A long career has led them from frustrated anthems that alchemized strange beauty into a milder variety of Tapes-brand ska. Time For Bed, created and directed by Sean Kelley-Pegg, is a cyclic, continuous film work about a watcher and the watcher's imagination.Music- Tapes âÄôN Tapes Rumored to write their lyrics by free-associating their guttural vocal sounds, Tapes âÄòN Tapes are anything but contrived. Charles Campbell, collaborating with performance artist Cherri Macht, will develop A Quiet Ambition as an imagistic exploration of personal and social alienation as manifested in contemporary society. Written and directed by Glgn Kayim, The Hidden Room is based on the life and art of Jewish/Ukrainian artist/author and Holocaust victim Bruno Schultz. They explore landscapes of myth and meaning, and are linked by the use of a common space-the Witch's Hat Water Tower in the Prospect Park Neighborhood of Minneapolis. Jerome subsidy is directed toward Days and Nights, which includes three segments: The Hidden Room, A Quiet Ambition, and Time For Bed. It uses interdisciplinary approaches to create strongly visual works, seeking modes of seeing or conceiving that deviate from the linear. This performance company specializes in works engaging in and engaged by their physical environments. SKEWED VISIONS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a grant of $12,500 in support of the creation and production of a three-part site-specific work. In 2006, the Associates New Work Series will serve six emerging theater artists by supporting works-in-progress performances of new works initiated by these artists, assigning Company members as mentors for the artists, providing performance and rehearsal space in the SITI Studio, offering stipends and budgets to cover artists' fees and production expenses, and dedicating a series producer to supervise development and production matters. The goal of the Associates program is to nurture the next generation of theater artists by facilitating the creation and presentation of new works in an atmosphere of artistic dialogue and exchange. Its mission is to create bold new productions, to perform and tour those works nationally and internationally, to train together consistently, to develop theater professionals and students, and to create opportunities for artistic dialogue and cultural exchange. SITI is an ensemble-based theater company led by Anne Bogart. SITI COMPANY, New York City, received $10,000 in support of the 2006 Associates New Work Series. Mentors work with small groups of writers over a semester, which includes at least six group sessions in addition to one-on-one sessions between each writer and his/her mentor. The Writer-to-Writer Mentorships provide individualized learning experiences for emerging writers. The Verve Fellowship Program for Spoken Word artists offers five fellowships of up to $3,000 to artists, who have used the subsidies to produce CDs, tour to promote their work, expand the range of performance opportunities, and develop new pieces. The purpose of the Fellowships is to provide emerging writers with financial assistance, professional encouragement, and recognition. The S.A.S.E./Jerome Fellowships have made it possible for writers to study with master teachers, travel to learn from writers in distant countries, bring work to publication, read and present their work, and subsidize writing time. supports writing that aims for the highest literary standards while beating with the pulse of the people that it seeks to reach. S.A.S.E.: THE WRITE PLACE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a grant of $49,500 in support of the S.A.S.E./Jerome Fellowship for Writers, the Verve Fellowships, and Writer-to-Writer Mentorships. The commissions give the artists the liberty and the mandate to make a piece with a sustained structural intention, which can withstand a certain scrutiny and the focused listening experience that a Roulette concert provides. The effect of the commissions is bolstered by Roulette's presentation of the commissioned pieces, forums for the artists to bring their works to the public. The focus is on young composers coming from a variety of musical backgrounds and ethnic cultures, who are generally interested in each other's instruments and techniques. The commissions are made through a nominating process, using new music practitioners as curators. Launched in 1997, the Jerome Emerging Composer Commissioning Program has awarded 28 commissions of $4,000 each to emerging experimental composers. Roulette Intermedium offers over 50 concerts each year, paying fees, commissioning new work, providing publicity, offering production and recording facilities, and initiating recording and distribution programs. ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM, New York City, received a two-year grant of $40,000 in support of the Emerging Composer Commissioning Program.
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