2003 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access; Arts on Radio & TV; Arts Learning; Folk Arts Infrastructure; Heritage/Preservation; State & Regional Partnership Agreements
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture,
Recreation & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$35,000
To support Phase VI of Louisiana Voices. The program offers a blend
of high- and low-tech resources that, in addition to providing
lessons in folklife, provide teachers with strategies to meet
Social Studies and English Language Arts content standards.
Division of the Arts, Louisiana Department of Culture,
Recreation, & Tourism
Baton Rouge, LA
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
$618,000
To support Partnership Agreement activities.
Larose
Bayou Civic Club, Inc.
Larose, LA
CATEGORY: Folk Arts Infrastructure FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$30,000
To support a folklorist position and related costs. Activities will
include establishing a cultural facility and providing technical
assistance, as well as coordinating and documenting the maritime,
music, crafts and Native-American traditions along Bayou
Lafourche.
New Orleans
Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
$45,000
To support the Louisiana ArtWorks ArtReach Project. The project is
designed to provide audiences with access to the creative process
of the visual arts by attracting artists with diverse backgrounds
to Louisiana ArtWorks, a multifaceted arts complex.
Friends of NORD
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Arts Learning FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Arts Education
$15,000
To support the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance. This cultural community
partnership between the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD)
and the New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) will provide
year-round free classes and workshops.
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$25,000
To support a concert program exploring the connection between the
city of New Orleans and the Harlem Renaissance. Through a
collaboration with the New Orleans Museum of Art and Tulane
University's Amistad Research Center, three concert performances
will include an exhibition of works by Harlem artists and
educational activities.
New Orleans Video Access Center, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$25,000
To support workshops for media artists and students. Access to
training programs and sophisticated production facilities will
allow artists to create new work.
University of New Orleans Foundation (on behalf of
American Routes)
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Arts on Radio & TV FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$45,000
To support the production and national distribution of American
Routes, a weekly radio series from New Orleans devoted to the roots
of popular music and popular roots music. Folklorist Nick Spitzer
hosts the two-hour, weekend-oriented program, in which he combines
recordings of popular, folk, jazz and classical forms with
in-studio performances, field features and interviews.
University of New Orleans Foundation (on behalf of
American Routes)
New Orleans, LA
CATEGORY: Heritage/Preservation FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk &
Traditional Arts
$40,000
To support field-recorded segments of American Routes. These
special features will focus on interviews with artists and
community members representing unique American regional and
cultural traditions.
Shreveport
Shreveport Opera
Shreveport, LA
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support a tour of Corps of Discovery--Musical Journey, a
new opera by Michael Ching with libretto by Hugh Moffat,
celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
Community performances and interactive educational residencies will
take place in eight cities and underserved areas throughout
Louisiana and East Texas in the 2003-04 season.
Louisiana Total Dollars Awarded: $888,000
Louisiana Total Grants Awarded: 10
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