| Five Orange County organizations and one artist received a total of $160,000 in the latest round of grants announced last week by the National Endowment for the Arts. California artists and arts organizations received $4 million of the $29 million distribution.
Hi Hopes Identity Discovery Foundation
$10,000 Anaheim, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support a mentorship program and exhibition series for artists with disabilities. Professional artists will be paired with emerging artists with intellectual disabilities. The mentorship will culminate in an exhibition featuring artists' individual and collaborative works at a local gallery.
City of Laguna Beach, California (on behalf of Arts Commission)
$25,000 Laguna Beach, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Local Arts Agencies
To support the development of a cultural plan for the City of Laguna Beach. The Cultural Planning Group, an independent company based in San Diego, has been selected to facilitate the planning process. Located in Southern California between Los Angeles and San Diego, the city of Laguna Beach has had a thriving arts community since its establishment in 1918. Home to the Early California Impressionist movement, Laguna Beach has also been a creative and economic center for generations of artists.
South Coast Repertory, Inc.
$50,000 Costa Mesa, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater & Musical Theater
To support the annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. The festival will feature world premiere productions and staged readings of previously unproduced plays by established playwrights and emerging writers. Previous festivals have featured world premiere productions of "Rest" by Samuel D. Hunter, "Five Mile Lake" by Rachel Bonds, and "The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois" by Adam Rapp, as well as staged readings of "Zealot" by Theresa Rebeck, "Future Thinking" by Eliza Clark, and "Mr. Wolf" by Rajiv Joseph.
Pacific Symphony
$40,000 Santa Ana, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the annual American Composer's Festival, celebrating the work of composer and conductor Andre Previn. The festival will be directed by Music Director Carl St. Clair and will feature the West Coast premiere of Previn's double concerto written specifically for cellist Sharon Robinson and violinist Jaime Laredo. Programming will feature guest artists such as soprano Elizabeth Futral, who will sing Previn's song cycle "Honey and Rue," chamber music concerts, a film screening, a symposium for music students, and post-concert discussions with St. Clair and Previn.
Relampago del Cielo Inc
$10,000 Santa Ana, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Celebration Concert. Traditional dances representing the various regions of Mexico will be presented. Authentic costumes and traditional music will complement the dances and enhance the audience's appreciation of Mexico's cultural diversity.
Lynn Xu
$25,000 Laguna Niguel, CA
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry
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