Achugar, Luciana
Loveadora
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by Luciana Achugar at Danspace Project at Street Mark's Church, in Manhattan.
Alta Classica Inc.
Music Mile
To support 20 musicians for their performance in Music Mile, the finale of the Uptown Arts Stroll.
www.altaclassica.org
Art for Change
Barrio Beats
To present a wide range of music traditions and styles created by Latino artists living in New York, to the neighborhood of East Harlem.
www.artforchange.org
Artists in Residence, Inc.
Pink Kid Gloves Exhibition
To present a four-person exhibition featuring women artists from AIR's membership and fellowship programs, held at Cuchifritos, the Artists Alliance gallery at Essex Street Market, and curated by AIR Fellowship recipient, Jinnine Pak.
www.airnyc.org
Arts Indonesia
Ramayana Bali
To support Gamelan Dharma Swara�s Ramayana Bali, a concert of traditional
and new works by the Balinese gamelan ensemble.
www.dharmaswara.org
Baird, Sara
Speaking Volumes
To support the creation of presentation of choreographer Sara Baird�s Speaking
Volumes, a new performance to be held at Anemone Dance Theater in collaboration
with composer Miranda Young.
www.anemonedance.org
Beffel, Anne
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, including Chinatown.
www.annebeffel.typepad.com/default.html
Blue Coyote Theater Group
The Standards of Decency Experiment
To present a performed play competition which challenges playwrights to write a short play that tests the limits of the provocative, often censored, subjects of Nudity, Violence, or Blasphemy, in ways essential to the integrity of the piece.
www.bluecoyote.org
Chan, Abby Man-Yee
Lost and Found
To support a new three evening dance theater production which examines the lives of adopted Chinese girls as they adapt to their new homes and their new homes adapt to them.
www.homepage.mac.com/yangillo/chancandance
Connelly, Brendan
The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa
To support Two-Headed Calf�s presentation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1705
Kabuki play, The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa, at HERE's 2007 Culturemart
Festival, as part of year two of the HERE Artist in Residence Program.
www.twoheadedcalf.org
Creative Ammo, Inc.
5th Annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival
To support a two-week theater festival that will produce 12 new works by a cross section of urban playwrights and performing artists.
Crosby, Beverly
The Women
To produce The Women, a musical venue celebrating the life and time of blues legends Bessie Smith, Ma Rianey, and Billie Holiday, in Harlem and downtown Manhattan.
www.beverlycrosby.com
Dance Theater of Nepal, Inc.
"Hamro Tal" (Our Rhythms)
To support a traditional dance and music concert highlighting the diversity of regional people of Himalayan Nepal, as expressed through their folk and classical performing arts traditions.
www.dancetheaterofnepal.org
Dixie Fun Dance Theatre, Inc.
The Money Show
To support the creation and performance of The Money Show, an interactive dance-theater concert humorously inspired by the current state of funding for dance.
www.dixiefundance.com
The Dream Theatre, Inc.
Baptiste and Miriam
To support 16 performances of The Dream Theatre�s play, Baptiste and Miriam,
at the Lino, on Theatre Row.
www.offbroadwayonline.com
Ellen Beckerman & Company, Inc.
AJAX: 100% FUN
To support the creation and presentation of LightBox's boldly theatrical adaptation of Sophocles' play AJAX, about a soldier's experience during wartime. www.lightboxtheatre.org
Ellis, Loren E.
The Days�After 9/11 in Manhattan
To support public readings of poetry and prose written by our local community, culminating in the production of a book.
www.lorenellisart.com
Ensemble Pi
Thoughts about Peace in a Time of War
To support a concert that explores the meanings of peace in a time of war, featuring the music of Frederic Rzewski and Elias Tanenbaum and the musicians of Ensemble Pi, in the Great Hall at Cooper Union.
www.ensemble-pi.org
Falu, Georgina
What I Didn't Know about My African History
To support a children's play in East Harlem's El Barrio, in which children that have Latino ethnicity discover what they didn't know about their African heritage through music and culture.
Farsad, Negin
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Comedy
To support a musical comedy that tracks the notorious Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to a botched one-night stand at the Geneva Convention.
www.madamefunnypants.com
Fly-by-Night Dance Theater, Inc.
