THRIVING CULTURES GRANT DESCRIPTIONS
Northwestern University - National High School Institute
Evanston, IL | $30,000 (1 year)
To provide a path for Chicago public high school students, from difficult socio-economically depressed communities, to participate in high-level education in Theatre & Musical Theatre at the National High School Institute.
Oberlin Dance Collective
San Francisco, CA | $70,000 (2 years)
To attract and retain teens interested in quality dance training, offer a rigorous yet non-competitive series of teen classes, and support a pre-professional teen dance company.
Opportunity Agenda
New York, NY | $100,000 (1 year)
To support Opportunity Agenda's 2011 Creative Change retreat, a Creative Fellow position, and related activities to integrate arts, culture and activism toward the pursuit of social justice.
Orange County High School of the Arts
Santa Ana, CA | $50,000 (1 year)
To celebrate the school's 25th anniversary by inviting artists-in-residence for each conservatory (arts department) to create a set piece for the 2012 season finale. Artists will include alumni as well as guest artists who have worked with the school over the past 25 years.
Penumbra Theatre Company
Saint Paul, MN | $180,000 (3 years)
To refine the Summer Institute to better reflect and support the learning arc that students experience as they see the potential of practicing art for social change.
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA | $75,000 (1 year)
To support the Prince's Rebuilding Communities Building Crafts Training Program, a program aimed at training local workers and students in the building-crafts skills necessary for sustainable historic restorations of Katrina-damaged homes.
Queens Council on the Arts
Woodhaven, NY | $120,000 (3 years)
To support High School to Art School Program, a free, afterschool visual arts training, portfolio development, and college mentoring program that serves underserved teens in New York City, 80 percent (or more) of whom reside in Queens.
Queens Museum of Art
Queens, NY | $150,000 (2 years)
To support the Queens Museum of Art's Corona Studio, a residency program that weaves social justice issues and inter-community communication into multifaceted art practices. This will also support QMA's significant community engagement work and ambition to better link artists and organizers.
Rockwood Leadership Program
Berkeley, CA | $75,000 (1 year)
To increase the individual leadership ability of a cohort of artists working in the context of social change, and to provide opportunities for collaboration within the cohort and with other social change leaders.
San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ)
San Francisco, CA | $25,000 (1 year)
To support the High School All-Stars Ensemble, a pre-professional training program for exceptional Bay Area high school jazz musicians. HSAS provides rehearsal, workshop and performance experiences, including performances with SFJAZZ.
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA | $50,000 (1 year)
To support the activities of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra during the 2010-2011 season.
SAY Sí (San Antonio Youth Yes!)
San Antonio, TX | $30,000 (1 year)
To expand professional development opportunities for arts faculty, and provide equitable compensation and additional resources through guest artists.