Greetings all,
First, just to let you know, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation has temporarily suspended funding for this coming year. I'll let you know when and if things change. In the past, I have suggested that particular foundation for some of you writers and visual artists...so just in case you are planning to apply for a grant, hold off until you hear more news. On the cheerful side, below are some upcoming grants and a residency that are definitely happening this coming year. And thank you everyone for your kind words of support for my book and this website. It looks like my book will come out sometime late 2010 or early 2011. But I'll keep you posted! Best wishes, Mira
(FILMMAKERS) Open Door Completion Fund
The Center for Asian American Media Open Door Completion Fund: Offered twice a year, this round of funding is for applicants with projects in the final post-production phase. To be eligible a full-length rough cut must be submitted with the proposal. Awards range from $20,000 to $30,000. CAAM funds should be the last monies needed to finish the project and deliver the broadcast master. The review process takes approximately three months. Deadline: August 6, 2009 by 5pm Pacific Time. For more info, go to: http://www.mediafund.asianamericanmedia.org/funding/
(MEDIA ARTS) Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund
The Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund provides grants to emerging and established lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender filmmakers. The Fund seeks to provide a much-needed source of funding for LGBT artists constantly struggling to secure the funding needed to complete their works. Grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 are available for works that represent and celebrate our diverse stories and reflect LGBT life in all its complexity and richness. Submissions are being accepted for documentary, educational, narrative, animated or experimental projects about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their communities. The deadline for this year’s submissions will be in October 2009. Entries must be postmarked by this date. Awards will be announced in February 2010. Applications will be available from the website in August: http://www.frameline.org/filmmaker-support/completion-fund/
(MEDIA ARTISTS) Visual Studies Workshop Residencies
Visual Studies Workshop sponsors artists' residencies in photography, artists' books, digital video and multimedia, 16mm film and analog video. Residencies are project-based and are for a period of one month. VSW will provide access to facilities, and housing on the premises. An honorarium of $2000 is provided, (pending receipt of funding for 2010). Applications are being accepted through October 16, 2009 for residencies in 2010. To apply: Fill in and mail the application form. You will need to include a resume, project description, work samples and a SASE for return of materials. Applications should be postmarked by October 16, 2009. For more information, please go to: http://www.vsw.org/artists/artstsprogs.html.
(WRITERS) Sigurdur Nordal Institute Fellowships
The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships are granted to writers, translators, and scholars in the humanities to enable them to stay in Iceland for at least three months, to improve their knowledge of the language, culture, and society. The amount of each fellowship covers travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses while in the country. Applicants should submit a brief but thorough account of the purpose of their stay, specifying the anticipated duration, as well as a curriculum vitae. Write to Árni Magnússonar Institute for Icelandic Studies, Sigurður Nordal Office at PO Box 1220, 122 Reykjavik, Iceland or see web site for more details. Deadline: October 31, 2009. Website: http://www.hi.is/page/a_inter_snorri_sturluson_fellowships. E-Mail: nordals@hi.is.
(PERFORMING ARTS) Sundance Theatre Laboratory
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. Write to: Sundance Theatre Laboratory, 8530 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90036. Or E-Mail: theatre@sundance.org. Website: http://www.sundance.org. Deadline: December 15, 2009.
(PERFORMING ARTS) The Theatre Communications Group/International Theatre Institute (TCG/ITI): Travel Grants: Travel Grants have been designed to foster cultural exchange and artistic partnerships between theatre professionals in the United States and their counterparts in Russia, Eastern Europe or Central Europe. These $3,500 grants will support trips in either direction by theatre artists, administrators and educators, enabling these professionals to share ideas, gain exposure to each other's cultural traditions and contemporary theatre techniques and/or work together. This grant program was developed by TCG in collaboration with the International Theatre Institute and is funded by the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Please see the website for more information: http://www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_index.cfm