Heathcote Art Foundation

Chronology of Grants

Visual Arts

1998 and 1999
Artists Space -- $5,000
General operating support
White Columns -- $4,600
General Operating Support
Lehman College Art Gallery -- $2,100
in support of the gallery's exhibition programming
Drawing Center -- $1,000
for the viewing program
Lower East Side Printshop -- $4,000
For the artists in residence program
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition -- $5,000
General Operating Support
Exit Art/The First World -- $3,600
General Operating Support
Smack Mellon Studios -- $5,000
General Operating Support
Public Art Fund -- $1,000
To commission 5 emerging artists to develop proposals for public projects
Socrates Sculpture Center -- $3,000
Towards the emerging artists fellowship program
1996 and 1997
Public Art Fund -- $5,000
For "In the Public Realm" an exhibition of work made by emerging artists for public spaces.
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition -- $10,000
Over three years (1996-1998) in support of BWAC's Summer Waterfront Festival
Art in General -- $7,500
Over two years (1996-1997) as a challenge grant for general operating support.
En Foco -- $3,000
General operating support
Rotunda Gallery -- $5,000
General operating support
Studio Museum in Harlem -- $5,000
Toward the Artists' Residency Program
1995
Organization of Independent Artists (OIA) -- $5,000
General operating support for exhibitions
Lower East Side Printshop -- $1,000
Special Editions Program
Sculpture Center -- $4,500
Over three years (1995-1997) to commission "theatrical work by emerging sculptors.
New Museum -- $1,000
On View Program
Storefront for Art and Architecture -- $6,000
"Warchitecture - Sarajevo" Exhibition
Exit Art/The First World -- $15,000
Over three years (1995-1997) for general operating support
Queens Museum of Art -- $1,000
"Live/Work in Queens," exhibition of work of emerging artists resident in Queens
1994
Momenta Art, Williamsburg -- $3,000
General operating support for exhibitions
Art in General -- $5,000
Towards honoraria for exhibiting artists
Drawing Center -- $6,000
Towards artists' fees for the Emerging Selections Exhibition
1993
Exit Art/The First World -- $10,000
In support of the Young Painters Exhibition
Independent Curators Incorporated -- $1,000
General operating support
New York Experimental Glass Workshop -- $3,600
Toward artist residency program
1992
Artists' Space -- $7,500
Over three years (1992-1994) in support of the Artists' File
1986-1991
National Academy of Design -- $2,500
General operating support

Music


1998-1999
Roulette Intermedium -- $5,000
Adventurous and experiemtnal music series
Bang on a Can -- $5,000
Emerging artists program
Arsonia Music Outreach -- $1,000
Concerts for the elderly program
TONK -- $2,200
General operating support
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra -- $4,000
Michael Hersh commisson
New York Youth Symphony -- $3,500
Apprentice conducting program
Parnassus -- $2,500
General Operating Support
Sonora House -- $1,500
General support
1996 and 1997
Riverside Symphony -- $5,000 New composers' reading series
anthology Film archives -- $2,000 Toward the launch of MATA, the Music at the Anthology series, presenting the work of emerging composers
New York Youth Symphony -- $3,500 New Conductors' Program
Concert Artists' Guild -- $2,000 Over two years (1996-1997) for general operating support
New School for Social Research -- $3,000
for the New School Concert Series, which presents emerging musicians
New Music Consort -- $2,500
Composers Workshop
Opera Ebony -- $2,000
General operating support
Meet the Composer -- $1,000
Toward the Commissioning Program
Ensemble 21 -- $3,000
Toward artists' fees for the 1997 season
City Grand Opera Society -- $2,000
To showcase emerging operatic singers
1995
Roulette Intermedium, Inc. -- $3,500
General operating support to present new music
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra -- $25,000
Over five years (1995-1999) to commission and present new scores by emerging composers resident in the U.S.
1994
New Music Consort -- $5,000
To support an evening of premiers by new American composers
Bang on a can -- $2,500
To support the New American Music Festival at Lincoln Center - $2,500
New York Youth Symphony -- $3,500
For the Apprentice COnducting Program
Boys' Choir of Harlem - $1,000
For acquisition of Groves Dictionary of Music
1993
Intar -- $2,500
Toward artists' fees for development of the new musical work "El Greco"
American Museum of the Moving Image -- $5,000
To fund the commissioning and performance of a new musical score for the 1929 silent film classic "Walking on the Moon"
Roulette Intermedium, Inc. -- $3,500
General operating support for presentation of new musical works
1986-1991
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra -- $50,000
Over five years (1989-1993) for general operating support

