2016

The 2016 Grantees were awarded at the FAB!
Annual Meeting & Grants Awards Presentation on May 18, 2015.

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Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Gonzalo Fuenmayor: Papare Series $10,000 Miami-based Colombian-American artist Gonzalo Fuenmayor’s “Papare Series” incorporates opulent Victorian chandeliers and other symbols of colonialism in drawings and photographic works that examine the social impact of “banana republics” in Latin America. Grant Partner: William and Mildred Lasdon Foundation	Joy Saterlee, Bonnie Eletz
ArtServe ARTrepreneurs Short Play Festival $10,000 Showcases the creative work of teens interested in pursuing careers in the arts. Prior to the festival, teens are mentored by professionals in all aspects of creating original works and shepherding them through the staging, casting, marketing and production process, preparing them to mount the festival. Grant Partner: One Sotheby’s International Realty	Jim Hammond, Jaye Abbate, Michelle Sorentino/ONE Sotheby’s International Realty
Association of Performing Arts of India Celestial Sound of Sitar $4,000 Featuring Krishna Mohan Bhatt on Sitar, to be held at the Broward County Main Library Auditorium. The public will experience the spiritual quality of a master performance of Indian Classical music.	Brenda Bryant, Diane Hardy Miller
Brazilian Voices Brazilian Voices “From Brazil to the World” $5,000 A cultural and educational program for children and adults. This program combines media projection and live musical performances to explore cultural aspects of Brazil such as geography, history, economy, technology, and nature conservation, among other topics.	Beatriz Malnic, Loren Ollveira, Wendy Boucher
Broward Performing Arts Foundation Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra $11,700 Led by acclaimed guest conductor Dmitry Yablonsky, the orchestra will kick off its 80th Anniversary tour in Fort Lauderdale with a dynamic performance that will include masterworks of the classical repertoire. Grant Partner: The Burwick-Mills Group	Kelley Shanley, Diane Hardy Miller
Chameleon Musicians Virtuoso Vibrations $4,500 A myriad of marvelous musicians and an inspirational and innovative repertoire. Performers will include the internationally renowned pianist Kemal Gekic, the Amernet String Quartet,cellist Iris van Eck and guests. A champagne reception concludes each concert.	Michele Ladico, Wendy Boucher
City Theatre 21st Annual Summer Shorts: America’s Short Play Festival $4,000 (1) Shorts Gone Wild: Groundbreaking, award winning program of short plays relevant to the LGBT community; (2) Short Cuts: Anti-Bullying Tour targeting young audiences. 3) City Reads For Citywrights: A series of free play-readings and discussions where community venues transform into our literary living room.	Melody Fakhourie, Wendy Boucher
Coral Springs Museum of Art Sandra Muss Artist Exhibition $7,000 The Museum brings international, national, state and South Florida artists to its location in northwest Broward County, the only major cultural center west of 95. This exhibition will be the first for Sandra Muss, a nationally recognized New York City and South Florida artist. Grant Partner: Casa D’Angelo	Linda Anderson, Julia Andrews, Diane Hardy Miller
Dinggin Dinggin’s Holiday Musicals* $1,000 A series of holiday musicals to benefit the senior residents of Broward County. Dinggin will produce and perform a repertoire in different languages, including traditional holiday songs from the Philippines, Spain, and Israel. *new grantees	Maria Pandolfi, Diane Hardy Miller
Fantasy Theatre Factory Touring Theatre Outreach for Youth & Community Audiences $7,800 Provides 35 theatre performances for family audiences in 25 community venues (libraries, theatres, community-centers, etc.) throughout Broward. Five of these will be presented at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. Programs are provided free of charge to audiences, reaching over 5,000 children. Grant Partner: Northern Trust	Larry Fields, Carolyn Lee/Northern Trust
Florida Youth Orchestra Spotlight Family Concert 2016 $7,500 A family concert at Coral Springs Center for the Art. Performed by over 200 of the county’s most gifted young musicians, including an assortment of selected young soloists, the program will include lively and varied classical repertoire. Grant Partner: Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz	Myra Weaver, Wendy Boucher
Florida’s Singing Sons Music for Family and Friends $6,400 Annual Spring Concert is the culmination of months of rehearsals for all four choirs, and is a fabulous one day performance at the venerable Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale. It promises fun for all, presenting Music for Family & Friends.	Daniel Copher, Diane Hardy Miller
Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre Cinderella $7,000 Impossible things happen everyday. Revisit this timeless fairytale as Cinderella defies her wicked stepmother, gets a magical makeover, attends the ball, and falls in love with the handsome Prince, and all before midnight! Grant Partner: Alice and Joe Smith	Patti Meyers, Wendy Boucher
Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida Season Six Concert Series $6,000 Through creative artistic expression, education, and audience engagement, the concerts of the 170 member chorus inspire through song and engage people in creating positive social change. Grant Partner: Leslie Brown Memorial Fund	Mark Kent, Diane Hardy Miller
Girls’ Club Foundation Connecting Artists and Audiences $7,500 Girls’ Club presents varied public programming in conjunction with our year-long exhibition. Each program – talks, screenings, workshops, performances, outdoor projections, and more – stimulates the community with new ideas, fosters dialogue, provides a window into artists’ creative processes, and connects audiences with the highest caliber contemporary art.	Sarah Michelle Rupert, Wendy Boucher
Gold Coast Jazz Society 2016 Winter Season of Jazz $7,500 This project will include 5 mainstage jazz concerts held from January through May at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, featuring internationally renowned jazz artists and local professional jazz musicians and one free jazz outreach concert. Grant Partner: BBX Capital Foundation	Pam Dearden, Lois Marino/BBX Capital Foundation
Inside Out Theatre Company The Who’s Tommy $4,500 Inside Out Theatre’s Advanced Ensemble will perform “The Who’s Tommy” in collaboration with the The School of Rock of West Broward”. The musical will be used to explore our society’s obsession with celebrity and fame as well as the triumph of the human spirit.	Sindee Winkler, Susan Probinsky, Diane Hardy Miller
Miami City Ballet Paul Taylor’s Sunset $12,000 MCB presents the company premiere of Paul Taylor’s Sunset (1983) with score by Edward Elgar, a poignant look at camaraderie among soldiers and their abandoned sweethearts. Grant Partner: Bonnie E. Eletz	Bonnie Eletz, Michael Scolamiero
NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Bellisima: Italy and High Fashion 1945-68 from Maxxi Rome $11,700 “Bellissima” presents over 230 vintage garments and accessories by Valentino, Ferragamo, Pucci, et al, alongside paintings and film representing the remarkable period of creativity in postwar Italy. Financed by the Marshall Plan, Italian designers forged a chic and comfortable couture for the new, emancipated woman. Grant Partner: The Helen Ingham Foundation	Bonnie Clearwater, Diane Hardy Miller
Old Dillard Foundation 2016 Cannonball Jazz Series $4,500 The Cannonball Jazz Series honors the legacy of a former Broward County Public Schools music teacher who became an internationally known musician and band leader. The concert series will include performances and student workshops to promote jazz as America’s classic music style. Grant Partner: Ruth And Al Bishop Memorial Fund	Judi Hamilton, Derek Davis, Wendy Boucher
Seraphic Fire 2016 Broward County Season $11,000 Seraphic Fire, South Florida’s professional chamber choir, will present 5 concerts of under-performed choral and/or orchestral works in Broward County. Programming will span from traditional works of the Western canon by composers such as Mozart and Byrd to 20th century South American classical music and African-American Spirituals.	Rhett Del Campo, Diane Hardy Miller
South Florida Symphony Orchestra The Power, the Drama and the Joy* $7,250 The South Florida Symphony’s Maestra Sebrina Alfonso brings together a distinguished ensemble to present Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Guest soloist Eileen Strempel and the Master Chorale of South Florida explore the emotion of joy and its origins through Beethoven’s distinctive “Freude” melody that itself is based on Schiller’s “Ode to Joy”. *new grantees	Charles Lane, Jacqueline Lorber, Wendy Boucher
Symphony of the Americas Symphony of the Americas Classics Events $11,000 Six Guest Artist Series in Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater featuring international guest artists for a Broward residency of public and educational performances. Schedule includes matinees and outreach concerts in Hollywood, Weston, etc. Grant Partner: Craig Zinn Automotive Group	Melanie Popper, Martine Zinn/Craig Zinn Automotive Group
The Girl Choir of South Florida Harmony and Discord $7,500 The program will explore the conflicts and consequences of war. It will follow a musical trajectory of the initiation of conflict through to the resolution of peace, with all choristers joining in “Dona Nobis Pacem” at the close of the performance.	Wallis Peterson, Diane Hardy Miller
Young At Art Museum 2016 YAA Artist Collaborative $11,700 Enabling emerging and established visual artists to share their creative energies through pop-up installations, demonstrations and workshops. The 2016 Collaborative enables YAA to continue elevating the level of authentic artistic experiences for Broward families. Grant Partner: Peck Foundation	Les Weil/Peck Foundation, Mindy Shrago, Wendy Boucher