Good morning...the sun is shining, it's almost time to plant the garden, my espresso's ready and here are some photography grants waiting to be had...and of course, don't forget to take my poll!
The Alexia Foundation
The Alexia Foundation offers $15,000 grants to allow professional photographers to produce images that further the foundation’s goal of promoting world peace and cultural understanding. Applicants must submit a proposal for a photo project of no more than 750 words. For complete guidelines and application information, visit www.alexiafoundation.org.
Open Society Institute—Documentary Photography Project Distribution Grant
The Open Society Institute provides grants to encourage new ways of presenting documentary photography to the public. The grant enables photographers who have already completed a significant project on issues of social justice to present the work to the public in innovative and appropriate ways, ensuring that the work gains critical exposure and also has the greatest chance to stimulate constructive social change. All projects submitted for consideration must have another institution that agrees to financially and practically support its distribution (such as a nongovernmental organization, publisher, website, or gallery), and will collaborate with the photographer to use the work to promote social change. Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 will be awarded. Deadline: Jun. 19, 2009. The official announcement and description of this opportunity may be found on the funding agency's website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/focus_areas/distribution
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PLEASE TAKE MY TWO SECOND POLL
It's a rainy evening in Western Massachusetts and I'm sitting here wondering: who are all of you wonderful people? How many of you are artists? Writers? How old are most of you or are you an amazing range of ages, disciplines and genders? I'd love it if you went to my right hand side bar and took two seconds to fill out my wee poll. There are only three questions: What do you do, how old are you, and what is your gender? Just click the right answer or answers and voilá, you will be finished in but a moment's time! I'd really appreciate your participation as it will help me better serve the artists who come to this site. The poll will close at the end of May so please take a second to fill it out. Thanks!
GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
Don't worry...I haven't forgotten all your questions and comments from my "Calling All Artists" posts...I'm just trying to keep up with some things on the horizon. Here are a few for writers. Some have on-going deadlines, others have deadlines coming up. Also, there are several U.S. regional grant deadlines approaching, like in New Jersey and Wyoming and other places so if you are interested in checking out what your state has to offer, go to my "labels" section on the right-hand sidebar and click on "state grants." Happy hunting!
WRITERS EXCHANGE: Poets & Writers Exchange Program. Website: www.pw.org/about-us/maureen_egen_writers_exchange_award Deadline: Ongoing. The Writers Exchange Program is designed to encourage a sharing of works and resources among emerging writers nationwide. A poet and a fiction writer from a designated state are chosen annually. Each receives a $500 honorarium and gives readings and meets with the literary community in New York City during October. All related travel and lodging expenses and a daily stipend are covered. See web site for annual state. Guidelines and applications available online or at the above address.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Carnegie Fund for Authors
Carnegie Fund for Authors, 1 Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY 11514
The Carnegie Fund offers grants-in-aid to qualified commercially published book authors who have suffered financial emergency as a result of illness or injury (their own or that of spouses or dependent children) or who have suffered some equivalent misfortune. Grant amounts vary according to need. Write for more details. Application Deadline: Ongoing
FICTION WRITERS UNDER 39: Bard Fiction Prize
Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
E-Mail Address: bfp@bard.edu Website: www.bard.edu/bfp. Application Deadline: July 15
The Bard Fiction Prize annually recognizes a promising young fiction writer under the age of 39; it consists of a $30,000 award and appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College for one semester. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students. Write or see the web site for more details.
SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIPS: Walt Disney-ABC Studios
email: abc.fellowships@abc.com Website: abctalentdevelopment.com/programs_writers.htm
Deadline: August 8. The Disney-ABC Writing Fellowship selects up to eleven writers annually to work full-time at developing their craft in the Disney-ABC Studios' features or television division. The one-year fellowships, beginning in October, offer a salary of $50,000 plus benefits. No previous film or television experience is necessary, but writing samples are required. A number of other genre specific programs are also available. See the web site for guidelines for each program and applications.
HISTORICAL RESEARCH: Dianne Woest Fellowship
Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2179
email: wrc@hnoc.org Website: www.hnoc.org/programs/fellowship.php The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities offers a stipend of $4,000/month, to be disbursed on a monthly basis for a minimum of one and a maximum of three months to doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, or independent scholars who will be based at the Williams Research Center. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows will also be encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. Deadline: August 1.
RESIDENCY: Montana Artists Refuge
email: mar@mt.net Website: www.montanaartistsrefuge.org/residencies.htm
Residencies for artists from all disciplines, including writers, are available for up to nine months. All four residency spaces will be occupied by writers of all genres—prose, poetry, illustrated books, screen and play writing—with a studio space available for collaborations and impromptu performances or readings. The Refuge will provide comfortable living accommodations, including utilities up to $250 per month, a stipend, a quiet rural atmosphere in which to create, the inspiration of a Rocky Mountain environment, and a supportive artistic community with which to interact if one chooses. Application Deadline: July 30
D.C. WRITING GRANTS: District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
E-Mail Address: joe.babb@dc.gov Website: www.dcarts.dc.gov Application Deadline: May 28
A number of grants are available to individual artists and organizations in the District of Columbia, including Artist Fellowships of up to $5,000, given to professional creative artists living in the state. Specific arts disciplines will be eligible for support each year on a rotating basis. See web site for complete guidelines, application, and information for different programs.
OREGON WRITING FELLOWSHIPS: Literary Arts, Inc., Oregon Literary Fellowships
E-Mail Address: susan@literary-arts.org Website: www.literary-arts.org Deadline: June 27
Oregon Literary Fellowships and the Women Writers Fellowship help those in need of funds initiate, develop, or complete a literary project in poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama, or literature for young readers. The Women Writers Fellowship gives special attention to work that explores experiences of race, class, physical disability, or sexual orientation. The minimum amount awarded for each fellowship is $2,500. See web site for guidelines and application.
WASHINGTON STATE WRITERS: Artist Trust Fellowships
1835 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 email: info@artisttrust.org Website: www.artisttrust.org/grants/FELL Deadline: June 22
Eight to ten fellowships of $6,500 each are awarded in odd-numbered years to recognize the achievements of Washington poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Fellowship recipients must develop and produce a public event, such as a reading, lecture, or workshop. Residents of Washington State who are at least 18 years old and are not matriculated students are eligible. Submit up to 15 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose, a resume, and proof of residency by June 8. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the web site for the required application and complete guidelines.
WRITERS EXCHANGE: Poets & Writers Exchange Program. Website: www.pw.org/about-us/maureen_egen_writers_exchange_award Deadline: Ongoing. The Writers Exchange Program is designed to encourage a sharing of works and resources among emerging writers nationwide. A poet and a fiction writer from a designated state are chosen annually. Each receives a $500 honorarium and gives readings and meets with the literary community in New York City during October. All related travel and lodging expenses and a daily stipend are covered. See web site for annual state. Guidelines and applications available online or at the above address.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Carnegie Fund for Authors
Carnegie Fund for Authors, 1 Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY 11514
The Carnegie Fund offers grants-in-aid to qualified commercially published book authors who have suffered financial emergency as a result of illness or injury (their own or that of spouses or dependent children) or who have suffered some equivalent misfortune. Grant amounts vary according to need. Write for more details. Application Deadline: Ongoing
FICTION WRITERS UNDER 39: Bard Fiction Prize
Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
E-Mail Address: bfp@bard.edu Website: www.bard.edu/bfp. Application Deadline: July 15
The Bard Fiction Prize annually recognizes a promising young fiction writer under the age of 39; it consists of a $30,000 award and appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College for one semester. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students. Write or see the web site for more details.
SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIPS: Walt Disney-ABC Studios
email: abc.fellowships@abc.com Website: abctalentdevelopment.com/programs_writers.htm
Deadline: August 8. The Disney-ABC Writing Fellowship selects up to eleven writers annually to work full-time at developing their craft in the Disney-ABC Studios' features or television division. The one-year fellowships, beginning in October, offer a salary of $50,000 plus benefits. No previous film or television experience is necessary, but writing samples are required. A number of other genre specific programs are also available. See the web site for guidelines for each program and applications.
HISTORICAL RESEARCH: Dianne Woest Fellowship
Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2179
email: wrc@hnoc.org Website: www.hnoc.org/programs/fellowship.php The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities offers a stipend of $4,000/month, to be disbursed on a monthly basis for a minimum of one and a maximum of three months to doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, or independent scholars who will be based at the Williams Research Center. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows will also be encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. Deadline: August 1.
RESIDENCY: Montana Artists Refuge
email: mar@mt.net Website: www.montanaartistsrefuge.org/residencies.htm
Residencies for artists from all disciplines, including writers, are available for up to nine months. All four residency spaces will be occupied by writers of all genres—prose, poetry, illustrated books, screen and play writing—with a studio space available for collaborations and impromptu performances or readings. The Refuge will provide comfortable living accommodations, including utilities up to $250 per month, a stipend, a quiet rural atmosphere in which to create, the inspiration of a Rocky Mountain environment, and a supportive artistic community with which to interact if one chooses. Application Deadline: July 30
D.C. WRITING GRANTS: District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities
E-Mail Address: joe.babb@dc.gov Website: www.dcarts.dc.gov Application Deadline: May 28
A number of grants are available to individual artists and organizations in the District of Columbia, including Artist Fellowships of up to $5,000, given to professional creative artists living in the state. Specific arts disciplines will be eligible for support each year on a rotating basis. See web site for complete guidelines, application, and information for different programs.
OREGON WRITING FELLOWSHIPS: Literary Arts, Inc., Oregon Literary Fellowships
E-Mail Address: susan@literary-arts.org Website: www.literary-arts.org Deadline: June 27
Oregon Literary Fellowships and the Women Writers Fellowship help those in need of funds initiate, develop, or complete a literary project in poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama, or literature for young readers. The Women Writers Fellowship gives special attention to work that explores experiences of race, class, physical disability, or sexual orientation. The minimum amount awarded for each fellowship is $2,500. See web site for guidelines and application.
WASHINGTON STATE WRITERS: Artist Trust Fellowships
1835 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 email: info@artisttrust.org Website: www.artisttrust.org/grants/FELL Deadline: June 22
Eight to ten fellowships of $6,500 each are awarded in odd-numbered years to recognize the achievements of Washington poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Fellowship recipients must develop and produce a public event, such as a reading, lecture, or workshop. Residents of Washington State who are at least 18 years old and are not matriculated students are eligible. Submit up to 15 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose, a resume, and proof of residency by June 8. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the web site for the required application and complete guidelines.
COMMISSION GRANT FOR COMPOSERS
COMPOSERS: The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, founded by the late Paul Fromm in the fifties, has been located at Harvard University since 1972. The Fromm Foundation commissions new compositions and funds their performances. These commissions represent one of the principal ways that the Fromm Music Foundation seeks to strengthen composition and to bring contemporary concert music closer to the public. In addition to the commissioning fee of $10,000, a subsidy is available for the ensemble performing the premiere of the commissioned work. Applications for commissions are reviewed on an annual basis. Deadline: Jun. 1, 2009. The official announcement and description of this opportunity may be found on the funding agency's website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Emusicdpt/fromm.html To be eligible, composers must be citizens or residents of the Unites States.
GRANTS FOR LESBIAN WRITERS
(WRITERS) Astraea Lesbian Action Foundation: e-mail Address: info@astraea.org, website: www.astraea.org. The Lesbian Writers' Fund Awards offer grants of $10,000 each to emerging lesbian writers in fiction and poetry who have published at least once in a magazine, literary journal, or anthology. Write to Lesbian Writers' Fund Awards at above address or see the web site for guidelines and application. Application Deadline: June 30
ARTISTS' RESIDENCIES IN NEW ORLEANS
(ALL) NEW ORLEANS SIX WEEK RESIDENCY WITH STIPEND
Environmentally themed residencies at A Studio in the Woods. This prestigious and funded fellowship, just outside the city limits of New Orleans, is offered to artists of all disciplines
—visual, performing and literary or a six-week placement at our New Orleans facility. Cammie Hill-Prewitt, Prog. Coord.
504-392-5359 http://www.astudiointhewoods.org
A Studio in the Woods Announces Changing Landscapes: A Dialogue Between Art and the Environment, Four Funded 6-Week Artist Residencies. These environmental residencies are based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with the natural world. We ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. The call is open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental issues and a commitment to seeking and plowing new ground. Four six-week residencies which include a $3000 stipend and $1000 supply budget are to be offered between September 2009 and April 2010. Submissions must be postmarked by
June 19, 2009. A copy of the application can be downloaded from the website at astudiointhewoods.org. For more information, please email applications@astudiointhewoods.org.
*Note: If you haven't read my article, taken from my talk at the TCE Conference, "Finding Money for Your Dreams," you might find it helpful. Go to: http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/finding-money-for-your-dreams.html. And coming soon...tips on writing Fulbright Grants!
CALIFORNIA FELLOWSHIPS
(A) Call for Entries: 2009 Kala Institute Fellowship Awards
Deadline: 05/08/09
James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking
The 2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking will honor two
California-born artists. In addition to a $5,000 cash prize for each of
the award winners, Kala Art Institute will sponsor an exhibit in fall 2009
featuring their work. Application for the 2009 Phelan Art Award in Printmaking is open to any California-born artist. Current California residency is not required.
For further information and on-line application, please see: http://www.kala.org/call/phelan/phelan.html
Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz, Berkeley, CA 94710
510-549-2977 www.kala.org
(A) 2009 KALA FELLOWSHIP
Artists producing innovative work in book arts, electronic/digital media (video, sound, animation, etc.), installation art, photography and printmaking are encouraged to
apply. Nine artists will each receive a Fellowship consisting of: • a $3,000 cash award • up to six consecutive months of studio residency at Kala Art Institute • 24/7 access to Kala’s studio (Individual studio space may be also available depending on artists' projects and schedules.) • exhibition of artwork created during the residency in a group show at the Kala Gallery Larry Rinder, Director of Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, is guest juror. To apply: http://www.kala.org/ fellow/ fellow_ap.html
Deadline: 05/08/09
James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking
The 2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking will honor two
California-born artists. In addition to a $5,000 cash prize for each of
the award winners, Kala Art Institute will sponsor an exhibit in fall 2009
featuring their work. Application for the 2009 Phelan Art Award in Printmaking is open to any California-born artist. Current California residency is not required.
For further information and on-line application, please see: http://www.kala.org/call/phelan/phelan.html
Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz, Berkeley, CA 94710
510-549-2977 www.kala.org
(A) 2009 KALA FELLOWSHIP
Artists producing innovative work in book arts, electronic/digital media (video, sound, animation, etc.), installation art, photography and printmaking are encouraged to
apply. Nine artists will each receive a Fellowship consisting of: • a $3,000 cash award • up to six consecutive months of studio residency at Kala Art Institute • 24/7 access to Kala’s studio (Individual studio space may be also available depending on artists' projects and schedules.) • exhibition of artwork created during the residency in a group show at the Kala Gallery Larry Rinder, Director of Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives, is guest juror. To apply: http://www.kala.org/ fellow/ fellow_ap.html
MORE SPRING DEADLINES: ARTS, CRAFTS, PUPPETRY
(CRAFT) 2009 Craft Research Fund Grants
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design
Deadline: 07/01/09
THE MISSION of the Craft Research Fund is to advance, expand and support scholarship in United States craft.
GOALS: To support innovative research on artistic and critical issues in craft theory, practice and history; To explore the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture; To foster new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field in America; To advance investigation of neglected questions in United States craft history and criticism.
PROJECT GRANTS: Up to $15,000 awarded to support research relating to the goals of the Craft Research Fund. Grant funds may be used to support documentation such as images or rights to use images or text, as part of the research yet to be completed.
GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS: Up to $10,000 awarded to support research for a thesis or dissertation relating to United States craft by students enrolled in graduate programs in any accredited college or university.
DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2009
www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/grants.php
(A) Artist In Residence: Puppetry In Practice
Deadline: 04/01/09
Puppetry In Practice is seeking an artist in residence at our Brooklyn Museum. Living/Work space with shared kitchen provided. Resident is asked assist in development of new programming in our puppet center and museum. Contact us puppetryinpractice@gmail.com for an application and details. www.puppetryinpractice.com
(A) Fiber Materials/Fiber Techniques (Textiles)
International Fiber Collaborative
Deadline: 05/01/09
Open to all national and international artists who work with Fiber Materials/Fiber Techniques (Textiles). Artists using non-fiber material while exploring fiber techniques in combination is also allowed. All media welcome, traditional & contemporary, including public art and installation. Open to photography, ceramics, fibers, sculpture, printmaking, and video artists who tap into the fiber realm. Please submit the following: 5 digital jpgs (Small - Medium Size), Resume, Letter of Need. $20 Donation required to participate. (go to www.internationalfibercollaborative.com) Send materials via email to Jennifer Marsh at blueangle1412@yahoo.com Deadline is May 1, 2009
Jennifer Marsh, the founder of the International Fiber Collaborative, will be the Juror. AWARD: $500. If you are the winner, your images & a short bio will be added to the IFC website.
