Office for the Arts Spring 2002 Grants
The Office for the Arts (OFA) is pleased to sponsor in part many of the creative projects at Harvard University this spring by students in dance, music, theatre, literature, and more. Projects include spring dance performances by 8 undergraduate organizations, including the Vietnamese Dance Troupe and the nationally-ranked Crimson Dance Team, a spoken word anthology produced by the Spoken Word Society, a spring percussion concert by THUD (The Harvard University Drummers), and several student-written plays such as Can You Spell Me, Darryl Loomis? and an outdoor staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth by the Hyperion Shakespeare Company.
The Council on the Arts at Harvard has awarded 43 Spring 2002 grants,
a total of $13,025 to support innovative undergraduate arts projects,
amounting to funding for 78% of applications received. Council members
at the time of award selection were: Robert J. Kiely (Chair), Elizabeth
Bergmann, S. Allen Counter, Deborah Foster, Jorie Graham, Christopher
Killip, H. Peik Larsen, Cathleen McCormick, Jack Megan, Robert J. Orchard,
Kay Shelemay, Marcus Stern, and John Stewart. Funding for these grants
is provided by Office for the Arts endowment funds.
The Office for the Arts, which administers the grants, also offers grants
for projects to take place during ARTS FIRST 2002 and the Fall Semester
2002. Application deadlines are Wednesday February 6 for ARTS FIRST projects
and Wednesday, April 24, 2002 for Fall 2002 proposals. Grant applications
are available at the Office for the Arts (74 Mt. Auburn Street). For more
information call the OFA, 617.495.8676.
SPRING 2002 GRANTS
DANCE
Asian American Dance Troupe, Chinese Lion Dance and Flutter Fan and
Ribbon Dance; Lisa Zhang '04, $250 Kahn Grant for two projects, one
focusing On Chinese Lion dancing (a festival dance where each performer
is
hidden under the wooden head or fabric body of a puppet lion), and the
second, combining Flutter Fan and Ribbon dancing on the same stage.
Crimson Dance Team, Dance Concert 2002; Maya Horii '04, $400 Kahn Grant
for a concert incorporating elements of jazz, hip-hop, and funk, as well
as
gymnastics and ballet.
Harvard-Radcliffe Ballet Company, Dialogue; Jennifer Reich '03, $500
Solomon Grant for a spring concert exploring dance as a culturally and
historically significant mode of expression and communication. The
performance will feature ballet, explore improvisational and call and
response techniques, as well as lighting, mime, and choreographed
movements.
Harvard Radcliffe Dance Company, Spring Concert of Modern Dance; Beth
Marino '02, $350 Kahn Grant for a spring concert featuring professional
and
student-choreographed pieces in a range of styles including modern, classical
Indian dance, and pieces set to spoken word.
Expressions Dance Company, Spring Dance Concert; Gina Garvin '03, $225
OFA Grant for a student-choreograph dance concert featuring hip-hop,
African, jazz, modern, lyrical, and salsa dance styles.
TAPS, TAPS: The Musical; Adam Robbins '02, $400 Hirschhorn Grant for a
performance using dance and dialogue to convey the story of the lives
of
four Harvard undergraduates from acceptance to commencement.
Harvard Vietnamese Association, Vietnamese Dance Troupe; Hung Nguyen
'04, $150 Kahn Grant for appearances combining modern dance in costumes
and dance styles of traditional Vietnamese culture in at least three concerts
this spring.
LITERATURE
Association of Black Harvard Women, Association of Black Harvard
Women's Photojournal; Allana Jackson '03, $250 Abrams Grant to produce
a
Photojournal with accompanying poetry and prose focusing on women's
bodies submitted by students.
Diversity & Distinction, Diversity & Distinction Magazine; Venu
Nadella '04,
$400 OFA Grant to expand the size of the current magazine and to sponsor
forums that spur dialogue on issues of identity and politics.
The Harvard Advocate, Fall Reading Series; Bessie Dewar '02, $350 Solomon
Grant for the Fall Reading Series which seeks to provide undergraduate
writers the opportunity to read their work publicly and to hear professional
poets and their peers read.
