2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

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

NEBRASKA

Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$617,900
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha, NE
$10,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
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.

Omaha Symphony Association
Omaha, NE
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support a statewide tour targeting rural populations. The tour to more than 13 communities will also include educational activities for preschool through high school students at five of the locations.

Omaha Symphony Association (consortium)
Omaha, NE
$40,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support a pilot Residency Partnership Program. The program will offer specially developed, curriculum-based presentations in local schools and on-site residencies supported by the Nebraska Distance Learning Network. The consortium partner is the Omaha Public School System.

Opera Omaha, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$15,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support Create Opera, a project for high school students. A composer-in-residence, Deborah Fischer Teason, will coordinate the creation and presentation of a one-act opera generated by the collaboration of approximately 200 high school students and professional artists.

Total Dollars Awarded: $707,900
Total Grants Awarded: 5

National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506