Information Services: Grants/Fellowships/Residencies
August 2008
Entries in bold are entered the first of each month.
New Entries are added during the month, with posting dates in orange.
RACC Grant Opportunity: Opportunity Grants for Portland-based nonprofit arts and cultural organizations to help meet special opportunities or assist with emergencies that arise. Access Opportunity Grant Guidelines and Application on GrantsOnline. Intent to Apply Deadline: 8/6/08.
Career Opportunity Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission provide financial support to enable Oregon artists to take advantage of opportunities to enhance their careers through the development of arts, business or professional skills to expand marketing capacity and/or to further develop the nature or quality of their artwork.Grant amounts may range from $300 to $1,500. Call Shannon Planchon, 503.229.6062 for more information about guidelines and applications for the August deadline. Applications will be available at http://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/commission_grant_programs.php. Deadline: 8/13/08.
Call for Entries for Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM’s) Annual Betty Bowen Award. Open to visual artists working in Washington, Oregon or Idaho. This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Betty Bowen Award. In honor of this milestone, the Committee has raised the award amount from $11,000 to $15,000 to be given to a single artist. The PONCHO Special Recognition award winner will be awarded $2,500 and this year, one artist will be awarded the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition award in the amount of $2,500. In addition, the winner’s work will be on view at SAM in October 2009. Betty Bowen (1918–1977) was a Washington native and enthusiastic supporter of Northwest artists whose friends established the annual Betty Bowen Award as a celebration of her life and to honor and continue her efforts to provide financial support to the artists of the region. Since 1977, the selection committee chooses one artist from the Northwest to receive an unrestricted cash award, eligible to visual artists working in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. If you are an artist working in film or video, you are required to upload six film stills with your application and send a DVD or VHS of the complete work. Applications sent by standard mail will not be processed. The application is available online at www.callforentry.com. There is a $10.00 application fee. Entries must be submitted on-line. For more information about the application process visit: www.seattleartmuseum.org/bettybowen or e-mail bettybowen@seattleartmuseum.org. Deadline: 8/15/08.
Open Meadows Foundation Grants seeks applications from individuals and nonprofit organizations for projects that are led by and benefit women. Grants up to $2,000. Contact: 718.88.-0969 or openmeadows@igc.org or www.openmeadows.org. Deadline: 8/15/08.
PACT Zollverein/Residencies in Germany. PACT Zollverein (Performing Arts Choreographisches Zentrum NRW Tanzlandschaft Ruhr Germany), founded in 2002, offers residencies that are open to artists in the fields of choreography, theater and performance. Shaped to suit individual needs, residencies are available throughout the year and can include rehearsal space as well as administrative and technical support for artists involved in researching, developing or realising projects or productions. The maximum length of any residency is two months for which time accommodation may also be provided by arrangement. Contact: PACT Zollverein, Residenzen, Katharina Charpey, Bullmannaue 20a, D-45327 Essen. Phone: 49 (0)201.289 47 12 or email katharina.charpey@pact-zollverein.de or website www.pact-zollverein.de. Deadline: 8/18/08.
The Van Evera Bailey Fellowship seeks creative proposals for Fellowships advancing the professional development of mid-career architects and encouraging greater contributions to their profession and their community. Fellowship projects may follow a variety of paths, from pure research involving reflection on professional issues and challenges, to practical research involving projects designed to have specific results. Support may be requested for stipends, travel, lodging, materials, and other relevant needs. Projects must include follow-up activities such as seminars, lectures, media presentations, tours, or other means to share results with the professional community and general public. At the conclusion of the award period, Bailey Fellows will be asked to produce a final document as a record of the experience. One or two Fellowships of $20,000 may be awarded. Awards will be announced in October 2008. Visit http://www.af-oregon.org/afo.php?section=grants&category=vanevera. Deadline: 8/22/08.
