Albany Symphony Orchestra (Albany, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to redesign and integrate the main program database that is used for information concerning musicians, subscribers, and donors. This will enable the staff to operate a more efficient and targeted database in order to build their fund-raising capacity. 2001
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Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations (Mattituck, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to assist with the research, planning, information and visual design portion of their web redesign project. The establishment of a content-rich and well-designed web site, along with a strong Internet presence, will provide timely and useful information for Alliance member’s constituents. 2001
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Amas Musical Theatre (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire consultants to assist in the implementation of a two-part technical initiative. The first part includes the update and redesign of the web site, which will include the addition of online ticket purchasing. The second part is focused on staff training and the networking of the computer system to allow for file and print sharing. 2001
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American Composers Orchestra (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant that will plan the creation of a searchable online database of nearly 400 works by American composers. The consultant will also provide training to the operations staff who will ultimately implement the database. 2000
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American Music Center (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for creating the Center’s first fully-integrated and centralized data information system for the management of its membership, fundraising, information service, and grant making operations. 2000
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Asian American Writers’ Workshop (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant who will develop a technology plan and oversee its implementation. The Workshop’s goals involve the integration of the its online bookstore into its accounting/inventory records, the creation of an interactive site for memberships, ticket sales, and class registration, the recording of literary events, panel discussions and readings for download on the web site, and the teaching of writing workshops online. 2002
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The ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes (Corning, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to guide the organization through Phase II of its web development plan, which includes fine tuning and testing the site, refining content, developing artist and member organization links, developing interactive components, and developing a plan to market the site. 2000
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BIRD BRAIN/Jennifer Monson Dance (Brooklyn, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to assist with the development of the next phase of the BIRD BRAIN web site, which will include video footage of outdoor dances, journal entries from artists and scientists, and links to partner organizations. The BIRD BRAIN web site will encourage online involvement of the general public in both artistic/dance and scientific/conservation elements of the project, promoting international dialogue. 2002
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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Buffalo, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to train BPO's staff on OPAS, customized software developed for American orchestras. OPAS includes features related to schedule and event management, artist and personnel management, composer and repertoire management, and archiving. 2000
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Carnegie Art Center/Tonawandas’ Council on the Arts (North Tonawanda, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant that will design and develop an organizational web site for the Center. The Center services the geographically dispersed population bases of Niagara County; an organizational web site will provide efficient, immediate electronic information retrieval and dissemination to members across a broad geographic area. 2000

Cedar Arts Center (Steuben, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to merge and provide staff training in the 171 Access database and Ticket Maker Software. This will enable the staff to operate more efficient and tailored services resulting from a fully functioning box-office. 2001
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Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art (CEPA Gallery) (Buffalo, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to guide the organization through Phase II of its technology initiative involving the Digital Imaging Facility. Specifically the funds will go towards the installation of an SDSL Internet Access Line and staff training. The SDSL Line will allow multiple users consistent, simultaneous access with faster upload and download speed. Additionally the SDSL Line will allow for Internet training and distance learning projects, which are components of CEPA’s youth and adult workshop programs. 2001
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Chemung Valley Arts Council (Corning, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to expand its web site capabilities to include e-commerce functionality supporting shopping capabilities, online membership and donor registrations, an artist registry, and a virtual gallery. 2002
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Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to assist CAP in solving some critical connectivity issues relating to their multi-use ticket system. The consultant will conduct a complete analysis of the networking problem with recommendations for network technology alternatives and a cost analysis. 2001
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Community Performance Series (Potsdam, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to integrate a computerized Reserved Ticketing System into their Box Office and to train CPS staff in the use of this system. A computerized ticket system will allow CPS to track the purchasing history of individual customers, specify seat location at the time of purchase, print tickets right in the box office and create a tiered pricing system for different seating locations, and will provide additional accounting capabilities. 2002
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Creative Time (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a database consultant to develop and design a fully integrated database using File Maker Pro software. By initiating a consolidation, customization, and updating plan for their database, Creative Time will ultimately develop more efficient and economical office operations strategies while also possessing the ability to engage in more active and meaningful dialogues between their organization, the artists they sponsor and the public they serve. 2002
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Dixon Place (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire consultants to train the staff in database management, accounting, digital imaging and Web site design, allowing Dixon Place to bring these activities in-house, and thereby building the organization’s capacity to manage and deliver its programs. 2000
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Donna Uchizono Company (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to plan, design, and support the development of a technology-based marketing and fundraising initiative starting with the construction of a Web site. Additionally staff will receive Web site maintenance training necessary for the upkeep of the site. 2001
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Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for creating a customized, searchable database for community-based video collection. 2000
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Dyke TV (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to redesign, update and expand Dyke TV's web site, video-stream the most recent programming, video-stream the show archives, and devote a portion of the site to viewer feedback, enabling the organization to reach a substantially broader audience. 2000
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Elders Share the Arts (Brooklyn, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a digital video training consultant enabling ESTA to mount "Living History Video," a digital video oral history program that "combines the age-old art of storytelling with the new possibilities of global digital communication and interactivity." 2000

Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to train staff to expand and upgrade and maintain the website – adding an online calendar, examples of model programs, and online sales capability. 2002
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Elevator Repair Service Theater (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to create sound-design software that will enhance the fluid, improvisational style that characterizes the ERS creative process. A stable, full-featured suite of applications will be devised which will be used both in rehearsals and in performances. The creation of this sound-design software will allow for greater flexibility and economy in sound programming for future ERS productions. 2002
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En Foco (Bronx, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to provide staff training so that updates to En Foco’s Permanent Collection online can be made in-house. The Collection is a searchable historical database of works by approximately 300 contemporary photographers of African, Asian, Latino and Native American heritage. 2000
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Eyebeam Atelier (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for Critical Forum 2000, interpretive programming for the Internet addressing the topic of “Revisioning Television.” Staff training for HTML and web building. 2000
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Felice Lesser Dance Theater (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for computer software training in Final Cut Pro for the Artist Director, ultimately enabling her to create and produce, in-house digital artwork (“moving sets” of video used as simultaneous backdrops for live dance performances) and promotional video materials for the company, as part of FLDT’s ongoing Dance and Technology Project. 2002
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The Field (New York, NY)
Technical assistance was awarded to hire consultants to help the organization integrate its database, word-processing, and email programs to streamline communications, to redesign the organization’s Web site to make more of its materials accessible online, and to train the staff on the upgraded technology. 2000

Technical assistance awarded to provide web-based versions of the organization’s publications: SpaceChase, The Funding Guide, and The Self-Production Guide. 2002
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Foundation for Independent Video & Film, Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant work with FIVF staff to initiate the use of an office server and generally upgrade existing internal computer operations, and to configure two new computer workstations to FIVF's computer-based resource library, which is available to the field. 2000

Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to oversee the translation of twenty-five years of issues of The Independent Film and Video Monthly Magazine from print to a fully interactive archive accessible via the Internet. This newly available resource will provide both a rich history of independent media and a valuable body of practical resources to media artists in New York and beyond. 2002
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The Foundry Theatre Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a technical consultant for the design and implementation of a network for their administrative office. The network will allow for information sharing and simultaneous Internet access. This technological upgrade compliments the recent administrative and artistic growth of the organization and will allow The Foundry to serve its constituents with increased efficiency. 2001
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Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (Mt. Morris, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to develop and implement a Genesee Valley Council Web Site and to provide web maintenance training for staff. The site will enable the Council to build its audience and arts community through the Internet by strengthening the Council’s presence in rural Livingston. The site will provide an opportunity to strengthen associations through links with county-based and regional arts groups, and to increase the visibility of local arts community cultural activities. 2001
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George Eastman House (Rochester, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for a collaborative technical initiative with the International Center for Photography focused on professional development necessary to create and maintain a visual database on the history of photography. 2000
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Global Action Project (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to assist in initiating The Youth Media Network, a web-based multimedia project designed, created, and maintained by youth media artists collaborating from around the nation. The NEA awarded GAP $75,000 for this project as well. 2002
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Harvestworks, Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to develop an institutional database system that will interface with their Internet database. Staff will be trained in operating and maintaining the site. The design and implementation of this database will streamline operations enabling Harvestworks to serve its constituents with increased efficiency. 2001
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HERE (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a database system designer to train staff members on the back-end maintenance of the site, by teaching them the tools needed to control its look and formatting. The result will be a better-informed HERE community—staff, artists, and audiences—with the power to maintain its new technology in an efficient, expedient way. 2001
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House Foundation for the Arts (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to train two staff members on its recently upgraded database software, Raiser’s Edge. Proper staff training will insure that The House improves data management for prospective donors and is proactive in the maintenance and cultivation of individual, foundation, and corporate donors. Using technology to effectively manage these relationships is integral to The House’s mission to support and sustain the work of acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Meredith Monk. 2002
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J. Mandle Performance Inc. (Brooklyn, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to assist with the development and implementation of a digital animated 3-D video that will accompany an installation as part of the organization’s multi-media performance RETURN. 2001
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Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant from Preserve, Inc., a national center for the documentation and preservation of dance, to work with Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in serving as the experimental model for a pilot program to develop and test a dance video cataloging software package. 2000

