2002 Grant Awards: Leadership Initiative Grants
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
FOLK AND TRADITIONAL ARTS INFRASTRUCTURE
Arts Center of Cannon County, Inc.
Woodbury, TN
$31,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
folklorist will update and expand the current database of
traditional visual and performance artists, archive existing
fieldwork and conduct field research on regional traditions.
Boston Office of Cultural Affairs
Boston, MA
$27,000
To support a folk arts director's position and other related costs.
The folk arts director will identify, research and make accessible
the authentic art forms and traditions of Boston.
City Lore, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the creation of a documentarian (director of fieldwork)
and other related costs. The responsibilities for the new position
will be to conduct field research for all of City Lore's
initiatives, including Place Matters and the People's Poetry
Gathering.
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
San Diego, CA
$27,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
folklorist will assess the state of the folk and traditional arts
field in San Diego and implement a plan that will address the
funding and professional development needs of individuals
artists.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Harrisburg, PA
$32,000
To support expansion of the Folk Arts Support Centers and
celebration of the 20th anniversary of the state's Folk Arts
Apprenticeship Program. The Folk Arts Support Centers consist of
independent organizations that have formed a network to promote the
practice of and participation in the folk and traditional arts
across the state.
Cultural Resources, Inc.
Rockport, ME
$20,000
To support a midcoast regional folklorist position. Activities will
include mounting an exhibit, enhancing heritage tourism related to
traditional artists and artistic traditions, providing technical
assistance, and developing marketing opportunities and a retail
outlet for the artists' work.
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Tallahassee, FL
$20,000
To support a statewide outreach coordinator's position and other
related costs. Activities will include an eight-part radio series
and the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program.
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno, CA
$40,000
To support an executive director's position and other related costs
at the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Located at the
Fresno Arts Council, the director will coordinate and support folk
arts programs throughout California.
Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM
$40,000
To support the program director position and other related costs.
The director will develop publications, workshops and conferences
designed to raise visibility and expand resources for the folk and
traditional arts field at state, regional and national levels.
Indiana Arts Commission
Indianapolis, IN
$25,000
To support a Master Artist/Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The apprenticeship program is designed to identify,
document, present and promote the traditional arts and artists of
Indiana.
Institute for Community Research, Inc.
Hartford, CT
$20,000
To support the basic costs of the statewide folk arts program
including the partial salary of the program director. Core programs
activities include fieldwork, documentation, technical assistance
and special projects in education and marketing.
International Institute of New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
To support a Latino folklife specialist position and other related
costs. The folklorist will conduct fieldwork and provide technical
assistance to new artists with a special emphasis on speakers of
Spanish with limited English capability.
Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
$25,000
To support the Iowa Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and
other related costs. The apprenticeship program is a time-honored
way for master artists to pass their skills on to apprentices
within their community.
Kentucky Arts Council
Frankfort, KY
$20,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
position would serve as a vital component of the Kentucky Folklife
Program's field research and public programming component.
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, LA
$35,000
To support Phase V of Louisiana Voices. The project offers a blend
of high- and low-tech resources that, in addition to providing
lessons in folklife, offer teachers strategies to meet social
studies and English language arts content standards.
Maine Arts Commission
Augusta, ME
$25,000
To support field research and the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Working with established organizations and artists, folklorists
will inventory artists and art forms while identifying lesser known
community-based groups and artists.
Maryland State Arts Council
Baltimore, MD
$32,000
To support the second year of Maryland Traditions. Folklorists will
be placed in four cultural institutions that serve rural and
underserved regions presently challenged by demographic and
cultural shifts.
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Baltimore, MD
$40,000
To support a folk arts program officer position and other related
costs. A full-time staff member will allow the foundation to more
fully realize its goal of institutionalizing the folk and
traditional arts within the agency's work.
Mississippi Arts Commission
Jackson, MS
$25,000
To support a folklorist position and other related costs. The
position will focus on documenting traditional artists living in
the northern region of the state.
Missouri State Council on the Arts
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support fieldwork in Missouri's northern tier counties.
Identification of traditional artists in the northern tier will
affect the public programming options in this region and ultimately
provide a showcase for the region's traditions throughout the
state.
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Silver Spring, MD
$40,000
To support a manager's position at the Blue Ridge Music Center near
Galax, VA. The manager will develop programs, oversee program
production and fundraising, and participate in the planning of
exhibitions for the interpretive center.
Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$10,000
To support the creation of a statewide Folk Arts Curriculum Guide
for K-12 students and other related costs. Teachers will gain
access to materials that will enable them to bring folk arts into
their classrooms, many of them for the first time.
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$35,000
To support a statewide fieldwork and technical assistance project.
Fieldwork will identify new folk artists from local ethnic and
cultural constituencies such as the Sikh, Vietnamese, Hungarian,
Russian and Slavic communities.
