State District Grantee City Category Discipline Amount Project Description TX 1 Young Audiences of Northeast Texas, Inc. Tyler Art Arts Education To support professional development in arts integration for the faculty of Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy in Tyler, Texas. TX 2 Writers In the Schools Houston Art Arts Education $75,000 To support Our Voices, Our Stories, literature-based residencies. TX 2 Inprint, Inc. Houston Art Literature $20,000 To support the 33rd annual Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, featuring a reading and on-stage interview with internationally recognized authors. TX 2 Houston Arts Alliance Houston Art Folk & Traditional Arts $40,000 To support the Houston Folklife and Traditional Arts Program. TX 2 Da Camera Society of Texas Houston Art Music $22,500 To support "Inventors & Explorers," a series of chamber music concerts and multimedia performances, and related educational activities. TX 2 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Art Museum $40,000 To support the exhibition and catalogue "Marilyn Minter- Pretty/Dirty." TX 2 Menil Foundation, Inc. Houston Art Museum $65,000 To support the exhibition "Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary 1926-1938." TX 2 Houston Cinema Arts Society Houston Art Media Arts To support the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. TX 3 Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra Plano To support music appreciation classes for students and the community, as well as a concluding concert.
TX 4 Austin College Sherman To support a production of "Les Miserables." TX 5 Writer's Garret Dallas Art Literature To support the expansion of the Writers' Community and Mentorship Project (CAMP). TX 6 City of Arlington, Texas Arlington To support Creative Aging with the Library, a series of visual arts workshops for seniors in a variety of user-friendly settings TX 7 Young Audiences, Inc. of Houston Houston Art Arts Education $15,000 To support Full STEAM Ahead, a professional development and residency arts integration program that combines theater, music, dance, or media arts and science, technology, engineering, and math subjects for middle and high school students. TX 7 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston Art Museum $60,000 To support the exhibition and catalogue "Georges Braque: A Retrospective." TX 7 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston Art Museum $65,000 To support the Glassell School of Art's Core Residency Program. TX 7 Virtuosi of Houston Houston Art Music To support concerts by a youth chamber orchestra. TX 8 Sam Houston State University Huntsville Art : Research Research $15,000 To support a study examining the arts as a rural community development strategy. TX 9 Voices Breaking Boundaries Houston Art $30,000 To support part two of the Borderlines production series. TX 9 Houston Baptist University Houston To support musical performances of Handel's "Messiah" and engagement activities staged to illuminate the historical context of its creation.
TX 10 Moustakis, Melinda Austin Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing Literature $25,000 TX 10 Austin Creative Alliance Austin Art Arts Education $25,000 To support professional development programs for teaching artists to help implement the Kennedy Center's Any Given Child initiative in Austin. TX 10 Austin Chamber Music Center Austin Art Arts Education $32,000 To support year-round chamber music instruction. TX 10 Conspirare, Inc. Austin Art Music $20,000 To support a tour of choral music performances as well as radio and online broadcasts. TX 11 Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin Odessa Art Museum $20,000 To support expansion of a multi-sensory art program for the visually challenged. TX 12 Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Fort Worth Art Museum $70,000 To support the exhibition "Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River." TX 12 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc. Fort Worth Art Music $20,000 To support a touring program. TX 12 Van Cliburn Foundation, Inc. Fort Worth Art Music To support artist and management fees for a touring performance project featuring Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winners. TX 12 Amphibian Productions, Inc. Fort Worth Art Theater & Musical Theater $12,000 To support the outreach and training program Tad-Poles. TX 12 Fort Worth Opera Association, Inc. Fort Worth Art Opera $15,000 To support a new production of "With Blood, With Ink" by composer Daniel Crozier and librettist Peter Krask.
