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California Traditional Arts Advancement Program – Grants 2004
A Program of the Fund for
Folk Culture Underwritten by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
American Bosnia and Herzegovina Organization, Sacramento, California - $7,125
Support for the continuation of weekly community traditional Bosnian dance classes for youth and adults, purchase of costumes and musical instruments, and a series of performances for both the Bosnian community and the broader Sacramento public.Arhoolie Foundation, El Cerrito, California - $7,125
Support for post-production work on the film Circle of Friends: The Life and Music of Kenny Hall, a fifty-minute video portrait of old-time musician Kenny Hall and his music community. Folklorist/filmmaker Chris Simon is director and producer of the film, which will honor back porch musicians and their continuing legacy in American traditional music. The Arhoolie Foundation will distribute the film to community groups, libraries, individuals, schools, colleges and offer it to PBS.Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts & Culture, Los Angeles, California - $7,125
Support for the folk arts component of the Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture, including traditional performances, lectures and workshops, as well as a forum for Filipino traditional artists and culture bearers in dance, music, spoken word and other traditional arts, to be facilitated by the Pilipino Artists Network.California Indian Basketweavers Association, Nevada City, California - $7,125
Support for production of CIBA’s quarterly newsletter, Roots & Shoots. With a distribution of 2,000, this publication is CIBA's connection to basketweavers across the country. Funds will also support CIBA's Basketweaver Support Program, which helps basketry teachers and students to participate in basketweaving classes, travel to museums for study of basket collections, and other activities directly contributing to their basketry knowledge and artistry.Cambodian Community Cultural Center, Santa Rosa, California - $4,750
Support for a series of weekly dance workshops for Cambodian youth. The classes will be taught by Charya Burt and will run for twenty-six weeks. The project will culminate in a community performance to celebrate the Cambodian New Year.City of San Fernando, San Fernando, California - $7,125
Support for the Mariachi Master Apprentice Program (MMAP), bringing together world class mariachi music masters with youth to develop their skills as mariachi musicians. The program focuses on advanced instrument, arrangement, and performance skills in traditional folk idioms including sonnes, jarabes, and huapangos, on typical mariachi instruments: violin, guitar, guitarron, vihuela, trumpet and the folk harp.Door Dog Music Productions, San Francisco, California - $4,750
Support for community performances by the Cantonese Opera Ensemble at the San Francisco Chinatown Night Market every Saturday night from May through November 2005. This community event preserves the art form in its cultural context, presenting a valued tradition to a new generation of musicians and listeners.Ektaa Center, Irvine, California - $4,750
Support for the Ektaa Festival - Celebrating the Arts of India, a weekend festival presenting a unified image of the diverse arts and cultures of India. The festival will feature major dance forms, including Bharata Natyam, Kathak, Odissi and folk traditions such as Rass and Bhangra. In addition to dance, the festival will showcase music, crafts and literature of India.Hmong Association of Long Beach, Long Beach, California - $4,750
Support for the project Qeej Not Gangs, a weekly cultural arts program in which Hmong master artists instruct youth and adults in various art forms, including qeej (bamboo flute), kwv thxiaj (song chanting), dance, pan dau (needle work), mekong (marriage negotiations and funeral songs). These art forms support language learning, but the artists and parents have added language writing and reading classes to the program. The annual community New Year Festival will provide an opportunity for the artists to showcase their development.Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, California - $7,125
Support for the continuation of work by folklorist Andrea Graham to survey and report on the traditional arts and resources of Humboldt County and to assist in designing an internet database and web site. Research priorities include: identifying and interviewing traditional artists and documenting their work, ascertaining the quality and traditionality of the artists' work, assessing the artists' needs, and establishing recommended modes of presentation.Karuk Tribe of California, Pa Áraaras Áachip (The People's Center), Happy Camp, California - $4,750
Support for two Karuk Basketweavers Gatherings, a component of the larger Karuk Basketweavers Project. Each gathering is a two-day event held in Happy Camp on the Klamath River in northwest California. The gatherings consist of formal and informal presentations and sharing of information, a fieldtrip into the forest and along the river to gather and prepare materials for weaving, and exhibition and sales of work by participating artists.Khmer Arts Academy, Long Beach - $7.125
