National Endowment for the Arts Spring Grant Announcement for FY 2018

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National Endowment for the Arts
Spring Grant Announcement for FY 2018

Artistic Discipline/Field List

Click the grant category or artistic discipline/field below to jump to that area of the document.
After artistic discipline/field, the list is sorted by organization name.

1. Art Works grants by discipline/field.
 Arts Education
 Dance
 Folk & Traditional Arts
 Literature
 Local Arts Agencies
 Media Arts
 Museums
 Music
 Musical Theater
 Opera
 Presenting and Multidisciplinary Works
 Theater
 Visual Arts

2. Creativity Connects

3. Our Town

4. Other

5. Partnerships (State and Regional)

6. Research: Art Works

Project details are accurate as of May 3, 2018. For the most up to date project information,
please use the NEA's online grant search system.
Art Works -- Arts Education
Number of Grants: 108 Total Dollar Amount: $3,345,000

826 Boston, Inc. (aka 826 Boston)
$10,000 Roxbury, MA
To support the Young Authors Book Project, an in-school literary arts program.

Abada-Capoeira San Francisco
$15,000 San Francisco, CA
To support a capoeira residency and performance program for students in San Francisco-area schools.

Actors' Shakespeare Project (aka ASP)
$30,000 Somerville, MA
To support Shakespeare Inside and Out youth theater programs.

American Festival for the Arts (aka AFA)
$15,000 Houston, TX
To support a choral and instrumental music education program for students from the greater Houston
area.

Arts Council of Indianapolis, Inc.
$50,000 Indianapolis, IN
To support IndyArts Education, a collective impact initiative connecting schools with arts organizations
to ensure equitable access to arts education for students in Indianapolis.

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
$25,000 Chicago, IL
To support Auditorium Theatre ArtsXChange, a professional development program for teachers.

Austin Classical Guitar Society (aka Austin Classical Guitar)
$65,000 Austin, TX
To support a classical guitar education program for youth and professional development for music
teachers across the nation.

Barrel of Monkeys Productions (aka Barrel of Monkeys)
$10,000 Chicago, IL
To support creative writing and theater residency programs for youth.

Berea College
$50,000 Berea, KY
To support an arts education collective impact project in rural southeastern Kentucky.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, Inc.
$50,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support visual arts education programs and curatorial fellowships for students in New York City.

Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 2
Caldera (aka Camp Caldera)
$30,000 Portland, OR
To support a year-round storytelling project focused on Oregon youth from underserved urban and rural
communities.

California Alliance for Arts Education (aka CAAE)
$100,000 Pasadena, CA
To support CREATE CA, a statewide coalition for collective impact in arts education in California schools.

Cantare Con Vivo
$15,000 Oakland, CA
To support the Children's Choirs of Oakland program.

Cathedral Arts Project Inc (aka CAP)
$100,000 Jacksonville, FL
To support a collective impact project for arts education in Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) in
Florida.

Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (aka CAPE)
$45,000 Chicago, IL
To support Collaboration Laboratory, a professional development project for teachers and teaching
artists serving Chicago public school students.

City and County of San Francisco, California (on behalf of WritersCorps)
$30,000 San Francisco, CA
To support San Francisco WritersCorps, a creative writing program focused on youth from underserved
communities.

Coleman Center for the Arts (aka Coleman Center for Arts And Culture)
$11,000 York, AL
To support an arts apprenticeship and entrepreneurship program focused on youth in underserved
areas of rural Alabama.

Community Engagement Lab, Inc. (aka Community Engagement Lab)
$25,000 Montpelier, VT
To support the professional development component of the Vermont Creative Schools Initiative.

Community Music School of Springfield, Inc. (aka Community Music School of Springfield)
$20,000 Springfield, MA
To support Sonido Musica, a music education program in partnership with Springfield Public Schools in
Massachusetts.

Community-Word Project, Inc. (aka CWP)
$35,000 New York, NY
To support the Collaborative Arts Residency Program.

COTA (Collaborations: Teachers and Artists), Inc. (aka CoTA)
$15,000 SAN DIEGO, CA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 3
To support a professional development program for classroom teachers.

County of Los Angeles, California (on behalf of Los Angeles County Arts Commission)
$100,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support the Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective (formerly Arts for All) collective impact
work in arts education.

Critical Exposure (aka Critical Exposure)
$15,000 Washington, DC
To support a photography education program for youth.

DC Youth Orchestra Program (aka DCYOP)
$20,000 Washington, DC
To support the Children's Orchestra, an after-school string orchestra program for public school students
in Title I elementary schools in D.C.

Deep Center, Incorporated (aka Deep Center)
$30,000 Savannah, GA
To support the expansion of Savannah Stories, a creative writing literacy program for middle and high
school youth.

Diversity of Dance, Inc. (aka Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts)
$15,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support Arts Express, a series of dance residencies.

DreamYard Project, Inc. (aka DreamYard)
$25,000 Bronx, NY
To support poetry workshops and digital music production instruction for youth.

Education Through Music, Inc. (aka ETM)
$50,000 New York, NY
To support year-long music education for youth in the Bronx.

