Writers' Theatre Chicago.

Cincinnati Opera Association
Cincinnati, OH
$25,000
To support a presentation of the opera Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie with libretto by Terrence McNally. Performed in Cincinnati's Music Hall in the summer of 2002, this will be the first presentation of this new work outside of California.

Dallas Opera
Dallas, TX
$50,000
To support the American premiere of The Silver Tassie, a new opera by British composer Mark Anthony Turnage. Based on a play of the same name by Sean O'Casey, the opera, co commissioned by The Dallas Opera and the English National Opera, had its world premiere in England in February 2000.

Florida Grand Opera
Miami, FL
$25,000
To support a new production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. The production will open in Miami-Dade County and run for five performances before moving to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale for two performances.

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, NY
$50,000
To support a new production of Joseph Haydn's Orlando Paladino. Ten performances of the opera will be directed by James Robinson and conducted by Guido Johannes Rumstadt during the company's 2002 festival season.

Long Beach Opera
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support a new production of Handel's Orlando. The production, set in a contemporary context, will employ American directors and designers and will be sung in English.

Lyric Opera Center for American Artists
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support faculty costs for the training and professional development program. The program curriculum includes voice and language instruction, theatrical training, master classes and career development guidance.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$50,000
To support a presentation of Handel's Partenope. Nine performances at the Civic Opera House will reach an audience of 32,000.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$25,000
To support a new production of Cold Sassy Tree by American composer Carlisle Floyd. Five performances of the opera at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Kansas City will reach an audience of 7,500.

Merola Opera Program
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support costs for the training program's visiting artists' workshops. The program offers advanced training and performance opportunities to young artists pursuing a professional operatic career.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a production of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly. Nine performances will be given at the Lincoln Center Opera House.

Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit, MI
$25,000
To support the workshop of a new American opera Margaret Garner composed by Richard Danielpour with libretto by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. The purpose of the workshop is to assist the creative evolution of the opera and to generate public enthusiasm and support for the world premiere in October 2004.

Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the Tennessee Opera Theatre's Young Artist Program. This program offers four artists the opportunity to perform leading or supporting roles in two main stage productions and principal roles in the OperaNET education tour for children.

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a new production of Handel's Agrippina. Six performances of this opera, performed in Lincoln Center's New York State Theater, will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the company's Handel cycle.

Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Young Artists Program, a specialized training and professional development program for opera singers. The program offers individual instruction and ensemble training, and teaches essential professional techniques, technical skills, and work habits needed for a successful career in opera.

Opera Pacific
Santa Ana, CA
$25,000
To support a new production of Jake Heggie's new American opera Dead Man Walking with libretto by Terrence McNally. Five performances of this production will take place at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, CA.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$50,000
To support the American premiere of the opera Flight by Jonathan Dove with libretto by April de Angelis. An audience of 5,700 is expected to attend six performances of this work at Webster University's Loretto-Hilton Center in St. Louis.

Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
To support the regional premieres of an early Baroque opera L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi and a 20th-century American opera Street Scene by Kurt Weill. L'Incoronazione di Poppea will be performed by the young artists in the professional training arm of the opera, while Street Scene will be the first main stage production sung in English in Pittsburgh in more than 25 years.

San Francisco Opera Association
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
To support a new production and the North American premiere of the opera St. Francois d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen. This work, composed in 1983, will receive six performances at the War Memorial Opera House.

Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, NM
$50,000
To support the American premiere of the opera L'amour de loin by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with libretto by French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. Approximately 6,000 people are expected to attend three performances of the opera at the Santa Fe Opera Theater.

Tacoma Opera Association
Tacoma, WA
$10,000
To support a new production of Verdi's La Traviata. Asian American designer Carey Wong will design and supervise the construction of scenic elements of the opera.

PRESENTING

651 ARTS (Kings Majestic Corporation)
Brooklyn, NY
$45,000
To support a series of presentations by performing artists of African descent. The project will include public performances, commissioning or reconstruction support, and community residency activities.

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of works in a broad range of art forms by established and emerging artists of color. Artists are provided with support and space for the creation of new work and engage in residency activities designed to build new audiences.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the 2002 Next Wave Festival, the festival's 25th anniversary. Presented each fall for two to three months, the festival showcases a combination of mature, experimental artists and emerging talent working in music, dance, theater and the visual arts, as well as hybrid forms.

Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$12,000
To support Celebrate Brooklyn-Urban Voices/Rural Stories, a series of concerts and professionally moderated dialogues with artists and audiences. Music, dance and spoken word will be featured in this series of writing and performance.

Center for Cultural Exchange
Portland, ME
$25,000
To support Passion, a two-part touring program focused on aspects of two distinctive cultures. The project will present artists from the African-Latin cultural diaspora and from four Islam-influenced Southern European areas.

City Parks Foundation-SummerStage
New York, NY
$10,000
To support New Works, New Voices, 2002. This ongoing initiative is devoted to fostering collaborations between artists of different disciplines and presenting new works resulting from such collaborations

Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts, Ltd.
Burlington, VT
$50,000
To support a series of dance, theater and music residencies. With this project, the Flynn continues its commitment to the development of new work and educational activities in its community.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support Lincoln Center Festival 2002. For three weeks in July 2002, major artists and ensembles from the U.S. and abroad will be presented in concert halls and theaters at Lincoln Center and neighboring venues.

Maui Community Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, HI
$12,000
To support Global Rhythms, a presenting series of artists from a range of performing arts disciplines and countries. A goal of the program is to present artists to whom the Maui community would not otherwise have access.

Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
$60,000
To support MCA Performances. This series of multidisciplinary performances will be enhanced by related residency activities designed to promote contact and interchange between artists and the public.

ODC Theater
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support an artist-in-residence program. Based on artistic quality and the opportunity for the residency to invigorate the community, three residencies will be organized during 2002.

