GRANT Opportunities
Alliance for California Traditional Arts: Traditional Arts Development Program
October 1, 2004
Postmark Deadline for ACTA's Traditional Arts Development Program awards contracts up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities. The program is designed to be flexible to meet the most pressing needs of folk & traditional artists and organizations engaged in this field. Individual artists and "unincorporated" non-profit organizations may apply. Descriptions of previously supported projects are available on the Traditional Arts Development Program web page.
To download the application and guidelines visit the program web page: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O12C324D8 or http://www.actaonline.org/TADP/traditional_arts_development_program.htm
Or call Missy Jessen at (559) 237-9812 to request a hard copy or to
receive assistance in applying.
Creative Work Fund Traditional and Performing Arts Round
November 5, 2004
San Francisco and Alameda County Applicants Letter of Intent Deadline. The Creative Work Fund, supported by the Columbia Foundation (http://www.columbia.org/ ), Evelyn and Walter Haas (http://www.haasjr.org/ ), Jr. Fund, Miriam and Peter Haas Fund, and Walter and Elise Haas Fund (http://www.haassr.org/ ), invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities. In 2005, the Fund will award $350,000-$500,000 in grants to organizations and collaborating performing or traditional artists in San Francisco and Alameda counties. Grants in both categories will range from $10,000 to $35,000. Projects are expected to be completed within two years, but those of longer duration will be considered. To apply, organizations and artists should jointly prepare and sign a letter of inquiry of no more than three pages (including a brief, preliminary budget) and complete the letter of inquiry cover sheet.
Performing Arts letters and Traditional Arts letters will be reviewed separately. Organizations and artists selected to submit full proposals will be notified on or around December 15, 2004. For more information please visit the Creative Work Fund website:
http://www.creativeworkfund.org/alt_afnw.html
Also, visit the Creative Work Fund past recipients web page to view
previously funded projects: http://www.creativeworkfund.org/alt_cwf_recipients.html
Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition
November 1, 2004
Application Deadline--The sponsor holds a playwright competition for aspiring,
emerging, and established playwrights in the United States. Three prizes of $3,500, $2,500, and $1,500 are awarded. Authors must be U.S. citizens or legal residents and may only submit one entry. For more info please visit the following web site: http://www.beverlyhillstheatreguild.org/jhrules.htm
MacDowell Colony (New Hampshire)
Up to 8-wk Artist Residencies, offered three times a year at this renowned artists’ colony. Artists should apply well ahead, i.e. five to eight months before an anticipated residency. For more info please visit the following web site: www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html or call 603-924-3886.
Artists-in-Residence Deadlines:
Sept 15, 2004
Deadline for winter/spring residency
Jan 15, 2005
Deadline for summer residency
April 15, 2005
Deadline for fall residency
Sept 15, 2005
Deadline for winter/spring residency
Native American Public Telecommunications
September 1
Deadline for NAPT Open Call for Proposals
For more info please visit www.nativetelecom.org
Playwrights’ Residency (Minnesota)
September 24, 2004
Application Deadline. Five fellowships of up to $9000 will be awarded. Fellows spend up to twelve-months in residency in Minnesota using the Playwrights' Center's developmental services, including workshops and readings with professional actors, dramaturgs and directors.
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applicants may not have had more than two different works fully produced by professional theaters at the time of application, defined as productions for which the author and/or primary artists
(actors, directors, creative collaborators) were compensated, and received at least three public performances. Ten-minute or one-act plays and university, college, secondary school, amateur, and Equity showcase/waiver productions are not considered full productions. Playwrights may not receive any other Playwrights' Center fellowships or grants during the grant year.For more info please visit the following web site: http://www.pwcenter.org/fellowships_Jerome.htm
Or contact:
Jerome Fellowships
2301 Franklin Avenue East
Minneapolis, MN 55406-1099
E-mail: info@pwcenter.org
Tel: 612-332-7481
Fax: 612-332-6037
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