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design
Deadline: 07/01/09
THE MISSION of the Craft Research Fund is to advance, expand and support scholarship in United States craft.
GOALS: To support innovative research on artistic and critical issues in craft theory, practice and history; To explore the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture; To foster new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field in America; To advance investigation of neglected questions in United States craft history and criticism.
PROJECT GRANTS: Up to $15,000 awarded to support research relating to the goals of the Craft Research Fund. Grant funds may be used to support documentation such as images or rights to use images or text, as part of the research yet to be completed.
GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS: Up to $10,000 awarded to support research for a thesis or dissertation relating to United States craft by students enrolled in graduate programs in any accredited college or university.
DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2009
www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/grants.php
(A) Artist In Residence: Puppetry In Practice
Deadline: 04/01/09
Puppetry In Practice is seeking an artist in residence at our Brooklyn Museum. Living/Work space with shared kitchen provided. Resident is asked assist in development of new programming in our puppet center and museum. Contact us puppetryinpractice@gmail.com for an application and details. www.puppetryinpractice.com
(A) Fiber Materials/Fiber Techniques (Textiles)
International Fiber Collaborative
Deadline: 05/01/09
Open to all national and international artists who work with Fiber Materials/Fiber Techniques (Textiles). Artists using non-fiber material while exploring fiber techniques in combination is also allowed. All media welcome, traditional & contemporary, including public art and installation. Open to photography, ceramics, fibers, sculpture, printmaking, and video artists who tap into the fiber realm. Please submit the following: 5 digital jpgs (Small - Medium Size), Resume, Letter of Need. $20 Donation required to participate. (go to www.internationalfibercollaborative.com) Send materials via email to Jennifer Marsh at blueangle1412@yahoo.com Deadline is May 1, 2009
Jennifer Marsh, the founder of the International Fiber Collaborative, will be the Juror. AWARD: $500. If you are the winner, your images & a short bio will be added to the IFC website.
UPCOMING RESIDENCY DEADLINES
(A, ARCH, MUSIC) Residency at Raumars AIR in Finland
Deadline: April 30th, 2009
New at Raumars: Two stage residency. Curator, artist or artist group plans and starts a community art project with exhibition in 2010. Exhibition will be realized at the Lönnström Art Museum. After the first residence period in 2010 artist returns to Raumars for finalizing the project and installing the exhibition in 2011.
In 2010 we also welcome proposals and ideas which interact with immigrants and local people or are connected with cultural welfare, work welfare or health care.
Raumars A.i.R. welcomes artists to apply for a community art residency in a city of Rauma, Finland, for a year 2010. Fields of art are: visual arts, applied arts, performing arts, design, architecture and music. Residencies last usually 2-4 months.
Raumars has one appartment with 2 rooms and a kitchen located 2,5 kilometers from the city centre. There is no studio. Besides single artists a couple, small groups and families are welcome.
The applicants are expected to present a project plan for an environmental, public or community art project, which will be realized during the residency. The main selection criteria will be the artists’ motivation to work within a social context, the quality of previous art and the proposal.
More information at www.raumars.org about applying.
(MEDIA ARTS) ISIS Residency, United Kingdom
5 Charlotte Square / 1 Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4XF, UK
Duration: 3 weeks
ISIS Arts is an artist led, visual and media arts organisation with an international artistresidency, commissions, training and research programme. Their programme seeks toaddress themes of identity and cultural understanding and they engage with artists toproduce work that challenges and presents social issues within new contexts. Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a 3 week research residency between April to end of July 2009. The emphasis for this residency is on research not on finished art work.Two studio spaces for visiting artists, a media training room, and an inflatable touring venue for sharing media arts with a wider audience.
Paid by host: Artists are offered a self-contained city centre studio space, £1200 (to include travel and accommodation costs) and access to ISIS equipment and technical support. Deadline: March 20
E-mail isis@isisarts.org.uk
www.isisarts.org.uk
(A) Residency at ARCUS Project: Ibaraki, Japan
When: Aug - Dec. 2009
Deadline: March 31, 2009
Artist-in-residence program of ARCUS Project which aims to support the artistic activities of emerging visual artists was launched in 1995 by Ibaraki Prefectural Government as its main organizer. In its 14 years history, ARCUS has invited 71 artists from 24 countries/regions and supported their artistic projects and researches during the residence. A number of previous residency artists are now known as cutting-edge artists in international art scene. In 2009, ARCUS calls the artist who can think radically, experiment innovative ideas, and work with progressive modes of expression.
The Applicant should: be an emerging artist engaged in contemporary visual arts or other related fields, have legal permission to enter Japan, be in a state of good health and able to carry out daily activities on his / her own, have enough English or Japanese language skills to communicate with other artists and administration staff, ande not be enrolled in educational institution (undergraduate, graduate school etc.) during the residency period.
III. Period of program: Late-August through December, 2009
Artist should stay three months at the minimum, and four months at the maximum including the period of official programs (see the Program Outline on the website for the detail). The program provides: Studio, Accommodation, Transportation Fee, Allowance, For the detail of application procedure, please visit our website: (http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/) to download the Program Outline and Application Guideline.
(ALL) Residency at Pour Que l’Esprit Vive at La Prée, France
When: 2009/2010
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Located in the centre of France, the domain of La Prée shelters an old Cistercian abbey founded in 1141 by Saint Bernard. It was a monastery until the French Revolution after which it was in private hands for a century and a half. The domain of about 100 acres, boarded by a stream, includes meadows and forests. The buildings are located in a 12 acres park enclosed by walls and includes the abbey, the former mill of the abbey, today known as the hostelry, a number of annexes, and barns. In 1992, Pour Que l’Esprit Vive innovated in the old abbey an in residence artists program. The abbey serves as a residence of limited durations for artists of all disciplines to help them in their research and creation. It is administered by Pour que l'Esprit Vive.
The idea of creating an artistic residence was born by the need of many artists to live in a place where they could devote their time exclusively to creating for long periods (1 or 2 years); a place where they could escape the constraints of urban environments, the demands of every day life, and the noise and distractions of the city.
Seven individual residences have been allocated for artists. Each of them has two rooms, a kitchen, and bath. Besides there is a number of study rooms, a library, three workshops, one of which is devoted to engraving.
Since 1992 more than forty artists have been in residence. (Music has a special place in La Prée, due in part to the important role played by musicians in the conception of the artist-in-residence program, in particularly one can cite the cellist Dominique de Williencourt and the composer Nicolas Bacri, the first artists in residence in 1992.)
More information and application: www.pourquelespritvive.org/
(ALL) Residency at the Sacatar Foundation, Brazil
Deadline: April 10, 2009
The INSTITUTO SACATAR operates a residency program for creative individuals in all disciplines at its estate on the Island of Itaparica in the Bay of All Saints, across from the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. information online : www.sacatar.org
Click on 'Application'
(ALL) Residency at the MacDowell Colony
New Hampshire, USA
Deadline: Apr 15 2009, Sept 15 2009, Jan 15 2010
The MacDowell Colony is designed to facilitate a balance between a focus on work and interdisciplinary interaction. Private studios are available to artists 24 hours a day along with the dining and recreation rooms at Colony Hall, providing an environment adaptable to each individual's needs. To ensure the autonomy and privacy of all Colonists, no one may visit a studio without an invitation. Breakfast and dinner are served in the dining room while lunch is delivered to each studio. After dinner, occasional presentations are a traditional, elective part of the stimulating and supportive environment. Readings, slide shows, open studios, and informal performances allow Colonists to become acquainted with and inspired by one another's work. Friendships established among artists-in-residence often lead to collaborations and connections beyond the Colony.
Residencies are awarded based on a completed application to the Colony. Applications are chosen by a peer-review panel. Deadline: April 15th 2009 for residency Fall 2009
Deadline: September 2009 15th for Winter/Spring 2010, Deadline: January 15th 2010 for Summer 2010
www.macdowellcolony.org
(W) Amsterdam Writer-in-Residence Programme
Duration: 3 up to 5 months. Please mind that the writer-in-residence-programme is closed from 1 July to 1 September and from 15 December to 15 January.
The 'Residency for Writers' project is a joint initiative by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature. The University of Amsterdam and Athenaeum Booksellers have made living space available in the heart of the old city.In this way, the foreign writer in residence will find lodgings not only in the historic and literary heart of Amsterdam, but also at its academic centre, with access to the University of Amsterdam library, the Academic Club and the Dutch capital's literary activities.
The writers' residence is located in the heart of Amsterdam. The square on which the apartment looks out is called "het Spui". The "Spui" is the name of the body of water that formed the city's southern border until the late 14th century.
The apartment has 90 square meters of floor space, two bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and several working areas, paid by host. The existing funds do not cover the author's travel expenses, but do allow for a maximum residence grant of 2000 Euro per month. A fee of 250 Euro will be deducted for service costs. Active assistance will be provided to the authors to help find subsidies in their respective countries of origin in order to finance the journey to Amsterdam. For a number of authors it will be possible to apply to existing exchange programmes that cover both travel and accommodation expenses.
Deadline: No later than six months prior to the intended period of stay.
Preference to those authors whose works have been written in or translated into the major languages and preferably also into Dutch. Authors who work in a wide range of literary genres will be given priority. Novelists, poets, essayists (of relevance to the current political debate in the Netherlands and beyond) or critics who can be linked to newspapers or magazines, are, in principle, eligible for the programme. The programme committee's choices will also be influenced by the ways in which the writer-in-residence might play his part in Amsterdam or the Netherlands. Even though the programme is mainly intended for European authors, this does not necessarily exclude authors from outside Europe. For further information or for application forms, please contact Fleur van Koppen at the programme's office.
E-mail fleur@fondsvoordeletteren.nl
www.writerinresidence.nl
Deadline: April 30th, 2009
New at Raumars: Two stage residency. Curator, artist or artist group plans and starts a community art project with exhibition in 2010. Exhibition will be realized at the Lönnström Art Museum. After the first residence period in 2010 artist returns to Raumars for finalizing the project and installing the exhibition in 2011.
In 2010 we also welcome proposals and ideas which interact with immigrants and local people or are connected with cultural welfare, work welfare or health care.
Raumars A.i.R. welcomes artists to apply for a community art residency in a city of Rauma, Finland, for a year 2010. Fields of art are: visual arts, applied arts, performing arts, design, architecture and music. Residencies last usually 2-4 months.
Raumars has one appartment with 2 rooms and a kitchen located 2,5 kilometers from the city centre. There is no studio. Besides single artists a couple, small groups and families are welcome.
The applicants are expected to present a project plan for an environmental, public or community art project, which will be realized during the residency. The main selection criteria will be the artists’ motivation to work within a social context, the quality of previous art and the proposal.
More information at www.raumars.org about applying.
(MEDIA ARTS) ISIS Residency, United Kingdom
5 Charlotte Square / 1 Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4XF, UK
Duration: 3 weeks
ISIS Arts is an artist led, visual and media arts organisation with an international artistresidency, commissions, training and research programme. Their programme seeks toaddress themes of identity and cultural understanding and they engage with artists toproduce work that challenges and presents social issues within new contexts. Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a 3 week research residency between April to end of July 2009. The emphasis for this residency is on research not on finished art work.Two studio spaces for visiting artists, a media training room, and an inflatable touring venue for sharing media arts with a wider audience.
Paid by host: Artists are offered a self-contained city centre studio space, £1200 (to include travel and accommodation costs) and access to ISIS equipment and technical support. Deadline: March 20
E-mail isis@isisarts.org.uk
www.isisarts.org.uk
(A) Residency at ARCUS Project: Ibaraki, Japan
When: Aug - Dec. 2009
Deadline: March 31, 2009
Artist-in-residence program of ARCUS Project which aims to support the artistic activities of emerging visual artists was launched in 1995 by Ibaraki Prefectural Government as its main organizer. In its 14 years history, ARCUS has invited 71 artists from 24 countries/regions and supported their artistic projects and researches during the residence. A number of previous residency artists are now known as cutting-edge artists in international art scene. In 2009, ARCUS calls the artist who can think radically, experiment innovative ideas, and work with progressive modes of expression.
The Applicant should: be an emerging artist engaged in contemporary visual arts or other related fields, have legal permission to enter Japan, be in a state of good health and able to carry out daily activities on his / her own, have enough English or Japanese language skills to communicate with other artists and administration staff, ande not be enrolled in educational institution (undergraduate, graduate school etc.) during the residency period.
III. Period of program: Late-August through December, 2009
Artist should stay three months at the minimum, and four months at the maximum including the period of official programs (see the Program Outline on the website for the detail). The program provides: Studio, Accommodation, Transportation Fee, Allowance, For the detail of application procedure, please visit our website: (http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/) to download the Program Outline and Application Guideline.
(ALL) Residency at Pour Que l’Esprit Vive at La Prée, France
When: 2009/2010
Deadline: April 1, 2009
Located in the centre of France, the domain of La Prée shelters an old Cistercian abbey founded in 1141 by Saint Bernard. It was a monastery until the French Revolution after which it was in private hands for a century and a half. The domain of about 100 acres, boarded by a stream, includes meadows and forests. The buildings are located in a 12 acres park enclosed by walls and includes the abbey, the former mill of the abbey, today known as the hostelry, a number of annexes, and barns. In 1992, Pour Que l’Esprit Vive innovated in the old abbey an in residence artists program. The abbey serves as a residence of limited durations for artists of all disciplines to help them in their research and creation. It is administered by Pour que l'Esprit Vive.
The idea of creating an artistic residence was born by the need of many artists to live in a place where they could devote their time exclusively to creating for long periods (1 or 2 years); a place where they could escape the constraints of urban environments, the demands of every day life, and the noise and distractions of the city.
Seven individual residences have been allocated for artists. Each of them has two rooms, a kitchen, and bath. Besides there is a number of study rooms, a library, three workshops, one of which is devoted to engraving.
Since 1992 more than forty artists have been in residence. (Music has a special place in La Prée, due in part to the important role played by musicians in the conception of the artist-in-residence program, in particularly one can cite the cellist Dominique de Williencourt and the composer Nicolas Bacri, the first artists in residence in 1992.)
More information and application: www.pourquelespritvive.org/
(ALL) Residency at the Sacatar Foundation, Brazil
Deadline: April 10, 2009
The INSTITUTO SACATAR operates a residency program for creative individuals in all disciplines at its estate on the Island of Itaparica in the Bay of All Saints, across from the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. information online : www.sacatar.org
Click on 'Application'
(ALL) Residency at the MacDowell Colony
New Hampshire, USA
Deadline: Apr 15 2009, Sept 15 2009, Jan 15 2010
The MacDowell Colony is designed to facilitate a balance between a focus on work and interdisciplinary interaction. Private studios are available to artists 24 hours a day along with the dining and recreation rooms at Colony Hall, providing an environment adaptable to each individual's needs. To ensure the autonomy and privacy of all Colonists, no one may visit a studio without an invitation. Breakfast and dinner are served in the dining room while lunch is delivered to each studio. After dinner, occasional presentations are a traditional, elective part of the stimulating and supportive environment. Readings, slide shows, open studios, and informal performances allow Colonists to become acquainted with and inspired by one another's work. Friendships established among artists-in-residence often lead to collaborations and connections beyond the Colony.
Residencies are awarded based on a completed application to the Colony. Applications are chosen by a peer-review panel. Deadline: April 15th 2009 for residency Fall 2009
Deadline: September 2009 15th for Winter/Spring 2010, Deadline: January 15th 2010 for Summer 2010
www.macdowellcolony.org
(W) Amsterdam Writer-in-Residence Programme
Duration: 3 up to 5 months. Please mind that the writer-in-residence-programme is closed from 1 July to 1 September and from 15 December to 15 January.
The 'Residency for Writers' project is a joint initiative by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature. The University of Amsterdam and Athenaeum Booksellers have made living space available in the heart of the old city.In this way, the foreign writer in residence will find lodgings not only in the historic and literary heart of Amsterdam, but also at its academic centre, with access to the University of Amsterdam library, the Academic Club and the Dutch capital's literary activities.
The writers' residence is located in the heart of Amsterdam. The square on which the apartment looks out is called "het Spui". The "Spui" is the name of the body of water that formed the city's southern border until the late 14th century.
The apartment has 90 square meters of floor space, two bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and several working areas, paid by host. The existing funds do not cover the author's travel expenses, but do allow for a maximum residence grant of 2000 Euro per month. A fee of 250 Euro will be deducted for service costs. Active assistance will be provided to the authors to help find subsidies in their respective countries of origin in order to finance the journey to Amsterdam. For a number of authors it will be possible to apply to existing exchange programmes that cover both travel and accommodation expenses.
