National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Alberta Bair Theater Corporation
$10,000 Billings, MT
To support New Performing Arts in the Old West. Performances of music and dance will be paired with
associated activities such as public discussions, a school matinee, and a master class. The theater's programming
serves an audience from small rural communities throughout south central Montana and northern Wyoming.
Proposed artists include contemporary dance company Dance Theatre of Harlem and the classically trained
violinist pair, Black Violin.
Alpine Artisans Inc.
$10,000 Seeley Lake, MT
To support the In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Festival, celebrating American literature and Western
writers whose work has focused on the concepts of wilderness and water. The event is inspired by the local
Blackfoot River featured in Maclean's novella, "A River Runs Through It." The festival includes events such as a
writing residency for rural students, a memoir-writing workshop for local seniors, author events, and a film
screening and discussion, as well as historical presentations by members of the Blackfeet and Salish-Kootenai
Tribes, geologists, and conservationists. The proposed guest artist is author Annick Smith, screenwriter and
executive producer of Robert Redford's film, "A River Runs Through It."
American Dance Asylum, Inc.
$10,000 Corning, NY
To support performances by Artichoke Dance Company and Kate Weare Company in geographically isolated
communities of New York. Artichoke Dance Company (Brooklyn, New York) will offer workshops and a
performance as part of the Liberate the Earth Dance Project held at Art Omi in Hudson, New York. A residency
by Kate Weare Company (New York City) held in Geneva, New York, will include master classes, an open
rehearsal, and a dance concert.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc.
$10,000 Little Rock, AR
To support Mahler: Resurrection and associated outreach activities. Proposed guest artists soprano Kristin Lewis
and mezzo soprano Christin Marie Hill will lead workshops for student musicians and community members, held
at schools and community venues serving economically, ethnically, and geographically underserved groups.
Lewis and Hill will also perform as soloists in a public performance of Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 2,
Resurrection" by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
ArtBridge Projects Inc (aka ArtBridge)
$10,000 New York, NY
To support Bridging the Divide, a temporary public art project. Professional artists will work with local middle
school and high school students to create the artwork for installation. Student artwork will be photographed
and reproduced on vinyl banners which will be installed along temporary fencing surrounding a construction site
in Queensbridge Park in the economically underserved Ravenswood neighborhood of Queens in New York City.
ArtStream, Inc.
$10,000 Silver Spring, MD
To support Inclusive Theatre Companies. As many as six Inclusive Theatre Companies, located in both Virginia
and Maryland, will create and produce original musical theater performances. Professional actors will work with
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.