13.5.101.405 Application
University of Florida

Proposal Information

Item	Response
Application #	13.5.101.405
Program	Specific Cultural Project
Proposal Type	Discipline-Based
Funding Category	N/A
Discipline	Dance
Applicant is requesting REDI waiver	No
Residency Contact Hours	N/A
Proposal Title	Voices of Strength
Proposal Synopsis	Inspired by African women living/working on the continent, this project engages K-12 students/teachers, UF/NWSA students,& diverse communities in a Fall 2012 four-phase diversity program: performances/workshops/lectures, feature the touchstone of VOICES OF STRENGTH,(women choreographers from Haiti/Mali, South Africa, Morocco, Mozambique) to engage Floridians around issues of identity, race, gender, and culture, to advance Florida's global citizenry, and challenge monolithic views of Africa.

Applicant Information

Item	Response
Corporate Name	University of Florida
Department	Center for World Arts
DBA Name	University of Florida
Federal Employer ID	59-6002052
Principal Address	219 Grinter Hall, PO Box 115500 Gainesville, FL 32611-5500
County	Alachua
Applicant Email Address	ufproposals@ufl.edu
Grant Contact	Joan Frosch, Director
Authorized Official	Timothy S. Brophy, Assistant Dean, Research, Technology, Administrative Affairs
Website	http://www.research.ufl.edu/research/

Mission Statement

The College of Fine Arts mission is to educate and prepare students for professional careers in the arts, educate complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society, and provide creative and cultural opportunities for members of our local, state-wide, and global communities.

Proposal Description

Inspired by African women living/working on the continent,the project engages K-12 students/teachers, UF/NWSA students,and diverse communities in a Fall 2012 four-phase diversity program: performances/workshops/lectures, feature the touchstone of VOICES OF STRENGTH,(women choreographers from Haiti/Mali, South Africa, Morocco, Mozambique) to engage audiences around issues of identity, race, gender, and culture, to advance Florida's global citizenry, and challenge monolithic views of Africa.

GOALS: To increase public awareness of the artistic and social merits of intercultural communication and collaboration, the Center For World Arts, University of Florida Performing Arts, New World School of Arts(Miami), In so doing, the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida will collaborate September-December, 2012 to:

1)Coordinate a multi-dimensional outreach and inreach in collaboration with K-12 teachers and students of Alachua County on African women and performance.
2)Target 10-12 key teachers for participation in the 2012 Center for African Studies Summer Institute for a workshop on contemporary dance expression of VOICES OF STRENGTH artists, who will
3)Plan the content of the VOICES OF STRENGTH project for K-12 student engagement in Alachua County schools and deliver throughout Fall 2012.
4)Host lectures by Master Lecturer in African Performing Arts, Mohamed DaCosta.
5)Feature fully produced performances (2) plus in/outreach of WOMEN OF STRENGTH; and fully produced performances of AGBEDIDI: World Dance Celebration, combining students of the New World School of Arts (Miami) and University of Florida, in Miami (3 performances)plus in/outreach, and in Gainesville (4 performances) plus in/outreach.
6)Educate diverse populations on issues of identity, race, gender and culture.

OBJECTIVES:
1) Expand the Center for World Arts' African Artist-in-Residence Program to foster groundbreaking work on culture and development in Florida communities in Alachua and Miami-Dade counties. 2) Increase the number of public performances and community workshops available in Alachua and Miami-Dade counties in African performance innovations.

ACTIVITIES: The project's activities are structured around the successful model of the artist-in-residence programs of the Center for World Arts in which global performing artists of highest level of achievement represent diverse cultural traditions and innovations and interact directly with student musicians and dancers, public school children/youth,and community members.

ACTIVITIES will include: * 6-8 collaborative public presentations of African traditions and innovations * Workshops, rehearsals and other participatory events involving African music and dance for K-12 students, teachers, and community artists that create a new model based upon imagination and innovation * Student video/audio/photographic/web projects documenting the collaboration of visiting artist and Florida artists with students, teachers,and communities.

TIMELINE:

• (Preliminary) September-December, 2011: Identify community organizations, and contact visiting and area artists and initiate preliminary communication. Make additional funding requests through UF Center for African Studies, The African Contemporary Arts Consortium, etc.

• (Preliminary)January-April, 2012: Finalize artists' dates for Fall 2012 residency. Sign agreements with MAPP for VOICES OF STRENGTH, schedule rehearsal and performance dates, arrange hotel accommodations. Prepare marketing strategy and evaluation instruments.

• (Preliminary)May-June, 2012: Recruit students and community artists for African Artist-In-Residence program. Plan student and artist travel to and from New World School of Arts (Miami-Dade).