TX 13 Amarillo Art Center Association Amarillo Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support "Side by Side," an exhibition of mixed-media works and a site-specific installation with associated programming. TX 14 Art Museum of Southeast Texas Beaumont Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support "Beili Liu: Opposing Forces," a site-specific installation and residency program. TX 14 Texas State University - San Marcos San Marcos Art Opera $15,000 To support the Texas State Opera Theatre's world premiere of "Lady Bird" by composer Henry Mollicone and librettist Sheldon Harnick. TX 15 University of Texas - Pan American Edinburg To support a dance performance by Houston Ballet II for the community and a related workshop for youth. TX 16 City of El Paso, Texas El Paso Art Local Arts Agencies $15,000 To support professional development workshops for local visual artists. TX 16 Opera Company, Inc. El Paso Art Opera $12,500 To support a new production and creative reimagining of Handel's "Acis and Galatea." TX 17 Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, Inc. Austin Art Folk & Traditional Arts $20,000 To support Celebrando 2014 Afro-Puerto Rican Traditions for All!. TX 18 Diverse, Inc. Houston Art $25,000 To support the DiverseDialogues Series. TX 18 University of Houston Houston Art Museum $25,000 To support the exhibition and catalogue "Time/Image" at the Blaffer Museum of Art. TX 18 hop Houston Houston Coming Up Taller Federal Partnerships In recognition of the Middle School Program, a program dedicated to building academic, creative, and technical skills through project-based, hands-on activities for students in Houston, Texas.
TX 18 FotoFest, Inc. Houston Art Visual Arts $50,000 To support FotoFest, an international biennial of photography. TX 18 Project Row Houses Houston Art Visual Arts $60,000 To support a series of residencies for artists to undertake projects in Houston's Third Ward. TX 18 Glasstire Houston Art Visual Arts $25,000 To support critical writing and expansion of the online resource Glasstire. TX 18 Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc. Houston Art Opera $60,000 To support the North American premiere of "The Passenger," an opera by composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg. TX 18 Houston Ballet Foundation Houston Art Dance $50,000 To support the presentation of works by choreographer Jiri Kylian and David Bintley, artistic director of the Royal Birmingham Ballet. TX 18 Houston Chamber Choir Houston Art Music $12,500 To support Hear and Now, a performance, recording and CD production of previously commissioned works by American Composers. TX 18 Houston Symphony Society Houston Art Music $32,500 To support concert presentations and a radio broadcast of composer Gustave Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with related educational activities. TX 19 Grace Museum Inc Abilene To support education and outreach programs. TX 20 Northwest Vista College San Antonio To support the Student Training in the Arts for Growth in Education and Self-Confidence (STAGES) camp program. TX 21 Texas Folklife Resources Austin Art Folk & Traditional Arts $25,000 To support Stories from Deep in the Heart, an in-depth folklore and radio journalism training program for Austin area high school students and teachers.
TX 21 City of Austin, Texas Austin Art Local Arts Agencies $30,000 To support the development of cultural resource maps and associated community and economic development strategies. TX 21 Mexic-Arte Austin Art Museum $20,000 To support the Emerging Artists Exhibition Program Series. TX 21 Austin Independent School District Austin Art Arts Education $20,000 To support Austin Digital Media For All. TX 21 Ballet Austin, Incorporated Austin Art Dance To support the creation and presentation of a new fulllength ballet by choreographer Stephen Mills. TX 21 Visions In Rhythm Austin Art Dance To support the annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. TX 21 Zachary Scott Theater Center Austin Art Theater & Musical Theater $40,000 To support a production of "The Gospel at Colonus," a gospel version of the Sophocles tragedy "Oedipus at Colonus" originally created in New York City in 1985 by Lee Breuer. TX 22 Sugar Land Cultural Arts Foundation Sugar Land To support the Cultural Development Project, performance and outreach activities for general audience and high school age youth. TX 23 Musical Bridges Around the World Inc San Antonio Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support Kids to Concerts, an interactive, multicultural concert series in economically disadvantaged Title I schools. TX 23 Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation Marfa Art Visual Arts $20,000 To support the exhibition "Now and Then." TX 24 Irving Symphony Association Irving To support the Concert 4 Kids series, The Geography of Music, for grade school children.
TX 25 Donley, Manuel Austin National Heritage Fellowships Folk & Traditional Arts $25,000 TX 25 Texas Commission on the Arts Austin Partnerships (State & Regional) State & Regional $911,900 To support Partnership Agreement activities. TX 25 Great Promise for American Indians Austin Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support the multidisciplinary American Indian Heritage Festival and Austin Powwow. TX 25 Austin Classical Guitar Society Austin Art Arts Education $50,000 To support the Educational Outreach Program, a classical guitar instruction program for students that includes professional development for teachers. TX 25 Austin Fine Arts Alliance, Inc. Austin Art To support Art City Austin. TX 25 Theatre Action Project Austin Our Town Design $75,000 To support arts programming, community engagement activities, and cultural planning in central East Austin. TX 25 Austin Film Society Austin Art Media Arts $20,000 To support the presentation of several curated film and video series. TX 25 VORTEX Repertory Company Austin Art Theater & Musical Theater To support the creation and presentation of "Spirit," an interdisciplinary musical that will blend theater, dance, opera, and ritual. TX 26 Brininstool, Andrew A. Trophy Club Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing Literature $25,000 TX 26 Denton Community Theatre, Inc. Denton To support the third year of training elementary school children in all aspects of performance through instruction and a field trip.
