2007 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and its Coming Up Taller partners, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities, are proud to announce the 2007 Coming Up Taller Award Semifinalists. Fifty exceptional programs from across the country were selected, reflecting a diversity of arts and humanities disciplines and settings.

Alaska Arts Southeast Inc.
Sitka Fine Arts Camp
Sitka, AK

La Pilita Association
La Pilita Youth Docent Program
Tucson, AZ

Pima County Public Library
Word Journeys
Tucson, AZ

Hernandez Mariachi Heritage Society
Mariachi Music Instruction Program
South El Monte, CA

No Limits Theatre Group, Inc.
No Limits Theatre Group
Culver City, CA

Oakland Youth Chorus
Music Education and Performance
Oakland, CA

The Unusual Suspects Company
Culver City, CA

Latin American Youth Center
Art and Media House
Washington, DC

The Theatre Lab, Inc.
Youth Program
Washington, DC

Powerstories Theatre, Inc.
Girlstories Theatre and Workshops
Tampa, FL

Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia of Metropolitan Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture
After School Art Experiences and Summer Art
Holualoa, HI

Free Street Programs, Inc.
Free Street
Chicago, IL

Hamilton Wings
Hamilton Wings' SCORE
Elgin, IL

The Chicago Humanities Festival
Words@PLAY
Chicago, IL

Young Audiences of Indiana, Inc.
Summer Arts for Youth
Indianapolis, IN

Accessible Arts, Inc.
Discovery Trails Program
Kansas City, KS

Barrington Stage Company
Playwright Mentoring Project
Pittsfield, MA

Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses
Art a la Carte
Dorchester, MA

Greater Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Intensive Community Program
Boston, MA

The Hyde Square Task Force, Inc.
Ritmo en Acción Youth Dance Initiative
Jamaica Plain, MA

Hampden Family Center
Youthlight Photography Project
Baltimore, MD

USM Student Senate
WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio Project
Portland, ME

InsideOut Literacy Arts Project, Inc.
Citywide Poets
Detroit, MI

Sphinx Organization, Inc.
Sphinx Preparatory Music Institute
Detroit, MI

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
Artworks
Grand Rapids, MI

Juxtaposition Arts, Inc.
Juxtaposition Arts
Minneapolis, MN

St. Louis Artworks
St. Louis, MO

Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children
WINGS Performing Arts
Gulfport, MS

Dreams of Wilmington, Inc.
Dreams Center for Arts Education
Wilmington, NC

Omaha Theater Company
Teen and Multicultural Programs
Omaha, NE

The Moving Company Dance Center
MoCo Arts Youth Programs
Keene, NH

Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc.
Life Arts
Paramus, NJ

Borinquen Dance Theatre, Inc.
Rochester, NY

Global Action Project, Inc.
Urban Voices
New York, NY

Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes, Inc.
Children's Visual Arts Classes
Buffalo, NY

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc.
The Lab
Brooklyn, NY

The Hudson River Museum of Westchester
Junior Docent Program
Yonkers, NY

Clark State Community College
Project Jericho
Springfield, OH

Academy of Community Music
Crescendo Music Program
Fort Washington, PA

Bradford County Regional Arts Council
Learning Early Network
Towanda, PA

Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Philadelphia READS, Summer READS, SWARM
Philadelphia, PA

Community MusicWorks
Providence, RI

Everett Dance Theatre
Tiered Mentorship Program
Providence, RI

Creative Kids
Project Arts in Motion (AIM)
El Paso, TX

Imagination Celebration Fort Worth, Inc.
Young Artists Apprenticeship & Debbie Allen Dance
Fort Worth, TX

Dept. of Parks, Recreation/City of Richmond
City Dance Theatre
Richmond, VA

Richmond Boys' Choir
Richmond, VA

SputhEast Effective Development (SEED)
SEED Arts
Seattle, WA

Young Shakespeare Workshop
Seattle, WA