ARTISTS COMMEMORATE THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS WITH NEW WORKS

SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Celebrating artists' achievements alongside athletes' accomplishments, The Olympic Arts Festival will run in conjunction with the Salt Lake Games, February 8 - 24 2002 and the Paralympic games, March 7-16. The Festival will include more than 60 performances, 10 major exhibitions, and 50 community programs and exhibitions.

"In February, Utah's arts organizations and visiting national artists and performers will produce for the world the best Olympic Arts Festival the world has ever seen," said Utah Arts Council Director Bonnie Stephens.

"Under the direction of Ray Grant and Mary Yelanjian, the Cultural Olympiad has brought together the finest of both national and regional talent to perform for the world. It would be enough to come to the Olympics just for the arts portion."

In 1976 in Innsbruck Austria, Austrian Skier Franz Klammer hurtled down the mountain on the edge of control, winning a gold medal with a legendary downhill run now traditionally replayed in television coverage of every Winter Olympics. In 2002, for the Salt Lake Games, Utah-based composers Sam Cardon and Kurt Bestor have composed ALL I HEARD WAS THUNDER. Taking its inspiration from Klammer's brave and terrifying assault on the vertical slope of the Patscherkofel, the piece lasts exactly 1:45.73, Klammer's Olympic record time.

In the 1988 games in Seoul, Korea, Florence Griffith Joyner ("Flojo") won gold medals in the 100-and 200-meter races and in the 400-meter relay; she took the silver in the 1600-meter relay. Joyner died in 1998 after a heart seizure at the age of 39. In 2002, commissioned by the 2002 Cultural Olympiad of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's HERE.NOW. takes inspiration from the life of Florence Griffith Joyner. This new work -- encompassing five sections -- Speed, Strength, Style, Pain, and Heaven -- merges dance, athleticism and art, "the essence of perseverance, stamina and grace shared by both athletes and dancers" the program notes.

HERE.NOW is choreographed by Artistic Director Judith Jamison who notes: "I want to capture her spirit, her beauty. FloJo was a gifted athlete and her talents led to great achievements. But she was also a beautiful, glamorous individual and an inspiration to young athletes; that's want I want to portray in the ballet."

Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis composed the score.

For centuries the Utah landscape has been the homeland of many American Indian nations: The Confederated Tribes of Goshute, the Navajo, the Northern Ute, the Northwestern Shoshoni, the Paiute, the San Juan Southern Paiute, the Skull Valley Band of Goshute, and the White Mesa Ute nations. In keeping with the Olympic spirit, the exhibition UTAH'S FIRST NATIONS: PEOPLES OF THE GREAT BASIN AND COLORADO PLATEAU at the Utah Museum of Natural History will present the traditions, cultures, social histories and present-day lives of the indigenous peoples of this region.

In downtown Salt Lake City, on the Olympic Legacy Plaza - Gateway Center, The Navajo American Indian Nation will demonstrate its rich heritage in the interactive exhibition DISCOVER NAVAJO: PEOPLE OF THE FOURTH WORLD. Artists will present readings of creation stories, demonstrations of silversmithing, weaving, carving and basketry. There will also be special presentations on the Navajo Code Talkers.

At the Salt Lake City and County Building and the Salt Lake City International Airport, 18 sculptures by Allan Houser, (Allan Houser Haozous, 1914-1994, Chiricahua Apache) will be on display. Houser was a sculptor and painter who exhibited his work internationally. He also taught at the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, Utah and at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, New Mexico. The works on display include the massive and evocative Chiricahua Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer portrayed in one of his last works SPIRIT OF THE MOUNTAINS. (bronze edition of 6, 1994, 112" x 46 x 64)

The exhibition also features a life-size bronze sculpture of the artist by Houser's son, Phillip M. Haozous, who describes his father's work by saying: "The pride and dignity that my father saw in all mankind, as well as the strength and beauty he saw in his own people as they fought to preserve their way of life, he carved into immense blocks of stone."

In 1886, artist Allan Houser's grandfather was with the small band of Warm Springs Chiricahuas when their leader, Geronimo, had to surrender to the U.S. Army in Chihuahua. In retribution for their refusal to leave their lands in New Mexico and relocate to a reservation in Arizona, hundreds of Chiricahuas were sent by cattle-car train to prisons in Florida.

This year, at the Olympic Village, the Allan Houser sculpture, SACRED RAIN ARROW will welcome 3,500 athletes and officials from 80 countries to the Olympic Village. The sculpture is an Apache warrior shooting his arrow toward the heavens with the hope of carrying a prayer for rain to the Spirit World.

