City Arts & History Grant Past Recipients

FY2012

Computer for architectural database - Boise Architecture Project $1,467
Outreach & support for musicians- Boise Baroque $2,598
General support of 11-12 season - Boise Contemporary Theater $2,000
Idaho Loud Writers Project - Big Tree Arts $1,667
Valley Visions Literary Art Magazine - Boise Public Schools Educational Foundation $1,469
Walking tour brochure - Brian Jacey $1,224
General support - Idaho Dance Theater $3,048
General support - i48/ True West $1,292
Korean Cultural Day - Idaho Korean Association $2,166
"Modern Masters" lecture series - Modern Idaho/ Preservation Idaho $399
Water Unites Us - Idaho Rivers Guild $1,036
Support for "Writers & Readers Conference - Idaho Writers Guild $4,126
Performances at the Depot - Barbra Martin-Sparrow $2,660
Support for "Fiesta Tropical" - Morrison Center $3,341
Support for "Ballad of Baby Doe" - Opera Idaho $1,500
Original Film "Refuge City" - Tracy Sunderland $1,500
Scholarships - TRICA $3,067
Poetry reading series - Megan Williams $1,685
Affordable workshops - Wingtip Press $3,033

The Office of the Mayor awarded an additional $60,000 in one-time economic development funds to four other organizations, as listed below.

Ballet Idaho $15,000
Boise Philharmonic $15,000
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $15,000
Trey McIntyre Project (Cultural Ambassador, year 2) $15,000

FY 2011

ORGANIZATIONS
Boise Philharmonic $6,893
Idaho Dance Theater $5,352
Opera Idaho, Inc. $7,949
Treasure Valley Institute for Children's Arts $4,806

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Idaho Loud Writers' Project - Big Tree Arts, Inc. $1,412
Shake It Up After Schoo l- Matthew Hansen $1,387
Idaho Celebrates 50 Years of Peace Corps Service - Idaho Returned Peace Corps Volunteers $1,362
Promenade Music Festival - Underground Uncovered Productions $1,322
Bringing "Killadelphia" to Boise - Hollis Welsh $1,281
History and Influence of the Old Penitentiary Exhibit- Idaho State Historical Society $1,281
Music Without Borders - Darkwood Consort and Gary Stroutsos $1,271
Guitars for Kids - Boise Rock School $1,150
Dickens' A Christmas Carol - Knock 'em Dead Dinner Theatre $1,072
Literary Agents Workshop - Idaho Writers Guild $953
Photographic Walking Tours - Amber Grubb $1,089
The Crafting of Our Youth Program - The Idaho School of Art and Craft (Mend Inc.) $1,089
Boise Community Jazz Symposia Series - Boise Jazz Society $1,079
Central Bench Spring Festival - Janet Littley $1,079
Performances at the Depot - Barbara Martin-Sparrow $1,052
Silent Film for Region VII AGO Convention - Les Boise Chapter of American Guild of Organists $1,059
Kinetic Kitchen: A Dance Experiment - Kelli Brown $1,059

The Office of the Mayor awarded an additional $105,000 in one-time economic development funds to five other organizations, as listed below.

Ballet Idaho $20,000
Basque Museum and Cultural Center $20,000
Boise Contemporary Theater $20,000
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $20,000
Trey McIntyre Project - Designated the City's Cultural Ambassador $25,000

FY 2010

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $3,352
Basque Museum $1,895
Boise Contemporary Theater $2,337
Boise Philharmonic $3,582
Idaho Dance Theater $1,718
Idaho Shakespeare Festival  $5,456
Opera Idaho $2,184
Treasure Valley Institute for Children's Arts $1,901
Trey McIntyre Project $2,574

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
8th St. Marketplace AiR, Citywide expansion of artist in residence program - Adrian & Sabine $ 1,075
Three Tall Women (play) - Alley Repertory Theater $ 646
Corridos/Mexican Ballads - Ana Maria Schactell $ 1,164
Contemporary Judaica Exhibition & Lecture - Anika Smulovitz $ 1,022
Mural art project - ArtFaire $ 952
South Boise Neighborhood History - Barbara Perry Bauer $ 1,155
Early Boise Stories: storytelling project - Ben Kemper $ 1,066
Idaho Loud Writers Project - Big Tree Arts $ 1,040
Community Jazz Symposium Series - Boise Jazz Society $ 986
Choral presentation of Handel's Messiah - Boise Master Chorale $ 422
Guitars for Kids - Boise Rock School $ 729
Guillaume, Guillaume, Truid & Swan: Concert - Darkwood Consort $ 991
Boise Architecture Project - Douglas StanWiens $ 1,200
Live and Local Series - Go Listen Boise $ 1,075
The Best of New York International Children's Film Festival - Idaho Film Foundation $ 986
Playwriting Workshop - Idaho Writers Guild $ 833
Boise by Burns- historical photography - Kelly Bickle $ 880
Shake it up after School: Shakespeare for kids - Matt Hansen $ 1,111
Heritage Home Tour booklet - Preservation Idaho $ 711
Boise Double Take: electronic history book - Rich Binsacca $ 827
Indian Classical Dance - Sneha Prakash $ 475
Boise Intergenerational Choir - Vashti Summervill $ 653

