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Special Projects are grants made by the Board of Directors to projects of interest which do not fall within one of the regular program areas. The following are
brief descriptions of existing 2003 grants.
[The links on the left take you to archived Special Projects.]
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England
Grant to support famed arts education program at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
in London. The program includes development of art skills, arts sciences, adolescent internships, courses for senior citizens as well as training for school social history programs. The Dulwich Picture
Gallery pioneered the concept of art being fully integrated into the school curriculum. For example, painting courses involve the science and chemistry department. This endeavor has developed many
materials which are utilized in education programs throughout the English speaking world.
$7,500.00
Flagstaff Unified School District, Flagstaff, Arizona
Grant to support the creation of a living archive of Navajo
artifacts. The combined written, pictorial and oral history of the Navajos will be utilized in an academically based school and community cultural program housed within a traditional Navajo Hogan located at
the Flagstaff Unified School District's Leupp School community on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. This will be the first program of its kind and is hoped to be a prototype for future projects.
$7,500.00
Gales Creek Camp Foundation, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Grant to support summer camp at Gales Creek, Oregon, which provides
camping experiences for diabetic children from the Pacific Northwest area.
$5,000.00
The Scottish Community Foundation, Edinburgh, Scotland
Final installment of three-year grant totaling $30,000.00 to
assist in the establishment of a community foundation for Scotland. Several American community foundations and consultants are helping the Foundation develop grant-making structures and practices. Our
grant will provide seed money to assist in staffing support to launch the Foundation.
$10,000.00
Total
$30,000.00
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