(ALL) Vermont Studio Center Fellowships—Here are some of the great things the Vermont Studio Center is offering to artists of all kinds:
Sixteen fellowships for a 4-week residency are open to all artists and writers based on merit, as represented in the portfolio or manuscript.
Anderson/Frankel Fellowship for Chicago area/SAIC alumni. One fellowship sponsored by the Marshall Frankel Foundation and Davis Anderson, this award is open to all Chicago-area artists, including faculty and alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, for one 4-week VSC residency.
Civil Society Institute Fellowship award for a 4-week residency open to an east coast minority artist with demonstrable financial need; preference will be given to artists from New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible CSI applicants. Award includes a $500 travel stipend.
Cave Canem Fellowship. This annual fellowship provides one 4-week residency to a poet who is a Cave Canem fellow. Home for the many voices of African American poetry, Cave Canem is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent will support two 4-week residencies for domestic artists.
Henry David Thoreau Fellowship—This fellowship supports a poet whose work is a living extension of the literary tradition embodied in the work of Henry David Thoreau, for a 4-week residency.
Zoland Translation Fellowship—Offered in conjunction with Zoland Poetry, this 4-week residency fellowship is open to translators. Applicants should submit 3 copies of the original poems/translations, along with a description of English-language rights, author bio, and translator CV.
For more info, go to: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/
Deadline: June 15, 2011
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$40,000 Prize for Creativity, UK Writers Grants and More!!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much to all of you who sent me those sweet little get-well notes! That was very kind of you. I'm still a bit under the weather but I wanted to pass along a couple opportunities for you to think about. I also wanted to say something about grant rejections and why, even if you get rejected, good things sometimes occur.
Recently I was notified that while I was in the last batch of writers considered for a large fellowship, I did not make the final cut. Okay, well, try again next time. I wasn't upset at all, just slightly disappointed. But then I got a lovely email from one of the judges who said that after the judging process, he asked if they would reveal the name of the person who wrote the piece I submitted. Long story short: he's not only an author who I've always wanted to read and whose last book I had literally just ordered but he also happens to review books for several major magazines and newspapers and he is interested in reviewing mine when it comes out. A similar thing happened a few years ago with another large fellowship. I didn't get it but one of the judges also tracked me down afterward and said she was an editor for a literary journal and would I be interested in submitting a piece. So you see, gentle readers, sometimes even rejections can turn into something quite positive. The point is that you are putting yourself out there and getting others who are movers and shakers in your genre to see your work. This is a good thing.
Another thing that happened this past week is that Mira's List was listed in a collection of websites and organizations that give funding or offer funding info to Massachusetts artists. So for those of you in my home state, check this link out: http://bit.ly/dwakn9
(UK ARTISTS/WRITERS etc.) Turn2us: Turn2us is a new independent charity that helps people access the money available to them - through welfare benefits, grants and other help. Their free, accessible website is a comprehensive and invaluable resource that helps you find sources of financial support, quickly and easily, based on your particular needs and circumstances. https://www.turn2us.org.uk
Thanks so much to all of you who sent me those sweet little get-well notes! That was very kind of you. I'm still a bit under the weather but I wanted to pass along a couple opportunities for you to think about. I also wanted to say something about grant rejections and why, even if you get rejected, good things sometimes occur.
Recently I was notified that while I was in the last batch of writers considered for a large fellowship, I did not make the final cut. Okay, well, try again next time. I wasn't upset at all, just slightly disappointed. But then I got a lovely email from one of the judges who said that after the judging process, he asked if they would reveal the name of the person who wrote the piece I submitted. Long story short: he's not only an author who I've always wanted to read and whose last book I had literally just ordered but he also happens to review books for several major magazines and newspapers and he is interested in reviewing mine when it comes out. A similar thing happened a few years ago with another large fellowship. I didn't get it but one of the judges also tracked me down afterward and said she was an editor for a literary journal and would I be interested in submitting a piece. So you see, gentle readers, sometimes even rejections can turn into something quite positive. The point is that you are putting yourself out there and getting others who are movers and shakers in your genre to see your work. This is a good thing.
Another thing that happened this past week is that Mira's List was listed in a collection of websites and organizations that give funding or offer funding info to Massachusetts artists. So for those of you in my home state, check this link out: http://bit.ly/dwakn9
Okay, on to a couple other things. Here is a very unusual large grant that is based not on a specific discipline but rather on an artist's creative process. It's called the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Prize and it is offered every two years from the University of Oklahoma's College of Arts and Sciences. The award is also called the Creativity in Motion Prize. The award is for $40,000 and is not for a completed project but, as I said, how amazing the artist's creative process is. The deadline is August 31st. If they are doing things the way they have in the past, it means a letter of intent and then if they like your idea, they ask you to apply. But double-check all this on their website: http://cim.ou.edu. You may also request application materials by contacting Kristi Morgan at (405) 325-2347 or email her at: kcain@ou.edu.
(UK ARTISTS/WRITERS etc.) Turn2us: Turn2us is a new independent charity that helps people access the money available to them - through welfare benefits, grants and other help. Their free, accessible website is a comprehensive and invaluable resource that helps you find sources of financial support, quickly and easily, based on your particular needs and circumstances. https://www.turn2us.org.uk
(WRITERS) The Author's Foundation Grants: The Foundation provides grants to writers to assist them while writing books. There are two rounds of grants each year, awarded in the summer and in the winter. The next closing date for applications is 30th September 2010. To apply the author must meet one of the following conditions:
1. The author has been commissioned by a commercial British publisher to write a full-length work of fiction, poetry or non-fiction and needs funding (in addition to the publisher's advance) for important research, travel, or other more general expenditure.
2. The author is without a contractual commitment by a publisher but has had at least one book published commercially by a British publisher, and there is a strong likelihood that their next book will be published in Britain.
For more info, please go to: http://www.societyofauthors.
There are lots of residency deadlines coming up and many, many grant applications due in September. If you are thinking about applying for a major fellowship or grant in September, or a residency for that matter, now is the time to start that process and to get the word out to those people who will write recommendation letters for you.