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center-Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance (aka Kaufman Music Center)
$25,000 New York, NY
To support a music education program at Special Music School P.S. 859.

Epic Theatre Center, Inc. (aka Epic Theatre Ensemble)
$30,000 New York, NY
To support in-school and after-school theater residencies.

Eskolta School Research and Design, Inc. (aka Eskolta)
$35,000 New York, NY
To support Arts Forward, a multidisciplinary arts education program.

ETM-LA, Inc. (aka Education Through MusicLos Angeles)
$35,000 Burbank, CA
To support weekly, year-long music instruction for students in Los Angeles Public Schools.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 4
Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School (aka FACTS)
$15,000 Philadelphia, PA
To support a folk arts education program for elementary and middle school students.

Free Spirit Media, NFP (aka Free Spirit Media)
$10,000 Chicago, IL
To support a media arts education program focused on Chicago youth.

Ghetto Film School, Inc. (aka Ghetto Film School)
$30,000 Bronx, NY
To support the Frick Collection Project, a cinematic storytelling program for high school students from
underserved communities.

Girls Write Now, Inc. (aka Girls Write Now)
$35,000 New York, NY
To support Girls Write Now University Model, which pairs girls with professional women writers as their
personal mentors.

Goat in the Road Productions (aka Goat in the Road)
$15,000 New Orleans, LA
To support Play/Write, a playwrighting program for youth.

Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival (aka Grand Canyon Music Festival)
$20,000 Grand Canyon, AZ
To support the Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP).

Griot Arts Inc.
$20,000 Clarksdale, MS
To support a multimedia oral history project focused on the traditions of Blues and Gospel music for
youth from underserved communities in Mississippi.

Groundswell Community Mural Project, Inc. (aka Groundswell)
$40,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support the Summer Leadership Institute, a mural arts education program for youth.

Harlem School of the Arts, Inc. (aka HSA)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support free pre-professional arts education programs for youth from underserved communities in
New York City.

Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education (aka Hawai'i Arts Alliance)
$20,000 Honolulu, HI
To support ARTS FIRST, a professional development program for Hawaii schools.

HeArt Project (aka artworxLA)
$15,000 Los Angeles, CA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 5
To support the ongoing professional development of teaching artists working in alternative school
settings in Los Angeles County.

Houston Youth Symphony & Ballet (aka Houston Youth Symphony)
$40,000 Houston, TX
To support Houston Youth Symphony's Coda Music Program, serving Title I schools in Houston
Independent School District.

In Progress
$10,000 Saint Paul, MN
To support Living Histories, a media arts education project intended to serve Native American youth.

InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Inc. (aka InsideOut or IO)
$30,000 Detroit, MI
To support multidisciplinary arts residencies in Detroit neighborhood schools.

Interlochen Center for the Arts
$20,000 Interlochen, MI
To support the expansion of an arts in medicine education program for high school students.

Irwin and Florence Rosten Foundation Inc. (aka MAPS Media Institute)
$20,000 Hamilton, MT
To support the expansion of MAPS Media Institute's media arts education programs, focused on
students from underserved communities in rural Montana.

Kids' Orchestra, Inc. (aka Kids' Orchestra)
$25,000 Baton Rouge, LA
To support after-school music instruction for elementary students in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Lawrence Arts Center (aka The Lawrence Arts Center)
$25,000 Lawrence, KS
To support STEAM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) professional development for
classroom teachers and after-school classes for youth.

Lead Guitar (aka Lead Guitar)
$15,000 Tucson, AZ
To support a free classical guitar program in Chicago Public Schools.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Lincoln Center Education)
$55,000 New York, NY
To support Lincoln Center Education's professional development project for educators, Arts in the
Middle.

Little Orchestra Society-Orpheon Inc. (aka The Little Orchestra Society)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support Musical Connections, an in-school music composition residency program in New York City
Public Schools.

Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 6
Luna Kids Dance (aka Luna Dance Institute)
$20,000 Berkeley, CA
To support professional development activities.

Marquis Studios, Ltd. (aka Marquis Studios)
$20,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support the pARTnership Program, which integrates arts activities with instruction in academic core
subjects in underserved schools throughout New York City.

Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance (aka Martha Graham School)
$30,000 New York, NY
To support Teens@Graham School Partnership Program for artist residencies in New York and New
Jersey Title I public schools.

Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. (aka Metropolitan Opera Guild)
$50,000 New York, NY
To support opera-based teaching and learning in public elementary schools in New York City and New
Jersey.

Midori Foundation, Inc. (aka Midori & Friends)
$50,000 New York, NY
To support year-long music instruction and enrichment programs for students in New York City Public
Schools.

MINDPOP
$25,000 Austin, TX
To support professional development and career opportunities for emerging and practicing teaching
artists.

Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (aka Mosaic)
$50,000 Detroit, MI
To support Mosaic Youth Ensembles, a multi-phase, theater-based performing arts program for youth.

Motion Media Arts Center (aka Austin Cinemaker Space)
$35,000 Austin, TX
To support Austin Cinemaker Space's Cine Joven, an immersive Spanish-language filmmaking program
for youth.

