BCTC GRANT WRITING: who, what, when, where, why, how

Here are some more answers to the BCTC basics on grant writing:

! How to Write Your Answers (use no more than four

paragraphs for each):

" Paragraph One: Answer who, what, where, when, why, how

" Paragraph Two: Provide clarifying detail

" Paragraph Three: Provide more clarifying detail or omit

" Paragraph Four: Provide an example—an incident, a specific—that

illustrates the information in paragraph one.

WHO: Stony Brook music, theatre, and art students will collaborate with Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird Dancers. This collaboration will be facilitated by Prof. Phillip Baldwin and music student Jay Loomis.


WHAT: The mixed media production will have an interactive aspect that uses the Kinect motion detector and Max MSP patches to create musical and visual displays that change according to dance and movement throughout the performance. A personal story of "westward expansion" will be narrated which tells the story of a New Yorker who traveled to Minnesota after the Civil War, and participated in the removal of the ancient inhabitants of the Midwest.


WHEN: The performance will be rehearsed for 6 months, throughout the fall semester of 2012, and it will be performed in Stony Brook and in NYC in the spring and summer of 2013.


WHERE: Stony Brook Staller Center Recital Hall and the Museum of the American Indian in NYC.


WHY: The rehearsal of this production will give artists from different backgrounds the opportunity to learn about each other's histories and interests - the endeavor of co-creating music, art, and dance will create deep appreciation and respect for different types of artistic expression amongst the participating artists, actors, and musicians.
The audience will learn more about the history of the original inhabitants of this continent and will also learn about "westward expansion" and have a clearer understanding of its long term affects on the Native American community.


HOW: All of this will take place through weekly rehearsals in New York and in Stony Brook which will include team building exercises, brain storming sessions, improvisation, and other activities to help the participants get to know each other and trust each other.


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