102-103 Streets Block
Association What a Neighborhood! 2006
To present six concerts, including an opera production, with music composed
by residents of West Harlem.
www.bloomingdale.org/newsletter102-103.htm
Afro Brazil Arts Capoeira Leadership Program
To produce a capoeira performance at a graduation ceremony, which will feature
students and master capoeira artists at Satellite Academy High School.
www.afrobrazilarts.org
American Australian Association New Indigenous Voices 2006
To present five staged readings and post-show discussions of new plays by
indigenous writers at a variety of Manhattan venues, culminating at the United
Nations Headquarters during the annual Forum on Indigenous Issues.
www.americanaustralian.org
American Composers Alliance Festival of American Music 2006
To present five concerts of new American music performed at Symphony Space’s
Thalia Theater, June 7-10.
www.composers.com
Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater, Inc. Treinta
To create and present AGDT's 30th Anniversary Series, including an educational
program, three world premieres and polished repertoire, presented in full-length
concerts.
www.agdt.org
Around the Block Urban Theatre
To present 12 production performances and public readings at library branches
and other centers, January through August.
www.aroundtheblock.org
Artists in Residence, Inc. Fellowship for Emerging and Mid-Career Women Artists
To support the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Program, which provides emerging,
mid-career and underrepresented women artists with a sponsored 18-month membership
in A.I.R. Gallery, culminating in a series of solo shows.
www.airnyc.org
Asociacion Tepeyac de New York Feria del Sol
To produce a day-long cultural fair that promotes Mexican folklore and culture
on West 14th Street.
www.tepeyac.org
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, Inc. Community Museum
To create and present a multimedia youth activism exhibition.
www.brotherhood-sistersol.org
Chhandayan, Inc. All-Night Concert and Sangeet Series
To present six concerts at Lotus Music and Dance and one all-night concert
at Cathedral of St. John the Divine Synod Hall.
www.tabla.org
Chicks with Flicks Film and Video Festival Chicks with Flicks Film and Video Festival
To create and present a film festival that will showcase the work of 10-15
women filmmakers.
www.chickswithflicks.org
Clemente Soto Velez Center Legacy/Legado
To create a site-specific video installation that draws on the history and
ambience of the former P.S. 160 as a public school serving waves of new immigrants.
www.csvcenter.com/2005
Collective:Unconscious OFF THE GRID
To support the second annual Lower West Side Film Festival – OFF
THE GRID featuring over ten screenings that will showcase more than 50
alternative filmmakers.
www.weird.org/www.lwsff.org
Concrete Temple Theatre The WanderLUSTers present: Achtung Grimm
To help support the payment of ten artists to create and present 11 performances
of a dark, gothic, operatic re-telling of the Brothers Grimm canon by a traveling,
singing carnival troupe.
www.concretetempletheatre.com
Creative Ammo, Inc. 5th Annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival
To produce a two-week theater festival, featuring 12 new works by a cross
section of urban playwrights and performing artists.
Crossing Jamaica Avenue Thousand Years Waiting
To produce a play that incorporates traditionally inspired Japanese puppetry,
for a 3-week performance run at P.S. 122.
www.crossingjamaicaavenue.org
Cue Art Foundation
To present the work of 16 artists and 12 curators selected to participate
in CUE’s 2006 solo exhibition and residency programs.
www.cueartfoundation.org
Dance Theater of Nepal Hamro Tal (Our Rhythms)
To present a concert involving five to ten dancers and musicians, highlighting
cultural diversity as seen through a variety of performing traditions of
Himalayan Nepal.
www.dancetheaterofnepal.org
Dancenow/NYC 06 dancemOpolitan@Joe's Pub
To present the 2006 season of dancemOpolitan@Joe's Pub, featuring more than
90 choreographers and companies.
www.dancenownyc.org
Danisar Productions, Inc. Los Nuevos Valores/The New Treasures
To support multigenerational playwriting, script development, and concurrent
acting workshops under the guidance of well-known professional artists, culminating
in a weekend theatrical festival of original plays in English and Spanish
at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, in East Harlem.
www.danisarte.org
Dansology, Inc. Dance Without Body
To create and present a new dance and mixed-media work, that will premier
at The Kitchen in October 2006.
www.dancekk.com
DDJW Incorporated Extensions of McIntyre… Vibrations in Movement
For a series of workshops and master classes culminating in a dance-theater
performance in Harlem.
www.defdancejam.org
Despina Productions, Inc. Seven 11 Revised
To support 16 performances of Seven 11, Desipina’s wildly popular
theater series.
www.desipina.org
East Winds, Inc. Concerts Series
To support the East Winds concert series on the Upper West Side and in Inwood.
www.taikoza.com
Elder Craftsmen, Inc. African-American Contemporary Crazy Quilts
To support 16 two-hour weekly workshops with seniors from Hansborough Recreation
Center, in Harlem, to make African-American Contemporary Crazy Quilts, culminating
in an exhibition at the Countee Cullen Library on West 136th Street.
www.eldercraftsmen.org
Elder Craftsmen, Inc. Self-Portraits in Collage
To support eight to ten two-hour weekly workshops with members of the Association
of Black Social Workers Senior Center, in Morningside Heights, to create
self-portraits in collage, culminating in an exhibition at the Morningside
Heights Library.
