Grantee Database

Hadrian Mendoza

• 2012
• Crafts
• United States to Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

to support travel and research in Southeast Asia to plan a Southeast Asian ceramics festival.

Michigan State University Museum

• 2012
• Museum Studies

To support professional exchanges between the Yunnan Nationalities Museum (YNM) and the Michigan State University Museum (MSUM), focusing on building the digital capacity to foster ongoing sharing between ethnographic museums in China and the US.

Minegishi Sachi

Country / Region:
• Japan

• 2012
• Music
• Japan to Taiwan

for a two-month grant to research traditional music in Taiwan.

Ashit Mitra

Country / Region:
• Bangladesh

• 2012
• Visual Art
• Bangladesh to United States

For a six-month grant to undertake a residency at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City, beginning in spring 2012.

National Gallery of Art

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Art History

To support travel costs for National Gallery staff and Japanese cultural representatives, including museum professionals and monks from Japan who will take part in the opening events in Washington, DC, for the exhibition Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800), on view at the Gallery from March 30-April 29, 2012.

Nature Theater of Oklahoma

• 2012
• Theater

To support performances by Nature Theater of Oklahoma of Life and Times – Episode 1, the first installment of a planned ten-episode saga, at Shizuoka Performing Arts Center in 2012. (Fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)

Noguchi Museum

Country / Region:
• United States

• 2012
• Conservation

to continue support of the partnership between the New York based and Japan based Noguchi Museums.

Northern Illinois University

• 2012
• Other

to support the participation of seven Cambodian artists and scholars in the September 2012 Cambodia Studies Conference.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

• 2012
• Music

To support the 2012 Japan Tour of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a musician-led ensemble committed to collaborative leadership, comprising four performances, three facilitated discussions, and a public forum.

Pan Yaochang

Country / Region:
• China

• 2012
• Art History
• China to United States

Advanced Workshop in American Art History

Sasithorn Panichnok

Country / Region:
• Thailand

• 2012
• Theater
• Thailand to United States

For a ten-month grant renewal to complete a program of study in theater leading to the M.F.A. degree at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City.

Pen Sereypagna

Country / Region:
• Cambodia

• 2012
• Architecture
• Cambodia to United States

for a five-month grant to study architecture and architectural history and to undertake an internship at Steven Harris Architects in New York City, beginning in summer 2012.