On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support The New Performance Series & Northwest New Works Festival. The project will include the premiere of cross-discipline work and will support residencies for artists.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
To support the 2002 Koch's International Children's Festival. The festival is a weeklong event featuring international artists performing multidisciplinary works and includes educational components for children ages four to 12.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the 6th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The project involves contemporary performing arts events presented over a 16-day period.

University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$30,000
To support Scores, Sonnets and Steps. This series of presentations will explore the connections between literature and the performing arts.

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$20,000
To support the commission and presentation of chamber dance works with live music. The program will premiere at the University's Hancher Auditorium and will be performed on national tours over the following year.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
(on behalf of the Lied Center)
Lawrence, KS
$25,000
To support Current and Crossroads: A Journey of Self-Discovery. In addition to presentations by professional artists in a range of performing arts disciplines, the project will include residency activities throughout the Lawrence community allowing residents to engage in dialogue with the artists.

Walker Art Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$60,000
To support Intersections: New Works in Community. This series of commissions and residencies by contemporary performing arts innovators will deepen the community's understanding of and appreciation for the creative process.

Washington Performing Arts Society (consortium)
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support ArteAmericA, a consortium project with the GALA Hispanic Theatre and the Latin American Youth Center. The project features a series of performances, residencies and outreach activities.

World Music Institute, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support American Roots: From the Old Country to the New. Concerts will feature music and dance from Europe as well as American forms.

World Music, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support a presentation/residency series. This series will explore cross-cultural influences between traditional and contemporary performing artists.

THEATER

A Contemporary Theatre, Inc.
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support the production of a play. Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill will be directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.

A Traveling Jewish Theatre
San Francisco, CA
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. Una Noche de Suenos Vidi: A Dream of Flowers is an ensemble-created theater work directed by Artistic Director Helen Stoltzfus.

About Productions
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000
To support the development and production of a new performance work. On Earth as it is in Heaven is an ensemble-created interdisciplinary theater work.

Actors Express, Inc. (consortium)
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support the co-production of a new theater work. The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger will be produced in collaboration with Perseverance Theatre Company in Douglas, AK.

Actors Theatre of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play by Gus Edwards based on historical and contemporary stories of the African American community in Arizona. The project will unearth and explore stories of the contributions of African American historical figures in Arizona to create a work that speaks to the theater's local community.

American Conservatory Theater Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
To support the production of a new translation of Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova by American playwright Constance Congdon. Artistic Director Carey Perloff will direct the production featuring Olympia Dukakis and members of the theater's new core acting ensemble.

American Repertory Theatre Company, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$35,000
To support a production of Lysistrata adapted by Larry Gelbart and directed by Andrei Serban, with music and lyrics by William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein. The production will be a reunion of artists with long histories of working with American Repertory Theatre, including Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones in the title role.

American Theater Company
Chicago, IL
$6,000
To support the world premiere production of Lisa Dillman's Flung. Members of the ensemble will be directed by Chicago-based playwright, actor and director Susan Nussbaum.

Archipelago Company, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
$5,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. And Mary Wept will be co created by Artistic Director Ellen Hemphill and Nor Hall, who will collaborate with three female artists to explore the historical roles of women and the feminine influences in cultures.

Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the creation, development and production of new American theater works. Arden Theatre Company commits its resources to the unique costs of play development and support to emerging artists in The Independence Foundation New Play Showcase.

Arizona Theatre Company (consortium)
Tucson, AZ
$28,000
To support the development and co-production of a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher and Eric Simonson. Work Song, a work about the life and art of Frank Lloyd Wright, will be a co production with Missouri Repertory Theatre.

Barter Foundation
Abingdon, VA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of the first annual Appalachian Festival of Plays. Five plays with Appalachian themes by writers from the region will be presented.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley, CA
$60,000
To support the development and presentation of a new play by Tony Kushner. Homebody/Kabul will be produced during the spring of 2002.

Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the development and presentation of a classic Hispanic play. The production of The Mayor of Salamea by Pedro Calderon de la Barca will be directed by Artistic Director Margarita Galban.

Blackberry Productions
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of new theater works. Harlem Renaissance II is a three-fold event featuring two repertory theater performances, arts education residencies, and a visual arts exhibit.

Brava! for Women in the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$13,000
To support the world premiere production of Okra by Anne Galjour. The project is a new play exploring the mysteries of family and the complexity of race relations between Cajun and Creole communities in a small town in Louisiana.

Brown University (on behalf of Rites and Reason Theatre)
Providence, RI
$15,000
To support the development and workshop performance of a new theater piece. Artistic Director and playwright Elmo Terry-Morgan will collaborate with theater artists Keith Antar Mason of The Hittite Empire and Steven Pannell, an archivist, to develop Profiles and Shadows.

Carpetbag Theatre, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$6,000
To support the creation and development of a spoken word opera for young audiences. Developed by the theater's ensemble company through improvisation along with spoken word artists and National Poetry Slam Champions, the piece will be rooted in African American poetic forms.

Carter Family Puppet Theater
Seattle, WA
$11,000
To support the creation and production of The Burning House, a multidisciplinary theater production using classical style marionettes, baroque music and opera singers. The company will work from a lost score created by Franz Joseph Haydn for the Royal Marionette Theater of Prince Esterhazy.

Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
$50,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale directed by Irene Lewis. The production will involve artists with long histories of collaboration with Center Stage, including actors Lawrence O'Dwyer and Warren Snipe and designers Pat Collins, Candice Donnelly and David Budries.

Cherry Lane Alternative
New York, NY
$5,000
To support playwriting commissions and mentor fees for Mentor Project 2001. Mentors will include David Henry Hwang, Craig Lucas, Marsha Norman, Alfred Uhry and Michael Weller.

