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Special Projects 2007 Awards

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2007 Organizations
Organization Title Location Award
A Contemporary Theatre, Inc (ACT) Etta Phifer's Testimonial Shoe Kismet (by Shontina Vernon) Bullitt Theatre at ACT $2,000
Against the Grain/Men In Dance Evening of all-male dance Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle $1,000
Arab Center of Washington International singer May Nasr Seattle Center $1,000
ArtDish Artdish Writers' Fund $2,000
Burke Museum Association Plateau Artistry Burke Museum, Seattle $2,000
Camlann Medieval Association Camlann Village Festival of Saint Laurence 4 Miles North of Carnation $2,000
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas The Creation Project Artist Showcase Langston Hughes Perf. Arts Center $2,500
Century Ballroom LLC The Masters of Lindy Hop & Tap, 2007 Century Ballroom $2,500
Circus Contraption Haunted House   $3,000
Coyote Central Industrial Garden at Harborview Medical Center View Park at Harborview Medical Center $2,500
Degenerate Art Ensemble Women (working title) The Moore Theatre $3,000
Delrclassge Neighborhoods Development Assn/ Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Show Off!   $3,500
Esoterics RUWIYA: Sacred visions inspired by Islam and Muslim culture Tacoma, Medina, Seattle, Vancouver $4,500
Ethnic Heritage Council for CroatiaFest Zeljko Jergan and Tamburaski Sastav Otrov at CroatiaFest Seattle Center - Center House $1,000
Experience Learning Community American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music Experience Music Project $2,000
Floating Bridge Press 10th Anniversary Poetry Anthology Publication & Reading Series King County $2,000
Fremont Arts Council Gateway Gasworks Park $3,000
Henry Art Gallery Kader Attia: New Work Henry Art Gallery $2,500
Implied Violence the air is peopled with cruel and fearsome birds Seattle and eleven US cities $1,500
International Ballet Theatre (IBT) Dracula Bellevue, WA $1,000
Intiman Theatre The Business of Fancydancing Intiman Theatre $4,000
Japanese Garden Advisory Council A Celebration of Japanese Art (Nihon Bijutsu Matsuri) Seattle Japanese Garden $2,500
KidsQuest Children's Museum Arists in Action Bellevue, WA $4,000
Kirkland Arts Center Perceptions: artists interpret environment Kirkland Arts Center Gallery $1,500
Kirkland Performance Center Kirkland Performance Center 10th Anniversary Community Celebration Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland $2,500
Korean-American Art & Cultural Association of the Pacific Northwest 2007 4th Annual Korean Cultural Celebration Seattle Center, Center House $1,000
Lake Union Civic Orchestra World premiere of performance of orchestral work by local composer Town Hall, downtown Seattle $2,500
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center Underground Railroad Film Series Partnerships Various locations in King County $3,000
Lelavision Flexus, Fluxus, Flatus King County $3,000
Maple Valley Youth Symphony Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra Inauguration Maple Valley, WA $3,500
Medieval Women's Choir From Chamber to Cloister: New Music for a Pilgrimage with Heloise & Abelard Bethany Lutheran, Ballard HS, St James $3,500
Mirror Stage The Tashnuba Project Seattle $1,500
Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab Dracula: A Case Study Theatre Off Jackson, Seattle $2,500
Monktail Creative Music Concern Sounds Outside: A Celebration of Adventurous Music and Community Cal Anderson Park $3,000
Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Nature in Focus MOHAI, 2700 24th Ave E, Seattle $1,500
Music Northwest Music for Mountains and Sky Olympic Recital Hall, West Seattle $1,000
Northwest Chamber Chorus 40th Anniversary Celebration Concerts Phinney Ridge Lutheran and Town Hall $1,000
Northwest Film Forum Signature Shorts Seattle & other county & state locations $4,500