The Amerlia Project
To present four performances and four workshops of the 8th Annual Free-for-Kids Project entitled The Amelia Project to be held in May 2006.
www.flybynightdance.org
Geismar, Aviva
Demons in the Rough
To support Demons in the Rough, four choreographed performances at the West End Theater.
Granata, Francesca
At the Juncture: Cat Chow, Susan Gancolo, Erin Weckerle
To organize and present an exhibit that highlights the role of fashion and crafts in fostering a feminine public sphere.
www.fashionprojects.org
Grenke, David
American Pop
To support a performance which explores the voice of the individual in America during times of protest and political upheaval.
www.ticm.org
Gross, Sally
Seeing Winter Out
To support three performances of Sally Gross� dance, Seeing Winter Out,
at the Joyce SoHo, in March 2006.
Hammond, Valerie
Solo Exhibit
To support Valerie Hammond�s solo exhibit the Cue Art Foundation in late
April.
Holder, Kanene
SAYITOUDLOUDORSITDOWN
To support a performance and empowering workshop that engages junior high school aged young women in critical thinking addressing femininity, racism, and peer pressure.
www.sitchaassdown.com
Hourglass Group, Ltd.
Trouble in Paradise
To support artist fees for Hourglass Group�s world premiere production
of Trouble in Paradise.
www.hourglassgroup.org
House of Dance, Inc.
TalkingDance at Joyce Soho
To support the production and marketing costs for a free, curated, monthly performance and discussion series encouraging open, intelligent dialogue between artists and audiences on the featured works in progress.
www.netacompany.org
Hudson, Karen
Inwood Coffeehouse
To support a community open mic and performance, one night monthly, focusing on acousting based and roots music.
www.karenhudson.com
International Contemporary Ensemble
21st Century Young Composers Project
To support several concerts in New York of music written for the 21st Century Young Composers Project, the purpose of which is to identify through a competitive process of composers under age 35, producing exceptional music for mixed chamber ensemble.
www.iceorg.org
Jones, Ludie O.
Tapping Seniors
To support a series of dance classes for African American senior citizens that celebrate the art of tap dancing.
Kahn, Barbara
Long Time Passing
To support a showcase production of a new play that portrays the effects of war on residual victims in a setting that reflects the history of New York City parks.
www.barbara-kahn.com
Kamalova, Lola
Hard Cotton
To support the production and presentation of Hard Cotton, an animated film about the practice of using child labor in the cotton industry of Uzbekistan.
www.bibimovie.com
Kan, Pak-Hing
Ceramic Art Exhibition and Workshop
To support the ceramic art exhibition and workshop of Pak-Hing Kan.
www.pakhingkan.com
King, Samar
Hiyaat Al-Noor
To present Hiyaat Al-Noor, a multi-cultural and emotionally textured retrospective of the character Noor expressed through the events in her life as an Arab woman, tied together by essential elements of humanity common to many people.
LaMicro Theater, Inc.
The Latino PlaySStation Project
To support The Latino PlaySStation Project in a series of three billingual public readings and a final fully staged production to celebrate and support emerging Latino playwrights in four different locations.
www.lamicrotheater.org
LeCompte, Ellen
Cara: A Work in Progress
To support a week of performances of a play writen, co-directed and performed by Anna Kohler and Elle LeCompte, in Lower Manhattan.
Lienhard, Marco
Shakuhachi Concerts
To support a series of Japanese and shakuhachi concerts for community members of Inwood and the Upper West Side.
www.taikoza.com
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
Senior Connections Latin Dance Heritage
To support a series of dance classes that encompass several latin folklore dances, culminating in a performance in summer 2006.
Martell, Morna Murphy
A Mini Tempest
To present a one hour version of William Shakespear's The Tempest for families and local children on the Upper West Side.
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, Inc.
Hear Me With Your Eyes
To support a concert featuring works for women's voices and a work-in-progress performance of a new piece by Allison Sniffin.
www.melodiawomenschoir.com
Mendelson, Andrew
A Cricket in the Court of Akbar
To support the presentation of a documentary about an American-born, Jewish sitar player who travels to compete in the largest Indian classical music competition inRajasthan, India.
www.acricketinthecourtofakbar.com
MOTYL Chamber Ensemble
Human Creativity in the Face of Adversity
To present an interactive, multi-media examination of racism, prejudice and anti-Semetism to help promote the cross cultural understanding and sensitivity of students and community members of diverse backgrounds.
www.motylchamberensemble.org
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 Feminist Art Institute Inc.