NEA's AccessAbility Program. This program announcement outlines three separate National Endowment for the Arts projects. These projects, listed below, provide career opportunities or arts programming for individuals with disabilities, older adults, or those in healthcare settings: Statewide Forums on Careers in the Arts for Individuals with Disabilities; Access to Design Professions; Arts in Healthcare Consultancy Program. The Arts Endowment plans to award one grant for each project. Each grant may be renewed for up to four years, subject to agency priorities, the availability of funds, and grantee performance. These projects are managed by the Arts Endowment's AccessAbility Office, which works with a wide range of public and private partners. Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through www.Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. Visit http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/accessibility.html for more information. Deadline: 8/27/08.
Florida State University’s Master Craftsman Program artist in residence. Part academic pursuit, part service to the University, the program combines the age-old teaching method of apprenticeship with entrepreneurial skills to provide students the tools they need to become successful artists and business people. The selected artist will have a part time position with the program offering $25,000 for one year, with an opportunity for a second year funded at the same rate. Artists who have experience working with glass (especially hot glass), metals/jewelry, wood/furniture, plaster, and sculpture are encouraged to apply. The Master Craftsman Program residency will not focus on a single specialty, but provide an experience to broaden the artist’s skills. Residency responsibilities include participation in studio projects, teaching within medium, contributions to community projects, development of personal work, and commitment to studio aspirations. Artists who have completed their MFA within the last two years are strongly encouraged to apply. Application must include an artist statement, CV and CD of no more than 30 images with reference sheet. Images must be TIF or JPG format, sized for web viewing. Image reference sheet should include the artist, title, media, dimensions, and file name for each image. No slides or prints. Selected finalists should be available to travel for an interview. Send application materials to Rachel Dorn. 905 W. Gaines Street, PO Box 3062142, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2142. Email: radorn@fsu.edu. Web site: http://craft.fsu.edu/. Phone: 850.644.0139. Deadline: 9/1/08.
Transition Grants for Dancers. Career Transition for Dancers seeks applications for support from current or former professional dancers who can demonstrate that they earn their livelihood from performing as a dancer. Grants up to $2K. Contact: Ann Barry, 212.764.0172 ext. 224 or www.careertransition.org. Deadlines: 9/3/08.
NEA Media Arts on Radio & Television Grant, FY2009. Through this category the National Endowment for the Arts seeks to make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through nationally distributed television and radio programs. Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Programs targeted to children and youth are welcome. All phases of a project -- research and development, production, completion and distribution costs -- are eligible for support. For details visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41602. Deadline: 9/5/08.
Arts Recognition Grants are $1,000 awards made to exemplary Oregon arts organizations that have a record of excellence in programming, service and organizational capacity, but have not received other Oregon Arts Commission funding. Arts Recognition grants are a visible indication of Commission support and assist in raising an organization's profile and in leveraging other funds and resources. These awards are not for operating support. Call Shannon Planchon, 503-229-6062, for more information. Applications available at http://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/commission_grant_programs.php. Deadline: 9/11/08.
Arts Recognition Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission. The Commission makes $1,000 Arts Recognition awards to Oregon arts organizations that have a record of excellence in programming, service and organizational capacity, and seek to advance their marketing and outreach programs to raise their profile in the community. The Arts Commission established the Arts Recognition Grants to serve as a visible indication of Commission support and to assist in raising an organization’s profile and in leveraging other funds and resources. The Commission uses a simple online application process for the Recognition Grants, and encourages proposals from small to mid-size arts groups from all regions of the state that have not received funding from the Commission in the past twelve months. Oregon arts organizations applying for the recognition must have been in existence at least two years and must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS and corporate non-profit status in the state of Oregon. See online application at www.oregonartscommission.org. Additional information is available from Shannon Planchon, Assistant Director, 503.229.6062. Deadline: 9/11/08.
