Public Project Grants 2007-08
American Scandinavian Association of Augustana College, Moline, IL
in support of Midsummer Concerts by Sweden’s “Jenny Lind” scholar Susanna Stern and accompanist Anna Christensson.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $550
American-Scandinavian Foundation Texas Associates, Austin, TX
in support of 2009 Scandinavian Film Fest, February 28, 2009.
Edith Coulter Fund, $2,000
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA
in support of an exhibition and educational programs based on the book, Elin's Amerika, December 2007 to March 2008.
New Sweden ’88 Fund, $2,800
Ane Lan, Kløfta, Norway
in support of Norwegian performance company “Ane Lan” presentation of Dream Chamber in NYC and Chicago, November 2007 to April 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $1,500
Ars Nova Workshop, Inc, Philadelphia, PA
in support of “The Northwest Passage Series” consisting of concerts featuring: Norwegian jazz musicians Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen of the Love Duo, lute player Rolf Lislevand and composer/vocalist Maja Ratkje.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $1,400
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
in support of Augustana Choir’s tour of Sweden and participation in local celebrations in Gavle and Hille honoring Augustana founder Lars Paul Esbjorn, Spring 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $500
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
in support of BAM Remembers Ingmar Bergman, November 18 - 21, 2007.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $5,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
in support of the production of Woyzeck, by Georg Büchner, from Iceland's Vesturport Theatre, October 2008.
Thor Thors Memorial Fund, $2,000
The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
in support of the participation of Norwegian artists Annbjørg Lien & Frigg in the Tenth Annual Nordic Roots Festival, September 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $5,000
City Parks Foundation, New York, NY
in support of the production of Pippi, a musical re-imaging of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Central Park, October to December 2007.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $2,000
Columbia University/Swedish Program, New York, NY
in support of Spring 2008 Swedish programs including a screening of the documentary film Sigrid & Isaac and an evening of monologues by Scandinavian writers. March & April 2008.
New Sweden '88 Fund, $2,000
Concordia Language Villages, Moorhead, MN
in support of bringing native Norwegian speakers to the Norwegian Language Village, Summer 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $1,000
Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
in support of the translation and publication of Pastel Paintings of Anna Archer by Dr. Elisabeth Fabritius.
John L. Loeb Jr. Foundation Grant, $14,700
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
in support of the exhibition “Greta Magnusson Grossman: Furniture and Lighting,” featuring drawings by the Swedish architect and industrial designer, October to November 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
Finlandia University's Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI
in support of bringing Sámi scholar Bård Borg from Tromso, Norway to participate in a symposium related to an exhibition on the Sámi Reindeer Herding Project in Alaska, January to February 2009.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $2,500
Finlandia University's Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI
in support of folk music workshops and performances featuring the Norwegian folk band Frigg, October 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $1,000
Hanasaari Cultural Center, Espoo, Finland
in support of Seminar: Managing Change in the Globalized Society, for young American and Nordic leaders, March 2008.
Finnish Fund, $2,500
Harding Puls, New York, NY
in support of bringing mezzo soprano Kristin Mulders and composer Mika Pohjola to the Trygve Lie Gallery at the Norwegian Seaman’s Church to perform at a concert celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the poet Olav H. Hauge and the composer Geirr Tveitt, May 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $2,000
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, MA
in support of performances of Sweden’s Stockholm 59° North during the Jacob’s Pillow 2008 Dance Festival, August 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $3,000
Kantele Laulu, Inc., Gray, ME
in support of the 3rd Maine Kantele Institute and the participation of professional kantele teachers from Finland, August 2008.
Finnish Fund, $500
Learning Enrichment, Inc., Williamsburg, VA
in support of updating and technical support for the ASF sponsored website “Exploring the Nordic Region.”
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,250
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
in support of a public lecture by Magnuss Olausson curator at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm during the “Alexander Roslin & the Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli” exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, August to November, 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $2,000
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
in support of the creation of an installation piece by Icelandic artist Katrin Sigurdardóttir for the “Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art” exhibit, October 2009 to January 2010.
Thor Thors Memorial Fund, $1,500
Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
in support of the exhibition “Visual Voice: the Poster Art of Finn Nygaard” highlighting the work of Danish artist Finn Nygaard, January 14 - April 5, 2008.
Edith Coulter Fund, $1,000
National Audubon Society Seabird Restoration Program, Rockland, Maine
in support of bringing Swedish artist Karl Mårtens & his paintings to the Project Puffin Visitor Center during the “Wings Across the Atlantic - The Shared Seabird Heritage of Sweden and Maine” exhibition, May to October, 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $2,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
in support of an exhibition of the work of Finnish contemporary artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila as part of NMWA's Women Artists Worldwide series, July 4 - October 26, 2008.