www.eldercraftsmen.org
Ensemble Pi Thoughts About Peace in a Time of War
To present a concert exploring the meanings of peace in a time of war at
the Great Hall at Cooper Union, featuring the music of Frederic Rzewski and
Elias Tanenbaum performed by the musicians of Ensemble Pi.
www.ensemble-pi.org
Experimental Theatre Project Rivers of Honey
To support a performance cabaret composed of women and trans playwrights,
dancers, directors and performing artists of color.
www.wowcafe.org
Flamenco Latino Four Weekends at La Nacional
To present eight performances over four weekends at La Nacional Cultural
Center featuring a seven member professional company and 10-12 students from
Flamenco Latino's arts-in-education programs.
www.flamencolatino.com
Fluid Motioin Theater & Film, Inc. The Great Conjurer
For the production of The Great Conjurer, a play based on the life and letters
of Franz Kafka that explores the struggle of art versus life and the universal
question - just how much are we willing to sacrifice for what we love?
www.fluidmotiontheaterfilm.org
Foundation for the Advance of Dance Paradise Deranged
To support the screening of a documentary that considers Greenwich Village
as a symbol of change and loss.
Friends of Morningside Park, Inc. New York Children's Festival
To present a children's theater group and a children's dance company at the
New York Children's Festival, a free-to-the-public multi-disciplinary arts
festival in Morningside Park.
www.morningsidepark.org
Genesis II Museum of International Black Culture Programs of Uptown Black Culture
To support various artistic productions and lectures throught the year,
which celebrate, entertain, and educate the Genesis II Museum’s audiences.
Gilgamesh Theatre Group, Inc. The Immortals
To produce a six-week workshop and eight performances of a new theatrical
event combining theater with music and dance from the Middle East and West
Africa.
www.gilgameshgroup.org
Greenwich Village Orchestra
To support seven symphonic concerts, including one free outdoor community
performance and one family holiday concert in December, programmed specifically
for children 12 and under.
www.gvo.org
Harlem Valley Heights Community Development Corporation (Fiscal Conduit
for Leah Yananton) Manhattanville: A Neighborhood Under Siege
To complete Manhattanville: A Neighborhood Under Siege, a half-hour documentary,
and to premiere it publicly at a neighborhood arts and culture festival in
Manhattanville.
www.westharlem.org
High Tide Dance, Inc. Resist/Surrender
To present a community-based dance and performance project in Chelsea, the
Upper West Side, Lower Manhattan, and at Dancespace Project.
www.risajaroslow.org
Holy Trinity Church, Inwood (Fiscal Conduit for Pied Piper Children’s
Theatre) The Delphi Theatre
To mount production of Menotti's The Medium and the Old Maid and the Thief
and Wilder's Our Town.
www.piedpiperchildrenstheater.org
Hope Community, Inc. (Fiscal Conduit for
Lina Puerta and Tanya Torres) Madre Fuente
To complete a public art fountain inspired by the strength and diversity
of the women in the East Harlem community.
www.hopeci.org
Horizon Theatre Rep., Inc. Black Milk
To support Horizon’s staging of Black Milk a play by Vassily Sigarev.
www.htronline.org
Hourglass Group, Ltd. Solo Lab Festival
To support the development and presentation of new solo works by a collective
of diverse women solo artists, culminating in a week-long festival.
www.hourglassgroup.org
Hudson Guild, Inc. The Art of Aging
To support six, twelve-week visual arts classes encouraging Hudson Guild
Adult Services participants to explore and express the discoveries, joys,
and victories inherent in aging, culminating in an exhibit at Guild Gallery
II at Fulton Center.
www.hudsonguild.org
Infinity Dance Theater Wheels and Bodies in Motion
To support Infinity Dance Theater's 10th Anniversary Season with open rehearsals
and four performances.
www.infinitydance.com
Institute for Labor & the Community (Fiscal Conduit for The WANTED:
X-Cheerleaders) The WANTED: X Cheerleader Project
To support "cheer" workshops for ten dancers and 50 girls/young
women, culminating in performances on the Lower East Side.
www.iclprojects.org
International Contemporary Ensemble 21st Century Young Composers Project
To present ICE’s final concert at Merkin Hall in June 2006; the work
of three young, international composers will be premiered alongside three
established American composers: Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands and
David Lang.
www.iceorg.org
Jackie Robinson Park Conservancy, Inc. Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival
l To present a free, four-week, eight night, outdoor film festival in Harlem.
www.cityparksfoundation.org
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York Japan Day Festival
To produce a multi-disciplinary Japanese folk festival, featuring performing
and decorative arts.
www.japanesefolkdance.org
Juneteenth Festival, Inc. Motion and Location@fingenyc
To present Motion and Location, a Junteenth Festival production, as part
of the New York Fringe Festival.
www.offbroadwayonline.com/juneteenth
Kathak Ensemble & Friends KATHAK SILSILAAH: New Links in the Chain
To support three public performances by advanced Kathak students and their
teachers and mentors.
www.kathakensemble.com
LaMicro Theater, Inc. The Latino PlaySStation Project
To support a series of three bilingual public readings and a final, fully
staged bilingual production, in four different locatioins in Manhattan.
www.lamicrotheater.org
Latin American Theater Experiment & Association (Fiscal Conduit for
Andrew Rizzo) Community Music Ensemble
To provide 10-12 weeks of music workshops including training, rehearsals,
and three or more performances on the Lower East Side.
www.teatrolatea.com
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, Inc.
