Grants: Year 1995

The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1995, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1995 payments of multiyear grants awarded in a previous year. The grants reflect the program priorities in effect in 1995.

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Arts Education

TEEN NEWSPAPER created by and about young people, YO! Youth Outlook, Bay Area Institute, San Francisco, CA, $20,000

COMPUTER ARTS training for inner-city high school students, Brandywine Graphic Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, $60,000

PHOTOGRAPHY and writing program for at-risk elementary and middle school students, Center for Documentary Photography, Duke University, Durham, NC, $35,000

ACADEMIC PREPARATION through nurturing the artistic talent of at-risk youth, Children's Art Carnival, New York, NY, $50,000

MULTICULTURAL education resources for teachers developing materials for their students, City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture, New York, NY, $50,000

VIDEO ARTS training for minority youth, Community Television Network, Chicago, IL, $30,000

PERFORMING ARTS education curriculum for the center, which offers dance, music, theatre, and video/film, East Bay Music Center, Richmond, CA, $100,000 over 2 years

PUBLICATION of arts and arts education books and materials, The New Press, Fund for Independent Publishing, New York, NY, $75,000 (1995 payment)

YOUTH ORCHESTRA training for minority students, Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Boston, MA, $25,000

EVALUATION of community-based arts programs for educational effectiveness, Project Co-Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, $65,000

MINORITY INTERNSHIPS with community-based arts organizations, INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.), New York, NY, $15,000 (1995 payment)

OUTREACH for educational arts exhibits in unexpected, temporary locations, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Baltimore, MD, $50,000

EXHIBITION of the work of children at the Harlem Horizon Art Studio, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, NY, $10,000

OPERA WORKSHOPS for high school students, using "Dreamkeepers," which is about a young Ute woman's struggle with tradition and contemporary life, Utah Opera Company, Salt Lake City, UT, $20,000

TEENAGE ENTREPRENEUR Project to teach teens photography, silk screening, fabric arts, and wood carving, Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia, PA, $75,000

DRAMA CAMP for talented minority youth, Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM, $5,000

Community-Based Arts Organizations

PUBLIC STORYTELLING symposia in ten communities around Alaska, Communities of Memory, Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage, AK, $30,000 over 2 years

EARNED INCOME workshops for nonprofits of color, Association of American Cultures, San Antonio, TX, $50,000

AFRICAN AMERICAN culture preserved and exhibited at the Weeksville Society, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY, $50,000

CONFERENCE on arts and technology, California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, Sacramento, CA, $10,000

PUBLIC ART projects in six Allegheny County communities, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, $50,000

RESEARCH, advocacy, and grassroots organizing on arts policy, Center for Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, $200,000 over 2 years

MARKETING efforts to increase earned income opportunities, Crossroads, New Brunswick, NJ, $75,000

DANCE/THEATRE project focusing on issues of cultural identity through performance, community participation, and workshops, Dance Exchange, Washington, DC, $50,000

PRESERVATION of the culture of West African, Dominican, and Asian Indian immigrant communities, Ethnic Folk Arts Center, New York, NY, $45,000

PERFORMANCE of Deviant Craft, an interactive theatre work developed with community participation, Foundry Theatre, New York, NY, $5,000

ARTS CENTER bridging several ethnic communities, Gowanus Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY, $12,000

INTERNSHIPS for college age youth to work with organizations serving at-risk populations, Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, $80,000 over 2 years

ARTISTS REGISTRY to nourish the development of Japanese American artists, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, $25,000 (1995 payment)

TASK FORCE to support artists and arts groups, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,
New York, NY, $3,000

MANAGEMENT initiative to stabilize the organization's finances, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana de San Jose, CA, $40,000 over 2 years

DEVELOPMENT of an earned revenue plan, Muntu Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL, $15,000

MINORITY INTERNSHIPS in the museum profession, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, $25,000

SERVICE organization for culturally specific arts groups and multicultural artists, Network of Cultural Centers of Color, New York, NY, $40,000

ARTS WIRE, the primary online community for the arts nationwide, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, $60,000

ARTISTS FILES ONLINE, a computerized talent bank of theatre professionals of color, Non-Traditional Casting Project, New York, NY, $33,200

OPEN BOOK program to include more writers and editors of color in publishing, PEN American Center, New York, NY, $30,000

THEATRE training for interns from all parts of Alaska, Perseverance Theatre, Douglas, AK, $20,000 over 2 years

AUDIENCE development, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Long Island City, NY, $25,000

PUBLICATION of the work of women of color, Kitchen Table Press, Union Institute, Washington, DC, $40,000

CULTURAL EQUITY conference, Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating to the Caribbean, New York, NY, $75,000

AFROPOP Worldwide, a radio program of music and commentary from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, World Music Productions, Brooklyn, NY, $50,000

Creative Autonomy / Advocacy

EDUCATION about the information superhighway and the arts, Center for Media Education, Washington DC, $50,000

ADVOCACY for freedom of expression, equity, and access to telecommunications, Media and Democracy in Action, National Alliance of Media Arts Centers, Oakland, CA, $35,000

CULTURAL POLICY and advocacy work for freedom of expression and cultural equity, National Association of Artists Organizations, Washington, DC, $60,000

PUBLIC AWARENESS and education about freedom of expression, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Seattle, WA, $50,000 (1995 payment) s Centers, Oakland, CA, $35,000

CULTURAL POLICY and advocacy work for freedom of expression and cultural equity, National Association of Artists Organizations, Washington, DC, $60,000

PUBLIC AWARENESS and education about freedom of expression, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Seattle, WA, $50,000 (1995 payment)