Chicago Dramatists
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the development and production of a full-length play selected from works in progress by Chicago Dramatists' resident and network playwrights. The production will serve as the final stage in Chicago Dramatists' series of workshops and will be a vital tool in the growth of playwrights and the development of new scripts.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support a fairytale-inspired production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The production will be directed by Artistic Director and Chicago Shakespeare Theater Founder Barbara Gaines.

Children's Theatre Company and School
Minneapolis, MN
$45,000
To support an intensive play development laboratory to create theater for multigenerational audiences. Threshold 2002 will include the development of The King of Children by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher and the main stage production of The Beggars' Strike by playwright Carlyle Brown and composer Kysia Bostic.

Childsplay, Inc.
Tempe, AZ
$28,000
To support the creation of three new works in various stages of development. The plays being developed in the Childsplay New Plays Program are Eric And Elliot, about teen suicide; Pandero's Dream (An Urban Puppet Fable) by Jose Cruz Gonzales; and a new adaptation of Peer Gynt with multimedia artist Tony Brown.

Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, OH
$35,000
To support the Next Stage New Play Development Program. The program will include a festival of new plays, the commission of two new works, development and workshop production of Forest City by playwright Bridgette A.Wimberly, and the Playwrights Unit.

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead will be created in collaboration with Theatre Labyrinth of Cleveland.

Clubbed Thumb, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the commission, development and production of a new theater work. The company will produce Flesh in the Desert by Carson Kreitzer.

Contemporary American Theater Festival
Shepherdstown, WV
$10,000
To support the development and production of The Silence of God, a new play by Catherine Filloux. The project will include a residency component for collaborative work on the play and educational activities thematically linked to the production.

Cornerstone Theater Company
Los Angeles, CA
$45,000
To support the Catholic Immigrant Project, the world premiere of Bill Cain's adaptation of the medieval Mystery Plays. The project is the first community residency of the company's Faith Based Theater Cycle.

Coterie, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support The Legend Project, a series of plays for multigenerational audiences exploring legendary characters Frankenstein, Zorro and Faust. Each production will act as a catalyst for educational and community dialogues as well as individual exploration through post performance forums and special educational resources.

Court Theatre Fund
Chicago, IL
$28,000
To support a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet in rotating repertory with another large scale dramatic work. Artistic Director Charles Newell will direct the production largely comprised of Court's resident artists and apprentices.

Dallas Children's Theater, Inc.
Dallas, TX
$12,000
To support the U.S. premiere of a new theater work, outreach expenses and an artist residency. Deadly Weapons by Laurie Brooks explores contemporary issues of youth violence and abuse.

Dell'Arte, Inc.
Blue Lake, CA
$17,000
To support the creation of a new theater work. A new play based on the development of a Native American casino in Dell'Arte's rural community will be created in the Dentalium project.

Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc.
Ashfield, MA
$10,000
To support the development and production of a new play. Relentless, an ensemble-created theater work, will be directed by Artistic Director Stacy Klein.

Drama League of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the Drama League Directors Project. The Directors Project is a national apprenticeship for young directors that will provide opportunities for new directors to work with professionals in off-Broadway or regional theaters.

Ensemble Studio Theatre
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the Going to the River play development program. Activities include a two-week festival of five workshop productions and a monthly reading series of new works.

Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Inc.
Waterford, CT
$35,000
To support the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference. The programs include the creation and development of new plays and musical theater works.

Evidence Room Theater Project
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. The Don Juan Myth by playwright Peter J. Nieves will be presented during the spring of 2002.

First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$12,000
To support the creation and world premiere production of Einstein-Hero of the Mind, a new play for audiences of all ages. The collaboratively developed play explores Einstein's discoveries through the eyes of a young girl on a life-changing journey through time and space, and will incorporate live actors and puppetry.

Florida Stage, Inc.
Manalapan, FL
$15,000
To support a development workshop for the script Good Boys by playwright Jane Martin about gun violence in schools. The evolving play will benefit from a variety of activities including readings, rehearsals and discussion for suggested rewrites.

Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support seasonal productions of Kids and Yiddish, a children's educational musical that illuminates the Yiddish language through audience participation. The play is designed to preserve the Yiddish culture and heritage, allowing the language to evolve and grow with future generations of children.

Foothill Theatre Company
Nevada City, CA
$6,000
To support the rewriting, development and production of Grinder's Stand by Oakley Hall III. Written entirely in verse, the piece will explore the life of Meriwether Lewis and the questions surrounding his mysterious death.

Foundry Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$11,000
To support a production of TALK, a new play by Carl Hancock Rux. TALK is constructed as a phonetic opera and discourse on art, post-modernism and the mortality of invention in the 21st century, in the style of a Greek symposium.

Geffen Playhouse, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the commission and development of a new work by playwright Donald Marguiles The project represents the theater's commitment to the development of new works and will be a learning tool for the theater's literary and dramaturgical staff.

George Mason University Foundation, Inc./Theatre of the First Amendment
Fairfax, VA
$7,000
To support a script development program at the Theatre of the First Amendment. The theater will produce its second annual First Light Festival: Theater at the Moment of Discovery, a two week script development program that culminates in a weekend festival of readings and other activities.

George Street Playhouse, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
$20,000
To support the world premiere of a new play. George Street Playhouse will produce Waiting For Tadashi by Velina Hasu Houston in spring 2002.

Great Lakes Theater Festival
Cleveland, OH
$20,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. The production Love Langston, written and directed by Loni Berry, will be based on poems and stories by writer Langston Hughes.

Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Lewisburg, WV
$10,000
To support the creation and production of a new play. Playwright K. C. Davis will be commissioned to write a new play tentatively titled The Martyr.

Group I Acting Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production and national tour of a play. The company will tour an adaptation of Mark Twain's Puddn'head Wilson.

Guthrie Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$50,000
To support the production of a new theater work. Speakeasy, or the Bootleg Gentleman by playwright Michael Bogdanov will be presented during the 2002 main stage season.