More posts soon....I'm off to nap!
Cheers,
Mirabee
Vermont Studio Center Fellowships Due June 15th!
Hey everyone—I hope you all are well. I will probably just be posting very short messages until I turn all my art at the end of June. But I do want you to be aware that there are many deadlines for grants and residencies in June, particularly around June 15th. I highly suggest you check my right hand side bar in the residency section to search for great residencies around the world. On those sites (transartists.org, resartis.org, etc.) you can do a search for the country of your choice, and narrow the search down even more. Here's just one of many coming up and they offer a fellowship! Happy hunting...mirabee
(ALL) Vermont Studio Center Fellowship: VSC awards a number of Fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. Open to all artists and writers. In addition to VSC Fellowships, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding. Please visit their website for more information and to download an application: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships/
Deadline is June 15th, 2010.
TIPS ON FUNDING ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Good morning. I just found this on the Transartist site and thought it might be useful for those of you applying to residencies overseas and far from home. Please check out their site sometime to learn about residencies and other opportunities around the world. Also, they have a message board for people looking for studio space or studio exhanges, etc.
From Transartists.org:
Of course a residency costs money. Some residency programs cover all costs, some residency programs don't cover any costs at all. In general, residential art centers will partly cover the costs, which always makes it necessary to find additional funding. Be sure about the budget before you go!
You got a grant of the residential art center?
Congratulations! But you have to check the following:
- Do you get to keep the grant yourself or does the residency itself use it to pay for rent and facilities?
- If you get the money yourself, are you free to use it for your own purposes or do you have to pay with it for the rent or for use of facilities?
- How much is it? Can you pay the whole residency with the money?
- Get a written agreement, stating how much you receive, when and how.
- How much money do you still have to pay yourself?
You need additional funding?
You're selected, but the money offered or the facilities offered for free are not enough to cover the whole budget. Check out the following:
- Don't agree to come over without being sure you can cover the whole budget.
- Ask the residential art center for invitation letters or letters of support for applying for additional funding.
- Ask the residential art center for information about their local funding possibilities.
- Applying for additional funding takes time, always ask the residential art center if you can come over later when you need more time to arrange the budget.
You need to cover all costs yourself, even accommodation costs and costs of living?
Be sure about the motivation of the residential art center. Is it really a guest center 'for art's sake'?
- Many guest studios just don't have the money to pay for your residency. But they do have a lot to offer 'in natura'. Just check out if the relation between what they offer and what you have to pay, is fair.
- If a residential art center is operating on a purely commercial basis, it doesn't have to be a 'bad' center. It can be a quality center for art's sake. Just be sure about it!
- Do you need to pay in advance, during or after your residency?
http://www.transartists.org/
Have a great day! Cheers, Mirabee
URGENT DEADLINES FOR PAINTERS, FILMMAKERS & EVERYONE ELSE!
Gosh darn, I missed you all! I'm still in the middle of editing insanity but I took a breather today and thought I'd send you a few upcoming deadlines. Unfortunately, because I've been out of the loop for a couple weeks, some of these are coming up NOW! That is, THIS Friday, the 15th. So if you don't make those deadlines, well, at least you know of these really great opportunities for the future. I have so many other things to post, plus new interviews, but my book has kind of taken over my life at the moment. I'll do the best I can, that's all I can promise! Anyway, thanks everyone for your great letters of support and for your donations and encouraging words. Good luck on all your applications and I'll try to post more soon. Best wishes, Mirabee
(ARTISTS) Weir Farm Trust Residencies in Wilton, CT: Residencies of 2-4 weeks for film, video, and multimedia artists (in addition to visual artists of all types). Organization provides housing, studio, and stipend ($500 per month). Application available on website: www.nps.gov/wefa. DEADLINE is JANUARY 15th!
(ARTISTS) Abbey Painting Awards: The Abbey Scholarship and Abbey Fellowships offer all-expenses-paid, residencies at the British School in Rome in superb modern studios, with a stipend of up to £500 a month for the Scholar and £700 for Fellows. The nine-month Abbey Scholarship is usually given to an emergent painter, while the three-month Abbey Fellowships are awarded to mid-career painters. Abbey Awards are open to people of UK and US nationality, and to citizens of other countries provided that they have lived in the UK or the US for at least five years. There is no age limit for these awards. JANUARY 15th DEADLINE! Please see the website for details: www.abbey.org.uk/page1.htm
(ALL) The Arctic Circle Program Residency: The Arctic Circle program seeks applications from international contemporary artists of all disciplines, architects, scientists and educators alike. Program Outline: The Arctic Circle is a series of artist and scientist-led expeditions to remote and fascinating destinations aboard a specially outfitted scientific-research sailing vessel. Their expeditions are followed by an international exhibit schedule. Participants travel on an ice-class, traditionally rigged sailing vessel into the High Arctic during October. For more information, please visit: www.thearcticcircle.org. DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15th! *** this program is rather expensive, however, there is some scholarship funding to help defray the cost of the residency.(ALL) Imagine Residency in Australia: Calling all artists interested in time and space for two weeks in the Australian countryside. Deadline is February 20th, 2010. For more information, please visit the website: www.artinmotion.com.au/residency.htm.
(PRINTMAKERS) Chhaap Printmaking Residency in India: Chhaap's Baroda printmaking workshop was set up in 1999 by three artists to do their own work and also to create printmaking facilities available to others. Chhaap also offers a short-term Artist-in-Residence program between September to March for one week to one month. Artists can stay in a studio which has two etching presses, a hotplate and aquatint box. There is also a guest room with attached bathroom and kitchen. Chhaap accepts applications all year round. For more information, please go to: http://www.chhaap.com/.
(ALL) Independent Day School Artist-in-Residence: Independent Day School seeking both visual and non-visual Artist-in-Residence. Enthusiastic working artists (authors, musicians, actors, directors, etc.) sought for creative position working with students half time and producing own work half time during a five week on-campus residency. They are looking for artists with a flexible personality, able and willing to provide K-12 students access to his/her own artistic thoughts and processes, as well as ability to help students with their own artistic growth required. Stipend, housing, travel and public work space provided. Application Deadline: March 1, 2010. For more information, please write: Todd_Johnson@webbschool.org. ***Sorry guys...I forgot where this one was located. You'll have to write and ask.