FY 2009

ORGANIZATIONS
Boise Contemporary Theater $ 4,723.58
Boise Philharmonic $ 6,696.45
Ballet Idaho $ 6,510.89
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $ 9,758.71
Opera Idaho $ 4,310.71
Trey McIntyre Project $ 5,000

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Literary Arts Newsletter - Betty Rodgers $ 500.00
Loud Writers Youth Poetry Workshops - Big Tree Arts $ 1,000.00
Viola/Bass Clairnet duo - Darkwood Consort $ 1,000.00
Modern Dance Concert - Drop Dance Collective $ 800.00
Aspen Groves Historic Public Art Project - Earl Swope $ 1,000.00
History of Brazilian Music Lecture - Elisabth Blin $ 500.00
Hitchcock Building Public Art - Grant Olsen $ 1,000.00
Choreographer Jennifer Freeman - Idaho Dance Theatre $ 800.00
SITI Performing Arts Training Workshop - Lisa Lechner & Tracy Sunderland $ 1,000.00
Corthell Stero Main Street Photos - Morgan Dethman $ 1,000.00
Historic City Hall Photos - Noreen Shanafelt $ 700.00
Korean Dance Cultural Exchange - Okhee Chang $ 500.00
Dancing Through Schools - Treasure Valley Institute for Children's Arts $ 1,500.00
Special Olympics Dance Performance - Wright Foot Forward $ 1,200.00

FY 2008

ORGANIZATIONS
Boise Contemporary Theater Anchor $7,306.79
Boise Philharmonic $10,358.57
Ballet Idaho $10,071.54
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $15,095.50
Opera Idaho $6,667.60

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Amy Westover & Jennifer Wood - "The Deal" community arts card deck $ 1,500
Big Tree Arts - Spoken Word Reading and Workshop Series $ 1,000
Boise Community Radio - Project Expansion of radio webcasting programs and promotion $ 500
Boise Jazz Society - Community jazz symposium series $ 1,000
Boise Urban Garden School - Sustainability mural project $ 1,000
BOSCO Boise Open Studio Collective - Public Receptions $ 1,500
Children's Dance Institute - Cultural Respect Program $ 1,500
Darkwood Consort - Dance works musical collaboration $ 1,000
Gene Harris Jazz Festival - Gene Harris All Stars student performance $ 500
Idaho Dance Theatre - Collaboration with visual artist Saul Bernstein $ 1,500
Idaho Film Foundation - i48 Film Festival $ 1,250
Idaho Metal Arts Guild - Professional development workshop $ 500
Kirsten Furlong Visual - art exhibition "Pocahontas Meets Hello Kitty" $ 1,000
Stephanie Wilde - "Half a Life" limited edition publication $ 1,500
Tashi Brooks Dondup - The City of Trees Cinema Club educational outreach $ 1,000
Treasure Valley Community Television - Silents Are Golden: A Family Evening at the Egyptian $ 500
Viralai De Bois - Bisclaveret: Poetic narrative and music $ 1,500

FY 2007

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $6,429.70
Boise Contemporary Theater $4,477.26
Boise Philharmonic $ 6,740.52
Idaho Shakespeare $ 9,598.60
Opera Idaho $ 4,003.92

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Group - Support a new work by former Balance Dancer, Johanna Kirk $ 500
Darkwood Consort - Support a concert celebrating the 15th Year Anniversary $ 1,489
Drop Dance Collective - Support a dance concert based on play "The Ghost Sonata" $ 750
Gene Harris Jazz Festival - Support aspiring students of jazz music $ 1,350
Idaho Black History Museum - Support a gospel music workshop and concert $ 1,350
Idaho Dance Theatre - Support composer David Alan Ernest for Spring performance $ 1,443
Idaho Parents Unlimited/VSA - Support a concert with jazz vocalist, Lisa Thornson $ 1,350
Poetry Slam Incorporated - Support Poetry Slam Reading and Workshop Series $ 1,420
Spontaneous Productions Inc. - Support for re-enactment of "Big Bill" Haywood trial of 1907 $1,350

