Nea 2000 First Round Grants - National Endowment for the Arts; includes list of grants - Statistical Data Included

Afterimage, March, 2001

$20,000

To support the production of a six-hour radio documentary series on the social history of rural Southern working class music. "Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues" will combine narration, archival recordings, oral histories, interviews and recent recordings to shed new light on the development of indigenous music. (Multi-state)

Video Association of Dallas, Inc., Dallas, TX

$10,000

To support the 15th annual Dallas Video Festival. Over a four-day period, the event will present over 200 screenings of work by national and international artists to an estimated audience of over 6000 people.

Visual Communications (Southern California Asian American Studies Central, Inc.), Los Angeles, CA

$20,000

To support the 15th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival. Held in the summer, this is Southern California's showcase of independent film and video work from Asian and Asian-Pacific American filmmakers.

Washington, D.C. International Film Festival, Washington, D.C.

$25,000

To support the 2001 Washington D.C. International Film Festival. Held annually in the spring, this event includes free films for children, senior citizens and underserved communities.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Appalshop, Inc. (on behalf of American Festival Project), Whitesburg, KY

$40,000

To support the American Festival Project. Artists from several disciplines will work as partners with small Appalachian communities on collaborative art and performance projects during 2001-02. (Multi-state)

Chinese Cultural Productions, San Francisco, CA

$15,000

To support the development and presentation of new interdisciplinary works. Chinese Cultural Productions will premiere works that reflect a convergence of performing arts and digital technology.

Circuit Network (on behalf of La Pocha Nostra), San Francisco, CA

$10,000

To support artist residencies by La Pocha Nostra. Week-long residencies will take place in Anchorage, AK; San Antonio, TX; Santa Fe, NM; Denver, CO; and Grinnell, IA during 2001. (Multi state)

Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

$17,000

To support residencies for professional artists. In 2001, artists will come from across the U.S. for one-month residencies that offer uninterrupted time and privacy for thinking, experimenting and creating.

DiverseWorks, Inc., Houston, TX

$40,000

To support DiverseDialogues, an artist residency program. This program aims to promote the interchange of ideas among national, regional and Houston artists and multiple communities in the greater Houston area.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA

$10,000

To support one-month residencies for 10 American artists during the 2001 season. This project will provide studios, living accommodations, meals and professional support for three composers, three choreographers, two visual artists and two media/new genres artists.

Downtown Arts Projects, New York, NY

$20,000

To support the Downtown Arts Festival. This three-week event will present a broad sampling of contemporary art from New York City including visual art, dance, theater, music, film/video, spoken word and digital media.