The following announcements are from Women Arts (http://www.womenarts.org). Check their website out for more great opportunities:
(FILMMAKERS) San Francisco Film Society / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants: These grants provide funding for narrative feature films made in the San Francisco Bay Area that, through plot, character, theme, or setting, significantly explore human and civil rights, anti-discrimination, gender and sexual identity, and other urgent social justice issues of our time. Grants support screenwriting and script development, preproduction, and post-production expenses. In addition to a cash grant, recipients will receive a range of benefits through the society’s filmmaker services programs. Full-time students ineligible. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker-services/grants-and-prizes/sffskrf-filmmaking-grants.aspx. Deadline for Letter of Inquiry (not grant application) is February 5, 2010.
(FILMMAKERS) Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant: This grant funds first time documentary makers for travel and accommodation at the Full Frame Documentary Festival in North Carolina, where grant recipients will be given access to films, participate in master classes, and be mentored by experienced filmmakers and industry members. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or green card holders and live in the continental U.S. All applicants should anticipate finishing their first project by March 2011. For more information, please visit: http://www.fullframefest.org/garrett2010.php. Deadline: February 5, 2010.
THANKS AND MORE TO COME
Hey everyone, thanks for such lovely and supportive comments on my last two postings! I was quite overwhelmed by your responses. I also appreciate the emails you sent too. For those of you who wrote to tell me that you also have a brain injury or some other invisible disability, I am starting a blog in the spring called The Memory Palace which will deal with not only my book, by the same name, but also with issues such as brain injury and the creative process, memory loss, neuroscience research, and creative strategies for disabled artists. Basically, it will be a blog that uses my book (due out from Free Press/Simon & Schuster in January 2011) as a springboard to discuss lots of things I bring up in my memoir. I will continue to maintain this blog, so don't worry!
In the meantime, I just wanted to say thanks and to let you know that I am on a crazy deadline this month (actually, pretty crazy deadlines here and there until the end of May but this one might be the worst one). I will do my best to post on a fairly regular basis but don't hate me if I am a bit slow at times! I have some new deadlines for you that I will most likely get to by this weekend, if not before. Some new residencies have started up and I'll check them out before I send you news about them.
I'll also get to a couple new questions people have asked me that are not listed in my FAQs (and here) so please be patient. Until then, best of all to you....Mirabee
In the meantime, I just wanted to say thanks and to let you know that I am on a crazy deadline this month (actually, pretty crazy deadlines here and there until the end of May but this one might be the worst one). I will do my best to post on a fairly regular basis but don't hate me if I am a bit slow at times! I have some new deadlines for you that I will most likely get to by this weekend, if not before. Some new residencies have started up and I'll check them out before I send you news about them.
I'll also get to a couple new questions people have asked me that are not listed in my FAQs (and here) so please be patient. Until then, best of all to you....Mirabee
NEW INCOME TAX CHANGES FOR ARTISTS!
Well, happy 2010! And to begin this year, why, here's some not so great news! (Sorry gang!). I just want you to be aware (those of you in the U.S.) of some income tax changes for artists, crafts persons, performers and writers. According to Julie Herwitt, CPA:
To read the rest of the article, and to find out how to best deal with these new changes, please visit the Chicago Artists Resource website: http://chicagoartistsresource.org/dance/node/24642. And please, don't shoot the messenger...I promise to post uplifting, life-changing, inspirational and totally awesome things really soon!
Cheers,
Mira
The IRS has announced that starting in November 2009 it will begin a special initiative to audit individual income tax returns with Schedule C’s that show a loss. (The Schedule C is the tax form most artists use to report their business income and related expenses). Additionally, the IRS has stated it plans to focus on certain industries in these audits, including craft sales, photography, art, and writing. Therefore, artists, performers, and writers need to be extra diligent in their record keeping.
Cheers,
Mira
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS: WINTER DEADLINES
I hope you all had a good week....here are a few deadlines in case you are in the mood for applying for something this coming month. January is a BIG month for application deadlines, for residencies as well as grants, so you might want to do some serious hunting on my blog. Below are only a few among many. If you are hankering to apply to the residency of your dreams, I highly suggest going to the residency links on my sidebar and do a search for specific places. Until next time....Have a Happy New Year! Yours, Mira
(ALL) Residency at I-Park, Connecticut: Residencies will be offered to national and international visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application fee. I-Park is introducing a modest food program for 2010 where most, though not all, of the food will be provided. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. To defray the cost of travel, six $750 grants will be offered in 2010 to international artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the grant committee. Deadline January 11, 2010. For additional project information: I-Park, 428 Hopyard Road, East Haddam CT 06423 OR 860-873-2468 OR http://www.i-park.org OR ipark@ureach.com
(ALL) Blue Sky Summer Collaborative Residencies: Collaborative Residencies in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. Because of the collaborative nature of Blue Sky Project, your project must have an open-ended structure, be achievable in eight weeks, and stay within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. Previous projects have included: sculptural sound installation, video installation, performance, musical composition, dance installation, 2D visual-art and photography, self-published magazines, and site-specific interventions. Contact: Benkendorf, Blue Sky Project, Box 10506, Dayton OH 45402 OR 937-732-5123 OR http://www.blueskydayton.org OR peter@blueskydayton.org. Deadline is January 23rd, 2010.
(ALL) Elsewhere Collaborative Residency: Elsewhere Collaborative, a living museum and experimental production environment in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, USA is now accepting applications from artists of all genres for residencies in 2010. Elsewhere is set within a three-story former thrift store, boarding house, and warehouse containing one woman's enormous 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques. Elsewhere residencies invites experimental creators to join their collaborating community in utilizing this immense collection of objects. Artists live and work within interactive installations that provide evolving frameworks for investigating collaborations, community structures, and creative processes. Residency fellowship funding for travel, room and board, is available in exchange for hosting an educational workshop during the residency. Deadlines are rolling every other month; the deadline for fellowships is January 31 2010. Read more and download a brochure at http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/residencies.