Hartford Stage Company, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$35,000
To support the presentation of two one-act plays during the fourth annual Tennessee Williams Marathon. The Gnadiges Fraulein and I Can't Imagine Tomorrow will be directed by David Schweizer.

Heart of the Beast Theatre, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$22,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. The Nightingale by Martha Beosing will be presented during the 2002 main stage season.

Hippodrome State Theatre, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
To support the creation and production a new interpretation of Medea, written by playwright Naomi Wallace and directed by Artistic Director Lauren Caldwell. The imaginative reinterpretation will imbue the classic Greek tragedy with the complexities of contemporary cultural obsessions with youth and beauty.

Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd.
New York, NY
$15,000
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.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$20,000
To support the production and tour of a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, written by playwright Y York, developed with a DJ/turntabulist, and directed by Artistic Director Mark Lutwak. Created with three actors and a DJ, the production will be targeted to Hawaii teenagers statewide and designed to play in virtually any venue.

Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support the 2002 New South for the New Century Play Festival and the Young Playwrights Festival. The annual festivals feature productions, workshops and staged readings of plays with connections to the South.

Huntington Theatre Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the production of a play by Frank McGuiness. Written in 1985, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme depicts the tragedy that befell many Irish regional units during the First World War.

Icarus Puppet Company
San Diego, CA
$6,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Artistic Director Mark Robertson will design the puppets and Rosemary Tyrrell will write the script for a new work titled We Didn't Think.

Idris Ackamoor & Cultural Odyssey
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Performing artists Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor will collaboratively create They Speak Through Us, an exploration of the legacy of 20th-century African American performance.

Imago, Theatre Mask Ensemble
Portland, OR
$11,000
To support the creation and production of a new work. In Walking Into Walls and Backing Into Holes, Artistic Director Carol Triffle will continue her recent explorations in creating works that include vaudeville, existentialism, comedy and the absurd.

Indiana Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$55,000
To support a production of He Held Me Grand, a major new work by playwright-in-residence James Still. The multidisciplinary piece looks at the 20th century through the eyes and remembrances of those who lived it, and is based on stories from senior citizens from the Indianapolis and Philadelphia areas.

Intersection (on behalf of Campo Santo)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the development and production of a new work by Octavio Solis. Written specifically for and with Campo Santo, the play will tell the story of San Francisco, exploring forgotten places and reclaiming its history, vitality, diversity and beauty in the midst of rapid change.

Jungle Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support the creation, development and production of a new theater work. Snow Days, by Craig Wright, will be presented during the 2003 main stage season.

Kitchen Dog Theater Company
Dallas, TX
$7,000
To support the fourth annual New Works Festival. The festival will feature the presentation of a new, ensemble-created theater work and staged readings of new theater works.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$32,000
To support the production of a play. Carmilla, by playwright Wilford Leach, will be directed by Artistic Director Ellen Stewart.

Live Bait Theatrical Company
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. Blind Tasting by playwright Sharon Evans will be directed by Gary Griffin.

Lookingglass Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work. The Manuscript Found in Saragasso, adapted and directed by playwright Mary Zimmerman, is a world premiere.

Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a production of The Last of the Suns by Alice Tuan, a biting satire about three generations of the Sun family. Using hip, street-smart dialogue, Tuan weaves parallel narratives that mix Chinese folklore with the banalities of consumerist America.

Mabou Mines Development Foundation
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the development and premiere of an original work based on the life of James Joyce's daughter Lucia. Cara Lucia will visually, linguistically and musically explore the life of Lucia Joyce in relation to her father and his work.

Magic Theatre, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$17,000
To support the development and production of Wintertime written by Charles L. Mee and developed in collaboration with director Kenn Watt and the Fifth Floor acting ensemble. Wintertime will be developed in residence at the Magic through workshops with actors during a significant portion of the development period.

Mark Taper Forum (Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
To support the development and production of a collaborative project consisting of several short plays set in Los Angeles and linked by themes of transformation over time. The Los Angeles Project (working title) will be written, directed and produced by the theater's artistic staff in collaboration with other Los Angeles artists.

McCarter Theatre Company
Princeton, NJ
$50,000
To support the presentation of a theater work. The production of All Over by Edward Albee will be directed by Artistic Director Emily Mann.

Mettawee Theatre Company
Salem, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation of an original play based on a Chinese folk tale. The ensemble created theater piece will tour throughout rural communities in upstate New York and New England.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support a production of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, directed by Eric Simonson. One of his less-produced works, the play explores many of O'Neill's common themes, depicting the struggle for redemption and forgiveness.

Mockingbird Public Theatre
Nashville, TN
$8,000
To support the production of a play. The company will produce The Kentucky Cycle by playwright Robert Schenkkan, directed by Associate Artistic Director Rene Copeland.

Mum Puppettheatre, Ltd.
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new play. The company will present a new theater work by Robert Smythe incorporating Vietnamese water puppetry.

Nashville Academy Theatre/Nashville Children's Theatre Association
Nashville, TN
$11,000
To support the development and production of a new theater work. Franklin's Apprentice, by playwright Laurie Brooks, will be directed by Scot Copeland.

New Dramatists, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the expansion of the New Works Process. The program will increase actor and director compensation, along with a portion of artistic staff salaries and program expenses.

New Federal Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the presentation of a new theater work. Leaving Watermaine by playwright Nancy N. Ewing tells the story of a middle-class African American family living in Watermaine, GA during 1940's.

New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$38,000
To support the development and presentation of a new theater work. The production of Lazarus Unstoned will be written and directed by Artistic Director Walter Dallas.

New Theatre, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$10,000
To support the production of a semi-historical play by Nilo Cruz about the cigar industry in Ybor City, FL in the late 19th century. The play is part of an effort to document Latino cultural contributions to North America, and will explore the human impulse for storytelling.

New York Shakespeare Festival
New York, NY
$50,000
To support productions of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. All tickets for the productions will be free, and performances will be accompanied by comprehensive outreach and education initiatives.