• July-December, 2012 (Grant Period):

  Plan outreach activities in local K-12 schools and plan community workshop events with Center for African Studies Summer Institute K-12 Teachers, July 2012;
  Finalize dissemination of contextual materials, August 2012
  Pre-visits and outreach to the schools by Master Lecturer in African Performing Arts, Mohamed DaCosta, September, 2012;
  Two University of Florida Performing Arts Performances, and Interactions with, the nine female VOICES OF STRENGTH dancers, choreographers and musicians, along with music performances, workshops, and discussion, VOICES OF STRENGTH outreach as per Summer Institute K-12 Teachers plan October 2012;
  Miami-Dade’s NWSA performances of AGBEDIDI: World Dance Celebration, November 2012.
  Inreach event for the VOICES OF STRENGTH project during the performances of AGEBDIDI under the direction of Mr. DaCosta, December 2012.
  CULMINATE in AGBEDIDI: World Dance Celebration at the University of Florida, December 2012.
  Please note special timeline consideration:
  VOICES OF STRENGTH is specifically planned, to coincide with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's celebration of the world’s women, “Women and Girls Lead”, during which National Black Programming Consortium will continue to broadcast the award-winning Center for World Arts’ film production, NORA on PBS World during FALL 2012. The film, produced by Joan Frosch/UF Center for World Arts,features the courageous story of contemporary African choreographer, Nora Chipaumire. These broadcasts will enhance the accessibility of the spirit of the project to audiences throughout the state of Florida (please reference Building Leadership, section 2.c).
  To learn more about the wonderful artists of VOICES OF STRENGTH, please visit:
  http://www.mappinternational.org/programs/view/223/

Culture Builds Florida's Future

Instructions to the Applicant

Using the response areas below, describe the relationship between the proposal and the Division's strategic plan, Culture Builds Florida' Future. Applicants must complete at least one of the next four response areas.

1. Strengthening the Economy

   The point of the work of VOICES OF STRENGTH, and the goal for bringing the project and vision to us in Florida, is to ensure that arts and culture are viewed as integral, not tangential, to growth and development. Inherent in this goal is the notion of a sustainable environment that supports its citizens physically, but also values and nourishes their humanity and spirit. Furthermore, the program creates meaningful international connections for Florida residents.

2. Learning and Wellness

   The project's quality educational activities and model programs, bring a rare, firsthand view of African contemporary performance practices to be looked to, understood, and experienced for their innovation. This project upsets the standard paradigm which tends to view diversity in terms of heritage and pastness, not the capacity for its future. Thus the project refreshes our view of what we may have to learn from experiences of diversity. In fact, diversity can lead our thinking in the global world of today and tomorrow.

3. Building Leadership

   The project strongly communicates the public value of arts and culture. What we are seeking to build here in Florida is a state of quality of life, not just for some communities, but for all. The VOICES OF STRENGTH artists are creative thinkers/philosophers who, with their choreography, question and rewrite narratives that explore, and redefine how we are in the world, and what we may become. The radical praxes of these women choreographers in their time appear to coalesce in a related renaissance of African expression. We can be deeply inspired by this quest. Indeed, Mbembe’s call for a new form of African self-writing may provide an effective metaphor for their practices (2001a, 2002c). The “graphy” of their self-writing (or choreoGRAPHY) calls upon the human imagination to shake off victimhood and to inscribe new stories of African lives (2001a, 2002c). In so doing, the artists’ inscriptions create a present, future, and even a past which was unknown before. These choreographers use their power in a new language, which we may learn to speak, for it is a practice of freedom. It is time for women and girls, men and boys, of Florida to be introduced to these leaders and be inspired, not only by their struggle and forbearance, but by their vision, resilience and embodied hope.

   For who is a leader? It is she who dares to say "I," and creates the space for others to step forward to do the same.

