WELLS FARGO ARTS-IN-EDUCATION GRANTS

(21 Awards Totaling $111,400)

a/perture: $ 1,920 To conduct Mis en Scene (Telling a Story) workshops for middle and high school theatre classes

Associated Artists of Winston-Salem: $ 4,600 To provide artist-led workshops in the creative process, calligraphy, Chinese painting, and papermaking to art classes in all grade levels

Bookmarks: $ 5,080 To support bringing award-winning illustrator and author, James Ransome and Lesa Cline-Ransome, of Before She Was Harriet to visit and distribute 200 copies of their book to second-grade students

Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company: $ 1,000 To provide flamenco dancing workshops and performances

Carolina Music Ways: $ 7,000 To present assembly performances of Carolina Live! Our Musical History, a musical program that introduces elementary school students to the

Piedmont’s cross-cultural musical legacy featuring jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, Moravian, and old-time string bands

Hispanic League: $ 1,000 To present an assembly performances of Che Apalache, a nationally known Argentine-based band that fuses Appalachian and Lain American string music

Jordan Medley (dancer): $ 2,000 To provide contemporary dance masterclasses and workshops to high school dance classes

Karl Kassner (brass musician): $ 7,200 To provide one-on-one instructive brass clinics for middle school music students

Kathryn Gauldin (fiber artist): $ 1,800 To provide an artist residency for middle school art students who will design and create a collaborative tapestry using traditional and repurposed items

Mark Donnell (actor/director): $ 4,500 To provide three Commedia dell’arte (comedy of art) artist residencies for high school theatre classes

Mary D. Williams (vocalist): $ 1,000 To present, “Moments in History,” an interactive performance of music and history with acclaimed singer, educator & historian, Mary D. Williams

Music Carolina: $ 6,000 To present multiple performances of “Brass Under the Big Top” which integrates musical performances with the magic of the circus to expose elementary school students to classical music and history

Piedmont Craftsmen: $ 10,000 To provide multiple craft artisans-in-residencies for high school art classes including ceramics, basket making, mixed-media, and weaving

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: $ 2,000 To provide photojournalism workshops for third-grade students to explore photography, journalism, and history

Shared Radiance: $4,500 To present ShakesCollage, a 45-minute compilation of Shakespeare, for middle and high school students

Tam Tam Mandigue: $8,000 To bring hands-on African drumming and dancing residencies and workshops to elementary and middle school students

UNCSA Foundation: $ 6,980 To conduct contemporary dance workshops with multiple high school dance classes

WS Festival Ballet: $5,000 To conduct dance master classes for high school dance students that will include ballet, jazz, contemporary, and musical theatre dance instruction

WS Symphony: $8,500 To support “The Mary Starling In-School Music Education Program,” a program that engages all the public 4th and 5th grade students through intimate ensemble performances in schools and a full orchestra concert at R.J. Reynolds Auditorium

WS/FCS - Arts Professional Development: $ 15,820 To support professional development opportunities for core arts teachers

WS/FCS Public Art Project: $ 7,500 To support a one-time public art project for a WS/FC school

REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS

10 Awards Totaling $20,000

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Michael Anderson (Music) $2,000 - To produce an album containing a collection of original songs that reflect on physical and mental postures.

Tony Artimisi (Music) $2,000 – To construct an online drum sampling kit called "DIY Drum Grooves" for studio recording purposes.

Destiny Brothers (Music) $2,000 – To record and produce an urban jazz album.

Grant Coversano (Film) $3,000 - To complete a research project that will conduct interviews with queer youth growing up in the American South and will serve as the basis for a narrative film project.

Nicole Lawson (Dance) $1,000 - To convert a solo work that explores internalized racism and white privilege into a dance film.

Cheryl Ann Lipstreu (Visual Art) $1,500 - To attend the World Bodypainting Festival in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Jazmine Moore (Visual Art) $2,000 - To produce an illustrated children's book for kids who have experienced trauma.

John Ray (Music) $2,000 - To assist with the promotion and marketing of his band's live-recorded album featuring progressive jazz.

Michael Tyson (Music) $2,000 - To record and produce his band’s third full-length album featuring Americana storytelling songs.

Cory Williams (Visual Art) $2,500 - To help scale his sculpture into works of public art.

This program receives support from the N.C. Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.