Flare Magazine; Komal Bhasin '03, $200 Solomon Grant to expand arts section
to 3-5 pages which will include two-page photo essays and more extensive
coverage of arts events in the local area.
The Gamut; Forbes McPherson '03, $250 Birnbaum Grant to publish an
annual undergraduate poetry compilation and to host approximately two
poetry readings during the semester.
The Harvard Photography Journal, The Harvard Photography Journal, 2002;
Michael Wang '03, $1,000 Hirschhorn Grant for the publication of a student
produced photography journal showcasing Harvard talent, which is seeking
to expand its content addressing contemporary theoretical issues within
the
photographic community, and contextualizing work with a social or political
bent.
Spoken Word Society, Oral Tradition: The Spoken Word Anthology; Eddie
Bruce '02, $100 OFA Grant for the production of an anthology of
undergraduate poetry and a book-release performance event.
SWIFT Magazine, SWIFT Magazine Publication; Holden Karnofsky '03, $100
OFA Grant to publish magazine issues devoted to the art of satire, or
entertainment through criticism, using humor to express opinions on
literature and philosophy, as well as on current events.
Yisei Magazine, Perceptions of Asian Beauty; Jennifer Seo '03, $200 Solomon
Grant to publish a spring issue dedicated to exploring perceptions of
Asian
beauty from within the Asian and non-Asian communities in written form
and through visual art media.
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, 2002 Harvard University Black Arts
Festival; Nancy Redd '03, $1,000 Solomon Grant to produce the fifth-annual
Black Arts Festival, organizing and promoting events to foster and facilitate
discussion, collaboration, and art exhibition through a variety of activities,
such as workshops, lecture demonstrations, film screenings, showcases,
and
panel series.
Harvard Piano Society, Dialogue: Artistic Renderings after September
11;
Stephanie Wang '03, $250 Hirschhorn Grant for a performance presenting
collaborative insights and reactions to the events of September 11, 2001.
Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble, VI: 3 A Night of Student
Opera Performances; Lembit Beecher '02, $400 Hunt Grant to produce a night
of short student-written operas featuring a variety of moods, plots, and
dramatic styles. All production aspects are to be handled entirely by
students.
MUSIC
Radcliffe Choral Society, A Festival of Women's Choral Music; Sara Mixter
'04, $250 Nichols Grant to host a festival of women's choirs (including
women's choirs from Wellesley College and Cornell University), and
women's choral music.
Brass Rebellion, Classics in Brass; Molly Thomasy '02, $100 Kahn Grant
for a
spring concert which plans to involve beginning and advanced student
composers and arrangers.
Harvard University Flute Ensemble, Flute Ensemble Spring Concert 2002; Gina Garvin '03, $100 Kahn Grant for the Flute Ensemble's third annual Spring Concert in the Winthrop Junior Common Room featuring music in a variety of styles.
The Fallen Angels, Initiative for Female A Capella on Campus; Molly Perkins '04, $100 Abrams Grant for a number of performances planned for the upcoming year by a new all-female a capella group on campus.
Harvard Pops Orchestra, Pops Does Pops; Keith Goodman '02, $400 OFA Grant for an upcoming Spring concert featuring Gershwin's Concert in F, the "Four Dance Epiodes" from Rodeo by Aaron Copland, an orchestral piece arranged by student composer Hugh Daigle and a new composition by trombonist Will Aronson. Student conductors will also take part in the performance.
THUD (The Harvard University Drummers), Spring 2002 Concert; Jason Armstrong '03, $100 Birnbaum Grant for a Spring concert featuring percussion music (both traditional and original written and/or arranged pieces by students) performed by a small ensemble.
THEATER
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Baal; Jeremy Reff '02, $350 Mayer Grant
for
a January performance of Brecht's play in the Loeb Experimental Theatre
involving minimalistic set design and a space for projection during the
production.