4. Design and Development

   NA

Proposal Estimates

Estimated Number of	Response	Instructions to the Applicant
school based youth benefiting	2,000	Enter the number of individuals under the age of 18 that are expected to be participating in organized school based cultural events. This figure should reflect a portion of the total individuals benefiting.
non-school based youth benefiting	250	Enter the number of individuals under the age of 18 that are expected to be participating in non-school based cultural events. This figure should reflect a portion of the total individuals benefiting.
elders benefiting	250	Enter the number of individuals over the age of 65 that are expected to benefit from the proposal activities. This figure should reflect a portion of the total individuals benefiting.
artists participating	15	Enter the estimated number of professional artists that will be directly involved in providing artistic services specifically identified with the proposal. Include living artists whose work is represented in an exhibition regardless of whether the work was provided by the artist or by an institution. This figure should reflect a portion of the total individuals benefiting.
individuals benefiting	2,515	Give the total number of individuals that are expected to be involved in proposal activities as artists, non-artists, participants, or audience members. This number should include the values listed for youth, elders and artists.
proposal events	9	How many different events will be produced or presented within the grant period as a part of this proposal? Be sure to list different events, not performances. For example, a musical performed 10 times is only one event, but a musical performed 10 times and workshop done once are two events.
opportunities for public participation	10	Each event will have one or more opportunities for public participation. For example a musical performed 10 times is one event with 10 opportunities for public participation.

Project/Program Location

• Alachua
• Miami-Dade

Proposal Impact

The University of Florida is the flagship state university and attracts a diverse population of just under 50,000 students from across Florida, the US, and the world. We are located in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, Alachua County’s population is 243,574 individuals, and Gainesville’s population is approximately 122,000. Alachua County is 874 square miles, while the Gainesville area is 48 square miles. Gainesville serves as the county seat for Alachua County and is in the central section of the county. The city demographics are (not including the UF student population) 68.4% White, 23.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 4.5% Asian, a fraction of a percent is Pacific Islander, and 2.2 % from two or more races, and 6.40% Hispanic. Approximately 18% of the population is younger than 18 years old, and approximately 10% is over the age of 65.

Center for Worlds Arts project will target the populations of 2 Florida counties – Alachua and Miami-Dade. These counties have a combined area of over 1,600 square miles and a population of apporxomately 3,000,000 people. Approximately 600,000 of these residents are under the age of 18, and 350,000 seniors (age 65+). These programs reach residents in north central and South Florida.

The majority of our proposed programs focus on providing access to the arts for underserved and at-risk populations. These include those living with illness, disability, and significant other socioeconomic challenges. Our programs are designed to provide these individuals with new skills and creative opportunities that enhance their well-being and provide them with strategies to help them transcend their circumstances.

Operating Budget

	Operating Expenses	Completed Fiscal Year ending 6/30/10
1.	Personnel: Administrative	889,508
2.	Personnel: Programmatic	8,004,652
3.	Personnel: Technical/Production	1,991,157
4.	Outside Fees and Services: Programmatic	5,665
5.	Outside Fees and Services: Other	63,535
6.	Space Rental, Rent or Mortgage	125,906
7.	Travel	174,508
8.	Marketing	252,324
9.	Remaining Operating Expenses	5,038,047
A.	Total Cash Expenses	$16,545,302
B.	In-kind Contributions	$0
C.	Total Operating Expenses	$16,545,302
	Operating Income	Completed Fiscal Year ending 6/30/10
10.	Revenue: Admissions	57,288
11.	Revenue: Contracted Services	328,034
12.	Revenue: Other	1,819,696
13.	Private Support: Corporate
14.	Private Support: Foundation	110,000
15.	Private Support: Other	487,310
16.	Government Support: Federal	148,000
17.	Government Support: State/Regional	13,594,974
18.	Government Support: Local/County
19.	Applicant Cash
D.	Total Cash Income	$16,545,302
B.	In-kind Contributions	$0
E.	Total Operating Income	$16,545,302

Additional Operating Budget Information

None.

Proposal Budget: Summary

	Proposal Expenses	A. Request	B. Cash Expenses	C. In-kind	Total
1.	Personnel: Administrative	0	12,206	0	$12,206
2.	Personnel: Programmatic	0	9,598	0	$9,598
3.	Personnel: Technical/Production	0	3,233	0	$3,233
4.	Outside Fees and Services: Programmatic	0	0	0	$0
5.	Outside Fees and Services: Other	25,000	24,000	0	$49,000
6.	Space Rental	0	0	0	$0
7.	Travel	0	17,710	0	$17,710
8.	Marketing	0	4,000	0	$4,000
9.	Remaining Proposal Expenses	0	0	0	$0
D.	Total Proposal Expenses	25,000	70,747	0	$95,747
	Proposal Income	A. Request	B. Cash Income	C. In-Kind	Total
10.	Revenue: Admissions		4,500		4,500
11.	Revenue: Contracted Services		0		$0
12.	Revenue: Other		0		$0
13.	Private Support: Corporate		2,375		2,375
14.	Private Support: Foundation		0		$0
15.	Private Support: Other		10,000		10,000
16.	Government Support: Federal		0		$0
17.	Government Support: Regional		7,500		7,500
18.	Government Support: Local/County		0		$0
19.	Applicant Cash		46,372		46,372
E.	Total Proposal Income	25,000	70,747	0	$95,747