Jentel Artist Residency Program (WY) offers 4-week residencies eleven months of the year to visual artists in all media and writers in all genre on a cattle ranch in the Lower Piney Creek Valley, 20 miles southeast of Sheridan, Wyoming. Each residency includes a comfortable private room, access to a common living area and separate studio. A stipend helps defray food, travel, and shipping expenses. Individuals who are over 24 years old and who are not matriculated students, U.S. citizens and members of the international community already residing in the U.S. are eligible. Send a mailing label and $.59 postage to Jentel Artist Residency Program, 130 Lower Piney Creek Road, Banner, WY 82832 or visit the www.jentelarts.org for an application and complete guidelines. For residencies from 1/15 to 5/13, 2009, Deadline: 9/15/08.
Preservation Grants. The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation have announced the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program. This new public-private partnership will fund the preservation of endangered and fragile art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries. The grants of up to $3,000 are aimed at completing stand-alone conservation projects that convey the essential character and experience of the United States. Examples of fundable projects are provided in the grant guidelines. To access application guidelines instructions, please visit www.imls.gov/collections/grants/boa.htm. For questions about museum projects, contact Christine Henry at 202.653.4674 to discuss your questions. For questions about library or archival projects, contact Susan Malbin at 202.653.4768. Deadline: 9/15/08.
Grants for Musicians. Kleban Foundation, Inc. seeks submissions to its annual award given to both a librettist and a lyricist. Applicants may apply as a team and may apply for both categories. Contact: www.newdramatists.org/KlebanApplication2009.pf. Deadline: 9/15/08.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fdn seeks applications for its Fellowships to assist research and artistic creation. Contact: Guggenheim Fdn, 90 Park Ave., NY, NY 10016 or www.gf.org. Deadline: 9/15/08.
Grants for Singers. Sullivan Foundation invites applications from young professional singers. Grants of $10,000 are awarded to gifted singers in the early stages of their careers. Applicants should have completed their academic training and have sung at least one engagement with a known opera company, symphony or other organization. Contact: www.sullivanfoundation.org. Deadline: 9/15/08.
Research Grant. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award a research grant up to $25,000 to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years experience in historic preservation or related fields, including architecture, landscape architecture, architectural conservation, urban design, environmental planning, archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts. The grants are intended to support projects of innovative original research or creative design that advance the practice of historic preservation in the U.S. These grants may be partially supported by the Kress Foundation. For more information, visit www.fitchfoundation.org for details or contact Erin Tobin, Executive Director, at info@fitchfoundation.org. Deadline: 9/19/08.
NEA's American Masterpieces: Visual ArtsTouring Grants: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, traditions, subject areas, and themes that include but are not limited to: The Hudson River School, American Impressionism, Native American Art, American Masterworks from Unique Collections including private collections, Aspects of American Art Post-1945 to the Present, Art of the W.P.A., Latino Art, The Portrait in America, American Naïve Art African American Art, American Photographers, and Photography American Decorative Arts, The Art of the American West, Industrial Design Architecture, Costume and Textiles Folk Arts. The tour of an existing exhibition is eligible. Awards from $30,000-$300,000. Visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41970 for details. Deadline: 9/19/08.
Research Grants. Fitch Foundation awards a $25,000 research grant to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years experience in historic preservation or related fields, including the decorative arts and more. Contact: 212.252.6809 or info@fitchfoundation.org or www.fitchfoundation.org. Deadline: 9/19/08.
(posted 8/6/08) RACC Grant Opportunity: Professional Development Grants (cycle 2) assists artists or arts administrators with opportunities that specifically improve their business management development skills and/or brings the artist or the arts organization to another level artistically. Proposals in the Professional Development Grant Program cannot be geared toward the creation of a specific art project, but must clearly demonstrate how the proposal will benefit the organization or individual long-term. These grants are available to residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties, in Oregon. Access guidelines and online application for Professional Development Grants. Deadline for Intent to Apply: 9/24/08.
Hedgebrook seeks applications for to its Writers-in-Residence program. Open to women writers. $25 fee. Contact: 360.321.4786 or connect@hedgebrook.org or www.hedgebrook.org. Deadline: 9/25/08.