Can You Spell Me, Darryl Loomis?; André Moura '03, $350 Kahn Grant for a production of a two-act student-written comedy about a spelling bee prodigy who stows away on a submarine to prepare for the national championships.
Information for Foreigners; Jesse Green '02, $400 Lear Grant to produce
a multi-media production of South American playwright Griselda Gambaro's
play.
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Joey the Genius; Jeremy Funke '04, $200 Timothy S. Mayer Grant for a new student-written play in which desired perception becomes unwanted reality and the traditional conventions of dialogue are skewed and recalibrated.
Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Little by Little; Coutenay Kessler '03, $200 Kahn Grant for a musical reflecting on friendship and a classic love triangle which was staged in the Loeb Experimental Theatre in early October 2001.
Hyperion Theatre Company, Macbeth; Deena Chalabi '03, $650 Timothy S. Mayer Grant for a staging of Shakespeare's tragedy to take place in the courtyard of Hilles Library.
Adams House Drama Organization, Merrily We Roll Along; Carrie Bierman '04, $500 Cobey Grant for a production to be staged in the Adams House Pool Theatre. The musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by George Furth, follows the lives of three friends from idealistic youths to cynical adults by running backwards in time.
The Freshman Musical; Rebecca Rubins '05, $400 Kahn Grant for the annual production which will involve freshmen in all creative aspects, including set design, writing, and musical composition.
Dunster House Opera Society, The Marriage of Figaro; Heather Langdon '03, $300 Lipson Grant for a production of Mozart's opera to take place in the Dunster House Dining Hall. The production will involve several lead singers, a chorus, and a full orchestra, and will require all participants to be Harvard undergraduates.
TRADITIONAL CULTURAL ARTS
Chunsa Dance Troupe, Chunsa Descending: A Performance of
Traditional Korean Dance; Jennifer Seo '03, $200 Kahn Grant for a
performance of Korean court and folk dances accompanied by traditional
Korean folk music and a display of the traditional Korean dress, the hanbok.
Harvard-Radcliffe South Asian Association, Ghungroo; Deipanjan Nandi
'04,$300 Nichols Grant for the annual cultural production involving over
200
South Asian undergraduates at Harvard and featuring classical and modern
dance, singing, music, skits, and other original performances from different
genres.
Han Ma-Eum, Intercollegiate Korean Drum Performance; Robert Soo Lim '02, $100 Hunt Grant for a concert featuring the Harvard Korean Drum Troupe and other drum and fan dance troupes from various colleges. The concert will end with a joint performance of Young Nam (an exciting Naval battle piece).
VISUAL ARTS
Harvard Photography Club, Harvard Photography Club Exhibition of Student
Work; Brian Goldstein '04, $300 Hirschhorn Grant for an end-of-semester
exhibition of undergraduate black and white photography.
Adams House and Leverett House Arts Societies, Life Drawing and
Linotyping; Patricia Palmer (Adams House Resident Arts Tutor) and Yonatan
Grad (Leverett House Resident Arts Tutor) , $100 Segal Grant for a class
designed to introduce undergraduates to figure drawing and linotype printing
(through the Adams House Bow and Arrow Press), and an end of the
semester showcase of student work.
The Harvard Advocate, Outer Spaces; Luke Marion '02, $300 Segal Grant
for a
Spring exhibition of student work, featuring over 2000 original prints
and 500
reproductions involving more than 50 contributing artists, showcased in
and
around Harvard Yard.
Adams House, Portrait Painting; Patricia Palmer (Resident Arts Tutor),
$100
Segal Grant for a five session drawing and painting course for undergraduates
in the Adams House Art Studio. The program will culminate in a showing
of students' work in the Adams' Arts Space.
UniverCity; Nancy Selvage (Ceramics Program, OFA), $500 Segal Grant for
a collaborative installation of multi-media models of imaginary buildings
and open spaces constructed by undergraduates and other members of the
University community. Some works were created in response to the events
of September 11, 2001. Pieces will be installed on top of the low concrete
walls flanking the handicapped access ramp to Holyoke Center's Mt. Auburn
Plaza.
