Wisconsin Arts Board Awards Artist and Community Collaboration Grants to 15 Artists
Fifteen Wisconsin artists and their non profit partners will receive grants for innovative community arts projects that address areas such as community arts development, arts education, youth oriented projects, access, and cultural heritage/preservation from the Wisconsin Arts Board as a part of its 2004 Artist and Community Collaboration Grant program. This statewide program provides grants of up to $3,000 in order to encourage more collaborative projects between artists and their communities. [See following list of fiscal year 2004 recipients.]
The Wisconsin Arts Board received 20 applications from artists and community based organizations throughout the state. Awards were determined by a panel of arts professionals, based on three criteria: the artist’s ability to complete the project proposed on time; the project’s active involvement of the community in a meaningful way (beyond serving as an audience); and the completed project’s inclusion of a public presentation/exhibition. Priority was given to projects which promote artistic excellence and create new work in underserved communities. Panelists recommended the 15 applicants to members of the Wisconsin Arts Board for its final approval.
The Artist and Community Collaboration Grant program offers grants to Wisconsin artists who initiate a partnership project with a community organization. A special spring ACCG deadline has been set for April 26, 2004. Applications will be available online by mid-March, 2004. Artists may call the Wisconsin Arts Board at 608/266-0190 or send an email to artsboard@wisconsin.gov to include their name on the electronic mailing list (e-mail) to automatically receive notice of deadlines.
- La’Ketta D. Caldwell/African American Children’s Theatre
Glendale
Playwright will script a performance of poetry, drama, and movement dealing with contemporary issues affecting urban youth today.- Isabella Cascarano/Lincoln Center of the Arts
Milwaukee
Dance choreographer will work with students and present two different dance forms from Iberian and Moorish cultures, which are present in Latin America.- David Genszler/Ashland School District
Ashland
Visual artist will involve all K-5 students at the elementary school in producing an end of school year arts parade.- Michelle K. Hatchell and Fabu C. Mogaka/Kennedy Heights Girl Neighborhood Power
Madison
A fiber artist and a literary artist will partner with the Girl Neighborhood Power Group in the Kennedy Heights Community along with thirty Hmong mothers and daughters to produce contemporary Pandau, Hmong story cloths.- Sharon L. Kilfoy/Wilmar Neighborhood Center
Madison
Working with the community center’s participants, visual artist will design and create a mural for the Wilmar Neighborhood Center.- Joan Parsley/School Sisters of Saint Francis
Wauwatosa
Musician will work with children in the St. Joseph Chapel and introduce them to baroque music and instruments.- J. Patrick/Evansville Community Theatre
Madison
Theater director will work with the Evansville community theater-Stagelights and present a summer musical, THE WIZARD OF OZ.- Robert Possehl/Oneida Nation Arts Program
Viroqua
Working with youth from the Oneida Nation, the visual artist will feature learning the craft of bookbinding, researching and the gathering of oral histories and sacred cultural symbols. Project will culminate in a semi-permanent original labyrinth installation.- Betty Salamun/St. Vincent de Paul Society of Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Dance choreographer will work with a youth group at the Vincent Family Resource Center over an eight-week period on different aspects of dance performance.- Valdemar Sanchez-Lombardo/Modjeska Theatre Company
Milwaukee
Dance Choreographer will partner with the Modjeska Theater Company to choreograph JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.- Sheila Saperstein and Jan Goff-LaFontaine/HELP of Door County
Fish Creek
Photographer will create a photo exhibition project that will celebrate the strength, courage, and healing of 19 women who have been abused.- Annette Schuh/Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra
Stevens Point
In collaboration with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, a visual artist will create several paintings that will be exhibited as part of the Orchestra’s spring concert.- Hanah J. Taylor/Asset Builders of America, Inc.
Madison
As part of a financial investment conference, this musician will produce a youth arts event with young people from the Madison community.- Lori B. Vance/Project STAY
Milwaukee
Performance artist will create a program integrating professional artists such as herself with underserved youths through alternative school partnerships. Structured arts activities will help students experience and build upon their personal relationship to the arts.- Kou Vang/Hmong American Women’s Association, Inc.
Brown Deer
Photographer will present Portrait of Hmong Women—a unique photo documentary exhibit which will also involve capturing the oral histories of the women featured.
Contact: Renee Tertin, 608/267-2027
Date Posted: 1/28/04
