Funding Resources/Funding Lists

Funding for International Projects - Asia

Frances Blakemore Asian Art Grants

Grants to tax-exempt organizations in the United States such as museums, universities and other educational or art-related institutions for programs, exhibits or publications that improve the understanding of Asian fine arts in the United States.

The Blakemore Foundation
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, Washington 98101-3266

(phone) 206-359-8778   

(fax) 206-359-9778

Email: blakemore@perkinscoie.com

Website: www.blakemorefoundation.org

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

Giving primarily for programs that further public awareness of American, European, and Asian (including those cultures defined as Oriental and Islamic) decorative art, paintings, drawings, and prints representative of these cultures, for use solely within the U.S. or its possessions.

W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation

11 Piedmont Ctr., Ste. 405  

Atlanta, GA 30305

(phone) 404-231-2340 

Asian Cultural Council

Fellowships to individuals, with an emphasis on awards to artists, scholars and specialists from Asia, for research, study and creative work in the United States. Some grants are also made to Americans pursuing similar activities in Asia and to educational and cultural institutions engaged in projects of special significance to Asian-American exchange.

Asian Cultural Council
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY
(phone) 212-812-4300
(fax) 212-812-4299
Email: acc@accny.org
Website: www.asianculturalcouncil.org

Japan Foundation
Programs provide artists and specialists in the arts with the opportunity to pursue creative projects and conduct joint research in Japan with their Japanese counterparts. Support is also provided to produce films that promote further understanding of Japan and to bring Japanese fine arts exhibitions and performing arts troupes to the United States. Also provides a lending library of Japanese film and a program providing books by Japanese authors in translation to libraries and book groups.

Email: info@jfny.org
Website: www.jfny.org

The Japan Foundation has three offices:

 

The Japan Foundation - New York Office
Carnegie Hall Tower
152 West 57th Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(phone) 212-489-0299
(fax) 212-489-0409 

 

Japan Foundation - Los Angeles Office and

Language Center
333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2250
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(phone) 213-621-2267
(fax) 213-621-2590

 

The Japan Foundation - Toronto
131 Bloor Street West, Suite 213
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1R1
(phone) 416-966-1600
(fax) 416-966-9773

US/Japan Creative Artists' Program
Five-month residencies in Japan for artists working in a variety of disciplines.  

Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
1201 15th St. NW, Suite 330

Washington, DC 20005

(phone) 202-653-9800
(fax) 202-653-9802
Email: jusfc@jusfc.gov
Website: www.jusfc.gov

The Mekong Project
An initiative of Dance Theater Workshop's Suitcase Fund, the project is not accepting unsolicited grant proposals. However, the staff requests that if your work intersects with the Mekong River Valley in South East Asia, you keep them informed of your activities and interests in these regions.

Dance Theater Workshop

219 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011

(phone) 212-691-6500
(fax) 212-633-1974

Email: dtw@dtw.org

Website: www.dtw.org/int_mekong.cfm

American Institute of Indian Studies
Senior Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships: available to accomplished practitioners of the performing arts of India and creative artists who demonstrate that study in India would enhance their skills, develop their capabilities to teach or perform in the U.S., enhance American involvement with India's artistic traditions, and strengthen their links with peers in India.

American Institute of Indian Studies
1130 E. 59th St.  
Chicago, IL  60637-1539
(phone) 773-702-8638
Email: aiis@uchicago.edu
Website: www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm#performing