To support Melodia's spring 2006 concert, featuring a newly commissioned
work by Allison Sniffin - a setting of love poems by Mexican poet and writer
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz.
www.melodiawomenschoir.org
Moose Hall Theatre Company The Hunchback of Notre Dame
To support the production of 12, free outdoor performances of The Hunchback
of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, adapted by Ted Minos, as part of the Inwood
Shakespeare Festival's 2006 season in Inwood Hill Park.
www.moosehallisf.org
MOTYL Chamber Ensemble Human Creativity in the Face of Adversity
To support the creation of a multi-media examination of racism, prejudice
and anti-Semitism, which engages students and community members of diverse
backgrounds to help promote cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity.
www.motylchamberensemble.org
Mountain Top Films (Fiscal Conduit for First of the Month Writers’ Collective) First of the Month
To produce the 16th issue of First of the Month, a monthly newspaper, which
strives to commensurate to the complexity of our times while keeping its
faith in the power of the powerless.
New Choreographers on Point Ballet Builders
To support a showcase of gifted ballet choreographers, selected in open auditions,
by giving them the exposure and experience they must have to develop their
talent and advance their professional careers.
www.balletbuilders.org
New York Downtown Hospital (Fiscal Conduit for Anne Beffel) The Mirrors Project
To support a three-month community art project that will explore and strengthen
communication among the diverse communities surrounding the New York Downtown
Hospital in Lower Manhattan.
www.downtownhospital.org
NW & D, Inc. Dance Conversations at The Flea
To produce Dance Conversations at The Flea, a free monthly dance series,
which supports new work by choreographers.
www.nwandd.com
NY Classical Theatre, Inc. Free Summer Classical Theatre in Central Park
To support 32 free "roaming" performances of John O'Keefe's Wild
Oats and William Shakespeare's Pericles in Central Park during the Summer
of 2006.
www.newyorkclassical.org
Omega Liturgical Dance Company (Fiscal Conduit for Sandra Rivera) Three Kings Day Project
To support a community project that features a group of 33 students, ten
seniors, five dancers, a flutist, and a traditional Jibara music ensemble.
www.omegadance.org
Our Time Theatre Company, Inc. Teen Play Project
To support the production of a play written and performed by teens who stutter.
www.ourtimetheatre.com
Palissimo Inc. Itch in the Stitch
To produce a multimedia, solo dance-theater prodcution that explores self-image,
gluttony, and obsession.
www.palissimo.com
Pro Musicis Foundation
To present four award winners in 12 concerts at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital
Hall, and community outreach venues for underdeserved audiences.
www.promusicis.org
Sachiyo Ito and Company, Inc. 50th Anniversary Concert
To present a Japanese dance concert in honor of Sachiyo Ito’s 50th
season.
www.dancejapan.com
Second Generation Productions, Inc. In the Works Reading Series
To support the expansion of a free readings series that seeks to nurture
Asian American writers.
www.2g.org
Singh Foundation (Fiscal Conduit for 3rd I NY South Asian Independent Cinema)
3rd I NY Monthly South Asian Film Series
To support monthly screenings of South Asian independent cinema, with a focus
on documentaries, shorts, music videos, experimental, political, and unreleased
films.
www.singhfoundation.org
Sixth Street and Avenue B Garden, Inc. 6th & B Garden Events Programs
To support a range of community events held at 6th & Avenue B Community
Garden in Manhattan.
www.6bgarden.org
South Asian Women's Creative Collective 8th Annual Visual Arts Show
To produce, promote, and document an annual South Asian Women Visual Artists'
show including a three-week contemporary arts exhibit, short video screening
event, and a one-day conference on themes elaborated in the visual arts show.
www.sawcc.org
Talujon, Inc.
To support a concert series that features established performers, young professionals,
and includes new works by younger composers with three shows in Manhattan.
www.talujon.org
Theatre International, Inc. TI Writer's Workshop
To support a writer's workshop that will culminate in a showcase production.
www.theatreinternational.org
Theatre of the Riverside Chuch NY Family Arts Festival
A month-long, multi-disciplinary arts festival featuring workshops and performances,
meant to promote family creative expression and participation in the arts.
www.theriversidechurchny.org
Tong Xiao Ling Chinese Opera Ensemble Chinese Opera
To support a Chinese Opera perfomance inspired by a famous Chinese novel
The Dream of the Red Chamber, in Manhattan.
Treehouse Shakers, Inc. Coyote's Dance
To subsidize ticket costs for an original dance-play entitled, Coyote's Dance,
for both low-income families and students within the Clinton community.
www.treehouseshakers.com
Tuesday Evening Hour, Inc.
To help support professional artist fees for the presentation of 22 weekly
two-hour slide show lectures, in Lower Manhattan.
www.tuesdayeveninghour.com
Village Light Opera Group, LTD The Merry Widow
To present a gala-centenary production of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow.
www.vlog.org
Vocal Ease, Inc. Vocal Ease Cabaret
To support 130 Cabaret performances from January through December of 2006,
at 65 different hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, and residences
in New York City.
www.vocaleaseinc.org
Wings Theatre Company Gay Play Series
To present three plays Through a Naked Lens by George Barthel, Tiger by
the Tail by Frawley Bekcer, and Fangs – The Vampire Musical by Cint
Jefferies, during the spring of 2006.
www.wingstheatre.com
ZEYBRAH A Moment in Time
To present an African and Afro-Cuban dance/music/drama, at ZEYBRAH's 5th
annual Moment in Time event dedicated to a cultural hero who has passed on.
www.zeybrah.com
African Services Committee, Inc. Conduit for artist Brett Cook-Dizney
To create a series of large-scale public works in collaboration with
residents of 127th Street in Harlem http://www.africanservices.org
Afro Brazil Arts
To produce eight workshops and free performances on
capoeira, a Brazilian self-defense hidden in dance and song http://www.afrobrazilarts.org
Artichoke Dance Company, Inc.
