the NEA grant announcement PDF

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National Endowment for the Arts
Fiscal Year 2018, First Round

Artistic Discipline/Field Listings

The following includes the first round of NEA recommended grants to organizations, sorted by artistic
discipline/field. All of the grants are for specific projects; no NEA funds may be used for general operating
expenses. To find additional project details, please visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search.
Click the grant area or artistic field below to jump to that area of the document.

1. Art Works
• Arts Education
• Dance
• Design
• Folk & Traditional Arts
• Literature
• Local Arts Agencies
• Media Arts
• Museums
• Music
• Musical Theater
• Opera
• Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works
• Theater
• Visual Arts

2. Challenge America

3. Other
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Art Works
Number of Grants: 936 Total Dollar Amount: $24,057,000

Artist Communities

Number of Grants: 40 Total Dollar Amount: $705,000

3Arts, Inc (aka 3Arts)
$15,000 Chicago, IL
To support residencies and related activities for artists with disabilities.

Alliance of Artists Communities
$40,000 Providence, RI
To support an initiative to improve accessibility in the artist communities field.

Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Project (aka ACRE)
$10,000 Chicago, IL
To support artist residencies and related activities.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
$10,000 New Smyrna Beach, FL
To support the Master Artist-in-Residence Program and related activities.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (aka Bemis Center)
$20,000 Omaha, NE
To support the Artist-in-Residence program and related activities.

Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Inc. (aka BAX)
$20,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support the Artist in Residence Program and related activities.

Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation (aka The Watermill Center)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities at The Watermill Center.

Center for Art in Wood Inc. (aka The Center for Art in Wood)
$10,000 Philadelphia, PA
To support the Windgate ITE International Residency Program and related activities.

Charlotte Street Foundation
$20,000 Kansas City, MO
To support artists residencies and related activities.

Chicago Dramatists
$10,000 Chicago, IL
To support residencies for new play development and related activities.

Clay Studio (aka The Clay Studio)
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
$10,000 Philadelphia, PA
To support the Resident Artist Program and related activities.

Corporation of Yaddo (aka Yaddo)
$20,000 Saratoga Springs, NY
To support residencies for mature artists in literature, visual arts, music composition, performance, and
film and video.

Court 13 Arts
$20,000 New Orleans, LA
To support artist residencies and related activities.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
$20,000 Woodside, CA
To support Playwright's Initiative and related activities.

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Inc. (aka FAWC)
$25,000 Provincetown, MA
To support a fellowship program for emerging visual artists and writers.

Franconia Sculpture Park (aka Franconia)
$20,000 Shafer, MN
To support artist residencies for sculptors and related activities.

Friends of A Studio in the Woods
$30,000 New Orleans, LA
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities.

Guild Hall of East Hampton, Inc. (aka Guild Hall)
$15,000 East Hampton, NY
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities.

Headlands Center for the Arts (aka Headlands)
$20,000 Sausalito, CA
To support programs for artists, including the Artist in Residence (AIR) and artist commissioning
programs.

Hedgebrook Foundation
$10,000 Langley, WA
To support the Y-WE Write program for girls.

Hermitage Artist Retreat, Inc. (aka Hermitage)
$15,000 Englewood, FL
To support artist residencies and related activities.

Island Institute (aka Island Institute)
$10,000 Sitka, AK
To support artist residencies and related activities.
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Kala Institute (aka Kala Art Institute)
$30,000 Berkeley, CA
To support residencies for artists from various disciplines and related activities.

MacDowell Colony, Inc. (aka The MacDowell Colony)
$30,000 Peterborough, NH
To support artist residencies for new participants and related activities.

Marble House Project, Inc. (aka Marble House Project or MHP)
$20,000 Dorset, VT
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities.

McColl Center for Art & Innovation (aka McColl Center for Art Innovation)
$20,000 Charlotte, NC
To support artist residencies and related activities.

Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc. (aka The Millay Colony)
$10,000 Autserlitz, NY
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities.

Montalvo Association (aka Montalvo Arts Center)
$15,000 Saratoga, CA
To support the residencies of American artists at the Lucas Artists Residency Program.

Ox Bow (aka OxBow School of Art and Artists' Residency)
$20,000 Saugatuck, MI
To support artist residencies for both U.S.

Playa
$10,000 Summer Lake, OR
To support residencies for artists and scientists and related activities.

