The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1996, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1996 payments of multiyear grants awarded in a previous year.
Arts Education
Radio spots on community-based arts organizations for the program "Osgood File," American Communications Foundation, Mill Valley, CA, $85,000
One-on-one instruction from professional artists for at-risk youth, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA $50,000 over two years
Collaboration with Project Reach to provide an art-making and exhibition program for "high risk" youth, Art in General, Inc., New York, NY $30,000
Yo! Youth Outreach, a multimedia program for incarcerated and homeless youth, Bay Area Institute, San Francisco, CA, $70,000 over two years
Computer arts training for inner-city high school students, Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, $60,000
Collaboration with community-based arts institutions to provide programs in multidigital arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, $150,000 over two years
Folklore and cultural studies program for at-risk youth, City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture, New York, NY $65,000
Media arts and video production training for inner-city youth, Community Television Network, Chicago, IL, $60,000 over two years
Replication of AileyCamp, a summer dance program for at-risk youth, currently in Missouri, Maryland, and New York City, Dance Theater Foundation, New York, NY, $100,000 over two years
Musical training program for gifted students from low-income communities, Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Boston, MA, $25,000
Long-range planning and support for community-based multidisciplinary art programs for adolescents, Jamaica Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, Jamaica, NY, $30,000
Community outreach through jam sessions with drummers of different ethnicities who will contribute to a collaborative work; the development of autobiographical performances and videos by gay youth, Miami Light Project, Miami, FL $50,000
General support for a community-based multidisciplinary art center serving children and families, Mind Builders Creative Arts, Bronx, NY, $25,000
Making Coming up Taller, the report on arts and humanities programs for at-risk youth, more accessible by putting it on-line, National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, Washington, DC $36,000
Alt.youth.media, an innovative exhibition showcasing young media producers, New Museum, New York, NY, $35,000
Dance instruction and training for minority youth, Philadelphia Dance Company, Philadelphia, PA, $50,000
Portfolio preparation program for adolescents, and art-making and cultural heritage based arts education for youths of all ages, Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc., $50,000
Harlem Horizon Art Studio program focusing on painting for children and adolescents who are coping with physical or psychological trauma, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, NY, $35,000
Teenage entrepreneur project for young artists, Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia, PA, $100,000 over two years
Community-based Arts Organizations
Conference on survival strategies for culturally specific dance companies, Alpha Omega 1-7 Theatrical Dance Company, New York, NY $1,250
Strategic planning, staff restructuring, and board development, Alternate Roots, Atlanta, GA, $35,000
Institutional stabilization and administrative development, Alternative Center for International Arts, New York, NY, $23,750
Development of educational materials and products related to the Arawak Taino for dissemination on the Internet, Amigos del Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, $35,000
Job development and training program for handlers of fine arts, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY, $50,000
Development of a strategic financial plan for Third World Newsreel, an alternative media arts organization serving people of color, Camera News, New York, NY, $30,000
Community planning to provide institutional stabilization for a multicultural art center, Charter Oak Temple Restoration Association, Hartford, CT, $55,000
Earned income strategies for a coalition of community cultural centers in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, IL, $50,000
Support for the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College and its accessibility online, City University of New York,, Brooklyn, NY, $5,000
Fellowship program for people of color pursuing graduate degrees in art history, College Art Association, New York, NY, $50,000
Partnership program to strengthen community-based theaters in Watts and other Los Angeles communities, Cornerstone Theater Company, Santa Monica, CA, $50,000
Audience development, marketing, and fundraising initiatives, Crossroads, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ, $60,000
Preservation of Dominican, Asian Indian, and West African music and dance traditions, Ethnic Folk Arts Center, New York, NY, $75,000 over two years
Summer internship at a U.S. conservation laboratory for minority students, Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Washington, DC, $50,000
Expansion of earned income initiatives at this arts organization serving the Chicano/Latino community, Galeria Studio 24, San Francisco, CA, $40,000
Encounters at the Border, workshops for diverse groups, and performances about immigration, High Tide Dance, New York, NY, $25,000
Internships for college age youth to work with organizations serving at-risk populations, Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, $40,000 (1996 payment)
Neighborhood Arts Network, a collaboration offering technical assistance and professional support to neighborhood art centers, Kings Majestic Corporation, Brooklyn, NY, $100,000 over two years
Management initiative to stabilize the organization's finances, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose, CA, $20,000 (1996 payment)
Training for students in the ethnically diverse music and dance traditions of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT, $20,000
General support for an organization that provides diverse arts groups with new venues, Network of Cultural Centers of Color, New York, NY, $50,000
Talking Book Festival, performances, workshops, and readings addressing the state of the union, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, $25,000
