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.

NEW JERSEY

International Institute of New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ
$20,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
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.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$709,300
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Trenton, NJ
$35,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support a statewide fieldwork and technical assistance project. Fieldwork will identify new folk artists from untapped local ethnic and cultural constituents such as the Sikh, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Russian and Slavic communities.

Newark Public Radio (on behalf of WBGO)
Newark, NJ
$11,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the continuation of JazzNet, a jointly funded initiative with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Designed to increase commissioning, residencies and educational programming through 13 regional presenters, JazzNet encourages individual artists and ensembles by providing creation funds, touring support, artists' residencies and access to shared workspace.

Newark Public Radio, Inc.
Newark, NJ
$70,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production of JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, a weekly radio series of jazz concerts. The series is produced by WBGO/Newark and distributed by National Public Radio to approximately 135 public radio stations throughout the country.

Paper Mill Playhouse
Millburn, NJ
$25,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support the Access Program for the Disabled. To ensure that all individuals may benefit from the performing arts, Paper Mill Playhouse has designed a program that includes services for the deaf and hearing impaired, and barrier-free access for the physically disabled.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
(on behalf of the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum)
Piscataway, NJ
$21,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support education programs for the exhibition Artist + Printers: Recent Trends in Collaborative Printmaking. The project will focus on the working relationship between the artist and the printer in the process of producing a successful print.

Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
Camden, NJ
$45,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America Arts Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support the expansion of the artist residency and workshop program. Up to 10 recognized community teaching artists and local artists will work with underserved city residents.

Total Dollars Awarded: $936,300
Total Grants Awarded: 8

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