1992 Arts Grants

Creative Autonomy / Arts Advocacy

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDS 1992 PAYMENTS GRANTS PAYABLE 12/31/92
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
New York, NY
A three year grant to provide legal assistance to creative artists and arts organizations whose First Amendment rights are jeopardized by threats of censorship, through the Arts Censorship Project, a program of litigation, legal advocacy, public education, and media advocacy. $250,000 $50,000 $200,000
Center for Media Education
Takoma Park, MD
A two year grant to develop a set of public interest policy recommendations concerning the democratic potential of electronic media. 50,000 50,000  
Fund for Independent Publishing (formerly the Social Policy Corporation)*
New York, NY
A two year grant to help the New Press develop a publishing program in the fields of art censorship and art education. 150,000 75,000  
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
Seattle, WA
A two year grant to protect and extend freedom of expression throughout the US by enabling the creative community to respond to the threat of censorship through programs in communications and education, media advocacy, affiliate/coalition development, and litigation. 100,000 100,000  
National Cultural Alliance
Washington, DC
To educate the American public about the arts and humanities through a high visibility, mass market, public education, and advertising campaign in cooperation with the Advertising Council. 30,000 30,000  
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
A two year grant in support of a Cultural Desk within the News Division to cover stories relating to cultural pluralism and freedom of expression. 200,000 100,000  100,000
People for the American Way
Washington, DC
For Artsave, a nationwide research and public education project which assists artists and art institutions in addressing challenges to free expression through public education, grassroots organization, and litigation. 75,000 75,000  
Poets & Writers
New York, NY
A two year grant in support of The Literary Network, a collaboration between Poets and Writers and the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, which will build a national information/education network of writers and literary organizations to address debates on public policy and the arts. 120,000 60,000 60,000
Regents of the University of California
Berkeley, CA
For "Banned in the USA: America and Film Censorship," a sixteen film series examining the history of censorship in film. 20,000 20,000  

Arts Education

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDS 1992 PAYMENTS GRANTS PAYABLE 12/31/92
Appalshop
Whitesburg, KY
To support an effort to develop and implement a model for community-based arts education for the Kentucky public school system. $50,000 $50,000  
The Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe, NM
A three year grant to create an innovative teen center providing arts programming and creative opportunities for Santa Fe's ethnically and culturally diverse teenagers. 150,000 100,000 50,000
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
In support of "Behind the Scenes," an arts education public television series designed for children ages eight to twelve. 100,000 100,000  
Harvard University*
Cambridge, MA
For Harvard Project Zero to design and implement Project CoArts, a twoyear national study to evaluate the effectiveness of community arts education programs. 250,000 100,000  
The Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ
To enrich high school and college teaching of contemporary Native American fine art by producing and distributing the Native American Fine Art Resource Guide. 25,000 25,000  
Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities
Kansas City, KS
To identify and support the multicultural arts community and diversify the mainstream arts and cultural community in Kansas City, KS. 25,000 25,000  
Original Ballets Foundation*
New York, NY
A two year grant to support the New Ballet School of the Feld Ballet to offer free ballet training and a preprofessional program for public school children. 100,000 50,000  
The Phoenix Symphony Association
Phoenix, AZ
For support of the Phoenix Symphony's youth program, which brings concerts by the Phoenix Symphony Sinfonietta into the classrooms of Arizona schools. 25,000 25,000  

New Agendas / Access-Diversity

RECIPIENT PURPOSE TOTAL AWARDS 1992 PAYMENTS GRANTS PAYABLE 12/31/92
Alternate Roots
Atlanta, GA
A two year grant in support of the Community/Artists Partnership Program to develop, document, and disseminate new ways of presenting the performing arts within communities, through the establishment of performing arts residencies. $100,000 $50,000 $50,000
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
Program which identifies and trains young people of color seeking artistic, technical, craftrelated, or administrative careers in the theater. 50,000 50,000  
The Asia Society
New York, NY
A two year grant to support the Contemporary Arts Initiative, a national project which will present contemporary Asian and AsianAmerican visual, media, and performing arts. 100,000 50,000  50,000
California Confederation of the Arts
Sacramento, CA
To launch a statewide advocacy campaign on behalf of access and equity for multicultural arts organizations. 30,000 30,000  
College Art Association
New York, NY
A three year grant to support the Museum Fellowship and Professional Development Program for Multicultural Artists and Art Historians. 90,000 90,000  
The Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
General support for the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati. 50,000 50,000  
El Teatro Campesino
San Juan Bautista, CA
To support a NationalTouring Program to begin in Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, with a special emphasis on efforts to help local arts presenters develop a multicultural audience. 50,000 50,000  
The Fund for Folk Culture
Santa Fe, NM
To support a collaboration with the American Folklore Society and the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress to improve minority access to advanced degrees and careers in folk and ethnic arts and culture. 50,000 50,000  
The Fund for Free Expression
New York, NY
To support the Human Rights Film Festival, a national showcase for human rights films which encourages both documentary and feature filmmakers around the world to address human rights themes in their work. 40,000 40,000  
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Los Angeles, CA
A two year grant to support Celebrate California, a performing arts festival of work from diverse ethnic communities presented to new audiences. 50,000 25,000  
Regents of the University of California
Los Angeles, CA
To support the exhibition,"TheView fromWithin: Japanese American Art from the Internment Camps, 19421946," a collaboration of the JapaneseAmerican National Museum, the UCLA Wight Art Gallery, and the UCLA AsianAmerican Studies Center. 50,000 50,000  
The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Library
Washington, DC
To promote cultural diversity in the American theater through a training program in classical drama for Equity actors of color, and to support a Resident Directorial Assistant of color. 30,000 30,000  
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
In support of the Experimental Gallery, a museum laboratory and gallery space which encourages innovation and risktaking in exhibition technique and style, including context, design materials, and Interpretive strategies. 50,000 50,000  
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
For a program of crosscultural arts events including Latin American film, visual arts, music, dance, and theater linking the University of New Mexico with Spanish, Mexican, and Native American communities. 30,000 30,000  
Very Special Arts Massachusetts
Boston, MA
To create opportunities for people with disabilities by improving physical and programmatic access to cultural programs. 50,000 50,000  
Visual Studies Workshop
Rochester, NY
In support of a Media Arts Criticism internship to provide training and job opportunities for AfricanAmerican, Latino, NativeAmerican, and AsianAmerican writers in media arts criticism and editing. 25,000 25,000  
TOTAL   $2,600,000 $1,790,000 $510,000