INTERNATIONAL GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

For more grants and opportunities like the ones below, visit: www.artisttrust.org (where these listings came from) and my other links on my sidebar. And if you haven't read my article, "Finding Money for Your Dreams," about the nuts and bolts of grantwriting, you might want to (it's a little long but people seem to find it helpful).

(COMM.-BASED ARTISTS) Transnational Cultural Remittances Grant Program
NALAC'S Transnational Cultural Remittances Grant Program funds project and planning grants to strengthen the exchange of art and culture between communities linked by people's migration from one country to another. This program is available to individuals, collectives, and community-based organizations that are engaged in the practical of exchange of culture through transnational community connections developed and maintained by culturally and economically-linked communities. Projects demonstrating an ongoing connection between two or more of the following countries will be considered: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. Grants range anywhere from $2,000 up to $20,000. Artists and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) in any of the countries listed may apply. Applicants do not have to include the United States to be considered. Projects are open to numerous possibilities. For more info and TCR program guidelines visit: http://www.nalac.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=232 Deadline: July 24, 2009.

The NALAC also offers grants that provide financial support to Latino working artists and Latino arts organizations through direct training and technical assistance. Grants range from $2,500 to $10,000. A Master Arts Grant is also offered to recognize an established Latino artist for his/her work in their community, and to provide support that enables the Master Artist to serve as a mentor to another artist in the community. Grant: $20,000. For more information on these opportunities, visit: http://www.nalac.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=206&Itemid=255. Deadline: July 13, 2009.

(AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS) William H. Johnson Prize
The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that seeks to encourage African American artists early in their careers through its annual award, The William H. Johnson Prize. Early career African American artists who work in painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation and/or new genre are eligible to apply. "Early career" is interpreted liberally to include artists who have finished their academic work and who have produced mature work for less than ten years. Age is not determinative, and artists may already have been included in gallery or museum exhibitions. http://www.whjohnsongrant.org. Deadline: July 31, 2009.

(FILMMAKERS) Feature-Film Production Grants
The Global Film Initiative announces the Summer 2009 cycle feature-film Production Grants Program in its continuing effort to promote original filmmaking from individuals around the world. Grants are awarded twice a year to filmmakers whose work exhibits artistic excellence, authentic self-representation, and accomplished story-telling. The Grants Program furthers the development of local film industries while offering audiences a variety of cultural perspectives on daily life from around the world. Grants received are used to support the completion of film production, and to subsidize post-production costs. Grants up to $10,000. Grants are not available for documentary or short films, and are only available to the following regions: Latin American, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East (excluding Iran), Asia (excluding Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan), and Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand. For more information visit: http://globalfilm.org/granting.htm Deadline: July 15, 2009.

(UK ARTISTS) Innovative Arts Project Grants
The Elephant Trust was set up to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. Given the Trust’s modest resources, grants have usually been limited to £2,000 but larger grants may be considered. Funding priority is given to artists and to small organisations and galleries. No grants are available for educational or other study purposes. / No grants are available for residencies or research. / No grants are available for projects taking place outside the UK. Application is by post only. Deadline: June 19, 2009. Application is by post only For more info, go to: http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/

MAY & JUNE DEADLINES FOR FULLY FUNDED RESIDENCIES!

EMERGING ARTISTS: Watermill Center Residencies
Call for Proposals for Fall and Spring Sessions. Application Deadline: May 31, 2009. Watermill is a "laboratory for performance" which supports the development of experimental and cross-disciplinary artistic practices. Watermill invites emerging artists to submit ambitious proposals for the creation of collaborative works which critically investigate, challenge, and extend the existing norms of performance practice. Watermill also welcomes research proposals from established scholars. Watermill is actively engaged in raising its international profile and extending its network of associates and encourages proposals from artists based outside the US. All proposals must be submitted via our online system at watermillcenter.slideroom.com. There are no exceptions.
About Watermill Center
The Watermill Center was founded in 1992 by its Artistic Director Robert Wilson as an international, multi-disciplinary center for studies in the arts and humanities. For the past sixteen years, the Watermill Center has been home to an International Summer Program led by Robert Wilson, focusing on new projects that he is developing in all areas of the arts. Watermill collaborates with institutions such as Park Avenue Armory, Kampnagel Hamburg, CUNY Martin E. Segal Theater Center, Taipei Cultural Center, Chez Bushwick and Radialsystem Berlin.