(ARTISTS & WRITERS) Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Residency Fellowships: The Vermont Studio Center is offering fellowships for artists and writers who live with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Cord Disease (SCD) or who use a wheelchair and/or have a spinal cord injury. Deadline is February 15, 2010. The Vermont Studio Center has been dedicated to supporting a multidisciplinary community of contemporary painters, printmakers, sculptors and writers for 25 years; and offers more than 50 mid-career and emerging artists and writers per month distraction-free working time and space and the inspiration of distinguished mentors. These fellowships provide a 4-week VSC residency at the Studio Center, including uninterrupted studio time, accessible accommodations and a supportive community of international peers and mentors. Please visit the website for more information: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org.
(WRITERS) The James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence Program: Writers can apply to live and work in James Merrill's Stonington, Connecticut, rent-free for five or eleven month terms. A stipend is provided as well. Application deadline is January 15, 2010. Please visit the website for more info: www.jamesmerrillhouse.org.
(WRITERS) University of Arizona Poetry Center Residency: Each summer, the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson offers a month-long residency, including a stipend of $500, to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer who has published no more than one full-length book. This year's residency is for prose writers. Residents are provided with housing. Deadline is February 26. For more information, go to: www.poetrycenter.arizona.edu.
(ALL) Residency at I-Park, Connecticut: Residencies will be offered to national and international visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application fee. I-Park is introducing a modest food program for 2010 where most, though not all, of the food will be provided. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. To defray the cost of travel, six $750 grants will be offered in 2010 to international artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the grant committee. Deadline January 11, 2010. For additional project information: I-Park, 428 Hopyard Road, East Haddam CT 06423 OR 860-873-2468 OR http://www.i-park.org OR ipark@ureach.com
(ALL) Blue Sky Summer Collaborative Residencies: Collaborative Residencies in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. Because of the collaborative nature of Blue Sky Project, your project must have an open-ended structure, be achievable in eight weeks, and stay within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. Previous projects have included: sculptural sound installation, video installation, performance, musical composition, dance installation, 2D visual-art and photography, self-published magazines, and site-specific interventions. Contact: Benkendorf, Blue Sky Project, Box 10506, Dayton OH 45402 OR 937-732-5123 OR http://www.blueskydayton.org OR peter@blueskydayton.org. Deadline is January 23rd, 2010.
(ALL) Elsewhere Collaborative Residency: Elsewhere Collaborative, a living museum and experimental production environment in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, USA is now accepting applications from artists of all genres for residencies in 2010. Elsewhere is set within a three-story former thrift store, boarding house, and warehouse containing one woman's enormous 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques. Elsewhere residencies invites experimental creators to join their collaborating community in utilizing this immense collection of objects. Artists live and work within interactive installations that provide evolving frameworks for investigating collaborations, community structures, and creative processes. Residency fellowship funding for travel, room and board, is available in exchange for hosting an educational workshop during the residency. Deadlines are rolling every other month; the deadline for fellowships is January 31 2010. Read more and download a brochure at http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/residencies.
(ARTISTS & WRITERS) Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Residency Fellowships: The Vermont Studio Center is offering fellowships for artists and writers who live with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Cord Disease (SCD) or who use a wheelchair and/or have a spinal cord injury. Deadline is February 15, 2010. The Vermont Studio Center has been dedicated to supporting a multidisciplinary community of contemporary painters, printmakers, sculptors and writers for 25 years; and offers more than 50 mid-career and emerging artists and writers per month distraction-free working time and space and the inspiration of distinguished mentors. These fellowships provide a 4-week VSC residency at the Studio Center, including uninterrupted studio time, accessible accommodations and a supportive community of international peers and mentors. Please visit the website for more information: http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org.
(WRITERS) The James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence Program: Writers can apply to live and work in James Merrill's Stonington, Connecticut, rent-free for five or eleven month terms. A stipend is provided as well. Application deadline is January 15, 2010. Please visit the website for more info: www.jamesmerrillhouse.org.
(WRITERS) University of Arizona Poetry Center Residency: Each summer, the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson offers a month-long residency, including a stipend of $500, to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer who has published no more than one full-length book. This year's residency is for prose writers. Residents are provided with housing. Deadline is February 26. For more information, go to: www.poetrycenter.arizona.edu.
INTERVIEW WITH MIRA TODAY
Good morning, Gentle Readers,
Recently, I was interviewed by writer Alexis Grant, who keeps a blog called Aspiring Author. Alexis is a journalist, travel writer and is currently writing her first book, a travel memoir. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find that the interview is up and you can now view it online! The link is here. I talk a little about how I find grants and residencies for you but I also talk a bit about how I made my living over the years as well as my upcoming book, The Memory Palace. I hope you check out Alexis Grant's site and my interview. And I highly suggest you spend a little time perusing her site and checking out some of the other articles she has on writing. She is one of the people you'll be reading more about when I start posting interviews. (Coming soon!).
Keep working hard....as Virginia Woolf once said (and I hope I'm getting it right), "To be carried on passively is unthinkable."
Cheers,
Mira
Recently, I was interviewed by writer Alexis Grant, who keeps a blog called Aspiring Author. Alexis is a journalist, travel writer and is currently writing her first book, a travel memoir. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find that the interview is up and you can now view it online! The link is here. I talk a little about how I find grants and residencies for you but I also talk a bit about how I made my living over the years as well as my upcoming book, The Memory Palace. I hope you check out Alexis Grant's site and my interview. And I highly suggest you spend a little time perusing her site and checking out some of the other articles she has on writing. She is one of the people you'll be reading more about when I start posting interviews. (Coming soon!).
Keep working hard....as Virginia Woolf once said (and I hope I'm getting it right), "To be carried on passively is unthinkable."
