MACARTHUR FOUNDATION MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS GRANTS.The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, philanthropic institution founded 1978 by John D. MacArthur (1897–1978), owner of a prominent insurance company and other businesses, and his wife Catherine T. has awarded $500,000 in grants to 23 media centers and national media organizations. The awards were made to media centers for film and video projects in three categories: those that foster community engagement; those that serve and involve children and youth; and those that stimulate community discussion about issues related to welfare, workforce development and economic inequality
Economic inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income. . 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA $25,000 "Where is the 'Me' in Media?" is a video production training program for high school students that will produce video self-portraits, a documentary exploring issues of identity and representation in the media and a studio production in which students and community members will discuss issues of representation. Alliance for Community Media, Washington, DC $15,000 For research and publication of an updated version of the Community Media Resource Directory with information from approximately 2000 media centers worldwide. American Social History Project, Brooklyn, NY $25,000 The New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Workfare work·fare n. A form of welfare in which capable adults are required to perform work, often in public-service jobs, as a condition of receiving aid. [work + (wel)fare.] Media Initiative teaches welfare recipients and union workers how to use documentaries about workfare and welfare reform as organizing tools. Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY $25,000 "Reframing reframing (rē·frāˑ·ming), n the revisiting and reconstruction of a patient's view of an experience to imbue it with a different usually more positive meaning in the the Debate with Community-Directed Media" is a project in collaboration with the Kentucky Economic Justice Alliance to stimulate statewide discussion and debate about economic justice, welfare reform, persistent poverty and civic engagement. Center for Arts Criticism, Minneapolis, MN $25,000 "In Progress" is a media arts and criticism program for youth in Crookston, Leech Lake Leech Lake is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is southeast of Bemidji, located mainly within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and completely within the Chippewa National Forest. It is used as a reservoir. Nation/Cass Lake Township Lake Township is the name of several townships in the United States of America:
Children's Media Project, Poughkeepsie, NY $20,000 "TALKING WALLS: Transformation from the Inside Out" is a project on self-exploration and media literacy Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see and read. for at-risk youth using video documentary film making as the primary tool. Cine Accion, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA $25,000 For support of a project to involve high school students in a Youth Screening Committee that will select Latino films and videos for the Festival Cine Latino, special youth screenings and circulation to elementary schools. Community Film Workshop of Chicago, Chicago, IL $20,000 The Media Arts and New Technologies Project is an after-school media arts, technology and peer leadership program for youth ages 11 to 18 in Chicago's Grand Boulevard Grand Boulevard may refer to one of the following:
Community TV Network, Chicago, IL $20,000 For support of the development of young video producers through an international video letter exchange, a youth justice initiative and an advanced training program. Deep Dish This article is about the band. For the food, see Chicago-style pizza. Deep Dish is a duo of DJ and house music producers consisting of Iranian American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. TV, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY $20,000 For support of "America Behind Bars," the second series of video training workshops for teens, college students and activists; and for town meetings on prison reform. Educational Video Center, New York, NY $20,000 To support a collaboration with National Mobilization Against Sweatshops and Human Rights Watch in which youth organizers/TV crew members will produce documentaries about sweatshops and human rights issues. The productions will be screened at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in June and disseminated as part of a grassroots organizing Grassroots organizing is a political practice to create social change. Grassroots organizing is based on the power of the people to take collective action on their own behalf. campaign. Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA $15,000 STAND (Support, Training, and Access for New Directors) is a program that takes first-time producers from underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. communities through the process of making a film or video and teaches them every step from budgeting to exhibition. Global Action Project. New York, NY $25,000 Urban Voices is a program in which youth conduct dialogue and community-based research on issues that concern them, produce videos and Web pages, lead community screenings and show their work on a monthly cable television program. Intermedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). Arts, Minneapolis, MN $25,000 AVIDI (Audiovisual Investigations of Democracy) is a collaboration with Phillips Community Television in which young people will be trained to produce media and foster dialogue around issues related to urban youth. L.A. Freewaves, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA $25,000 For distribution of "TV or Not TV" videos and a curriculum guide to libraries, schools and other media in order to help youths analyze and evade the all-powerful reach of commercial media. Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum/Radio Arte, Chicago, IL $25,000 "Youth Metro" is a weekly bilingual discussion series on WRTE-Radio Arte, an 8-watt educational radio station that is managed by 15- to 21-year-old youths. WRTE provides 18 hours a day of commercial-free bilingual programs. New Orleans Video Access Center, New Orleans, LA $25,000 "New Orleans: One City, Many Voices" is a collaboration with independent producers, educational institutions and social justice organizations to produce and screen a series of videos about individuality, identity and social relationships. Organization for Northern Development (Out North), Anchorage, AK $20,000 The Youth Millennium Project provides disadvantaged youth with video training, equipment access and production assistance to create a video exploring the meaning of family in Alaska. Paper Tiger Television Paper Tiger Television is an open media collective dedicated to raising media literacy and challenging corporate control over broadcast medium. Based in New York City, Paper Tiger was founded in 1981. , New York, NY $15,000 To support four video production and media literacy workshops, including a peer education component and a youth-curated video screening series. Public Access Television, Iowa City, IA $10,000 For the addition of a media training component to the Women Initiating Social Change program in which college women learn how to conduct community organizing and education campaigns about feminist issues. Public Access Television manages the public access channel, training and programming in Iowa City. Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, PA $25,000 For support of three programs that involve and serve youths and the community: Community Visions, Street Movies and the Youth History Video Project. Street-Level Youth Media, Chicago, IL $25,000 For support of a large scale video installation at the Street-to-Street Block Party, organized by Chicago youth in collaboration with Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago Access Network Television and Columbia College. Youth Radio, Berkeley, CA $25,000 To provide training in new media to disadvantaged youth and to upgrade a Web site and links so that youth nationwide can generate programming and information for on-line and traditional radio broadcast outlets. |
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