Support for the California leg of the 2005 tour of Seasons of Migration, a new Cambodian classical dance exploring the theme of culture shock, choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro. The project will bring twenty-eight dancers, musicians and dressers from Phnom Penh's Royal University of Fine Arts for a one-week residency at California State University's Carpenter Performing Arts Center, a free concert for area K-12 students and a master class for Academy apprentice dancers and musicians. The project will also travel to UC Davis and UC Berkeley for public and student performances.La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, California - $7,125
Support for a four-month residency in Afro-Peruvian percussion and dance, featuring Lalo Izquierdo and Bay Area-based Afro Peruvian music and dance company De Rompe y Raja. The project will include the acquisition of traditional instruments for current and future use, a public student recital, and video documentation of lecture-demonstrations about Afro-Peruvian folklore. These activities will preserve and promote Afro-Peruvian traditions by creating an educational tool for future use.Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center, San Pablo - $7,125
Support for a documentary about the traditional music of the Purepecha of Michoacan and the role that these traditions play in Purepecha communities in Mexico and California. The documentary is the third in a four-part series about distinct regional styles of Mexican music and their influence in California. The project, Cultures of Mexico in California, is directed by Ricardo Braojos and produced by Eugene Rodriguez. Participating artists include Atilano Lopez and Pedro Dimas of Michoacan, as well as members of San Pablo-based Los Cenzontles.Mindanao Lilang-Lilang, San Francisco, California - $7,125
Support for Mindanao Lilang-Lilang/Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble‘s first DVD, Lilang-Lilang sa Maguindanao - Maguindanao Festivities. The DVD will feature Master Danongan Kalanduyan's and the PKE's renditions of traditional kulintang music and dances from the southern Philippines. It will also document the ensemble itself, as a professional touring ensemble preserving a traditional art form. Interviews with ensemble members and video footage of the ensemble on tour, facilitating educational workshops and interacting with the public will contextualize the performances in their proper cultural and historical perspectives.Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Oakland, California - $7,125
Support for the Community Engagement Program, which brings traditional African American Gospel music to diverse underserved audiences through such programs as: Performances for Institutionalized Audiences, Public Free-Admission Events, Performances Sponsored by Religious Venues; a Self-Produced Outreach Event; and Support to Other Non-Profits. The program will increase visibility and awareness of Gospel music; provide access to quality Gospel to people of all faiths, races, ages and economic levels; and support the efforts of other non-profits in the community.Oriki Theater, Mountain View, California - $4,750
Support for BUWA!, an African Music and Dance Festival that celebrates African culture through dance, music, folk stories, changes and the drum. The festival features an evening of performances by local and internationally acclaimed performance troupes, beginning with a libation ceremony, a drum call to gather, chants from the ancestors and then the event. Featured performers include seasoned culture bearers representing Ghanaian, Ethiopian, Congolese, Senegalese, South African, and Yoruba artistic traditions, among others.Persian American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California - $7,125
Support for Mystic Tales from Iran, a live stage performance featuring the music of the Lian Ensemble, intertwined with the recitation and singing of selected passages from mystic tales. The tales are a storytelling genre through which Persian poets made complicated and abstract teachings available to lay audiences. This presentation builds upon the Lian Ensemble's earlier work, combining poetry recited by Persian scholar Fatemeh Kesfavarz, both in Persian and in English. The material from the California performance will provide audio content for a CD.Stone Soup Fresno, Fresno, California - $7,125
Support for the Hmong Artisans Village project, which promotes traditional arts and cultural preservation among current and future Hmong residents of Fresno County. Hmong artisans will work on traditional pa ndau sewing, silver jewelry, basketry, and construction and playing of the musical instrument qeej. Funds will provide space, materials and support for the artists to work and to sell their creations to other Hmong people and the general public in Fresno.Voice of Roma, Sebastopol, California - $7,125
Support for the 9th Annual California Herdeljezi Festival, a two-day traditional Romani (Gypsy) folk arts festival, which will showcase Romani music, songs, dances, stories, foods, crafts, traditions and customs. Funds will support artists, speakers, technicians and festival coordinating staff, as well as the further development of a blueprint/guide for producing and documenting the festival. The 2005 festival will feature performances by the Yuri Yunakov Ensemble, Sali (Rumen) Shopov, "El Lolo," Petra Safarova, Flamenco Live!, and story telling by Nadia Hava-Robbins.20 Grants Awarded: $128,250