Cheers,
Mira
ATTENTION MASSACHUSETTS ARTISTS! THE ARTISTS CONGRESS 2009
Creative Massachusetts: The Artists Congress 2009
Welcoming Artists of All Disciplines to a Discussion of Our Creative Future
Welcoming Artists of All Disciplines to a Discussion of Our Creative Future
November 7-8, 2009
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
For more information, go HERE:
http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/program.html
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
For more information, go HERE:
http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/program.html
I wanted to tell Massachusetts artists about this event coming up on November 7th and 8th in Boston. I was supposed to be on one of the panels and couldn't make it but there are many other arts professionals participating who you really should hear. Some of the topics discussed on panels will be: Networking tools for artists, Free and low-cost technology for artists and artist-run businesses and projects, grants and resources, copyright and IP protection, how to market, price, network and negotiate, info on artists residencies and more. This event is FREE and open to artists of all disciplines and is co-sponsered by the Kirstein Business Branch of the Boston Public Library and the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition.
ARTIST GRANTS & RESIDENCIES: FALL DEADLINES
Here are some upcoming deadlines for residencies and a couple grants. Don't forget, if you have questions about residency and grant applications, etc., please check out my FAQs on the right hand side bar. And while you're at it, why not check out my books on grant-writing and opportunities in the arts at the bottom of my blog or do your own grant book search on the side bar? Cheers, Mira. p.s. Just so you know, Blogger continues to make wonky formatting problems for those of us who write in a Word doc first before posting. The only remedy I have heard of so far is embedding new HTML code in each and every post which frankly, I'm too lazy to do. So you'll just have to deal with the occasional weirdness in font size and spacing for now....thanks for understanding.
(ALL) Residency in rural Georgia, U.S.A.
Sustainable Arts Society invites artists and creative professionals to participate in its Residency Program in the rural, pristine, setting of the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia. U.S. and international individuals at all stages of their careers and working in a variety of mediums will be empowered to create works of significance in the arts and environmental conservation, to share ideas and inspiration with fellow residents, and to cultivate positive, intellectual growth and change while honoring the cultural and environmental integrity of this unique farm setting. U.S. and international creative individuals over 21 with a passionate commitment to their art form and respect for living sustainably among others and the natural world. Emerging, mid-career and professional level artists are encouraged to apply. General information, the details of the Application process and the Application are available on this web page. Nov. 1 deadline.
(ALL) Residency at Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle
The twelve-day Hauberg residency, established to encourage collaboration among a group of outstanding artists, offers an opportunity to create new work that utilizes Pilchuck facilities and/or is inspired by the Pilchuck environment. Visual artists in all media as well as writers, poets, art critics, and curators are encouraged to submit proposals with a collaborative concept or theme that makes creative use of Pilchuck’s resources and environment. Hauberg Fellows may use the vitreography studio; plaster studios; fusing, slumping, and casting kilns; and coldworking equipment. The twelve-day spring residency includes a single room in a cottage with shared bath, meals, studio space, and limited supplies. Reimbursement for travel costs and honorarium are not provided. Deadline: January 16th, 2010. For more information, write to Ruth King, Artistic Director: rking@pilchuck.com or visit the website: www.pilchuck.com.
(ALL) The Rome Prize
The American Academy awards the Rome Prize to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Fellows are chosen from the following disciplines: architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature (awarded only by nomination through the American Academy of Arts and Letters), musical Composition, visual arts, ancient studies, medieval studies, renaissance and early modern studies, and modern Italian studies.
(ALL) Residency in rural Georgia, U.S.A.Sustainable Arts Society invites artists and creative professionals to participate in its Residency Program in the rural, pristine, setting of the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia. U.S. and international individuals at all stages of their careers and working in a variety of mediums will be empowered to create works of significance in the arts and environmental conservation, to share ideas and inspiration with fellow residents, and to cultivate positive, intellectual growth and change while honoring the cultural and environmental integrity of this unique farm setting. U.S. and international creative individuals over 21 with a passionate commitment to their art form and respect for living sustainably among others and the natural world. Emerging, mid-career and professional level artists are encouraged to apply. General information, the details of the Application process and the Application are available on this web page. Nov. 1 deadline.
http://www.sustainable-arts.org/residencies.html
(Thanks to Artist Trust for the following announcements):
(ALL DISCIPLINES & SOUND ARTISTS) Jack Straw Residency in Seattle
The Jack Straw Residency Program in Seattle, Washington is accepting applicants from both established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines to participate in their Artist Residency Programs. There are three programs available this year, Artist Support Program, New Media Gallery, and Writers Program. These residencies are offered to allow artists the opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere. Each completed application must be postmarked or delivered by 5:00 pm, on Friday, October 30, 2009. For more info, go to: www.jackstraw.org.
(ALL) Residency at Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle
The twelve-day Hauberg residency, established to encourage collaboration among a group of outstanding artists, offers an opportunity to create new work that utilizes Pilchuck facilities and/or is inspired by the Pilchuck environment. Visual artists in all media as well as writers, poets, art critics, and curators are encouraged to submit proposals with a collaborative concept or theme that makes creative use of Pilchuck’s resources and environment. Hauberg Fellows may use the vitreography studio; plaster studios; fusing, slumping, and casting kilns; and coldworking equipment. The twelve-day spring residency includes a single room in a cottage with shared bath, meals, studio space, and limited supplies. Reimbursement for travel costs and honorarium are not provided. Deadline: January 16th, 2010. For more information, write to Ruth King, Artistic Director: rking@pilchuck.com or visit the website: www.pilchuck.com.
(ALL) The Rome Prize
The American Academy awards the Rome Prize to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Fellows are chosen from the following disciplines: architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature (awarded only by nomination through the American Academy of Arts and Letters), musical Composition, visual arts, ancient studies, medieval studies, renaissance and early modern studies, and modern Italian studies.
Prize recipients are invited to Rome for six months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community where they will enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand their own professional, artistic, or scholarly pursuits, drawing on their colleagues' erudition and experience and on the inestimable resources that Italy, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Academy have to offer.
