secession presents a new show curated by pierre bal-blanc.
click here for more info on the show and here for the website of the gallery.
[via e-artnow]
showtime: the death of the audience
secession presents a new show curated by pierre bal-blanc.
click here for more info on the show and here for the website of the gallery.
[via e-artnow]
showtime: radical nature
radical nature @ barbican artgallery is the first exhibition to bring together key figures across different generations who have created utopian works and inspiring solutions for our ever-changing planet.
[via we make money not art]
dox: independent centre for contemporary art in prague
if you happen to visit prague this summer, make sure to visit dox. you will find an absolute great building and a good selection of interesting and/or provocative shows.
NEW FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT DEADLINES
(PLAYWRIGHTS) LGBT Grants
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation awards yearly grants to playwrights who submit full-length plays, screenplays, musicals or operas. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art. Writing contests close on November 30th of each year. Grants are $1,000 and are not limited to a single winner. For more information, visit the website: http://aabbfoundation.org.
(WRITERS) Wisconsin Institute Fellowship
Poets and fiction writers who have completed an MFA or a PhD in a creative writing program (other than the University of Wisconsin-Madison's MFA program) by the August 15th prior to the fellowship year are eligible to apply for a Wisconsin Institute poetry or fiction fellowship provided they have not had a book of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or other creative work published or accepted for publication as of the postmark date of application. Fellowship recipients must spend the academic year (approximately August 15-May 15) in Madison at the University of Wisconsin, where they will write, teach one creative writing workshop each semester, and give one public reading from their work in progress. Poetry and fiction fellowships pay $27,000 for the academic year. Fellows also receive generous health benefits. Applications are due in February, 2010. Check website for details: http://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships/poetryfiction.html.
(PLAYWRIGHTS) STAGE Script Prize
STAGE (Scientists, Technologists & Artists Generating Exploration) presents the STAGE International Script Competition. The winning script will receive $10,000 USD. The prize is given at a public awards event with distinguished professionals from the worlds of theatre, film, science and/or technology, to be held in conjunction with a staged reading/performance/demonstration with a cast of professional actors. In addition, the winning playwright will have access to advice and guidance from professional theatre and film artists as well as experts in the fields of science, engineering and technology. Deadline is December 15, 2009. For more info, go to: http://stage.cnsi.ucsb.edu/guidelines/guidelines.html
(PERF. ARTISTS) Travel Grants
Association of Performing Arts Presenters / The Cultural Exchange Fund is a travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist US based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations and to groups of presenters traveling to see work of artists, companies and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
The maximum amount awarded per individual organization, inclusive of travel costs and per diem, is $2,000. Group travel subsidies will be awarded only to groups of three or more presenters from different member presenting organizations. The maximum award for a group is $10,000, with no more than $2,000 awarded per organization. For eligibility guidelines visit: http://www.apapconference.org/cultural-exchange-fund-application-guidelines-final.html
Deadline: July, 31, 2009.
(ALL DISCPLINES) Economic Relief Grants
The Mayer Foundation: The mission of the Foundation is to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources, including as a result of natural or civil disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death or incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property; to provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medical needs; and to award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school, college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the college or graduate school of their choice. Grant sizes vary but generally range from $2,500 to $5,000 per grant. For more information, go to: http://www.mayerfoundation.org/.
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation awards yearly grants to playwrights who submit full-length plays, screenplays, musicals or operas. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art. Writing contests close on November 30th of each year. Grants are $1,000 and are not limited to a single winner. For more information, visit the website: http://aabbfoundation.org.
(WRITERS) Wisconsin Institute Fellowship
Poets and fiction writers who have completed an MFA or a PhD in a creative writing program (other than the University of Wisconsin-Madison's MFA program) by the August 15th prior to the fellowship year are eligible to apply for a Wisconsin Institute poetry or fiction fellowship provided they have not had a book of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or other creative work published or accepted for publication as of the postmark date of application. Fellowship recipients must spend the academic year (approximately August 15-May 15) in Madison at the University of Wisconsin, where they will write, teach one creative writing workshop each semester, and give one public reading from their work in progress. Poetry and fiction fellowships pay $27,000 for the academic year. Fellows also receive generous health benefits. Applications are due in February, 2010. Check website for details: http://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships/poetryfiction.html.