To offer dance workshops that introduce and involve
girls in process of making dances, and then performed for the public http://www.artichokedance.org
Artist Alliance
To create seven, six week contemporary art exhibitions
to take place in Cuchifritos Gallery and Project space situated within
the Essex Street Market http://www.artistsai.org
Association for the Development of Vocal Artistry and Neighborhood Cultural
Enrichment
To produce outreach programs in East Harlem and
Upper West Side about the music and history of African Negro Spirituals,
culminating in two gala spiritual concerts http://www.advance-ny.org, http://www.moreopera.com
Atrevete Flamenco Dance Theater of New York, Inc.
To present eight performances of new and traditional
flamenco choreography mixed with sculpture, technology, ballet, and Argentinean
tango http://www.atrevete.org
Balinese American Dance Theatre
To present two performances to NY-Anti-Violence Project
which serves GLBT community by presenting and evening of cross gender dances
BMCC Early Childhood Center, Inc. Conduit for Ellis Wood / Wood Dance
To hold workshops and performances empowering women through dance, text,
and movement exploration
BMCC Performing Arts Center, Inc.
To support Lost Jazz Shrines: Café Society,
with concerts, exhibits and panel discussions, celebrating the artists
and music of New York’s first racially integrated Greenwich Village
jazz club http://www.tribecapac.org
Broadway Housing Development Fund
To conduct weekly workshops to educate youth about
HIV/AIDS through the creation of baby quilts intended as gifts for children
with AIDS residing in a safe house in Washington Heights
Chhandayan, Inc.
To help support three Indian raga concerts at Lotus
Fine Arts and one All-Nighter Concert at Cathedral of St. John the Divine http://www.tabla.org
Chicks with Flicks Film & Video Festival
To produce a two-hour film screening for winners of
a women’s film competition http://www.chickswithflicks.org
Chinese Methodist Center Corporation
To conduct thirty after-school sessions focusing on
Chinese folk dancing and singing, culminating in a festival performance
Chinese Opera Association, Inc.
To produce the Chinese opera, A Red-Mane Steed,
featuring the songs, acrobatics, and acting in the traditional dramatic
form http://www.chinese-opera.net
Colloquium Contemporary Dance Company
To produce new and repertory work at several festival
venues in Lower Manhattan with multi-generational and diverse programming
Committee for the Heights Inwood Homeless
Conduit for New Quisqueyanos
To hold a free, all-day festival in Washington Heights of Dominican culture,
folk music, dance, and visual arts
Concerts in the Heights, Inc.
To present chamber music concerts to schoolchildren
ages 10-13 and residents of Washington Heights http://www.concertsintheheights.com
Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra
To organize a Salute to China II concert, featuring
contemporary Chinese composers and soloists on Chinese traditional instruments
Creative Ammo, Inc.
To produce a two-week festival of eight new works by
a cross section of new urban playwrights and performing artists
Crossing Jamaica Avenue
To pay artists and staff for the theater production
of Broken Morning, a dramatic exploration about men on death row
and capital punishment http://www.crossingjamaicaavenue.org
Danisarte Productions
To produce a series of bilingual, multigenerational
playwriting and acting workshops culminating in a theatrical festival of
original new plays http://www.hellohola.org/annc_wkshp/workshop.htm
Danscompany, Inc.
To present two-hour weekly sessions for youth PS
19 Power Movers through exploration of movement http://www.danscompany.com
DDJW, Inc
To create an inter-generational dance-theater production
featuring children with disabilities as the lead performers http://www.defdancejam.org
Desipina Productions
To encourage and unify young Asian American/multiracial
artists in the creation and workshops of seven, eleven-minute plays http://www.desipina.org
Dominican Women’s Development Center Conduit for Pa'Lo Monte Afro-Indigenous Haitian
and Dominican Folkloric Ensemble
To hold eighteen, biweekly Afro-Dominican dance and drum workshops in
the Washington Heights/Inwood Communities
Double Helix Theatre Company
To help produce a two-week festival featuring nine,
original one-person shows http://www.doublehelixtheatre.org
Earth Celebrations
To conduct twenty-five Art & Ecology Workshops,
culminating in a theatrical pageant to celebrate and preserve community
gardens http://www.earthcelebrations.com
Edge Theater Company
To produce the premiere of Adam Rapp’s Stone Cold,
Dead Serious including discussion events geared towards a young multiracial
audience http://www.edgetheater.com
Flo Bert, LTD
To produce four, three-hour outdoor tap dance, jazz,
and vaudeville/circus arts show for NYC audience and passing motorists http://www.nytap.org
Fly By Night Dance Theater, Inc.
To present 4 performances as part of the 5th Annual
Free-for-Kids Project using dance and aerial work http://www.flybynightdance.org
Fresh Art
To conduct two 12 weeks workshops for senior women
and at-risk teenage girls, exhibiting and selling the crafts http://www.freshartnyc.org
Frog and Peach Theater Company, Inc.