Proposal Budget: Detail

	Proposal Expenses	A. Request	B. Cash Expenses	C. In-Kind	Total
1.	Personnel: Administrative	0	12,206	0	$12,206
1.1. Joan Frosch, Director Center for World Arts		0	12,206	0	12,206
2.	Personnel: Programmatic	0	9,598	0	$9,598
2.1. Mohamed DaCosta, Master Lecturer in African Performing Arts		0	4,501	0	4,501
2.2. Agnes Leslie, Outreach Director		0	5,097	0	5,097
3.	Personnel: Technical/Production	0	3,233	0	$3,233
3.1. Sarah White, Director of Operations		0	3,233	0	3,233
4.	Outside Fees and Services: Programmatic	0	0	0	$0
5.	Outside Fees and Services: Other	25,000	24,000	0	$49,000
5.1. Artists Fees (comprehensive, excluding hotel)		25,000	19,000	0	44,000
5.2. Videography		0	2,500	0	2,500
5.3. Editing		0	2,500	0	2,500
6.	Space Rental	0	0	0	$0
7.	Travel	0	17,710	0	$17,710
7.1. Hotel & Bus AGBEDIDI (50 students + faculty directors): World Dance Celebration, RT(CWA) GNV-MIAMI		0	7,000	0	7,000
7.2. Voices of Strength Artists plus tech hotel (13 people)		0	10,710	0	10,710
8.	Marketing	0	4,000	0	$4,000
8.1. Graphics, programs & flyers printing, radio		0	4,000	0	4,000
9.	Remaining Proposal Expenses	0	0	0	$0
D.	Total Proposal Expenses	25,000	70,747	0	$95,747

	Proposal Income	A. Request	B. Cash Income	C. In-Kind	Total
10.	Revenue: Admissions		4,500		$4,500
10-1 Ticket sales			4,500		4,500
11.	Revenue: Contracted Services		0		$0
12.	Revenue: Other		0		$0
13.	Private Support: Corporate		2,375		$2,375
13-1 UF Foundation			2,375		2,375
14.	Private Support: Foundation		0		$0
15.	Private Support: Other		10,000		$10,000
15-1 NEFA's National Dance Project (NDP) Request			10,000		10,000
16.	Government Support: Federal		0		$0
17.	Government Support: Regional		7,500		$7,500
17-1 SouthArts Request			7,500		7,500
18.	Government Support: Local/County		0		$0
19.	Applicant Cash		46,372		$46,372
19-1 CFA/NWSA AGBEDIDI Travel			7,000		7,000
19-2 UF VOS Artists Hotel			10,710		10,710
19-3 UF Personnel			25,037		25,037
19-4 CFA Resources			3,625		3,625
E.	Total Proposal Income	25,000	70,747	0	$95,747

Additional Proposal Budget Information

School of Theatre and Dance faculty and staff (three (3) individuals, including Center for World Arts Director who is also Professor of Dance) will be committed to the project, and include the roles of Project Director at 20%, Artist Specialist at 15%, and Technical Specialist at 15%.

15% of Center for African Studies Outreach Director's time will be committed to develop and coordinate outreach and inreach to K-12 teachers and students in Alachua County.

-Nine (9) artists plus four (4) technical support individuals will require hotel for six nights.

-State of the art recording and documentation of the events will ensure that the project establish itself to benefit audiences and artists everywhere, and will be archived for research, teaching, and development in the Belknap Center for the Performing Arts.

AGBEDIDI:World Dance Celebration, featuring 75 New World School of the Arts (Miami) and University of Florida students will perform at the New World School of the Arts in Miami and at the Constans Theatre, University of Florida, Gainesville, necessitating transportation between the two cities.

Fiscal Condition and Sustainability

The College of Fine Arts has no debt and an annual operating budget of approximately $16.5 million. Since its inception in 1975 as a separate college the college has maintained a stable budget. The Responsibility Centered Management budgeting procedures that begin July 1, 2010 will benefit the college as we move forward and the college’s fiscal stability will remain solid.

The college has a history of external and internal grant funding that supports its activities and programs. Our annual external grant awards increase annually, with an average of approximately $250,000 per year. Our Director of Development, Maria Gutierrez-Martin, works with Dean Lucinda Lavelli to engage alumni donations, raise funds, and build the college endowment. Our Center, School, and Gallery directors also raise funds (both cash and in-kind) through gallery memberships, fundraising events such as the School of Theatre and Dance’s Friends of Theatre and Dance and the School of Music’s annual Friends of Music annual galas. We also receive support through annual foundation giving.