Long Island Arts Council at Freeport (Nassau, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to design and develop a database and provide training for the entire staff. Creation of the database will enable the Arts Council to streamline and enhance communications with their members and the community. 2001

Lower East Side Printshop (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire consultants to integrate and relate several discrete databases, including a general contact list, a class registration database, an archive collection database, a donors database, and a private funders database. This upgrade is the first step in building the organization’s capacity to deliver services and conduct programs more efficiently. 2000
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Media Alliance (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to develop an evaluation plan for MediaArtsNYS!, a web-based calendar of media arts events. The evaluation enables Media Alliance to determine if MediaArtsNYS! is an effective tool for delivery of services and could serve as an evaluation model for the field. 2000
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Mint Theatre Company (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to train staff in the use of Dream Weaver software used to create their web site, in order to compliment their recent box office technology upgrade. The ability to maintain in-house control of their Web site will increase the efficiency and productivity of their online box office and it will allow staff to update the Web site in a more timely manner. 2001
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Museum of Chinese in the Americas (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for the conversion of a MoCA slideshow, “Transitions,” into an educational CD-ROM program. 2000
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New Georges (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for the production of a new mixed media play “Death of A Ho,” specifically to realize the media elements detailed in the script. 2000
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New Perspectives Theatre Company (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to further develop their web site and to provide staff training in the use and maintenance of the site. Additional training will take place to aid in the overall knowledge of the applications and usage of all technology currently available to the organization. 2001
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New York Foundation for Architecture’s Learning By Design: NY Program (Brooklyn, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to redesign the main program databases used for scheduling, contracts, billing and outreach. 2000
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Peculiar Works Project (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant team to construct a blueprint for the development of a site-specific, Internet-based presentation, using digital technology and live performance as tools for developing new media work. 2000
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Pregones Theater (Bronx, NY)
Technical assistance awarded in partial support for Consultant fees related to the creation of Pregones Youth Website. Consultant Tanie Frontera will direct in (1) drafting a mission statement for the youth website and related kiosks; (2) identifying effective graphic elements and interactive applications; (3) enlisting the support of popular tech industry sponsors; and (4) training Pregones Theater staff to serve as web site moderators and maintenance team. 2002
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Putnam Arts Council (Mahopac, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to develop and implement a Putnam Arts Council Web site. The site will enable the Council to build its audience and arts community through the Internet. The site will provide an opportunity to strengthen associations through links with county-based and regional arts groups, to facilitate “usability” for under served populations, and to increase the visibility of local arts community cultural activities. 2000
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Roulette Intermedium (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to expand, redesign, and program sections of the web site to showcase composers’ audio and video programs and to train staff in maintaining these pages. The project will remedy their present lack of web marketing, offering memberships, products, and reservations, and will distribute and sell work by composers and intermedia artists. 2002
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Roxanne Dance Foundation (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to integrate technology with dance, as choreographer Cathy Weis does in her work. Roxanne Dance will hire Ruben Puentadura, PhD., Director of the Bennington College New Media Center, to consult with Weis to develop new skills with: 1) Non-linear DV editing suite, based upon Final Cut Pro; 2) CoolStream and Love Channel Pro products; and 3) software developed to handle networking and performance video/animation manipulation. Dr. Puentadura will train Weis in the new framework for interactive media synthesis, “Keystroke.” 2002