Diversity Development Fund of the Independent Television Service seeks applications from minority producers to develop projects for public television. Awards to $15,000. Contact: ITVS, DDF, 651 Brannan St., Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94107 or 415.356.8383 x258 or www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html. Deadline: 9/26/08.
Grants for Writers. Christopher Isherwood Foundation seeks applications to its Grants for Fiction Writers. Writers who have published at least one book of fiction are eligible. $4,000 award. Contact: www.isherwoodfoundation.org. Deadline: 10/1/08.
Residency in Wood Turning. Center seeks applications to the 2009-2010 Int’l Turning Exchange, an 8-week residencyprogram for four lathe artists, one scholar, one furniture maker/educator, and one photojournalist. $350/wk.,round-trip transportation and housing provided. $25 app.fee. Contact: www.woodturningcenter.org. Deadline: 10/1/08.
Oregon Media Arts Fellowships provide financial and other support for production expenses to enable Oregon film or video artists to create or complete new work or works in progress. Media Arts Fellowships recognize and assist media artists whose work shows exceptional promise and who have demonstrated a commitment to film or video art. The Oregon Arts Commission, the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation and Oregon Public Broadcasting fund the program. While the Media Arts Fellowship program is administered by the Northwest Film Center/Portland Art Museum, applications may be downloaded from www.oregonartscommission.org. Additional support is provided by the Oregon Film and Video Office, and Chambers Communications. Deadline: 10/1/08.
Arts Build Communities Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission recognize and support both the arts in local Oregon communities and the involvement of the arts and artists in community development. The program recognizes the expanding role arts organizations are taking in the broader cultural, social, educational and economic areas of community life. Support will be provided to arts and other community-based organizations to form alliances and partnerships to strengthen communities through projects that connect the arts with local issues and opportunities. Call Brian Wagner 503.986.0083 for more information. Applications available at http://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/commission_grant_programs.php. Postmarked Deadline: 10/1/08.
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists and writers who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields in the creative arts. $70,000 stipend. Contact: 617.496.1324 or fellowships@radcliffe.edu or www.radcliffe.edu. Deadline: 10/1/08.
Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship is open to full-time reporters, writers, editors and photographers. $35,000 stipend for 12 months. Contact: APF, 1730 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20006 or 202.393.5995 or www.aliciapatterson.org. Deadline: 10/1/08.
Heritage Basic Processing Grants. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for archives and records projects to carry out fundamental archival activities that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. Basic processing emphasizes activities to reveal collections that researchers cannot easily discover. A minimum standard is the creation of a basic catalog record for each collection or archival series at a repository. Basic processing will also include reappraisal of collections with a goal of deaccessioning entire collections where appropriate. In addition, applicants must plan to establish standard accessioning and processing practices that will prevent future backlogs, including, if necessary, a revised collection development policy. Likewise, institutions must develop or implement processing techniques to eliminate unprocessed backlogs of holdings at a level consistent with appropriate standards and at a reasonable rate. On 7/1 the commission staff will hold a conference call to answer questions about its basic archives projects grants. If you are interested in participating, send an email to Nathan Sowry at Nathan.sowry@nara.gov. For more information visit http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/basic.html. Deadline: 10/6/08.
NEA's American Masterpieces: Chamber Music Grants will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of chamber music in the United States. Through performances and related educational activities, American chamber music of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Grants are available for chamber music performances in conjunction with educational activities that will highlight specific repertoire by American composers and enable ensembles to engage with communities in a variety of settings. The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that have at least one performance and two educational activities. The Arts Endowment plans to support a range of projects that reflect the breadth of chamber music. Awards $5,000-$75,000. Visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41973 for more information. Deadline: 10/10/08.
