Projects Funded

Scroll down to see photos representing projects previously awarded grants by the Fund for which reports are currently available. Please note that grants awarded prior to 2018 were awarded while the Alex "Tink" Wilson Legacy Fund was part of Boulder International Folk Dancers; starting in 2018, grants are awarded through the Alex Wilson Legacy Fund, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Click on the photo to download the PDF report about that project. Scroll down further for a complete list of projects funded to date.

Projects Funded to Date:

 

2023

  • Valerie Wedel Harp Concerts

2022

  • Gora Gora Orkestar for Festo Festo

  • Boulder Irish Workshop

  • Boulder Israeli Dance: Rodkim Baharim Workshop

  • American Vernacular Dance, “Halloween Magic”

  • Tarab Retreat 2022 - Faisal Zedan Residency

2021

  • Sherefe in Concert - Alex's Virtual Folk Arts Series

  • Fairy Tales with a Twist - Alex's Virtual Folk Arts Series

  • Espresso! Gypsy Jazz and Swing - Alex's Virtual Folk Arts Series

  • Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe - Alex's Virtual Folk Arts Series

  • Dance Party with Barbelfish Balkan Band - Alex's Virtual Folk Arts Series

  • 2021 Full Report

2020

  • Tarab Retreat - brings Klezmer, Arabic, Balkan, Indian, and Persian music and dance to participants around the country-online


2019

  • Nii Okak Areyeetey and Kristen Planer - Drumming Workshop Retreat and An Evening in Ghana

  • Maisha Diatta - Logo Ligi’s African Folklife Celebration

  • Boulder Spelemannslag - Specialized instruction

  • Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe - 2019 Boulder Balkan Bash

  • Sing the World Green - Youth summer camp

  • Kimberly Rector, Shining Mtn. Waldorf School - Watch Your Step! demo at contra dance

  • Society for Creative Aging, Viva Theater - “Dude, It’s Boulder”

2018

  • 1000 Voices - September 2018 African Singing Fiesta

  • Friends of Stan Wilkes - Stan’s 90th Birthday Celebration

  • Postoley Dance Ensemble - Assistance with operating expenses while work is proceeding on obtaining a permanent dance floor for Dancing on the Plaza in downtown Boulder

  • Watch Your Step! - "Dancing Through the Decades" 10th Anniversary Show

2017

  • Boulder Scandinavian Dancers - assistance to purchase a hardingfele (specialized Norwegian fiddle)

  • Boulder Spelemannslag - assistance to purchase a nykelharpa (specialized Swedish folk instrument)

  • Radu Popescu & Joseph Snowhawk - Afro-Cuban Dance Festival (2018)

  • Watch Your Step! - “Dressing Through the Decades” 1910s-1960s Fashion Show, Tea & Social Dance


2016

  • Boulder International Folk Dancers - Live music by Bulgarika (Bulgarian musicians on tour) for dance party

  • Boulder Spelemannslag - costume assistance [PDF]

  • Friends of Melba Shepard - Melba's 90th Birthday Celebration

  • Planina - Songs of Eastern Europe - Boulder Balkan Bash 2016

  • Susan Frontczak and Jacqueline Schwab - Combined Music and Story Concert

2015

  • Boulder Chorale - One Song, One Boulder project

  • Boulder Dance Coalition - party to celebrate Coalition's 25th and Avalon's 10th anniversaries

  • Boulder International Folk Dancers - live music at spring 2015 workshop party

  • Boulder Israeli Dancers - party to honor folks in the community who have passed

  • Romanian American Freedom Alliance - fundraiser project

  • Solidarity Singers - group re-creation and expansion

  • VAC/Melba Shepard - pictorial history of the VAC/BDC International Festival

2014

  • American Vernacular Dance - Reveille 3 to New Year's Eve party

  • Biz Hertzberg and James Hoskins - Glendi Parties

  • Boulder Dance Coalition - International Festival transition

  • Boulder Valley Spellbinders - support for training

  • Donald Vukovic - Bulgaria in Boulder 2014

  • Tom Masterson - Nederland Folkdancers

  • Watch Your Step - History of Swing Dancing presentation and teaching

2013

  • Boulder Family Dance/CFOOTMAD - support for operations

  • Boulder Spelemannslag - fundraising dance and assistance with costumes and camp

  • Planina Songs of Eastern Europe - 25th Anniversary Reunion Concert, Dinner and Balkan Bash party