Dance

1998 - 1999
Martha Bowers Dance/Theater/Etcetera -- $2,500
For the "Safe Harbor" project
Dance as Ever -- $1,000
Performances at Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Pace University
Urban Bush Women -- $2,500
General operating support
Cross Performance -- $4,000
General operating support
Dancing in the Streets -- $10,000
Education programs
Dean Moss Dance -- $2,000
For "Spooky at a Distance"
Wendy Osserman Dance Company -- $1,000
For the production of "Re:Sisters"
John Jasperse Company/Thin Man Dance -- $5,000 Bebe Miller/Gotham Dance -- $1,000
General operating support
David Parker and The Bang Gang -- $1,000
For "Tender Traps"
Ginger Thacher -- $1,500
For the development of "Spoonriver Anthology"
Douglas Dunn Dancers --$1,000
General support
1996 and 1997
Momenta Foundation -- $2,500
To support new work by Molissa Fenley
Muller Works Foundation/Jennifer Muller -- $1,000
New Creations Series
Neta Pulvemacher House of Dance -- $1,000
Toward production costs for "Booking"
Dance Theatre Workshop -- $3,000
Fresh Tracks Performance Series
Freefall Ltd. -- $1,000
General operating support
Loisada -- $5,000
Toward a new work by Tamar Rogoff
Streb/Ringside -- $5,000
For the box truss project
Joyce Theatre -- $3,000
Operating Support for Joyce/Soho
Dancing in the Streets -- $15,000
Over three years (1997-1999) for general operating support
1995
Steven Koplowitz & Company -- $1,000
Toward production of a new work for 1995 season
Armitage Foundation -- $2,000
Toward development of the new work "Predator's Ball" by Karole Armitage
Reality/David Rousseve -- $5,000
To present his new work "Whispers of Angels" at BAM
Dance as Ever -- $500
General operating support for this start-up dance company
Anabella Gonzales Dance Theatre -- $1,000
General operating support
1994
Elizabeth Streb Ringside -- $2,500
General operating support
Dancing in the Streets -- $10,000
Leadership grant for the Tenth Anniversary Festival
Danspace Project -- $3,000
In support of the Food for Thought Program
Joyce Theatre -- $1,000
For the Fund for New Work
1993
Pascal Rioult Dance Company -- $3,500
Toward rehearsal costs for the City Center premier of "Harvest" an original work choreographed by Pascal Rioult
Dance Theatre Workshop -- $2,500
In support of DTW's First Light Fund
1992
Martha Graham Dance Company -- $12,500
To underwrite the Emerging Choreographers Series at City Center