Free jazz concerts and community outreach designed for children between 7 and 12, Newark Public Radio, Newark, NY, $10,000
Renovation of row houses into arts centers, performance spaces, and housing for teen mothers and their children, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, $50,000
Deaf Community Playwrights Festival featuring works created in American sign language by deaf playwrights, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, $25,000
Development of first Taiko conservatory in the United States, San Jose Taiko Group, San Jose, CA, $30,000
Earned income and audience development, Thalia Spanish Theatre, Sunnyside, NY, $30,000
Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, institutional stabilization, Union Institute, Washington, DC, $40,000
Regional Multicultural Theatre Initiative, to foster collaborative partnerships and nurture playwrights of color, University of Massachusetts Foundation, Boston, MA, $50,000
Living Stage Theatre's collaborations with social service providers to serve at-risk teens, Washington Drama Society, Washington, DC, $50,000
Out of Focus: Media Stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans, multicultural community programs complementing the exhibition, Wing Luke Memorial Foundation, Seattle, WA, $50,000
Integrated Program Themes
Estate planning service for artists with AIDS, Alliance for the Arts,
New York, NY, $31,200
Traveling art installation intended for reflection and healing for people coming
to terms with HIV/AIDS, The Art Exchange, Union Dale, PA, $25,000 (including
$10,000 from the Jewish life program)
Educational activities around a documentary series on how the struggles for
racial justice and democracy have shaped artistic creation, Civil Rights
Project, Boston, MA, $30,000
Using Up America?, an exhibition on changing American attitudes toward
the environment, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, $50,000
Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women's Experiences in the Upper Midwest,
exhibition and book, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN, $25,000
Watershed: Writers, Nature, and Community, a series of readings and discussions
on the environment convened by the U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, Myrin
Institute, New York, NY, $35,000 (including $15,000 from the environment
program)
Publication of multicultural arts education materials, and books against censorship,
New Press, Fund for Independent Publishing, New York, NY, $30,000 (including
$15,000 from Interprogram)
Life After Life/The Healthcare Project II, which offers healthcare workers a
creative outlet through dance, Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theatre, Columbus,
OH, $31,000
Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry, education and community outreach for
touring exhibition, Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC, $25,000
aining for students in the ethnically diverse music and dance traditions
of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Neighborhood Music School,
New Haven, CT, $20,000
General support for an organization that provides diverse arts groups with new
venues, Network of Cultural Centers of Color, New York, NY, $50,000
Talking Book Festival, performances, workshops, and readings addressing the
state of the union, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, $25,000
Free jazz concerts and community outreach designed for children between 7 and
12, Newark Public Radio, Newark, NY, $10,000
Renovation of row houses into arts centers, performance spaces, and housing
for teen mothers and their children, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX,
$50,000
Deaf Community Playwrights Festival featuring works created in American sign
language by deaf playwrights, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
NY, $25,000
Development of first Taiko conservatory in the United States, San Jose Taiko
Group, San Jose, CA, $30,000
Earned income and audience development, Thalia Spanish Theatre, Sunnyside,
NY, $30,000
Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, institutional stabilization, Union Institute,
Washington, DC, $40,000
Regional Multicultural Theatre Initiative, to foster collaborative partnerships
and nurture playwrights of color, University of Massachusetts Foundation,
Boston, MA, $50,000
Living Stage Theatre's collaborations with social service providers to serve
at-risk teens, Washington Drama Society, Washington, DC, $50,000
Out of Focus: Media Stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans, multicultural
community programs complementing the exhibition, Wing Luke Memorial Foundation,
Seattle, WA, $50,000
Integrated Program Themes
Estate planning service for artists with AIDS, Alliance for the Arts,
New York, NY, $31,200
Traveling art installation intended for reflection and healing for people coming
to terms with HIV/AIDS, The Art Exchange, Union Dale, PA, $25,000 (including
$10,000 from the Jewish life program)
Educational activities around a documentary series on how the struggles for
racial justice and democracy have shaped artistic creation, Civil Rights
Project, Boston, MA, $30,000
Using Up America?, an exhibition on changing American attitudes toward
the environment, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, $50,000
Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women's Experiences in the Upper Midwest,
exhibition and book, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN, $25,000
Watershed: Writers, Nature, and Community, a series of readings and discussions
on the environment convened by the U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, Myrin
Institute, New York, NY, $35,000 (including $15,000 from the environment
program)
Publication of multicultural arts education materials, and books against censorship,
New Press, Fund for Independent Publishing, New York, NY, $30,000 (including
$15,000 from interprogram)
Life After Life/The Healthcare Project II, which offers healthcare workers a
creative outlet through dance, Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theatre, Columbus,
OH, $31,000
Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry, education and community outreach for
touring exhibition, Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC, $25,000
Grants: Year 2007
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