"At the Olympic Village, we believe the prayer will be for snow," said Raymond T. Grant, director of the 2002 Cultural Olympiad. "We will welcome the world with sculptures created by a gifted talent who also believed in peace and goodwill."

Outside of Salt Lake City and environs, the arts will be featured in communities across Utah, "so that people not near the main events, people who might not be able to attend the Salt Lake Games, will also have the opportunity to celebrate," said Utah Arts Council Public Information Officer Jennifer Broschinsky.

In collaboration with The 2002 Cultural Olympiad of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Utah Arts Council awarded 30 2002 Cultural Olympiad Heritage Invitational Grants to enable thirty Utah cities and organizations to celebrate the Olympics in their own hometowns.

Arts events across Utah during the Olympics include:

• ALTA'S SKIING HERITAGE FILM SERIES
  Our Lady of the Snows Center, Alta
  Presented by Alta Community Enrichment, the program highlights ski history and culture of Alta and the Western states through film and storytellers

• CELEBRATE UTAH'S VOICE IN POETRY
  Libraries throughout Utah
  More than 75 years of Utah's poetic heritage are brought together in one evening of poetry and the spoken word. Coordinated by the Utah State Poetry Society

• THE COWBOY WAY ARCHITECTURE, LIFE AND MYTH
  University of Utah Graduate School of Architecture, Bailey Exhibition Hall
  Presented by the University of Utah's Graduate School of Architecture, this exhibit explores how the cowboy image has shaped architecture and design from the early 1900's to the present.

• ENHANCEMENTS HANDCRAFTED FUNCTIONAL OBJECTS
  Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan A selection of sculpture, ceramics, paintings and textiles emphasize handcrafted and functional objects, combining beauty and versatility.

• LEGEND OF TIMPANOGOS
  Timpview High School, 3750 North 650 East, Provo Inspired by the Utah mountain and based on an American Indian legend, Legend of Timpanogos is an original ballet

• UTAH INTERCOLLEGIATE ART EXHIBITION
  Weber State University Art Gallery, Ogden
  Sponsored by the Weber State University Department of Visual Arts, this exhibition showcases artists from Utah's colleges and universities.

• UTAH'S JEWISH LEGACY EXHIBITION
  University of Utah, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City a documentary and photographic exhibit, and an evening of music and dialogue representing the myriad of experiences, cultures and traditions of Jewish life in Utah from the pioneer days until contemporary times.

Under the direction of Martha Sargent, the Utah Baroque Ensemble is a select volunteer choir with 33 member singers. Their repertoire is almost entirely sacred music, and they specialize in early choral music -- Baroque and Renaissance, especially Bach.

"We're excited about this unusual concert for us," Martha Sargent told Arts Wire. "Most of the works which we'll perform will be sacred in nature ranging from early American composers like William Billings who was probably the first choir teacher in American through some of the giants -- Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson, Aaron Copeland -- and into Western and Utah composers mostly sill alive today including LeRoy Robertson, Mack Wilberg and Ronald Staheli."

David Sargent's piece, which he was working on when Arts Wire called, will be a setting of the verses from Psalm 104.

Martha Sargent (they are husband and wife) also noted that the Utah Baroque Ensemble's performance will interface well with the performance venue's exhibition for the Salt Lake Games. One of Utah's oldest museum of the visual arts, the Springville Museum of Arts will be featuring UTAH ART / UTAH ARTISTS, an exhibition of Utah art from its beginnings to contemporary art. Curators Robert Olpin, William Seifrit, and Vern Swanson have brought together more than 200 Utah artists' works in a major exhibition of the history, people and culture of the state. Among many others, the musuem's collection includes the work of contempory Utah-based painters Gregory Abbott, Shauna Cook Clinger, Roger D. "Sam" Wilson, and Martha Rasmussen Harding, as well as sculptor Raymond Jonas who works in wood.

In the tiny town of Castle Dale (population 1700) in central Utah along Highway 10 on the banks of the San Rafael River near Price, The Museum of the San Rafael will host ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, a celebration of American West artists featuring guest speakers, cowboy poetry and western music artists.

In Salt Lake City, at the Capitol Theatre, Cowboy poets, including Waddie Mitchell, will celebrate the American West with humor, music and stories in, WHY THE COWBOY SINGS: AN EVENING OF POETRY AND MUSIC.