Aggregates - An Exhibition for Asian Women Artists
To present works by Asian women artists who are under-represented, at Ceres Gallery.
www.ceresgallery.org
Nuskind-Oder, Dorian
Throw People
To support dancer salaries for the production of Throw people, a new full-length evening of modern dance choreography by Chirs Elam, at Perfomace Space 122.
www.misnomer.org
NW&D Inc.
Constraints I
To support the premiere of Constraints I, a new dance with live music by choreographer Nina Winthrop and collaborators Jon Gibson (composer/musician), Naoko Nagata (costume designer), Peter West (lighting designer) and dancers.
www.nwandd.com
Oughtred, Karen
New Indigenous Voices 2006
To present five staged readings and post-show discussions of new plays by indigenous writers from Australia and the Americas at a variety of Manhattan venues, culminating at the United Nations Headquarters during the annual Forum on Indigenous Issues.
www.aboriginaltheatre.com
Palissimo Inc.
Le petit Mort/Now It's Time to Say Goodbye
To support the creation and performances Le Petit Mort/Now It's Time to Say Goodbye, a dance-theatre work that investigates themes of loss and hope.
www.palissimo.com
The Partnership for the Homeless
Hope: An Action
To support 12 performances of Peter�s Place Players, a solical action
theater group composed of homeless adults.
www.partnershipforthehomeless.org
Rae, Suki
Piece of Peace/Peace Song Initiative
To support a songwriting
workshop on the subject of world peace for students (9-16), culminating
in prerformance of chosen songs.
www.sukiatry.com
Resonance Ensemble Corporation
New Play Workshop Series
To present a free, public reading of a play developed by Resonance Ensemble in a week-long intensive workshop.
www.ResonanceEnsemble.org
Rogers, Norma
Visual Arts Workshop for Seniors
To support a series of visual arts workshops for seniors and disabled of our community and living at Street Margaret's House, celebrating the talents and abilities of the elderly and disabled.
Sanchez, Osvaldo D.
Somos los ojos y la voz de la lucha: Cultural Workers in the Social Justice Movement
To support Somos los ojos y la vos de la lucha: Cultural Workers in the Social Justice Movement, which will showcase a consortium of local artists who dedicate their work to the promotion of social justice.
www.palomonte.org
Shirobayashi, Kiriko
Wishing Tree
To create wishing trees in Central and Battery Parks in celebration of New Year.
www.kirikoshirobayashi.com
Simpson, Christine
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
Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, Inc.
Events Programming at 6th & B Community Garden
To support multi-disciplinary cultural events at 6th & B Community Garden
- all free to the public.
www.6bgarden.org
SuarezDanceTheater, Inc.
A Question of Faith
To support A Question of Faith, an original dance theater work, and a series of choreography workshops to be presented at Tribeca Performing Arts Center's Work and Show Festival in March and April of 2006.
www.suarezdance.org
Templeton, Fiona
The Medead
To present interactive sections from The Medead, a multidisciplinary theater piece written and directed by Fiona Templeton, in the spring of 2006.
www.fionatempleton.org
Treehouse Shakers, Inc.
Coyote's Dance
To support Coyote's Dance, bringing 4 interactive performances to 800-1000 low-income families, neighborhood students and general audience members.
www.treehouseshakers.com
Tuesday Evening Hour, Inc.
To support slide show lectures to provide cultural educational entertainment to the downtown Manhattan community.
www.tuesdayeveninghour.com
Wahman, Gwen
Joyful Jazz for Unity of Mankind
To create and present an exciting, unique and unifying experience for audiences and musicians through the incredible performance of original jazz compositions which are based on Baha'I text.
Wakka Wakka Productions Inc.
The Death of Little Ibsen
To support the creation and performance of a new work about the life of playwright Henrik Ibsen, celebrating dramatic literature, Norwegian culture, and the art of puppetry, in Chelsea.
www.wakkawakka.org
Wallace, Ishmael
Voices of the Neighborhoot!
