2005 COMING UP TALLER AWARDS

Ceremony Remarks by First Lady Mrs. Bush

Acknowledgements

Note from First Lady Laura Bush

Note from the Federal Cultural Agencies


AWARD RECIPIENTS:
The ArtsLiteracy Project

Book Group Programs at Family Focus

Castle Performing Arts Learning Center

Cathedral Choir School of Delaware

Cultural Alternatives Division

ICP at The Point

JAMS (Jobs in the Arts Make Sense)

Latino Outreach Program

Moving in the Spirit

Old Stories, New Voices Program

Pillsbury House Theatreís Chicago Avenue Project

The School Project

Teen Media Program

TRUCE

Youth-Art-in-Action

The Art and Children Project

Margarita Septién Ludic Center

Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists 2005

National Jury
 




Coming Up Taller Awards National Jury 2005

Wendy C. Blackwell
Director of Education
National Children's Museum
Washington, DC

Sharon Combs
Vice President, National Alliances
Nonprofit Finance Fund
New York, NY

Ben Donenberg
Artistic Director
Shakespeare Festival / LA
Los Angeles, CA

Edward H. Friedman
Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Anthony P. Frudakis
Sculptor and Associate Professor
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI

Sandra Haarsager
Interim Director, Lionel Hampton Center
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

Robert L. Hall
Associate Head of Education and Visual Arts Specialist
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

Luis Haza
Music Director and Conductor
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras
Annandale, VA

Mark Lutwak
Freelance Director
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI

Paula Phillips
Director, Community Arts Partnerships
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Jeri Robinson
Vice President, Early Childhood Programs
Boston Childrenís Museum
Boston, MA

Nicole Yohalem
Program Director
The Forum for Youth Investment
Washington, DC

Denise Zaccardi
Executive Director
Community TV Network
Chicago, IL