To present William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, featuring
Austin Pendleton, to the Upper West Side community
Goddard Riverside Community Center
To present four free community concerts, with Dominican
folkloric, African spirituals, and jazz music http://www.goddard.org
Goldman Memorial Band
To present a patriotic, all-American, big band concert
at Grant’s Tomb
Green Oasis Community Garden
Conduit for artist Suzanne Goldenberg
To produce eighteen workshops and exhibit for teaching alternative processes
in photography and nature
Greenwich Village Orchestra
To present a yearly classical and pops concert series,
including one free outdoor performance and one family concert during winter
holidays http://www.gvo.org
Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc. Conduit for artist Gregory Thomas
To hold a lecture/demonstration bringing members of Taoist, Tai Chi,
and jazz communities together http://www.heaf.org
Harlem Gateway Community Conduit for artist Al Miller
To pay for artist’s fee and materials in restoration of a popular
symbolic public monument, Tree of Hope, in Harlem
Harlem Textile Works Conduit for artist J. Mitchelle Hill-Campbell
To produce a digital fabric printing and computer-aided design community
outreach workshop with Harlem youth that will result in an exhibit and
discussion http://www.harlemtextileworks.org
Hourglass Group, Ltd.
To pay artists fees for a festival of adventurous and
experimental new plays, covering a wide range of provocative subjects http://www.hourglassgroup.org
House of Dance (The Neta Dance Company)
To create and produce Rainbow Girl' an evening
length, newly choreographed work with eight sections set to Schubert’s
Impromptus, each section being conveived as a specific color in the rainbow
spectrum http://www.netacompany.org
Imua! Theater Company, Inc.
To pay artist fees for a New York premiere of a hilarious
adventure/romantic comedy, written by a Korean-American, and set on stage
in a karaoke bar http://www.imuatheatre.org
Institute for Labor and the Community
To conduct Cheering Ourselves creative workshops
and performances with public school girls of the Lower East Side in order
to empower and raise public awareness about social issues concerning girls/women http://www.ilcprojects.org
Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation
To present a two-woman tribute to the life, art and
genius of our namesake and American Icon, Isadora Duncan http://www.isadoraduncan.org
Judson Memorial Church Conduit for Dance of African Decent Downtown
To provide free and low cost performances, masterclasses, and workshops
featuring emerging and veteran choreographers of African descent http://www.judson.org
Kinding Sindaw
To pay for artists fees for the 18 performances of Lemlunay,
a multidisciplinary production sacred epic of the T'Boli people from Southern
Philippines http://www.kindingsindaw.org
Lady Artemis & the Wild Things
To produce an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Trolius
and Cressida with a live, original piano score
LART, Inc.
To help pay artists fees, authors fees, videotaping
fees, video editing distribution fees for the local cable television show
promoting Latino authors http://www.lartny.org
Magic Bridge Theatre Company, Inc.
To produce nineteen performances of A Dolphin Up
a Tree, an original children’s musical http://www.dolphinupatree.com
Manhattan Theatre Source
To assist production of the second Homogenius Festival,
a celebration of gay and lesbian work http://www.theatresource.org
Mind to Move, Inc.
To present three multi-disciplinary performances with
choreography by Tiffany Mills, music by John Zorn and video installation
by Ela Troyano http://www.tiffanymillscompany.org
Moose Hall Theatre Company
To produce twelve, free outdoor performances of Robert
Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island as part of the Inwood Shakespeare
Festival’s 2003 season http://www.moosehallisf.org
Mountain Top Films Conduit for First of the Month’s Writers’
Collective
To produce the 10th Issue of First of the Month - A Newspaper of the
Radical Imagination, to revive a democratic sense of possibility
and provide a model of passionate cultural politics http://www.firstofthemonth.org
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
To support workshops, seminars and four Saturday afternoon
performances, and the creation of a new dance http://www.nainichen.org
New Choreographers on Point, Inc.
To present showcase for gifted ballet choreographers,
selected through open auditions, as well as an accompanying workshop http://www.balletbuilders.org
New York State Black Films & Videos Archives, Inc.
To produce a two-day celebration of National Tap Dance
Day; and, put on live performances and show rare film footage for the Jazz & Blues
Festival http://www.blackfilmguide.com
NY Artist Unlimited
To support artists fees to expand and present Little
Red-Girl from the Hood, a pop/hip-hop Latino interpretation of the
classic, for Manhattan’s underserved children and family audiences http://www.offbroadwayonline.com
Omega Liturgical Dance Company
To present three performances of CANTOS, a five-part
new flamenco dance by Sandra Rivera
Parents for the Arts
To conduct ten, two-hour weekly workshops creating
Sacred Space Wall Hanging Quilts http://www.parentsforthearts.com
The Brecht Forum Conduit for Pintados
To pay fees and workshop materials for multidisciplinary weekly arts
workshop of Filipino culture for community youth http://www.brechtforum.org
Phillipine Forum, Inc.
To pay artistic and consultant fees for a set of week
long performances and workshops by twenty young, emerging Filipino American
artists http://www.geocities.com/philippineforum
Phoenix Gallery
Conduit for Asian American Women Artists Alliance to
cover artists fees and cost of an art exhibition program for emerging Asian
American Women artists http://www.phoenix-gallery.com
Positive Workforce, Inc.