To support performances of music and words by West Harlem and Morningside Heights residents.
www.orfeoduo.com
Wang, Tai-Qi
The Chinese Opera Beauty
To support several performances of Chinese opera, in Tai-Qi Wang�s special
style, Hinqu and Peking, in Manhattan.
Williams, Nikki
Do Remember Me: A Gathering of Harlem - My Heart, My Home
To support a series of photography exhibitions and memoir writing workshops that celebrate Harlem Culture.
Yananton, Leah Michele
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
Yiu, Marisa
Chinatown WORK, 2006
To complete and present Chinatown WORK, 2006 an interactive installation in Chinatown that uses the silhouette of pedestrians to mix video footage of interior spaces of garment factories and restaurants with time-lapse images of familiar Chinatown locales.
www.ericschuldenfrei.com
Yoon, Maria
Maria the Korean Bride - A One Woman Show
To mount production of Maria the Korean Bride, which contains her studies of marriage with documentary film interviews as well as her performance on stage, at an Off-Broadway venue for four consecutive days.
www.mariayoon.com
Zalben, Jonathan
To present a multimedia video installation based on artwork by James De La Vega, in East Harlem and the East Village.
www.jonathanzalben.com
Zweig, Ellen
HEAP
To support a solo exhibition of the Manhattan based artist, Ellen Zweig, which will feature a newly developed multi-media installation that examines Western notions of China, at the Cue Art Foundation.
www.ezweig.com
Individual Artists and Artist Collectives
Akiyoshi On Megumi
To support the creation of an interactive, illuminated, moving gallery performance
at Times Square.
Roxane Butterfly
To support the creation and presentation of “Hoofalogies- Tap 'n' Beyond,” a
new tap show at the Duke Theater.
Dalia Carella daliacarella.com
To organize a workshop of the El Mundo dance, a fusion of Near Eastern dance
movements with Spanish and Latin dance influences, at Taller Boricua in Spanish
Harlem.
Jacquelin Carnegie
To stage a puppet show musical in Spanish and English for New York City schools.
Gamal Abdel Chasten
To stage a play in which a multi-racial cast explores the topic of death
and loss.
Charlene T. Chen
To support performances of Kungu and Peking Opera in Manhattan.
Rex Chen
To produce a documentary video and conduct community discussions on obstacles
that immigrants face.
Emily DeCola www.octopusensemble.com
To develop a puppet/mask/new music series examining the psychology of the
scientific method.
Cristina Cortes
To rediscover Amerindian culture’s legacy through a workshop and
performance.
Sheila Dehner www.dehneart.com
To foster awareness of notable African Americans throughout history through
a series of painted tapestries.
Eleanor Dubinsky www.eleanordubinsky.com
To research and develop a New York City version of “Transit,”
a site-specific interactive performance that explores art and internationalism.
Babak Ebrahimian
To present a cinematic theater production addressing issues in the contemporary
Middle East, with outreach to high school and university students.
Loren Ellis www.lorenellisart.com
To teach children from Hartley House how to work in a darkroom with a professional
photographer/teacher.
Caron Eule www.geocities.com/ceuledance
To present a three-night concert dance at the Merce Cunningham studio, blending
music, visual art, and film in innovative ways.
Negin Farsad www.bootlegislam.com
To support a one-woman comedy about a New York-based Iranian American's experiences
in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Berenice Fisher
To stage an original play aimed at increasing understanding of the complexity
of the lesbian experience and the struggle--from the 1950s to the present--to
develop authentic identities.
Elaine Gan
To prepare the installation and exhibition of “Maze” in an
outdoor playground, turning a system for crowd control into an opportunity
for social play.
Suzanne Goldenberg
To create a video/sound piece which uses personal Super 8 footage shot in
Lower East Side from the late 80s in conjunction with other urban footage.
Lawrence Goldhuber www.goldhuber.com
To create a dance production of “Julius Caesar Superstar”
at Danspace Project-St. Marks' Church.
Laraine Goodman
To present live dance from East and West rhythmic dance forms in combination
with dance films at Vamos Sembrar Community Theater.
Steven Gridley www.springtheaterworks.com
To present an experimental dance theater piece exploring the mental landscape
of a quadriplegic.
