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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced new Art Works Grants, "supporting the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts."
NEA received 1,528 eligible Art Works applications, requesting more than $75 million in funding. Of those applications, 895 are recommended for grants for a total of $23.4 million. Among Bay Area organizations receiving the grant recommendations:
* Association of California Symphony Orchestras, $25,000
* Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, $20,000
* Cypress String Quartet, $10,000
* Monterey Jazz Festival, $37,500
* New Century Chamber Orchestra, $10,000
* Oakland East Bay Symphony, $15,000
* Opera Parallèle, $15,000 ("To support the American premiere of Anya 17, a recently commissioned opera by composer Adam Gorb and librettist Ben Kaye.")
* Paul Dresher Ensemble, $15,000 ("To produce the premiere of Max Understood by playwright Nancy Carlin and composer Michael
Rasbury.")
* San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, $17,500
* SFJAZZ, $45,000
* San Francisco Opera, $90,000 ("To support a new production of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz," a coproduction with Covent Garden and Teatro Alla Scala.)
* San Francisco Performances, $35,000
* San Francisco Symphony, $75,000 ("To support Beethoven and Bates, a performance project juxtaposing works by American composer Mason Bates with works by Ludwig van Beethoven.")
* Stanford University, $32,000 ("To support Musical Crossings, a performance project celebrating the works by immigrant composers who came to the U.S. between the world wars.")
* Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, $30,000