Mitchell who grew up on the remote Nevada ranches where his father worked and has managed a 36,000 acre ranch in Lee-Jiggs, Nevada, has been telling stories since he was eight years old. In 1984, he helped organize the now internationally recognized ELKO COWBOY POETRY GATHERING and gave his first public performance.

"Once we started this poetry gathering and they've gained popularity around the country, we've found guys that had been writing for 50 years," Mitchell, who reads his own work as well as that of other cowboy poets at festivals, notes on the WARNER WESTERN website.

Hosted by Waddie Mitchell, Why the Cowboy Sings will also feature the Stephanie Davis Western Swing Band, Navajo cowboy humorist Vincent Craig, traditional cowboy singer Glenn Ohrlin and Texas cowboy poet Joel Nelson. The performance will be the subject of a documentary on KUED.

At the Art Access Gallery, the 2002 Olympic Arts Festival is showcasing the collaborative work of Brian Kershisnik and Joe Adams. Kershisnik is a professional artist from rural Utah, and Adams is Kershisnik's neighbor and friend who has Down syndrome. The two have worked together for eight years on artwork which neither of them could have produced on his own. Adams creates oil-stick drawings on acrylic rag paper, while Kershisnik overlays the drawings with a painting and glazing technique.

Dance programs at the 2002 Salt Lake games will include the Jose Limon Dance Company premier of the LIMON AND JAZZ PROJECT. Presented at Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, Limon and Jazz features choreography by Donald McKayle with music by James Newton. Swing choreographer Billy Siegenfeld creates a new dance set to three classic jazz standards. The evening also features a revival of Jose Limon's PSALM with new music from American composer Jon Magnussen, and the accompaniment of the Weber State University Choir.

Folk singer Pete Seeger and Children's Dance Theatre will come together to present a celebration of American folk music and children's dance.

Pilobolus Dance Theatre is presenting a new work, and the company is featured in a limited edition 2002 Olympic Arts Festival poster in which dancers' bodies form the Olympic rings.

"When I was first contacted about performing in the Olympic Arts Festival, I was thrilled," Judith Smith, Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company, told Arts Wire. "The Olympic Arts Festivals are always a very prestigious event with an incredible roster of performers. To be included in this roster is truly an honor. We're excited to present a repertory of works by AXIS, Stephen Petronio, Sonya Delwaide and Bill T. Jones."

At the Salt Lake Games, the program's finale is Fantasy in C Major, which visionary choreographer Bill T. Jones created specially for the company. The work is set to Franz Schubert's music by the same name and explores the links between bodies, time, and space.

"Fantasy is piece that we all still absolutely LOVE to perform! It's our most technically and physically demanding work and it really shows the virtuosity and athleticism of each of our dancers," Judith Smith noted. "Bill confided that he felt a lot of pressure around this piece, knowing that it would be scrutinized because of who he is and because of who AXIS is -- a company dancers with and without physical disabilities. Everyone gave their all to this work and it truly is a triumph for both Bill and for AXIS."

Sources/resources:

SALT LAKE 2020.COM -- http://www.saltlake2002.com

THE UTAH ARTS COUNCIL -- http://www.dced.state.ut.us/arts/

SAM CARDON AND KURT BESTOR collaborated on the multimedia work INNOVATORS -- http://www.kbyu.org/innovators/ -- which interspersed sound, narrative and footage from National Geographic and CNN's film archives, to document the lives of people whose innovative works and lives transcended the limitations and resistance of their times, including rainmaker C. M Hatfield, Chai Ling, a leader of the student uprisings in Tiananmen Square, gypsy flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, La Capitana, and physicist Stephen Hawking.

THE FRANZ KLAMMER FOUNDATION -- http://www.franzklammerfoundation.com/
After Klammer's brother Klaus fell on a descent on the snow of Lienz and broke his back, ending up forever in a wheelchair, Franz Klammer started the foundation to help athletes with disabilities. "One minute a national hero - now in need of special medical care. But nobody is really interested in the fate of athletes who have fallen by the wayside in such a tragic way and find themselves in a deep financial and psychological hole," he writes on the website.

