2001 COMING UP TALLER AWARDS

Note from Note from The First Lady

AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Artists for Humanity

Artists in Training, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Arts and Cultural Preservation Program Youth/Elder Initiative

Boys' Choir of Tallahassee

Documentary Workshop, Educational Video Center Inc.

Great Basin Young Chautauquans, Nevada Humanities Committee

Inner-City Arts After School Program

James E. Biggs Early Childhood Education Center

Philadelphia Department of Recreation Mural Arts Program

Young Strings

The 2001 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists

National Jury
 



The 2001 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists

A Company of Girls
Portland, ME

AileyCamp
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
Kansas City, MO

Albany Park Theater Project
Chicago, IL

Art a la Carte
Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.
Dorchester, MA

Art-At-Work
Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA

Art Start, Inc.
New York, NY

Arts Academy Teen Arts
South Boston Neighborhood House
Boston, MA

Arts Connection
Lane Arts Council
Eugene, OR

Arts in Common
Fitton Center for Creative Arts
Hamilton, OH

Butte Center for the Performing Arts
Butte, MT

City Center Art
Space One Eleven
Birmingham, AL

Community Arts Partnership
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Coyote Junior High
Seattle, WA

DRAMAGIRLS
Redmoon Theater
Chicago, IL

Everett Dance Theatre and the
Carriage House Stage and School
Duncan Avenue Arts Collaborative
Providence, RI

Expressive Arts
Tanager Place
Cedar Rapids, IA

Family History Art Book Project
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Atlanta, GA

Greater Newark Youth Orchestra
Newark, NJ

Inner City Neighborhood Art House
Erie, PA

Inside Out Community Arts
Los Angeles, CA

Lake Street Theater Club
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and
Mask Theater
Minneapolis, MN

Living Stage Theater Company
Arena Stage
Washington, DC

Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
San Pablo, CA

Marwen
Chicago, IL

Media Arts Youth Programs
Downtown Community Television
Center, Inc.
New York, NY

Merit School of Music
Chicago, IL

Moving in the Spirit
IndepenDANCE, Inc. d/b/a Moving in
the Spirit
Atlanta, GA

Positive Directions Through Dance
Dance Institute of Washington
Washington, DC

Progressive Afterschool Art
Community Education Program
Norton Gallery and School of Art, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL

Purple Bamboo Children's Traditional
Chinese Instrument Orchestra
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Radio Arte-WRTE 90.5 FM
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, IL

Regent After School Program
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

San Anto Cultural Arts, Inc.
San Antonio, TX

Santa Fe Teen Arts Center
Warehouse 21
Santa Fe, NM

SAY SI
San Antonio, TX

Strive Media Institute
Milwaukee, WI

The Junior Docent Program
The Hudson River Museum
Yonkers, NY

Trollwood Performing Arts School
Fargo, ND

Will Power to Youth
Shakespeare Festival/LA
Los Angeles, CA

WV Dreamers/Bridge of Dreams
Step by Step, Inc.
Harts, WV