FY 2006

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho Anchor $ 4,305
Boise Contemporary Theater $ 3,034
Boise Philharmonic $ 4,763
Idaho Dance Theatre $ 2,093
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $ 6,643
Opera Idaho $ 2,662

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Group - Support to hire Tahni Holt, Choreographer/dancer from Portland $ 1,274
Boise Master Chorale - Support for a concert with music for Handel's "Messiah" $ 1,311
BCT & iSF Consortium - Support of the production "I Am My Wife" $ 1,311
Darkwood Consort - Support for the 2006 concert season $ 1,352
Drop Dance Collective - Support of a dance concert and hiring of three choreographers $ 1,291
ID Film Foundation - Support of the 2006 Idaho Film Festival $ 1,210
Doug Copsey - Support a coffee table book on the history of the ISF $ 1,251

FY 2005

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $2,552.00
Boise Contemporary Theater $1,790.00
Boise Philharmonic $2,744.00
Idaho Dance Theatre $1,222.00
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $3,749.00
Opera Idaho $1,443.00

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Group - Fees for dance collaboration with Amy O'Brien $ 1,094
Boise Master Chorale - Support for a concert with music from the Lewis and Clark Era $ 1,165
Company of Fools - To support a production of "Uncle Vanya" $ 1,094
Darkwood Consort - Support for the 2995 concert season $ 1,200
Drop Dance Collective - Support of a dance concert and hiring of three choreographers $ 1,059
Idaho Children's Arts Network - To support a series of theatre opportunities for youth in Boise $ 1,130
Interior Designers of Idaho - To support Chair Affair, furniture design competition $ 1,023
Sabra Comins - To support a project to create ceramic trail markers along nature walks $ 1,235

FY 2004

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $3,099
Boise Contemporary Theater $2,219
Boise Philharmonic $3,400
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $4,523
Opera Idaho $1,656

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Group - Fees for dance collaboration Clark/Charlotte Boye-Christiansen $ 1,054
Boise Master Chorale - Support a four-concert season October-March $ 983
Darkwood Consort - Five Season Concerts, residency, support artist fees $ 1,124
Idaho Dance theater - Support for a program to serve underserved economic/racial minorities $ 1,089
Idaho Film Foundation - Support for the 8th annual film festival $ 1,054
Drop Dead Collective - Support the production of a dance concert $ 1,018
Zella Bardsley - Support a month-long exhibition featuring Idaho women artists $ 948
Ward Hooper - Support phase two of "Art in Transit", art posters in bus stop kiosks $ 1,159
Grant Olsen - Support distribution of free posters as a form of arts outreach $ 1,018

FY 2003

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $2,604
Boise Contemporary Theater $1,637
Boise Philharmonic $2,792
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $3,531
Opera Idaho $1,436

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Group - Fees for dance collaboration Clark/Judith McConnell Steele $931
Boise Music Week - Royalities for "Annie Get Your Gun" April/May 2003 $985
CC Photography & Digital Design - Display of local High School Art $623
ISF/ITY/BCT Consortium - Plays Idaho Shakespeare Festival/Idaho 'Theater for Youth $877
Darkwood Consort - Five Season Concerts, residency, support artist fees $958
Friends of Children and Families - Design of theater-type portable sets $931
Idaho Children's Arts Network - Theater opportunities for Boise Youth $931
Idaho Dance theater - Design costumes for 3 new works by IDT $904
Idaho Film Foundation - Support the annual 3-day film festival $824
Interior Designers of Idaho - To present Chair Affair $904
Ward Hooper - Posters and bookmarks for BUS stops $958
Jeanette Ross - Story telling programs in partnership with Head Start/Cen $674 

FY 2002

ORGANIZATIONS
Boise Philharmonic $12,500
Ballet Idaho $2,543
Boise Contemporary Theater $1,264
Idaho Shakespeare Festival $2,872
Opera Idaho $1,321

