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JazzMasters Workshop
PO Box 73
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
www.jazzmastersworkshop.org
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2007 Jerry Garcia Award. Since 2000, JazzMasters Workshop has held 2,000 workshops for children of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Weekly workshops are staffed by prominent professionals and the programs build knowledge, skill and confidence by enabling kids to play and learn from real musicians in a nurturing and participatory environment. The program provides assistance with admittance to schools, conservatories and camps, acquiring instrument and providing performance opportunities.
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Allen Toussaint
www.rockhall.com/inductee/allen-toussain
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2007 Ralph J. Gleason Award. Producer, songwriter, arranger, session pianist and solo artist, Allen Toussaint’s music crosses multiple generations and inspires new generations. His contributions to New Orleans music and to rock & roll in general are such that he earned induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Allen has continued to mentor musicians and represent New Orleans in the finest fashion.
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Hearts of Gold (HoG)
19 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
212-229-1115
www.heartsofgold.org
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The mission of Hearts of Gold is to enhance the lives of New York City’s homeless mothers and their children. HoG is expanding its involvement with various New York City shelters, supporting existing programs and creating new ones based on the needs of each individual shelter. HoG dollars go directly to those in need, helping them get through the day and beyond. Once families move out of shelters and are on their own, HoG continues to provide them with essentials needed to sustain productive lives. Funds from the Rex grant will be used to support the Homework Help Program that supports an academic after school environment in the shelter and provides a hot meal for the families.
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Nextcourse
1 Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-640-3762
www.nextcourse.org
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Nextcourse improves the health of individuals and communities by designing innovative and collaborative educational programs that inspire people to purchase, cook and ear healthier, locally produced foods. Nextcourse’s strategy is threefold: to serve youth and low-income communities to make nutritious foods available to these areas; to strengthen meaningful and lasting partnerships with like-minded organizations, and to inspire and motivate people to action to become stewards for a better local food system.
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Rhythmix Cultural Works (RCW)
2513 Blanding Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
510-865-506
www.rhythmix.org
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Rhythmix Cultural Works is committed to offering a wide range of high quality arts experiences in dance, music, theater, new media, education and cultural exchange opportunities for youth, families and adults in Alameda and the surrounding East Bay region of California. Through performances, classes and exhibits, RCW seeks to encourage participation in the arts, support artists in the creation and presentation of new work and establish itself as a community venue for local artists, events and gatherings.
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Seeing Peace – Richard Kamler, Artist
www.richardkamler.org
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Seeing Peace is a visionary international initiative that seeks to bring the imagination - proactively, through the presence of the artist - to the table of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Rex grant is specifically for the Seeing Peace Billboard Project that is an exhibition/community event. The intent is to engage artists from South Africa, Iran, Burma, Cuba, US, Iraq, Palestine, Israel and Portugal to create one piece of art reflecting their unique cultural perspective as to what peace looks like on 12’ x 25’ billboards in San Francisco. The public installation of these culturally distinct images on centrally located billboards in San Francisco will press members of the community to reflect on what peace looks like and to challenge their own vision of peace.
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