Funding List - Fiscal Year 2008

Funding information for previous fiscal years is available from MCC's Communications Department.

Actors' Shakespeare Project, Cambridge
Grant: $15,000
Project: Incarcerated Youth at Play to work with girls, ages 12-17, who are incarcerated or in aftercare/probation facilities, to explore language and relationships using Shakespeare, and to share personal stories, develop group participation skills, enhance artistic abilities, and create performances through movement, voice work, and journal writing.
Collaborators: Roxbury Youthworks, Inc., NFI Girls, Assessment Program Northeastern Family Institute

Alternatives for Community & Environment, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: YouthHeals: Roxbury Diesel and Air Toxicx Project for Roxbury teens to gather, analyze, and communicate scientific information about asthma and air quality in and around Boston's Dudley Square.
Collaborators: JSI Research and Training Institute

Amherst Writers and Artists Press, Inc., Amherst
Grant: $10,000
Project: Raising Our Voices to provide a creative writing and singing group for pregnant teens and teen mothers at the YWCA's Teen Transitional Living Program in YWCA of Western Massachusetts.

Angkor Dance Troupe, Inc., Lowell
Grant: $10,000
Project: Angkor Youth Program to provide Cambodian American teens with instruction in Cambodian classical dance and costume, youth development and leadership training, college counseling, and part-time employment opportunities.
Collaborators: Lowell National Historical Park Big Brother/Big Sister of Greater Lowell

Artists for Humanity, Inc., Boston
Grant: $10,000
Project: Youth-run Arts Micro-enterprise to employ city teens and partner them in small groups with professional artists/designers and young artist mentors to design, create, and sell art products.
Collaborators: Grand Circle Corporation, Hunt Alternatives Fund, Irish Immigration Center, Boston Globe Foundation, Inc., Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Teen LEEP

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Ballet Rox, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: BalletRox Scholarship Program to provide dance insturction and performance opportunities for young people from Boston.
Collaborators: Arts Incentives Program, The Cloud Foundation, MissionSAFE: A New Beginning, Inc., Maurice J. Tobin Arts Magnet School, The Strand Theatre

Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield
Grant: $12,000
Project: Playwright Mentoring Project for four groups of participants, ages 14-19, to create an entirely youth-conceived and written show under the guidance of professional playwrights, artistic mentors, and peer mentors, and then tour area schools and community venues.
Collaborators: Berkshire County Juvenile Court, First United Methodist Church Pittsfield, Monument Mountain Regional High School, Lee High School, Pittsfield Public Schools, Counseling Center in the Berkshires, Southern Berkshire Regional Schools

Berklee College of Music, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Berklee City Music Saturday Upper School to provide intensive course work, visits to artist clinics, and ensemble instruction on Saturdays and after school for students who have the talent, passion, and desire to learn advanced methodologies of music.
Collaborators: Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, Lawrence CommunityWorks, Weston Public Schools METCO, Roland Hayes Division of Music, North Cambridge Catholic High School, Boston Arts Academy, Zumix, Inc.

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Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge
Grant: $15,000
Project: Youth Media Program to support the production of youth-directed media and help young people attain work experience as media artists while connecting the teens to their community and connecting the community with the visions and ambitions of the teens.
Collaborators: Cambridge Mayor's Youth Employment Program

Charlestown Boys & Girls Club, Boston
Grant: $15,000
Project: Dance, Camera, Action! to introduce youth to Latin American culture through dance and related art disciplines, including filming performances in several venues for showings on local public access television.
Collaborators: Ballet Monte Alban, The Cloud Foundation

The Community Art Center, Inc., Cambridge
Grant: $10,000
Project: Teen Media Program for classes in photography, video, and sound production, as well as production of the "Do It Your Damn Self!" National Youth Film Festival, the nation's oldest youth-curated, youth-run festival of youth-produced film and video.
Collaborators: Cambridge Mayor's Youth Employment Program

Community Music School of Springfield, Springfield
Grant: $12,000
Project: Renaissance to teach the musical and poetic elements of the hip hop culture so that incarcertaed youth, ages 12-18, learn to use poetry and rap, the elements of beat production, and music recording as creative outlets and a healthy means of self-expression.
Collaborators: Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps

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Essex Art Center, Inc., Lawrence
Grant: $12,000
Project: SPROUT: From the Ground Up to design and create a series of community-based art works inspired by social issues determined by and relevant to the lives of students.
Collaborators: Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative

Express Yourself, Inc., Beverly
Grant: $12,000
Project: Express Yourself! for young people from the community and the Department of Mental Health to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary year-long arts program that culminates in a performance on-stage at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center.
Collaborators: North Shore Music Theatre, Massachusetts Dept. of Mental Health, Citi Performing Arts Center, Endicott College, Montserrat College of Art, Inc.

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Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc., Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Art A La Carte for an arts education program that connects Boston youth, ages 11-18, with artists/educators to obtain in-depth arts instruction, develop portfolios for college, learn about career opportunites, and gain practical skills in gallery and museum work.
Collaborators: African-American Master Artists Program, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Hyde Square Task Force, Inc., Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Ritmo en Acci¢n Youth Dance Project for minority teens to receive rigorous instruction in Latin dance and then teach younger children in the community and for children and teens to perform publicly for diverse audiences across Boston, receive academic support, and become active participants in organizing efforts to improve life for themselves and their community.
Collaborators: Hacha & Machete Dance Company

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Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project, Newton
Grant: $15,000
Project: Hear Us Make Artistic Noise (H.U.M.A.N.) for a graphic arts and entrepreneurship program that provides an opportunity for incarcerated and recently released girls to document their lives and experiences, learn business skills, and earn stipends from sales and commissions.
Collaborators: Roxbury Youthworks, Inc., NFI Girls Assessment Program, The Cloud Foundation

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Light of Cambodian Children, Inc., Lowell
Grant: $15,000
Project: Preserving and Performing Heritage to develop a program designed to introduce a group of young people in Lowell to storytelling, illustration, and theater through a scholarly and artistic investigation of Cambodian folktales.
Collaborators: Department of Social Services Lowell, Middlesex Community College Lowell

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Medicine Wheel Productions, Inc. , Boston
Grant: $10,000
Project: Medicine Wheel Youth Program to transform the lives of young people by enabling them to become part of a creative artistic community.
Collaborators: Urban Ecology Institute, Write Boston, Odyssey High School, Boston Center for the Arts, Inc.

Multicultural Youth Tour of What's Now, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Youth Guide Development Program to build essential skills and community ownership by hiring teens as Youth Guides to research local and personal history and then teach what they learn to the public through walking tours and interactive workshops.
Collaborators: YMCA of Greater Boston, Fenway Community Development Corporation

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Teen Arts Council for the Teen Arts Council, giving teens an in-depth look at the many educational and professional avenues one can pursue in the Museum and the art world. While acting as ambassadors within the musuem and adding intellectual contributions, the teens gain valuable training and leadership skills.
Collaborators: Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.

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New England Aquarium, Boston
Grant: $15,000
Project: New England Aquarium Teen Internships Program for teen interns to learn about aquatic and environmental science and related career paths, work with scientists, and present what they learn to visitors.
Collaborators: Zoo New England, Museum of Science

New World Theater, Amherst
Grant: $12,000
Project: Project 2050 for a cross-cultural program that uses hip-hop-based arts education and civic dialogue, including performances, community-based workshops, and youth exchanges, to explore and respond to contemporary issues.
Collaborators: American Friends Service Committee, Youth Leadership in the Arts, The Connections Program

Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, North Adams
Grant: $12,000
Project: CommUNITY Arts for the promotion of a teen voice in Northern Berkshire through the development of teen creative writing and songwriting workshops, publication of a journal of teen writing, and support of a teen-led performance series.
Collaborators: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Youth Center, Inc., Flying Garbonzos, Railway Caf‚ Robin Lehleitner, Potluck Music Society, Berkshire Juvenile Court

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Partners for Youth With Disabilities, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Access to Theatre for an inclusive theatre arts program that creates opportunities for youth with and without disabilities to develop creative expression, leadership, and employment skills while experiencing the transformative power of working in a theatre ensemble.
Collaborators: Until Tomorrow Productions, VSA Arts of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Center for the Arts, Inc.

