National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

To support the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. The festival will feature free and ticketed concerts, festival
processions, exhibitions, installations, and music performances. Engagement activities will include
demonstrations, collaborative art-making activities, and educational workshops.
MAPP International Productions Inc. (aka MAPP)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support the creation, production, and touring of multidisciplinary performance works. MAPP will produce
and tour "Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed" by puppeteer/performance artist Dan Hurlin; "The
Peculiar Patriot," by playwright/performer Liza Jessie Peterson; and "Poor People's TV Room" by
choreographer/performance artist Okwui Okpokwasili. Each project also will include a suite of related
engagement activities that will be made available to touring partners and presenters.
Madison Square Park Conservancy, Inc. (aka Mad. Sq. Park)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support a multidisciplinary exhibition of sculptural glass platforms by artist Josiah McElheny and related
performing arts activities. Madison Square Park will work with sculptor and glassblower McElheny to create
three large, colorful industrial glass structures, inspired by parts of a building, which will serve as platforms for a
series of artist residencies. The park will work with organizational partners Danspace, Blank Forms, and Poets
House to select dance, music, and poetry artists to present free site-specific works on the structures. Docent-led
tours, workshops, and open rehearsals also will be offered.
Midnight Circus in the Parks
$15,000 Chicago, IL
To support the creation and presentation of circus arts. Midnight Circus in the Parks will create a new circus
work to tour throughout Chicago neighborhoods. The circus will collaborate with the Chicago Parks District and
local community partners to engage the public through performances and workshops.
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
$35,000 Detroit, MI
To support DLECTRICITY: Nuit Blanche Detroit, a nighttime festival. The free outdoor festival will feature sitespecific
installations of light art, video, and performance in Detroit's cultural center by international, national,
and local artists. In addition to installations, the festival will present artist talks and interactive events. Festival
organizers will collaborate with several partners including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, the College for Creative Studies, the N. Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Art
Detroit Now, and the University of Michigan, among others.
More Art Inc (aka More Art)
$15,000 New York, NY
To support the creation and presentation of "NYsferatu". More Art will commission multimedia artist Andrea
Mastrovito (Italy) to create an animated retelling of F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent film "Nosferatu." Mastrovito will
update the film to reflect contemporary issues surrounding immigration. Recent immigrants will participate in
workshops during which they will view and discuss the original film, as well as work with Mastrovito to rewrite
the film's title cards to reflect their personal experiences. More Art will collaborate with community partners to
put out an open call for musical scores to be a part of the final product. Free public screenings, panel
discussions, workshops, and public forums will be offered.
Mount Tremper Arts, Inc. (aka Mount Tremper Arts)
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.