Drachen Foundation
Grant Recipients for 2005
The Drachen Foundation’s Board of Directors has reviewed the grant solicitations for 2004-2005.
We were extremely pleased with the range and scope of the applications, noting that our applicants reflected international diversity and the unique use of the kite as a creative, educational, cultural and scientific vehicle----projects from which the foundation was created. These grants were a joy to review.
The following projects will receive funding this coming year:
Project Grants
Guatemalan Kite Project
Utah Library Salt Lake City, Utah
Day of the Dead Celebration
Promoting Reading Literacy
Nature Consortium Seattle, Washington
Cambodia: Khmer Kites in the Youth Art Program
Free environmental art classes to youths living in
subsidized public housing communities throughout King County
“Arts in Nature/Urban Forest Restoration Project”
Kite Aerial Photography of California Gray Whales
San Ignacio, Baja California, Mexico
Oscar Frey, marine biologist
Phase II of the field testing of KAP for identification and survey of California Gray Whales in the San Ignacio area of Baja California. After last year’s successful first attempt, Oscar Frey returns with KAP Eric Muhs to refine their technique of photo documenting the whales from kites.
Explorers Club New York, New York
Scholarship for a Young Explorer to work with the Kite Aerial Photography of California Gray Whales project, San Ignacio, Mexico.
Lincoln City Visitor and Convention Bureau Lincoln City, Oregon
Scholarships for teachers to attend professional development kite workshops organized by the Lincoln City Convention Bureau.
10,000 Kites, One Wall, Two Sides Israel and Palestine
The Liberty Foundation
A grant to explore and engineer the best of kite design to make and fly over Israel and Palestine in a moment of celebrated peace on April 27th, 2005
Creative Grants
Paul Smith, New York, New York
Director Emeritus of the American Crafts Museum
Curating a contemporary kite exhibition 2006
Jessica Chickadel, Seattle, Washington
Artist and K-5 Educator
Art kites for teachers and students
A collaboration with Istvan Bodzocky
and Anna Rubin in Austria
Cathy Palmer Seattle, Washington
Educational Programming Consultant
Innovative KITE Educational Curriculum for use in schools
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