Roxbury Arts Group (Roxbury, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to work with the Executive Director to assess the organization’s information system’s needs and to design, install, and implement functions that will meet the needs of their expanding multi-arts center. Funds will also be used to train staff in the use of this improved information and data management system so that key staff will be able to customize the system for future needs that may arise. 2002

Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources (Buffalo, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to have the organization’s Technical Coordinator trained in Final Cut Pro software. This training will allow the staff member to train other staff, instruct Final Cut Pro classes, provide assistance to members, and to provide digital editing in the media access center. Training in this software furthers Squeaky Wheel’s mission to provide affordable and accessible media access and education to its constituency of Western New York. 2001

Technical assistance awarded to train a traditional Technical Director and a Computer Systems Administrator/Director in the Final Cut Pro non-linear digital editing system for better service to the organization’s members as the task of editing transitions from analog to digital and the traditional duties of the above mentioned staff merge. 2002
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The Standby Program, Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire experts in the area of video preservation and restoration to consult and assist in developing and launching a new service initiative of the Standby Program. Specifically, Standby is preparing to offer video tape preservation and restoration services to artists and non-profit organizations. This initiative will focus on older, archaic video and audio formats. 2002
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Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (Staten Island, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to design and implement a Web site. Establishing a web Site will allow for increased interaction between the Institute and community members along with increased exposure of the Institute’s collections, exhibitions, and programs. 2001
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Synapse Productions, Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a technical consultant to assist with the streamlining of their fundraising and audience development operations. This will be accomplished by the integration of their Paradigm database software with their web site and through the training of key staff members in this fundraising software through telephone consultations and attendance at a two-day training seminar. 2002
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Theater by The Blind Corp. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for the training of administrators in using computers, email and the Internet, and upgrade of information systems and Web site. 2000
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Theatre Development Fund (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to help develop the capacity of TDF's web site to communicate with its ticketing database system. This will enable ticket orders to be placed via the web and will enable TDF to operate more efficiently, ultimately serving more constituents. 2000
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Thin Man Dance, Inc. (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to develop and implement a multi-functional web site for the organization. The priority of the site will be to integrate technology into the administration of the organization in order to ease the workload and fiscal burden of sending materials and information to professionals in the field. Additionally, the web site will focus on access to Company information by John Jasperse Company’s technical, administrative and artistic staff while on tour. 2002
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TRANSART & Cultural Services (West Park, NY)
Technical assistance awarded for development of computer based programming for the exhibition entitled “Making a Living—Making a Community: Blacks in the Mid-Hudson Valley 1945-2000”. 2000
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Unison Arts & Learning Center (Ulster, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to customize their database program and train staff in its use and applications. This will enable staff to operate a more efficient and targeted database that will allow them to serve constituents more efficiently. 2001
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Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a database consultant to oversee the upgrading of VLA’s Pro Bono Legal Assistance Program database, the planning and creation of two discrete but relational databases -- one for VLA’s Art Law Line and the other for its general mailing list -- and the training of key staff members in the use of these systems. 2000
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Wayne County Council for the Arts (Lyons, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant for the development of a Wayne County Council web Site. The web site will provide artistic opportunities, cultural and artistic information, and a Resource Directory. Additionally, staff will receive web site maintenance training necessary for the upkeep of the site. The development of a web site will allow the Council to provide greater accessibility for under served populations of this rural area. 2001

Women's Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to upgrade WSW's existing flat database to a relational one, enabling WSW to serve its constituents with increased efficiency. 2000

Technical assistance awarded to train staff in Dreamweaver and other aspects of web scripting which will allow the web site to be updated without the monthly use of an outside consultant. The project will also provide for the creation of a training manual, so that new staff and interns can learn how to update the site without added consultant’s fees. 2002
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The Writers Room (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to install a LAN and a DSL connection. The creation of an intra-office network will allow staff to share documents, applications, and resources, which will facilitate the everyday activities of the administrative office. Installation of a DSL connection will provide a faster Internet connection to their members and it will result in a reduction of telecommunication expenses. 2001
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Young Audiences/New York (New York, NY)
Technical assistance awarded to hire a consultant to train Young Audiences/New York's staff on a variety of software applications. Improving staff ability on several basic applications will enable Young Audiences/New York to operate more efficiently and thereby maximize the staff's ability to deliver programming to the field. 2000
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