FY 2011

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

Arts Education Projects

CapoeiraDC $1,331.25
Assane Konte $3,375.00
Kevin Reese $3,750.00
Lucy Ann Jickling $3,750.00
Mary Beth Bowen $3,750.00
The Parkmont School $4,237.50
Joel Bergner $5,000.00
Capital Hill Art Workshop $7,500.00
Excel Academy Public Charter School $7,500.00
The Congressional Chorus $9,375.00
Washington Bach Consort $11,201.25
Thurgood Marshall Academy $11,500.00
International Child Art Foundation $13,500.00
Ford's Theatre Society $15,000.00
CityDance Ensemble $16,240.00
The Phillips Collection $16,740.00
Community Help In Music Education (CHIME) $18,750.00
Choral Arts Society of Washington $22,500.00
DC Scores $22,500.00
Duke Ellington School of the Arts $22,500.00
Festivals DC, Ltd $22,500.00
Friendship Public Charter Schools $22,500.00
Gala Hispanic Theatre $22,500.00
Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc. $22,500.00
Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School $22,500.00
National Building Museum $22,500.00
PEN/Faulkner Foundation $22,500.00
Step Afrika! USA, Inc. $22,500.00
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $22,500.00
The Selma M. Levine School of Music $22,500.00
The Shakespeare Theatre $22,500.00
The Studio Theatre $22,500.00
The Studio Theatre $22,500.00
The Washington National Opera $22,500.00
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz $22,500.00
Turning the Page $22,500.00
Washington Performing Arts Society $22,500.00
Words Beats & Life $22,500.00
Young Playwright's Theatre, Inc. $22,500.00
Young Playwright's Theatre, Inc. $22,500.00
Arena Stage $25,500.00
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband $25,500.00
Folger Shakespeare Library $25,500.00
Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute $25,500.00
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts $25,500.00
City Arts, Inc. $30,000.00
City at Peace, Inc $30,000.00
Washington Youth Choir $30,000.00
TOTAL - Arts Education Projects $887,500.00
Artist Fellowship Program
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

Adam Davies $5,000.00
Alexandra Silverthorne $5,000.00
Alexis E. Gillespie $5,000.00
Anna U. Edholm Davis $5,000.00
Asmara Ghebremichael $5,000.00
Avish Khebrehzadeh $5,000.00
Barbara Josephs Liotta $5,000.00
Brandon W. Bloch $5,000.00
Colin Winterbottom $5,000.00
Cory Oberndorfer $5,000.00
Eleanor Walton $5,000.00
Erik Sandberg $5,000.00
Gediyon Kifle $5,000.00
Janis Goodman $5,000.00
John James Anderson $5,000.00
Joshua Cogan $5,000.00
Judy A. Southerland $5,000.00
Kenneth George $5,000.00
Khanh H. Le $5,000.00
Marta Perez Garcia $5,000.00
Mary J. Early $5,000.00
Mia Feuer $5,000.00
Michael Dax Iacovone $5,000.00
Michelle Herman $5,000.00
Molly Springfield $5,000.00
Rik Freeman $5,000.00
Ruth Stenstrom $5,000.00
Scott G. Brooks $5,000.00
Tim Tate $5,000.00
Virginia N. Durrin $5,000.00
TOTAL - Artist Fellowship Program (Visual & Media Arts) $150,000.00

City Arts Projects

Joseph Young $3,577.64
Alexis E. Gillespie $3,586.25
Rex Weil $3,586.25
Ruth Stenstrom $3,586.25
El Teatro del Danza Contemporanca de El Salavador $4,303.50
James Renwick Alliance $5,705.73
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Company $5,917.31
Teatro de la Luna (The Moon Theatre) $8,140.79
Miriam's Kitchen, Inc. $8,607.00
The Textile Museum $9,845.70
Washington Bach Consort $10,579.44
Mexican Cultural Institute $10,758.75
Post-Classical Ensemble, Inc. $10,758.75
The U Street Theatre Foundation, Inc. $10,758.75
The Phillips Collection $11,368.41
Art Museum of the Americas $14,345.00
Capital Fringe Inc. $14,345.00
Edgeworks $14,345.00
Lorton Art Program, Inc. $14,345.00
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

