MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION: The guidel

MID ATLANTIC ARTS FOUNDATION: The guidelines and online application for the next grant round of the French-American Jazz Exchange (FAJE) program are now available.

FAJE supports projects jointly conceived by French and American professional musicians that encourage artistic exploration, foster intercultural dialogue and contribute to the dynamism of jazz as an art form.

The application deadline is May 27, 2016 for projects taking place between September 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017.

Check out the full details here: http://bit.ly/22iPfrJ

Art Enables holiday show…with trimmings

Forget muzak. We have something way better. Thanks to two wonderful fans-who-love-to-cook, our annual holiday show will feature not just the artwork you love and the gift items your friends love but also “food to shop by” (including fried chicken in honor of Eileen Schofield whose artwork you see here).

“Let it snow!”

Annual Holiday Show

The holiday spirit at its best!

 Saturday, December 3, 2011, 2 to 4 pm

2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, WDC 20018 

http://www.art-enables.org     free entrance    free parking

D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Announces $3.7 Million in Grants for FY 2012

227 grants awarded to local artists and nonprofit arts organizations

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is pleased to join the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) in announcing the 227 grants awarded to local artists and nonprofit arts organizations for fiscal year 2012. The awards total $3.7 million, stretching across all eight wards of the District.

The awards reflect eight of the nine grant programs DCCAH administers – Grants-In-Aid, Festivals and City Arts Projects, Arts Education Program, East of the River, Individual Artist Grant, Community Arts, UPSTART and Cultural Facilities Projects. The ninth program, Public Art Building Communities, which is available to individuals and organizations to create and install permanent or temporary public artwork that enhances District neighborhoods, has a rolling deadline and is not reflected in the $3.7 million total.

“We’re excited about the synergy that the arts have created in our communities despite economic challenges,” said Lionell Thomas, Executive Director of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He continued, “We feel it’s important to provide essential funding that benefits the city’s growing arts community and to also showcase the wealth of talent and cultural energy reflected in this year’s recipients.”

In September 2011, the DCCAH received 522 eligible applications requesting over $15 million in funding. The resulting funding rate of 43 percent of eligible applications reflects both the significant demand for support while reflecting the ongoing vitality of the nonprofit arts community in the face of current financial challenges.

Despite economic woes, the DCCAH was able to fund a broad spectrum of exciting projects. These projects will contribute to the District’s art community that provides an economic impact of over $746 million to the city.

Examples of projects funded are:

$5,000: KIPP DC is an organization that has the best interest of children and families at the heart of its mission. KIPP will receive funds to support the purchase of barres, mirrors and a dance floor for KIPP DC Community Arts Center located at 4837 Benning Road, SE where CityDance Ensemble will offer dance instruction to KIPP DC students and the broader Ward 7 community.

$7,000, Critical Exposure: Two photographers with backgrounds in education policy, teaching, and community organizing founded Critical Exposure in 2004. Critical Exposure’s mission is to teach youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to advocate for the opportunities and resources they need to succeed. Through partnerships with schools and youth-serving organizations, they empower youth to participate in the democratic process using an innovative and compelling approach that combines art and advocacy to facilitate youth empowerment, public engagement, and policy change.

$5,000, Henry VI Readings: By focusing on works with profound themes, complex characters and poetic language written by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and the playwrights he influenced, the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) artistic mission is unique among theatre companies: to present classic theatre of scope and size in an imaginative, skillful and accessible American style that honors the playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their work through a 21st-century lens.

$12,500, Words Beats & Life: The Words Beats Life teach-in is a space for the development, presentation and preservation of a new level of emerging, but high quality, hip-hop arts (music, visual art, dance etc.), and scholarship. The events used to reach non-traditional arts audiences include: Bumrush the Boards: Hip-Hop Chess Tournament, now going into its sixth year.

