Jerome Foundation Supports Creation of New Arts Works

The Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, awarded 14 grants to support theater, music and visual arts, along with nine Minnesota Media Arts Program grants, in their July 2005 grants.

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis received a two-year grant of $40,000 in support of the creation and production of new works by emerging choreographers within the Momentum series, designed to provide the type of highly visible and highly produced programs of contemporary dance works needed by the next generation of movement artists in Minnesota.

The foundation committed $160,000 over two years to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in support of the MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowships for emerging visual artists. The fellowships are  awarded to competitively selected emerging visual artists living in the 11-county Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Other grants awarded in Minnesota:

• Ragamala Music and Dance Theater in Minneapolis received $9,000 in support of the creation and production of new works. Aparna Ramaswamy, choreographer and dancer with the company, will create "Aathma" and "Flying Horses."

• The Southern Theater in Minneapolis was awarded $9,000 in support of the creation and production of new work by choreographer Karen Sherman. The dance/performance work addresses the intersection of environment, terrain, the body, and memory through the lens of Midwestern weather, landscape and culture.

• Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis received $9,000 for "Caravan: Cairo to Cordoba," a new concert that will examine the artistry of the Arab, Spanish and Muslim worlds.

In addition, the foundation awarded nine production grants totaling $104,000 to individual film/video artists in the Minnesota Media Arts Program. A complete list of grants, which add to $828,000, can be found at jeromefdn.org.

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