Shelly Haven
To support an exhibition of nature-based works at the Tompkins Square
Library in conjunction with a "meet the artist" program.
Rosemary Hay
To organize free outdoor performances and children's theater workshops in
Midtown and Downtown.
Lenora Zenzalai Helm www.lenorazenzalaihelm.com
To workshop and premier a jazz suite entitled “Journey Woman,”commissioned
by the Doris Duke Jazz Ensemble Project and Chamber Music America.
Katie Holten
To create a public art project in collaboration with homeless and activists
in the Lower East Side and East Village.
Eunjung Hwang
To create and present an experimental animation.
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili www.juxtapower.org
To perform an original dance in Harlem that celebrates the life of Nelson
"Madiba" Mandela.
Irene Koloseus www.feraba.com
To develop and produce a new dance music work entitled “Ginie Na
N'na- I am a woman.”
Julie Landau
To produce “Li, the Last King,” a dramatic work with interludes
of poetry, music, and dance.
Chang-Jin Lee
To create an interactive installation exploring what emergency means to individuals
from diverse backgrounds and professions in this time of political and
psychological insecurity.
Rehana Mirza
To develop and workshop a screenplay dealing with mental illness within the
South Asian community in America.
Ken Montgomery
To organize a workshop and sound concert which incorporates everyday sounds
recorded in the community.
Regina Nejman
To present a four-night performance of a new dance theater piece, “The
Velocity of Things.”
Josue Perez www.LisayJosue.com
To stage an interactive guitar concert featuring new and traditional Puerto
Rican compositions, with dance, poetry and flamenco, in the Lower East Side
and East Harlem.
Pamela Proscia
To organize an interactive music and movement program to foster community
amongst varied cultures and ethnic groups through multi-cultural songs, stories
and musical games.
John Ranard
To stage an exhibition in Tompkins Square Library of photographs taken during
the early nineties with a poetry reading and concert.
Andrew Rizzo
To organize a series of music performances by and for the children of Lower
Manhattan.
Daniel-Bernard Roumain www.dbrmusic.com
To organize workshops and performances of new musical works by the artist
and members of his 9-piece youth ensemble, The Mission, with the goal of
strengthening the downtown community.
Andres Sanz
To make a short film about a woman's spirit searching New York for a new
person to inhabit.
Alexandra Shilling www.alexxmakesdances.com
To present a site-specific contemporary dance piece, conceived and choreographed
by Alexandra Shilling and Ann Robideaux.
Reuben Sinha
To unite and promote visual artists of Harlem by conducting two days of open
artist studios.
Linda Stein
To support the completion of the sculpture series, “Knights,”
an eight-week visual arts exhibition.
Oona Stern
To create several sidewalk structures throughout Manhattan, wallpapered with
images of architectural siding.
Lora Tchekoratova www.tchekoratova.com
To contribute to a cultural exchange concert celebrating rarely performed
Bulgarian music on the occasion of Bulgaria's National Cultural Holiday.
Richard Usera
To screen and donate to ten libraries in Harlem and the Lower East Side
the film "Every Child is Born…"
Jacqueline Wade
To support the third annual “Through Her Eyes: Women of Color Film
Festival,” with films made by and for women of color.
Ishmael Wallace www.orfeoduo.com
To produce operatic works by emerging local composers at St Mary's Church
in West Harlem.
Cheryl Warfield www.moreopera.com/about
To present a musical performance about the life and contributions of Dorothy
Maynor, opera singer and founder of Harlem School of the Arts.
Yu-Huan Wang
To present a two-week public sculpture project called “Dream El Barrio” in
Spanish Harlem.
Kriota Willberg www.duramaeter.org
To present a performance that blends live dances with original music and
video projections in a documentary style.
Perry Yung www.slantperformancegroup.com
To create a performance work revealing the Japanese traditional culture via
the shakuhachi (the Japanese Zen bamboo flute), theater, dance, and video.
Jonathan Zalben
To present an interactive multimedia performance/installation featuring
poetry, video, and music.
Organizations
The A'Sabi N'Goma Dance Theater
To present a series of African dance concerts, promoting African arts and
culture in Harlem.
Banana Boat Productions
To present a free quarterly play reading series, celebrating under-produced
Caribbean plays and playwrights.