New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$34,000
To support a production of Peter Gaiten's Flesh and Blood, adapted from the novel by Michael Cunningham. Flesh and Blood explores the legacy of hope and expectation as passed down through three generations of an American family in the 20th century.

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Inc.
Edmond, OK
$7,000
To support the production of three Shakespearean plays. During summer 2002, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park will produce William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, Henry VII and Macbeth.

Omaha Theatre Company for Young People
Omaha, NE
$7,000
To support the creation and a national tour of a new theater work for teens and their families, performed by the Pride Players: Odyssey ensemble. The production will be scripted by playwright Megan Terry and directed by Everett Quinton, former artistic director of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company.

Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$26,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work. Artistic Director Richard Foreman will write, direct and design a new play entitled Disoriented.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association (consortium)
Ashland, OR
$40,000
To support the development, workshop and public reading of two new plays by David Edgar. Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre will support the development of The Continental Divide, a pair of new plays about the contradictions in U.S. politics of the late 20th century.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation of a new play. Artistic Director Ron Nakahara will direct Forbidden City Blues by Artistic Associate Alexander Woo.

Paper Bag Players
New York, NY
$18,000
To support a multistate tour of a new theater work for children ages four through nine. The company will tour Dancing Houses (working title), a humorous musical fantasy by Artistic Director Judith Martin.

Penumbra Theatre Company, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
To support the production of a new theater work. Laurie Carlos will direct Con Flama by Sharon Bridgforth.

Perseverance Theatre, Inc.
Douglas, AK
$28,000
To support the presentation of Spring 2002, a festival of new theater works. The festival will feature one statewide tour of a fully-staged play, one main stage production of a new work, and the development of three to six new plays.

Phoenix Theatre, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
$10,000
To support the collaborative creation and production of two plays by artists from a variety of theater disciplines under the artistic leadership of playwright Toni Press-Coffman. The goal of the project is to develop the work of artists from different cultural backgrounds, creating pieces that offer unique perspectives on issues surrounding race, culture, and ethnicity.

Pig Iron Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$8,000
To support the reworking and presentation of Cafeteria, an original ensemble-created piece directed by Co-artistic Director Daniel Rothenberg. Cafeteria was first created and performed by the company in 1997, bringing European movement theater techniques to an exploration of American themes, iconic images and archetypal characters.

Ping Chong and Company (Fiji Theater Company, Inc.)
New York, NY
$27,000
To support the presentation and tour of a new puppet theater work. The company will tour Obon by Artistic Director Ping Chong.

Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the New Theater Wing Developmental Program. The program is a series of artistic initiatives that support both emerging and established writers in the development and presentation of new works.

Playwrights' Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$12,000
To support the PlayLab program. The program supports the development and presentation of new American plays.

Portland Center Stage
Portland, OR
$12,000
To support the development and presentation of new theater works during the JAW/West 2002 playwrights festival. During the two-week festival, the company will develop and workshop new plays by writers from across the country.

Potomac Theatre Project
Middlebury, VT
$5,000
To support participation in the Potomac Theatre Festival. PTP in PTF will be four one-act pieces in repertory by playwrights Steven Dykes, Snoo Wilson, Howard Barker and Harold Pinter.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theater Collection, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$30,000
To support the production of two new works through the CityStage project. The initiative will include the development and presentation of new works and the upgrading of research programs that facilitate the creation of new works.

Present Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$13,000
To support the New York International Fringe Festival, a celebration of emerging theater companies and performing artists from around the world. The festival's goals are to unite the next generation of theater artists, to provide a forum for producers and artists to meet, and to increase the public's awareness of the vitality and diversity of live theater.

Puppet Co.
Glen Echo, MD
$7,000
To support the refinement and remounting of a large-scale puppet production of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, originally developed and designed by Applause Unlimited. The Puppet Co. will revise and rebuild the production to make it more feasible for touring or repertory production.

Redmoon Theater
Chicago, IL
$17,000
To support the creation and presentation of the eighth annual All Hallow's Eve Ritual Celebration. Redmoon will collaborate with community organizations, local theater and visual artists, and musicians to create a large street theater spectacle during Halloween 2002.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center (on behalf of Alliance Theatre Company)
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the production of a regional premiere of a new play and related activities. The Alliance Theatre Company will present Sleepwalkers by the Cuban American playwright Jorge Ignacio.

Round House Theatre
Silver Spring, MD
$18,000
To support the world premiere production of a play by Ernest Joselovitz. Shakespeare, Moses and Joe Papp recounts the story of two formidable men and their clash over presenting free Shakespeare in Central Park.

Rude Mechanicals - A Theatre Collective
Austin, TX
$5,000
To support the development and production of an adaptation of a novel by James Kelman. Director Sarah Richardson and playwright Kirk Lynn will workshop and develop How Late It Was How Late.

Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$8,000
To support the presentation of new plays. The company will commission over a dozen writers to create a series of short plays to be performed during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego, CA
$60,000
To support the presentation of two theater works through the Calafia at Five/El Año Quinto Festival. The community-based festival will feature Culture Clash from Coast to Coast and the revival of the musical Corridos by Luis Valdez.

San Francisco School of Circus Arts
San Francisco, CA
$22,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new circus performance. The New Pickle Circus, San Francisco School of Circus Arts' performing company, will present a holiday show for regional touring.

San Jose Repertory Theatre
San Jose, CA
$15,000
To support the development and world premiere of a play. Las Meninas by playwright Lynn Nottage will be directed by Michael Edwards.

Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Research
Putney, VT
$8,000
To support the creation, development and presentation of a new theater work for actors and puppets. The Child Behind the Mirror explores the relationship of the child and its violent surroundings.