Theatre

1998 - 1999
Target Margin Theatre -- $5,000
General operating support
En Garde Arts -- $6,000
General operating support
Playwrights Horizons -- $5,000
The commissioning program
The New Group -- $5,000
General operating support
Drama Department -- $5,000
For "The Reading Series"
Music Theatre Group -- $2,000
Development of "Running Man"
Pearl Theatre Company -- $1,000
The R & D Workshop
Teatro Gratticielo -- $1,000
General support
Great Small Works -- $1,000
Toy Theater Festival
Jean Cocteau Repertory-- $2,500
Emerging directors program
Ensemble Studio Theare -- $4,000
In support of residency program
Drama League -- $5,000
For "The Directors Project"
Sang-Froid -- $5,000
For "Gertud and Alice"
Gale Gates et al -- $20,000
For "Tilly Losch" and first part of Heathcote Art Foundation's stabilization and growth grant
Theodora Skipitares/Skysaver Productions -- $2,000
For the production of "Body of Crime"
Emerging Artists Theatre Company -- $1,000
General operating support
Clubbed Thumb -- $1,000
For the festival "Summerworks -- 99"
Classic Stage Company -- $1,000
Commissioning of emerging playwrights
Cherry Lane Alternative -- $2,500
For "The Mentors Project"
Adobe Theatre Company -- $2,000
One act play festival
3-legged Dog -- $5,000
In support of "The Realism of the Simple Machines"
1996 and 1997
Public Theatre -- $1,000
New Work Now Festival
Talking Band -- $2,000
Director's fees for the new multi-media theatre
work "Party Time"
Pearl Theatre -- $3,000
Over three years (1996-1998) for general operating support
Voice and Vision -- $3,000
Towards artists' fees for production of new plays by women
Ontological Theatre -- $1,000
General operating support
INTAR -- $3,000
Festival of New Latino Voices
SIT (Saratoga International Theatre Institute) -- $2,700
General operating support
Cucamcha -- $5,000
General operating support
La Mama e.t.c. -- $10,000
Over two years (1996-1997) for general operating support
Circum Arts -- $1,000
In support of Camilla's Theatre Gallery
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council -- $3,000
Toward residency for Michael Counts/ GAle GAtes & Co.
Signature Theatre Company -- $2,500
Challenge Grant
Foundry Theatre -- $5,000
Ove two years (1996-1997) for development initiative
Three Legged Dog -- $3,000
General operating support
Mabou Mines -- $5,000
For general operating support and debt retirement
Encompas Theatre -- $1,000
General operating support
Theatre by the Blind --$1,000
General operating support
En Garde Arts -- $5,000
Toward launching of the Special Events Wing
New Georges Theatre -- $2,500
General Operating support
Women's Project -- $5,000
General operating support
Musical Theatre Works -- $1,000
For the Writers' Lab
River Arts -- $5,000
Toward development of the new theatre piece, "Children of War"
1995
Target Margin Theatre -- $2,000
To premiere the new original opera "Young Goodman Brown" at La Mama
GOH Productions/Czech Puppet Theatre -- $4,000
Artists' fees for the new work "Rusalka, the Little Rivermaid"
Foundry Theatre -- $5,000
For production of David Hancocks' "Deviant Crafts:" at the Brooklyn Anchorage
HOME for Contemporary Theatre -- $2,500
General operating support
Arden Party -- $2,500
General operating support
Alliance of Resident Theatres -- $1,500
For the Nancy Quinn Fund for Emerging Theatres
Terry Shrieber Studio -- $1,000
New Director's Unit
New York Stage and Film -- $1,000
Toward development and presentation of new plays at the Powerhouse Theatre, Vassar College, during their summer season
1991
Signature Theatre Company -- $1,000
For general operating expenses
Wooster Group -- $1,750
Towards donor development
Tiny Mythic Theatre Company -- $1,000
For the American Living Room Series
National Actors Theatre -- $1,000
General operating support
New York Shakespeare Festival -- $1,000
General operating support
Classic Stage Company -- $5,000
For the commissioning of new plays based on classical literary works
1993
En Garde Arts -- $10,000
General operating support to commission
and produce site-specific theatre
Playwrights Horizons -- $6,400
Toward payment of fees to playwrights presented by the New Theatre Wing
Roundabout Theatre COmpany -- $1,000
General operating support
1992
Lincoln Center Theatre -- $20,000
Leadership grant to support creation of the New PLaywrights Program
1986-1991
Depot Theatre -- $20,000
Toward production costs for the New American Musical Program

