Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

American Opera Initiative

to support a pilot program to train American composers and librettists

to continue support for the development and production of new operas and related public programming

New Works and Public Programming

to support the Washington Opera’s production of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa

Opera Program

to support planning for a national opera center

National Opera Center

to support required stabilization work for the opera house building and increased organizational capacity

National Opera House

for development of ways to increase earned and contributed income

Regional Opera Program

to support the Washington Prison History Project

Washington Prison History Project

to support the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention

National Performing Arts Convention

to support documentation of the first national performing arts convention

to support listening sessions with tribal communities in Washington State to better understand their library and technology needs for future pilot projects

Centering Washington Tribal Libraries 

National Radio Broadcasts

Opera Center

to support Fast Forward at Di Capo Opera, a series of concerts and semi-staged operas not yet produced by major opera companies

Opera Program 

toward support of a program of services for trustees and volunteers of opera companies and to explore the possibility of merging the organization with that of Opera Guilds International

Opera Company Services

to continue support for the Opera of our Time Initiative

Opera of Our Time

in support of the Washington Collegium on the Humanities

Washington Collegium

in support of the Washington Collegium for Humanistic Study and Research

to assist planning for cooperative programs among seven Washington cultural institutions

to support the Opera Fusion: New Works initiative

Opera Fusion - New Works

to support fellowships for opera composers and librettists

Opera Fellowships

to support activities facilitating the merger of the Utah Symphony and the Utah Opera

Opera and Symphony Merger

to support developmental residencies for new American opera in partnership with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music  

Opera Fusion:  New Works

to support Minnesota OperaWorks, a contemporary opera initiative

The Contemporary Opera Initiative "Minnesota OperaWorks"

to continue support for the Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer Residency Program

Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer Training

to support collaborative opera development with Opera Company of Philadelphia and Music-Theatre Group, and a producing associate position in collaboration with Music-Theatre Group

Collaborative Opera Development/Producing Associate

to support the Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer Residency Program 

Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer Residency Program 

National Theater Program

to support artistic initiatives and organizational development

National Theater Program 

to support productions of three new contemporary operas by US composers

US Composers Production Support

to support development and dissemination of new American opera

Development and Dissemination of New American Opera

to continue support for Opera Fusion: New Works and to commission new operas about positive Black stories

Advancing the Future of American Opera

to support the development of a new opera, Charlie Parker, and a producing associate position

to support a convening of arts practitioners to discuss the development and production of new musicals

National Convening of Arts Practitioners

to support the first phase of the development of a new performing edition of John Corigliano’s opera Ghosts of Versailles

The Ghosts of Versailles Opera

to support the festival’s core operations

General Operating Support

toward costs of improving specific aspects of its operations

Small Opera Program

to support planning and implementation of the Baltimore-Washington Musical Pathways Initiative

Baltimore-Washington Musical Pathways Initiative

to support the Frontiers program and the Noches de Opera initiative

Frontiers Programs and the Noches de Opera Initiative

to continue to support general operations for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

General Operating Support: Burke Museum 

toward costs of a program of ecological research and training

Ecosystems Research - Kruger National Park

to support the festival's core operations

March on Washington Film Festival

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

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Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 