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.

VIRGINIA

Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
Arlington, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts

To support the folk arts outreach program. Projects include an oral history and ethnographic video, provision of rehearsal facilities and technical assistance to folk artists, and expansion of a youth program in folklore fieldwork.

Hampton University (on behalf of the University Museum)
Hampton, VA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the publication of a special issue of the museum's journal, the International Review of African American Art. The issue will present recent research of art historians on the topic "Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton: Dixie Myths and Downhome Realities in Post Migration African American Art."

Historic Richmond Foundation
Richmond, VA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Design
To support feasibility, schematic design and construction documents for the restoration and conservation of Monumental Church. The restoration of this national historic landmark will make the building available as an active community center.

Lime Kiln Arts, Inc.
Lexington, VA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a multistate tour of musical theater works based on classic tales and Appalachian folk tales. Productions will tour through southeastern states.

Mill Mountain Playhouse Company
Roanoke, VA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support an oral history project. Combining elements of both dramaturgy and playwriting, youth will examine economic and social issues in the Roanoke region.

Randolph-Macon Woman's College
(on behalf of the Maier Museum of Art)
Lynchburg, VA
$18,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support the conservation treatment of paintings and works on paper by American artist Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) in the permanent collection. It is anticipated that the conservation will form the basis for a traveling exhibition that was not possible in the past because of the condition of the works.

Richmond Ballet
Richmond, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the Minds In Motion, a fourth-grade dance education program. The ballet's faculty will plan and conduct hour-long, once-a-week classes that extend for 28 weeks in nine schools in Richmond and in rural, adjacent counties.

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the preservation and publication of collections which document the origins and development of the American circus. Professor LaVahn G. Hoh of the Drama Department of the University of Virginia will collect and develop an electronic archive/exhibit to display these materials on-line.

Virginia Commission for the Arts
Richmond, VA
$591,000
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
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.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the Poetic Principles Series, featuring readings at the museum by established authors. Scheduled guests include Seamus Heaney and Anita Desai, who will read and comment on the museum's upcoming exhibition of painting from India.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (consortium)
Blacksburg, VA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Heritage & Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Multidisciplinary
To support an Internet publishing project. The initiative will include the Web-based dissemination of The Citizen Artist and the commissioning of new critical writing on the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's Hallelujah project.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$25,000
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & Television FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
To support the production and distribution of the radio series Center Stage from Wolf Trap. The 13-part series provides national audiences with chamber music performances recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap.

Total Dollars Awarded: $782,000
Total Grants Awarded: 13

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