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1992 Arts Grants
Creative Autonomy / Arts Advocacy
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
New York, NY |
A three year grant to provide legal
assistance to creative artists and arts organizations whose First Amendment
rights are jeopardized by threats of censorship, through the Arts Censorship
Project, a program of litigation, legal advocacy, public education, and
media advocacy. |
$250,000 |
$50,000 |
$200,000 |
Center for Media Education
Takoma Park, MD |
A two year grant to develop a set
of public interest policy recommendations concerning the democratic potential
of electronic media. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Fund for Independent Publishing
(formerly the Social Policy Corporation)*
New York, NY |
A two year grant to help the New
Press develop a publishing program in the fields of art censorship and art
education. |
150,000 |
75,000 |
|
National Campaign for Freedom
of Expression
Seattle, WA |
A two year grant to protect and
extend freedom of expression throughout the US by enabling the creative
community to respond to the threat of censorship through programs in communications
and education, media advocacy, affiliate/coalition development, and litigation. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
National Cultural Alliance
Washington, DC |
To educate the American public about
the arts and humanities through a high visibility, mass market, public education,
and advertising campaign in cooperation with the Advertising Council. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
National Public Radio
Washington, DC |
A two year grant in support of a
Cultural Desk within the News Division to cover stories relating to cultural
pluralism and freedom of expression. |
200,000 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
People for the American Way
Washington, DC |
For Artsave, a nationwide research
and public education project which assists artists and art institutions
in addressing challenges to free expression through public education, grassroots
organization, and litigation. |
75,000 |
75,000 |
|
Poets & Writers
New York, NY |
A two year grant in support of The
Literary Network, a collaboration between Poets and Writers and the Council
of Literary Magazines and Presses, which will build a national information/education
network of writers and literary organizations to address debates on public
policy and the arts. |
120,000 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
Regents of the University of California
Berkeley, CA |
For "Banned in the USA: America and Film
Censorship," a sixteen film series examining the history of censorship
in film. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Arts Education
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Appalshop
Whitesburg, KY |
To support an effort to develop
and implement a model for community-based arts education for the Kentucky
public school system. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
|
The Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe, NM |
A three year grant to create an
innovative teen center providing arts programming and creative opportunities
for Santa Fe's ethnically and culturally diverse teenagers. |
150,000 |
100,000 |
50,000 |
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY |
In support of "Behind the Scenes,"
an arts education public television series designed for children ages eight
to twelve. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Harvard University*
Cambridge, MA |
For Harvard Project Zero to design
and implement Project CoArts, a twoyear national study to evaluate the effectiveness
of community arts education programs. |
250,000 |
100,000 |
|
The Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ |
To enrich high school and college
teaching of contemporary Native American fine art by producing and distributing
the Native American Fine Art Resource Guide. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities
Kansas City, KS |
To identify and support the multicultural
arts community and diversify the mainstream arts and cultural community
in Kansas City, KS. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Original Ballets Foundation*
New York, NY |
A two year grant to support the
New Ballet School of the Feld Ballet to offer free ballet training and a
preprofessional program for public school children. |
100,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix, AZ |
For support of the Phoenix Symphony's
youth program, which brings concerts by the Phoenix Symphony Sinfonietta
into the classrooms of Arizona schools. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
New Agendas / Access-Diversity
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Alternate Roots
Atlanta, GA |
A two year grant in support of the
Community/Artists Partnership Program to develop, document, and disseminate
new ways of presenting the performing arts within communities, through the
establishment of performing arts residencies. |
$100,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
Arena Stage
Washington, DC |
Program which identifies and trains
young people of color seeking artistic, technical, craftrelated, or administrative
careers in the theater. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Asia Society
New York, NY |
A two year grant to support the
Contemporary Arts Initiative, a national project which will present contemporary
Asian and AsianAmerican visual, media, and performing arts. |
100,000 |
50,000 |
50,000 |
California Confederation of the
Arts
Sacramento, CA |
To launch a statewide advocacy campaign
on behalf of access and equity for multicultural arts organizations. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
College Art Association
New York, NY |
A three year grant to support the
Museum Fellowship and Professional Development Program for Multicultural
Artists and Art Historians. |
90,000 |
90,000 |
|
The Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH |
General support for the Contemporary
Arts Center of Cincinnati. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
El Teatro Campesino
San Juan Bautista, CA |
To support a NationalTouring Program
to begin in Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas,
with a special emphasis on efforts to help local arts presenters develop
a multicultural audience. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM |
To support a collaboration with
the American Folklore Society and the American Folk Life Center at the Library
of Congress to improve minority access to advanced degrees and careers in
folk and ethnic arts and culture. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Fund for Free Expression
New York, NY |
To support the Human Rights Film
Festival, a national showcase for human rights films which encourages both
documentary and feature filmmakers around the world to address human rights
themes in their work. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Japanese American Cultural and Community
Center
Los Angeles, CA |
A two year grant to support Celebrate California,
a performing arts festival of work from diverse ethnic communities presented
to new audiences. |
50,000 |
25,000 |
|
Regents of the University of California
Los Angeles, CA |
To support the exhibition,"TheView fromWithin:
Japanese American Art from the Internment Camps, 19421946," a collaboration
of the JapaneseAmerican National Museum, the UCLA Wight Art Gallery, and
the UCLA AsianAmerican Studies Center. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Library
Washington, DC |
To promote cultural diversity in the American
theater through a training program in classical drama for Equity actors
of color, and to support a Resident Directorial Assistant of color. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC |
In support of the Experimental Gallery, a museum
laboratory and gallery space which encourages innovation and risktaking
in exhibition technique and style, including context, design materials,
and Interpretive strategies. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM |
For a program of crosscultural arts events including
Latin American film, visual arts, music, dance, and theater linking the
University of New Mexico with Spanish, Mexican, and Native American communities. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Very Special Arts Massachusetts
Boston, MA |
To create opportunities for people with disabilities
by improving physical and programmatic access to cultural programs. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Visual Studies Workshop
Rochester, NY |
In support of a Media Arts Criticism internship
to provide training and job opportunities for AfricanAmerican, Latino, NativeAmerican,
and AsianAmerican writers in media arts criticism and editing. |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
| TOTAL |
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$2,600,000 |
$1,790,000 |
$510,000 |
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