National Endowment for the Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2009

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced its second round of funding for fiscal year 2009 in the categories of Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Arts on Radio and Television, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and Partnership Agreements (State and Regional). In this round of funding, the Arts Endowment will distribute $83,477,100 to support 1,076 projects by nonprofit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide.

Acting NEA Chairman Patrice Walker Powell said, "I am happy to announce the more than 1,000 arts projects that will receive NEA support through this round of funding. These grants are a direct--and catalytic--investment in our nation's nonprofit cultural industry and will benefit Americans in all 50 states and 6 jurisdictional areas."

Georgia Grants:

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Alternate ROOTS, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Presenter Cohort Project. In partnership with the Southern Arts Federation, the multi-state project will provide professional development opportunities for geographically isolated presenters, including a retreat and a planning meeting.

Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Atlanta, GA
$34,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature, Musical Theater, Theater
To support Shakespeare performance residencies. High school students, grades 9 through 12, will learn all aspects of performance and technical theater and produce a Shakespearean play.

Center for Puppetry Arts
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support Puppets Take Georgia. In partnership with Puppeteers of America, the center will present national and international puppetry companies to audiences in metro Atlanta and northern Georgia.

Georgia Council for the Arts
Atlanta, GA
$821,000
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Georgia State University Research Foundation
Atlanta, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Rialto International Series and related educational programs at the Rialto Center for the Arts. World music and dance artists will perform and participate in pre-concert lectures, narrative programming, Q&A sessions, master classes, demonstrations, and audience discussions.

Morgan County Foundation, Inc.
Madison, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support the Madison Chamber Music Festival featuring works by American composers. Concerts will be presented at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, the Steffen Thomas Museum, and other venues in Madison.

Refugee Family Services, Inc.
Stone Mountain, GA
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk and Traditional Arts
To support Our Living Art. The project will document refugee artists and examine how the refugee experience influences their art.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships between the orchestra and communities across the state.

Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$75,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Visual Arts Touring
To support a touring exhibition of the work of contemporary African American artist Radcliffe Bailey (b.1968), with accompanying catalogue and education programs. High Museum of Art's exhibition will highlight the Atlanta-based artist's continual experimentation with diverse forms as it examines how African art influences his work.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$17,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop. The event will provide selected high school jazz bands from across the United States with the opportunity to receive instruction from and perform with professional jazz educators and musicians.

Savannah Music Festival, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$33,000
CATEGORY: American Masterpieces FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Chamber Music
To support performances and educational events with musician-composers Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor. The artists and their guests will participate in pre-concert talks with audience members.

Southern Arts Federation, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$1,491,800
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

True Colors Theatre Company, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the expansion of the August Wilson Monologue Competition. The project will allow high school students in cities nationwide to compete in the presentation of works from Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle.

Youth Ensemble of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
$40,000
CATEGORY: Learning in the Arts FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature, Musical Theater, Theater
To support the Workshop Training Program. Youth will audition to participate in beginning, intermediate, and advanced-level classes in music, dance, theater, creative writing, and storytelling.

Number of Grants: 14 Total Amount: $2,637,300
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