On the Boards Back to Back Theatre performing "Small Metal Objects" Olympic Sculpture Park $5,000
Pacific Northwest Ballet Ordinary Festivals Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle $4,000
Pat Graney Company House of Mind TBD $5,500
Prabha Rustagi Memorial Trust The Ramayana Northwest Puppet Center $3,000
Redmond Arts Commission Digital Arts & Gaming Festival Redmond Parks and Public Spaces $5,000
Regional Taiko Groups - Seattle North American Taiko Conference (Traditional Japanes Drumming) U of W Campus, Benaroya Hall $6,000
Richard Hugo House Hugo Literary Series Richard Hugo House, Seattle Town Hall $4,000
RIVET Magazine R19: The POWER Issue Seattle, WA $2,000
Seattle Baroque Orchestra Uncommon Grounds Benaroya Recital Hall $2,000
Seattle Center for Book Arts Seattle Center for Book Arts Workshops in Seattle Public Libraries Various Sesattle Public Libraries $1,500
Seattle Chamber Players Icebreaker IV: A Three-Day Festival On the Boards (primary location) + art gallery TBD $4,000
Seattle Dance Project Project 1 Local Theater seating 200-500 people $3,000
Seattle Jazz Orchestra Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra Studio Recording of "The Endless Search" Seattle, Suburban King County $5,000
Seattle Peace Chorus Fall Concert, "Mass for Peace & Justice: Return show from Venezuela Tour" Town Hall, Seattle $2,000
Seattle Print Arts A Common Language Seattle/Shenzhen Cultural Exchange Seattle, WA $3,500
Seattle Pro Musica American Masterpieces Choral Festival Benaroya & Town Hall, Seattle $3,000
Seattle Shakespeare Company Swansong Center House Theatre $2,500
Seattle Theatre Group Expressions of Africa Schools, Spectrum Studio & Moore Theatre $3,000
Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater Summer 2007 Production: "Meet Me in St. Louis" Fall City $1,500
Spectrum Dance Theater Interrupted Narratives/War as part of Spectrum's 25th Season The Moore Theatre $3,000
Steeplechase Productions Playing French Seattle North Seattle $1,000
Theatre Arts Alliance The Westerbork Serenade   $1,500
Tibetan Association of Washington West Coast 2007 Tibetan American Trungkar Cultural Event North Seattle Community College $3,000
Town Hall Japan in America Town Hall and other locations $2,500
UMO Ensemble Bending Time Vashon & Delridge (Youngstown Cultural Arts Center) $4,000
Washington Flute Circle Flute Quest 2007 Bellevue Community College $1,000
Wing Luke Asian Museum George Tsutakawa Art Gallery Wing Luke Asian Museum $6,000
Wing-it Productions David Shepherd at Seattle Festival of Improv Theater (SFIT) 2008 University District/Seattle $2,000
Woodinville Repertory Theatre WRT's Young Playwrights Showcase presents "Perennial" Black Box Theatre @ NS Performing Arts Center $1,500
2007 Individuals
Name Title Location Award
Elizabeth Austen Skin Prayers: Complete full-length manuscript of poems King County literary venues $2,160
Shannon Barnes Pulse (working title) Seattle $1,500
Jacqueline Barnett Art Connects Washington State Convention Center, Seattle $2,750
Vaughn Bell From Sea to Shining Sea SOIL Art Gallery, solo show $1,650
Jennifer Borges Foster Filter Literary Journal, Issue 2 Capitol Hill, Seattle $2,500
Samantha Boshnack Reptet SAAM, Seattle schools $4,000
Wendy Call No Word for Welcome / Spanglish Potluck Columbia City, Seattle $3,000
Daniel Cautrell Offerings To The Wind, Public Installation Series Duvall, Carnation, Woodinville, Redmond $2,000
Lora Chiorah-Dye Expressions of African Dance Langston Hughes and Moore Theatres $5,000
SJ Chiro THIRD DAYS CHILD Seattle $4,250
Vania Clemons Bynum Excerpts from the Soul of a Woman Broadway Performance Hall/2 Community Centers $2,635
Maria Coryell-Martin Portraits of Ice: Witnessing Climate Change through Art (Glaciers of the North Cascades Mountains Range) North Cascades Mountains, King County $2,250
Daniel Cruz WeekEnd Moore Theatre $5,000