Please see our complete listing of artists and organizations funded for FY 2012:

Program	Grantee	Ward	Amount
Arts Education Program:
AEP	Marissa Long	1	$1,050.00
AEP	Assane Konte	5	$3,250.00
AEP	The Parkmont School	4	$3,250.00
AEP	Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC	3	$3,500.00
AEP	The Textile Museum	2	$4,740.00
AEP	Mentors of Minorities in Education	1	$4,976.00
AEP	Thurgood Marshall Academy	8	$7,500.00
AEP	Critical Exposure	1	$9,000.00
AEP	City at Peace, Inc	1	$15,000.00
AEP	DC Scores	2	$15,000.00
AEP	Dance Place	5	$15,000.00
AEP	Hope House	4	$15,000.00
AEP	Multi-Media Training Institute	5	$15,000.00
AEP	National Building Museum	6	$15,000.00
AEP	Split This Rock	2	$15,000.00
AEP	The See Forever Foundation	7	$15,000.00
AEP	Washington Youth Choir	2	$15,000.00
AEP	Words Beats & Life	1	$15,000.00
AEP	Young Playwrights Theater, Inc.	1	$16,250.00
AEP	Washington Bach Consort	2	$17,364.00
AEP	Choral Arts Society of Washington	3	$18,000.00
AEP	Folger Shakespeare Library	6	$18,000.00
AEP	GALA Hispanic Theatre	1	$18,000.00
AEP	Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute	1	$18,000.00
AEP	Latin American Youth Center, Inc.	1	$18,000.00
AEP	Live It Learn It	6	$18,000.00
AEP	The Ellington Fund	2	$18,000.00
AEP	Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art	2	$18,000.00
AEP	Turning the Page	2	$18,000.00
AEP	Washington Drama Society, Inc. (dba Arena Stage)	6	$18,000.00
AEP	Youth Organizations United to Rise	4	$18,000.00
AEP	Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. Inc	7	$19,500.00
AEP	City Arts, Inc.	1	$19,500.00
AEP	PEN/Faulkner Foundation	8	$19,500.00
AEP	Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz	3	$19,500.00
AEP	Washington Performing Arts Society	2	$19,500.00
AEP	CityDance Ensemble	2	$21,000.00
AEP	DC Youth Orchestra Program	4	$21,000.00
AEP	National Building Museum	6	$21,000.00
AEP	The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts	1	$21,000.00
AEP	The Phillips Collection	2	$21,000.00
AEP	The Selma M. Levine School of Music	3	$21,000.00
AEP	The Washington Ballet	3	$21,000.00
Community Arts Grant:
CAG	The Georgetown Theatre Company	2	$1,000.00
CAG	Friends of Peirce Mill	3	$1,500.00
CAG	Joy Jones	5	$2,434.50
CAG	Capital City Symphony	6	$2,500.00
CAG	Jocelyn Frank	1	$2,500.00
CAG	Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Community Museum	8	$2,500.00
CAG	The In Series, Inc.	1	$2,500.00
CAG	Washington Sculptors Group	3	$2,500.00
CAG	Abraham and Laura Lisner Home for Aged Women	3	$3,023.50
CAG	Kim Roberts	1	$3,200.00
CAG	Dog and Pony DC ,Inc.	4	$3,750.00
CAG	Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc.	3	$4,000.00
CAG	The Textile Museum	2	$4,000.00
CAG	Patrick McDonough	6	$4,750.00
CAG	Audrey L. Brown	2	$4,805.00
CAG	Teatro De La Luna (Moon Theatre)	4	$4,950.00
CAG	Sandra Y. Johnson	5	$4,990.00
CAG	African Continuum Theatre Coalition	5	$5,000.00
CAG	Capitol Movement, Inc.	4	$5,000.00
CAG	Dance Institute of Washington	1	$5,000.00
CAG	Sukumar Srinivasan (Indian Visions)	1	$5,000.00
CAG	Teaching for Change	1	$5,000.00
CAG	The Inkwell	2	$5,000.00
CAG	The Shakespeare Theatre	6	$5,000.00
CAG	Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art	2	$5,000.00
CAG	Washington DC Jewish Community Center, Inc.	2	$5,000.00
CAG	William Stephens	2	$5,000.00
CAG	Woolly Mammoth Theater Company	6	$5,000.00
CAG	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	2	$8,000.00
CAG	Holly Bass	1	$8,000.00
CAG	Maru Montero Dance Company	1	$8,000.00
CAG	Rex Weil	3	$8,000.00
