Grant Awards $15,000
| Florida Grand Opera Camille Saint-Saens’ Samson et Della Samson et Della, the only opera of the season to open in Fort Lauderdale. Sung in French, the second most frequently spoken foreign language in Broward County. |
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| Miami City Ballet Program II 2007 Program II to include Agon by Stravinsky/Balanchine, Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy/Robbins, Liturgy by Part/Wheeldon, and In the Upper Room by Glass/Tharp. Balances modern and classical ballet for widespread appeal. Liturgy and In the Upper Room will be company premieres. |
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| Young at Art Children’s Museum Five Friends from Japan Explores the cultural similarities and differences between Japan and the U.S. Augmented by hands-on programs exploring traditional and contemporary Japanese art and artists including Mori, Murakami and Yoko Ono. |
Grant Awards $12,000
| Ballet Gamonet Maximun Dance 2007 Broward Program II World premiere by Jerry Opdenaker will perform Purple Bend II, by Jimmy Gamonet De Lasheros and D Symphonies, a purely abstract work set the music of J.S. Bach |
Grant Awards $10,000
| City Theatre Summer Shorts Festival 2007 Festival to bring exciting new works and innovative performances to South Florida Mission to develop original plays with a dynamic mix of works from regional and national talents. |
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| Florida Youth Orchestra Spotlight Family Concert Full symphonic repertoire with selected solo and duet presentations performed by 150 young musicians from FYO’s Symphony and Repertory Strings Division. |
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| Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival FAB! Films for Kids Free monthly film series for young audiences featuring an eclectic mix of classics, foreign, documentary and vintage animation wit han Question and Answer session after each film. |
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| Gold Coast Jazz Society 2007 Winter and Spring Season of Jazz Five main stage performances of classic jazz works with free performances for children and Jazz outreach performances for the public free of charge. | |
| Inside Out Theatre Company Equity Mainstage Season The season will feature two equity mainstage productions with timely themes to stimulate personal and social change. |
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| Association of Performing Arts of India Shakti Dance Company Experts in Bharata Natyam style of classical Indian dance, the Shakt Dance Company will portray sacred Hindu stories demonstrating their eternal relevance and universality. |
Grant Awards $9,000
| Symphony of the Americas Classics Events Guest Artist Series concert performances feature international guest artist that will offer public performances and educational concerts. Summerfest 2007 venues will be located throughout Broward County. |
Grant Awards $8,000
| Coral Springs Museum of Art International Sculpture Symposium Part II two artists from Asia and South America will create permanent sculptures for the Museum’s Peace Garden. Artists will work on site outside the museum and be available to visitors throughout their creative process. |
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| Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge Exhibit to feature paintings by 26 Chicano artists from the collection of Cheech Marin that express diverse heritage with visually artistic political and social statements. |
Grant Awards $7,000
| Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Exhibition features the work of three photographers focusing on women’s contradictory roles and their grasp of beauty, duty and time. |
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| Bailes Ferrer Flamenco Concert Series Flamenco concert series promoting Spanish and Flamenco dance as an art form based on tradition, history and experimentation. Series includes Flamenco In the Sun 2007, an evening-length flamenco ballet. |
Grant Awards $6,000
| Broward Art Guild Art Off the Wall Mural Project Project will enable professional visual mural artists to work with high school students to create a public street side mural located at 503 NE 13 Street in the Oakland Park area. |
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| Women’s Theatre Project A Stage Reading Series 2007 Reading series to deliver broad variety of themes, monologues and plays written by women to be performed actresses of diverse ages, colors and cultural backgrounds. |
Grant Awards $4,000
| ArtServe ArtBRAVO Juried fine art exhibition of local South Florida artists to span four-weeks and coincide with National Arts and Humanities Month. |
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| Broward Center of Dance and Theatre Arts A Fusion of Funk Works designed to demonstrate the validity and salience of urban funk style dancing. The project seeks to dispel preconceived notions of urban funk and deconstruct the stereotypical ideas about performers of this dance style. |
Grant Awards $1,500
| Ft Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus “Sneak preview” – 20th Anniversary Concert Sneak preview of the 20th anniversary concert We Are Family with free tickets provided to under-served residents of Broward who often lack access to cultural events. |
Innovative/Collaborative Grant Awards $2,500
| Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Beauty Pageants Photojournalist Colby Katz creates impressions of the world of child beauty pageants. Focuses on the impact these competitions have on children and families, particularly mothers. |
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| ArtServe A Visualization of Validation Photographic project by Irwin Weintraub honoring and depicting Broward police and fire/rescue personnel as they recall on-the-job experiences that helped them validate their career choices. |
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| Ballet Gamonet Maximum Dance Life in Dance: Magic Behind the Curtain Visual documentary of a dancer’s life behind the stage curtain in a photo-naturalistic style, Josephine Cardin will capture dances in their element in classes at rehearsal and backstage. |