New Mexico Arts
Santa Fe, NM
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship and Community Fieldworker
Network Programs. Practitioners in the apprenticeship program are
sought in the course of the folk arts coordinator's fieldwork and
with the assistance of trained lay folklorists or community
scholars participating in the Community Fieldworker Network
Program.
New York Folklore Society, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
$16,000
To support an audio technician position and other related costs.
Activities include Web site enhancements and technology upgrades to
provide audio streaming onto the society's Web site.
North Carolina Folklife Institute
Durham, NC
$30,000
To support the creation of an executive director's position and
other related costs. The primary responsibility of this position is
to strengthen the state's infrastructure of support for the folk
and traditional arts, not only through improved communication but
also through long-range planning.
North Dakota Council on the Arts
Bismarck, ND
$45,000
To support a statewide Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program and
other related costs. The program allows master traditional artists
to pass their knowledge and skills to apprentices in an intensive
one-to-one teaching/learning situation.
Northern Forest Center, Inc.
Concord, NH
$45,000
To support a regional folk arts coordinator position and other
related costs. Activities will include coordinating efforts among
folk and traditional arts organizations, presenting and
interpreting the region's folk and traditional arts to residents
and visitors and marketing the folk and traditional arts of artists
and tradition bearers.
Ohio Arts Council
Columbus, OH
$25,000
To support the continuation of the Ohio Folk Arts Initiative.
Project activities will include fieldwork and documentation, the
creation of an Ohio Heritage Fellowship Program, presentations of
Ohio folk/traditional artists at the Cityfolk Festival and
expansion and updating of the Web site.
Old Town School of Folk Music, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$25,000
To support the manager of community outreach position. Activities
will include producing a weekly performance series, identifying
collaborative opportunities and consulting with key staff on
culturally diverse programming.
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the re-establishment of the Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The program allows
master traditional artists to teach a specific skill to another
member of their cultural community.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The program fosters sharing and passing on traditional
skills within cultural communities.
South Carolina Arts Commission
Columbia, SC
$25,000
To support the continuation of the Heritage Corridor fieldwork
coordinator position and the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship
Initiative. The continuation of these programs will strengthen the
increasing interest in traditional arts programming across the
state.
South Carolina Traditional Arts Network
Columbia, SC
$20,000
To support an executive director position and other related costs.
The new position of this emerging folklore and folklife
organization will be responsible for policymaking and funding, as
well as developing and coordinating activities for the organization
such as conference planning, membership development and
marketing.
South Dakota Arts Council
Pierre, SD
$20,000
To support the Traditional Arts Program. The program includes a
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, an annual arts exhibit,
and fieldwork focused on folk arts and folklife on the Missouri
River.
Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$24,000
To support the initial phase of a Hispanic/Latino Initiative. The
initiative is the first phase of a long-term program to provide
assistance, education, information and resources to the region's
traditional artists in Spanish-speaking communities.
Tennessee Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
$31,000
To support the second year of a folklife program assistant position
and other related costs. The position will include management of
informational and archival resources and secondary involvement in
other program functions such as fieldwork and information
gathering, constituent services and grants management.
Texas Folklife Resources
Austin, TX
$25,000
To support the Apprenticeship Program in the Folk Arts program and
other related costs. The program encourages master traditional
artists to pass on their skills to younger learners, particularly
within their own ethnic or regional communities.
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
$25,000
To support a professional folklorist position and other related
costs. A folklorist based in south Georgia will enhance efforts of
the Georgia Folklife Program to document, support and interpret
folk arts throughout the state.
Vermont Folklife Center
Middlebury, VT
$20,000
To support continuation of a statewide Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The apprenticeship
program encourages the preservation of living traditional arts by
funding master artists to work with less experienced apprentices to
pass along time-honored skills and knowledge.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
To support the creation of a Virginia Folklife Program and other
related costs. The program will support 12 apprenticeship teams
that are designed to pass on artistic traditions, drawing from a
diverse range of communities and involving a wide array of
traditional arts and folkways.
Washington State Arts Commission
Olympia, WA
$25,000
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related
costs. The program supports the sharing of traditional arts between
a master and an apprentice.
NEA/DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
JAZZNET INITIATIVE
To support the continuation of JazzNet, a jointly funded
initiative with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation designed to
strengthen the field of jazz by providing the country's leading
jazz presenters with multiyear artistic and administrative
resources to increase commissioning, residencies, and educational
and community-based programming.
American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, MO
$11,000
Artists Collective
Hartford, CT
$11,000
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
$15,500
Cityfolk
Dayton, OH
$11,000
Earshot Jazz
Seattle, WA
$11,000
Flynn Theatre
Burlington, VT
$15,500
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,500
Newark Public Radio/WBGO
Newark, NJ
$11,000
Outpost Productions
Albuquerque, NM
$11,000
San Francisco Jazz Organization
San Francisco, CA
$11,000
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Washington, DC
$11,000
Tri-C Jazz Fest
Cleveland, OH
$11,000
University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
$11,000
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