1999 COMING UP TALLER AWARDS Note from Bill Ivey Note from John Brademas & Harriet Mayor Fulbright AWARD RECIPIENTS: Angkor Dance Troupe Corcoran Art Mentorship Program (CAMP) DC WritersCorps East Bay Center for the Performing Arts Gallery 37 Hilltop Artists in Residence Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit El Puente Arts & Cultural Center Teen Parent Reading Project Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc. The 1999 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists National Jury

National Jury Peggy Barber Associate Executive Director for Communications American Library Association Chicago, IL Tomas J. Benitez Director Self Help Graphics and Art, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Bill Bulick Founder Creative Planning Consultants Portland, OR William Cleveland Founder and Director Center for the Study of Art and Community Minneapolis, MN Homer Jackson Artist Philadelphia, PA Sandra Mayo Dean of Arts and Sciences St. Philip's College San Antonio, TX Shirley K. Sneve Director Visual Arts Center Sioux Falls, SD Karen White Artist Karen White Studio Denver, CO Daniel J. Windham President and CEO Kansas City Young Audiences Kansas City, MO Phillip Ying Violist Ying Quartet Rochester, NY