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER -- http://www.alvinailey.org

DISCOVER NAVAJO: PEOPLE OF THE FOURTH WORLD -- http://www.navajo2002.org/

Images of ALLAN HOUSER'S work on display at the Salt Lake Games are available at -- http://allanhouser.com/olympics.html

Waddie Mitchell
WARNER WESTERN -- http://www.wbr.com/nashville/warnerwestern/cmp/waddie.html

AXIS DANCE COMPANY -- http://www.axisdance.org

"Utah Arts Organizations Receive Grants to Participate in 2002 Cultural Olympiad"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/2001/cur013001.html
January 30, 2001

"2002 Cultural Olympiad And The Pioneer Theatre Company Announce Play Commissions"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/2000/cur090400.html
September 4, 2000

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER ANNOUNCES FINAL DESIGNS FOR ITS NEW HOME -- THE JOAN WEILL CENTER FOR DANCE; ARCHITECTS ARE NATAN BIBLIOWICZ AND CAROLYN IU

New York City, NY -- The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) has revealed its final design plans for its $47.5 million state-of-the-art building which will be one of the nation's largest facilities devoted exclusively to dance. The architects for the project are Natan Bibliowicz and Carolyn Iu.

"New York City has always been the dance capital of the world and it will continue to be so," said Artistic Director Judith Jamison. "This building is a testament to the fortitude of the city - to its strength, its compassion and its vision. But most of all, it's a testament to the city's future, which is bright. Our new building will train future generations of artists who will bring the joy and the healing power of dance to people around the globe."

The Joan Weill Center for Dance will be located on the northwest corner of 55th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, on the site of a building formerly owned by WNET. Graced by large windows which will provide natural light, it will encompass 77,000 square feet, with 12 studios ranging in size from 1,250 square feet to 2,250 square feet; and a 5,000 square feet black box theater with 300 seats which will double as studio and performance space and will be available to the dance community.

The new building will provide AAADT with adequate rehearsal space as well as office space and production facilities to support the company and its junior troupe. Additional studios will enable The Ailey School to expand its programming and benefit more young people who want to study at the School. It will also allow the School to serve more students in its Bachelor of Fine Arts program with Fordham University.

The organization's $60 million capital campaign, which includes $47.5 million for building construction and $12.5 million for an endowment was initiated by a $15 million leadership donation from Joan (chairman of Alvin Ailey's board of directors) and Sandy Weill and a $12.5 million appropriation from the City.

For more information, visit http://www.alvinailey.org

2002 WRITERS AT WORK CONFERENCE

Every summer since 1985 emerging writers have discovered guidance and encouragement at the WRITERS AT WORK CONFERENCE. This summer's curriculum is planned to fill the needs of writers at all levels; from workshops where students get feedback about their own manuscripts to craft classes which will include in-class writing, feedback, and craft discussions. The faculty are from all around the country -- including David Lee the Poet Laureate of the state of Utah, among whose books of poetry are A LEGACY OF SHADOWS, recently published by Copper Canyon Press.

Workshops and sessions will include:

• Antoya Nelson
  Craft Workshop: AN EYE ON SHAPELINESS
  "Shapeliness is a feature that allows fiction to translate from its writer to its reader. In this class, we will look at a variety of options for creating shapeliness. We will discuss participant manuscripts, honoring the demands of the material itself and with thoughtful conversation about the possibilities of the material. Participants in this class should be willing to think outside whatever box they may currently feel themselves inside."
  _Antoya Nelson's novels include TALKING IN BED, NOBODY'S GIRL, and LIVING TO TELL. She lives in Telluride, Colorado, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, and teaches creative writing in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, as well as at New Mexico State University.

• John Gregory Brown
  Blank Page: MESSING WITH THE MUSE
  "This workshop will explore how photographs, art, music, and other common and uncommon artifacts can serve as a catalyst for writing and steer the imagination in directions it otherwise might not go."
  _John Gregory Brown, a native of New Orleans, is the author of the novels DECORATIONS IN A RUINED CEMETERY, THE WRECKED, BLESSED BODY OF SHELTON LAFLEUR, and AUDUBON'S WATCH. He currently directs the creative writing program at Sweet Briar College and serves as an editor-at-large for Houghton Mifflin.

• Rikki Ducornet
  Short Fiction Workshop: A BOOK OF POTENCIES
  "Our brief time together will be intense, but long enough to produce a small book (6 to 12 pages) of miniatures. Written with what Italo Calvino calls 'a thoughfull lightness' each individual text will be both finished and a facet of the whole; it will somehow illuminate the entire series. The beauty of the small text - and it affords many delights - is that problems as well as strengths are readily evident. We will talk about the process of imagining, and how revision is a function of that process. Our motto: Rigor and imagination!"
  _Rikki Ducornet's books of fiction include THE JADE CABINET, THE COMPLETE BUTCHER'S TALES, PHOSPHOR IN DREAMLAND, THE WORD "DESIRE", and THE FAN MAKER'S INQUISITION.