The In Series, Inc. $14,345.00
Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Inc $14,345.00
Moving Forward:Contemporary American Dance Company $17,339.52
The VIP Group, Inc. $17,931.25
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art $17,931.25
Theater Alliance of Washington $20,634.97
Dance Institute of Washington $21,517.50
DC Wheel Productions, Inc. $21,517.50
Film Odyssey, Inc. $21,517.50
FotoWeekDC $21,517.50
Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericano $21,517.50
International Arts and Artists $21,517.50
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $21,517.50
Opera Lafayette $21,517.50
Solas Nua, Inc. $21,517.50
Step Afrika! USA, Inc. $21,517.50
The Choral Arts Society $21,517.50
The Shakespeare Theatre $21,517.50
The Washington National Opera $21,517.50
Washington Performing Arts Society $21,517.50
TOTAL - City Arts Projects $572,232.51

Cultural Facilities Program

The Shakespeare Theatre $12,000.00
Woolly Mammoth Theater Company $17,836.00
Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc. $17,914.00
Dance Institute of Washington $19,950.00
The Phillips Collection $28,144.20
The U Street Theatre Foundation, Inc. $35,000.00
The Textile Museum $36,000.00
Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art $37,100.00
DC Wheel Productions, Inc. $45,600.00
Mentors of Minorities in Education $80,000.00
The Studio Theatre, Inc. $80,000.00
Ford's Theatre Society $90,000.00
TOTAL - Cultural Facilities Program $499,544.20

Elders Learning Through the Arts

Tango Mercurio $3,693.00
Audrey L. Brown $3,807.00
City Arts, Inc. $4,500.00
IONA Senior Services $4,500.00
Momentum Dance Theatre $4,500.00
The Selma M. Levine School of Music $4,500.00
The Washington Ballet $4,500.00
TOTAL - Elders Learning Through the Arts $30,000.00

East of the River Program

PEN/Faulkner Foundation $3,515.25
The Corcoran Gallery of Art $3,750.00
The Washington Ballet $3,750.00
Arch Development Corporation $5,000.00
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

The Selma M. Levine School of Music $5,000.00
Young Playwrights Theater, Inc. $5,000.00
Young Playwrights Theater, Inc. $9,000.00
Arch Development Corporation $12,000.00
Building Bridges Across the River $12,000.00
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband $12,000.00
Interstages, Inc. $12,000.00
Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc $12,000.00
The Corcoran Gallery of Art $12,000.00
The Washington Ballet $12,000.00
Ward 7 Arts Collaborative $12,000.00
Thurgood Marshall Academy $13,984.75
The Selma M. Levine School of Music $20,000.00
TOTAL - East of the River Program $165,000.00

Folk and Traditional Arts Projects

Brendan Bell $1,000.00
CapoeiraDC $1,000.00
Joanne Henson $1,000.00
Tango Mercurio $1,000.00
The Church of the Epiphany, DC $1,000.00
The Washington Ballet $1,000.00
Wilma Consul $1,000.00
TOTAL - Folk and Traditional Arts Projects $7,000.00

Festivals DC
Chinatown Community Cultural Center, Inc $2,400.00
Pan American Symphony Orchestra $4,052.50
National Building Museum $7,497.50
DC Blues Society, Inc $7,500.00
American Turkish Association, Inc $7,750.00
DC Caribbean Carnival, Inc. $9,000.00
Columbia Heights Day Initiative $12,000.00
Maru Montero Dance Company $12,000.00
Building Bridges Across the River $13,000.00
Capital Fringe Inc. $15,000.00
Cultural Tourism DC $15,000.00
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Company $15,000.00
DC Film Alliance $15,000.00
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital $15,000.00
Festivals DC, Ltd $15,000.00
FotoWeekDC $15,000.00
French-American Cultural Foundation $15,000.00
Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericano $15,000.00
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts $15,000.00
National Cherry Blossom Festival Committee, Inc. $15,000.00
Shaw Main Streets, Inc. $15,000.00
Washington Drama Society, Inc. $15,000.00
TOTAL - Festivals DC $270,200.00

Grants-In-Aid Program
Taffety Punk Theatre, Inc. $2,098.55
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