Deadline: No later than six months prior to the intended period of stay.
Preference to those authors whose works have been written in or translated into the major languages and preferably also into Dutch. Authors who work in a wide range of literary genres will be given priority. Novelists, poets, essayists (of relevance to the current political debate in the Netherlands and beyond) or critics who can be linked to newspapers or magazines, are, in principle, eligible for the programme. The programme committee's choices will also be influenced by the ways in which the writer-in-residence might play his part in Amsterdam or the Netherlands. Even though the programme is mainly intended for European authors, this does not necessarily exclude authors from outside Europe. For further information or for application forms, please contact Fleur van Koppen at the programme's office.
E-mail fleur@fondsvoordeletteren.nl
www.writerinresidence.nl
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FEBRUARY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
(M & ALL) Artists Residency Program at I-Park for Music Composers
Connecticut, USA
Deadline: Feb 16th, 2009
I-Park announces its ninth season hosting The Artists’ Enclave. Artists’ residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through November 2009. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. In addition to music composers, the following disciplines participate: visual (including digital and environmental) artists, landscape/garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application fee and artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from the area. They also provide for their own food and work materials. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. A limited number of travel grants are offered to non-U.S. artists.
The music studio, in addition to an acoustic piano, has a selection of digital keyboards as well as a growing collection of peripheral devices and software for recording, sequencing and sound manipulation. We have also begun to collect unusual percussion and other instruments for use by our composers.
For additional project information and to download 2009 application materials, go to the website: www.i-park.org/residency.html
(ALL) Residency at Castiglioncello / Tuscany / Italy / Spring 2009
Deadline: ongoing—artists may apply for residency between October and May.
The mansion and its coastline park is “niemandsland” (no man’s land) residency in Italy. It contains 12+1 completely equipped apartments in order to live and work. Dwellings can be used for studios. For larger work also the private park is available.
At the moment we accept applications to come to Castiglioncello for a minimum of 1 week during the period March – May, or October – December 2009.
You are a professional in any field of contemporary art, a curator or writer and want to work for your own. You can be eligible for the residency by sending your application. Residential artists benefit by special rental conditions met locally for them.
Further support: All guest artists, who are accepted by the selection committee are welcome in the residency program. It is further expected that the artist will be supported by sources based in the artist's country of origin!
Send your inquiry or application to: niemandsland@peintner-art.com
>>niemandsland<<
Christian I. Peintner, Im Kirchholz 23, A-6845 Hohenems, Austria
Tel. 0043-699-12132277, Fax 0043-699-32132277
(ALL) Residency at the Vermont Studio Center
Deadline: February 17th, 2009
The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency program open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2-12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC's program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (2 painters, 2 sculptors and 2 writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences. Applications and information available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org
(A) ASSOCIATION A.I.R. VALLAURIS
Phone: 330493646550
Fax: 330493646550
Email: contact@air-vallauris.com
Artist in Residence Program : The intent of the AIR program is to propose an environment to visiting artists which offers: a unique cultural experience, the opportunity to research and create new work, the opportunity to meet and collaborate with local artists, and the possibility to expose work in the AIR gallery and on the AIR web site. http://www.air-vallauris.org/
(A, MEDIA, INTERDISC.) ARTSPACE (AUSTRALIA)
Phone: +61 2 9368 1899 Fax: +61 2 9368 1705
http://www.artspace.org.au
Email: artspace@artspace.org.au
Artspace’s focus is on experimental and conceptual installation practices; projects involving critical and theoretical research into contemporary visual culture; collaborative and process-based projects; interdisciplinary, multimedia, new media and net.art practices; site specificity; and performance art. Artspace invites project proposals on an ongoing basis from emerging and established artists and curators. Project proposals may include an application for studio space (either residential or non-residential) in order to develop and/or install the work on-site. Proposals utilizing both studio and exhibition spaces are welcome.
(A) ARTSPACE, INC. (NC)
Phone: (919)821-2787 Fax: (919)821-0383
Email: info@artspacenc.org
http://www. artspacenc.org
Summer Artist in Residence Program
Provides an established artist with a brief studio opportunity to work on a specific project. Each summer, an artist is invited to work in Gallery 1 in an open-studio setting for 4 weeks. The residency culminates in a 6 to 8 week exhibition of the artist's work in Gallery 1. The intent of this residency is to provide fresh insight about mediums of art and processes of art making that are not common within the Artspace community.
(A) ART FARM
Phone: (402) 854-3120 Email: artfarm@hamilton.netVisit their website
Residency Program
Art Farm's program for professional artists offers them accommodation and studio space to pursue their artwork.
http://www.artfarmnebraska.org/
(A) ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS: Residency Program
http://www.arrowmont.org/
Phone: (865)436-5860 Fax: (865)430-4101 Email: info@arrowmont.org
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts offers an Artist-In-Residence Program designed to give pre-professional self-directed artists time and studio space to develop a major body of work in a creative community environment of students and visiting faculty. Five artists are selected annually to participate in this eleven-month program. The facilities are wheelchair accessible.
Also: Horn Woodturning Fellowship
The Horn Fellowship provides housing, private studio, basic equipment, professional development, optional teaching opportunities, and some meals for an 11-month residency at Arrowmont. The recipient will be one of five residents selected for the Artists-in-Residence program.
(A) ARCUS PROJECT in Japan
Phone: (029)301-2735 Fax: (029)301-2739
Email: info@arcus-project.com
Artist-in-Residence Program
The ARCUS Project is an artist-in-residence program organized by the Ibaraki Prefectural Government that was launched with a focus on nurturing young and mid-career visual artists and on fostering grounds for international exchange in the arts as well as in the local community. The project aims to serve two purposes. The first is to provide opportunities to young and mid-career visual artists to develop their artistic concepts and skills in a community setting and facilitate them with an environment for cultural exchange at professional level and community level. The second is to provide the local residents an opportunity to appreciate art in their local community and to nurture grounds for multicultural experiences through programs such as workshops and seminars.http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/
(ALL) ANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES in Minnesota
http://www.andersoncenter.org/residency_program.htm
Phone: (651)388-2009 Email: info@andersoncenter.com
Residencies
The Anderson Center offers short-term residencies of two weeks to one month from May-October to writers, artists and scholars. Through a grant from the Jerome Foundation of St. Paul, each year the Center devotes the month of July to encourage the work of emerging artists from New York City and Minnesota. Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the stay of the residency period. The facilities are wheelchair accessible.
(A) AMISTAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA in Texas
http://www.nps.gov/amis/
Phone: (830)775-7491 Fax: (800)775-9248 Email: Scarlett_Elkins@nps.gov
Artist in Residence Program
Amistad National Recreation Area is located in southwestern Texas, amid desert landscapes and alongside the US/Mexico border. Lake Amistad is known for excellent fishing, and the park is surrounded by world-class prehistoric rock art and classic Western history. The Artist-in-Residence program offers artists an opportunity for inspiration by living and working in a National Park setting. The program provides for a two to four week stay at Amistad NRA.
(M) AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM
Phone: (651)228-1407 Fax: (651)291-7978
Email: mail@composersforum.org
Community Partners Program
Administered through the Forum’s chapters, the Community Partners Program places composers in collaborative residencies with community, cultural and educational organizations to create new works designed around the needs of their specific communities, many of which are historically underserved by the arts. By partnering with cultural, educational and social services organizations, projects reach people who might otherwise have no opportunity or occasion to directly engage the arts, and do so in a context that makes their involvement personally and socially significant. Through these projects, the Forum’s chapters have sponsored more than 200 residencies, commissions and performances, engaged scores of educational, cultural and social institutions in the creation and presentation of new music, and elicited growing support from a wide range of local and regional philanthropies.
I would suggest emailing them because they have been having problems with their website (composersforum.com)
(A) STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts, Room 111
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
E-Mail Address: studio-info@andrew.cmu.edu
Website: www.cmu.edu/studio/fellowships/index.html
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Artist Residency Program connects established artists to the robust science-technology resources at Carnegie Mellon through two concurrent year-long residences. The broad mission of the STUDIO is to facilitate work in two major areas: artistic creation and development of educational tools. Artists receive a salary and have access to the resources of the university. Assistance is offered in finding housing in the community. Applications are due at least six months in advance of the desired residency period. Write or see web site for additional information.
(W) Hill House Writers Retreat
8161 Highway 100 #177, Nashville, TN 37221
E-Mail Address: ron@Hillhousewriters.com
Website: www.hillhousewriters.com/policies.htm
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Hill House Writers Retreat offers week-long residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative-nonfiction writers, and other literary artists on a thirty-four-acre horse farm an hour south of Nashville. Scholarships are awarded year-round and include a private room and three meals a day. To apply, send a bio, letter of intent, and a writing sample of up to 1,500 words, accompanied by a $30 application fee. See web site for complete guidelines.
(W) Bucknell University, Philip Roth Residence
Bucknell University, Bucknell Hall, Lewisburg, PA 17837
E-Mail Address: stadlercenter@bucknell.edu
Website: www.departments.bucknell.edu/stadler_center
Application Deadline: February 21
The Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing provides four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester, without formal academic obligations, and a stipend of $4,000 for a young writer with some record of accomplishment. The residence coincides with the fall semester, mid-September through late December. In even-numbered years the residence is awarded to a poet, in odd-numbered years to a fiction writer. Write to Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing at above address or see web site for more details.
(W) Writers' Conferences & Centers
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
MS1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
E-Mail Address: wcc@awpwriter.org
Website: writersconf.org/scholarship/index.php
Application Deadline: March 30
The WC&C Scholarship Competition supports emerging writers who wish to attend a writers' conference. Two scholarships of $500 each will be awarded and applied to the fees of any of the member conferences of WC&C, an association of conferences, colonies, and festivals for writers. There is a $10 reading fee for each manuscript submitted. Submissions are accepted between December 1 and March 30. Write to WC&C Scholarship Program at above address or see web site for more details.
(W) Writers at Work
PO Box 540370, North Salt Lake, UT 84054-0370
E-Mail Address: lisa@writersatwork.org
Website: www.writersatwork.org/submission.html
Application Deadline: March 1
Writers at Work sponsors a Fellowship Competition in fiction (short stories or novel excerpts), literary nonfiction, and poetry. The first prize in each category consists of $1,500, publication in Quarterly West, a featured reading, full tuition to the Writers at Work Conference in Park City, Utah, a manuscript consultation during the Conference with one of the visiting editors or agents, and free housing. Eligible are writers who have not published a book-length volume of original work. Fiction and literary nonfiction submissions should not exceed 5,000 words; poetry may be six poems not exceeding 10 pages total. Only unpublished work will be considered. There is a $20 reading fee for each entry. Write or see the web site for more details and latest deadline.
(W) Wesleyan Writers Conference
294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459
E-Mail Address: agreene@wesleyan.edu
Website: www.wesleyan.edu/writing/conference
Application Deadline: April 3
The Wesleyan Writers Conference, staffed by award-winning writers, offers full and partial scholarships to participants. Scholarships include the Joan and John Jakobson Scholarships, open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and the Jon Davidoff Scholarships for Journalists. Teaching fellowships—including the Barach Fellowship—which all cover tuition, room, and board, and include an honorarium of $500, are also awarded. Write to Fellowship and Scholarship Committee at above address or see web site for specific details and application procedures.
(W) Taos Summer Writers' Conference, D. H. Lawrence Fellowship
Department of English Language and Literature
MSC03 2170, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
E-Mail Address: taosconf@unm.edu
Website: www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Registration/Scholarships.htm
Application Deadline: April 15
The D. H. Lawrence Fellowship is awarded to an emerging writer of fiction or poetry with one book in print or at press. The D. H. Lawrence Fellow will receive tuition remission, lodging at the Sagebrush Inn or Comfort Suites, and two meals a day (breakfast and lunch). In return, the Fellow contributes to the Taos Summer Writer's Conference activities and gives a formal reading. Write to Sharon Oard Warner, Director at above address or see web site for more details.
(CB) The Highlights Foundation
Selection Committee, Highlights Foundation Scholarship Program
814 Court Street, Honesdale, PA 18431
E-Mail Address: contact@highlightsfoundation.org
Website: www.highlightsfoundation.org/pages/scholarships_top.html
Application Deadline: February 15
The Highlights Foundation Scholarship Program provides financial support to qualified candidates wishing to attend the annual Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua for the first time. Individuals with a serious interest in writing for children and an established financial need are invited to apply. Scholarship awards are granted at the discretion of the Foundation Scholarship Committee. Send SASE for guidelines. For more information, contact Jenny Blanchard, Program Director, above address.
(CBW) Society of Children's Book Writers, Work-in-Progress Grants
8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
E-Mail Address: membership@scbwi.org
Website: www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Application Deadline: March 15
Four Work-in-Progress Grants, one for a contemporary novel for young people, one for a work whose author has never had a book published, one for a general work-in-progress, and one for a nonfiction research project, will be awarded annually. Each grant is $1,500, and each category offers a runner-up award of $500. Applications must be sent between February 15 and March 15. The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. Write to W-I-P Grant Application at above address or see web site for additional information.
(CBW) Society of Children's Book Writers, Barbara Karlin Grant
8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
E-Mail Address: membership@scbwi.org
Website: www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Application Deadline: March 15
The Barbara Karlin Grant recognizes and encourages the work of aspiring picture-book writers who have never had a picture book published. One grant of $1,500 is awarded annually. Applications must be sent between February 15 and March 15. The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. Write to Barbara Karlin Grant Application at above address or see web site for additional information.
(W) Poetry Magazine
444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850, Chicago, IL 60611
Website: www.poetrymagazine.org/about/prizes.html
Application Deadline: March 31
Five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships of $15,000 each are given annually to undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in English or creative writing programs who will not have received an M.A. or M.F.A. degree as of December 31 of the year of the award. Program directors and department chairs in the U.S. should submit nominations on an official application form from Poetry. Applications must be postmarked during the month of March. See web site for more details. In addition, Poetry Magazine administers the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize of $100,000 for outstanding poetic achievement, as well as eight Poetry Magazine Awards, ranging from $500 to $3,000, for poetry published in the magazine during the previous year. Applications are not accepted for these awards.
(HUMANITIES) National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506
E-Mail Address: fellowships@neh.gov
Website: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html
Application Deadline: May 1
Fellowships with a stipend of $4,200 per month support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. A number of other grants are also available. Write, e-mail, or see web site for further information on stipends, eligibility, and application procedures.
(W) Loft Literary Center, Minnesota Writers' Career Initiative Program
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
E-Mail Address: jsantek@loft.org
Website: www.loft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=44
Application Deadline: March 5
The Minnesota Writers' Career Initiative Program provides financial support and professional assistance to advanced writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or children's literature to develop and implement serious, multifaceted plans for the next phase of their career. This phase might involve, but is not limited to, greater recognition, increase in book sales, significant expansion of audience, or publication by a major press. As many as four winners receive grants of up to $8,000 and up to $1,500 in honoraria. Write to Career Initiative Program at address above or see web site for guidelines and application.
(THEATER) Children's Theatre Foundation of America, Founders Grants
1114 Red Oak Drive, Avon, IN 46123
E-Mail Address: dwebb@iupui.edu
Website:www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org/grants.html
Application Deadline: April 1
Founders Grants are available to individuals and organizations for a variety of needs. Write or see web site for specific guidelines and requirements.
(W) Center for Environmental Journalism
University of Colorado, 478 UCB, 1511 University Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0478
E-Mail Address: cej@colorado.edu
Website: www.colorado.edu/journalism/cej
Application Deadline: March 1
The Ted Scripps Environmental Fellowship Program blends classroom and field training at the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism to help professional journalists acquire knowledge to cover the environment more effectively and enrich public understanding. Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens with a minimum of five years of full-time professional journalism experience. Fellows receive tuition, fee payment, and a stipend of $47,000 for the nine-month academic year. Write or see web site for additional information.
(W) Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
E-Mail Address: blwc@middlebury.edu
Website: www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc
Application Deadline: March 1
The Conference awards fellowships and scholarships to candidates applying to attend a session of the Conference. Candidates for fellowships must have a first original book published within three years of filing their application. Scholarship candidates must have published in major literary periodicals or newspapers. See web site for nomination and application procedures.
(W) Eastern Frontier Education Foundation: Residency in Norton Island, Maine
446 Long Ridge Road, Bedford, NY 10506
E-Mail Address: webmaster@easternfrontier.com
Website: www.easternfrontier.com
Application Deadline: March 1
The Eastern Frontier Residency Program annually offers two residency periods lasting two weeks during the summer to selected artists and writers, in the picturesque setting of Norton Island, Maine, for developing their work. There is a $25 application fee. Send writing samples with application. Apply to Stephen T. Dunn, Chairman, at above address or see web site for more details and online application.