VISUAL ARTISTS: Ateljé Stundars Residency in Finland
Handelsesplanaden 23 A, 65100 Vaasa, Finland
Duration of residency is two to six months. Disciplines: Drawing & Painting, Media Art, and Sculpture. Artists from all countries may apply. Ateljé Stundars aims at providing foreign, mainly visual artists a studio and a guest apartment for two to six months. In the house is a sauna as well as laundry possibilities, basics for traditional art and pottery, dark room. There is a graphic workshop and in the area is also a printing museum offering possibilities to try some old printing techniques. Ateljé Stundars is equipped with a modern image editing computer. The artist apartment is situated only a few hundred meters away from the studio. The apartment is large and sunny enough for a part of it to also be used as a studio. Ateljé Stundars is situated in Solf, in the municipality of Korsholm - about 15 km south of Vasa in Ostrobothnia. Solf with its 1600 inhabitants is a genuine ostrobothnian village with a lot of wooden buildings in traditional peasant style. Ateljé Stundars is located in a living crafts and open-air museum area. It offers its guests beautiful nature, with open fields in a modern agricultural surrounding. Deadline: May 31st. E-mail: atelje.stundars@svof.fi Website: www.svof.fi/artstundars

VISUAL ARTISTS: Residency at Art Space Portsmouth, England
27 Brougham Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 4PA, United Kingdom
* Duration: 3 months (September - December) * Discipline: Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Media Art, Photography, Printmaking, Stone Carving, Woodcraft * Targetgroup: International
Art Space Portsmouth is located within a converted church building. The ASP International Residency is aimed at emerging fine artists with some experience of professional practice who may have had limited exposure in the UK and whose work is engaged with contemporary debate within the international art world. The residency is non-prescriptive allowing the artist to develop work in response to their environment. Sculpture facilities, computers, facilities for Etching, Drypoint, Block Printing and Screen Printing. The studio is on the 2nd floor of the ASP building. It is 6 metres long and 2.8 metres wide and is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The studio is wheelchair accessible and there is a lift and a disabled toilet. There are 28 studios in total. ASP International pays for the artists' studio space, a research and development fee of £3000, travel expenses (one return journey from place of origin to Portsmouth), accommodation, an exhibition or event at Aspex (www.aspex.org.uk) or offsite venue, material and production costs for an exhibition or event, use of facilities at The University of Portsmouth, a public presentation at Aspex. Deadline June 25. Telephone +44 23 92 874523, Fax +44 23 92 874523, E-mail artspace@artspace.co.uk For more info, go to: www.artspace.co.uk

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Light Work Photography Residency
Every year Light work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to come to Syracuse, NY to devote one month to creative projects. Over three hundred artists have participated in the AIR program, many of whom have since achieved international acclaim. The residency includes a $4,000 stipend, a furnished artist apartment, 24-hour access to our state-of-the-art darkroom and digital facilities, and generous staff support. Work by each Artist-in-Residence is published in a special edition of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual. Contact Sheet is a beautiful publication that is sent to over four thousand art lovers, museums, galleries, and libraries in over thirty-two countries. Applications are accepted throughout the year. http://www.lightwork.org/residency/resinfo.html While there is no formal deadline, we complete reviews of portfolios every two or three months. The next review process is scheduled to take place in April 2009. We are currently scheduling a couple residencies for 2009; most of the 2009 residencies have already been announced on our blog.