National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

$35,000 Chicago, IL
To support Open House Chicago (OHC) 2017. OHC is a free, citywide event that offers public access to hidden
places and spaces throughout the city, along with other public programming such as performances,
demonstrations, exhibitions, and youth education programs. These activities engage area residents and visitors
in celebrating Chicago's rich culture and architectural heritage as part of an ongoing community engagement
strategy.
Cultural Landscape Foundation (aka The Cultural Landscape Foundation)
$35,000 Washington, DC
To support What's Out There Weekends. The program will feature expert-led tours of designed landscapes in
Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, and Nashville. Working with local individuals and organizations, The Cultural Landscape
Foundation (TCLF) will identify appropriate properties, conduct research, develop documentation, and post to
its online database, What's Out There. In addition to online content, TCLF will produce illustrated guidebooks
with maps and detailed narrative texts.
Design Trust for Public Space Inc. (aka Design Trust for Public Space)
$35,000 New York, NY
To support The Community Compact: Strategies for Shared Stewardship of the Public Realm. Project participants
will examine the role of public space in urban life, considering how parks and plazas can better address the
needs of diverse communities and maximize health, social, economic, and environmental benefits. The initiative
will commence with a request for proposals, resulting in several projects that will deliver a work of art and
design intended to explore this public space theme.
Design that Matters, Inc.
$40,000 Salem, MA
To support the DtM Design Internship Program. The interns will learn and apply Design that Matters' particular
product development process, including market research, concept development, iteration and testing, and will
develop a functional prototype of a medical device for newborns in developing countries. The program is
designed for students and recent graduates who are socially-driven, entrepreneurial individuals with industrial
design and engineering backgrounds.
DownCity Design
$25,000 Providence, RI
To support Innovation by Design. This initiative will promote design education throughout Rhode Island using a
series of free professional development workshops for teachers called Design Thinking in the Classroom.
Experienced design educators also will partner with public school teachers to co-teach in-school design/build
residencies in which students identify needs and challenges within their school and work together to design and
build small-scale structures, products, or programs. The training will empower youth to use the design process
to create positive change in their communities.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc. (aka DSNI)
$20,000 Roxbury, MA
To support Re-imagining Space without Displacement. In response to Boston's citywide planning process,
Imagine2030, DSNI is working with local residents to ensure that they will benefit from intended improvements
to housing, education, jobs, and arts and culture. DSNI will hire several local artists, supported by DSNI's staff,
who will work with youth employees to design creative interventions that build the capacity and participation of
residents to more effectively participate in citywide planning efforts.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.