(SCREENWRITING) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Nicholl Fellowships
1313 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
E-Mail Address: nicholl@oscars.org
Website: www.oscars.org/nicholl
Application Deadline: To Be Announced
Up to five Don and Gee Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships, of $30,000 each, are available annually for original, full-length feature scripts of 100 to 130 pages, with the understanding that the recipients will complete a new feature screenplay during the fellowship year. Entries must be in English (no translations) and must display exceptional craft and engaging storytelling. Writers must not have sold or optioned a feature screenplay or teleplay, or earned more than $5,000 for writing one. There is a $30 entry fee. Contact the Academy from January through April or consult the web site year-round for further information.
(PERF. ARTS) Princess Grace Foundation / Call for Applications
Working in conjunction with nominating schools and non-profit companies, the Princess Grace Awards recognize the talent of individual artists in theater, dance, and film.
This unique collaborative process fills vast voids in the artistic community: scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships give emerging artists the financial assistance and moral encouragement to focus on artistic excellence; monetary support for the nominating organizations eases fund raising challenges, directing resources toward the creative process.
Theater: Scholarships for students at non-profit schools; apprenticeships and fellowships for artists at non-profit theaters
Playwriting: One fellowship for an individual playwright, including residency at New Dramatists
Dance: Scholarships for students at non-profit schools; fellowships for dancers at non-profit companies
Choreography: Fellowships for collaborations with non-profit dance companies
Film: Scholarships for undergraduate or graduate thesis films (open to select film schools by invitation only)
Full list of deadlines and more information at: www.pgfusa.org
Princess Grace Foundation-USA, 150 East 58th Street, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10155 212/317-1470
Theater Deadline: 3/31/09 Playwrighting Deadline: 3/31/09
Dance: Performance: 4/30/09 Dance: Choreography: 4/30/09
Film: 6/1/09
Deadline: June, 1, 2009
(ALL) Native Arts @ NEFA / National Native Artist Exchange / Call to Artists
The National Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), provides support for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to travel to different regions of the country so that they may exchange artistic knowledge and skills with other Native artists. Travel grants will be awarded up to $1500.
Deadline: 4/1/09
This fund is designed to encourage and assist American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian artists, and provides an opportunity for Native artists to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another across the nation. Program information at: http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/nativearts/nativeartistexchange.html
Website: www.nefa.org
Deadline: April, 1, 2009
(ALL) Bellagio Study & Conference Center / Residencies / Seeks Applicants
Bellagio creative arts residencies in Italy – for composers, novelists, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers and visual artists – provide time for disciplined work, individual reflection, and collegial engagement, uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands. Deadline: 2/11/09 (for residencies occurring between mid-August through November 26, 2009.)
The Center typically offers one-month stays for no more than 3-5 individual artists at a time. Artists of significant achievement, from any country, are welcome to apply.
Further information at: www.rockfound.org/bellagio
Deadline: February, 11, 2009
(ART HIST./MUSEUM STUDIES) Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship / Seeks Applicants
The Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks applicants specializing in modern and contemporary art for a post-doctoral fellowship, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and offered beginning June 2009. Deadline: 3/1/08
Available to outstanding scholars who wish to pursue a curatorial career in art museums, this two-year fellowship, with a possible third year renewal, will provide curatorial training while also supporting scholarly research related to the renowned collections of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Further details and application guidelines at: http://www.philamuseum.org/jobs/
Contact Info: Human Resources
Philadelphia Museum of Art, P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101
Website: www.philamuseum.org
Deadline: March, 1, 2009
(ALL) City of Seattle / 2009 CityArtists Projects / Call to Artists
The Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs seeks applications for its CityArtists Projects, a program which provides funding for artists to develop and present work. Awards ranging up to $10,000 support new works, works-in-progress or finished works, and all projects include a public presentation. A broad range of artistic and cultural expression that reflects Seattle's diversity are encouraged. Deadline: 2/17/09
Further information and online application at: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/
Deadline: February, 17, 2009
(A, DESIGN) Beam Camp / Seeks Proposals for Ambitious Collaborative Projects
THE PROJECT
Each summer Beam commissions a Project Master to design a unique large-scale collaborative endeavor that campers produce and enjoy. The Project can range from the conceptual to the structural. We are looking for big ideas that will challenge and excite our campers and staff. Our Project Management Team will work with the Master to "translate" the Master's project blueprint into the camp context.
THE CAMP
Beam Camp is a 4-week summer program (July 18-August 16) for boys and girls aged 7-17 in Strafford, New Hampshire. Beam Campers cultivate hands-on skills while exploring innovative thinking, design and the creative process. They transform ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community success. Teams of campers work on different aspects of the Project each morning. In the afternoons, they participate in Domains, mini-courses in arts, athletics, science and nature studies.
Go to http://www.beamcamp.com/project-proposal/ to fill out the Project Proposal form or send an email to brian@beamcamp.com.
WHAT'S THE PROJECT BUDGET?
We generally spend $10,000 on Project-specific materials including any necessary new tools/machines.
WHAT ARE THE MASTER'S TIME REQUIREMENTS?
Upon selection of a Project, Masters have until May 1st to create a blueprint or working plan for the project. We ask that the Master be available for at least two pre-camp planning meetings and join us for at least three days during the camp session.
DO I GET PAID? Project Masters receive a $2,500 stipend plus travel costs.
Proposals due: March 1, 2009.
For more info on Beam: http://www.beamcamp.com
For further inquiries contact: Brian Cohen – brian@beamcamp.com
(A) Black Rock Arts Foundation / 2009 Grant Cycle / Call to Artists
Black Rock Arts Foundation's seeks submissions from artists for their 2009 grant cycle. BRAF grants to individual artists or artist collectives that create interactive artworks and involves the audience in its creation.
Application and guidelines at: blackrockarts.org/grants/2009-grant-cycle
Contact Information:
Josie Schimke, Program Development Assistant
Black Rock Arts Foundation, 1900 Third Street, First Floor
San Francisco CA 94158.
Email: josie@blackrockarts.org, Phone: 415/626-1248
Deadline: March, 13, 2009
(A) James Washington Fdn / Washington Artist in Residency / Call for Applications
The James & Janie Washington Foundation is dedicated to supporting emerging visual artists by providing them an opportunity to have time and space to create. The Foundation offers one month residencies to visual artists living in King County and Washington State. The residency will be open to artists who work in all mediums, but who are interested in focusing on sculpture during the residency. For application information, please visit: www.jameswashington.org.
Deadline March 1, 2009
(M & ALL) Artists Residency Program at I-Park for Music Composers
Connecticut, USA
Deadline: Feb 16th, 2009
I-Park announces its ninth season hosting The Artists’ Enclave. Artists’ residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through November 2009. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. In addition to music composers, the following disciplines participate: visual (including digital and environmental) artists, landscape/garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application fee and artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from the area. They also provide for their own food and work materials. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. A limited number of travel grants are offered to non-U.S. artists.
The music studio, in addition to an acoustic piano, has a selection of digital keyboards as well as a growing collection of peripheral devices and software for recording, sequencing and sound manipulation. We have also begun to collect unusual percussion and other instruments for use by our composers.
For additional project information and to download 2009 application materials, go to the website: www.i-park.org/residency.html
(ALL) Residency at Castiglioncello / Tuscany / Italy / Spring 2009
Deadline: ongoing—artists may apply for residency between October and May.
The mansion and its coastline park is “niemandsland” (no man’s land) residency in Italy. It contains 12+1 completely equipped apartments in order to live and work. Dwellings can be used for studios. For larger work also the private park is available.
At the moment we accept applications to come to Castiglioncello for a minimum of 1 week during the period March – May, or October – December 2009.
You are a professional in any field of contemporary art, a curator or writer and want to work for your own. You can be eligible for the residency by sending your application. Residential artists benefit by special rental conditions met locally for them.
Further support: All guest artists, who are accepted by the selection committee are welcome in the residency program. It is further expected that the artist will be supported by sources based in the artist's country of origin!
Send your inquiry or application to: niemandsland@peintner-art.com
>>niemandsland<<
Christian I. Peintner, Im Kirchholz 23, A-6845 Hohenems, Austria
Tel. 0043-699-12132277, Fax 0043-699-32132277
(ALL) Residency at the Vermont Studio Center
Deadline: February 17th, 2009
The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency program open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2-12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC's program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (2 painters, 2 sculptors and 2 writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences. Applications and information available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org
(A) ASSOCIATION A.I.R. VALLAURIS
Phone: 330493646550
Fax: 330493646550
Email: contact@air-vallauris.com
Artist in Residence Program : The intent of the AIR program is to propose an environment to visiting artists which offers: a unique cultural experience, the opportunity to research and create new work, the opportunity to meet and collaborate with local artists, and the possibility to expose work in the AIR gallery and on the AIR web site. http://www.air-vallauris.org/
(A, MEDIA, INTERDISC.) ARTSPACE (AUSTRALIA)
Phone: +61 2 9368 1899 Fax: +61 2 9368 1705
http://www.artspace.org.au
Email: artspace@artspace.org.au
Artspace’s focus is on experimental and conceptual installation practices; projects involving critical and theoretical research into contemporary visual culture; collaborative and process-based projects; interdisciplinary, multimedia, new media and net.art practices; site specificity; and performance art. Artspace invites project proposals on an ongoing basis from emerging and established artists and curators. Project proposals may include an application for studio space (either residential or non-residential) in order to develop and/or install the work on-site. Proposals utilizing both studio and exhibition spaces are welcome.
(A) ARTSPACE, INC. (NC)
Phone: (919)821-2787 Fax: (919)821-0383
Email: info@artspacenc.org
http://www. artspacenc.org
Summer Artist in Residence Program
Provides an established artist with a brief studio opportunity to work on a specific project. Each summer, an artist is invited to work in Gallery 1 in an open-studio setting for 4 weeks. The residency culminates in a 6 to 8 week exhibition of the artist's work in Gallery 1. The intent of this residency is to provide fresh insight about mediums of art and processes of art making that are not common within the Artspace community.
(A) ART FARM
Phone: (402) 854-3120 Email: artfarm@hamilton.netVisit their website
Residency Program
Art Farm's program for professional artists offers them accommodation and studio space to pursue their artwork.
http://www.artfarmnebraska.org/
(A) ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS: Residency Program
http://www.arrowmont.org/
Phone: (865)436-5860 Fax: (865)430-4101 Email: info@arrowmont.org
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts offers an Artist-In-Residence Program designed to give pre-professional self-directed artists time and studio space to develop a major body of work in a creative community environment of students and visiting faculty. Five artists are selected annually to participate in this eleven-month program. The facilities are wheelchair accessible.
Also: Horn Woodturning Fellowship
The Horn Fellowship provides housing, private studio, basic equipment, professional development, optional teaching opportunities, and some meals for an 11-month residency at Arrowmont. The recipient will be one of five residents selected for the Artists-in-Residence program.
(A) ARCUS PROJECT in Japan
Phone: (029)301-2735 Fax: (029)301-2739
Email: info@arcus-project.com
Artist-in-Residence Program
The ARCUS Project is an artist-in-residence program organized by the Ibaraki Prefectural Government that was launched with a focus on nurturing young and mid-career visual artists and on fostering grounds for international exchange in the arts as well as in the local community. The project aims to serve two purposes. The first is to provide opportunities to young and mid-career visual artists to develop their artistic concepts and skills in a community setting and facilitate them with an environment for cultural exchange at professional level and community level. The second is to provide the local residents an opportunity to appreciate art in their local community and to nurture grounds for multicultural experiences through programs such as workshops and seminars.http://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence/
(ALL) ANDERSON CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES in Minnesota
http://www.andersoncenter.org/residency_program.htm
Phone: (651)388-2009 Email: info@andersoncenter.com
Residencies
The Anderson Center offers short-term residencies of two weeks to one month from May-October to writers, artists and scholars. Through a grant from the Jerome Foundation of St. Paul, each year the Center devotes the month of July to encourage the work of emerging artists from New York City and Minnesota. Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the stay of the residency period. The facilities are wheelchair accessible.
(A) AMISTAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA in Texas
http://www.nps.gov/amis/
Phone: (830)775-7491 Fax: (800)775-9248 Email: Scarlett_Elkins@nps.gov
Artist in Residence Program
Amistad National Recreation Area is located in southwestern Texas, amid desert landscapes and alongside the US/Mexico border. Lake Amistad is known for excellent fishing, and the park is surrounded by world-class prehistoric rock art and classic Western history. The Artist-in-Residence program offers artists an opportunity for inspiration by living and working in a National Park setting. The program provides for a two to four week stay at Amistad NRA.
(M) AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM
Phone: (651)228-1407 Fax: (651)291-7978
Email: mail@composersforum.org
Community Partners Program
Administered through the Forum’s chapters, the Community Partners Program places composers in collaborative residencies with community, cultural and educational organizations to create new works designed around the needs of their specific communities, many of which are historically underserved by the arts. By partnering with cultural, educational and social services organizations, projects reach people who might otherwise have no opportunity or occasion to directly engage the arts, and do so in a context that makes their involvement personally and socially significant. Through these projects, the Forum’s chapters have sponsored more than 200 residencies, commissions and performances, engaged scores of educational, cultural and social institutions in the creation and presentation of new music, and elicited growing support from a wide range of local and regional philanthropies.
I would suggest emailing them because they have been having problems with their website (composersforum.com)
(A) STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts, Room 111
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
E-Mail Address: studio-info@andrew.cmu.edu
Website: www.cmu.edu/studio/fellowships/index.html
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Artist Residency Program connects established artists to the robust science-technology resources at Carnegie Mellon through two concurrent year-long residences. The broad mission of the STUDIO is to facilitate work in two major areas: artistic creation and development of educational tools. Artists receive a salary and have access to the resources of the university. Assistance is offered in finding housing in the community. Applications are due at least six months in advance of the desired residency period. Write or see web site for additional information.
(W) Hill House Writers Retreat
8161 Highway 100 #177, Nashville, TN 37221
E-Mail Address: ron@Hillhousewriters.com
Website: www.hillhousewriters.com/policies.htm
Application Deadline: Ongoing
The Hill House Writers Retreat offers week-long residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative-nonfiction writers, and other literary artists on a thirty-four-acre horse farm an hour south of Nashville. Scholarships are awarded year-round and include a private room and three meals a day. To apply, send a bio, letter of intent, and a writing sample of up to 1,500 words, accompanied by a $30 application fee. See web site for complete guidelines.
(W) Bucknell University, Philip Roth Residence
Bucknell University, Bucknell Hall, Lewisburg, PA 17837
E-Mail Address: stadlercenter@bucknell.edu
Website: www.departments.bucknell.edu/stadler_center
Application Deadline: February 21
The Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing provides four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester, without formal academic obligations, and a stipend of $4,000 for a young writer with some record of accomplishment. The residence coincides with the fall semester, mid-September through late December. In even-numbered years the residence is awarded to a poet, in odd-numbered years to a fiction writer. Write to Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing at above address or see web site for more details.
(W) Writers' Conferences & Centers
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
MS1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
E-Mail Address: wcc@awpwriter.org
Website: writersconf.org/scholarship/index.php
Application Deadline: March 30
The WC&C Scholarship Competition supports emerging writers who wish to attend a writers' conference. Two scholarships of $500 each will be awarded and applied to the fees of any of the member conferences of WC&C, an association of conferences, colonies, and festivals for writers. There is a $10 reading fee for each manuscript submitted. Submissions are accepted between December 1 and March 30. Write to WC&C Scholarship Program at above address or see web site for more details.
(W) Writers at Work
PO Box 540370, North Salt Lake, UT 84054-0370
E-Mail Address: lisa@writersatwork.org
Website: www.writersatwork.org/submission.html
Application Deadline: March 1
Writers at Work sponsors a Fellowship Competition in fiction (short stories or novel excerpts), literary nonfiction, and poetry. The first prize in each category consists of $1,500, publication in Quarterly West, a featured reading, full tuition to the Writers at Work Conference in Park City, Utah, a manuscript consultation during the Conference with one of the visiting editors or agents, and free housing. Eligible are writers who have not published a book-length volume of original work. Fiction and literary nonfiction submissions should not exceed 5,000 words; poetry may be six poems not exceeding 10 pages total. Only unpublished work will be considered. There is a $20 reading fee for each entry. Write or see the web site for more details and latest deadline.
