National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

educators, and the public in community settings. Project partners include the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland
Public Television, and Baltimore City Public Schools.
Women's Audio Mission (aka WAM)
$25,000 San Francisco, CA
To support the expansion of Girls on the Mic: Digital Media Training for Girls. The project is a media arts
education program for girls from underserved communities in the Bay Area. Project activities are designed to
cultivate the next generation of women media arts and technology experts. Participants will create their own
websites, podcasts, music projects, and other media arts projects that mirror professional activities such as
creative coding. Students will showcase their work online and share via mobile devices with friends and family.
Working Classroom, Inc. (aka Working Classroom)
$30,000 Albuquerque, NM
To support socially engaged artist residencies in the Youth Art Center in downtown Albuquerque. Professional
guest artists will collaborate with students from historically underserved communities to co-create mural art,
theater works, and animation or motion graphics projects that explore issues of social justice, education, and
equity. Students will learn techniques and aesthetics of their practice.
Young Audiences, Inc. of Houston (aka Houston Arts Partners)
$100,000 Houston, TX
To support expansion of the Arts Access Initiative, a collective impact project. School principals, leadership
teams, and designated arts liaisons will work to implement the Creative Schools Plan, which offers arts and artsintegration
residencies, experiences in Houston's cultural environment,and extended arts learning in afterschool
classes. The initiative also includes professional development for teachers. The School Capacity and
Engagement Cross-Functional Leadership Team comprising professionals from diverse sectors in Houston will
continue to study resource mapping and ongoing data collection from randomized control trials, and recognize
successful schools with Creative Schools designations.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.