Santa Fe Stage Company
Santa Fe, NM
$6,000
To support the development of The Abduction of Hernan Cortes, a cycle of plays by Leo Garcia. Earth, the third play in the cycle, will be developed through workshop performances, and the playwright will conduct workshops for community youth and artists while in residence in Santa Fe.

Seattle Children's Theatre Association
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To support the development and production of Tibet Through the Red Box, based on the Caldecott Honor Book by Peter Sís, in an adaptation by playwright David Henry Hwang. The play will be given a workshop and reading as part of the development process, and the world premiere production will be accompanied by a comprehensive curriculum supplement.

Second Stage Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the development and New York premiere of Sorrows and Rejoicings, written and directed by Athol Fugard. The play tells the personal story of an Afrikaner poet who returns home after being politically exiled.

Seven Loaves, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the production of a new theater work with music. Seven Loaves will create a new piece entitled Peter Pan to be produced by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre.

Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$60,000
To support the production of a classic theater work. The Shakespeare Theatre will produce the Washington, DC premiere of The Duchess of Malfi by Jacobean playwright John Webster.

Signature Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of a new play by playwright-in-residence Lanford Wilson. Mr. Wilson will participate in the selection of designers, actors and other artistic personnel in consultation with the artistic director.

SITI (Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and premiere of SCORE, the final part of a solo trilogy about the creative spirit developed by the SITI Company and Anne Bogart and arranged by Irish writer Jocelyn Clark. SCORE is a one-man play based on the life and work of American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.

Skysaver Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$12,000
To support the creation and production of a new theater work in puppetry arts. Skysaver Productions will create a work entitled Helen based on the play by Euripides.

South Coast Repertory, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
$20,000
To support the development and world premiere productions of Horton Foote's Getting Frankie Married-and Afterwards and British playwright Lucinda Coxon's Nostalgia. The productions will culminate the theater's Mainstage and Second Stage seasons and run concurrently with the theater's Pacific Playwrights Festival.

Stages, Inc.
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the production of a new play. The production of Blood Wedding by Frederíco Garcia Lorca will be directed by Rob Bundy.

State University of New York, Research Foundation
(on behalf of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College)
Albany, NY
$15,000
To support the presentation of a series of theatrical performances by four avant-garde ensembles. The gogmagos of London, Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Minneapolis), Les Deux Mondes (Canada), and Squonk (Philadelphia) have each expanded theatrical vocabulary through music, dance and visual effects.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the world premiere of a new play by Bruce Norris. Purple Heart will be developed through the New Plays Initiative and will be the final play in the theater's main stage season.

Studio Theatre, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the development and production of resident artist Sophy Burnham's new play Imagined Prometheus. Artistic and Managing Director Joy Zinoman will direct this contemporary companion play to Aeschylus's classic Prometheus Bound.

Sundance Children's Theatre, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
$17,000
To support the Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a professional development program for theater artists. The program includes developing new scripts, staging adaptations or previously written narratives, and developing new interpretations of classic texts.

Syracuse Stage (SU Theatre Corporation)
Syracuse, NY
$30,000
To support the world premiere of a newly translated and adapted classic theater work. Syracuse Stage will present Joachim Neugroschel's translation and adaptation of The Dybbuk.

Talking Band, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the development, rehearsal and production of Squantz Pond, a new theater piece with music written and composed by Ellen Maddow. The production will be developed through workshops in the Talking Band Performance Lab, inviting both company members and younger artists into the development process.

Teatro Avante, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
$40,000
To support the 17th International Hispanic Theatre Festival. The festival presents multilingual theater productions of contemporary and classical works by acclaimed international companies from Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Teatro de la Luna - The Moon Theater (consortium)
Washington, DC
$11,000
To support the Fifth International Festival of Hispanic Theater in a consortium project with the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division. The festival will offer several weeks of Spanish language theater with interpretation into English, focusing on emerging trends in Latin American theater.

Tectonic Theater Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the development of a new play titled And Yet It Moves. Using Bertolt Brecht's Galileo as a base text, Artistic Director Moisés Kaufman will parallel the lives of the author and his subject to explore the topic of artistic discoveries.

Theater By The Blind Corporation
New York, NY
$12,000
To support expanding efforts in the training and professional development of blind and visually- impaired theater artists. Theater By The Blind responds to a lack of access to theater texts for blind and visually impaired individuals by offering an elaborate reading service by sighted actors and staged reading performance opportunities.

Theater MU, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$8,000
To support the production of a new collaborative theater work. Artistic Director Rick Shiomi will collaborate with Marcus Quiniones to create a new play Temple of Dreams that examines the Filipino American history in Hawaii.

Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the production of a play. The company will present a new adaptation of Euripides' Medea.

Theatre for a New Audience, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the production of a Shakespearean play. The artistic director of Seattle's Intiman Theater Company, Bartlett Sher, will direct the production of Cymbeline.

Theatre of Yugen, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the tour of a new theater piece. Theater of Yugen will tour At the Hawk's Well, a Noh Play recreated from the work by W. B. Yeats.

Theatre Rhinoceros
San Francisco, CA
$7,000
To support the development and production of a new play. Strangers in Paradox is a multimedia theater work by Kate Bornstein.

Theatre X, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$6,000
To support the presentation of a new play. The Noam Chomsky Play will be an ensemble created theater piece directed by John Schneider.

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
$50,000
To support the production of Tomy Kushner's play HOMEBODY/KABUL.

Unidentified Moving Objects, Inc.
Vashon, WA
$7,000
To support the development of a new work. Collaborating with playwright Adam Rapp, Unidentified Moving Objects will interview professionals who work with perpetrators of violence and combine this content with research on the human impulse for violence.

Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the work of three playwrights at various stages of development. Claudia Allen will be commissioned to write a new piece, Gloria Bond Clunie's work will receive a script development workshop, and Dean Corrin's new play The Battle of the Bands will have a world premiere.

Walden Theatre
Louisville, KY
$5,000
To support the presentation of three plays during the Shakespeare Festival. The company will present William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Cymbeline and Taming of the Shrew.