Drew Daly Compressions and Expansions Greg Kucera Gallery $5,000
Christopher DeLaurenti What is happening in Darfur? Seattle, Eastern Chad $3,825
Alice Dubiel The Hazel Tree Mother Seattle, WA $2,000
Holly Eckert The Exile Project Seattle, WA $3,200
Sue Ennis Heartbeats The Moore Theatre $4,000
Stephen Fandrich Tactile Harmony II: the vocal music of Stephen Fandrich Capitol Hill, First Baptist Church $2,500
Neil Ferron Sweet, the Breath of Children Odd Duck Studio, Seattle, WA $1,000
Garrett Fisher PSYCHE Seattle, WA (Wallingford Neighborhood) $5,000
Doug Fullington Balanchine's Petipa The Phelps Center $1,500
Monica Gilliam You're Right Here On the House, Halo, Seattle, Minneapolis $1,500
John Grade Seeps of Winter Suyama Space, Seattle, WA $5,280
Mandy Greer Dare Alla Luce Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA $3,000
Rebecca Hoogs Mare Nostrum Seattle and beyond $1,100
Wayne Horvitz The Heartsong of Charging Elk Nonsequitor The Good Shepherd Center $4,760
Rochelle House Songs from a Bookmark Seattle $2,500
Salise Hughes Recycled Visions Seattle $5,950
Mona Lang Mimesis-The Portraits Ballard, Seattle $2,250
Susie Lee From Darkness, Voices Remember Lawrimore Project $3,600
Cheryll Leo-Gwin New Work: Lost and Found in China Bellevue/Seattle/Beijing $4,250
Richard Lewis Seattle Songlines Art and Soul $2,000
Jerry Mader Carnation Verbatim—A Celebration of Elders Carnation, WA & Pacific Northwest $5,000
Erin Malone Poetry manuscript titled "What Sound Does It Make" Seattle $2,000
Kirk Midtskog "The Notice," a Dance/Theater work in progress Either Broadway Performance Hall or Bagley Wright $1,000
Donna Miscolta The Education of Angie Rubio Seattle $2,920
Yuki Nakamura White Fade Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle $3,600
Michael Nicolella M3 Frye Art Museum, KUOW live, several outreach performances $2,000
Eric Olson Full Immersion Harborview + other loc. in King County $2,500
Craig Packard Seattle Underground (working title) Seattle $2,500
Ruby Dee Philippa TBD Record at Egg Studios; Release: Tractor $3,000
Kristen Ramirez Peddling Art Seattle Center, Georgetown, Pioneer Square $3,500
Amy Reeber welcome is another word for goodbye Velocity Dance Center $2,500
Paul Rucker Jazz CD involving the jazz community / historical tribute to Jackson Street Seattle Central District, Kirkland $7,000
Subhashini Santhanam Krishna Leela Issaquah $4,800
Molly Scott Geography On the Boards, Seattle $5,000
Tikka Sears work created under compulsion International District/Theater Off Jackson $5,400
June Sekiguchi Translation to Metal Seattle and Issaquah $2,500
Lynn Shelton Seven Ways to Sunday Seattle $4,800
Juniper Shuey the devil you know is better than the devil you don't On The Boards $3,500
Mary Simpson Every Tongue Confesses Seattlte, Portland, Port Townsend $6,120
Cheryl Slean SITEfest (SITE=Seattle Independent Theater Experiment) Seattle University Campus $1,600
Ellen Sollod Lake Washington Palimpsest Seattle $2,500
John Sutton Northwest New Works Festival Project/10 - 6 On the Boards $2,500
Miho Takekawa Quenarimba II Opus 4 Studios $3,400
Curtis Taylor Church Weather Seattle, with international distribution $3,690
Annette Toutonghi Pants On the Boards $1,500
Allison Van Dyck snow not yet confirmed $4,250
Laura Ward Transparent Walls Seattle, WA $3,000
Hope Wechkin Charisma Richard Hugo House $1,250
Betty Williamson Native Ancestral Visions Seattle $1,750
Jennifer Zwick I'm So Scared / It's All So Hard SOIL Art Gallery $2,000
2007 Panelists
Name Organization
Shawn Hensley Spectrum Dance
Lana Hechtman Ayers Writer and Editor
Steve Ramsey KBCS 91.3
Monika Proffitt ArtPatch
Edward Hill Public Artist
Kay Tarapolsi Arab Center of Washington
Stephen Elliott Meydenbauer Center
Maria Kesovija Ethnic Heritage Council
Nu Quang Writer
Eduardo Mendonça Show Brazil!
John Sinno Arab Film Co.
Tara Shadduck Kirkland Arts Center
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