Grantees All Years

Expansion of the Performing Arts School (formerly known as beyondEDUCATION)
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
bergenPAC received a grant to support the expansion of its beyondEDUCATION program, specifically the beyondTHEATER initiative. beyondTHEATER was created to provide students with instruction and performance opportunities in musical theater and drama. Read More
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- Website: http://www.bergenPAC.org

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and How It Changed Everything??
Berger, Susan L
Year Grant Awarded: 2015
I created a middle three large panels giving the history of women who worked in the factories and the 1909 strike of women marching and then to the horrific fire at the shirtwaist factory and death of 146 mostly women and the viewer becomes witness. Read More
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- Website: http://www.susanlberger.com

Berks Opera Orchestra Training (BOOT Camp)
Berks Opera Workshop
Year Grant Awarded: 2012
BOOT camp is a two-day intensive rehearsal/workshop experience which brings together instrumental teachers and young players. The students are prepared to play in the Berks Opera Workshop orchestra during our summer performance. Read More
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- Website: http://www.Berks Opera Workshop.org

Coal Cocked
Bernofsky, Gene
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Coal Cocked is an advocacy film meant to help stop Arch Coal from strip mining 1.3 billion tons of coal in the Tongue River and Powder River Basins of Montana. Read More
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- Website: http://www.worldwidefilmexpedition.org

The New Silence (2014)
Betterley, Alec
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Former name: The Final Bo. )The New Silence is an upcoming LP (expected release: late 2015) written by NYC songwriter and pianist Alec Betterley based upon selected stories of US veterans who have returned from tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. Read More
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- Website: http://www.alecbetterley.com

FERC Into FREC Campaign
Beyond Extreme Energy
Year Grant Awarded: 2016
The FERC Into FREC Campaign, aims to replace the corrupt Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with a Federal RENEWABLE Energy Commission as part of the Green New Deal. We went on a roadshow through impacted communities screening our film FERC Doesn't Work and created a new film about FREC! Read More
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- Website: https://beyondextremeenergy.org

“Keep the Peace” Anti-Bullying program (2014)
Big Apple Playback Theatre
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Big Apple Playback Theatre (BAPT) provides Keep the Peace!(KTP)interactive performances to schools and afterschool programs in the NYC metro area. KTP is designed to help schools address issues and incidents of harassment and bullying. Read More
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- Website: http://bigappleplayback.com

Burning In The Sun
Birdgirl Productions
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling to them to rural customers in Mali who’ve never before lived with electricity. Read More
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- Website: http://burninginthesun.wordpress.com

Seven Star Suite
Birkett, Tyrone
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
Tyrone Birkett is a New York City based saxophonist, composer and producer. “The Seven Star Suite” is entitled in reference to the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper constellation, which that guided the American enslaved to freedom via the Underground Rai Read More
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- Website: http://www.tyronebirkett.com

Colonial Colonnade
Bittar, Doris
Year Grant Awarded: 2022
Colonial Colonnade, an immersive and interactive installation of text, sound, and movement layers the Arabic and English languages to make visible current and past iterations of colonialism. Arabic, often feared when seen in "Western" contexts, is accompanied by its English translations. Read More
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- Website: www.dorisbittar.com