(PLAYWRIGHTS) STAGE Script Prize
STAGE (Scientists, Technologists & Artists Generating Exploration) presents the STAGE International Script Competition. The winning script will receive $10,000 USD. The prize is given at a public awards event with distinguished professionals from the worlds of theatre, film, science and/or technology, to be held in conjunction with a staged reading/performance/demonstration with a cast of professional actors. In addition, the winning playwright will have access to advice and guidance from professional theatre and film artists as well as experts in the fields of science, engineering and technology. Deadline is December 15, 2009. For more info, go to: http://stage.cnsi.ucsb.edu/guidelines/guidelines.html
(PERF. ARTISTS) Travel Grants
Association of Performing Arts Presenters / The Cultural Exchange Fund is a travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist US based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations and to groups of presenters traveling to see work of artists, companies and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
The maximum amount awarded per individual organization, inclusive of travel costs and per diem, is $2,000. Group travel subsidies will be awarded only to groups of three or more presenters from different member presenting organizations. The maximum award for a group is $10,000, with no more than $2,000 awarded per organization. For eligibility guidelines visit: http://www.apapconference.org/cultural-exchange-fund-application-guidelines-final.html
Deadline: July, 31, 2009.
(ALL DISCPLINES) Economic Relief Grants
The Mayer Foundation: The mission of the Foundation is to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources, including as a result of natural or civil disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death or incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property; to provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medical needs; and to award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school, college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the college or graduate school of their choice. Grant sizes vary but generally range from $2,500 to $5,000 per grant. For more information, go to: http://www.mayerfoundation.org/.
GRANTS FOR EMERGING WRITERS AND ARTISTS AND MORE!
Greetings all...I am still very busy the next two weeks but I'll try to keep up with postings as best I can. Below are a couple ones with deadlines coming up so check them out. I hope you are all having a great summer...best wishes, Mira
(WRITERS) Emerging Voices Program
Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program involving writers in the early stages of their literary careers. The program offers a $1,000 stipend and includes one-on-one sessions with mentors, seminars on topics such as editing or working with agents, master classes with a renowned novelist, courses in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, one-month teaching residencies, a monthly book group, and literary readings. It culminates in a public reading and reception. No age restrictions; selection is not based solely on economic need. Deadline: August 14, 2009 for the 2010 cycle. Materials must arrive in the PEN offices by the submission deadline—no exceptions. EMERGING VOICES PEN USA, c/o Antioch University, 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City CA 90230. Phone: (310) 862-1555. Fax: (310) 862-1556. Email: ev@penusa.org. Website: http://www.penusa.org.
***a note on this one: I'm not sure if Pen gives more than $1,000. They say on the website that it is an eight month fellowship but I don't know if that means more money. Double check about their funding. The fellowship award might just be in the form of the other opportunities they offer, such as master classes.
(ARTISTS) Santo Foundation Artists Grants
Santo Foundation is offering two $2,500 grants to individual visual artists working in any area of expression, including film, media arts and performance art. The Santo Foundation was established to recognize and assist the careers of individual artists. Its mission is to provide individual grants, travel stipends and artist-in-residence/studio exchanges in major cultural centers. Open to all undergraduate, graduate students, emerging artists and mid-career artists. International candidates are welcome to apply. For more information, go to: http://www.santofoundation.org/. Deadline: July, 31, 2009.
(ARTISTS) Artloft/Connor Meigs Art Award
The Connor Meigs Art Award is a merit award to help a young artist launch his or her career. Open to new BFA graduates. It includes a month-long solo exhibit (with no commission charged on sales), professional mentoring, invitations, mailing, artist's reception, lodging, and a $1,000 honorarium. More of an educational experience, it also includes studio visits with working artists. 2009 BFA graduates who wish to apply should send a resume, artist statement, art list and 10 images on slides or CD, with SASE to: Florence Mill Artloft, c/o Linda Meigs, 5215 Jackson, Omaha, NE 68106. For additional information call: 402/551-1233 or visit: http://connormeigsaward.blogspot.com/
Deadline: September, 1, 2009.
