UMD Awarded Three Grants From NEA
June 13, 2011
The Driskell Center, CSPAC, and MITH receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Driskell Center, CSPAC, and MITH receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced May 17 the latest round of NEA funding for Fiscal Year 2011 totaling more than $88 million awarded through 1,145 grants to not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations. Three, totaling $140,000, have been awarded to UMD.
David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
AMOUNT: $60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Museum
To support a collection care management project for the Driskell Center's permanent collection. The project will include the inventory and documentation of approximately 1,000 works by artists such as Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, Sam Gilliam, and Jacob Lawrence; additionally, the project includes the hiring of a full-time registrar and the development of the Driskell Center's collection management policy and procedures.Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
AMOUNT:
$60,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support Cultivating Crossroads at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. During the Center's 10th anniversary season, participating artists will present inter-disciplinary performances while encouraging conversations across diverse communities.
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
AMOUNT:
$20,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Musical Theater
To support Musical Theatre Online (1860-1923), a project that will provide online access to the libretti and music of early musicals. Electronic transcriptions of piano-vocal scores for selected musicals will be made available for download in a variety of formats, and a web interface will be designed to link text from a libretto to the audio score.
The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. To join the discussion on how art works, visit the NEA at www.arts.gov.