MAP Fund Announces its 2010 Grantees
[Source: Creative Capital, July 8, 2010]
ANNUAL MAP FUND AWARDS TOTAL $1,000,000 TO SUPPORT GROUNDBREAKING LIVE PERFORMANCE, WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
Grants awarded to playwright Taylor Mac, roots-music ensemble The Carolina Chocolate Drops and choreographer Dayna Hanson, among others
New York, NY - The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, announced today its 2010 grants underwriting 40 new projects spanning the disciplines of performing arts practices. A panel of peers selected this year's grantees from more than 800 submissions.
The MAP Fund also announced the continuation of its involvement in an initiative by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation that provides additional general operating support for MAP grantees in Theater, Dance, Interdisciplinary Works and Jazz, with the goal of providing greater stability to the infrastructure of the arts sector.
Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, said, "We are delighted and honored to support such an extraordinary group of artists and organizations through this year's MAP Fund. In addition to the project funding, we are especially pleased to once again offer additional unrestricted operating support to help organizations in these financially treacherous times - an important step to help insure their longer term financial health."
Among this year's artists, 55 percent are first-time grantees, including Amherst, MA-based playwright Marcus Gardley, who received support with New York's Foundry Theatre for The Oscar Grant Project, a play that deals with the 2009 fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant in Oakland, CA, and the subsequent media-fueled response. Another first-time grantee, Minneapolis-based Robert Karimi, received funding for The Cooking Show con Karimi y Comrades: Diabetes of Democracy, a multidisciplinary, interactive performance that uses cuisine and ritual to engage communities of color in discussions on the diabetes epidemic. In total, the grantees represent artist communities and audiences in 21 cities across the United States, from Austin to Pittsburgh to New Orleans to Butte, MT.
The MAP Fund 2010's artists will also have the opportunity to participate in Creative Capital's distinctive Professional Development Program (PDP). Through workshops led by Creative Capital grantees and other arts professionals, PDP teaches artists about strategic planning, fundraising, verbal communication, promotion and maximizing online capabilities to help them expand their skills and build more sustainable practices.
The MAP Fund's panelists this year were Rashida Bumbray (The Kitchen, New York); Jennifer Calienes (Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Tallahassee); Sebastian Currier (Composer, New York); Lisa D'Amour (Playwright, Brooklyn); Vallejo Gantner (PS122, New York); Janie Geiser (Performance and Installation Artist, Los Angeles); Ronen Givoney (Le Poisson Rouge, New York); Megan Monaghan (Dramaturg, New York); Peter Taub (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago); Sixto Wagan (DiverseWorks, Houston); Chi-wang Yang (Theater Director and Media Artist, Los Angeles); and Pamela Z (Composer/Performer/Sound Artist, San Francisco).
"This year's MAP Fund grantees and their projects represent such an extraordinary diversity - I couldn't be more excited about these unique works and their potential to reach audiences in the coming years," said Ruby Lerner, President and Executive Director of Creative Capital. "It's particularly wonderful that all of the artists will have a chance to take our Professional Development workshops, which can make such a difference in their careers."
About the MAP Fund
The MAP Fund receives primary support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with additional funds from the Rockefeller Foundation. For two decades the program has supported innovation and cross-cultural exploration in theater, dance and music. Among the longest-lived programs in arts philanthropy, MAP has disbursed over $20 million dollars to more than 800 projects. Since 2001, the program has been administered by Creative Capital.
About Creative Capital
Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, and Performing and Visual Arts. Working in long-term partnership with artists, Creative Capital's pioneering approach to support combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project's success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees. In its first decade, Creative Capital has committed more than $20 million in financial and advisory support to 325 projects representing 406 artists and has reached an additional 3,000 artists in more than 50 communities around the country through its Professional Development Program.
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