(W) Wesleyan Writers Conference
294 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459
E-Mail Address: agreene@wesleyan.edu
Website: www.wesleyan.edu/writing/conference
Application Deadline: April 3
The Wesleyan Writers Conference, staffed by award-winning writers, offers full and partial scholarships to participants. Scholarships include the Joan and John Jakobson Scholarships, open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and the Jon Davidoff Scholarships for Journalists. Teaching fellowships—including the Barach Fellowship—which all cover tuition, room, and board, and include an honorarium of $500, are also awarded. Write to Fellowship and Scholarship Committee at above address or see web site for specific details and application procedures.
(W) Taos Summer Writers' Conference, D. H. Lawrence Fellowship
Department of English Language and Literature
MSC03 2170, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
E-Mail Address: taosconf@unm.edu
Website: www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Registration/Scholarships.htm
Application Deadline: April 15
The D. H. Lawrence Fellowship is awarded to an emerging writer of fiction or poetry with one book in print or at press. The D. H. Lawrence Fellow will receive tuition remission, lodging at the Sagebrush Inn or Comfort Suites, and two meals a day (breakfast and lunch). In return, the Fellow contributes to the Taos Summer Writer's Conference activities and gives a formal reading. Write to Sharon Oard Warner, Director at above address or see web site for more details.
(CB) The Highlights Foundation
Selection Committee, Highlights Foundation Scholarship Program
814 Court Street, Honesdale, PA 18431
E-Mail Address: contact@highlightsfoundation.org
Website: www.highlightsfoundation.org/pages/scholarships_top.html
Application Deadline: February 15
The Highlights Foundation Scholarship Program provides financial support to qualified candidates wishing to attend the annual Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at Chautauqua for the first time. Individuals with a serious interest in writing for children and an established financial need are invited to apply. Scholarship awards are granted at the discretion of the Foundation Scholarship Committee. Send SASE for guidelines. For more information, contact Jenny Blanchard, Program Director, above address.
(CBW) Society of Children's Book Writers, Work-in-Progress Grants
8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
E-Mail Address: membership@scbwi.org
Website: www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Application Deadline: March 15
Four Work-in-Progress Grants, one for a contemporary novel for young people, one for a work whose author has never had a book published, one for a general work-in-progress, and one for a nonfiction research project, will be awarded annually. Each grant is $1,500, and each category offers a runner-up award of $500. Applications must be sent between February 15 and March 15. The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. Write to W-I-P Grant Application at above address or see web site for additional information.
(CBW) Society of Children's Book Writers, Barbara Karlin Grant
8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
E-Mail Address: membership@scbwi.org
Website: www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Application Deadline: March 15
The Barbara Karlin Grant recognizes and encourages the work of aspiring picture-book writers who have never had a picture book published. One grant of $1,500 is awarded annually. Applications must be sent between February 15 and March 15. The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. Write to Barbara Karlin Grant Application at above address or see web site for additional information.
(W) Poetry Magazine
444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850, Chicago, IL 60611
Website: www.poetrymagazine.org/about/prizes.html
Application Deadline: March 31
Five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships of $15,000 each are given annually to undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in English or creative writing programs who will not have received an M.A. or M.F.A. degree as of December 31 of the year of the award. Program directors and department chairs in the U.S. should submit nominations on an official application form from Poetry. Applications must be postmarked during the month of March. See web site for more details. In addition, Poetry Magazine administers the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize of $100,000 for outstanding poetic achievement, as well as eight Poetry Magazine Awards, ranging from $500 to $3,000, for poetry published in the magazine during the previous year. Applications are not accepted for these awards.
(HUMANITIES) National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506
E-Mail Address: fellowships@neh.gov
Website: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html
Application Deadline: May 1
Fellowships with a stipend of $4,200 per month support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. A number of other grants are also available. Write, e-mail, or see web site for further information on stipends, eligibility, and application procedures.
(W) Loft Literary Center, Minnesota Writers' Career Initiative Program
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
E-Mail Address: jsantek@loft.org
Website: www.loft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=44
Application Deadline: March 5
The Minnesota Writers' Career Initiative Program provides financial support and professional assistance to advanced writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or children's literature to develop and implement serious, multifaceted plans for the next phase of their career. This phase might involve, but is not limited to, greater recognition, increase in book sales, significant expansion of audience, or publication by a major press. As many as four winners receive grants of up to $8,000 and up to $1,500 in honoraria. Write to Career Initiative Program at address above or see web site for guidelines and application.
(THEATER) Children's Theatre Foundation of America, Founders Grants
1114 Red Oak Drive, Avon, IN 46123
E-Mail Address: dwebb@iupui.edu
Website:www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org/grants.html
Application Deadline: April 1
Founders Grants are available to individuals and organizations for a variety of needs. Write or see web site for specific guidelines and requirements.
(W) Center for Environmental Journalism
University of Colorado, 478 UCB, 1511 University Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0478
E-Mail Address: cej@colorado.edu
Website: www.colorado.edu/journalism/cej
Application Deadline: March 1
The Ted Scripps Environmental Fellowship Program blends classroom and field training at the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism to help professional journalists acquire knowledge to cover the environment more effectively and enrich public understanding. Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens with a minimum of five years of full-time professional journalism experience. Fellows receive tuition, fee payment, and a stipend of $47,000 for the nine-month academic year. Write or see web site for additional information.
(W) Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
E-Mail Address: blwc@middlebury.edu
Website: www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc
Application Deadline: March 1
The Conference awards fellowships and scholarships to candidates applying to attend a session of the Conference. Candidates for fellowships must have a first original book published within three years of filing their application. Scholarship candidates must have published in major literary periodicals or newspapers. See web site for nomination and application procedures.
(W) Eastern Frontier Education Foundation: Residency in Norton Island, Maine
446 Long Ridge Road, Bedford, NY 10506
E-Mail Address: webmaster@easternfrontier.com
Website: www.easternfrontier.com
Application Deadline: March 1
The Eastern Frontier Residency Program annually offers two residency periods lasting two weeks during the summer to selected artists and writers, in the picturesque setting of Norton Island, Maine, for developing their work. There is a $25 application fee. Send writing samples with application. Apply to Stephen T. Dunn, Chairman, at above address or see web site for more details and online application.
(SCREENWRITING) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Nicholl Fellowships
1313 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028-8107
E-Mail Address: nicholl@oscars.org
Website: www.oscars.org/nicholl
Application Deadline: To Be Announced
Up to five Don and Gee Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships, of $30,000 each, are available annually for original, full-length feature scripts of 100 to 130 pages, with the understanding that the recipients will complete a new feature screenplay during the fellowship year. Entries must be in English (no translations) and must display exceptional craft and engaging storytelling. Writers must not have sold or optioned a feature screenplay or teleplay, or earned more than $5,000 for writing one. There is a $30 entry fee. Contact the Academy from January through April or consult the web site year-round for further information.
(PERF. ARTS) Princess Grace Foundation / Call for Applications
Working in conjunction with nominating schools and non-profit companies, the Princess Grace Awards recognize the talent of individual artists in theater, dance, and film.
This unique collaborative process fills vast voids in the artistic community: scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships give emerging artists the financial assistance and moral encouragement to focus on artistic excellence; monetary support for the nominating organizations eases fund raising challenges, directing resources toward the creative process.
Theater: Scholarships for students at non-profit schools; apprenticeships and fellowships for artists at non-profit theaters
Playwriting: One fellowship for an individual playwright, including residency at New Dramatists
Dance: Scholarships for students at non-profit schools; fellowships for dancers at non-profit companies
Choreography: Fellowships for collaborations with non-profit dance companies
Film: Scholarships for undergraduate or graduate thesis films (open to select film schools by invitation only)
Full list of deadlines and more information at: www.pgfusa.org
Princess Grace Foundation-USA, 150 East 58th Street, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10155 212/317-1470
Theater Deadline: 3/31/09 Playwrighting Deadline: 3/31/09
Dance: Performance: 4/30/09 Dance: Choreography: 4/30/09
Film: 6/1/09
Deadline: June, 1, 2009
(ALL) Native Arts @ NEFA / National Native Artist Exchange / Call to Artists
The National Native Artist Exchange, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), provides support for Native artists residing in any of the 50 United States to travel to different regions of the country so that they may exchange artistic knowledge and skills with other Native artists. Travel grants will be awarded up to $1500.
Deadline: 4/1/09
This fund is designed to encourage and assist American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian artists, and provides an opportunity for Native artists to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another across the nation. Program information at: http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/nativearts/nativeartistexchange.html
Website: www.nefa.org
Deadline: April, 1, 2009
(ALL) Bellagio Study & Conference Center / Residencies / Seeks Applicants
Bellagio creative arts residencies in Italy – for composers, novelists, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers and visual artists – provide time for disciplined work, individual reflection, and collegial engagement, uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands. Deadline: 2/11/09 (for residencies occurring between mid-August through November 26, 2009.)
The Center typically offers one-month stays for no more than 3-5 individual artists at a time. Artists of significant achievement, from any country, are welcome to apply.
Further information at: www.rockfound.org/bellagio
Deadline: February, 11, 2009
(ART HIST./MUSEUM STUDIES) Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship / Seeks Applicants
The Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks applicants specializing in modern and contemporary art for a post-doctoral fellowship, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and offered beginning June 2009. Deadline: 3/1/08
Available to outstanding scholars who wish to pursue a curatorial career in art museums, this two-year fellowship, with a possible third year renewal, will provide curatorial training while also supporting scholarly research related to the renowned collections of modern and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Further details and application guidelines at: http://www.philamuseum.org/jobs/
Contact Info: Human Resources
Philadelphia Museum of Art, P.O. Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101
Website: www.philamuseum.org
Deadline: March, 1, 2009
(ALL) City of Seattle / 2009 CityArtists Projects / Call to Artists
The Seattle Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs seeks applications for its CityArtists Projects, a program which provides funding for artists to develop and present work. Awards ranging up to $10,000 support new works, works-in-progress or finished works, and all projects include a public presentation. A broad range of artistic and cultural expression that reflects Seattle's diversity are encouraged. Deadline: 2/17/09
Further information and online application at: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/
Deadline: February, 17, 2009
(A, DESIGN) Beam Camp / Seeks Proposals for Ambitious Collaborative Projects
THE PROJECT
Each summer Beam commissions a Project Master to design a unique large-scale collaborative endeavor that campers produce and enjoy. The Project can range from the conceptual to the structural. We are looking for big ideas that will challenge and excite our campers and staff. Our Project Management Team will work with the Master to "translate" the Master's project blueprint into the camp context.
THE CAMP
Beam Camp is a 4-week summer program (July 18-August 16) for boys and girls aged 7-17 in Strafford, New Hampshire. Beam Campers cultivate hands-on skills while exploring innovative thinking, design and the creative process. They transform ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community success. Teams of campers work on different aspects of the Project each morning. In the afternoons, they participate in Domains, mini-courses in arts, athletics, science and nature studies.
Go to http://www.beamcamp.com/project-proposal/ to fill out the Project Proposal form or send an email to brian@beamcamp.com.
WHAT'S THE PROJECT BUDGET?
We generally spend $10,000 on Project-specific materials including any necessary new tools/machines.
WHAT ARE THE MASTER'S TIME REQUIREMENTS?
Upon selection of a Project, Masters have until May 1st to create a blueprint or working plan for the project. We ask that the Master be available for at least two pre-camp planning meetings and join us for at least three days during the camp session.
DO I GET PAID? Project Masters receive a $2,500 stipend plus travel costs.
Proposals due: March 1, 2009.
For more info on Beam: http://www.beamcamp.com
For further inquiries contact: Brian Cohen – brian@beamcamp.com
(A) Black Rock Arts Foundation / 2009 Grant Cycle / Call to Artists
Black Rock Arts Foundation's seeks submissions from artists for their 2009 grant cycle. BRAF grants to individual artists or artist collectives that create interactive artworks and involves the audience in its creation.
Application and guidelines at: blackrockarts.org/grants/2009-grant-cycle
Contact Information:
Josie Schimke, Program Development Assistant
Black Rock Arts Foundation, 1900 Third Street, First Floor
San Francisco CA 94158.
Email: josie@blackrockarts.org, Phone: 415/626-1248
Deadline: March, 13, 2009
(A) James Washington Fdn / Washington Artist in Residency / Call for Applications
The James & Janie Washington Foundation is dedicated to supporting emerging visual artists by providing them an opportunity to have time and space to create. The Foundation offers one month residencies to visual artists living in King County and Washington State. The residency will be open to artists who work in all mediums, but who are interested in focusing on sculpture during the residency. For application information, please visit: www.jameswashington.org.
Deadline March 1, 2009
JANUARY DEADLINES
(F, W, PHOTO) For filmmakers, photographers, screenwriters and multi-media artists, click here for a good list of grants, fellowships and resources: http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3film.htm
(F) For a long list of upcoming grants and funding opportunities for documentary filmmaking, go to: http://www.documentary.org/content/grants
(F) DCTV ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
is now accepting applications for $500 worth of equipment access on ongoing basis within one year. When one funded project is complete, DCTV will review applications on file and select next project. Preference given to projects already underway.
Send SASE to: AIR, c/o DCTV, 87 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10013-4435
tel: 212.966.4510
(FILM) Center for Asian American Media Fund
http://asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php
The Center for Asian American Media provides funding and support for provocative and engaging Asian American film and media projects from independent producers. CAAM awards production and completion funds for projects intended for public television broadcast. Since 1990, more than $3 million has been granted to over 150 projects. Funding is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Open Door Completion Funds are available up to $20,000 and Production Funds, $20,000 to $50,000 on average.
(F) FILMMAKER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (FAP)
Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), Through the Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), the National Film Board of Canada helps talented young people to complete their films. FAP supports films that are experimental and innovative in form or content, films that might not have been produced without the NFB help. Support includes equipment loans, post-production services and technical assistance directly related to the production of a film. See website for various regional deadlines and information.
Contact: NFB/ONF, Ontario Centre, 150 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3C3 web: www.nfb.ca
(F) Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund
The Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund, administered by IFP/New York, provides seed/development grants for independently produced documentary projects by U.S. resident filmmakers. Deadline for Spring 2005 cycle is March 1, for grants to be awarded in late July 2005. Five grants up to $10,000 will be given in this cycle for documentary projects in development. The application process is completely on-line.
Applications, submission requirements, and complete guidelines for proposals are available at www.ifp.org/docfund.
Hard copies of guidelines may be obtained by emailing docfund@ifp.org, or by sending a SASE to: Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund
IFP/New York 104 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001
tel: 212-465-8200, ext 830. e-mail: docfund@ifp.org web: http://www.ifp.org/docfund
(THEATER) THEATER COMMUNICATION GROUP: TCG/ITI Travel Grants
http://www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_index.cfm
These grants award theatres and individual theatre professionals (artists, administrators or educators) $3,000 each, which may cover transportation and living expenses essential to the project including research materials, communication costs, theatre tickets and/or the services of an interpreter.
(ALL) Wassard Elea Residency in Italy
Residence for writers, artists, composers, and scholars in Campania, Italy
The purpose of these residences is to give people who work in the arts and with scholarly pursuits the opportunity to stay and work for a while in Ascea, a small town on the Cilentan coast approximately 140 km south of Naples. The Cilento is a protected area of outstanding natural beauty with important archaeological findings and historical architecture. Elea Arte Club provides the opportunity to meet with local artists, musicians, writers, and intellectuals; copublishes La Parola. Three small, completely furnished apartments are available all year round (at a base price). Additional work space may be made available. For details, contact Prof. Lars Aagaard-Mogensen, Via La Chiazzetta 27, I-84046 Ascea (Sa), Italy. E-mail: wassard@tiscali.it. Ph.: +39.0974.978005.
(A) Gibbes Museum of Art: The Factor Prize
Deadline: 01/30/09
The Factor Prize, given annually with a cash prize of $10,000, acknowledges an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of the South. Unlike any other award of its type, the Factor Prize is designed to create an online archive of information about Southern artists that can be used by curators, collectors, academicians, and the public. The prize goes to an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media. The prize may be awarded to an artist who has already produced a body of significant work or whose work shows considerable promise. Eligible artists are those who reside, work or are from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia. All artists who entered on the Factor Prize website in 2008 (except finalists) are automatically registered for the 2009 award. New nominations are now being accepted through January 30, 2009 at www.factorprize.org.
(ALL) Blue Sky Project - Call for Proposals
Deadline: 01/31/09
CALL FOR SUMMER RESIDENCY/COLLABORATIVE
Blue Sky Project of Dayton, Ohio seeks visual artists, artist/activists, filmmakers, writers, dancer, musicians, theater performers and people working in other creative media. Artists gather for 8 weeks from mid-June to mid-August. Monday-Thursday, from 10-3:30 are devoted to intensive collaborations between each individual artist and a small group of 8 local teen participants, ending in a final exhibition. Artists-in-Residence invent the remaining structure, working together or individually on projects. Your recent studio practice and new ideas should provide the foundation for your activities. Because of the collaborative nature of Blue Sky Project, your project must have an open-ended structure. It must also be achievable in 8 weeks, within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. Application deadline is January 31, 2009. To learn more, visit http://blueskydayton.org.