• Thomas Mallon, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Katharine Coles
  CROSSING GENRES: BLENDING POETRY, FICTION, AND NONFICTION
  "All writing draws upon a group of skills including dialogue, diction, syntax, metaphor, narrative and rhythm. Some writers choose to ply their trade in more than one genre, some writers create works that fall into more than one genre category. Writers on this panel will discuss how and why they work in multiple genres."

• Judith Hall, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan
  THE STORY AND THE SONG: NARRATIVE VS. LYRIC POETRY
  "Poems fall on a continuum between narrative (story) and lyric (song), including stops at the modes of description and argument. How do individual poets negotiate their practice and what are the debates about the value of such distinctions?"

Writers at Work is a non-profit literary arts organization founded in 1984 by a small but visionary group of Utah writers and arts patrons. Each year, Writers at Work offers a week-long conference which celebrates the vibrant literary community in the state; and, moreover, provides an opportunity for aspiring writers nationwide to meet and learn from established professionals in the literary and publishing worlds.

For more information, visit http://www.writersatwork.org/conference.html

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - In keeping with the Sundance Institute's tradition of supporting emerging artists, the 2nd ANNUAL SUNDANCE ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL -- http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org -- showcases a selection of new work designed specifically for the web. Twenty-one projects are being presented in the categories of animation, live-action, documentary, interactive, new form, and selected shorts from the Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program.

The online event, sponsored by AtomFilms, will run December 20-January 20, 2002.

Showcased works include:

THE WAR CONSPIRACY
Director: Stephen Marshall
Producers: Ian Inaba, Josh Shore
"In 1970, at the height of the Vietnam War and on the heels of Nixon's announcement that U.S. troops would invade Cambodia, a mild-mannered English professor [Peter Dale Scott] at UC Berkeley completed a startling book called THE WAR CONSPIRACY. Yet, despite the fact that the author's publisher was Bobbs Merrill, a major literary brand, the book never reached the public domain. Little did the professor know there were powerful forces working behind the scenes to prevent its release. He would later discover that through its ties to ITT, a major shareholder in Bobbs Merrill, the Central Intelligence Agency was able to block the book from national distribution.....The War Conspiracy was more than an intellectual treatise on the virtues of disarmament. It was a riveting investigation of the CIA, the oil companies and their manipulation of U.S. foreign policy in order to escalate the Vietnam War...."
The War Conspiracy is an episode of GUERILLA NEWS NETWORK. The Festival also showcases two other episodes: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARZ and CRACK THE CIA

PRIVILEGE
Directors, Producers, Writers: Jay Murphy and Isabelle Sigal
"An interactive examination of healing and traumas using multiple intersecting planes of experience -- often mired in a sordid backstory of the American dream/empire -- which seek to produce new areas of resolution. Featured voices include Florida death row inmates, Palestinian poets, and novelist Kathy Acker."
A Flash-based collaboration by Jay Murphy and Isabelle Sigal, Privilege is spun from a larger work.

BEHIND THE STARTUP: ICE VAN.COM
Directors/Producers: Sharon Zezima and Kal Deutsch
Writers: Kal Deutsch, Sharon Zezima, Jeff Koppelmaa, Elliott Kopstein, George Corrigan, Dan Kleiber
"Styled after VH1's BEHIND THE MUSIC, this mockumentary profiles the rise and fall of an Internet startup, called IceVan.com. The company offered "ice in an hour" delivery and ice-related accessories, like tongs, buckets and gourmet ice."
Behind the Startup: IceVan.com is the first film from the husband and wife team of Kal Deutsch and Sharon Zezima. Inspired by the wild happenings in Silicon Valley, they decided to combine their experiences in their professional lives with their interest in film-making.

Other featured works include:

A BIG ISSUE, directed by Sara Mast; MURMUR, directed by Virgil Wong and Andrea Kleine; GINA & TL (1 episode: "Singapore Airlines") directed by Geoff Farr; BRAINGIRL, (3 episodes: "Fishing", "Eye Test", and "Braingirl's Brain"), directed by Marina Zurkow; GONE BAD ("Episode 2"), directed by Marco Bertoldo; and 360 DEGREES.ORG, directed by Sue Johnson and Alison Corn.