Williamstown Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Williamstown, MA
$10,000
To support the development and production of Donald Margulies' God of Vengeance. Directed by Gordon Edelstein, the piece will be developed through five weeks of rehearsals involving the playwright.

Wilma Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
To support the production of a play. The company will present Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard.

Women's Project & Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$18,000
To support the Developmental Theatre Program that develops the work of women theater artists. The program is comprised of the Directors Forum, Playwrights Lab, First Looks Rehearsed Readings, and Works-in-Progress initiatives.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support a production of Big Love by Charles Mee. Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz will direct the work, which is based on Aeschylus's The Suppliants.

Wooster Group, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of a theatrical adaptation of William Faulkner's 1930 novel As I Lay Dying. The work will continue the theater's exploration of American vernacular as well as family psychodrama.

Working Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$7,000
To support the commissioning, development and world premiere production of a work by Linda Faigao-Hall. The 7th of October offers a compelling look at homophobia in the workplace through the eyes of a construction worker.

Z Space Studio
San Francisco, CA
$12,000
To support developmental services for four established writers with roots in San Francisco Bay Area theater. Through the Studio's acclaimed Z Commissions program, the artists will have access to a wide range of artistic, technical and facility resources, including a three-week workshop production.

VISUAL ARTS

Aljira, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$25,000
To support Emerge, a professional development fellowship program for artists. The program seeks to provide advice and guidance from professional artists for the artist participants, and to assist with networking opportunities.

Alternative Center for International Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,000
To support the Internet Art Curators Initiative which will assist and promote individuals that are interested in curating on-line. The Alternative Museum will provide honorarium for artists and guest curators, technical and/or professional support, and on-line exhibitions.

Anchor Graphics
Chicago, IL
$8,000
To support a residency program to give printmakers access to Anchor Graphics' facilities. Residency periods are generally for two weeks; artists receive stipends for travel and living expenses, and unlimited access to the printshop.

Art in General, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$17,000
To support Art in General on Canal, a commissioning project for temporary, public work by aritsts and artists' collaboratives with accompanying publications, programs and educational outreach. Art in General, as part of its 20th anniversary programming will develop site specific works and performances in spaces along Canal Street in downtown New York City.

Art in General, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the joint commission of a sculptural installation by Maria Elena Gonzalez. The work will first be installed at DiverseWorks ArtSpace in Houston, then travel to the venues of consortium partners Art in General in New York and the Art Museum of the University of Memphis.

Art Papers, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
To support reviews of contemporary artists' work in the bi-monthly journal Art Papers. The reviews section includes an average of 32 reviews by writers, many of who will be publishing for the first time.

ArtLies
Houston, TX
$8,000
To support the reviews section of ArtLies, a quarterly publication that covers the visual arts in Texas. First published in 1993, ArtLies seeks to expand its news coverage and critical dialogue of the visual arts.

Artspace, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$25,000
To support the commissioning of nine temporary, site-specific public artworks from mid-career visual artists for the 5th annual City-Wide Open Studios program in New Haven. This month long event will showcase the work and studios of over 300 local visual artists and will feature exhibitions, educational tours and residencies.

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
To support a project investigating the historical roots of racism. This three-part project includes an art installation, the publication of an artist book, and public programming.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
$36,000
To support residencies for artists to create new work. Participating artists are provided with housing, workspace, technical assistance, and a stipend for three to six month periods.

Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support a series of artists' residencies in printmaking and presentation of an exhibition by women printmakers. The exhibition will feature the work of under-recognized women artists of color working in printmaking.

Bronx Council on the Arts (on behalf of Longwood Arts Project)
Bronx, NY
$36,000
To support cyberspace residencies and an artists' team project in which artists will create new work using advanced computer technology. An exhibition of completed works will be hosted on Longwood's on-line cyber gallery and public programs and demonstrations will complement the residencies.

Center for Women & Their Work
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support a series of solo exhibitions for young and emerging women artists of Texas. The exhibitions will be accompanied by catalogues and related educational and outreach activities.

City of Regent (on behalf of Enchanted Highway)
Regent, ND
$5,500
To support the commissioning of a public art piece for The Enchanted Highway, along a North Dakota highway. Artist Gary Greff will design and fabricate a large scale metal sculpture depicting a spider web to complement other works at the site including grasshoppers, pheasants and geese.

Collaborative Urban Sculpture, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support a pilot program to develop residency opportunities for artists in collaboration with progressive organizations operating outside the traditional arts community. The program will link artists with non-arts organizations to establish creative works that will respond to the missions of their partnering organizations.

Combined Organizations for the Visual Arts
(on behalf of Border Arts Workshop)
San Diego, CA
$27,000
To support the exhibition From Baja to Buffalo: Art in the Context of Collaborative Empowerment, to be held at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA. Six international artists familiar with the region will make work that responds to real estate development issues and displacement of communities along the Mexican/United States border.

Community Visual Art Association of Jackson Hole
Jackson, WY
$8,000
To support a project featuring the work of artists renowned for pioneering work incorporating technology and art. The project will include a group show and presentations by the artists at Teton County schools.

Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
$26,000
To support a publication chronicling Creative Time's 30-year history in the creation of public art in the late 20th century. The book will serve as a forum for the presentation of new artworks and will provide artists from the organization's past and present with the opportunity to create book-specific works.

Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.
New York, NY
$14,000
To support Dieu Donné Lab Grant, a papermaking residency program for mid-career artists who have never before worked with papermaking. The grant includes a stipend, studio access for six months, materials and 12 days of instruction.

En Foco, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
To support production of three issues of Nueva Luz, a bilingual photographic journal. Each issue will feature the work of three emerging photographers of color, an essay by a guest critic/editor, and a comprehensive listing of career opportunitie,s and other resources for photographers.