(PHOTOGRAPHERS) Photography Awards Fellowship
En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards Fellowship is an annual program selecting three or more U.S. photographers of Latino, African, or Asian heritage and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. Three photographers will be selected from an open and national call for entries to receive a $1,000 honorarium, photo-related supplies, technical assistance, a photographer’s page on enfoco.org, an article in Nueva Luz, an En Foco membership, and a culminating group exhibition in New York. Deadline: July 31, 2009. http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/newworks_award/.
(ARTISTS) Subsidized Studio Spaces
Art Center/South Florida offers subsidized studio spaces for emerging artists. Acceptance into the Juried Artist Program hinges upon strength of work, a well conceived artist statement and the potential to benefit from a residency. Applications are reviewed bi-annually.
For more information and to download an application form visit: http://www.artcentersf.org/
Deadline: September, 1, 2009.
***By the way, I've been getting a lot of requests from readers lately to publish their studio space sublet ads. Just so you know, I don't do that as a rule. However, if a program like this one in South Florida offers FREE or partially subsidized studio space, then I am interested. Thanks!
(WRITERS) Emerging Voices Program
Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program involving writers in the early stages of their literary careers. The program offers a $1,000 stipend and includes one-on-one sessions with mentors, seminars on topics such as editing or working with agents, master classes with a renowned novelist, courses in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, one-month teaching residencies, a monthly book group, and literary readings. It culminates in a public reading and reception. No age restrictions; selection is not based solely on economic need. Deadline: August 14, 2009 for the 2010 cycle. Materials must arrive in the PEN offices by the submission deadline—no exceptions. EMERGING VOICES PEN USA, c/o Antioch University, 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City CA 90230. Phone: (310) 862-1555. Fax: (310) 862-1556. Email: ev@penusa.org. Website: http://www.penusa.org.
***a note on this one: I'm not sure if Pen gives more than $1,000. They say on the website that it is an eight month fellowship but I don't know if that means more money. Double check about their funding. The fellowship award might just be in the form of the other opportunities they offer, such as master classes.
(ARTISTS) Santo Foundation Artists Grants
Santo Foundation is offering two $2,500 grants to individual visual artists working in any area of expression, including film, media arts and performance art. The Santo Foundation was established to recognize and assist the careers of individual artists. Its mission is to provide individual grants, travel stipends and artist-in-residence/studio exchanges in major cultural centers. Open to all undergraduate, graduate students, emerging artists and mid-career artists. International candidates are welcome to apply. For more information, go to: http://www.santofoundation.org/. Deadline: July, 31, 2009.
(ARTISTS) Artloft/Connor Meigs Art Award
The Connor Meigs Art Award is a merit award to help a young artist launch his or her career. Open to new BFA graduates. It includes a month-long solo exhibit (with no commission charged on sales), professional mentoring, invitations, mailing, artist's reception, lodging, and a $1,000 honorarium. More of an educational experience, it also includes studio visits with working artists. 2009 BFA graduates who wish to apply should send a resume, artist statement, art list and 10 images on slides or CD, with SASE to: Florence Mill Artloft, c/o Linda Meigs, 5215 Jackson, Omaha, NE 68106. For additional information call: 402/551-1233 or visit: http://connormeigsaward.blogspot.com/
Deadline: September, 1, 2009.
(PHOTOGRAPHERS) Photography Awards Fellowship
En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards Fellowship is an annual program selecting three or more U.S. photographers of Latino, African, or Asian heritage and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific. Three photographers will be selected from an open and national call for entries to receive a $1,000 honorarium, photo-related supplies, technical assistance, a photographer’s page on enfoco.org, an article in Nueva Luz, an En Foco membership, and a culminating group exhibition in New York. Deadline: July 31, 2009. http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/newworks_award/.
(ARTISTS) Subsidized Studio Spaces
Art Center/South Florida offers subsidized studio spaces for emerging artists. Acceptance into the Juried Artist Program hinges upon strength of work, a well conceived artist statement and the potential to benefit from a residency. Applications are reviewed bi-annually.
For more information and to download an application form visit: http://www.artcentersf.org/
Deadline: September, 1, 2009.
***By the way, I've been getting a lot of requests from readers lately to publish their studio space sublet ads. Just so you know, I don't do that as a rule. However, if a program like this one in South Florida offers FREE or partially subsidized studio space, then I am interested. Thanks!