Artist Residency in Berlin. American Academy in Berlin seeks applications to the Berlin Prize Fellowship Award. Open to scholars, writers, artists and filmmakers and other disciplines. Stipend, airfare and housing provided. Contact: 212.588.1755 or www.americanacademy.de. Deadline: 10/13/08.
Individual Artists Fellowship Grants. The Oregon Art Commission recognizes the achievements of Oregon artists and the contributions they make to the cultural health of the state through its annual Artist Fellowship grants- non-matching $3,000 stipends to a select group of the state's most innovative creators. The Commission will consider applications annually according to artistic discipline. In 2009, Oregon artists working in Literature (creative non-fiction, fiction, play writing and poetry) and Performing Arts (choreography, dance, music composition, music performance, theater and performance art) will be considered. Visit http://www.oregonartscommission.org/grants/commission_grant_programs.php. Call Shannon Planchon at 503.229.6062 or shannon.planchon@state.or.us for more information Deadline: 10/15/08.
NEA's American Masterpieces: Dance Grants will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of dance and choreography in the United States. Through American Masterpieces: Dance, reconstructions and restagings of significant work of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of projects that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant and that reflect the breadth of dance forms, styles, and techniques. Grants will be awarded in two areas: For dance companies, presenters, and festivals: The reconstruction or restaging of significant American dance works and their performance at home and on tour. For college and university dance programs: The restaging, performance, and documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the legacy of American dance history. Awards $15,000-$150,000, Visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41972 for details. Deadline: 10/24/08.
NEA's American Masterpieces: Presenting Grants fund presentations of the performing, visual, media, design, and literary arts of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. This category is for projects that embrace multiple arts disciplines. Projects must consist of either a single multidisciplinary presentation or a multidisciplinary series comprised of several different single-discipline presentations. Projects with components that primarily feature or support a single discipline (e.g., dance, music, musical theater, opera, visual arts) will not be considered. If you have questions as to whether your project qualifies as multidisciplinary, consult with the Presenting staff before preparing an application. Presenting organizations of all sizes, genres, and aesthetics are encouraged to apply. Awards $10,000-$100,000. Visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41971. Deadline: 10/26/08.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation seeks applications to the National Projects Fund which aims to support national projects in dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields. Grants range from $60,000 to $200,000. Contact: www.ddcf.org. Letter of Inquiry Deadline: 11/1/08.
The Rome Prize from the American Academy. The prize is awarded to emerging artists working in Architecture, Design, Literature, Musical Composition, or Visual Arts. $25-$75 app. fee. Contact: AAinR, Attn: Programs Dept., 7 E. 60th St., NY, NY 10022 or 212.751.7200 or www.aarome.org. Deadline: 11/1/08.
Fellowship Residency in Italy, 2009. La Macina di San Cresci,residence for artists member of RES ARTIS announces that the Municipality of Greve in Chianti (Florence, Italy) grants a fellowship for one month in the 2009. This programme is open to artists between 18 and 35 years old, proposing innovative projects reflecting an opening to the human, social and economic contexts surrounding them. Disciplines: Architecture (architecture design, urban studies, landscape design); Photography; Painting; Sculpture; Ceramics; Installation. The fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1000 to cover expenses (art material, meals, local transport, etc.), in addition living space and studios free of charge. The selected artist is provided with a shared room and workspace in a shared studio for a 30 day period. The recipient may choose a 30 day time from January 15 to April 30, 2009. During the stay at La Macina di San Cresci, the selected artist is asked to give at least one informal lecture concerning his/her work, open to the public in general. The artist-in-residence is asked to leave one piece of work made during his/her stay as a donation to Municipality of Greve in Chianti. Application form and brochure with general information can be downloaded as PDF document at : www.chianticom.com. Contact: La Macina di San Cresci, Pieve di San Cresci 1, 50022 Greve in Chianti (FI), Italy, info@chianticom.com. Deadline: 11/15/08.