(ARTISTS) NYC Printmaking Residency
Special Editions Residency Program is a competitive national residency program for emerging artists to create new work through exploration of printmaking. The Lower East Side Printshop offers an opportunity to complete an important new body of work in collaboration with one of their two experienced master printers, fully sponsored by the Printshop. Artists, with or without printmaking skills, are provided with technical assistance, financial support, time and studio space to explore printmaking and complete a new body of work. Experimentation and exploration of new materials and processes are welcome. The Printshop documents the artwork digitally, in printed materials including the annual catalogue, and on the Internet. The Printshop also provides exposure opportunities through on- and off-site exhibitions and studio visits. Awarded artists work alongside other emerging and mid-career artists in the Printshop's Collaborations Studio. Deadline December 2nd, 2009. More info and application at: http://www.printshop.org/web/Create/SpecialEditions/index.html.
(ALL) Artist-in-Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park
The Artist-In-Residence program at Rocky Mountain National Park offers professional writers, composers, and visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the park's inspiring landscape. Selected artists stay in a historic, rustic cabin for two-week periods from June through September. No stipend is provided.More info and application at: http://www.nps.gov/romo/supportyourpark/artist_in_residence.htm
(WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS) The Lange-Taylor Prize: The Lange-Taylor Prize is offered to a writer and a photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. By encouraging such collaborative efforts, the Center for Documentary Studies supports the documentary process in which writers and photographers work together to record the human story. For more information, go to: http://www-cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/index.html. Deadline: January, 31, 2010.
The Puffin foundation is accepting grant proposals from emerging artists in the fields of art, music, photography, theater, and video. For more information, go to: http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html. Deadline is December 15, 2009.
FOUNDATION CENTER CLASSES FOR GRANT-SEEKERS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!
Thank you Women Arts.org for this late-breaking news:
(ALL) Foundation Center Classes for Grant-Seekers: In honor of Funding for the Arts Month (October), the Foundation Center will host free events and classes in Atlanta, GA, Cleveland, OH, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA, to help artists and non-profit arts organizations become better grant-seekers and increase their funding. See website for details and exact locations. http://foundationcenter.org/marketplace/promotions/emailpromo/arts
_month_08312009_cats.html. Class Dates: October 5, 2009 (Atlanta), October 7, 2009 (Cleveland), October 14, 2009 (New York), October 29, 2009 (San Francisco).
A PRIMER ON GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
Hi everyone. So today, Artsake, a great arts blog sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), posted a shortened version of an older post of mine, "Finding Money for Your Dreams," The condensed version, "A Primer on Grants and Residencies," can be found here: Artsake. Although the blog's focus is on Massachusetts I find it very useful for anyone in the arts. There are up-to-date opportunities for everyone, not just Mass artists.
What Artsake says about itself on their blog:
ArtSake is a place to dig into the creative, innovative work of Massachusetts artists. It’s hosted by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), the state’s arts agency. We chose the name ArtSake because support for the arts is often framed in terms of its additional benefits: to education, to the economy, to communities. But we wanted to carve out a space where we celebrated art and art-making for its inherent merits, for its own sake. We’ll use this space to celebrate our state’s innovative and creative minds, highlight new projects, and feature ideas and content straight from the artists. Above all, we hope to encourage readers to participate in the advancement of Massachusetts arts - especially their own.
I hope you check out my post on Artsake and see what other artists are doing in Massachusetts...talk to you later, Mira
What Artsake says about itself on their blog:
ArtSake is a place to dig into the creative, innovative work of Massachusetts artists. It’s hosted by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), the state’s arts agency. We chose the name ArtSake because support for the arts is often framed in terms of its additional benefits: to education, to the economy, to communities. But we wanted to carve out a space where we celebrated art and art-making for its inherent merits, for its own sake. We’ll use this space to celebrate our state’s innovative and creative minds, highlight new projects, and feature ideas and content straight from the artists. Above all, we hope to encourage readers to participate in the advancement of Massachusetts arts - especially their own.
I hope you check out my post on Artsake and see what other artists are doing in Massachusetts...talk to you later, Mira
RESIDENCIES IN ITALY, OREGON, NEW MEXICO AND MORE!
(ARTISTS) La Macina di San Cresci Residency in Tuscany La Macina di San Cresci Residency, Greve in Chianti, between Florence and Siena. When: October 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010. Deadline: until filled. La Macina di San Cresci offers ten partial funding in grant based on a combination of merit and need. This assistance reduces Residency fees and may cover up to half the full cost of a minimum three-week residency. This grant assistance is available from October 1, 2009 to March 31 , 2010 residencies. Applications for these awards are accepted any time. For more information about the residency, studio facilities, and application requirements, please visit www.chianticom.com. For further information, contact the office at info@chianticom.com.
(ARTISTS) Oregon College of Art and Craft Artist-in-Residence Program
The OCAC residency program in Portland, Oregon provides artists with time to think, and to immerse themselves in the making. Whether an emerging or a nationally known artist; residents have the freedom to explore, experiment, interact and create. The OCAC offers two kinds of residencies, a Junior residency and a Senior residency. Artists can apply anytime. The Junior Residency provides recent MFA graduates with sixteen weeks of focused work time during the fall or spring semester. Applications are accepted from artists working in a specified craft medium. During the semester, residents take advantage of the vibrant college community, interacting with students, faculty and staff. The Senior Residency is a six-week long program in the summer. This residency offers mid-career artists a break from their scheduled lives to focus on their work. Applicants working in any of the College’s craft media may apply. Residencies are open to only US artists. All residents are provided with nearby housing, a stipend, and materials and travel reimbursement. Residents make two public presentations and have their work featured in an annual Artist in Residence exhibition.
(ALL) Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA. Average stay is four weeks. Residents receive housing, all meals, and studios. Residents are responsible for travel, materials, and there is a suggested contribution ($30/day), and deposit ($50). Occasional full funding available. See website for application. Virginia Center for the Arts, 154 San Angelo Dr., Amherst, VA 24521, T: (434) 946-7236, FAX: (434) 946-7239, vcca@vcca.com, www.vcca.com. Deadline: September 15, 2009
(ARTISTS) Roswell Artist-in-Residency Program
Roswell Artist-in-Residency Program in Roswell, New Mexico, U. S. A. Well known by artists as the "Gift of Time", the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program was established in 1967 to provide gifted studio based visual artists with the unique opportunity to concentrate on their work in a supportive, collegial environment for a whole year. This "gift of time" allows artists to work without distraction in an effort to break new ground and focus on individual goals. In-residence grants are offered to artists involved in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation and other fine art media. Grants are not made in the disciplines of performance art or production crafts.