During the 2002 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL in Park City, UT, (January 10-20, 2002) the participating films will be highlighted in the Digital Center at the Main Street Mall lower level, and as part of a special showcase, selected works of animation from the Online Film Festival will screen on January 15 and January 19 at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANIMATION SPOTLIGHT: ONLINE ON SCREEN. The screening will be a compilation of the online animated works shown on a big screen and will feature a Q&A with the filmmakers.

Online Festival viewers are encouraged to submit ratings for their favorite entries, and their participation will determine the winner of the Sundance Online Film Festival Viewer's Award, which will be announced January 17, 2002 during the Online Film Festival Party at the Legacy Lodge in Park City. Awards will also be given to a film from each category: Animation, Live Action, and New Forms.

Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, the Sundance Institute is dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new work. This year the Institute is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Sundance Institute conducts national and international labs for filmmakers, screenwriters, composers, writers, and theatre artists, and presents independent film exhibition programs across the country and around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, a showcase for independent film. The Institute also maintains The Sundance Collection at UCLA, an archive of independent film.

For more information, visit http://www.sundance.org

The Luce Fund in American Art supports exhibitions and publications that contribute significantly to the study of American art. Each proposed project must result in a tangible product that can be added to the body of scholarship in the field of American art.

All periods and genres of American art history are included, with intellectual merit and potential contribution to scholarship being the most important criteria for evaluating proposals. The program is aesthetically and object-based and does not include projects that are primarily historical, documentary, or sociological. American art includes art related to the American experience in the United States; specifically, scholarly study of American painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photography, and architecture. The program is limited to the visual arts, and does not include grants for film or broadcast media.

Any American museum evincing a commitment to American art is eligible to apply for a grant. A prior letter of inquiry to ascertain the foundation's interest is required. Inquiry letters may be submitted at any time, but no later than March 1st for possible acceptance for the annual summer review of approximately 20 proposals. The annual deadline for proposals is June 15th.

The late Henry R. Luce, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc., established the Henry Luce Foundation in 1936. Today it has assets of about $1.1 billion. The work of the Luce Foundation reflects the interests of four generations of the Luce family. These include the interdisciplinary exploration of higher education; increased understanding between Asia and the United States; the study of religion and theology; scholarship in American art; opportunities for women in science and engineering; environmental programs; and public affairs and public policy programs. Higher education has been a persistent theme for most of the foundation's programs, with an emphasis on innovation and scholarship.

For complete details, including examples of museums and projects that have been supported, visit http://www.hluce.org/4lfaafm.html

LIVE! @ your library: Building Cultural Communities -- an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and additional support from the National Endowment for the Humanities -- invests in individual communities by "bringing arts and culture home to the neighborhoods that inspire the creators of our national literature, dance, music, and theater."

"Artistic expression becomes not just something done by other people, not something static on the page or the stage, but an interaction between audience and artist," they state.

For instance, programs in January include:

• St. Louis, Missouri
  January 13, 2002
  RAGE IS NOT A 1-DAY THING: IN CELEBRATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
  Library of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
  "Armed only with courage and a vision of a more just and humane America, anonymous men, women and children walked through the fire on their way to freedom. Rage is Not a 1-Day Thing is a multidisciplinary performance utilizing theater, oral history and music to explore the lives of teenagers and women who 'sparked' the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Enter the lives and world of JoAnn Robinson, Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith, who acted with Rosa Parks to help break the back of the deadly, generations-old system of legal segregation in America and ignited the fuse for the rising forces of democracy for us and the world."

• January 18, 2002
  NEBRASKA WRITERS LIVE
  Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Nebraska
  Author David Wiltse will read and discuss his works at the Abrahams Branch Library.

• January 20, 2002
  STORYTELLING AND PERFORMANCE BY THE OCCANEECHI BAND OF THE SAPONI NATION
  Alamance Community College, Graham, North Carolina
  This program will feature storytelling, dancing and drumming by the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. The first in a series of five programs, it will be led by Peggy Boswell, curator of the Scott Family Library, who will discuss the band's music and historical significance. Members of the band will perform and participate in a discussion of their music.

• January 21, 2002
  BRING THE DREAM HOME: CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE HUDSON VALLEY - Photo Essay Exhibition and Children's Program
  Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison, New York
  Author Jonathan Kozol will lead a children's program exploring civil rights issues in the region. The photo essay competition will be on display at the library from January 20 to March 10.