Photojournalists Grants. Getty Images seeks submissions from professional photojournalists for their Grants for Editorial Photography. Five awards of $20,000 plus an exclusive-rights contract will be awarded. Contact: http://corporate.gettyimages.com/marketing/grants_editorial/index.asp. Deadline: 11/15/08.
Proposals sought for Art Works!National Artist Residency Program at CEPA Gallery. Open to artists working in photo-based or digital media. Contact: CEPA Gallery, 617 Main St.reet, Suite 201, Buffalo, NY 14203 or 716.856.2717 or www.cepagallery.com. Deadline: 12/1/08.
Pacific Pioneer Fund offers support to documentary film & video makers. Fiscal sponsorship is required. Open to CA, OR, WA residents. $1,000-$10,000 grant range. Contact: PPF, PO Box 20504, Stanford, CA 94309 or www.pacificpioneerfund.com. Deadline: 12/15/08.
Residency in China. Beijing Da Art Space seeks applications for its residency program. The program affords an opportunity to produce new bodies of work in Beijing, China. Residency periods are approximately four weeks each. Contact: www.bdaspace.com/beijing/studio.html. Deadline: 12/31/08.
Grants.gov. The best way to learn about federal grants, including in art and culture, is to go to Grants.gov, the federal government's grant-making portal, to sign up to be notified when grant opportunities are open. Go to the link above and see options under "Subscription Services".
Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council Scholarships for Hillsboro, OR Artists. The HACC provides matching Professional Development Scholarships that help local arts organizations and individual artists develop their skills in grant writing, board development, marketing, revenue generation, capacity building and other applicable professional development opportunities. Review the following information and submit the scholarship form no less than three weeks prior to the workshop. Please call the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council prior to submitting the form to verify funding availability. All City matching funds will be reimbursed after conclusion of the workshop and proof of participation. Requirements: Must be representing a Hillsboro non-profit arts organization or be an individual artist who resides within the City limits of Hillsboro; Provide matching funds to attend workshop; Provide brief written report/overview at conclusion of workshop and supply workshop handouts to Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council staff; Provide proof of participation and submit invoice. City will match: Up to $250 per arts organization and $50 per individual artist, per fiscal year (July to June). Send invoice to: Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council, Attn.: Cristina Caravaca, 527 East Main Street , Hillsboro, OR 97123. Download application at http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Arts/HACC/textfiles/Scholarship%20From%20-%20FILLABLE.doc. Ongoing.
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art Residency Program. Offers an opportunity for artists to develop new projects. Open to artists from all disciplines. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information, contact: PICA, 224 NW 13th Ave. #305, Portland, OR 97209; or check website: www.pica.org.
2008 La Macina di San Cresci residency in Italy. La Macina di San Cresci is an independent non-profit association based in Greve in Chianti (Florence), Italy. Artist residency consist of sojourning from 7 to 90 days . This period covers a program based on the personal project proposal presented by the artist and includes the attendance to the workshops in several disciplines ( when scheduled). Fellow artists are expected to pursue work independently , taking full advantage of the rich cultural backdrop offered by the ancient place and its surroundings. Artists work full-time in their studios, and take weekly trips to study and draw from the great art of Italy. Students and residents live and work in Greve in Chianti , a hill town in Tuscany, one of Italy's most beautiful regions. The centre, open to artists, writers, poets, actors and to other art and culture professionals from around the world, and having no racial, age or any other kind of discrimination, offers the opportunity to work alone, or together with other creative people from other countries, developing and interchanging concise ideas on contemporary art and culture. Applicants are invited based upon resume, compatibility and stated artistic intentions.
More information and application form on www.chianticom.com. No deadline.