Residencies are for one year. Artists are housed in a complex of six houses and 10 studios located on forty acres of land. Each artist is provided with a house that can amply accommodate either a single person or a family. Rent, utilities (except telephone), repairs and maintenance costs are borne by the Program. Houses are furnished with major furniture items, appliances and utensils. The next deadline is December 1, 2009. For more information, please go to: http://www.rair.org/
***While the visa process for non-US residents participating in their program has improved somewhat, they are still limited in their ability to assist with the long term visa issues that may arise for foreign participating artists. Overseas artists should consider visiting the USCIS web site and/or consult with local experts on this subject.
RESIDENCIES IN BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS AND MORE
(ALL DISCIPLINES) Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Residencies: The Work Center provides seven-month winter fellowships to twenty fellows each year. Residencies run from October 1 through May 1. Fellows are provided living accommodations and a monthly stipend of $650. There is a $45 application fee. Write to above address or see web site for more details. Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657. email: general@fawc.org. Website: www.fawc.org. Application Deadline: December 1, 2009.(ALL DISCIPLINES) Sacatar Foundation Residency in Brazil
The Sacatar Residency offers eight week residencies from May to February. The Instituto Sacatar provides unstructured time and space for creative individuals to develop new work. Specifically, a Fellowship to Sacatar provides: • Roundtrip airfare between the artist's closest regional airport and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil • A private bedroom with attached bath • A separate studio • All meals (except on Saturday night, all day Sunday and holidays)
The residency is in a somewhat primitive location and the foundation encourages artists to work primitively - that is, simply and directly with few complex tools, materials or technologies. They have limited or no facilities or equipment for dance, theater, photography, music, video or film. For residents of the U.K., there is a program through the British Council that generously funds artists with proposals to produce work in Brazil: www.artistlinks.org.br. These proposals can be for anywhere in Brazil and for the length of time desired by the applicant and can include multiple residencies, including time at the Instituto Sacatar.
For more information about Instituto Sacatar, write to: Instituto Sacatar, Rua da Alegria 10 Itaparica BA 44460 Brasil or email: info@sacatar.org or visit the website at: www.sacatar.org.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2009. ***I noticed that the website now says April 10 so please double check or write them)
(WRITERS & ARTISTS) Saskatchewan Writers/Artists Colony
The Saskatchewan Writers/Artists Colony offers residencies to writers and visual artists at two retreats in Saskatchewan: St. Peter's Abbey (two weeks in February or six weeks in July/August) and Emma Lake. The weekly fees are $225–275 Canadian; financial assistance is available. Deadlines are December 1 for winter and May 2 for the summer.Writers from anywhere are welcome to apply. Write, fax, or see the web site for additional information and guidelines. Saskatchewan Writers/Artists Colony c/o Saskatchewan Writers Guild, PO Box 3986, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3R9, Canada. E-Mail: skcolony@sasktel.net. Website: www.skwriter.com/programdesc.asp?id=23. Deadline: December 1, 2009.
(MEDIA ARTISTS) KiK Residency in Netherlands
Stichting KiK in Nijeveen: KiK is an art foundation located in an old milk factory in the North of the Netherlands, which fosters projects that make full use of the unique opportunities of the rural landscape. KiK offers residencies for development, research, co-operation, experiment and production of dynamic and innovative projects. * Duration: three months (November 2009 - February 2010), no deadline. International artists are welcome to apply. * Disciplines: architecture, photographers, video and film, as long as the project is related to the landscape and heritage. * Monthly grant: 750 euro.
For more information, write to: Stichting KiK, Kolderveen 30, 7948 NJ Nijeveen, Netherlands or call +31 522-491003, E-mail stichtingkik@planet.nl or visit the website at: www.kik-site.nl.
MEDIA ARTS RESIDENCY, GRANTS AND MORE
Dear Readers, below are a couple new deadlines...and coming soon: FAQs on those burning grant questions that you have been asking me in private emails, such as: should you trust foundations that charge an application fee? Should you mention in applications that you are applying for more than one grant, etc.? I've been getting so many questions lately from readers that I will address some of these as soon as I can, hopefull in the next couple days. In the meantime, thanks for all your good wishes about my book! Best, Mira
(MEDIA ARTISTS) Banff Centre Residency: The Locative Cinema Commission is a joint project of ZER01: The Art and Technology Network, the Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, and Sundance Institute's New Frontier Initiative. The commission will be realized via a residency at the Banff New Media Institute, to be completed by July 2010. The new work will be presented at the 2010 01SJ, the 2011 Sundance Festival, and the 2011 Banff Summer Arts Festival. The work must be realizable in San Jose, Park City, and Banff. The Banff Centre is located in the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, about 80 miles west of Calgary.
There is a 4,500 USD artist commissioning fee, up to 5,000 USD for production and residency costs, plus substantial in kind support from The Banff Centre. In addition, reasonable presentation costs, including necessary travel, will be covered. Proposal deadline: Monday August 3, 2009. For further information and the specific application process: http://zero1.org/01sj/Lccall.
(PLAYWRIGHTS) Membership Offer
New Dramatists, a service organization, offers seven-year memberships to emerging playwrights of talent and ability who live in the New York City area or who visit enough to take advantage of the programs and to participate in the community of playwrights. During this period, they are encouraged to use the organization's resources to develop and refine their artistry and vision. Primary among the services offered to members are play development workshops; playwright exchange programs with Australia, England, and Los Angeles; and ScriptShare, a national script distribution service. Additional services include musical theater workshops; writer work spaces; free-ticket program; script-copying facilities; and a summer playwriting residency in Lake Placid, New York. See web site for additional information and guidelines: www.newdramatists.org. Application Deadline: September 15.
