(ARTISTS, WRITERS, COMPOSERS) Alonzo Davis Fellowship: Initiated by Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Fellow and former board member Alonzo Davis, this fellowship has been established as an endowment to support writers, visual artists and composers who are American citizens of African or Latino descent. VCCA is located on 450 acres of rolling Blue Ridge farmland. Each residency includes a comfortable, private bedroom, three meals a day, and a private studio where artists may concentrate on their work. The fund will provide residencies at the VCCA for artists annually. Please indicate on your application that you are applying for the Alonzo Davis Fellowship. For application guidelines and information, please go to: http://www.vcca.com/otherprg.html.COMIC BOOK ARTIST GRANTS
The Xeric Foundation offers $5,000 grants for comic book artists who wish to publish their own comics. Proposals are reviewed on a semiannual basis by a distribution committee. Requests must be postmarked (not delivered) by the review deadline date to be considered at that review. Early application is encouraged. Reply cards will be sent as notification that applications have been received. Response letters will be mailed to all applicants six weeks after the review date. The next review deadline is September 30, 2009. Please check the website for details and application guidelines: http://www.xericfoundation.org. Please submit all proposals and queries to: Xeric Foundation , 351 Pleasant Street #214, Northampton, MA 01060. For more info, check the website or email: xericgrant@aol.com or call: 413/ 585-0671.
(BOOK ARTISTS) MCBA Residency
Minnesota Center for Book Arts' Artists-in-Residence Program: The Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program is designed to support selected artists by providing resources, space and equipment to assist in the creation and promotion of their work. In turn, artists provide technical and educational assistance to Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Residencies may be from two weeks to four months in duration. Studios and equipment are available to facilitate work in papermaking, printing and bookbinding. Participation in the program is based on the artistic merit of proposed projects as well as the degree to which artists further MCBA's artistic vision: to preserve the traditional crafts of fine printing, bookbinding and papermaking; champion book art as a vital contemporary art form; and demonstrate the critical role artists' books play in the advancement of cultural and visual literacy. For more information, please go to the website: http://www.mnbookarts.org/artistsprograms/air.html.
(BOOK ARTISTS, WRITERS) Artist-in-Residence
The STAR program (Students-Teachers-Artists in Residence) is an artists' residency program at Eagle Hill School in rural Hardwick, Massachusetts (www.ehs1.org) They are currently seeking artists for a three-month residency titled “Pre-write to Publish: The Whole Book.” The residency will begin September, 2009. The program is housed at Eagle Hill’s state-of-the-art Cultural Center (www.centerateaglehill.org), a new regional venue for the visual and performing arts. STAR brings to their campus distinguished artists of all disciplines to work on their own creative projects while collaborating with students and teachers on cross-disciplinary learning adventures. “Pre-write to Publish: The Whole Book,” is a residency for two artists who are interested in sharing their experiences concerning the process of producing books. For this residency, STAR seeks artists who are skilled writers, illustrators, book binders, publishers or specialists in handmade artists’ books, one-of-a-kind editions, and experimental book forms who are seeking the kind of time, space and support that will enable them to move forward with their writing and book making ambitions.
The selected writer/publisher will have 24/7 access to a quiet and comfortably furnished living room style work space, and the selected Book Artist will have 24/7 access to 1000’ of studio space and the use of an 1887 Platen Letterpress with assorted type as well as computers with Adobe Design Premium and a state-of-the-art networked color copier. Also, STAR provides three excellent meals a day, a monthly stipend of $500, supplies, and ample time to work on independent projects. For more info, please contact: Pat Bock, STAR Coordinator, The Cultural Center at Eagle Hill, PO Box 116, 242 Old Petersham Road, Hardwick, MA 01037. Phone: (413) 477-6000, x1856, website: www.thecenterateaglehill.org.
(MUSICIANS) The Noah Greenberg Award
The Noah Greenberg Award was established by the Trustees of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua in memory of their founder and first director. The award is intended as a grant-in-aid to stimulate active cooperation between scholars and performers by recognizing and fostering outstanding contributions to historical performing practices. Both scholars and performers may apply, since the Award may subsidize the publication costs of articles, monographs, or editions, as well as public performance, recordings, or other projects. The award is given annually. The winner receives a monetary prize ($2,000) and a certificate, conferred at the Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation of the Society by the chair of the committee. The Award Committee invites applications for the award, to be received by August 15, 2009. Applicants need not be members of the Society. For more information on this grant and others, go to: http://www.ams-net.org/grants.php.