National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

$20,000 Detroit, MI
To support Voices In The Mirror. Students of all ages will learn a wide range of theater and puppetry skills and
explore themes of identity, individuality, community, and commonality. Program components will include Now
Playing, an introductory theater program for young elementary students; and Being On Stage, an after-school
performing arts program for upper elementary students. Additional program components will include Teatro de
la Vida for middle school students and the Matrix Teen Company, a playwriting and touring company for older
teens. In collaboration with community partners, professional artists from Matrix's School of Theatre will work
with youth to write and produce plays that guide participants and audience members in exploring the history of
Detroit and their own personal narratives to create who they, as residents of Detroit, wish to become.
Midwest Young Artists (aka MYA)
$10,000 Highwood, IL
To support the Chamber Music Program. Middle and high school students will receive weekly instrumental
music coaching and participate in rehearsals of small group ensembles. From trios to small chamber orchestras,
the program offers placement for percussion, saxophone, strings, piano, woodwinds, harp, and brass players.
The small size of a chamber ensemble enables the coach and students to delve deeply into expressiveness and
improvisation as well as artistic and interpersonal communication. To supplement the weekly coaching and
various performance opportunities, regularly scheduled master classes are offered by performer educators from
universities such as DePaul, Northwestern, Roosevelt, and University of Illinois, and by professional musicians
from organizations such as Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Lyric Opera.
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit (aka Mosaic)
$55,000 Detroit, MI
To support Mosaic Core Training Program, a multi-phase, theater-based performing arts program for youth.
Professional actors and teaching artists will provide students with intensive acting, vocal, and technical theater
training leading to the creation and performance of an original musical that will be performed at the Detroit
Institute of the Arts and toured at universities nationwide. The audition-based program, provided free to
participants, is divided into three phases serving intermediate level youth, year-round training for advanced
level youth, and a paid performance ensemble. In addition to artistic training, all Core Program young artists
receive support from academic mentors and participate in college readiness and professional development
activities.
National Dance Institute New Mexico (aka NDI New Mexico, NDI-NM)
$35,000 Santa Fe, NM
To support Dancing to Excellence, a pre-professional dance program. Youth in four companies -Celebration
Team, Junior Company, Apprentice Company, and Company Xcel-will participate in advanced-level technique
classes, taught by certified dance instructors, in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Company XCel students also will
receive indvidualized college and career guidance. All students will participate in master classes and perform
with guest artists and have the opportunity to attend a summer intensive program. Students will choreograph
and perform their work in a variety of settings, including a year end Senior Showcase.
New Urban Arts (aka New Urban Arts)
$15,000 Providence, RI
To support the Youth Mentorship in the Arts program and the Summer Art Internship program for teens. Under
the mentorship of professional artists in the community, students will gain skills in photography, drawing,
painting, sculpture, fashion design, printmaking, screen printing, poetry/spoken-word, video, and digital media.
Students will display work through multiple platforms including gallery exhibitions, student publications, fashion
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.