CAG	Ruth Stenstrom	1	$8,000.00
CAG	The Selma M. Levine School of Music	3	$8,000.00
CAG	Theater Alliance of Washington	6	$8,000.00
CAG	Washington Bach Consort	2	$8,000.00
CAG	Washington Storytellers	1	$8,000.00
CAG	Young Playwrights Theater, Inc.	1	$8,000.00
CAG	Building Bridges Across the River	8	$10,000.00
CAG	DC Blues Society, Inc	7	$10,000.00
CAG	KanKouran West African Dance Co.	1	$10,000.00
CAG	Miriam’s Kitchen, Inc.	2	$10,000.00
CAG	Pan American Symphony Orchestra	5	$10,000.00
CAG	Solas Nua, Inc.	2	$10,000.00
CAG	Words Beats & Life	1	$10,000.00
Cultural Facilites Projects:
CFP	Capitol Hill Arts Workshop	6	$5,000.00
CFP	Kipp DC Community Arts Center	7	$5,000.00
CFP	GALA Hispanic Theatre	1	$6,211.55
CFP	Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Inc	2	$8,000.00
CFP	Building Bridges Across the River	8	$9,000.00
CFP	Dance Institute of Washington	1	$10,800.00
CFP	Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC	5	$12,750.00
CFP	Atlas Performing Arts Center	6	$15,340.00
CFP	Arch Development Corporation	8	$16,743.20
CFP	The Shakespeare Theatre	6	$17,500.00
CFP	Dance Place	5	$30,000.00
CFP	Meridian International Center	1	$30,000.00
CFP	Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc.	2	$40,000.00
CFP	The Old Naval Hospital Foundation	6	$40,000.00
CFP	The Washington Ballet	3	$40,000.00
CFP	The Selma M. Levine School of Music	3	$47,655.25
CFP	Sixth & I Historic Synagogue	2	$50,000.00
CFP	The Studio Theatre, Inc.	2	$50,000.00
CFP	Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art	2	$50,000.00
East of the River:
EOR	Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital	2	$4,500.00
EOR	National Hand Dance Association	8	$7,335.00
EOR	Young Playwright’s Theatre, Inc.	1	$9,000.00
EOR	The Essential Theatre	2	$11,089.00
EOR	PEN/Faulkner Foundation	8	$12,000.00
EOR	CityDance Ensemble	2	$14,826.00
EOR	Serenity Players	8	$15,000.00
EOR	Sewing Opportunities Never Ending (S.O.N.E.)	8	$15,000.00
EOR	Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Community Museum	8	$15,000.00
EOR	The Washington Ballet	3	$15,000.00
EOR	DC Creative Writing Workshop, Inc.	8	$20,000.00
EOR	East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband	7	$20,000.00
EOR	The Selma M. Levine School of Music	3	$20,000.00
EOR	Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc	7	$21,250.00
Festivals and City Arts Projects:
FCAP	The In Series, Inc.	1	$5,000.00
FCAP	Transformer, Inc.	2	$7,250.00
FCAP	Post Classical Ensemble	3	$9,000.00
FCAP	Atlas Performing Arts Center	6	$10,000.00
FCAP	Capital Fringe Inc.	2	$10,000.00
FCAP	Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art	2	$10,000.00
FCAP	DC Film Alliance	2	$12,000.00
FCAP	French-American Cultural Foundation	2	$13,750.00
FCAP	GALA Hispanic Theatre	1	$18,000.00
FCAP	Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia	2	$20,000.00
FCAP	Solas Nua, Inc.	2	$20,000.00
FCAP	Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Inc	2	$20,000.00
FCAP	Cultural Tourism DC	2	$27,500.00
FCAP	Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Company	4	$27,500.00
FCAP	Dance Institute of Washington	1	$27,500.00
FCAP	Dance Place	5	$27,500.00
FCAP	Festivals DC, Ltd	2	$27,500.00
FCAP	Ford’s Theatre Society	2	$27,500.00
FCAP	FotoWeekDC	2	$27,500.00
FCAP	Step Afrika! USA, Inc.	6	$27,500.00
FCAP	The Shakespeare Theatre	6	$27,500.00
FCAP	Washington Performing Arts Society	2	$27,500.00
FCAP	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2	$30,000.00
FCAP	Washington Bach Consort	2	$30,000.00