(ALL) Spiro Artist Residency is currently accepting applicants for month-long residencies in Park City, UT
Spiro Arts Workshops and Residencies
Deadline: 01/02/09
Spiro Arts' Artist-in-Residence program grants artists opportunity to live and work as part of a creative community. AIR sessions run from April through May of each year and features artists selected from an applicant pool working in a variety of genres and mediums. Spiro Arts requires that applicants be prepared to engage the public and advocates creative interaction. The Spiro Residency is dedicated to supporting artists, researchers, writers and composers in the creation of new works by offering an environment that promotes risk-taking and innovation. Residencies are one month with 4-5 participants per term. These residencies are fully subsidized live and work spaces. A $600 stipend is also awarded. Eligibility: Emerging and established visual artists, artist teams, writers, researchers working in all media and genres, engaged in the creation of new work. For application and program guidelines visit www.spiroarts.org
ph:435.649-6258 email:info@spiroarts.org
(A) CSU ART DEPARTMENT Residency Program
Columbus State University
Deadline: 02/05/09
Columbus State University Department of Art in Columbus, GA offers two 1 to 4 weeks residencies in an academic year for Artists, Art Historians, and Curators. Housing, studio/research Space, and a $5800 stipend will be provided. Deadline for application is February 5, 2009. Application Fee of $25. See website for complete description and application: http://art.colstate.edu/Residency.asp
(A) Elsewhere Artist Collaborative 2009 Call for Residencies
Deadline: 12/30/10
Elsewhere, an arts production site and living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking cultural producers for residencies during the 2009 spring summer anf fall seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to create site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects in the museum. Elsewhere’s building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments facilitate an ongoing process of exchange in community. http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Creators of all kinds and collaborative groups should email residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.
(A) EFA Studios Call for Applications
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Deadline: 12/15/08
EFA Studios is a competitive studio program that offers subsidized studio space and other forms of support for its members. For 10 years, EFA Studios has worked to foster financial stability, facilitate career development, and promote public and critical exposure for the artists we assist. A panel of arts professionals and artists will review applications and select artists. Artists will be selected based on the quality of their work and their potential for making the greatest use of studio space. The selection process will be completed by the end of January 2009. All applicants will be notified by mail.
Visit http://efa1.org/studio-center/application-procedure/ for more information about EFA Studios and the full application requirements.
(A) FREE Studio Space in NYC
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
Deadline: 01/31/09
Visual artists 21 & over are invited to apply for FREE Studio Space in NYC-Brooklyn. Applicants must be US Citizens or permanent US Residents and not in school at time of residency. Emerging, mid-career and older artists are encouraged to apply. The 17 studios are non-living spaces for the making of new works of art. No stipend or equipment provided. Juried by a panel of artists. Studios available beginning 9/1/09. Applications accepted after 12/1/08 throuhg on-line submission only. To apply visit - www.sharpeartfdn.org. Application deadline is 11:59 pm EDT, January 31, 2009.
(Writers & Scholars) The Diana L. Bennett Fellows Program
http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/programs/fellows.htm
Black Mountain offers nine-month fellowships to published writers and public intellectuals. Fellowships are awarded to candidates whose work ranges away from the American experience and into international terrain, and who have an ongoing project that would benefit from a period of sustained immersion. The program accepts applications from novelists, poets, playwrights, historians, political scientists, independent scholars, and anyone else whose work is meant for a general, educated lay audience.
Black Mountain awards three to five fellowships each year to outstanding writers who have published at least one critically acclaimed book before the time of application. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. There are no degree requirements. Fellows receive a $50,000 stipend, an office, a computer, and access to UNLV's Lied Library. They remain in residence at BMI for the duration of the fellowship term (approximately August 24, 2009 to May 14, 2010).
Deadline in February, but double-check the website.
(W) Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing at the Stadler Center for Poetry
Deadline: February 21, 2009
Named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bucknell graduate and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers an emerging writer four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester, without formal academic obligations. The Residence is designed to grant the writer time to complete a first or second book. The resident presents a public reading of his or her work and otherwise constitutes a literary presence on campus during the fall. Providing lodging on campus, an office in the Stadler Center for Poetry, and a stipend of $4,000, the Residence is awarded to writers of prose and poets on an alternating basis.
The Stadler Center is currently accepting applications for the 2009-10 Philip Roth Residence, which will be awarded to a prose writer (fiction or creative nonfiction). The Residence will extend from late August through mid-December 2009. The application postmark deadline is February 21, 2009. For more info about this grant and other ones like it, go to: http://www.bucknell.edu
(TRAD./ ORAL HIST/ INDIGENOUS CULTURES) Genographic Legacy Fund
The Genographic Legacy Fund, administered by the National Geographic Foundation, supports indigenous or traditional communities worldwide. The Fund provides grants of up to US $25,000 for the preservation and revitalization of tangible or intangible indigenous or traditional culture. Examples of funded projects include documenting a traditional language or oral history, traditional language training or curriculum development, and preserving significant sites and artifacts. Projects must show strong local community involvement in their planning, governance, and implementation and must deliver positive, tangible, and sustainable benefits.
Detailed guidelines and application:
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/legacy_fund.html
Deadline: December, 15, 2008
(A) City of Bremerton / Sculpture on Pacific Avenue / Call for Artist
The City’s Arts Commission wishes to locate public art in places that will have the greatest opportunity for public interaction and to reach citizens that may not otherwise experience the arts.
The City of Bremerton’s Arts Commission is proposing a series of seven metal sculptures to be installed along the length of Pacific Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, between the southernmost entrance of Evergreen Park (near Sheldon Boulevard) and 4th Street. The sculptures are to be of pedestrian scale and not exceed the total budget of $50,000.00, including taxes, installation, insurance, materials, and/or any other expenses incurred by the artist(s). The commission will select one to seven individual artists or art partnerships to complete this project.
For more information: www.ci.bremerton.wa.us/display.php?id=951
Deadline: December, 31, 2008
Organization: City of Bremerton Arts Commission
345 - 6th Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, WA 98337-1873
Phone: (360) 473-5202, Fax: (360) 473-5278
Email: BremertonArts@ci.bremerton.wa.us Website: www.ci.bremerton.wa.us
(A) College Graduate School of Art /Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship
The College Graduate School of Art part of the Sam Fox School of Design Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Art Museum invite applications for the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship. Two fellowships will be awarded one during Fall 2009 Spring 2010, and a second during Fall 2010 Spring 2011.
Position: Each fellowship is open to an artist who will visit twice during an academic year. Visits typically take place from mid-October to mid-November in the fall semester and mid-March to mid-April in the spring semester. Artists will work with students three days a week; have a one-person exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum; and deliver one public lecture at the College of Art or Saint Louis Art Museum. An MFA or equivalent and a significant record of exhibitions and/or publications is required. Teaching experience is desirable. Preference will be given to candidates possessing knowledge and interest in historical and contemporary art issues across disciplines.
http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/
Deadline: January, 9, 2009
(A) Omi International Artists Residency
Art Omi seeks applications from visual artists, writers, musicians and dancers and sculptors for their residency program.
For more information on ArtOmi please visit the Residencies section of our website.
Or visit the ArtOmin website: www.artomi.org
Deadline: December, 19, 2008
(IND. ARTS) National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
NMAI's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program seeks applications for its Exhibitions and Publications Awards to support exhibitions, installations, publications, and critical writing which interprets and presents work of contemporary Native visual artists to the public. At least one-half of the proposed project team (artists, authors, curators, etc.) must be Native American or Native Hawaiian.
Further details and application guidelines: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/icap/
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(ALL) National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
NMAI's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program seeks applicants for its Expressive Arts Awards to support the creation of new works for public performance that may include, but is not limited to, music, dance, spoken word, electronic media, costume design, mask making, set design, performance art, photography, painting, and other forms of expressive culture. Open to all indigenous peoples who hold citizenship in the Americas.
Further details and application guidelines: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/icap/
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(W) Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund
The Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund offers two awards per year of $500 CDN each, one for fiction, one for poetry, granted to two writers of speculative literature (i.e., science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, surrealism, etc.), of any nationality/place of residence, at any stage of their career.
For more information:
http://chizine.com/kasturi/rannufund.htm
Deadline: December, 31, 2008
(A) Working Artist / (Winter) Working Art Grant / Call for Applications
A small quarterly art grant to help serious artists keep working. Open to all visual artists including sculptors from all countries. Deadline for the (Winter) $500.00 Working Artist Grant is December 17, 2008. For application guidelines please see: http://www.workingartist.org/art-grant-guidelines.html
Deadline: December, 17, 2008
Contact: Jesse Ross
(A) Terra Foundation / Terra Summer Residency in Giverny
The Terra Foundation for American Art is offering ten summer fellowships to artists and scholars from the United States and Europe. The setting for the summer residency program is the village of Giverny, France, located less than an hour from Paris.
Fellowships are awarded to doctoral students engaged in research on American art and to artists who have completed their studies at masters level (or the equivalent). Each Terra Summer Fellow is provided with lodging and study or studio space, daily lunches, and a program consisting of independent study, meetings, and seminars. During their eight-week stay (June 15 to August 9), senior artists and scholars are in residence to mentor the fellows and to pursue their own work.
For more information on their program:
www.terraamericanart.org/news/index.asp?key=64&subkey=1360
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(ORG) National Endowment for the Arts / Big Read / Calls for Applications
The Big Read is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2009 and June 2010.
Organizations selected to participate in the Big Read will each receive a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, financial support to attend an orientation meeting, educational and promotional materials, an Organizer's Guide for developing and managing Big Read activities, inclusion of the organization and activities on the Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a highly visible national initiative. Approximately four hundred organizations of varying sizes across the country will be selected for this cycle.
The complete program information is available on:
www.neabigread.org/guidelines.php Deadline: February, 3, 2009
(ACTORS) Theatre Communications Group / Fox
Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships
The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group established the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships as a two-year pilot program to support both emerging and established actors. The Fox Fellowships program seeks to further an actor's artistic and professional development; to deepen and enrich his/her relationship with a not-for-profit theater; to ensure his/her continued professional commitment to live theater; and to encourage actors to work outside their comfort zone.
Fellowships are awarded to actors in two categories: 1) Extra-ordinary Potential, for early to mid-career actors who have com- pleted their training within the last fifteen years; 2) Distin- guished Achievement, for actors who have considerable experience and a substantial body of work in professional theater.
The program will bestow a total of five fellowships per year in both categories combined. Recipients in the Extraordinary Potential category will receive $15,000, with an additional $10,000 available to relieve student-loan debt. Recipients in the Distinguished Achievement category will receive $25,000. The host theater will receive $7,500 to be applied to costs incurred in the actor's residency activities.
For more information:
www.tcg.org/grants/fox/fox_index.cfm
(ALL) 2009 Residency Season at the Artists' Enclave at I-Park
Deadline: 01/05/09
I-Park announces its 9th season hosting The Artists’ Enclave. Artists’ residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through Nov. 2009, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. $25 application processing fee required. International applicants welcome. To defray the cost of travel, three $1,000 grants will be offered to int’l artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the selection committees. For additional information and to download 2009 application materials, go to www.i-park.org. Note: for music composers, the application deadline is Jan. 17, 2009. Also, I-Park is hosting a special environmental art program in late summer/early autumn 2009. Details to be announced in October.
Application deadline: Feb. 16, 2009
Contact: ipark@ureach.com, 860-874-2468.
(ORG) Organization: Theatre Communications Group
Deadline: February, 13, 2009
Email: tcg@tcg.org Website: www.tcg.org
Springboard / Capacity-Building Program / Call for Applications
Springboard is designed for arts and cultural organizations presenting and producing in the following disciplines: music, theatre, dance, inter/multidisciplinary, visual, media, and literary. The Capacity-building program for arts organizations is accepting applications. The program is targeted to small and midsized organizations whose leadership is committed to taking their organization to the next level. For more information: www.escwa.org/springboard.htm
(A) Indian Arts Research Center / Dobkin Fellowship / Seeks Native and First Nations Women Artists
Deadline: December, 18, 2008
Indian Arts Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming fellowships. Artist Fellows spend two to three months living and working on campus, with full access to the collection. The fellowships include a $3,000 per month stipend, housing, and a studio, as well as travel and material allowances. Upcoming fellowships include: 2009 Dobkin Fellowship for Native Women, a three-month fellowship from March 1 to May 31.
See the IARC Web page for complete program information:
http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/fellowships.htm
(A) Indian Arts Research Center / Fellowship Program / Native and First Nations Artists
Deadline: December, 10, 2008
The Indian Arts Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming fellowships. Artist Fellows spend two to three months living and working on campus, with full access to the collection. The fellowships include a $3,000 per month stipend, housing, and a studio, as well as travel and material allowances. Upcoming fellowships include:, Dubin Fellowship, King Fellowship
See the IARC Web page for complete program information:
http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/fellowships.htm
(A) City of San Luis Obispo / Higuera Street Fountain Project / Call to Artists
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
The Art in Public Places Program of California is seeking an artist or team of artists to design, fabricate and install an artwork or artworks at the Higuera Street Fountain, located at the intersection of Higuera and Mash Streets in San Luis Obispo. At total of $125,000 is available to the artist or artists commissioned for this piece.
Upon evaluating the qualifications provided in the applications, the jury will shortlist three to five artists to be invited to an interview and discussion of project concepts. Those artists selected will each receive a $500.00 honorarium for the development of specific concepts (up to three concepts per artist/team).
Further information and RFQ package at: http://www.slocity.org/finance/web-specs/bids/90891fountain.asp
Contact: Shannon Bates, Public Art Coordinator Phone: 805/781-7296
Email: sbates@slocity.org, Website: www.slocity.org
(A, Multi-M) Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Fremont Bridge Residency / Call for Entries
Deadline: January, 5, 2009
Film/Media Arts | Performing Arts | Visual Arts
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team for a unique project-based artist residency in one of the bridge towers on the Fremont Bridge.
The selected artist(s) will undertake an in-depth exploration of the historic bridge and create an art project in response to the experience. The residency includes access to a workspace in one of the bridge towers. Artists cannot live in the tower, but may use the space as a studio, a platform for observing the bridge and its surroundings, or as a base from which to interact with the community.
The application deadline is 11 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
PO Box 94748, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 1766, Seattle, WA 98124-4748
Phone: (206) 684-7171 Fax: (206) 684-7172
Email: arts.culture@seattle.gov Website: www.seattle.gov/arts
(ALL) US/Japan Creative Artists Residency / Seeks Applicants
Each year leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States spend five months in Japan as part of the United States/Japan Creative Artists Program. Open to all artistic disciplines including: Choreographers, Solo Theater Artists, Media Artists and Folk or Traditional Artists; Composers; Designers, Media Artists, Visual Artists; Playwrights and Creative Writers of Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Non-fiction; Librettists and playwrights. The Japan-US Friendship Commission works cooperatively with the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor this program. Residencies may begin any time between January 1 and December 31 of 2010.
Application guidlines: http://www.jusfc.gov/programguidelines.asp
Deadline: February, 1, 2009
(ALL) Acadia National Park Residency / Seeks Applicants
Acadia National Park in Maine is accepting applicantions for residencies. The Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park. Participating artists are asked to donate a piece of work representative of their style and their stay. $25 application fee.
Artist-In-Residence Program, Acadia National Park
PO Box 177 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Email: Acadia_Information@nps.gov Phone: 207-288-3338 x 0
Deadline: January, 5, 2009
(FILM) Pacific Pioneer Fund / Call for Submissions
To support emerging documentary filmmakers. The term "emerging" is intended to denote a person committed to the craft of making documentaries, who has demonstrated that commitment by several years of practical film or video experience. Grants to support filmmakers are limited to filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon and Washington. For more information, visit: www.pacificpioneerfund.com/index.html
Deadline: December, 15, 2008
(ALL) Puffin Foundation Grants
The Puffin foundation is accepting grant proposals from emerging artists in the fields of art, music, dance, photography, theater, video and literature.
Deadline: December, 30, 2008
Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111
Phone: (201) 836-8923 Fax: (201) 836-1734
Email: puffingrant@mindspring.com, Website: www.puffinfoundation.org
(ALL) American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants
301 Act Drive, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
E-Mail Address: aavw@act.org
Website: www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
Application Deadline: December 15
Career Development Grants offer up to $12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. See web site for more details.