Moving in the Spirit
$10,000 Atlanta, GA
To support Stepping Stones, a weekly dance and leadership training program.

Music Haven, Inc. (aka Music Haven)
$25,000 New Haven, CT
To support a tuition-free, year-long music education program of the Haven String Quartet.

National Art Education Association (aka NAEA)
$30,000 Alexandria, VA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 7
To support a professional leadership certificate pilot program.

National Association for Music Education (aka NAfME)
$20,000 Reston, VA
To support professional development for music educators.

National Innovation Collaborative (aka Innovation Collaborative)
$10,000 Palestine, TX
To support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) teacher professional development
effective practices.

Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County (aka Neighborhood Studios)
$10,000 Bridgeport, CT
To support a multidisciplinary arts education program for youth from underserved communities in
Bridgeport, Connecticut.

New Ballet Ensemble (aka New Ballet or NBE)
$20,000 Memphis, TN
To support year-round dance instruction, residencies, mentoring and tutoring, and a family resource
center.

New Jersey Arts Education Partnership (aka New Jersey Arts Education Partnership)
$100,000 Warren, NJ
To support ArtsEdNow, a collective impact initiative for arts education in New Jersey.

New York City Board of Education-District 75
$15,000 New York, NY
To support the Teaching Artist Training Institute Program.

Newark Arts Council (aka Newark Arts)
$84,000 Newark, NJ
To support an arts education collective impact project in Newark, New Jersey

P.S. Arts
$10,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support Inside Out Community Arts, a theater-based program for youth.

Perpich Center for Arts Education
$75,000 Golden Valley, MN
To support professional development for the Perpich Arts Integration Network of Teachers at the
Perpich Center for Arts Education.

Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. (aka New York Philharmonic)
$45,000 New York, NY
To support the Philharmonic Schools initiative, a music education program in New York City Public
Schools.

Public Works Group (aka Learning Works)
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 8
$50,000 Pasadena, CA
To support an arts education program focused on studio arts and media arts.

Publicolor Inc.
$15,000 New York, NY
To support the Summer Design Studio, a design education project focused on underserved youth.

Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc. (aka Purple Silk Music Education Foundation)
$20,000 Oakland, CA
To support a year-long intensive music instruction program for youth.

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc. (aka Reel Works Teen Filmmaking)
$25,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support free after-school and summer filmmaking workshops for teens.

Regional Arts & Culture Council (aka RACC)
$45,000 Portland, OR
To support The Right Brain Initiative, a professional development program to foster whole school arts
integration.

Renaissance Arts Academy (aka RenArts)
$50,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support RenArts Conservatory, a tuition-free multidisciplinary arts education program.

Salvadori Center Ltd. (aka Salvadori Center)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support in-school design and architecture residencies for public school students in the greater New
York City area.

San Diego Youth Symphony (aka SDYS)
$45,000 San Diego, CA
To support expanded access to music education for public school students.

Seattle Arts and Lectures, Inc. (aka SAL)
$20,000 Seattle, WA
To support Writers in the Schools, a residency and professional development program for students and
their teachers.

Seattle School District #1 of King County, Washington
$100,000 Seattle, WA
To support implementation of The Creative Advantage, a collective impact partnership in Seattle.

Settlement Music School of Philadelphia (aka Settlement Music School)
$20,000 Philadelphia, PA
To support Kaleidoscope, a pre-kindergarten arts enrichment program.

Shakespeare & Company, Inc. (aka Shakespeare & Company)
$20,000 Lenox, MA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 9
To support the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, a long-term theater arts residency program focused on high
school students from underserved communities in Massachusetts and New York.

Sitar Arts Center
$20,000 Washington, DC
To support a year-round multidisciplinary arts education program for youth.

St. Louis Classical Guitar Society (aka Guitarstlouis)
$25,000 St. Louis, MO
To support a classical guitar education program for elementary and middle school students.

Street Poets, Inc. (aka Street Poets)
$30,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support poetry writing workshops for youth.

Studio in a School Association, Inc. (aka Studio in a School)
$30,000 New York, NY
To support the 21st Century Studio Project, a visual arts education program focused on New York City
public school students.

The Gabriella Foundation
$10,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support everybody dance!, a series of workshops in dance instruction.

Theatre Lab (aka The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts)
$20,000 Washington, DC
To support Life Stories, an in-school theater residency program for youth.

Time In Children's Arts Initiative (aka Time In)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support Opera'N Art, an interdisciplinary arts immersion program.

United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Inc. (aka United Arts)
$15,000 Raleigh, NC
To support the Arts Integration Institute, a professional development program for teams composed of
administrators and classroom and art teachers from North Carolina elementary schools.

University of Utah (aka UtahPresents) (on behalf of Tanner Dance Program)
$55,000 Salt Lake City, UT
To support Tanner Dance Program's Side-by-Side Dance Training Residency for youth and classroom
teachers.

Upstream Arts, Inc. (aka Upstream Arts)
$20,000 Minneapolis, MN
To support performing arts residencies in special education classrooms.

Urban Arts Partnership
$30,000 New York, NY
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment
approval. Information is current as of May 3, 2018. Page 10