Grants-In-Aid:
GIA	Capitol Hill Arts Workshop	6	$3,750.00
GIA	Taffety Punk Theatre, Inc.	6	$5,000.00
GIA	The Thomas Circle Singers	2	$5,000.00
GIA	Friends of Fillmore Arts Center	2	$6,000.00
GIA	Federal City Performing Arts Association, Inc.	2	$6,250.00
GIA	Transformer, Inc.	2	$6,250.00
GIA	Critical Exposure	1	$7,000.00
GIA	Arch Development Corporation	8	$7,500.00
GIA	The Washington Chorus	3	$9,000.00
GIA	Washington Project for the Arts	2	$10,000.00
GIA	Art Enables	5	$11,250.00
GIA	Cultural Tourism DC	2	$12,500.00
GIA	International Arts and Artists	2	$12,500.00
GIA	Opera Lafayette	6	$12,500.00
GIA	Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts	1	$12,500.00
GIA	Solas Nua, Inc.	2	$12,500.00
GIA	Words Beats & Life	1	$12,500.00
GIA	Constellation Theatre Company	2	$15,000.00
GIA	City Arts, Inc.	1	$15,000.00
GIA	Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia	2	$15,000.00
GIA	Dance Institute of Washington	1	$15,000.00
GIA	DC Youth Orchestra Program	4	$15,000.00
GIA	Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital	2	$15,000.00
GIA	Festivals DC, Ltd	2	$15,000.00
GIA	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	2	$15,000.00
GIA	SpeakeasyDC	1	$15,000.00
GIA	The Textile Museum	2	$15,000.00
GIA	The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts	2	$15,000.00
GIA	The Washington Ballet	3	$15,000.00
GIA	The Washington National Opera	2	$15,000.00
GIA	Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Inc	2	$15,000.00
GIA	Atlas Performing Arts Center	6	$17,500.00
GIA	Building Bridges Across the River	8	$17,500.00
GIA	Capital Fringe Inc.	2	$17,500.00
GIA	Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc.	3	$17,500.00
GIA	PEN/Faulkner Foundation	8	$17,500.00
GIA	Step Afrika! USA, Inc.	6	$17,500.00
GIA	The Phillips Collection	2	$17,500.00
GIA	The Selma M. Levine School of Music	3	$17,500.00
GIA	Washington Drama Society, Inc. (dba Arena Stage)	6	$17,500.00
GIA	CityDance Ensemble	2	$20,000.00
GIA	National Symphony Orchestra Association	2	$20,000.00
GIA	The Studio Theatre, Inc.	2	$20,000.00
GIA	Young Playwrights Theater, Inc.	1	$20,000.00
GIA	Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc	7	$20,500.00
GIA	The Shakespeare Theatre	6	$22,500.00
GIA	Woolly Mammoth Theater Company	6	$22,500.00
GIA	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2	$25,000.00
GIA	The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts	1	$25,000.00
Individual Artist Grants:
IAG	Alan Sharpe	1	$2,000.00
IAG	Michelle Jones	7	$2,837.50
IAG	Shawn Short	7	$2,837.50
IAG	Samuel A. Miranda	4	$3,325.00
IAG	Amy Oden	4	$3,500.00
IAG	Dewey Oritz Jr.	1	$3,500.00
IAG	Helanius J Wilkins	1	$3,500.00
IAG	Katherine Jordan	6	$3,500.00
IAG	Kim Roberts	1	$3,500.00
IAG	Robert Michael Oliver	5	$3,500.00
IAG	Roya Bahrami	1	$3,500.00
IAG	Sean Hennessey	5	$3,500.00
IAG	Wendy Thorbjornsen	5	$3,500.00
IAG	Assane Konte	5	$4,250.00
IAG	Christon Bacon	1	$4,250.00
IAG	Daniel Phoenix Singh	4	$4,250.00
IAG	Dolen Perkins-Valdez	3	$4,250.00
IAG	James Balls	2	$4,250.00
IAG	James F. Byers Jr.	7	$4,250.00
IAG	John Moletress	6	$4,250.00
IAG	Karen L.B. Evans	5	$4,250.00
IAG	Lada Galina-Gabrovska	2	$4,250.00
IAG	Marc Anthony Nelson	6	$4,250.00
IAG	Dave Lilling	2	$5,000.00
IAG	Jonathan Harris Gann	2	$5,000.00
IAG	Norman Allen	2	$5,000.00
IAG	Regie Cabico	1	$5,000.00
UPSTART Program:
UPS	826DC	1	TBD
UPS	Dance Place	5	TBD
UPS	Festivals DC, Ltd	2	TBD
UPS	Step Afrika! USA, Inc.	6	TBD
UPS	Washington Bach Consort	2	TBD
UPS	Young Playwrights Theater, Inc.	1	TBD