TX 27 K Space Contemporary Corpus Christi Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support the creation and installation of an outdoor public mural based on the Mexican bingo game "Loteria," played with a deck of picture cards. TX 28 Laredo Community College Laredo To support a music recital and lecture series to engage the college and community. TX 29 Nameless Sound Houston Art Music To support the community-based Creative Music Education Program for children and youth in inner-city Houston. TX 30 Dallas Symphony Association, Inc. Dallas Art Music $25,000 To support outreach concerts with related educational activities. TX 30 Dallas Theater Center Dallas Art Theater & Musical Theater $15,000 To support The Neighborhood Initiative. TX 30 Dallas Opera Dallas Art Opera $30,000 To support the commission, development, workshop, and premiere of "Great Scott" by composer Jake Heggie and librettist/playwright Terrence McNally. TX 30 Dallas Black Dance Theatre Dallas Art Dance $20,000 To support the commission and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Christopher Huggins and Chris Vo. TX 30 City of Dallas, Texas Dallas Art $15,000 To support the Diaspora Performing Arts Commissioning Project. TX 30 Big Thought Dallas Art Arts Education $25,000 To support the DaVerse program. TX 32 Documentary Arts, Inc. Dallas Art Folk & Traditional Arts $40,000 To support technical enhancements and content development for the Masters of Traditional Arts Interactive Website.
TX 32 Kitchen Dog Theater Company Dallas Art Theater & Musical Theater To support the development and production of new plays in the New Festival. TX 33 City of Grand Prairie, Texas Grand Prairie To support artist fees for post production work on a digital documentary about ex-offenders and their experience with a community public art program. TX 34 Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts Brownsville Art To support the Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival. TX 34 buildingcommunityworkshop Brownsville Art Design $30,000 To support the Dallas Public Design Impact (DPDI) Program. TX 35 Land Heritage Institute Foundation San Antonio Art Design $20,000 To support a design stage of the restoration and renovation of the Presnall-Watson House, part of the Presnall-Watson Homestead Historic District in south central Texas. TX 35 Gemini Series, Inc. San Antonio Our Town Design $25,000 To support Tinta Digital, a year-long festival of literary arts education and outreach programs. TX 35 Artpace, Inc. San Antonio Art Visual Arts $65,000 To support the International Artist-in-Residence program. TX 35 Allison Orr Dance Inc. Austin Art Dance To support the creation and presentation of "Play Ball," choreographed by Allison Orr with original music by Graham Reynolds. TX 35 Fuse Box Austin Austin Art $20,000 To support the presentation of multidisciplinary works as part of the Fusebox Festival. TX 35 Esperanza Peace and Justice Center San Antonio Art $25,000 To support the preservation of the art, culture, traditions, and history of San Antonio's Latino community.
TX 35 National Association of Latino Arts and Culture San Anontio Art $40,000 To support the Leadership Institute and Regional Arts Training hops. TX 35 Gemini Series, Inc. San Antonio Art Literature To support writing classes, readings, and literary events for students and adults. TX 35 Motion Media Arts Center Austin Art Arts Education $25,000 To support Cine Joven: Filmmaking in Spanish. TX 35 SAY Si San Antonio Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support the SAY Si Media Arts Studio. TX 35 San Anto Cultural Arts, Inc. San Antonio Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support the creation of an anaglyph 3D mural and associated outreach activities. TX 35 Cine Las Americas Austin Challenge America Fast-Track Challenge America Fast-Track To support the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, featuring narrative and documentary features, short films, and youth cinema. TX 35 City of San Antonio, Texas, Department for Culture & Creative Development San Antonio Art Local Arts Agencies $15,000 To support the X Marks the Art program of Public Art San Antonio. TX 36 San Jacinto Community College District Pasadena To support the Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. Total $3,145,900