Crossing Jamaica Ave. Inc.
To develop and produce the play “Crossings,” a project that
braids together patterns of contemporary American life and classic Japanese
literature.
Danisar Productions Inc.
To support “Los Nuevos Valores/New Treasures” workshops for
aspiring playwrights.
East Winds Inc. www.taikoza.com
To make possible free Japanese music concerts and taiko workshops in the
parks.
Fly-by-Night Dance Theater, Inc. www.flybynightdance.org
To cover artists’ fees for four performances of the 7th Annual
Free-for-Kids Project.
House of Dance Inc. www.netacompany.org
To present a free monthly performance series, in which four choreographers
take turns presenting original works.
Institute of Chinese Opera Inc.
To present a performance of classical Chinese theatre.
The Jazzy Randolph Dancers, Inc.
To produce and perform Revue 2005, a dance festival that showcases the talent
of seniors.
Melodia Women's Choir of NYC www.womenshoir.home.mindspring.com
To organize a concert of classical and contemporary music by women’s
voices at St. Peter's Church in Chelsea.
Motyl Chamber Ensemble
To support a concert of music written by Jewish composers who were incarcerated
in the Terezin concentration camp.
The Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, Inc. www.musicabella.com
To organize an orchestral concert featuring the world premiere of a work
by a local composer.
New Choreographers On Point, Inc. www.balletbuilders.org
To give talented ballet choreographers exposure and experience to develop
their talent and advance their professional careers.
The Orchestra Celebrate!
To support a classical music concert for children.
Painting Space 122, Inc.
To organize a celebration of PS122 Gallery's 25th anniversary, including
exhibitions, tours of East Village artists studios, and presentations by
artists and curators.
Parsifal's Productions Inc.
To present a series of new monologues, based on interviews with residents
of the Lower East Side.
PR Project Inc. www.prdream.com
To record twenty oral histories of musicians who lived and worked in El Barrio
and forged new musical styles such as Salsa and the Latin Bugaloo.
Sachiyo Ito and Company Inc. www.dancejapan.com
To organize a series of demonstrations, lectures and performances on the
Japanese performing arts.
Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden Inc.
To pay artists' fees for multi-disciplinary events, including art workshops,
monthly poetry readings, music and dance concerts at 6th Street and Avenue
B community garden.
Solstice Music, Inc. www.solsticemusic.org
To organize “2005 Solstice Music Festival,” an annual classical
music festival held in Lower Manhattan in June.
The Tank Ltd.
To support Bent Festival, an event dedicated to circuit bending, the art
of modifying existing electronics to create new sounds and unique musical
instruments.
Treehouse Shakers
To present an original dance-play, “Desert Travels: Tales from the
Middle East,” bringing two interactive performances to low-income
families.
ZEYBRAH: Zest for Education of Youth Brings Rhythm Arts and Humanities
To present the annual “Moment in Time Event 2005,” featuring
West African music and dance and promoting tolerance and world peace.
Individual Artists and Artist Collectives
Davida Adedjouma
to support the creation of poems, prose and the manipulation of black
Barbie dolls for a commentary on their "lives" and their
stereotypical image in black culture
Konrad Aderer
to develop a documentary on American civil liberties and race in times of
war, weaving stories of ethnic communities targeted in the name of national
security
www.lifeorliberty.org
Quang Bao
to support a literary arts project about two gay male lovers who grow up
in Chinatown, one being Vietnamese-American, the other Chinese-American
Michele Beck and Jorge Calvo
to support the exhibition of a video/performance focusing the body as a vessel
which creates and carries physical and emotional time
Ellen Beckerman
to produce a solo media performance inspired by the work of photographer
Peter Beard, who documented the decimation of African wildlife
www.eb-c.org
Sigfrido Benitez
to provide studio practice, exhibition display, and exhibition of Outsider
Art
Gwendolyn Black
to present an outdoor women's jazz concert series at Marcus Garvey, Jackie
Robinson, and Riverbank State Parks, highlighting women's contributions
Penni Bunyaviroch and Chanika Svetvilas for Thailinks Collective
to bring awareness to artists from Thailand by producing art exhibits, events,
and talks on Thai culture
www.thailinks.org
Stephen Burdman
to present sixteen, free "traveling" performances, working
and engaging Central Park's vast natural terrain as part of the production