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Boise Music Week - Royalties for "Oliver", starting April, 2002 $ 1,404
Idaho Childrens Arts Network - Children's theater opportunities in Boise Schools $ 1,500
Idaho Dance Theater - Fees for guest Choreographer $ 1,500
Jazz Educators of Idaho, Inc. - Jazz performances and clinic for music students $ 1,500
South Jr. High School - Public art mural at South Junior High $ 1,238
Balance Dance Company - Fees for a local musician and sound designer $ 1,395
Darkwood Consort - 01-02 season: Concerts, residency, events $ 1,500
Consortium ISF/ITY-BCT - Youth casting for a full length classical play $ 1,220
Interior Designers of Idaho - To present Chair Affair, November 2001 $ 1,483
Log Cabin Literary Center - To present Log Cabin Book fest, September 2002 $ 1,500

FY 2001

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $1,934
Idaho Shakespeare $2,275
Opera Idaho $1,365

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Company - Fees for a professional lighting designer for 00-01season $1,024
Boise Contemporary Theater - Artist fees for annual "3 by 3" staged readings $1,160
Darkwood Consort - 00-'01 season: Concerts, First Thursday Events, First Night $ 1,263
Idaho Film Foundation - Fifth Annual Film Festival $874
Consortium, ISF/ITY - BCT/CAMPAR - Youth casting for a full length classical play $1,024
Log Cabin Literary Center - To present Log Cabin Book fest SEP '01 $1,092
Philip Atlakson - Production of short film, Spring '01 $1,092
Zella Bardsley - Exhibition of Female artists working in steel and other metals $1,297
Boise Master Chorale - To present concerts '00--'01 season $1,232
Idaho Children's Arts Network - Children's theater opportunities in Boise schools $1,160
Idaho Dance Theater - Artist's fees for costumer/designer for season $1,229
Jazz Educators of Idaho, Inc. - Jazz performances and clinic for music students $1,024
American Guild of Organists-Les Bois Chap - organ masterclass/workshop and organ recital $955

FY 2000

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $2,125
Idaho Shakespeare $2,375
Opera Idaho $1,250

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Balance Dance Company - Guest artist-in-residence $1,425
Boise Contemporary Theater - "3x3 @ Flicks" three staged readings $950
Boise Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter - "Art of the Eye" Exhibition $750
Carol Gay Cantor - "Dressed in Crystals", exhibition of porcelain $1,125
Matthew Christensen - New choreography "Dance Tribute to Gene Harris" $1,425
Dano Madden - Write and direct a play for Idaho Theater for Youth $1,275
Boise Little Theater, Inc. - Youth casting for "Bye Bye Birdie" $870
Boise Music Week - Royalties for "Sound of Music $850
Boise State University - Summerfest 2000, a series of Concerts $1,125
Darkwood Consort - "Around the World in 80 Decades", Concerts $1,425
Idaho Dance Theater - Short educational/promotional film $1,275
Jazz Educators of Idaho, Inc. - "Jazz Under the Stars", Guest Artists $1,425
Deborah Ann Hardee - "Grief", a photography exhibition: artist fees $1,275

FY 1999

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $1,433
Idaho Theatre for Youth $1,433
Opera Idaho $1,433

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Darkwood Consort - $1,500
Zella Bardsley - $1,200
Idaho Film Foundation - $1,000
LCLC - $ 1,500
Balance - $ 1,500
Agostino Bonaminio - $ 1,250
Jazz Educators - $ 1,500
Idaho Dance Theatre - $ 1,500
Boise Master Chorale - $ 1,200
Christine Raymond - $ 1,500

FY 1998

ORGANIZATIONS
Idaho Shakespeare $1,250
Opera Idaho $1,000
Ballet Idaho $1,250
Idaho theatre for Youth $1,250

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Summerfest 98 - $500
Idaho Black History - $1,250
Idaho Fish and Wildlife - $750
Bloise Blues Society - $250
Idaho Alliance for Arts - $1,250
Idaho Dance Theatre - $500
Balance - $1,000
Dwaine Carver - $1,500
Boise Con. Theatre - $1,500
Idaho Film Fdn. - $1,500
Laurie Blakeslee - $1,500
Sherrye Lee - $750
Rick Friesen - $1,500
LCLC - $1,500 

FY 1997

ORGANIZATIONS
Ballet Idaho $1,250
Idaho Shakespeare $1,250
Idaho Theater for Youth $1,250
Opera Idaho $1,250

CULTURAL INITIATIVES
Boise Blues Society - $1,000
Boise Con. Theatre - $1,000
Idaho Dance Theatre - $1,250
Summerfest 97 - $500
Rick Keating - $1,250

 
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