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RAW Art Works, Lynn
Grant: $12,000
Project: RARE Artists Project to join arts education with youth leadership development for city teens, for teens to assist staff in leading art groups for younger children, and to help teens navigate and succeed in the college application process.
Collaborators: Lynn Public Schools, Lynn Mayor's Office, Massachusetts College of Art, Lynn Educational Opportunity Center

The Revolving Museum, Inc., Lowell
Grant: $15,000
Project: Teen Arts Group Program for an art education program that provides young people with opportunities to develop their own public art projects from the initial design to the construction, installation, and publicity.
Collaborators: Lowell National Historical Park, City of Lowell Division of Planning and Development, Lowell Public Schools

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Shakespeare & Company, Lenox
Grant: $8,000
Project: Shakespeare in the Courts Project for a diversion program for young offenders, ages 13-17, in the Berkshire Juvenile Court system to perform Shakespeare and learn to keep their commitments and work together, acquire new skills, and express their thoughts and feelings.
Collaborators: Berkshire County Juvenile Court

Somerville Arts Council, Somerville
Grant: $8,000
Project: Books of Hope to empower and boost the self-esteem of a diverse group of Somerville youth through writing, publishing, performing, and selling books.
Collaborators: Somerville Housing Authority, Somerville Youth Workers Network, Mystic Learning Center, Inc.

Spontaneous Celebrations, Inc., Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Festival Arts After School Program to engage young people as active members of their community by empowering them as artists, performers, and leaders through active participation in the creation of annual festivals where they learn artistic traditions from many different cultures, including their own.
Collaborators: Urban Edge Housing Corporation, La Pinata, The City School

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The Theater Offensive, Cambridge
Grant: $12,000
Project: True Colors: Out Youth Theater Troupe for an educational theater program developed to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people and their allies.
Collaborators: Boston Glass, BAGLY, Inc., Home for Little Wanderers-Waltham

Trinity Boston Foundation, Boston
Grant: $13,000
Project: Street Potential: a program of the Trinity Boston Counseling Center to help young people recently released from incarceration to learn self-expression, build self-esteem, and acquire the life skills necessary to make a positive transition to adulthood through building

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Underground Railway Theater, Arlington
Grant: $15,000
Project: Cambridge PLAYS Youth for young people ages 14-16 to participate in a series of new plays created in collaboration with Cambridge-based organizations and community members.
Collaborators: Area IV Youth Center

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Worcester Center for Crafts, Inc., Worcester
Grant: $11,680
Project: Teen Apprentice Program (T.A.P.) for young people ages 14-17 to explore, experience, and concentrate in a craft medium; and to learn through artistic processes the skills needed to become successful and creative adults.
Collaborators: Burncoat Senior High School, Doherty Memorial High School, North High School, South High School, Dynamy, Inc.

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Youth Action Coalition, Inc., Amherst
Grant: $15,000
Project: Video Vanguards for young people to brainstorm and investigate social issues of interest to them, dissect and critique mainstream media, and develop their own video productions that address their identified issues.
Collaborators: Community Partnerships for Social Change, Youth Leadership in the Arts, Amherst Community Television, Inc., American Friends Service Committee

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Zoo New England, Boston
Grant: $12,000
Project: Zoo New England's ZooTeen Program to introduce city teens to zoo and conservation-oriented careers in a safe, structured, and professional learning environment.
Collaborators: New England Aquarium, Boston Public Schools, STRIVE Program, Boston Youth Fund, Museum of Science

Zumix, Inc., Boston
Grant: $10,000
Project: HANDS-ON Youth Development Program to provide a series of linked activities designed to provide broad-based, in-depth exposure to music and technology--including instrumental instruction, creative technology, songwriting, and performance.
Collaborators: New England Institute of Art, Boston Housing Authority, Berklee College of Music, Umana/Barnes Middle School

Total: $451,680

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