2007 MCAF Grantees: Multidisciplinary

Bracco, Tara, Poetic People Power
To support the 5th Annual Poetic People Power show with 6-8 NYC poets presenting new poems on a social or political issue in a downtown Manhattan venue for a public audience
Castillo, Yoseli, Gay & Lesbian Bohemian Night
To support a Gay & Lesbian Bohemian Night with a monthly featured artist for five months
Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, Inc., Lunar Stages: Four Evenings of Performance &Film Under the Autumn Moon
To support four nights of free outdoor performances, film showings and interactive family-friendly arts activities in Chinatown's Columbus Park featuring local artists and thematically linked films from the Asian-American diaspora
Downtown Columbus Park Music Club/Manhattan Amateur Art Association, Four Seasons Concert Series
To support a year-long music and dance program which includes multiple concerts in Lower Manhattan, including festivals, fairs in parks and community events
Fall Collection, Inc., The, The Fall Collection Festival
To support a three week festival of film, theater, and music from around the world
Hourglass Group, Ltd. , Frequency Hopping
To support artist fees for "Frequency Hopping", a new multi-disciplinary play that integrates live performance with music, robots and multimedia projection
India Center, The, Saraswati Indian Arts Festival
To support a classical Indian arts competition for Indian-American children with an audience comprising of Indian-Americans and non-Indian interested in traditional Indian arts
Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York, Inc., The, Japanese Folk Dance Institute 15th Anniversary "Celebration of Eternal Life"
To support the staging of an original multimedia dance and music performance in two acts with lanterns and incense, showcasing traditional and contemporary treatments of Bon folk festival (festival of reunification of family spirits) of Japan at the Riverside Church on the Upper West Side
Mensch, Barbara, South Street
To support the publication of a photographic and oral history of the waterfront beneath the Brooklyn Bridge before it disappeared as big developers came in and homogenized the neighborhood
Rodriguez, Diogenes Grassal, Emily Dickinson's Black and Civil War Songs
To support a series of lectures about the black and Civil War thematic in Emily Dickinson's poems, culminating in a concert/recital of 14 musical compositions of the poems
Rubin, Emily, Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose the Spring Cleaning Readings '07
To support two readings as part of the Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose reading series featuring a total of four authors and two musicians/bands at two different neighborhood laundromats in Manhattan in Spring 2007
Saco Yasuma/SYNERGY, SKY
To support the production and performance of visual art and music, SYNERGY, a creative improvisational ensemble with costumes, masks and the set design
Sixth Street & Avenue B Garden, Inc., 6th & B Garden 2007 Events Programs
To support the 2007 season of multi-disciplinary events progams at 6th and B Community Garden in Manhattan
Templeton, Fiona, The Medead Parts 2 & 3
To support the development and presentation of Parts 2 & 3 of The Medead by Fiona Templeton, performed by The Relationship
The Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park Association, Inc., Art and the Gardens Summer Youth Enrichment Program
To support art staff salaries , art and gardening supplies, and trip expenses to art-related sites in and outside of New York City for the Art and the Gardens Summer Youth Enrichment Program 2007
Treehouse Shakers, Inc., Lost Arroyos
To support artistic fees for seven performances of Lost Arryos, an original multi-disciplinary dance-play that follows several characters as they explore class struggles, race boundaries, and blurred identities woven within the American cultural tapestry
Zalben, Jonathan, Bialystok/Brooklyn
To support a multi-media performance and installation dealing with language and immigration
ZEYBRAH, A Moment In Time Event 2007
To support the 7th annual "Moment in Time Event" with two months of rehearsals culiminating in an African and Afro-Cuban dance/music/drama dedicated to a cultural hero who has passed on

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