Sponsorships for Local Arts and Education Programs: Barnes and Noble Sponsorships and Charitable Donations Program. Barnes & Noble, a national bookstore chain, provides in-store fundraising opportunities, sponsorships, and donations to local and regional nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or K-12 education. Applicants must be located in the communities with company stores and should serve the greater good of the local community or region. A plan for promoting the program with Barnes & Noble should be included in the proposal. Barnes & Noble also provides limited support to national nonprofit organizations that focus on the company’s grantmaking priorities. Visit www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html to review application information for local or national requests. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Meyer Memorial Trust Responsive & Capacity Building Grants. Responsive Grants are awarded in the areas of social services, health, affordable housing, community development, conservation and environment, public affairs and social benefit, arts and culture, and education to eligible organizations in Oregon and/or Clark County, Washington. They generally range from $50,000-$500,000; grant periods are usually from one to three years in length. Responsive Grants are given for a wide variety of projects, expansions, capacity building, capital projects, and start-ups. Budgets may include a reasonable allocation of direct associated salaries and operating costs (rent, utilities, telephone, etc.). MMT awards capacity building grants under the Responsive Grants category. Capacity Building Grants are generally multi-year grants (often in declining amounts) intended to help organizations increase contributed or earned income, realize new efficiencies, or otherwise build capacity to advance their missions. Grants may fund such things as new staff, board development and training, technology, or earned income ventures. Successful capacity building proposals are based on careful strategic planning, multi-year income and expense forecasts, and board and staff commitment to the projects. There are no deadlines. Decisions on full proposals generally take four to five months. Visit http://www.mmt.org/grants_programs.
Meyer Memorial Emergency Grants for organizations. Emergency Grants provide expedited consideration of true emergencies or unique opportunities with imminent deadlines facing nonprofit organizations. MMT’s Emergency Fund is intended for sudden, unanticipated and unavoidable challenges that, if not addressed immediately, could threaten an organization’s stability and/or ability to achieve its mission. It is not intended to address failure of an organization to comply with legal requirements or problems that can be attributed to organizational neglect or failure to plan adequately. Applicants must be: a tax exempt organization (sanctioned as such by the Internal Revenue Service); requesting support for a program that operates in Oregon and/or Clark County, Washington (considered part of the Portland metropolitan area); that provides equal opportunity in leadership, staffing and service regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, political affiliation or religious belief, and is current on all reports owed to the Trust on previous grants. Visit http://www.mmt.org/grants_programs/emergency for more information. There are no deadlines.
Now Art Grants. Conceptual artist damali ayo, creator of rent-a-negro.com, author of How to Rent a Negro, and nationally touring speaker announces the creation of Now Art Grants. Artists creating work that engages dialogue about current social issues will receive grant funds (minimum $500), three months mentorship by damali ayo, a second mentor who has specific experience in the project field, and the exposure to ayo’s mailing list of over 3000 people.To be chosen to receive a Now Art Grant, the artist/art must:Take place outside of a gallery or limited-access space; Engage a wide audience in a dialogue about a current social issue; Have a component that delivers an aspect of the art directly to those who have funded it; Show ability to fully accomplish the proposed project over six months; The artist will be rigorously researched by the Now Art selection committee so that artists will not be required to spend critical art time writing extensive applications or budgets. Projects can be created specifically for this grant money or can already be in process, as long as they are completed within the six month timeframe. Money can be used for any aspect of the project including artist fees. Mentoring helps to assure the success of the project. Artists should send their project ideas and a short bio to nowart@damaliayo.com. Visit http://www.damaliayo.com/pages/grants.htm. Deadlines ongoing.
The Wallace Foundation. Offers grants to expand community audiences to various art forms especially those which stress audience development and expansion in the performing, visual, literary, and folk art institutions; community based arts programs; and innovative use of media and technology. For more information, contact: The Wallace Foundation, 5 Penn Plaza, 7th Fl., New York, NY 10001; or check website: www.wallacefunds.org. Deadline is ongoing.
Grants for Performing Arts Projects. The National Projects Fund, a program of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, supports national projects that strive to strengthen the health of the performing arts. During a two-year pilot phase, the Fund will award up to $1 million in grants to support key national projects in the dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theatre fields. Eligible projects should engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact the field. Types of projects eligible for support include national research, national public awareness activities, cross-discipline collaborations (including national meetings or conventions), and other national activities. Letters of inquiry will be accepted at any time and will be reviewed twice per year. Visit http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=700.