(W) Andrews Forest Writers' Residency
Application Deadline: December 31
Charles Goodrich, Program Director Oregon State University, Department of Philosophy
101 Hovland Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331
E-Mail Address: spring.creek@oregonstate.edu
Website:ftp.fsl.orst.edu/lter/research/related/writers/template.cfm?next=wir&topnav=169
One-week residencies are offered in September, October, and November at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the Oregon Cascades, 40 miles east of Eugene. The residency is open to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers whose work "reflects a keen awareness of the natural world." Residents are provided with a three-room apartment with kitchen facilities and access to the forest research site. Submit three sets of up to ten pages of poetry or 15 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction, a one-page project description, and a curriculum vitae. Deadlines are December 31 for the spring; May 1 for the fall. There is no application fee. Write to Charles Goodrich, Program Director, at above address or see web site for an application and complete guidelines.
(W) POET in RESIDENCE
George Washington University, Department of English 801 22nd Street, NW, Suite 760, Washington, D.C. 20052
E-Mail Address: jjcohen@gwu.edu Website: www.gwu.edu/~english
The Jenny McKean Moore Program at George Washington University engages a poet to teach two semesters at the university (a tuition-free community workshop and a class to GWU students) at a salary of approximately $55,000. The candidate must have been published by a well-regarded press and demonstrated a commitment to teaching. SASE with writing sample and resume must accompany application. The visiting lecturer must live in or near Washington, D.C., during the academic year (late August to early May). Apply to Professor Jeffrey Cohen, at above address.
Application Deadline: December 30
(W) Poetry Society of America, Chapbook Fellowships
15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003
E-Mail Address: brett@poetrysociety.org
Website: www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php#
Application Deadline: December 21
Four Chapbook Fellowships of $1,000 each, as well as publication by the Poetry Society of America, are given to poets who have not been previously published. Manuscripts must be between 20 and 30 pages, accompanied with a $12 entry fee. Two of the fellowships are awarded to poets thirty years of age and younger who are living in any of the five boroughs of New York City. The other two are open to poets of any age living anywhere in the U.S. See web site for more details.
(W) Santa Fe Art Institute Residencies
PO Box 24044 Santa Fe, NM 87502
E-Mail Address: info@sfai.org
Website: www.sfai.org/applications.html
Application Deadline: December 31
The Santa Fe Art Institute offers three residency programs—Artists & Writers in Residence, the Emergency Relief Residency, and the Witter Bynner Poetry Translator Residency—which serve twenty writers each year. Residencies, which average from one to three months, are offered year-round. There is a residency fee of $1,000, although ninety percent of accepted artists receive some form of financial support. Writers-in-Residence have the opportunity to perform education and public outreach projects. The deadline for the Witter Bynner Residency is December 5. See web site for details.
(THEATER) Sundance Institute, Sundance Theatre Laboratory
Sundance Theatre Laboratory
8530 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90036
E-Mail Address: theatre@sundance.org Website: www.sundance.org
Application Deadline: December 15
The Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a three-week workshop, offers playwrights and other theater artists the opportunity to develop new plays or explore new approaches to existing scripts. Up to eight projects are selected for the Laboratory, held at Sundance in Utah in July. The program provides professional actors, dramaturgs, rehearsal space, stage management, round-trip air transportation, accommodations, and food for the team working on each project. Applications may be submitted by individual playwrights, though playwright/directors teams are preferred. There is a $30 entry fee. Write or consult web site for guidelines and application.
(THEATER) The Playwrights' Center, McKnight National Residency and Commission
2301 Franklin Avenue, East Minneapolis, MN 55406
E-Mail Address: info@pwcenter.org Website: www.pwcenter.org/fellows_residency.php
Application Deadline: December 5
The McKnight National Residency and Commission offers a $12,500 commission and residency for the production of a new play from a nationally recognized playwright. The play is developed using the Center's resources and professional actors from the Twin Cities area. Only nationally recognized playwrights who have had at least two different plays fully produced by professional theaters are eligible; applicants must not be residents of Minnesota. Recipients are selected on the basis of artistic excellence, professional achievement, and proposed residency plans. See web site for more details.
(RESEARCH) Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1612, New York, NY 10175-1699
E-Mail Address: info@delmas.org, Website: www.delmas.org
Predoctoral and postdoctoral grants for study in Venice and the Veneto region are awarded annually for historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, theater, humanities, and social science are acceptable areas of study. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have experience in advanced research at the graduate level or above. Grants range from $500 to $16,500. Funds are for research in Venice and Veneto only, and for transportation to, from, and within Veneto. Consult the Web site for additional information and applicati
on. Available to: U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Deadline: December 15
(RESEARCH) British Studies Fellowship
Deadline: 01/15/09
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
2009-2010 JAMES M. OSBORN POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN BRITISH STUDIES
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University invites applications for the Research Fellowship in British Studies for the academic year 2009-2010, July 2009 through June 2010, open to scholars of British history, literature, society or culture from the Middle Ages through the end of the 20th Century who will devote the term of the fellowship to research in the Beinecke Library British collections. The fellowship provides a stipend of $45,000 and a residential apartment within walking distance of the Library. To apply, please to to the Fellowships link on the Beiencke website at http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/ or email beinecke.fellowships@yale.edu.
(A) Printmaking Artist-in-Residence
Residency is available for 4 months or up to 2 years scheduled to begin May 1, 2009. An MFA is preferred but not necessary. Residency is granted based on quality of work and community-mindedness. Residency includes studio space within community classroom, gallery representation, and paid teaching opportunities. Year-long residents receive a solo show. Residents have 24 hour access to facilities which include a Takach Press (26" x 40" bed), inking tables, locking cabinets, and plenty of storage. Use of other studio areas is allowed as long as it does not interfere with resident artists in those areas. Residents are responsible for studio management and maintenance, approximately 10-12 hours per week. Contact the Education Director at 402-466-8692 for more info or visit www.luxcenter.org.
(ALL) Residency at Bathurst Hill End Residency, Bathurst, Australia
Deadline: Dec. 12th 2008
The Hill End Artist in Residence Program aims to provide an opportunity for creative development in all areas of the visual arts in the unique environment Hill End and the region offers and at the same time to contribute to the long term cultural development and sustainability of the village. Applications are sought from both established and emerging artists, arts writers or curators across the visual arts with a strong vision of what they would like to accomplish during a residency.The program is open to both Australian and international artists but funding is currently not available for International applicants.
An application form and guidleines can be downloaded from the program website.
www.hillendart.com
(F) For a long list of upcoming grants and funding opportunities for documentary filmmaking, go to: http://www.documentary.org/content/grants
(F) DCTV ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
is now accepting applications for $500 worth of equipment access on ongoing basis within one year. When one funded project is complete, DCTV will review applications on file and select next project. Preference given to projects already underway.
Send SASE to: AIR, c/o DCTV, 87 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10013-4435
tel: 212.966.4510
(FILM) Center for Asian American Media Fund
http://asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php
The Center for Asian American Media provides funding and support for provocative and engaging Asian American film and media projects from independent producers. CAAM awards production and completion funds for projects intended for public television broadcast. Since 1990, more than $3 million has been granted to over 150 projects. Funding is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Open Door Completion Funds are available up to $20,000 and Production Funds, $20,000 to $50,000 on average.
(F) FILMMAKER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (FAP)
Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), Through the Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP), the National Film Board of Canada helps talented young people to complete their films. FAP supports films that are experimental and innovative in form or content, films that might not have been produced without the NFB help. Support includes equipment loans, post-production services and technical assistance directly related to the production of a film. See website for various regional deadlines and information.
Contact: NFB/ONF, Ontario Centre, 150 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3C3 web: www.nfb.ca
(F) Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund
The Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund, administered by IFP/New York, provides seed/development grants for independently produced documentary projects by U.S. resident filmmakers. Deadline for Spring 2005 cycle is March 1, for grants to be awarded in late July 2005. Five grants up to $10,000 will be given in this cycle for documentary projects in development. The application process is completely on-line.
Applications, submission requirements, and complete guidelines for proposals are available at www.ifp.org/docfund.
Hard copies of guidelines may be obtained by emailing docfund@ifp.org, or by sending a SASE to: Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund
IFP/New York 104 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001
tel: 212-465-8200, ext 830. e-mail: docfund@ifp.org web: http://www.ifp.org/docfund
(THEATER) THEATER COMMUNICATION GROUP: TCG/ITI Travel Grants
http://www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_index.cfm
These grants award theatres and individual theatre professionals (artists, administrators or educators) $3,000 each, which may cover transportation and living expenses essential to the project including research materials, communication costs, theatre tickets and/or the services of an interpreter.
(ALL) Wassard Elea Residency in Italy
Residence for writers, artists, composers, and scholars in Campania, Italy
The purpose of these residences is to give people who work in the arts and with scholarly pursuits the opportunity to stay and work for a while in Ascea, a small town on the Cilentan coast approximately 140 km south of Naples. The Cilento is a protected area of outstanding natural beauty with important archaeological findings and historical architecture. Elea Arte Club provides the opportunity to meet with local artists, musicians, writers, and intellectuals; copublishes La Parola. Three small, completely furnished apartments are available all year round (at a base price). Additional work space may be made available. For details, contact Prof. Lars Aagaard-Mogensen, Via La Chiazzetta 27, I-84046 Ascea (Sa), Italy. E-mail: wassard@tiscali.it. Ph.: +39.0974.978005.
(A) Gibbes Museum of Art: The Factor Prize
Deadline: 01/30/09
The Factor Prize, given annually with a cash prize of $10,000, acknowledges an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of the South. Unlike any other award of its type, the Factor Prize is designed to create an online archive of information about Southern artists that can be used by curators, collectors, academicians, and the public. The prize goes to an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media. The prize may be awarded to an artist who has already produced a body of significant work or whose work shows considerable promise. Eligible artists are those who reside, work or are from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia. All artists who entered on the Factor Prize website in 2008 (except finalists) are automatically registered for the 2009 award. New nominations are now being accepted through January 30, 2009 at www.factorprize.org.
(ALL) Blue Sky Project - Call for Proposals
Deadline: 01/31/09
CALL FOR SUMMER RESIDENCY/COLLABORATIVE
Blue Sky Project of Dayton, Ohio seeks visual artists, artist/activists, filmmakers, writers, dancer, musicians, theater performers and people working in other creative media. Artists gather for 8 weeks from mid-June to mid-August. Monday-Thursday, from 10-3:30 are devoted to intensive collaborations between each individual artist and a small group of 8 local teen participants, ending in a final exhibition. Artists-in-Residence invent the remaining structure, working together or individually on projects. Your recent studio practice and new ideas should provide the foundation for your activities. Because of the collaborative nature of Blue Sky Project, your project must have an open-ended structure. It must also be achievable in 8 weeks, within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. Application deadline is January 31, 2009. To learn more, visit http://blueskydayton.org.
(ALL) Spiro Artist Residency is currently accepting applicants for month-long residencies in Park City, UT
Spiro Arts Workshops and Residencies
Deadline: 01/02/09
Spiro Arts' Artist-in-Residence program grants artists opportunity to live and work as part of a creative community. AIR sessions run from April through May of each year and features artists selected from an applicant pool working in a variety of genres and mediums. Spiro Arts requires that applicants be prepared to engage the public and advocates creative interaction. The Spiro Residency is dedicated to supporting artists, researchers, writers and composers in the creation of new works by offering an environment that promotes risk-taking and innovation. Residencies are one month with 4-5 participants per term. These residencies are fully subsidized live and work spaces. A $600 stipend is also awarded. Eligibility: Emerging and established visual artists, artist teams, writers, researchers working in all media and genres, engaged in the creation of new work. For application and program guidelines visit www.spiroarts.org
ph:435.649-6258 email:info@spiroarts.org
(A) CSU ART DEPARTMENT Residency Program
Columbus State University
Deadline: 02/05/09
Columbus State University Department of Art in Columbus, GA offers two 1 to 4 weeks residencies in an academic year for Artists, Art Historians, and Curators. Housing, studio/research Space, and a $5800 stipend will be provided. Deadline for application is February 5, 2009. Application Fee of $25. See website for complete description and application: http://art.colstate.edu/Residency.asp
(A) Elsewhere Artist Collaborative 2009 Call for Residencies
Deadline: 12/30/10
Elsewhere, an arts production site and living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking cultural producers for residencies during the 2009 spring summer anf fall seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to create site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects in the museum. Elsewhere’s building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments facilitate an ongoing process of exchange in community. http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Creators of all kinds and collaborative groups should email residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.
(A) EFA Studios Call for Applications
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Deadline: 12/15/08
EFA Studios is a competitive studio program that offers subsidized studio space and other forms of support for its members. For 10 years, EFA Studios has worked to foster financial stability, facilitate career development, and promote public and critical exposure for the artists we assist. A panel of arts professionals and artists will review applications and select artists. Artists will be selected based on the quality of their work and their potential for making the greatest use of studio space. The selection process will be completed by the end of January 2009. All applicants will be notified by mail.
Visit http://efa1.org/studio-center/application-procedure/ for more information about EFA Studios and the full application requirements.
(A) FREE Studio Space in NYC
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
Deadline: 01/31/09
Visual artists 21 & over are invited to apply for FREE Studio Space in NYC-Brooklyn. Applicants must be US Citizens or permanent US Residents and not in school at time of residency. Emerging, mid-career and older artists are encouraged to apply. The 17 studios are non-living spaces for the making of new works of art. No stipend or equipment provided. Juried by a panel of artists. Studios available beginning 9/1/09. Applications accepted after 12/1/08 throuhg on-line submission only. To apply visit - www.sharpeartfdn.org. Application deadline is 11:59 pm EDT, January 31, 2009.
(Writers & Scholars) The Diana L. Bennett Fellows Program
http://blackmountain.unlv.edu/programs/fellows.htm
Black Mountain offers nine-month fellowships to published writers and public intellectuals. Fellowships are awarded to candidates whose work ranges away from the American experience and into international terrain, and who have an ongoing project that would benefit from a period of sustained immersion. The program accepts applications from novelists, poets, playwrights, historians, political scientists, independent scholars, and anyone else whose work is meant for a general, educated lay audience.
Black Mountain awards three to five fellowships each year to outstanding writers who have published at least one critically acclaimed book before the time of application. Foreign nationals conversant in English are welcome to apply. There are no degree requirements. Fellows receive a $50,000 stipend, an office, a computer, and access to UNLV's Lied Library. They remain in residence at BMI for the duration of the fellowship term (approximately August 24, 2009 to May 14, 2010).
Deadline in February, but double-check the website.
(W) Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing at the Stadler Center for Poetry
Deadline: February 21, 2009
Named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bucknell graduate and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers an emerging writer four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester, without formal academic obligations. The Residence is designed to grant the writer time to complete a first or second book. The resident presents a public reading of his or her work and otherwise constitutes a literary presence on campus during the fall. Providing lodging on campus, an office in the Stadler Center for Poetry, and a stipend of $4,000, the Residence is awarded to writers of prose and poets on an alternating basis.
The Stadler Center is currently accepting applications for the 2009-10 Philip Roth Residence, which will be awarded to a prose writer (fiction or creative nonfiction). The Residence will extend from late August through mid-December 2009. The application postmark deadline is February 21, 2009. For more info about this grant and other ones like it, go to: http://www.bucknell.edu
(TRAD./ ORAL HIST/ INDIGENOUS CULTURES) Genographic Legacy Fund
The Genographic Legacy Fund, administered by the National Geographic Foundation, supports indigenous or traditional communities worldwide. The Fund provides grants of up to US $25,000 for the preservation and revitalization of tangible or intangible indigenous or traditional culture. Examples of funded projects include documenting a traditional language or oral history, traditional language training or curriculum development, and preserving significant sites and artifacts. Projects must show strong local community involvement in their planning, governance, and implementation and must deliver positive, tangible, and sustainable benefits.
Detailed guidelines and application:
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/legacy_fund.html
Deadline: December, 15, 2008
(A) City of Bremerton / Sculpture on Pacific Avenue / Call for Artist
The City’s Arts Commission wishes to locate public art in places that will have the greatest opportunity for public interaction and to reach citizens that may not otherwise experience the arts.
The City of Bremerton’s Arts Commission is proposing a series of seven metal sculptures to be installed along the length of Pacific Avenue in Bremerton, Washington, between the southernmost entrance of Evergreen Park (near Sheldon Boulevard) and 4th Street. The sculptures are to be of pedestrian scale and not exceed the total budget of $50,000.00, including taxes, installation, insurance, materials, and/or any other expenses incurred by the artist(s). The commission will select one to seven individual artists or art partnerships to complete this project.
For more information: www.ci.bremerton.wa.us/display.php?id=951
Deadline: December, 31, 2008
Organization: City of Bremerton Arts Commission
345 - 6th Street, Suite 600, Bremerton, WA 98337-1873
Phone: (360) 473-5202, Fax: (360) 473-5278
Email: BremertonArts@ci.bremerton.wa.us Website: www.ci.bremerton.wa.us
(A) College Graduate School of Art /Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship
The College Graduate School of Art part of the Sam Fox School of Design Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Art Museum invite applications for the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship. Two fellowships will be awarded one during Fall 2009 Spring 2010, and a second during Fall 2010 Spring 2011.