To cover artists fees, space rental, flyers, and mailings
for festival featuring Puerto Rican, Dominican, Asian American Women artists
Reverie Productions
To create a production of 14, An American Maul,
a wicked satire about instituting a modern-day slavery http://www.reverieproductions.org
Roosevelt Island Theatre Corporation - Main Street Theatre and Dance
Alliance
To pay artists fees for murder mystery dance project
utilizing amateur performers of diverse ages and ethnic backgrounds http://www.mstda.org
SCAN NY Volunteer Parent Aide Association, Inc. Conduit for Trova Inc. and artist Eddie Rosa
To support artist fees during the Fifth International Troubadour Festival,
a Puerto Rican decima espinela tradition http://www.scannewyork.org
Shotgun Productions
To present a final reading and full-production of Folding
the Monster, a play about a Italian woman and her father residing in
Washington Heights http://www.shotgun-productions.org
Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, Inc.
To pay for promotion, workshop supplies, and documentation
of multidisciplinary events in the garden’s 2003 program http://www.6Bgarden.org
South Asian Women’s Creative Collective
To produce, promote, and document annual visual arts
show and multidisciplinary performance showcase of work by South Asian
women artists http://www.sawcc.org
Tap Fusion, Inc.
To assist in artist’s fees for the 16-week rehearsal
period of Sheva B’rachot: Seven Blessings, a production inspired
by Jewish wedding ceremony http://www.tapfusion.com
The Children’s Aid Society
To complete the third annual performance of children’s
choral music, featuring compositions in collaboration with living composers http://www.childrensaidsociety.org
The Genesius Guild, Inc.
To help cover artists fees to present two performances
of Adam, a new musical based on the life of Adam Clayton Powell http://www.genesiusguild.org
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York, Inc.
To support payment for artist fees for multidisciplinary
festival of authentic Japanese music and dance workshops http://www.japanesefolkdance.org
The Kathak Ensemble & Friends / Caravan Inc.
To pay for lecturer’s expenses, rehearsal and
performance space fees for the production of Coming Together, a
collaboration of historical rivalries in Indian dance http://www.kathakensemble.com
The Pen & Brush, Inc. Conduit for artist Drunell Levinson
To pay artists and technical fees associated with the making of a video
documentary reflecting experiences of an art community of 8-10 artists
coming together in a time of tragedy through participation in the 9/11
Quilts memorial http://www.september11quilts.org
The Public Health Institute Conduit for artist Alejandra Martorell
To develop and perform a piece committed to highlighting the function
of art in expanding and activating our participation in social spheres http://www.bluegreenalliance.org
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City
To support the hiring of twenty professional musicians
to accompany the Young People’s Chorus in a celebration of children’s
choral music http://www.ypc.org
Theatre of the Riverside Church
To produce a multi-disciplined, multi-day, ethnic arts
festival on the Upper West Side http://www.theriversidechurchny.org
Third World Newsreel/Camera News Conduit for Arkipelago (Lynn Pono, Executive Director)
To plan and implement a free two-day film and video festival focusing
on Filipino Diaspora, with accompanying panel discussion and publication http://www.arkipelago.org
Visual AIDS for the Arts, Inc.
To support Lightbox, a traveling educational
exhibition and archive of works by artists with HIV/AIDS http://www.visualaids.org
Washington Heights-Inwood Coalition Conduit for Jennifer Spence
To produce Chalk Monuments a two-stage project which includes
a teacher/student activity and an exhibition based on the writing of
history and creation of NY Monuments
Wings Theatre Company, Inc.
To produce two plays in the 2003 Gay Play Series, which
aspires to showcase plays that contribute positive images in gay culture http://www.wingstheatre.com
Witness Tree Literary Arts Education, Inc.
To present five interactive multi-media poetry events
in non-traditional literary spaces, introducing literature to the social
sphere
Women for Afghan Women Conduit for artist Lina Pallotta
To support a four-week photo exihibit, My Face, My Story, that
seeks to represent Islamic women in a humanistic way after 9/11 http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
To produce a series and culminating festival examining
the creation and presentation of the arts http://www.ywashhts.org
Zeybrah
To support artist fees for a concert that interweaves
ethnic dance with spoken word and promotes peace http://www.zeybrah.com
2001/02
Adorno Sound Project, Inc.
Aton A. Archer, Board Member/Secretary
to develop a musical performance series and educational
outreach program
American Dance Guild
Margot Lehman, Board Member
to produce a conference and performances of major dance
works, within a historical, social, political and economic context
American Social History Production, Inc.
Josh Brown
Conduit for Video Works Collective /
Elizabeth Bouiss, Executive Director
to produce a half hour documentary on America’s ever
changing workforce, history, and the significance of Labor Day
Artichoke Dance Company, Inc.
Lynn Neuman, Co-Artistic Director
to create dance work that utilizes female survivors of
abuse, integrating them into the working process and performance with professional
company members
Atrévete
Cristobal N. Herrera, Founding Director
to perform new works that fuse flamenco into ballet, jazz,
modern dance and theater
Balinese American Dance Theatre
Islene Pinder, Founding Director
to create an inspirational tribute performance, fusing
Balinese dance with contemporary western movement
Borough of Manhattan Community College Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Linda Herring
Conduit for Ellis Wood / Wood Dance, Executive Director
to hold empowering workshops with women, culminating in
performances exploring female expression
Center for Oriental Studies
Virginia Henes
to produce six 20-minute internet plays that deal with
history, culture, and the current plight of Tibet and its people
Chhandayan, Inc.
