National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

community in Pahrump, Nevada. Proposed artists include jazz quartet The Shapiro Project, cowboy poet and
musician T.J. Casey, and stepping and body percussionist Jason Nions.
Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts Festival Association (aka Britt Music & Arts Festival)
$10,000 Medford, OR
To support the commission of a multimedia dance work by artists with disabilities and related activities. Artists
Alice Sheppard, Michael Maag, and John Jeanrenaud, all wheelchair users, will create and perform "Descent -
Kinetic Light" at Crater Performing Arts Center. Led by Sheppard, dancers will use a variety of mobility devices to
dance on a ramped stage, interacting with light and projections of Auguste Rodin's sculptures of incomplete
human forms. Outreach activities including lecture-demonstrations and master classes in dance techniques with
mobility devices are planned.
PlatteForum (aka NA)
$10,000 Denver, CO
To support Learning Lab, a multidisciplinary youth arts program. Professional artists-in-residence at PlatteForum
will be matched with at-risk youth for class instruction. Utilizing a process-based learning model, the youth will
create new artworks and experiment with varied genres such as digital media, performance, animation,
filmmaking, and creative writing to produce their own body of work that will be presented to the public. All of
the predominantly minority youth are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches in school.
Plumas County Arts Commission (aka Plumas Arts)
$10,000 Quincy, CA
To support the design and installation of a mural on the historic Town Hall Theatre in rural Quincy, California,
and associated activities. The mural will be designed through a community engagement process, with input
gathered through a series of public meetings. Artist Rafael Blanco will use the submitted words, sketches,
photographs, and individual stories to create a concept drawing, which will be reviewed by community forums.
Lecture-demonstrations led by the artist will detail the process of a large-scale painting and mural production
for the community.
Rapid City Fine Arts Council, Inc. (aka Rapid City Arts Council)
$10,000 Rapid City, SD
To support Native POP, a festival celebrating Native American artists, performers, and culture bearers, with
associated outreach activities. The free event will showcase the work of Great Plains Native American artists in
Main Street Square, the downtown public gathering space in Rapid City, South Dakota. Native POP will feature
an exhibition, performances, film festival, culture bearer activities, and displays. The festival's organizing
committee will conduct outreach and marketing efforts to the nearby Native American reservations to promote
the event.
Rider University
$10,000 Lawrenceville, NJ
To support a performance by the Bang on a Can All-Stars. "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe will be
performed with the support of the university's Westminster Choir for the general public and for students and
teachers from the Trenton Public Schools. "Anthracite Fields" commemorates Pennsylvania's historic coal mining
industry and will be presented at the historic Roebling Wire Works factory. Pre- and post-performance activities
will be tailored to the reach a low-income Trenton community that has limited access to the arts.
Riverside Art Museum (aka RAM)
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.