National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
$90,000 Washington, DC
To support the expansion of Math, Science & Music, an online educational platform which uses music as a tool
to teach math and science, in partnership with MusEDWorks. A series of free curricula, play-based games, apps,
and other online resources will be developed in collaboration with national math, science, and music experts.
Topics may include the study of proportion, ratio, and common multiples; the performance of rhythmic patterns
by clapping and drumming; and lessons that encourage improvisation and spontaneity. New content will be
piloted in public school districts in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
University of Washington
$80,000 Seattle, WA
To support the development of the Encephalophone, in partnership with the Swedish Neuroscience Institute.
Faculty and staff from the university's Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) Art + Brain Lab
will develop and pilot the Encephalophone, a Brain Computer Music Interface at the Swedish Neuroscience
Institute. Patients suffering from motor disability caused by brainstem stroke, spinal cord injury, or Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will be trained to perform the Encephalophone, which will allow the user to create
improvised music in real time using cognitive control of electroencephalogram (EEG), without movement.
Patients will be able to control a variety of innovative music devices, including electroacoustic and mechatronic
instruments. It is anticipated that the device will allow patients to improve their neurological rehabilitation, as
well as generate music for enjoyment and creative expression. An evening-length performance featuring the
patients and professional musicians will complete the project.
Urban Gateways (aka Centers for Arts Education)
$90,000 Chicago, IL
To support Arts Healing Trauma, a multidisciplinary arts residency program, in partnership with UCAN, a social
service agency working with Chicago youth and families. Urban Gateways will bring its arts education expertise
to UCAN's 360 Community Program, which recognizes the impact of violence and trauma in order to create
safety and healing for youth in Chicago neighborhoods. The partnership will follow several cohorts of students
as they progress through UCAN's continuum of care, incorporating access to quality arts education as a means to
empower at-risk youth with the social and emotional tools to make positive changes in their own lives.
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (aka Watershed)
$35,000 Newcastle, ME
To support a series of public programs examining the intersection of art, science, and contemporary
environmental issues, in collaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. A series of panel
discussions, art exhibitions, presentations, workshops, and podcasts will be presented to engage the regional
community in a dialogue about land, resources, and climate change. Master ceramicists Wayne Higby, Jack Troy,
and Paula Winokur, as well as faculty from science and humanities disciplines at the University of Maine, and
local representatives from natural resource-based industries such as farms and fisheries, will be invited to
contribute themes and content for programmatic activities reflecting multiple perspectives, the natural
resources issues of the region, and the potential for global impact.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (aka Wolf Trap)
$100,000 Vienna, VA
To support an early childhood performing arts education initiative in partnership with the Institute for Child
Success, Inc. The initiative will include a series of arts integration symposiums, residencies for teaching artists,
and performing artist fellowships for professional artists, focusing on young children in low-income
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.