Daisy Paradis, Director
to produce three concerts at Lotus Fine Arts and one All-Night
Concert of Indian ragas
Chicks with Flicks Film & Video Festival
Yhane Washington, Founder/Executive Director
to provide a film festival for independent women filmmakers
and their supportive audiences
Children’s Arts and Science Workshops, Inc.
Yokasta Morales, Executive Director
to support dance instruction and performance in ballet,
modern dance, salsa, mambo and flamenco
Chinese Methodist Center Corporation
Mey Joy Choy, Executive Director
to support thirty, weekly Chinese folk dancing and singing
sessions
Colloquium Contemporary Dance Company
Robin Staff, Artistic Director
to support development and creation of new dance work,
culminating in a two-week dance marathon
Committee for the Heights Inwood Homeless
Ofelia Rodriguez
Conduit for New Quisqueyanos / Nina Paulino, Director
of Community Relations
to support a free, day-long festival of Dominican
folk music, dance and arts
Cornerstone Chorale Inc. Anthony Cinelli
to produce a concert performance by a community chorus
Dance Collective
Carol Nolte, Artistic Director
to produce ten dance workshops and three performances for
young adults and senior citizens
Dance Project Sequence, Inc.
Eri Misaki, Director
to circulate a free, Japanese/English dance and arts magazine
throughout Manhattan
Danisarte Productions
Alicia Kaplan, Executive Director
to produce a series of playwriting, acting, and technical
workshops, culminating in a Portraits of Passion theater festival
Danscompany, Inc.
Regina Larkin, Artistic Director/President
to produce weekly youth sessions and two performances,
based on Lester Horton initiatives of dancing and community service
Earth Celebrations
Felicia Young, Founder/Executive Director
to support workshops and a theatrical processional honoring
community gardens and their struggle to survive
Federation and Employment and Guidance Service, Inc.
Gail A. Magaliff, Chief Operating Officer
to produce a group show that will feature the work of eight
to ten artists with developmental disabilities
Flamenco Latino, Inc.
Basilio Georges, Executive Director
to create original dance and music that fuses Hispanic
cultures of Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Colombia
Fly By Night Dance Theater, Inc.
Julie Ludwick, Artistic Director
to create low-flying trapeze and aerial dance workshops
and performances
Fort Washington Col. Church - General Synod of the Reformed Church
Monica Bauchwitz, Artistic Director
to produce chamber music concerts for schoolchildren and
residents of Washington Heights
Gilgamesh Theatre Group, Inc.
Suzanne von Eck, Artistic Director
to produce workshops and a staging of Gilgamesh,
a theatrical work combining dance, theatre, and puppetry
Goddard Riverside Community Center
Quimetta Perle, Arts Coordinator
to produce five, free music concerts at a community center
Goldman Memorial Band
Laurie Marks Law, Director of Development
to produce an outdoor band concert for younger and more
culturally diverse audiences
Harlem Girls Production
Cheryl Kennedy, Director
to create a instructional video that teaches Domba and
Lamba, dances of African decent
High Tide Dance
Risa Jaraslow, Artistic Director
to create a dance work featuring dynamic interplay between
dancers, string musicians, and their instruments
Horizon Theater Rep. Inc.
Rafael DeMussa, Artistic Director
to support thirteen performances of a staging of four Expressionist
Plays
Hourglass Group, Ltd.
Elyse Singer, Manager
to create a play radically lyrical and explosively visual
in response to The Frogs by Aristophanes
House of Dance
Dana Ruttenberg, Company Administrator
Neta Pulvamacher, Artistic Director
to support a revival of a family production of a whimiscal,
psychadelic, mirthful swamp
Infinity Dance Theater
Kitty Lunn, Artistic Director
to support a showcase of dancers with and without disabilities
Institute for Labor and the Community
Kim Irwin, Project Director
to conduct Cheering for Ourselves workshop/performances
to empower girls/young women and raise self-esteem
Kiboko Projects, Inc.
Jill Raufman, Treasurer
to support workshops, an exhibition and cultural exchange
between New York City, Hanoi, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Kinding Sindaw
Potri Ranka Manis, Artistic/Executive Director
to remount a dance-drama epic of the Ramayana, using
traditional music, dance and martial arts of the Philippines
Korean-American Contemporary Arts
Jung Kyu Choi
to support an exhibition of Korean visual art, oriental
paintings, sculpture, mixed media and crafts
Lady Artemis & the Wild Things
Artemis Preeshl, Artistic Director
to supprot twelve free shows with live, original dance
music
Moose Hall Theatre Company
Ted Minos, Artistic Director
to produce six free outdoor performances in Spanish
Mountain Top Films
Vonyaska Gee
Conduit for First of the Month’s Writers’ Collective /
Benj DeMott, Executive Director
to publish the eighth issue of a newpaper of "the
radical imagination"
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Andy Chiang , Director
to support explorations of modern dance in an underserved
community
New Choreographers on Point, Inc.
Ruth Chester, Executive Director
to support a showcase for emerging ballet choreographers
New Perspectives Theatre Company
Melody Brooks, Artistic Director
to support forty-eight performances for families and children
of engaging, authentic fables from around the world
New York State Black Films & Videos Archives,
Inc.