DC Music Salon. The Bayou: DC’s Killer Joint

DC music lovers,
“When are you gonna do The Bayou, man?!” After each DC Music Salon’s successful program on area venues (the Howard Theater, 9:30 Club, dc space) I’ve been asked this question. Now we can answer… on Wednesday, December 14, from 7-9pm!

If you went to a rock and roll show in DC from 1953 to 1998 in Washington, DC, there’s a good chance you have a story about a great night at The Bayou and know why the place was more than super sound, flawless sight lines and cool staff. For nearly fifteen years, filmmaker David Lilling and company have been making a documentary film called “The Bayou: DC’s Killer Joint,” about this iconic venue. It’s nearly completed, and DC Music Salon is lucky enough to get a sneak peek.

When The Bayou closed in 1998, it was the longest continuously running rock club in DC. The old building, now the site of Loews Georgetown movie theater, hosted a staggering list of bands before they were household names (Bruce Springsteen, the Police, KISS, the Ramones, Joan Jett, etc.). U2’s first American club date, Billy Joel’s live album, and Eva Cassidy’s final performance were at The Bayou. Countless great DC bands gigged there often — Chuck Brown, Slickee Boys, Everything, Nighthawks, Tommy Keene, Nils Lofgren, and Dave Matthews Band come to mind.

In the many years when it was a jazz club, Rudy Vallee, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, John and Ted Kennedy, LBJ, and Bob Dole listened to jazz there — from Dixieland to Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Lester Young, and Coleman Hawkins. And we’ve not mentioned the strippers or the fact that Mr. T. was a bouncer! Supposedly Mickey Mantle and Robert Plant were both kicked out (not together)! The list of people and stories goes on and on. In addition to screening live footage and interviews, the filmmakers, owners, managers, patrons, and performers will be there to share stories. We hope you’ll join in the fun.

Watha T. Daniel, Shaw Library

1630 7th Street Northwest 

Wednesday, December 14, from 7-9pm

DC Music Salon?
Salon, noun, “a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation.”

DC Music Salon is a free film & book series about music, featuring discussions with expert guests. We show films and speak with musicians, filmmakers, authors and other fellow music lovers. These aren’t lectures, and all are welcome to attend and join the conversation. Most meetings start with a quick introduction of a guest or topic, then show appropriate footage; we may discuss a relevant book and likely ask questions of our experts.

Upcoming Salons: February 8 – Sonny Stitt, April 11 — bluegrass, June 13 — Phil Ochs, all from 7-9pm at the beautiful Watha T. Daniel Library in Shaw, 1630 7th St NW. Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116135141822147, is the best way to learn more about DC Music Salon and upcoming events.

Washington, DC has a musical heritage second to none and our salon celebrates it. Spread the word and see you there!

Double Nickels Theatre Company Presents “Scattered Pictures”

Debut performance of the extraordinary stories of seven veterans serving in World War II and the Korean War

 Audiences can experience the breathtaking stories of seven extraordinary veterans when the Double Nickels Theatre Company presents, “Scattered Pictures” at The Atlas Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 3:00 PM.

Their heroic stories have never been celebrated.  These stories tell of a courageous man declared dead and later found to be a prisoner of war.  Another recounts an officer who served in Asia as part of the majority African-American troops who built the 1,000 mile Ledo Road between India, Burma and China. We are also transported into the lives of the oldest living African-American West Point graduate and a boy who became a Boy Scout, a Boy Scout who became a general and a general who became a successful businessman. We experience the phenomenal story of a fighter pilot and his escort, a Tuskegee Airman, who met for the first time decades after their mission when they were 75 years old. And all these remarkable men are alive today to help us tell and relive their stories.

Tickets for “Scattered Pictures” are $30 and are available at atlasarts.org.

A reception to host several of these veterans immediately follows the performance.

What: “Scattered Pictures”

When: Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 3 PM.

Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE Washington, DC 20002

For more information, log onto: www.atlasarts.org