Press Street (aka Antenna)
$15,000 New Orleans, LA
To support Antenna's Spillways residency program and related activities.

Rabbit Island Foundation (aka Rabbit Island Foundation)
$10,000 Troy, MI
To support multidisciplinary artist residencies and related activities.

Ragdale Foundation (aka Ragdale)
$20,000 Lake Forest, IL
To support the Ragdale Ring design-build residency and related activities.

Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture and the Environment (aka AIR Serenbe) (on behalf of AIR Serenbe)
$10,000 Chattahoochee Hi, GA
To support AIR Serenbe Focus Fellowship residencies for spoken-word artists and related activities.
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
$30,000 Madison, ME
To support residencies for emerging artists with an emphasis on painting and sculpture.

South Florida Art Center, Inc. (aka ArtCenter/South Florida)
$20,000 Miami Beach, FL
To support artist residencies and related activities.

Surel's Place, Inc. (aka Surel's Place)
$10,000 Boise, ID
To support residencies for artists of diverse disciplines and career levels and related public art events.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (aka VCCA)
$10,000 Amherst, VA
To support Collateral Reparations: Military Veterans and the Healing Power of Artists Residencies.

Wave Farm Inc. (aka Wave Farm)
$15,000 Acra, NY
To support residencies for audio/sound artists and related activities.

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Inc. (aka WheatonArts) (on behalf of Creative Glass Center of
America)
$20,000 Millville, NJ
To support artist residencies at the Creative Glass Center of America and related activities.

Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Arts Education
Number of Grants: 68 Total Dollar Amount: $1,900,000

826LA
$10,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support a creative writing and publishing program for youth.

Alameda County Office of Education (aka ACOE)
$50,000 Hayward, CA
To support the Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership's collective impact project, an initiative that will
increase learning in and through the arts for students in Alameda County and surrounding counties.

Arts Center & Theatre of Schenectady, Inc. (aka Proctors)
$10,000 Schenectady, NY
To support a media arts education residency program for youth from underserved communities.

Arts Corps
$35,500 Seattle, WA
To support a multidisciplinary arts education program for youth.

Atlanta Shakespeare Company (aka Shakespeare Tavern)
$20,000 Atlanta, GA
To support a Shakespeare theater training program for youth.

BalletRox, Inc. (aka BalletRox)
$20,000 Jamaica Plain, MA
To support a community dance program for youth.

Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (aka BAYCAT)
$15,000 San Francisco, CA
To support a media arts training program for youth from underserved communities.

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (aka Restoration)
$35,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support dance instruction for youth.

Boston Children's Chorus, Inc. (aka BCC)
$25,000 Boston, MA
To support the Premier Choir and Young Men's Ensemble, vocal music training programs for high school
youth in the Greater Boston area.

Boston University
$25,000 Boston, MA
To support the Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists Orchestra and Young Artists Wind Ensemble.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Inc. (aka BYSO)
$35,000 Boston, MA
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
To support the Intensive Community Program, a string instrument training program serving students in
Boston communities.

Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Inc. (aka BYC)
$35,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support choral training and performance opportunities for students in Concert Ensemble, a youth
chorus.

Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (aka Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center)
$10,000 Buffalo, NY
To support a media arts training program for youth from underserved communities in Buffalo.

California Institute of the Arts (aka CalArts) (on behalf of CalArts Community Arts Partnership)
$25,000 Valencia, CA
To support the CalArts Community Arts Partnership Summer Arts program, which offers
multidisciplinary arts instruction to high school students.

Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (aka CEPA Gallery)
$20,000 Buffalo, NY
To support CEPA Gallery's visual arts and creative writing in-school residency program.

Center of Creative Arts (aka COCA)
$45,000 Saint Louis, MO
To support a dance outreach program for youth.

Central Music Academy, Inc. (aka Central Music Academy)
$10,000 Lexington, KY
To support free music lessons, steel band classes, and bluegrass ensemble classes for youth.

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$30,500 New York, NY
To support studio arts training and college portfolio preparation for students.

Count Basie Theatre, Inc. (aka Count Basie Theatre)
$100,000 Red Bank, NJ
To support an emerging collective impact initiative that will increase access to the arts for students in
central New Jersey.

Creative Action
$40,000 Austin, TX
To support after-school arts education programs for youth.

Dancing Grounds
$10,000 New Orleans, LA
To support in-school dance residencies for students.

Destiny Arts Center
$15,000 Oakland, CA
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
To support aerial dance and choreography training for youth.