Duana Butler
to support development of a documentary exploring the current conflicts that
exist within the Harlem community as a result of gentrification
James Cade
to support payment of artist fees and materials for the creation of a graffiti
mural in Harlem consisting of motivational words and portraits of African
American leaders
Ariadna Capasso
to create a sound-video installation that focuses on the first exchanges
that took place during the Spanish Conquest between European and Native
Americans
www.business2art.com
Alexandra Chang
to create a documentary film on Asian American art, tackling the issues of
identity and suspension between cultures
www.instepfilms.com
Seong Chun
to produce a one-person exhibition focusing on 'paper yarn' that explores
the passage of time and architecture of space
Cruz Enrique DeJesus
to support payment of choreographer and administrative fees for a free pre-professional
choreography workshop for inner-city youth
Joe Diebes
to exhibit an audio/visual installation that places the audience in the mind
of a private detective
www.joediebes.com
Maureen Donahue
to support a program coordinator to present a nine-month Middle Eastern cinematic
film series at Cantor Theater
www.arteeast.org
Joy Garnett
to produce socially relevant artwork in the form of a DVD installation drawn
from U.S. government declassified films of nuclear tests conducted from
1945-1963
http://firstpulseprojects.net
Katherine Gilmore
to present a two-month traveling exhibit of multi-media artists in a moving
truck throughout Manhattan
Melanie Girton
to produce Romeo and Juliet, set in post-war Baghdad, incorporating live
Middle-Eastern music and dance, with US military and Middle-Eastern costuming
Laraine Goodman
to create and present a new dance/theater piece with tap dance and middle
eastern traditional Afghan dance and music
Bridget Gorman
to create a documentary photography project on the Fulton Fish Market in
the Manhattan's Seaport
www.bridgetbesawgorman.com
Rosemary Hay
to produce workshops and performances of Handsome and Petal (Hansel and Gretal)
with contemporary interactive staging and musical numbers
Paul Hogan
to create an interactive sound installation and live performance featuring
an electro-acoustic jazz ensemble
www.hoganmusic.com
Shih-Chieh Huang
to expand cultural dialogue in community workshops by inventing functional
or alterative conceptual objects using ordinary materials
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili
to create in Harlem a dance performance that celebrates the traditional dances
of the Zulu people
www.juxtapower.org
Lisa Karrer
to support payment of artist fees for the multi-arts music theater production
with gamelan orchestra, Balinese, Javanese wayang, mask and dance
Kate Katomski
to produce a multi-media exhibit involving a three-channel video and audio
projection of a single quote, looped with multi-lingual visual translations
David Linton
to support production of 2 live electronic arts events in the DCTV cyberstudio
resulting in 8 television programs cablecast on MNN ch-34
Heather Maloney
to support a performance involving a dancer who has lost her foot and performs
with a prosthesis, investigating the intensity of human relationship, finding
courage and resilience
Potri Ranka Manis
to produce a new dance drama work-in-progress based on a ballad of the Tausug
people of Mindanao, Southern Phillipines
www.kindingsindaw.org
Tequila Minsky
to support a photo exhibition of women of Haiti to highlight women's contribution
in building their nation
http://haitiforever.com/windowsonhaiti/tequila.shtml
Camilo Molina-Gaetan
to assist young artists in El Barrio in percussion techniques
Przemyslaw Moskal
to present an interactive art exhibition using human physical movement to
create interfaces with a surreal 3D environment
www.laksom.com
Iki Nakagawa
to create a two-part media project dealing with the effects of communication
technology on interpersonal relationships
www.psichering.org
Mei-Yin Ng
to present a multi-discipline work involving dance and mini-spy cameras that
explores the desire to see/show the private and normally hidden
Jose Ortiz, for Areytos artist consortium
to support a series of visual arts workshops celebrating Dominican arts and
culture
Renee Philippi
to create a play that contemplates technology and its place in our lives,
drawing from the work of Leonardo Da Vinci and Ray Bradbury
Sandra Rivera
to present a Flamenco/Afro-Bomba Dance workshops and performance series
Osvaldo Sanchez and Pa'lo Monte
to support the celebration of the life and legacy of Papa Liborio, a respected
political and spiritual leader and Dominican of African ancestry