To participate in LIVE! @ your library: Building Cultural Communities:

• Develop a plan for your library to present cultural programs

• Work with authors, visual artists, musicians and others to present "live" programs at your library which address issues in your community.

• Form partnerships with community arts groups and other local, state, and national organizations to strengthen your library's role as a cultural center in your community.

• Apply for financial support from ALA; (up to half of your overall project budget) grants typically range from $1,000-$3,000,and require a minimum 1:1 cash match.

Complete information is available at: http://www.ala.org/publicprograms/live/howto.html

Opportunities for Individuals

The National Arts Journalism Program (NAJP) offers mid-career, research, and senior fellowships for journalists in the fields of arts and culture.

NAJP MID-CAREER FELLOWSHIPS recognize that many arts and cultural journalists are asked to cover topic areas or disciplines for which previous training may not have prepared them. These fellowships offer critics, reporters and editors working in print, broadcast and electronic journalism for American audiences an academic year in which to immerse themselves in a wide range of university curricula, in combination with practical involvement in arts and cultural activities on and off campus.

Some examples of successful practica undertaken by mid-career fellows include: a drama critic working as a dramaturg on an original play in rehearsal; a book critic and reporter working with a publisher on editing and production of a new book; a reporter and editor for music publications working with media organizations to create a new television program introducing children to classical music; and a freelance theatre and music critic curating a Hip-Hop Theater Festival.

NAJP SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS provide a select few journalists of recognized distinction with shorter-term support for research and writing projects. Senior fellows are journalists, or artists who have also served as critics or commentators, whose level of accomplishment is reflected in major awards, influential books or similar forms of peer recognition.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: Beginning in 2001, NAJP has accepted proposals from one or more mid-career candidates for research projects that contribute to the field of arts journalism, public policy toward the arts, or a comparable topic area. The two NAJP research fellows to date have proposed an analysis of transformations in the book publishing industry, and a conference on "post-postmodernism."

The National Arts Journalism Program fellowships aim to improve arts journalism in the United States. Eligible candidates include U.S. citizens and residents whose professional activity is focused on arts journalism within the United States. Candidates for mid-career fellowships must have at least five years of professional arts journalism experience.

Fellows may take classes in most schools and departments of the university. In addition, fellows pursue a "backstage" practicum under the auspices of one of New York's arts and cultural organizations.

NAJP mid-career fellows and research fellows receive a stipend of $40,000 for the nine-month academic year. NAJP senior fellows receive a stipend on a base of $10,000 per month. Where applicable, each fellow's employer is asked to supplement the stipend up to the fellow's regular salary. The program pays tuition, fees, and other Columbia University costs. Fellows are eligible for Columbia University housing and health insurance; however, the program does not provide additional financial support for these costs.

The deadline for 2002-2003 fellowship applications has been extended to February 26, 2002.

Based at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, in association with the School of the Arts, The NAJP supports the improvement of arts journalism. NAJP oversees academic fellowships at Columbia University, along with research, publications and discussions bringing together journalists, news executives, artists, cultural organization administrators, funders and others concerned with arts and culture in America today.

Linking the university to the rich and diverse cultural life of New York City and beyond, the NAJP is an emerging research center and forum for those concerned with issues in arts and culture. NAJP is supported by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

For complete details, visit: http://www.najp.org/

Opportunities for Artists

An estimated 10,000 artists live in Utah, according to the Utah Artist Endowment. "As both the artist population and the number of arts organizations continues to grow, it becomes vital for artists to seek new resources for funding and support," they state. "The individual artist today faces incredible financial challenges. Few are able to earn enough income from sales, commissions, artist fees, and royalties to sustain their work. Fellowships and grants provide much-needed support for time, materials and living expenses, enabling artists to pursue their craft."

The Artist Endowment campaign is committed to raising $1,080,000 to increase the amount of fellowships and grants awarded to Utah artists each year. The interest generated from this endowment will provide three new $10,000 fellowships, add $10,000 to existing visual arts fellowships, and double the funds available for Individual Artist and Ethnic Arts grants awarded by the Utah Arts Council. For more information, visit the Utah Arts Council website at http://www.arts.utah.gov/ias/iascampaign.html

Details about these and other opportunities are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html
To submit "calls" for either artists or organizations, send email to artswire@artswire.org

• Deadline: January 29, 2001, Public Artist(s), site-specific public art commission at the new Denver Family Crisis Center, THE DENVER OFFICE OF ART CULTURE

