Drachen Foundation Grant Recipients for 2004
The Drachen Foundation’s Board of Directors has reviewed
the grant solicitations for 2004. We are pleased of the range and
scope of the grant applications for this year, noting that our
applicants reflect the international location and diversity of
kite applications about which the foundation was created.
The following individuals will receive grants for 2004:
Oscar Frey, marine biologist
The Study of Humpback Whale Behavior, Bay of Banderas, Mexico
Kite Aerial Photography
Using Kite Aerial Photography, a technical opportunity to document
and study the affects of human behavior on humpback whales.
Brolly Arts, Utah
Amy McDonald Sanyer, director
Art and Nature Multi-disciplinary Event
A multi-disciplinary event to focus on the birds of the Great Salt
Lake, Nature Conservancy’s Shoreline Preserve, blending
nature and art, creating a educational learning platform for a
diverse community. Using world class artists working in different
media, a collaboration will create this theme in schools, as well
as an evening performance on the Great Salt Lake in November.
The Collaborators:
Composer Michael Nyman, The Ahn Trio Musicians
Kite Artist Robert Brasington, Tasmania, Australia
Poet Leslie Norris
Photographer Stephen Trimble
Moment by Charlotte Boye-Christensen
Birdhouse art by Bad Dog Rediscovers America
Visual art components by Plein Air
The Wilderness Research High Arctic Expedition
Sheldon Bart, President
The Use of Kites in Wilderness Research
To enable Wilderness Research Foundation to mount a scientific
expedition to Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian High Arctic for
a 6-8 week period during the summer of 2004. This expedition will
enable individual researches to explore their various areas of
study and in a multidisciplinary framework, help advance the frontiers
of human knowledge. The Wilderness Research Foundation will disseminate
information on one of the last areas of pristine wilderness, promoting
the heritage of pure scientific exploration.
The Drachen Foundation will aid in support of signal kites in exchange
for a article on Arctic research by Richard E. Byrd.
Sarah St. Vincent
Swathmore College, Pennsylvania
Asian Studies major, Khmer and Asian Kites
Research grant, to study and survey the Kites of Asia, the
focus being the countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County, Wallingford/Seattle, Washington
Jamie Flaxman/Branch Executive Director
Kite Educational Workshops, May 15, 2004
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Seattle, will inspire and enable all
young people, especially those in disadvantaged circumstances,
to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and
caring citizens by using kites as the focus of their spring event.
As a platform for their national organizations, the Drachen Foundation
will help fund and implement the educational workshops for kite
making.
This assistance will include:
- Kite making training for volunteers and educators
- Kite making workshops for local high school science classes
and university engineering departments
- Partial funding of kite making materials
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