Gili Sharett
to create a performance of new music for bassoon and unusual instrument combinations
www.brevardmusic.org/sfaculty.html
Fran Kirmser Sharma
to create a contemporary production of the classic holiday tale with dancer-puppeteers
and new puppets
Veena Shetty
to support the production of a documentary on Sarah Mclawler, a jazz musician,
who overcame the challenges of race and gender to become one of the greatest
musicians of our times
Isabelle Sigal
to support design and implementation of an online media hub comprised of
electromedia performances
www.astrobelle.com
Christine Simpson
to produce a multi-discipline adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story
"The Lagoon" for the stage, incorporating Asian drumming and
Malaysian dance forms of Silay and candle dancing
Sarah Teitler
to support production of a video exploring a changing building lot and slow,
sad loss in the Lower East Side
Aleeza Wadler
to support a performance of works by composers who were prisoners at the
Terezin Concentration Camp
Vita Wallace
to produce chamber music concerts of 19th century Vienna and contemporary
styles in Morningside Heights
www.orfeoduo.com
Michael Wimberly
to present a dance and music concert focusing on the collaborative process
of composing for dance
Janet Ziff
to create a series of 30-minute parody and dry wit videos to be broadcast
on public access television, galleries, and alternative art venues
www.homesweathome.info
Arts Organizations
Arts Indonesia
to present traditional Indonesian performances, introducing the beauty and
complexity of Javanese music and dance
Cornerstone Chorale, Inc.
to support payment of artists and costs to present a choral concert in the
Inwood/Washington Heights area
www.angelfire.com/music/cornerstonechorale
Creative Ammo, Inc.
to support a theater festival that produces new works by a multicultural
cross section of playwrights representing the spirit of urban life
Dance Collective
to support artists fees to present a series of Movement memory workshops
www.nydancecollective.com
Danisarte Productions, Inc.
to produce playwriting workshops that develop original plays in English and
Spanish reflecting the bicultural experience
East Winds, Inc.
to present concerts of koto and shakuhachi music, creating a wider platform
for Japanese music
www.taikoza.com
First of the Month Writers' Collective
to produce the online version of a newspaper of 'Radical Imagination', responding
to political and cultural events
www.firstofthemonth.org
Friends of New Music, Inc.
to perform a concert series of modern improvised music to encourage innovation
Improvisational Arts Ensemble, Inc.
to create improvised choreography dance performances that challenge the notion
of the 'love duet' in famous love songs
www.improvarts.com
Manhattan Children's Theatre, Inc.
to create a children's play based on a 19th century poem by Christina Rossetti,
who constructs a female hero in literature
www.manhattanchildrenstheatre.org
Marcus Garvey Park Alliance
to support artist fees in a free, one-day dance festival in Harlem's Marcus
Garvey Park Amphitheater
New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble
to produce a low-cost concert series of lesser-known symphonic music
www.nysae.org
Parsifal's Production's Inc.
(The Metropolitan Playhouse of New York)
to produce workshops and oral history of Alphabet City with community residents
exploring the themes of identity
www.metropolitanplayhouse.org
Performers Access Studio, Inc.
to present a series of comedic scenes satirizing love and marriage, featuring
actors with disabilities
Sound Vision Orchestra, Inc.
to present a concert and panel discussion on new works and works-in-progress
conceived for large-ensemble improvising orchestra
The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York, Inc.
to present a multi-disciplinary Japanese Folk Arts Festival of the performing
and decorative arts
www.japanesefolkdance.org
The Orchestra Celebrate!
to produce a concert performance of Italian verismo operatic excerpts
Triple Candie
to support the 2nd Annual Artist Talk series in Central/West Harlem, broadening
public dialogue about the artistic process
www.triplecandie.org
Visual Arts Foundation
to provide youth programming that encourages creative exploration through
the visual arts
www.schoolofvisualarts.edu
Vital Theatre Company
to pay fees to playwrights and directors developing new theater works
www.vitaltheatre.org/
Zest for Education of Youth Brings Rhythm Arts and Humanities
to present a performance based on Senegalese, Mali, Guinea, and Cuban cultural
music and dance forms, dedicated to the late Mongo Santamaria
www.zeybrah.com