Escuela de Artes Plásticas School
San Juan, PR
$27,000
To support a traveling exhibition of works by collaborative artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. The exhibition will include site-specific installations and ephemeral works by this San Juan team of artists.

Exit Art/The First World, Inc.
New York, NY
$26,000
To support Terrorvision, examining the media's role in both the creation and perpetuation of societal fear and terror through the use of images. Images gathered from news broadcasts, photojournalism and movies will be juxtaposed with work by contemporary artists that responds to or further disseminates the notions of fear and terror.

Forecast Public Artworks
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the publication of Public Art Review, a journal detailing trends and new projects in the public art field. One issue will focus on the history of public art projects and the second will examine the notion of "agit-prop" public art.

Forum for Contemporary Art
St. Louis, MO
$27,000
To support a discussion/exhibition series entitled A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad. Funding will be used to support the artists' residencies and the curatorial research necessary for both the exhibition and the planned publication.

FotoFest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$27,000
To support FotoFest 2002, a biannual photographic festival that includes exhibitions, new media art events, artist portfolio review, and a catalogue. FotoFest works with over 80 organizations in the area to present the month-long event that attracts over 220,000 visitors world-wide.

Headlands Center for the Arts (consortium)
Sausalito, CA
$30,000
To support an arts festival program entitled Awake: Art, Buddhism, and the Dimensions of Consciousness. In six West Coast arts institutions, the program includes artist residency projects, quarterly consortium meetings, and artists crossing the boundaries between various genres.

Houston Center for Photography
Houston, TX
$24,000
To support a series of exhibitions of mid-career and emerging visual artists. These exhibitions, along with accompanying educational programming, will explore the notion of constructed reality as metaphor, and use photography in innovative ways.

Light Work Visual Studies, Inc.
Syracuse, NY
$40,000
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 on-line image database, an ever-expanding collection of over 1,900 prints, essays and biographical information.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support a residency program that will assist mid-career artists who use book arts as their primary visual art form. The residency will provide artists with the opportunity to explore state-of-the-art printing technologies in an industrial production facility to create original works.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
(on behalf of Art Research Collaboration, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support development of a cyber-based work, Decompression, designed to document and interpret an environmental art work. The project will attempt to explore the progress and development of a reef, Ocean Landmark, created by the artist Betty Beaumont in 1980 using 500 tons of industrial coal waste.

Project Row Houses
Houston, TX
$50,000
To support a residency program to commission artist installations in several shotgun-style row houses. The project will feature the work of photographers, and will coincide with the internationally renowned biennial photography festival FotoFest.

Public Art Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support In the Public Realm, a commissioning opportunity to enable emerging artists to realize temporary art projects in an urban context. Projects will be documented in a series of publications.

Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation
(on behalf of the Roswell Artist in Residence Program)
Roswell, NM
$13,000
To support one year residencies for visual artists. Participating artists will be provided with a professionally equipped studio, living accommodations for themselves and family members, a monthly stipend, and concentrated time to develop their work.

San Francisco Camerawork, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$21,000
To support an exhibition of work by Daniel Joseph Martinez entitled Interrogation of the Social, accompanied by the publication Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic. This project will attempt to further conversations about contemporary cultural issues instigated by artists utilizing photography and related technologies.

Sculpture Space, Inc.
Utica, NY
$15,000
To support an artists' 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 in Utica.

Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$27,000
To support Treinta: 30 years of Chicano Art, Culture and Printmaking. This project allows artists to create new work in a printmaking studio in a collaborative atmosphere with a master printer, experimenting with different techniques in the silkscreen format.

Serie Project, Inc.
Austin, TX
$8,500
To support a serigraph printmaking residency program for artists at all stages in their careers. The apprentices will be trained in printing, marketing, promotion and arts administration.

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
New York, NY
$8,000
To support a nine week residency program for emerging artists. Artists will be provided with a private studio, full room and board, and weekly private and group critiques by guest artists.

Smack Mellon Studios, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support a program to provide artists with access to studio space, equipment and technical support in response to the current artist housing/studio crisis in New York City. Nine to 12 artists will be selected by a panel of artists, curators and critics for residency periods varying from one month to one year.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Inc. (consortium)
Staten Island, NY
$35,000
To support Site-Ations, a project involving the creation of site-specific works with consortium members Vanguard Visions and the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island. The project will examine the relationship between context, meaning, sense of place and the visual.

Space One Eleven, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$21,000
To support Push Forward designed to strengthen the field of community-based visual arts practice, particularly as manifested in the use of new technologies. Contemporary artists who employ new technology in an on-line practice will be invited to Birmingham to both make work and give demonstrations.

Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$40,000
To support an exhibition and commissioning project featuring installations by artists that address the notion of finding sanctuary and solace within urban blight. Artists will create site specific installations throughout northeast Philadelphia, including the neighborhoods of Norris Square, Kensington and West Kensington.

Visual Studies Workshop, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$10,000
To support a residency program, providing artists with access to high quality equipment and materials. Participating artists receive a stipend, travel costs, use of the facilities, training and housing for the one-month residencies.

Wheaton Village, Inc. (on behalf of Creative Glass Center of America)
Millville, NJ
$15,000
To support residencies for glass artists to create new work at the Creative Glass Center of America. The center will provide housing, a monthly stipend, supplies and materials, and 24 hour access to the Wheaton Glass Factory.

Wood Turning Center
Philadelphia, PA
$11,000
To support an international summer residency program for wood turning. The center sponsors a program that brings together professional lathe turners, furniture makers, scholars and photographers, allowing them to interact with each other for eight weeks.

Young Women's Christian Association
Madison, WI
$30,000
To support a public art project by the artist Brad McCallum on the grounds of five public high schools dealing with violence and its impact on the community. The work, entitled Path of Voices, employs granite sculptural elements to create a public "listening space" in which subtle yet discernible audio tapes of area citizens affected by violence will be played.

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