| Grantee Name |
Project Description |
Approved |
MCAI Operating Support |
| Afro American Music Institute |
2003-2004 operating support |
$60,000 |
| Jazz Workshop, Inc. |
2003-2004 operating support |
$50,000 |
| Kuntu Repertory Theatre |
2003-2004 operating support |
$70,000 |
| Umoja African Arts Company |
2002-2003 operating support |
$60,000 |
|
Total Operating Support |
$240,000 |
MCAI Special Projects |
| African American Jazz Preservation |
to provide a school based jazz oral history presentation |
$1,500 |
| Afrika YETU |
to present a Pittsburgh African Music Series |
$15,000 |
| Artists Image Resource |
to support an exhibit entitled, "Immigrant Body: In Translation" |
$10,000 |
| Carnegie Institute, Andy Warhol Museum |
to support the presentation of two African American poets |
$10,000 |
| Community Building Services, Inc. |
to implement a visual arts program for inner city youth |
$8,000 |
| Community Empowerment |
for "Gifts of Reciprocity," a six-week summer youth program |
$10,000 |
| Dance on the Hill |
to present "In Our African Skins, The History of Blacks in Dance " |
$6,000 |
| East End Cooperative Ministry |
for E-fest 2003 |
$12,000 |
| Ed Barbour |
for an exhibition of photographs entitled, "Feel Like Going On: A Year In the Life of Black Pittsburgh" |
$10,000 |
| Glorious Rebirth Performing Troupe |
to support the presentation of "Music from a Black Experience" |
$5,000 |
| Kamau Ware |
to present the Midnight Espresso Series Boat Ride |
$10,000 |
| Mary Miller Dance Company |
for a collaboration with Anicet Mundundu |
$6,000 |
| Mattress Factory |
to support internships for two African American students |
$7,000 |
| Men With a Vision Performance Troupe |
for outreach programming |
$10,000 |
| Nego Gato, Inc. |
for the production of a new performance piece, "CrossRoads" |
$5,000 |
| Nego Gato, Inc. |
to support Nego Gato Capoeira Encounter |
$20,000 |
| New Horizon Theater, Inc. |
for the 2003-2004 season |
$20,000 |
| Pittsburgh Black Theatre Dance Ensemble |
to support "Pittsburgh Black Theatre Dance Ensemble, The Road Ahead" |
$18,000 |
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
to support an interdisciplinary program of visual arts program |
$10,000 |
| Pittsburgh Dance Alloy |
to support a three-week residency program |
$5,000 |
| Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Inc. |
to support "Just Above My Head," a jazz opera |
$18,000 |
| Pittsburgh Playback Theater |
for the Sudanese Theatre Project |
$10,000 |
| Saints & Poets Theater |
to support its production of "Saffronia" a play |
$6,500 |
| Society for Contemporary Craft |
to support "Artist & Kids: Using Your Imagination" |
$5,000 |
| Srishti Dances of India |
to support "Lavanya" |
$8,000 |
| Sweetwater Art Center |
for year 2003 Mavuno Festival |
$8,000 |
| The Kingsley Association |
for Selma Burke World Dance Residency |
$5,000 |
| The Penn Theater |
to produce a theater festival |
$7,000 |
| The Sprout Fund |
to support Community Murals |
$7,000 |
| Towdah/Zamar, Inc. |
to present "Man in the Mirror," a musical drama |
$4,500 |
| University of Pittsburgh |
to present Black Nativity |
$25,000 |
| Vintage, Inc. |
to support digital photography for older adults |
$4,000 |
| WQED Multimedia |
to support a training program for two African American students |
$15,000 |
| Xpressions Contemporary Dance |
for the 2003-2004 season |
$30,000 |
|
Total Special Projects |
$351,500 |
MCAI Technical Support |
| Afro American Music Institute |
MCAI TAP participant: to support artistic advancement |
$10,000 |
| Kuntu Repertory Theatre |
MCAI TAP participant: to support artistic advancement |
$10,000 |
| Nego Gato, Inc. |
support to attend Ohio Arts Presenter Network Conference |
$3,204 |
| Oronde Sharif |
for a dance residency in Senegal, Africa |
$1,500 |
| Reggie Smith |
to develop Reggie Smith's portfolio |
$4,000 |
|
Total Technical Support |
$28,704 |
MCAI Strategic Opportunities |
| Cave Canem |
to support Cave Canem's Summer Workshop/Retreat |
$15,000 |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Society |
for marketing Cook, Dixon & Young |
$6,495 |
| Urban League of Pittsburgh, Inc. |
to present arts and culture programming during the National Urban League Conference |
$50,000 |
| Urban League of Pittsburgh, Inc. |
for a public performance of Three Mo'Tenors in conjunction with the National Urban League Conference |
$30,000 |
|
Total Strategic Opportunities |
$101,495 |
