1998 COMING UP TALLER AWARDS Note from the First Lady Note from Bill Ivey Note from John Brademas & Harriet Mayor Fulbright AWARD RECIPIENTS: Appalachian Media Institute Arts Apprenticeship Training Program The Experimental Gallery The 52nd Street Project Gallup Performing Arts Academy Kaleidoscope Preschool Arts Enrichment Program PAH! Deaf Youth Theatre Street-Level Youth Media Urban smARTS The Yard (Youth At Risk Dancing) The 1998 Coming Up Taller Awards Semifinalists National Jury

National Jury Debbie Allen Producer DreamWorks Los Angeles, CA Libby Chiu Executive Director Urban Gateways Chicago, IL William Cook Chair English Department Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Ronnie Hartfield Executive Director Museum Education Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Shirley Brice Heath Senior Field Scholar The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Menlo Park, CA Grady Hillman Poet Austin, TX Samuel Chuen-Tsung Hoi Dean Corcoran School of Art Washington, DC Johnny Irizarry Program Specialist for Latino Studies Office of Curriculum Support School District of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Jane Prancan Executive Director U.S. West Foundation Denver, CO William Reeder Director National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Miami, FL