total number of grants:
101

Date of Grant Letter:

9/30/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

1580

Organization:

The Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art

Contact:

Edward  Balassanian

Grant Amount:

20000  USD

Purpose:

For development, extension and strengthening the regional activities of the organization. The grant is not a single project grant; it is aimed at promoting organization’s regional role as facilitator of artistic and cultural exchange, as a stakeholder and as a knowledge-transmitter in the field of arts and culture. The followings activities will be carried out within this grant: at least 3 practicing contemporary art curators and/or critics, one from each South Caucasian country will visit each of the 3 capitals together to conduct seminars on issues, problems and ideas concerning organization and presentation of avant-garde art of their respective countries with the aim to stimulate interaction, exchange of ideas, and debate between specialists and artists of the region. They will also conduct studio visits for selection of artworks for a three-way group exhibition of avant-garde artists to be held in Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku within the frames of the grant. A post-exhibition catalogue with circulation of 500 copies, containing the presentations, conclusions of the seminars and outcomes of the exhibitions will be published. A joint exhibition of avant-garde art from Armenia, Greece and Iran on the theme of “Encounter of Contemporary Artists of Ancient Civilizations” is to be organized in Yerevan, Tehran and Athens. During the period of this grant booklets, bulletins and other publications containing information about organization and the Regional Development Grant will be published and distributed with fund-raising purposes

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Date of Grant Letter:

9/29/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13204

Organization:

Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists

Contact:

Susanna  Harutyunyan

Grant Amount:

6360  USD

Purpose:

For creating an on-line Cultural Portal/Forum on the base of “Arvest” on-line magazine focusing on cultural policy issues. The goal of the project is to facilitate involvement of the cultural third sector in elaboration and implementation of efficient cultural policy through providing expertise and open discussion of cultural legislation. The project includes activities in two directions: 1. Assessment and public debates over the law “Basic Principles of Legislation on Culture" and the draft law “On State Support to Film Production Industry” and conduction of two round tables; 2. Creation of Cultural Portal/Forum covering permanent news and analytical updates on cultural issues, cultural policy documentation (legislation, reports, recommendations, best international practices in cultural policy, etc.), database of important state, private and nongovernmental cultural institutions, information about OSI-funded and other projects and initiatives in the field of arts and culture. The portal will include interactive tools enabling on-line membership, discussions and submission of materials and comments

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Date of Grant Letter:

11/28/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13392

Organization:

Unison, NGO

Contact:

Nara  Baghdasaryan

Grant Amount:

7174  USD

Purpose:

For creation of virtual museum of Komitas. The virtual museum in three languages (English, Armenian and Russian) will be placed at www.komitas.am and will be submitted to the leading search engines. The site will be promoted through ongoing PR campaign, advertising in mass media and organization of a press conference-presentation

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Date of Grant Letter:

11/14/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13397

Organization:

"AbideWeb Technologies", LLC

Contact:

Samvel  Amiraghyan

Grant Amount:

6045  USD

Purpose:

For designing, development and maintenance of the official web-site of the Union of Artists of Armenia which will allow to present the Union, its members and their artworks online, to provide information about the events in the arts field as well as to organize virtual exhibitions. The web site will be published in Armenian, Russian and English and will contain the following directories: About Us; News/ Announcements; Members; Exhibition; Galleries and Museums; Partners; Contacts. Project activities include: creation of the site and its administration tools, domain registration, purchasing and installation of equipment at the Union of Artists of Armenia, providing a training course for the staff responsible for the use and exploitation of equipment and the web site tools, supervising activities of the Union staff and providing technical assistance and consultancy, promotion of the web site through the internet and mass media

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Date of Grant Letter:

11/28/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13205

Organization:

Cadence Music Center

Contact:

Arman  Padaryan

Grant Amount:

9496  USD

Purpose:

For continuation and development of art management courses program with an ultimate goal to establish the Art Administration Department at Yerevan State Linguistic University after Brusov. The project objectives are: to train a group of 20 young students pursuing careers in arts management and art service organizations in both public and private sectors; to establish and actively improve the awareness of Armenian art managers and producers of the contemporary demands in profit and non-profit arts management, marketing, PR, and production; to create preconditions for foundation of Arts Administration Department at YSLU. The courses will be held twice a week during 8 months

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Date of Grant Letter:

11/27/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13394

Organization:

Youth for Achievements, NGO

Contact:

Tigran  Karapetyan

Grant Amount:

8000  USD

Purpose:

To involve 253 schools connected to internet throughout Armenia into children artworks virtual contest through application of modern information-communication technologies. The project activities include development of an online submitting tool and a rating module on “Colours of Childhood” website which will be hosted on www.colours.am domain. Five best artworks from each school will be submitted to www.colours.am using the tool. The artworks will be placed in rating module and will be available for rating for a 7-day period. After 15 weeks all the artworks will be rated and the best artworks from each school will be presented in “Colours of Childhood” website. An exhibition of the best artworks will be organized

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Date of Grant Letter:

11/29/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13228

Organization:

"NorEon" Creative Center

Contact:

Mariam  Hakobyan

Grant Amount:

5000  USD

Purpose:

For strengthening the institutional capacity of Art Resource Center established within “NorEon” Creative Center in cooperation with “Sagarel” Art Gallery. During the project 8 solo and group exhibitions will be organized and booklets and PowerPoint presentations of those exhibitions will be prepared for the participating artists and organizations. 12 newsletters, each in 200 copies, containing announcements on international art events, as well as the terms and conditions of participation and deadlines will be prepared and distributed among about 200 Armenian artists during the project period. In the framework of the project Art Resource Center will also provide the artists with assistance in arranging their solo or group exhibitions, publishing exhibition booklets, as well as having high-quality slides and photos of their artworks required for submission to international art events

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Date of Grant Letter:

12/19/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13391

Organization:

Kamk ev Korov, NGO

Contact:

Mary  Pahutyan

Grant Amount:

6000  USD

Purpose:

For strengthening capacity of the mime theater and ceramic studio of hearing-impaired youngsters through improvement of their exhibition and performing potential and positioning in the market of applied and performing arts. The project activities include preparation and performance of five new mime miniatures with involvement of 20 beneficiaries, organization of exhibition-sales of ceramic and art works of 30 studio attendees, shooting of a video clip and publishing of booklets, and carrying out a market research in the field of theater and ceramic art

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Date of Grant Letter:

12/24/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13429

Organization:

Lusatsir, NGO

Contact:

Manya  Khachatryan

Grant Amount:

7138  USD

Purpose:

For involving 183 disabled children from Noyemberyan and neighboring villages in artistic activities. Four integrated groups will have two-hour classes of drawing, needlework, music, singing, dancing, literature and theatre once a week. A three-day exhibition-festival will be organized by the end of the project to summarize the works of beneficiaries. The festival will also host the beneficiaries of similar initiatives from Stepanavan and Gyumri

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Date of Grant Letter:

12/24/2003

Program:

Arts&Culture

Grant Number:

13431

Organization:

"Hope, Faith, Love" Non-Governmental Charitable Organization

Contact:

Anahit  Vahradyan

Grant Amount:

6380  USD

Purpose:

For involving disabled children from Stepanavan and neighboring villages in artistic activities through participating in integrated groups of drawing, music, literature and theatre, art history and applied arts. Each group will consist of 20 children and will have two-hour classes twice a week. Performances and exhibitions of children works, followed by teacher-parents seminars, will be also organized in the course of the project

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