The College of Fine Arts Endowments amount to approximately $7 Million and the spendable income from these endowments, which are represented in our organizational budget, are used mainly for scholarships for our students as well as invited guest artists who provide master classes and lectures for our campus and regional communities.

We continue to develop and maintain our current partnerships, and one of our priorities is to secure new, long-term corporate partners who understand the benefit of access to arts and culture to all Florida citizens. We believe that these ongoing and new partnerships will provide additional support for our access efforts. Expanding our partnership support will enable us to provide these types of arts and cultural opportunities to even more Florida citizens as we continue to fulfill our mission.

Evaluation Plan

• Attendance for all events will be counted and recorded;

• Reflective questionnaires administered to audiences, including teachers and students,encouraging the participants to qualitatively describe their experiences and asses the strengths and weaknesses of the project and its activities. It is our intention that this reflection will encourage audiences to think about and constructively use what they have experienced. * Standard University of Florida evaluation instrument for all participating university students. * Media coverage (print,web,and broadcast) and reviews will be cataloged as supplementary measures of the community impact of events. * Video,audio, and still photography documentation.

Applicant Accessibility

Question	Response
Does the applicant have policies and procedures (including a complaint process) that address non-discrimination on the basis of disability?	Yes
Does the applicant have a staff person that is responsible for compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and Florida Statutes 553?	Yes (Mary Patton)
Has the applicant completed the Section 504 Self Evaluation Workbook from the National Endowment for the Arts (linked) in the last 5 years?	Yes

Accessibility

The College of Fine Arts serves a diverse population both on the University of Florida campus and throughout north-central Florida. Our proposed programs, as with all of our existing programming, will be accessible to individuals of any cultural socio-economic background, regardless of age, gender, language, or physical/mental ability. Our programs celebrate cultural diversity and bring awareness of diversity issues to our audiences in ways that only the arts can accomplish. Our programs bring together the diverse populations we serve in shared arts experiences that transcend the boundaries of socioeconomic status and cultural background.

To facilitate access to our programming beyond the campus and Gainesville venues, we are working to expand our accessibility through technology and by taking our programs to audiences that would not normally have access to high-quality arts and education experiences. Some of our proposed programs will be delivered to schools and communities via internet access or by traveling programs and exhibitions. These programs would not be accessible to these audiences in any other way.

While the Gainesville community does offer a wide array of creative and cultural opportunities to residents, there still exists a vast disparity in those who can afford and are able to take advantage of these opportunities and those who cannot. We anticipate that through our marketing and promotion our proposed Center for World Arts programming will become an important part of the cultural lives of Gainesville’s residents who cannot access or afford to attend fee-based arts events. Our marketing strategies focus on reaching underserved audiences and our facilities are designed to welcome those who need extra assistance in order to participate in our programming.

As a college within a major university, our facilities are entirely ADA compliant. The self-evaluation for the college and university is up-to-date. The ADA Transition plan was completed July 26, 1992 and the first self-evaluation January 26, 1993. We completed updates to both 1n June 1999 and in October 2010. Every renovation project is fully ADA compliant and all of our faculty and staff members are trained to recognize and report any ADA issues that might arise. In addition to maintaining facilities with the highest level of accessibility, we also provide personal assistance, including wheelchairs or special seating, for our audience members and program participants who may need it.

1. IRS Determination Letter

2. Letter of Support, Lucinda Lavelli, Dean, University of Florida College of Fine Arts

3. Brochure: UF CFA Spring 2011 Events

4. Magazine: MUSE, fall 2010, volume 5, Fall 2010

5. Letter of Support, Paul Favini, Director, University of Florida School of Theater and Dance, May 2010

6. DVD: "Movement (R)Evolution Africa (a story in four acts)", Joan Frosch, Director and Producer, University of Florida Center for World Arts

7. Program: AGBEDIDI Africa, director, Mohammed DaCosta, December 2010

8. Letter of Support, Leonardo A. Villalón, Director, University of Florida Center for African Studies, May 2010

9. Research Report 2010, University of Florida Center for African Studies

10. Letter of Support, Ann Rosenthal, Executive Director and Producer, MAPP International Productions, May 2010

11. Flier and Information: VOICES OF STRENGTH

12. Letter of Support, Michael Blachly, Director, University of Florida Performing Arts, May 2010

13. Letter of Support, Daniel Lewis, Dean, New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida, May 2010

14. Organizational Chart – University of Florida College of Fine Arts

15. To learn more about the Center for World Arts, please visit:
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/cwa/default.aspx