James Renwick Alliance $4,266.45
DC's El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador $4,750.00
Capital Hill Art Workshop $8,550.00
Pan American Symphony Orchestra $8,550.00
Friends of Fillmore Arts Center $9,500.00
Hamiltonian Artists, Inc. $9,500.00
Lorton Art Program $10,260.00
Federal City Performing Arts Association, Inc. $11,400.00
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop $11,400.00
The In Series, Inc. $11,875.00
Art Enables $14,250.00
Atlas Performing Arts Center $14,250.00
Capital Fringe Inc. $14,250.00
Capitol Letters Writing Center $14,250.00
City at Peace, Inc $14,250.00
Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc. $14,250.00
International Arts and Artists $14,250.00
Multi Media Training Institute, Inc $14,250.00
Solas Nua, Inc. $14,250.00
Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Inc $14,250.00
Washington Youth Choir $14,250.00
Washington Project for the Arts $15,000.00
City Arts, Inc. $17,100.00
Festivals DC, Ltd $17,100.00
FotoWeekDC $17,100.00
KanKouran West African Dance Co. $17,100.00
Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc. $17,100.00
Opera Lafayette $17,100.00
Post Classical Ensemble $17,100.00
Provisions Learning Project $17,100.00
The Ellington Fund $17,100.00
The Washington Chorus $17,100.00
Transformer, Inc. $17,100.00
DC Film allianace $19,000.00
Moving Forward:Contemporary Asian American Dance Company $19,950.00
CityDance Ensemble $22,800.00
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia $22,800.00
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital $22,800.00
Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc. $22,800.00
PEN/Faulkner Foundation $22,800.00
Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts $22,800.00
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $22,800.00
The Selma M. Levine School of Music $22,800.00
Washington, DC International Film Festival $22,800.00
TOTAL - Grants-In-Aid Program $696,150.00

Hip Hop Community Arts

Raising Expectations Inc. $1,320.90
Truth Hall $1,540.80
Holly Bass $1,875.00
Simone Jacobson $2,375.00
Joy of Motion Dance Center, Inc. $3,159.20
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

Centro Nia $3,750.00
Latin American Youth Center, Inc. $3,750.00
African Continuum Theatre Coalition $4,000.00
Festivals DC, Ltd $4,000.00
The Studio Theatre, Inc. $4,000.00
Words Beats & Life $4,000.00
CityDance Ensemble $4,750.00
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $4,750.00
Words Beats & Life $4,750.00
TOTAL - Hip Hop Community Arts $48,020.90

Public Art Building Communities

Peter Waddell $20,000.00
Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District $25,000.00
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia $37,688.00
Howard Theatre Restoration, Inc. $60,000.00
TOTAL - Public Art Building Communities $142,688.00

Small Projects Program

Bruce McNeil $780.70
Rachel Beamer $998.80
Cory Oberndorfer $1,000.00
Dance Institute of Washington $1,000.00
Hello Craft $1,000.00
Jaia A. Thomas $1,000.00
Jared Lawrence Ragland $1,000.00
KanKouran West African Dance Co. $1,000.00
Kenneth George $1,000.00
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company $1,000.00
Momentum Dance Theatre $1,000.00
New Tang Dynasty Group, Inc. $1,000.00
Nicole Aguirre $1,000.00
Raul Zahir De Leon $1,000.00
Rene Javier Moffatt $1,000.00
Sukumar Srinivasan $1,000.00
Tango Mercurio $1,000.00
The Art Connection in the Capital Region $1,000.00
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $1,000.00
The Selma M. Levine School of Music $1,000.00
The Studio Theatre, Inc. $1,000.00
The Washington Ballet $1,000.00
Washington Bach Consort $1,000.00
Washington Project for the Arts $1,000.00
Woolly Mammoth Theater Company $1,000.00
TOTAL - Small Projects Program $24,779.50

UPSTART
Capitol Movement, Inc. $30,000.00
DC Creative Writing Workshop, Inc. $30,000.00
DC Film Alliance $30,000.00
Prisons Foundation $30,000.00
 FY 2011
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Grant Recipients

Program Grant Recipient Award

Solas Nua, Inc. $76,000.00
Washington Concert Opera $100,000.00
TOTAL - UPSTART $296,000.00

Young Artist Program

William John Bert $1,433.96
Jessica T. Solomon $2,000.00
Michelle Herman $2,500.00
Maureen Elizabeth Andary $2,972.50
Elizabeth Maestri $2,975.00
Alex Pergament $2,980.91
Ben Crosbie $3,000.00
Chajana denHarder $3,000.00
Elissa Goetschius $3,000.00
Elizabeth Dawn DeRoche $3,000.00
Elizabeth Egan Tomber $3,000.00
Jonathan B. Tucker $3,000.00
Katherine Jordan $3,000.00
Maureen Dolan-Galaviz $3,000.00
Micheline Heal $3,000.00
Patrick McDonough $3,000.00
Robert Patterson $3,000.00
Shari Henry $3,000.00
Simone Jacobson $3,000.00
Tommy Bobo $3,000.00
Vijay Palaparty $3,000.00
William Wytold Lebing $3,000.00
TOTAL - Young Artist Program $62,862.37
Grand Total $3,851,977.48

FY 2011 Roster Inductees

Performing Artist Roster
Keith Wesby
Sonya Taylor
Performing Artist Roster

Teaching Artist Roster

Joel Bergner
Lizabeth Flood
Marcie Wolf-Hubbard