Ernest Norman Steele, Jr., Executive Director
to create a two-day celebration with historic and vintage
film footage and live performance
Omega Liturgical Dance Company
Kara Esposita, Artistic Director
Conduit for artist Sandra Rivera
to support intergenerational performances of narration
and dance, recording the Latino experience in New York City
Opus Dance Theatre and Community Service, Inc.
James Grant, Executive Director
Conduit for Laura Gadson
to support an exhibition of quilts that pay tribute to
the Black Experience and African American History
Phoenix Ensemble
Paul Knox, Director
Conduit for Operaworks
to support a world premiere of a full-length opera based
on a gay theme
Phoenix Gallery
Linda Handler
Asian American Women Artists Alliance / Yan Kong, Director
to cover cost of an art exhibition for emerging Asian American
women artists
Pink, Inc.
Gurukirin Khalsa , Chief Administrator
Conduit for Chashama, Inc.
to create a four-week, free experimental performance series
in Times Square
PR Project
Judith Escalona, Executive Director
to support an interactive web project to be installed in
a local community restaurant in El Barrio/Spanish Harlem
Roosevelt Island Theatre Corporation
Nancy Howe, Managing Director
to pay professional artists to work with a community dance
theater project
Sachiyo Ito & Company
Sachiyo Ito, Artistic Director
to support a lecture demonstration series on Japanese Dance,
such as Kabuki and Okinawan forms
Salt, Inc.
Padmini Biswas, Editor
to support the production of a South Asian American journal
Sheila Kaminsky & Dancers
Sheila Kaminsky, Artistic Director
to create a new dance work exploring the miscommunications
that occur between disparate cultures
Shotgun Productions
Patricia R. Klausner, Managing Director
to create an original theater piece focusing on the struggles
and survival techniques of three generations of women in El Barrio
Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, Inc.
Marybeth O'Hara, Events Director
to present a series of diverse cultural events in a community
garden
South Asian Women’s Creative Collective
Prerana Reddy, Director
to document and produce a annual visual arts and multidisciplinary
showcase of South Asian women artists
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
Barbara Crafton, Rector
Conduit for Etain O'Malley, Project Manager
to produce a series of visual, historical and staged reading
series celebrating life in Hell’s Kitchen
The Association for the Development of Vocal Artistry and Neighborhood Cultural
Enrichment
Cheryl Warfield, Founder/Executive Director
to support weekly workshops with artists and children to
foster appreciation of opera in Upper Manhattan
The Breakaway Theater Company, Inc.
Caleb Sekeres, Producing Director/President
to create two one-act plays that are dark and quirky yet
with a
comedic bent
The Brecht Forum
Liz Mestres
Conduit for Philippine Forum /
Julia Camagong, Executive Director
to produce discussions, workshops, and performances in
a festival with emerging Filipino American artists
The Children’s Aid Society
Elizabeth Parker, Director of Music
to commission a new choral work for a children’s chorus
The Church of the Annunciation
Feliz Jimenez
Conduit for Carolina Florencio, artist
to create a Dominican theatrical musical work for young
performers
The Colleagues Theatre Company
Catherine Wolf, Founding/Producing Director
to produce a play by W. Somerset Maugham, that is a satire
of social life, manners and morale
The Educational Alliance
Sally Yarmolinsky, Assistant Exec. Dir. For Development
to support a nine-member, senior drama troupe that creates
original stories from developing and weaving their life experiences
The Genesius Guild, Inc.
Thomas Morrissey,Artistic Director
to stage a play by Frank Stancati depicting positive gay
characters
and situations
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York, Inc.
Thomas K. Mooney, Manager
to produce a multi-disciplinary Japanese Folk Festival
of the performing and decorative arts
The Jazzy Randolph Dancers, Inc.
Eugene Compson, President/Choreographer
to create a dance project featuring dancers who are over
65, projecting a new image of seniors in action
The Kathak Ensemble & Friends / Caravan Inc.
Janaki Patrik, President/Artistic Director
to create a performance exploring the relationship between
Kathak dance, tap dance, Hindustani music, and jazz music
The Orchestra Celebrate!
Laurine Celeste Fox, Founder/Music Director
to produce an orchestral concert featuring a Puerto Rican
soloist
and several Puerto Rican composers
The Second Generation Productions, Inc
Welly Yang, Producer
to support a series of staged play readings of original
Asian
American plays
The Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Renee Danger-James, Director of Operations
to support excellence and artistry in the performance of
two children’s chorus concerts
Theatre of the Riverside Church
Jewel Kinch,Theatre General Manager
to create a multi-discipline festival promoting family
creative
expression and participation in the arts
Thingyan Association - Burmese Arts and Culture
Kyaw Tha Hla, Director
to create a puppet performance depicting folk elements
in
Burmese culture
Titans Theatre Company, Inc.
Sara Berg , Co-Artistic Director
to create a funny and powerful theatre piece about women
finding
their own voices
Tuesday Evening Hour, Inc.
Marjorie Grimm, Director
to create and present a weekly art slide show and lectures
to
an underserved community
Wings Theatre Company, Inc.
Jennifer Clarke, Development Consultant
to create two contemporary plays and a new musical for
gay audiences
Yaffa Cultural Arts, Inc.
Linda B. Humes, Executive Director
to support concerts celebrating diversity, followed by
workshops in storytelling, drumming, dance and arts & crafts