Finnish Fund, $500
New England String Ensemble, Wakefield, MA
in support of “Nordic Landscapes Concert” featuring works by composers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, April 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
Newport Music Festival, Newport, RI
in support of American debut of Icelandic tenor Garðar Thór Cortes during the Newport Music Festival's 40th anniversary celebrations, July 2008.
Thor Thors Memorial Fund, $2,000
New York Opera Society, New York, NY
in support of “Operas of the Sea: A Norwegian Christmas Concert Tour” to be held in Chicago, New York and Washington, DC featuring four Norwegian opera singers from Kulturentusiastene, December 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $3,000
New York Scandia Symphony, New York, NY
in support of concert series of Scandinavian music in Trinity Church during the 2007-08 season.
New Sweden '88 Fund, $1,000
Nordic American Students Association/Columbia University, New York, NY
in support of bringing Dr. Baldur Thorhallsson from the University of Iceland to give a lecture on “Small States in the International Community” using Nordic Countries as a case study.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $400
Nordic Pragmatism Network, Helsinki, Finland
in support of travel expenses for American scholars speaking at the Nordic Pragmatism Conference, June 2008.
Finnish Fund, $1,000
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
in support of the film series “Sisu Cinema: Nine From the Finnish New Wave,” February 2008.
Finnish Fund, $1,000
The Norwegian Seamen's Church, New York, NY
in support of artist and composer travel expenses in connection with the exhibition and music project “Silent Cities: Reflections on Urbanity, Civilization, Time and Decay” at the Trygve Lie Gallery, October 2007.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $2,000
Other Minds Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
in support of the world premiere performance of work by Swedish composer Lars-Gunnar Bodin, March 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,500
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, Philadelphia, PA
in support of Norwegian director Jo Strømgren's participation in the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, and the world premier of his “European Lesson,” April - September 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $3,000
Pig Iron Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
in support of a collaboration with Stockholm’s Teater Slava to develop an American version of Sweet BY-AND-BY, a one-man musical drama about the Swedish-American songwriter/activist, Joe Hill, August - September, 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $2,500
Portland Revels, Portland, OR
in support of the performance of Norwegian Springar dancers, Karin Brennesvik, Tom Løvli and Sigbjørn Rua, at the Christmas Revels, December 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $3,600
Public Art Fund, New York, NY
in support of travel expenses for Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, related to the development of the installation public art project “The New York City Waterfalls,” July- October 2008.
Edith Coulter Fund, $1,000
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York, NY
in support of a production of Lars Norén's War, November 2007 to January 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $2,500
Rollins College Department of Music, Winter Park, FL
in support of bringing Norwegian artists, singer Njål Sparbo and pianist Einar Røttingen to perform at the Grieg Festival at Rollins College, January 2009.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $2,500
Seattle First Covenant Church, Seattle, WA
in support of the performance and tour of the Musiklinjen choir from Jönköping, Sweden during 50th Annual Julfest, December 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $500
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
in support of bringing Norwegian film director Lars Ailo Gaup to host the “At the Movies: Best of the Sámi Film Festival,” June 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $5,000
Svenskarnas Dag Girls Choir (SDGC), Minneapolis, MN
in support of the Svenskarnas Dag Girls Choir’s performance tour of Sweden, summer 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $500
The Tank, LTD, New York, NY
in support of featuring four Swedish performers at the “2008 Blip Festival” a four day electronic music and multimedia event.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
Teater Playhouse, Stockholm, Sweden
in support of the production and Scandinavian premiere of American playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole, the winner of 2007 Pulitzer Prize for best drama, March 14, 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
in support of “MYTH: A Graduate Conference in German & Scandinavian Studies” and screening of Embla, a film directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, February 16 - 17, 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $450
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, IA
in support of bringing two folk artists from Norway to an event celebrating the traditions of Norwegian wood and metal working, “Coming Out of the Woodwork: A Vesterheim Symposium on Norwegian Folk Art,” April 2008.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $3,000
VSA Arts of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
in support of the performance of Norwegian dancers at “Global Dance Fest 2009 Latitudes North,” January to June 2009.
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund, $3,000
Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Waterbury, CT
in support of the “Leroy Anderson Centennial Celebration” including a parade and massed musical performance of Anderson’s music, May 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $500
Williamson County Historical Museum, Inc., Georgetown, TX
in support of production of a traveling exhibit and educational resource entitled “From Småland, Sweden to Big Land Texas,” October 2008 - October 2012
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
in support of travel expenses for Finnish scholars speaking at the “Escape from the Holocaust: The Fate of Jews in Finland” conference, June 2008.
Finnish Fund, $1,000
Zebrakorsning Teaterproduktion, Göteborg, Sweden
in support of production in Sweden of American dramatist Rebecca Gilman's play Blue Surge, February 2008.
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund, $1,000
Totals for 2007-08 Public Project Grants:
Awards: 53
Award Funding: $107,150