National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Uterhardt will help anchor the production and guide the Habima actors throughout the performance. Aside from
giving actors an outlet for expression, Habima productions benefit the guest artists, production team, and
audience by imparting an appreciation for what individuals with disabilities can achieve through the arts.
Matheny School and Hospital, Inc. (aka Matheny)
$10,000 Peapack, NJ
To support Full Circle, a multidisciplinary project that will showcase art created by individuals with disabilities.
The event will consist of a gallery exhibition of visual and written works, followed by a live multimedia stage
show of dramatic, written, filmed, and choreographed pieces. Professional actors, dancers, and set designers
will stage the original works created by program participants; the guest artists will work directly with them,
meeting regularly before the performance and taking direction as to how their work should be presented.
Methow Music Festival Association (aka Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival)
$10,000 Winthrop, WA
To support the 21st-annual Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. This festival brings professional classical
musicians to perform concerts for residents of one of the most sparsely populated and economically challenged
areas of Washington State. Other activities will include open dress rehearsals, meet-the-artist opportunities
following each concert, pre-concert lectures, free mini-concerts at local businesses, and music education
outreach at the local youth string camp.
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association
$10,000 Minneapolis, MN
To support the annual Free Concerts for Seniors performance series featuring musical theater artists Wendy
Lehr and Gary Briggle, with related outreach activities. Concerts serving low-income older adults will be held at
different community venues throughout Minneapolis such as the historic Nicollet Island Pavilion, Elliot Park, and
the Como Dockside Pavilion. Older adults will receive free transportation to all concerts.
Moab Music Festival, Inc.
$10,000 Moab, UT
To support the Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration concert during the 25th-annual Moab Music Festival,
with related activities. Guest artists will include the Fort Lewis College Chamber Choir, with conductor Michael
Barrett and narrator Jaimie Bernstein. As part of the festival's education and community outreach program, an
adapted version of the program "Who Was Leonard Bernstein?" will be presented at up to two assemblies for
more than 700 Grand County students, grades 7-12.
Morgan County Foundation, Inc. (aka Madison-Morgan Cultural Center)
$10,000 Madison, GA
To support the 2017 Madison Chamber Music Festival. The project will bring together proposed artists such as
Atlanta Symphony members Christopher Rex (principal cello) and David Coucheron (concertmaster), the Turtle
Island Quartet, and jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut. The performances are intended to serve a rural community and
will occur at a variety of community venues such as the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and Madison's Town
Park.
National Association of Black Storytellers, Inc. (aka NABS)
$10,000 Baltimore, MD
To support a storytelling festival, including the Adopt-A-Teller workshops and related, free interactive musical
performances and workshops in Wichita, Kansas. Intended to serve primarily African-American, 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.