2003 Grant Awards: State Listings
Creativity/Organizational Capacity/Literature Fellowships
Leadership Initiatives
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
WISCONSIN
Barry, Amy
Madison, WI
CATEGORY: Literature Fellowships FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
Recipient, 2002 Creative Writing Fellowship (Poetry).
Ko-Thi, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$20,000
To support two annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest
Festivals will be held at the Pabst Theater.
Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$10,000
To support a consortium with Opera Pacific for a new production
of Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini. In 2003,
performances will be held at the Oscar Mayer Theatre which is being
expanded to an 850-seat house.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
$25,000
To support a production of Helen Edmonson's adaptation of
Mill on the Floss. The theater will expand the adaptation
with a larger cast, more extensive creative elements and an
original score.
Skylight Opera Theatre Corp.
Milwaukee, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$12,500
To support workshops of the opera Midnight Angel by
David Carlson. Two two-day workshops with orchestral reduction by
Ronald Foster will be held in 2003.
University of Wisconsin at Madison (on behalf of
Elvehjem Museum of Art)
Madison, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
$30,000
To support the touring exhibition With Friends: The Art and
Lives of Six Magic Realists, 1940-1965.
Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts
Madison, WI
CATEGORY: Organizational Capacity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts
Agencies
$18,000
To support the Organizational Assistance Program. The program
will provide targeted technical assistance to strengthen
organizational capacity of new and emerging rural and inner-city
arts organizations.
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Milwaukee, WI
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$25,000
To support a series of readings, exhibits and workshops in
Milwaukee's inner city. Proposed visiting authors include Kathleen
Fraser, Ed Friedman, Suheir Hammad, Lisa Jarnot, Joanne Kyger,
Nathaniel Mackay, Sianne Ngai, Anne Waldman and Luci Tapahonso.
Total Dollars Awarded: $160,500
Total Grants Awarded: 8
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