Fifty Over Fifty: New Work Award

To continue the New Works Award, for the next two years, that showcases new work of high artistic merit in the visual or performing arts

Free For All

To cultivate a new audience for opera by holding a drawing for free tickets to a performance of Carmen

Free Gospel Sundays at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

To broaden appreciation for South Florida's gospel tradition by expanding Free Gospel Sundays at the Arsht Center

Girl's Club

To nurture the career of a South Florida artist by supporting an exhibit at an alternative gallery space dedicated to contemporary female artists

IDEA@theBass

To promote imaginative thinking among school children through a curriculum-based art program

International Hispanic Theatre Festival

To support and enhance an award-winning Hispanic theater festival by adding a comprehensive Latin American theater conference

Kathleen Hudspeth

To promote traditional print media and artists' books by creating a communal print shop serving the arts community

Large-Scale Outdoor Sculpture

To expose new audiences to contemporary art by exhibiting large-scale outdoor sculpture on Fairchild's grounds

Locust Projects: Out of the Box

To promote experimental art by commissioning site-specific, public projects to be exhibited on billboards

Miami City Ballet

To showcase the ballet - and the region's cultural significance - by providing orchestral accompaniment during the 2011-13 repertory seasons

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

To increase opportunities for blind and sighted artists by expanding the center's unique music inclusion program

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

To facilitate the exchange of ideas and goods by creating an online cultural classifieds service where artists post openings and workshops and goods for sale or donation