(WRITERS) Christopher Isherwood Foundation Grants
Grants will be awarded to writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or a collection of stories. Each grant is for $4,000. Applicants must be American citizens. The novel or story collection must have been published at the time of application. Young adult novels do not qualify for grants. Applications for 2009 grants will be accepted between September 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009. Fore more information, go to: http://isherwoodfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26
(ALL DISCIPLINES) Sons of Norway Foundation Grants
The General Heritage and Culture Grants may be awarded to individuals, groups, or organizations and are intended for projects designed to promote information about traditional or modern Norway. Up to $3,000 may be awarded. For more information, call toll free (800) 945-8851 or Email: foundation@sofn.com or visit the website: www.sofn.com.
(MEDIA ARTISTS) Banff Centre Residency: The Locative Cinema Commission is a joint project of ZER01: The Art and Technology Network, the Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, and Sundance Institute's New Frontier Initiative. The commission will be realized via a residency at the Banff New Media Institute, to be completed by July 2010. The new work will be presented at the 2010 01SJ, the 2011 Sundance Festival, and the 2011 Banff Summer Arts Festival. The work must be realizable in San Jose, Park City, and Banff. The Banff Centre is located in the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, about 80 miles west of Calgary.There is a 4,500 USD artist commissioning fee, up to 5,000 USD for production and residency costs, plus substantial in kind support from The Banff Centre. In addition, reasonable presentation costs, including necessary travel, will be covered. Proposal deadline: Monday August 3, 2009. For further information and the specific application process: http://zero1.org/01sj/Lccall.
(PLAYWRIGHTS) Membership Offer
New Dramatists, a service organization, offers seven-year memberships to emerging playwrights of talent and ability who live in the New York City area or who visit enough to take advantage of the programs and to participate in the community of playwrights. During this period, they are encouraged to use the organization's resources to develop and refine their artistry and vision. Primary among the services offered to members are play development workshops; playwright exchange programs with Australia, England, and Los Angeles; and ScriptShare, a national script distribution service. Additional services include musical theater workshops; writer work spaces; free-ticket program; script-copying facilities; and a summer playwriting residency in Lake Placid, New York. See web site for additional information and guidelines: www.newdramatists.org. Application Deadline: September 15.
(WRITERS) Christopher Isherwood Foundation Grants
Grants will be awarded to writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or a collection of stories. Each grant is for $4,000. Applicants must be American citizens. The novel or story collection must have been published at the time of application. Young adult novels do not qualify for grants. Applications for 2009 grants will be accepted between September 1, 2009 and October 1, 2009. Fore more information, go to: http://isherwoodfoundation.
(ALL DISCIPLINES) Sons of Norway Foundation Grants
The General Heritage and Culture Grants may be awarded to individuals, groups, or organizations and are intended for projects designed to promote information about traditional or modern Norway. Up to $3,000 may be awarded. For more information, call toll free (800) 945-8851 or Email: foundation@sofn.com or visit the website: www.sofn.com.
IT'S FULBRIGHT GRANT TIME AGAIN!
Well, it's that time of year again—time to think about whether or not you should apply for a Fulbright Grant. The student grants are due October 20th and the Traditional Scholar Grants are due October 1st, 2009, but I think the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Grants have various deadlines, if I'm not mistaken. If you want to find out more about the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Grant Program, go to my article, "Fulbright Grants: The Inside Scoop" (http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/fubright-grants-inside-scoop.html).
Graduate Student Program
The U.S. Department of State Fulbright and other grants for graduate study abroad are available in academic fields and the creative and performing arts. Among the requirements for SOME disciplines, but not all (for example, visual art), is proficiency in the language of the country to be visited. Grants cover the costs of international travel, tuition, living, and health insurance. See web site for more details and application instructions. Students or artists, writers, etc. less than five years out of school can find out more at: http://us.fulbrightonline.org or http://www.iie.org/srf/home.
Traditional Scholars Program
Teaching at host colleges and universities worldwide for one to two semesters. Countries occasionally request professional artists with teaching experience, rather than traditional academics. Website: http://www.iie.org/cies/us_scholars/
***just so you know, I got one of these grants twelve years after grad. school and I wasn't associated with a university at all. I applied as an Independent Scholar/Artist.
Senior Specialist Program
A relatively new program of short-term residencies at colleges and universities worldwide. For professionals and artists outside academe , the program requires recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Website: www.iie.org/cies/specialists/
So if you want some insider tips on the Fulbright process, check out my article and/or visit the websites above. Also, you might want to read my article "Finding Money for Your Dreams" about the grant-writing process and how to get started. I had a great experience when I went to Northern Norway on a Fulbright a few years ago and receiving the grant opened many doors for me after that. As I state in my "Finding Money for Your Dreams" article, grants beget other grants, which beget many opportunities down the road.
Best Wishes, Mira
Graduate Student Program
The U.S. Department of State Fulbright and other grants for graduate study abroad are available in academic fields and the creative and performing arts. Among the requirements for SOME disciplines, but not all (for example, visual art), is proficiency in the language of the country to be visited. Grants cover the costs of international travel, tuition, living, and health insurance. See web site for more details and application instructions. Students or artists, writers, etc. less than five years out of school can find out more at: http://us.fulbrightonline.org or http://www.iie.org/srf/home.
Traditional Scholars Program
Teaching at host colleges and universities worldwide for one to two semesters. Countries occasionally request professional artists with teaching experience, rather than traditional academics. Website: http://www.iie.org/cies/us_scholars/
***just so you know, I got one of these grants twelve years after grad. school and I wasn't associated with a university at all. I applied as an Independent Scholar/Artist.
Senior Specialist Program
A relatively new program of short-term residencies at colleges and universities worldwide. For professionals and artists outside academe , the program requires recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments. Website: www.iie.org/cies/specialists/
So if you want some insider tips on the Fulbright process, check out my article and/or visit the websites above. Also, you might want to read my article "Finding Money for Your Dreams" about the grant-writing process and how to get started. I had a great experience when I went to Northern Norway on a Fulbright a few years ago and receiving the grant opened many doors for me after that. As I state in my "Finding Money for Your Dreams" article, grants beget other grants, which beget many opportunities down the road.
Best Wishes, Mira