Performance Art

1998-1999
Mad Alex Arts Foundation -- $5,200
General operating support
Meredith Monk/The House Foundation -- $1,000
General operating support
J. Mandle Performance -- $1,000
Support for two site-specific performances
Free Range Arts -- $2,000
For "Humor Unplucked"
Sara East Johnson -- $1,000
For "Lava"
Franklin Furnace Archive -- $6,000
"The future of the present 2000" in collaboration with Parson School of design
Dixon Place -- $1,000
General support
1996 and 1997
Franklin Furnace Archive -- $10,000
Over two years (1996-1997) as a challenge grant for strategic development and general operating expenses
Roxanne Dance Co. -- $10,000
Over two years (1996-1997) as a challenge grant for strategic development and general operating expenses
Dixon Place -- $5,000
Challenge grant for general operating expenses.
Free Range Arts -- $1,500
for "Humor Unplucked"
1995
Mad Alex Arts Foundation -- $3,000
"Devotional: Writers' Retrospective" reading series
House Foundation/Meredith Monk -- $1,000
For development of the new work "Song of the Lark"
1994
Dixon Place -- $3,000
Towards fees for performing artists
1993
Franklin Furnace Archive -- $10,000
Toward residency, installation and performance of original work by Tomislav
Gotovac
1992
House Foundation -- $5,000
Toward production costs for the New York premiere of Meredith Monk's Atlas: an opera in three parts

Media Arts

1998 - 1999
Film Two Productions -- $5,000
In support "Black Feminism"
Human Arts Association -- $4,000
For Lori Ginker's project "Veterans of War"
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council -- $2,500
In support of "Thundergulch"
Nuyorican Poets Cafe/Fifth Night Screenplay and Short-Film Series -- $5,000
Project support
Harvestworks -- $5,000
Artists in residence programs
River Films/Macky Alston -- $5,000
The Documentary "Alan Smith's life after death"
Independent Feature Project -- $5,700
Annual Heathcote Screenwriters Award
1996 and 1997
Human Arts Association -- $5,000
Completion funds for Jackie Ochs film, "Neighbor"
New Radio and Performing Arts -- $2,500
For the Internet Project "Turbulence"
Visual Arts Foundation -- $1,000
for the Digital Salon
Minetta Brook -- $2,500
For an audio installation on the Hudson waterfront by Constance de Jong

Foundation for Independent Video and Film -- $5,000
Towards costs associated with a new self-distribution initiative.
1995
Human Arts Association -- $5,000
Toward completion costs for the film "Neighbor", Jackie Ochs, director
Bowery Productions -- $13,250
Toward completion costs for the documentary film "War Crimes Against Women," Mandy Jacobsen, Director
Opelika Pictures -- $5,000
Toward completion costs for the documentary film "Family Name," Macky Alston, director
Media Alliance -- $500
Toward the Emerging Artists Program
1994
Nuyorican Poets' Cafe -- $15,000
Leadership grant over three years (1994-1996) for the Fifth Night Film/Media Program
1993
Whitney Museum of Art -- $6,000
Toward fees paid to emerging artists presented by the Department of Film and Video
1986-1991
American Museum of the Moving Image -- $15,000 Stan Brakhage retrospective

Multiple Discipline

1998-1999
The Kitchen -- $3,000
General support
HERE -- $5,000
Emerging artists programming
MacDowell Colony -- $1,000
Artists in residency program
Gowanus Arts Exchange -- $3,000
"New York - New Audience" series
Thread Waxing Space -- $2,000
General operating support
Creative Time - $1,000
General support
1996 and 1997
Ping Chong and Company -- $5,000
In support of a new collaborative work with Muna Tseng and Josel Fung
Haleakala, Inc. d/b/a The Kitchen -- $5,000
General operating expenses
Hostos Center for Art and Culture -- $3,000
General operating expenses
P.S. 122 -- $5,000
General operating expenses
New York Chinese Culture Center -- $5,000
Toward production costs for a new work by artists Fred Ho, premiering at BAM in 1997
Downtown Arts Festival -- $5,000
Over two years (1997-1998) for general operating expenses
St. Ann's Center for the Arts -- $5,000
to develop a residency for emerging artists in puppetry
Jim Henson Foundation - $2,500
For the 3rd International Festival of Puppets
Thread Waxing Space -- $1,000
General operating support
Symphony Space -- $2,500
Literary Programs Series
Creative Time -- $5,000
For the annual Anchorage Program
1995
Haleakala, INc. d/b/a/ The Kitchen
Artists fees for development and presentation of the new work "Carpet Bombs" by Julia Heyward
Gowanus Arts Exchange -- $1,500
Special Productions Program
DIA Center for the Arts/Rushmore Festival -- $2,000
For the collaborative project "Fantastic Prayers" developed for the Internet
1994
P.S. 122 -- $2,500
For the "New Stuff" Program
The Field -- $3,000
Over three years (1994-1996) for the Emerging
Artists Challenge Program
1993
Westchester Arts Council -- $25,000
Over five years (1993-1997) to fund annual artistic advancement awards to artists resident in Westchester County.
Millay Colony/Jacob's Pillow -- $5,000
To fund a first-time cross-disciplinary collaborative project between artists resident at both colonies
Creative Time -- $2,500
In support of the 42nd Street Development Project
Bronx Council on the Arts -- $5,000
General operating support
1992
New York Foundation for the Arts -- $10,000
Towards NYFA's Fellowship Program for individual artists
1986-1991
The MacDowell Colony -- $50,000
To endow in perpetuity the Josephine Mercy Heathcote residency for talented artists of all backgrounds and disciplines
National Society of Arts & Letters -- $25,000
Over five years (1986-1991) to fund student competition awards in music, literature, fine art, dance and photography