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation offers grants of CAN$12,500 to artists creating representational work in painting, drawing, printmaking & sculpture. Open to artists in the early stages of their career. Applicants must have started or completed art school training or must demonstrate, through past work and future plans, a commitment to making art a lifetime career. Funds may be used for any art-related purpose: study, travel, studio-rental, purchase of materials, etc. Contact: EGF, 1814 Sherbrooke St. West, Ste. #1, Montreal, Quebec, H3H 1E4 CANADA or 514.937.9225 or egreen@total.net. No deadlines.
National Endowment for the Arts Partners listing of Federal Partners the NEA works with, has been updated. These links may lead readers to programs or funding outlets they can use to support art and cultural projects. http://www.arts.gov/partner/federal/. Deadlines vary
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant Central Site.
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a variety of grant programs
for heritage, history and education organizations. For a complete listing of
the grant programs, deadlines, and requirements, visit http://www.neh.gov/grants. Deadlines vary
J. Paul Getty Grant Program funds projects that promote research
in the history of art and related fields, advance understanding of art and
conserve cultural heritage. Supports organizations and scholars for research,
conservation and leadership and professional development. Visit http://www.getty.edu/grants/index.html. Deadlines vary.
Museum Conservation Grants. The Getty Foundation supports a diverse range of projects worldwide that strengthen the understanding and conservation of the visual arts. The Foundation’s Museum Conservation Grants are designed to assist institutions in caring for their permanent collections through two distinct initiatives. Survey Grants help museums identify the conservation requirements of art collections. Treatment Grants support the conservation treatment of artwork of outstanding artistic significance. Grants are provided in the United States and internationally to museums and other nonprofit institutions. Preliminary letters of inquiry may be submitted at any time. Visit http://www.getty.edu/grants/conservation/ for detailed funding guidelines.
Microsoft Grants: The following types of Community-Based
Technology and Learning Center (CTLC) organizations are eligible to request
funding from Microsoft Community Affairs: Nonprofit—in the United
States, 501(c)(3) designation—or a nongovernmental organization that
holds charitable status in their country ; School-based—a nonprofit
or governmental organization that provides services to the community outside
of school hours, such as evenings and weekends; Government funded and operated—a
nonprofit organization that receives government funding or is a partner with
a governmental organization to run its programs. If your nonprofit is located
within Washington, Oregon, Idaho, or Alaska, and you are interested
in receiving financial support from Microsoft, please review our program eligibility
guidelines first at http://www.microsoft.com/citizenship/giving/apply.
If your organization meets the eligibility criteria, contact the Community
Affairs team at pwgive@microsoft.com or
425.706.6776 for application information. Unsolicited proposals are reviewed
on an ongoing basis.
State Department's Cultural Program Grants for arts organizations
to send artists and performance groups abroad in the following disciplines:
American music, visual arts exhibitions, museum exhibitions, "paper" shows
( shows of poster-size panels on outstanding artistic personalities), film
programs, museum partnerships. Go to http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens/culture. Deadlines vary
Grants for Arts Education in the Portland region. Portland
Public Schools has a listing of organizations offering grants in the arts: http://159.191.14.139/.docs/pg/2046. Deadlines vary
Possibilities from Artist Trust (WA), a comprehensive four-page print publication full of deadline-based opportunities available to artists of all disciplines, including: residency programs, grants and fellowships, exhibition, performing, and publishing opportunities. Current issue 2008 (pdf).
Emergency Assistance Programs for Artists:
• Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability or bereavement. Artists' Fellowship, Inc., 47 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003, 646.230.9833, info@artistsfellowship.org, www.artistsfellowship.org.
See more Grant Opportunities under GrantSearch,
an online service from RACC.
Send submissions to Mary Bauer at mbauer@racc.org
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