• Deadline: January 31, 2001, Visual Artists and proposals for special exhibitions, installations, mixed media presentations and performance art, THE LAKE GEORGE ARTS PROJECT'S GALLERY, LAKE GEORGE, NY

• Deadline: March 31, 2002, Films, videos and DVDs which "centrally tell us something about the life and journey, trials and triumphs, culture and style, relationships and realities, creativity and spirituality, vices and vision of the Black man", THE BLACK MAN FILM FESTIVAL, CENTER ON BLACKS AND THE MEDIA

• Deadline: February 4, 2001, hands-on art installation projects for children, youth or families, INSTALLATIONOLOGY, ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PASADENA, CA

• Deadline: Ongoing, Artists, exhibition inclusion at CONDUIT GALLERY, AUSTIN, TX

Details about these and other jobs are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobs.html

To submit jobs to Arts Wire, email them to joblist@artswire.org Please send a text file in the body of the message. (ie no attachments and no HTML) There is no fee for posting job listings. The deadline is Friday for the next week's listings. (which usually are posted on Monday) For the most part, job listings are not edited. The contents of the postings are the responsibility of the originating agency.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, (New York City, NY)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Nkiru Center for Education and Culture, (New York City, NY)

DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Boston University College of Fine Arts, (Boston, MA)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/JAZZ, School of Music, University of Minnesota, (Minneapolis, MN)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - tenure track, College of Liberal Arts Electronic Media and Culture, Washington State University, (Vancouver, WA)

DVP COORDINATOR, P.O.V./ American Documentary, (New York City, NY)

MANAGING DIRECTOR, Opera for the Young, (Madison, WI)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR, HotHouse, The Center For international Performance and Exhibition, (Chicago, IL)

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, (Los Angeles, CA)

DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTWRITING CONSULTANT, New York Multi Arts Center Consortium, (New York City, NY)

DEVELOPMENT-INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, (Search Continued) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, (New York City, NY)

PHOTO & ART ASSISTANT, arts and culture magazine, (New York City, NY)

ART SALES, Mixed Greens, (New York City, NY)

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, The Urban Institute, (Washington, DC)

PROGRAM ASSISTANT, The Cathedral Choral Society, (Washington, DC)

EXECUTIVE ADMIN ASST, Wet Electrics, (New York City, NY)

MARKETING AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE, (part time) Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, (New York City, NY)

MARKETING ASSOCIATE, The American Symphony Orchestra, (New York City, NY)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - GENERAL MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT, Brooklyn Academy of Music, (Brooklyn, NY)

INTERNSHIP, Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, (New York City, NY)

INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE - WINTER/SPRING 2001, WHITE BOX, (New York City, NY)

A growing list of links to job resources for artists and arts administrators is available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobres.html

"Since the events of September 11, the overtly propagandistic invasion of the language space by the media has made open expression of differing views urgently necessary. Biased news coverage, partial representation of the public opinion and the redundant interviews with highly questionable experts with regards to the Middle East paint a false picture of the Western nations as vengeful war marketeers who have no regard for the lives of others. With the rising horror of yet another war, our positions as human beings concerned for the well-being of all people must compel us to speak against the blatant disregard for the lives of the civilian people in Afghanistan," state Haleh Niazmand, Taraneh Hemami, Gita Hashem to introduce THE WORD ROOM, a interactive space "for mourning the dead and reflecting on the conditions of the living" -- at http://www.post-exile.net/wordroom/

The site invites participants to "write" on South West North East virtual Walls. As is often the case with completely interactive sites, the input is uneven, sometimes compelling, sometimes not.

However, of particular interest is the continuing opportunity to speak, to say something, to say anything in response to unexplained terror: "Finding a way to break the silence, needing to speak," someone has written on the East Wall.

The Sundance Institute's International Program has announced the creation of The Sundance Documentary Fund, formerly the Soros Documentary Fund of the Open Society Institute. The Sundance Documentary Fund is dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties.

"In supporting such works, the Sundance Documentary Fund hopes to give voice to the diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open society, raise public consciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil liberties, and engage citizens in a lively, ongoing debate about these issues," they state.

The Fund focuses on projects dealing with contemporary issues, and does not accept historical projects, biographies, or series.

Development funds are available for projects in the research or preproduction phase. Grants in this category range up to $15,000. Work in progress projects must be in production or postproduction. These submissions are eligible for the maximum grant award of $50,000, but generally, awards in this category will average $25,000.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Sundance Institute is dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new work.

For details, visit the Sundance Institute web site at http://www.sundance.org