2006 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 2006 Coming Up Taller Award Semifinalists. Thirty-five exceptional programs from across the country were selected, reflecting a diversity of arts and humanities disciplines and settings.

Arts & Smarts
Patchwork Central, Inc.
Evansville, IN

ArtWorks!
Huntington Museum of Art, Inc.
Huntington, WV

BAVC Youth Programs
Bay Area Video Coalition
San Francisco, CA

Berklee City Music
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA

Breakin' Curfew
Ann Arbor Teen Center, Inc. (dba Neutral Zone)
Ann Arbor, MI

City at Peace
City at Peace, Inc.
Washington, DC

Citywide Poets (CWP)
InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Inc.
Detroit, MI

Creative Communities
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
Providence, RI

Discover Theater Summer Camps
Junior Players Guild
Dallas, TX

Financial Aid Program/ Music in the Community Initiative
Concord Community Music School

HANDS-ON
ZUMIX, Inc.
East Boston, MA

I Sing the Body Electric
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation
Mattoon, IL

John C. Cudahy Branch YMCA Visual Arts Program
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

Make A Joyful Sound
Music Institute of Chicago
Winnetka, IL

Matrix Theatre Company: Young Playwrights Initiative
Matrix Theatre Company
Detroit, MI
Concord, NH

Midnight Shakespeare
Shakespeare - San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Project Shine After School Program
Tucson Unified School District
Tucson, AZ

Project STEP
Project STEP, Inc.
Boston, MA

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

SCORE! (Students Creating Opera to Reinforce Education!)
Hamilton Wings
Elgin, IL

Short Stop Youth Center
Directions for Youth & Families
Columbus, OH

SMARTS - Students Motivated by the Arts
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH

Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland, OH

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

Sunburst Youth Theatre
The Public Theatre of Kentucky, Inc.
Bowling Green, KY

Teen Apprentice Program (TAP)
Worcester Center for Crafts
Worcester, MA

The ARTiculate Employment Training Program
Washington Very Special Arts
Washington, DC

The CityKids Repertory Company
The CityKids Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY

The Sitar Center After-School Arts Program
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts
Washington, DC

Tiered Mentorship Program
Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI

Toddler Rock
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
Cleveland, OH

Urban Missions
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

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

Young Artist Apprenticeship Program (YAAP)
Blaffer Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston
Houston, TX

Youth Ensemble of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Youth Theater Project
San Francisco Mime Troupe, Inc.
San Francisco, CA