Position: Each fellowship is open to an artist who will visit twice during an academic year. Visits typically take place from mid-October to mid-November in the fall semester and mid-March to mid-April in the spring semester. Artists will work with students three days a week; have a one-person exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum; and deliver one public lecture at the College of Art or Saint Louis Art Museum. An MFA or equivalent and a significant record of exhibitions and/or publications is required. Teaching experience is desirable. Preference will be given to candidates possessing knowledge and interest in historical and contemporary art issues across disciplines.
http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/
Deadline: January, 9, 2009
(A) Omi International Artists Residency
Art Omi seeks applications from visual artists, writers, musicians and dancers and sculptors for their residency program.
For more information on ArtOmi please visit the Residencies section of our website.
Or visit the ArtOmin website: www.artomi.org
Deadline: December, 19, 2008
(IND. ARTS) National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
NMAI's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program seeks applications for its Exhibitions and Publications Awards to support exhibitions, installations, publications, and critical writing which interprets and presents work of contemporary Native visual artists to the public. At least one-half of the proposed project team (artists, authors, curators, etc.) must be Native American or Native Hawaiian.
Further details and application guidelines: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/icap/
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(ALL) National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
NMAI's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program seeks applicants for its Expressive Arts Awards to support the creation of new works for public performance that may include, but is not limited to, music, dance, spoken word, electronic media, costume design, mask making, set design, performance art, photography, painting, and other forms of expressive culture. Open to all indigenous peoples who hold citizenship in the Americas.
Further details and application guidelines: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/icap/
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(W) Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund
The Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund offers two awards per year of $500 CDN each, one for fiction, one for poetry, granted to two writers of speculative literature (i.e., science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, surrealism, etc.), of any nationality/place of residence, at any stage of their career.
For more information:
http://chizine.com/kasturi/rannufund.htm
Deadline: December, 31, 2008
(A) Working Artist / (Winter) Working Art Grant / Call for Applications
A small quarterly art grant to help serious artists keep working. Open to all visual artists including sculptors from all countries. Deadline for the (Winter) $500.00 Working Artist Grant is December 17, 2008. For application guidelines please see: http://www.workingartist.org/art-grant-guidelines.html
Deadline: December, 17, 2008
Contact: Jesse Ross
(A) Terra Foundation / Terra Summer Residency in Giverny
The Terra Foundation for American Art is offering ten summer fellowships to artists and scholars from the United States and Europe. The setting for the summer residency program is the village of Giverny, France, located less than an hour from Paris.
Fellowships are awarded to doctoral students engaged in research on American art and to artists who have completed their studies at masters level (or the equivalent). Each Terra Summer Fellow is provided with lodging and study or studio space, daily lunches, and a program consisting of independent study, meetings, and seminars. During their eight-week stay (June 15 to August 9), senior artists and scholars are in residence to mentor the fellows and to pursue their own work.
For more information on their program:
www.terraamericanart.org/news/index.asp?key=64&subkey=1360
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
(ORG) National Endowment for the Arts / Big Read / Calls for Applications
The Big Read is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2009 and June 2010.
Organizations selected to participate in the Big Read will each receive a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, financial support to attend an orientation meeting, educational and promotional materials, an Organizer's Guide for developing and managing Big Read activities, inclusion of the organization and activities on the Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a highly visible national initiative. Approximately four hundred organizations of varying sizes across the country will be selected for this cycle.
The complete program information is available on:
www.neabigread.org/guidelines.php Deadline: February, 3, 2009
(ACTORS) Theatre Communications Group / Fox
Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships
The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group established the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships as a two-year pilot program to support both emerging and established actors. The Fox Fellowships program seeks to further an actor's artistic and professional development; to deepen and enrich his/her relationship with a not-for-profit theater; to ensure his/her continued professional commitment to live theater; and to encourage actors to work outside their comfort zone.
Fellowships are awarded to actors in two categories: 1) Extra-ordinary Potential, for early to mid-career actors who have com- pleted their training within the last fifteen years; 2) Distin- guished Achievement, for actors who have considerable experience and a substantial body of work in professional theater.
The program will bestow a total of five fellowships per year in both categories combined. Recipients in the Extraordinary Potential category will receive $15,000, with an additional $10,000 available to relieve student-loan debt. Recipients in the Distinguished Achievement category will receive $25,000. The host theater will receive $7,500 to be applied to costs incurred in the actor's residency activities.
For more information:
www.tcg.org/grants/fox/fox_index.cfm
(ALL) 2009 Residency Season at the Artists' Enclave at I-Park
Deadline: 01/05/09
I-Park announces its 9th season hosting The Artists’ Enclave. Artists’ residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through Nov. 2009, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. $25 application processing fee required. International applicants welcome. To defray the cost of travel, three $1,000 grants will be offered to int’l artists whose work is held in particularly high regard by the selection committees. For additional information and to download 2009 application materials, go to www.i-park.org. Note: for music composers, the application deadline is Jan. 17, 2009. Also, I-Park is hosting a special environmental art program in late summer/early autumn 2009. Details to be announced in October.
Application deadline: Feb. 16, 2009
Contact: ipark@ureach.com, 860-874-2468.
(ORG) Organization: Theatre Communications Group
Deadline: February, 13, 2009
Email: tcg@tcg.org Website: www.tcg.org
Springboard / Capacity-Building Program / Call for Applications
Springboard is designed for arts and cultural organizations presenting and producing in the following disciplines: music, theatre, dance, inter/multidisciplinary, visual, media, and literary. The Capacity-building program for arts organizations is accepting applications. The program is targeted to small and midsized organizations whose leadership is committed to taking their organization to the next level. For more information: www.escwa.org/springboard.htm
(A) Indian Arts Research Center / Dobkin Fellowship / Seeks Native and First Nations Women Artists
Deadline: December, 18, 2008
Indian Arts Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming fellowships. Artist Fellows spend two to three months living and working on campus, with full access to the collection. The fellowships include a $3,000 per month stipend, housing, and a studio, as well as travel and material allowances. Upcoming fellowships include: 2009 Dobkin Fellowship for Native Women, a three-month fellowship from March 1 to May 31.
See the IARC Web page for complete program information:
http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/fellowships.htm
(A) Indian Arts Research Center / Fellowship Program / Native and First Nations Artists
Deadline: December, 10, 2008
The Indian Arts Research Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming fellowships. Artist Fellows spend two to three months living and working on campus, with full access to the collection. The fellowships include a $3,000 per month stipend, housing, and a studio, as well as travel and material allowances. Upcoming fellowships include:, Dubin Fellowship, King Fellowship
See the IARC Web page for complete program information:
http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/fellowships.htm
(A) City of San Luis Obispo / Higuera Street Fountain Project / Call to Artists
Deadline: January, 15, 2009
The Art in Public Places Program of California is seeking an artist or team of artists to design, fabricate and install an artwork or artworks at the Higuera Street Fountain, located at the intersection of Higuera and Mash Streets in San Luis Obispo. At total of $125,000 is available to the artist or artists commissioned for this piece.
Upon evaluating the qualifications provided in the applications, the jury will shortlist three to five artists to be invited to an interview and discussion of project concepts. Those artists selected will each receive a $500.00 honorarium for the development of specific concepts (up to three concepts per artist/team).
Further information and RFQ package at: http://www.slocity.org/finance/web-specs/bids/90891fountain.asp
Contact: Shannon Bates, Public Art Coordinator Phone: 805/781-7296
Email: sbates@slocity.org, Website: www.slocity.org
(A, Multi-M) Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Fremont Bridge Residency / Call for Entries
Deadline: January, 5, 2009
Film/Media Arts | Performing Arts | Visual Arts
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team for a unique project-based artist residency in one of the bridge towers on the Fremont Bridge.
The selected artist(s) will undertake an in-depth exploration of the historic bridge and create an art project in response to the experience. The residency includes access to a workspace in one of the bridge towers. Artists cannot live in the tower, but may use the space as a studio, a platform for observing the bridge and its surroundings, or as a base from which to interact with the community.
The application deadline is 11 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
PO Box 94748, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 1766, Seattle, WA 98124-4748
Phone: (206) 684-7171 Fax: (206) 684-7172
Email: arts.culture@seattle.gov Website: www.seattle.gov/arts
(ALL) US/Japan Creative Artists Residency / Seeks Applicants
Each year leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States spend five months in Japan as part of the United States/Japan Creative Artists Program. Open to all artistic disciplines including: Choreographers, Solo Theater Artists, Media Artists and Folk or Traditional Artists; Composers; Designers, Media Artists, Visual Artists; Playwrights and Creative Writers of Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Non-fiction; Librettists and playwrights. The Japan-US Friendship Commission works cooperatively with the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor this program. Residencies may begin any time between January 1 and December 31 of 2010.
Application guidlines: http://www.jusfc.gov/programguidelines.asp
Deadline: February, 1, 2009
(ALL) Acadia National Park Residency / Seeks Applicants
Acadia National Park in Maine is accepting applicantions for residencies. The Artist-In-Residence Program offers professional writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park. Participating artists are asked to donate a piece of work representative of their style and their stay. $25 application fee.
Artist-In-Residence Program, Acadia National Park
PO Box 177 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Email: Acadia_Information@nps.gov Phone: 207-288-3338 x 0
Deadline: January, 5, 2009
(FILM) Pacific Pioneer Fund / Call for Submissions
To support emerging documentary filmmakers. The term "emerging" is intended to denote a person committed to the craft of making documentaries, who has demonstrated that commitment by several years of practical film or video experience. Grants to support filmmakers are limited to filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon and Washington. For more information, visit: www.pacificpioneerfund.com/index.html
Deadline: December, 15, 2008
(ALL) Puffin Foundation Grants
The Puffin foundation is accepting grant proposals from emerging artists in the fields of art, music, dance, photography, theater, video and literature.
Deadline: December, 30, 2008
Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111
Phone: (201) 836-8923 Fax: (201) 836-1734
Email: puffingrant@mindspring.com, Website: www.puffinfoundation.org
(ALL) American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants
301 Act Drive, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
E-Mail Address: aavw@act.org
Website: www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
Application Deadline: December 15
Career Development Grants offer up to $12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. See web site for more details.
(W) Andrews Forest Writers' Residency
Application Deadline: December 31
Charles Goodrich, Program Director Oregon State University, Department of Philosophy
101 Hovland Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331
E-Mail Address: spring.creek@oregonstate.edu
Website:ftp.fsl.orst.edu/lter/research/related/writers/template.cfm?next=wir&topnav=169
One-week residencies are offered in September, October, and November at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the Oregon Cascades, 40 miles east of Eugene. The residency is open to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers whose work "reflects a keen awareness of the natural world." Residents are provided with a three-room apartment with kitchen facilities and access to the forest research site. Submit three sets of up to ten pages of poetry or 15 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction, a one-page project description, and a curriculum vitae. Deadlines are December 31 for the spring; May 1 for the fall. There is no application fee. Write to Charles Goodrich, Program Director, at above address or see web site for an application and complete guidelines.
(W) POET in RESIDENCE
George Washington University, Department of English 801 22nd Street, NW, Suite 760, Washington, D.C. 20052
E-Mail Address: jjcohen@gwu.edu Website: www.gwu.edu/~english
The Jenny McKean Moore Program at George Washington University engages a poet to teach two semesters at the university (a tuition-free community workshop and a class to GWU students) at a salary of approximately $55,000. The candidate must have been published by a well-regarded press and demonstrated a commitment to teaching. SASE with writing sample and resume must accompany application. The visiting lecturer must live in or near Washington, D.C., during the academic year (late August to early May). Apply to Professor Jeffrey Cohen, at above address.
Application Deadline: December 30
(W) Poetry Society of America, Chapbook Fellowships
15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003
E-Mail Address: brett@poetrysociety.org
Website: www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php#
Application Deadline: December 21
Four Chapbook Fellowships of $1,000 each, as well as publication by the Poetry Society of America, are given to poets who have not been previously published. Manuscripts must be between 20 and 30 pages, accompanied with a $12 entry fee. Two of the fellowships are awarded to poets thirty years of age and younger who are living in any of the five boroughs of New York City. The other two are open to poets of any age living anywhere in the U.S. See web site for more details.
(W) Santa Fe Art Institute Residencies
PO Box 24044 Santa Fe, NM 87502
E-Mail Address: info@sfai.org
Website: www.sfai.org/applications.html
Application Deadline: December 31
The Santa Fe Art Institute offers three residency programs—Artists & Writers in Residence, the Emergency Relief Residency, and the Witter Bynner Poetry Translator Residency—which serve twenty writers each year. Residencies, which average from one to three months, are offered year-round. There is a residency fee of $1,000, although ninety percent of accepted artists receive some form of financial support. Writers-in-Residence have the opportunity to perform education and public outreach projects. The deadline for the Witter Bynner Residency is December 5. See web site for details.
(THEATER) Sundance Institute, Sundance Theatre Laboratory
Sundance Theatre Laboratory
8530 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90036
E-Mail Address: theatre@sundance.org Website: www.sundance.org
Application Deadline: December 15
The Sundance Theatre Laboratory, a three-week workshop, offers playwrights and other theater artists the opportunity to develop new plays or explore new approaches to existing scripts. Up to eight projects are selected for the Laboratory, held at Sundance in Utah in July. The program provides professional actors, dramaturgs, rehearsal space, stage management, round-trip air transportation, accommodations, and food for the team working on each project. Applications may be submitted by individual playwrights, though playwright/directors teams are preferred. There is a $30 entry fee. Write or consult web site for guidelines and application.
(THEATER) The Playwrights' Center, McKnight National Residency and Commission
2301 Franklin Avenue, East Minneapolis, MN 55406
E-Mail Address: info@pwcenter.org Website: www.pwcenter.org/fellows_residency.php
Application Deadline: December 5
The McKnight National Residency and Commission offers a $12,500 commission and residency for the production of a new play from a nationally recognized playwright. The play is developed using the Center's resources and professional actors from the Twin Cities area. Only nationally recognized playwrights who have had at least two different plays fully produced by professional theaters are eligible; applicants must not be residents of Minnesota. Recipients are selected on the basis of artistic excellence, professional achievement, and proposed residency plans. See web site for more details.
(RESEARCH) Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1612, New York, NY 10175-1699
E-Mail Address: info@delmas.org, Website: www.delmas.org
Predoctoral and postdoctoral grants for study in Venice and the Veneto region are awarded annually for historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, theater, humanities, and social science are acceptable areas of study. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have experience in advanced research at the graduate level or above. Grants range from $500 to $16,500. Funds are for research in Venice and Veneto only, and for transportation to, from, and within Veneto. Consult the Web site for additional information and applicati
on. Available to: U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Deadline: December 15
(RESEARCH) British Studies Fellowship
Deadline: 01/15/09
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
2009-2010 JAMES M. OSBORN POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN BRITISH STUDIES
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University invites applications for the Research Fellowship in British Studies for the academic year 2009-2010, July 2009 through June 2010, open to scholars of British history, literature, society or culture from the Middle Ages through the end of the 20th Century who will devote the term of the fellowship to research in the Beinecke Library British collections. The fellowship provides a stipend of $45,000 and a residential apartment within walking distance of the Library. To apply, please to to the Fellowships link on the Beiencke website at http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/ or email beinecke.fellowships@yale.edu.
(A) Printmaking Artist-in-Residence
Residency is available for 4 months or up to 2 years scheduled to begin May 1, 2009. An MFA is preferred but not necessary. Residency is granted based on quality of work and community-mindedness. Residency includes studio space within community classroom, gallery representation, and paid teaching opportunities. Year-long residents receive a solo show. Residents have 24 hour access to facilities which include a Takach Press (26" x 40" bed), inking tables, locking cabinets, and plenty of storage. Use of other studio areas is allowed as long as it does not interfere with resident artists in those areas. Residents are responsible for studio management and maintenance, approximately 10-12 hours per week. Contact the Education Director at 402-466-8692 for more info or visit www.luxcenter.org.
(ALL) Residency at Bathurst Hill End Residency, Bathurst, Australia
Deadline: Dec. 12th 2008
The Hill End Artist in Residence Program aims to provide an opportunity for creative development in all areas of the visual arts in the unique environment Hill End and the region offers and at the same time to contribute to the long term cultural development and sustainability of the village. Applications are sought from both established and emerging artists, arts writers or curators across the visual arts with a strong vision of what they would like to accomplish during a residency.The program is open to both Australian and international artists but funding is currently not available for International applicants.
An application form and guidleines can be downloaded from the program website.
www.hillendart.com