National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

$25,000 Long Island City, NY
To support an artist residency program. Artists in a variety of disciplines will receive commissioning fees,
dedicated access to studio space and technical equipment, production support, and administrative assistance at
The Chocolate Factory Theater. The program will culminate with public performances, resulting in fully produced
and edited, multi-camera, professional video and photographic documentation of the artists' work.
Theater Oobleck
$20,000 Chicago, IL
To support the presentation of "The Memory Palace of Fear," a new multidisciplinary work. An immersive,
multidisciplinary haunted house experience will explore foreclosure and abandonment in the wake of the 2008
housing crisis. Employing text, sound, performance, puppets, and video, "The Memory Palace of Fear" will marry
an examination of popular culture's haunted house as an entertainment attraction with journalistic research
into housing stability.
Tigertail Productions, Inc.
$30,000 Miami, FL
To support the FIRE multidisciplinary series. Tigertail will present works inspired by the element of fire. Project
activities will include a performance by Reggie Wilson's Fist & Heel dance company and a site-specific dance
work by Hattie Mae Williams. Additionally, the WordSpeak youth poetry and spoken-word program will bring
professional artists into public schools for a series of artist residencies, during which participants will write and
perform original poems. A selected group of teens will perform original works during FIRE. Each of the
presentations will be accompanied by related public events, such as discussions, lectures, workshops, master
classes and open rehearsals.
Times Square District Management Association (aka Times Square Alliance)
$30,000 New York, NY
To support At The Crossroads, a series of multidisciplinary presentations. Artists will create and present sitespecific
works at Times Square public plazas. Selected presentations may include audio-based stories collected
by multidisciplinary artist Aman Mojadidi presented in repurposed phone booths, a performance art/dance
piece created by choreographers Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, an interactive event created by Steve Lambert,
a kiosk created by Jakob Steensen exploring the history of New York City, and nightly video art installations.
Town Hall Association (aka Town Hall Seattle)
$15,000 Seattle, WA
To support the Global Rhythms performance series. The series will feature international and American world
music artists. Town Hall will work with the artists and community partners to design engagement activities that
complement the performances.
University Musical Society (aka UMS)
$15,000 Ann Arbor, MI
To support artists fees for a multidisciplinary series of performances. Artists performing in the series will include
multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, theater group Ping Chong & Company, and theater company Complicite
(United Kingdom), as well as a collaboration between dance company Kidd Pivot (Canada) and Electric Company
Theatre (Canada). Engagement activities will include lectures-demonstrations, master classes, and postperformance
discussions with the artists.
University of Arizona
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.