New Strategies for the Arts

1999 - 1999
NYFA/New Arts Advocates - $15,000
NAA- Inaugural Event
Creative Capital - $5,000
General support
Grantmakers in the Arts/AMFA - $26,162
Development of American Families for the Arts Philanthopy peer network
1996 and 1997
New York Foundation for the Arts -- $12,800
Over two years (1997-1998) for planning and execution of silver anniversary benefit and reimbursement of cost overruns related to the Family Foundation Project
1995
Alliance for the Arts -- $1,000
For the "Estate Project" direct services for artists with AIDS
En Garde Arts -- $5,000
To develop the Special Events Wing
New York Foundation for the Arts -- $5,000 To commission the Family Foundation Project, a study on how family foundations support the arts nationwide
1994
HOME -- $2,500
Toward general operating expenses for the collaborative multi-arts center HERE
1993
American Federation of Arts -- $10,842
Over two years (1992-1993) to evaluate and refocus services AFA provides to its small- and medium-sized museum membership
Arts Forward Fund -- $5,000
Over two years (1992-1993) to support this collaborative effort to provide New York-based arts organizations with financial assistance for strategic planning.

Special Mention

1998-1999

Center for Arts Education - $2,500
"Satisfy Your Taste for the Arts"
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression - $2,000
General support

Village of Arts and Humanities - $5,000
General operating support

Venango Center for Arts and Culture -- $2,000
Annual Sibley Grant
National Gallery of Art - $1,000
Membership
1996 and 1997
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression (1996-1997) -- $2,000
General Operating system
Foundation Center -- $1,000
General operating support
Venago Center for Creative Development -- $1,000
Annual gift to fund the Sibley Award for Artistic Advancement in Franklin, PA though 1999
American Federation of Arts -- $1,000
Artist's fee for catalogue by Renee Green entitled, "Artist/Author"The Book Art Since 1980"
Columbia University School of Arts -- $1,000
Toward continuing research entitled, "Information on Artists II"
1995
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression -- $1,000
General operating system
Venango Center for Creative Development/Franklin Fine Arts Council -- $2,500
Over five years (1995-1999) Sibley Award for Artistic Advancement in Franklin, PA
Ink People, Eureka, CA -- $1,000
For contributions to Institute of Native Knowledge

1993
American Museum in Britain -- $25,000
Over two years (1993-1994) to endow the Greek Revival Room in the name of Josephine Mercy Heathcote
Brooklyn Children's Museum -- $1,000
General operating support
Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer -- $7,500

To commission a concept study for an "arts mall" in Souther Westchester, a program-related investment conceived by the Foundation and funded jointly with the Westchester County Department of Cultural Affairs.
1986-1991
Metropolitan Museum of Art -- $1,800,00

Toward restoration of the Josephine Mercy Heathcote Gallery for English 18th century fine and decorative arts, and contribution of a selection of period works for exhibit therein.
United States Department of State -- $200,000
Approximate value of fine art and furnishings donated to decorate the primary suite for visiting heads of state at Blair House
Camphill Soltane -- $15,000
Equipment for the Heathcote Pottery Studio at this facility for the developmentally disabled young people.

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