Downtown Community Television Center, Inc. (aka DCTV)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support free media arts training for youth from underserved New York City communities.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
$30,000 Richmond, CA
To support a multidisciplinary arts education program for middle and high school students from
underserved communities.

Educational Theatre Association
$36,000 Cincinnati, OH
To support a standards-based professional development program for teaching artists and theater
educators.

Exploring the Arts, Inc. (aka ETA)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support a multidisciplinary arts apprenticeship program for teens.

Focus: HOPE
$10,000 Detroit, MI
To support a photography education program for youth from underserved Detroit neighborhoods.

Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Inc. (aka Fort Wayne Dance Collective)
$20,000 Fort Wayne, IN
To support an in-school dance education program.

Fred Dolan Art Academy Foundation Inc.
$10,000 Bronx, NY
To support a free, year-round visual arts education program for students from underserved
communities.

Global Action Project, Inc. (aka Global Action Project (G.A.P.))
$15,000 New York, NY
To support SupaFriends, a media arts education training program primarily serving LGBTQ youth.

Harmony Project (aka Harmony Project)
$30,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support free music instruction for students in underserved communities.

Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc. (aka Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA))
$55,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles at Heart of Los Angeles (YOLA at HOLA).

Indiana State Symphony Society, Inc. (aka Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra)
$10,000 Indianapolis, IN
To support the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, an instrumental music instruction program.
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago (aka Ingenuity)
$100,000 Chicago, IL
To support a collective impact project for the continued implementation and coordination of the
Chicago Public Schools Arts Education Plan.

Institute of Contemporary Art (aka The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston)
$15,000 Boston, MA
To support a free visual arts learning program for teens.

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. (aka KCFAA)
$15,000 Kansas City, MO
To support dance education programs for youth.

KID smART Foundation
$30,000 New Orleans, LA
To support professional development and artist residencies.

Levine Music, Inc. (aka Levine Music)
$15,000 Washington, DC
To support free music instruction for young children.

Literature for All of Us
$15,000 Evanston, IL
To support a literary arts program for young adults.

Los Angeles County Office of Education (aka LACOE)
$100,000 Downey, CA
To support Technology Enhanced Arts Learning (TEAL), a collective impact project for public school
teachers and administrators working across school districts in Los Angeles County as part of the Arts for
All initiative.

Marwen Foundation, Inc. (aka Marwen)
$20,000 Chicago, IL
To support a free studio arts education program for youth from underserved communities.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
$75,000 North Adams, MA
To support an emerging collective impact initiative that will integrate the arts into the work of the
Berkshire Compact for Education.

Metropolitan State University of Denver
$25,000 Denver, CO
To support a professional development lab and teaching apprenticeship program.

Midwest Young Artists (aka MYA)
$15,000 Highwood, IL
To support a chamber music program for middle and high school students.
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.
Missoula Writing Collaborative
$20,000 Missoula, MT
To support creative writing residencies for students.

National Dance Institute New Mexico (aka NDI New Mexico, NDINM)
$40,000 Santa Fe, NM
To support a pre-professional dance program.

New York Foundation for Architecture, Inc. (aka Center for Architecture)
$18,000 New York, NY
To support architectural design education residencies in New York City public schools.

New York Public Radio (aka WNYC)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support media arts instruction for underserved youth.

New York Youth Symphony, Inc. (aka New York Youth Symphony)
$15,000 New York, NY
To support a tuition-free music composition program.

Opening Act, Inc (aka Opening Act)
$25,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support an after-school theater program.

Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. (aka PYD)
$25,000 Boston, MA
To support after-school and summer performing arts workshops and classes for youth.

Perlman Music Program Inc.
$30,000 New York, NY
To support the Summer Music School, a residential summer music program.

Project STEP, Inc.
$50,000 Boston, MA
To support an intensive string music training program for youth.

Raw Art Works, Inc. (aka RAW)
$40,000 Lynn, MA
To support a media arts education program for youth.

Rosie's Theater Kids, Inc. (aka Rosie's Theater Kids (RTKids))
$30,000 New York, NY
To support a summer and after-school musical theater training program for youth.

Ryman-Carroll Foundation (aka Ryman Arts)
$10,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support free pre-professional studio art classes for high school students.
Some details of the grants listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior National Endowment for the Arts approval.
Information is current as of January 31, 2018. Visit the NEA’s Recent Grant Search for additional project details for NEA grants.