National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, Inc. (aka BYC)
$30,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support the Concert Ensemble Training and Performance Program. Learning through the "Cross-Choral
Training Method," a curriculum designed by Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BYC), middle and high school students learn
vocal music and professional-level performance techniques using a sequential, experiential, and
developmentally appropriate method. The Concert Ensemble is the most advanced of the BYC's seven choral
divisions, and the group often collaborates with composers on commissioned works. Students will have the
opportunity to perform multiple times throughout the year in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln
Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Buffalo Media Resources, Inc. (aka Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center)
$15,000 Buffalo, NY
To support the Buffalo Youth Media Institute. Under guidance of teaching artists, students explore digital media
tools and techniques through an intensive, project-based curriculum to cultivate critical 21st-century skillsets,
such as digital literacy, innovation, collaboration, and creativity. Completed student artworks will be exhibited at
various community venues and project partner sites.
California Alliance for Arts Education (aka CAAE)
$100,000 Pasadena, CA
To support Create CA, a coalition for collective impact in arts education. A coalition including the California
Department of Education, the California Arts Council, the California County Superintendents Education Service
Association, the California State PTA and the California Alliance for Arts Education will collect, evaluate, and
report on data about equity and access to arts education. The coalition also will hold statewide convenings,
strengthen partnerships, and implement strategies to restore high quality, standards-based arts education to
public schools in California.
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (aka CEPA Gallery)
$15,000 Buffalo, NY
To support the expansion of the CEPA Gallery Partner Schools Program. Students will create and exhibit
multidisciplinary works of art as they hone visual literacy, creative writing, and critical thinking skills. Project
activities will support Buffalo Promise Neighborhood goals to promote community revitalization with strong
school partnerships.
Center of Creative Arts (aka COCA)
$45,000 St. Louis, MO
To support COCA Dance Outreach. Students will participate in after-school and pre-professional dance training
provided free-of-charge. The After School Dance program will provide dance instruction in jazz, modern, hiphop,
Haitian, tap, and swing dance to children in St. Louis Public Schools and the Ferguson Florissant School
District. The Talent Identified Program prepares intermediate students for advanced study and transition to the
Honors Dance Program, which provides long-term, individualized training to advance youth toward their
professional goals. Students in kindergarten through high school will participate in the public school program
and Talent Identified and Honors programs.
CityDance Ensemble, Inc. (aka CityDance)
$15,000 Washington, DC
To support the CityDance Conservatory Professional Guest Artist Project. Pre-professional high school dance
students will study diverse dance styles and artistic viewpoints with nationally and internationally known guest
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.