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Film/Video Funding News, Volume #33 Dear Film/Video Artist, Welcome to Film and Video Funding News, Volume #33. This free bi-monthly newsletter is a service provided by The Fund for Women Artists, a community of artists and allies dedicated to celebrating and supporting art that tells the truth about women's lives. For more information about us, please see the About Us section of this web site.
Watch Our Online Video! Check out our lively 8-minute video introduction to The Fund for Women Artists at www.WomenArts.org/push. It
features interviews with our Executive Director Martha Richards and Julie Akeret, Andrea Hairston, Jenny Ladd, and Lenelle Moise, as well as music by Pamela Means and photos of many artists from the WomenArts Network. Produced by Kate Geis. Contents - This newsletter is organized into three sections:
Highlighted entries - Entries highlighted in orange are specifically seeking works by women. Please note that our newsletters place an emphasis on opportunities for women, people of color, and socially engaged artists. Film/Video artists should check Withoutabox at www.withoutabox.com for a more comprehensive list of general-interest film festivals. Best of luck in all your good work, Carrie Grabo |
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**“Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens” on Manhattan’s Public Access Station ** – Seeking diverse short film/video works (30 minutes max), from all genres, written, directed, and/or produced by women. This curated monthly series seeks to highlight women’s memoir and the ways in which women have used film and video to negotiate the notion of Self. Summer 2006 season will begin airing in August to approximately 600,000 cable subscribers in Manhattan and worldwide on the Internet at www.mnn.org. Visit the “Eye Am” blog at http://eyeamvideo.blogspot.com for last season’s works. NOTE: Submissions not received in time for consideration for upcoming season will be considered for future seasons. NO FEE. Victoria Kereszi, victoriakereszi@earthlink.net, v_kereszi@hotmail.com. Deadline: August 1, 2006, and rolling Performing at Columbia University – Columbia seeks proposals from performers, artists, poets, video artists, etc. for Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 schedule. The university is specifically interested in performance programs connected to the topics of sexual/domestic violence prevention; prevention around drugs and alcohol; respecting diversity; masculinity; body images/eating disorders; and/or healthy relationships. Send packet/video package for review. NO FEE. Asere, Alfred Learner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Room 301, Mail Code 3841, New York, NY 10027, T: (212) 854-2136, kb2221@Columbia.edu. Deadline: not specified Identity House – Seeking artwork by queer artists for September show. Identity House is open to all forms of media, including film and video, installation, and performance art; subject matter of the artwork does not need to reflect the queer experience. NOTE: Contact Identity House by email for prospectus and entry form. NO FEE. Eric Allen Carter, I-Gallery Associate Curator, Identity House, 39 W. 14th Street, Suite 205, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 243-8181, eric@identityhouse.org, www.identityhouse.org. Deadline: August 7, 2006 Punta De Vista: Navarra International Documentary Film Festival (February 23 – March 3, 2007, Pamplona, Spain) – Punta de Vista (“Point of View”) offers a space for celebrating, discovering, and analyzing documentary cinema. Cash prizes (in Euros). Filmmakers of any nationality may enter; all subject matter, length, and original languages. Must provide subtitles in English or Spanish if film is in neither language. Films must have been made after June 1, 2005. No fiction, institutional, or publicity films, or journalistic reports. NO FEE. Festival de Cine Documental, Punto de Vista, Dpto. Cultura y Turismo, Gobierno de Navarra, c/ Navarreria, 39. 31001, Pamplona (Navarra), SPAIN, T: 848 424684/86, puntodevista@cfnavarra.es, www.cfnavarra.es/puntodevista. Deadlines: August 10, 2006 (films produced before August 1, 2006), November 2, 2006 (films produced after August 1, 2006) TARFEST 2006 Festival of Art, Film, and Music (October 5-8, 2006, Los Angeles, CA) – Celebrating the Miracle Mile community of Los Angeles and its nurturing of emerging artists in all disciplines with showcase of new voices in American and international cinema at outdoor screening area in La Brea Tarpits Park. Seeking films 20 minutes max., in all genres: drama, comedy, animation, documentary, music video, and experimental. FEE: $15. TARFEST 06 Film Festival, Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce, 5858 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 205, Los Angeles, CA 90036, info@tarfest.com, www.tarfest.com. FEE: $11. Deadline: August 11, 2006 Current TV: Films/Videos on Tolerance – New, independent cable and satellite TV network seeks short videos on the theme of tolerance and what that means to you – whatever story you want to tell, and however you want to tell it. Grand prize winner receives $100,000 with an additional $15,000 to the nonprofit, tolerant organization of their choice; 2 runners-up receive $10,000. Films will be aired on Current TV, in 28 million homes across the country. Celebrity judges: Paul Haggis, Margaret Cho, Edward Norton, and Melissa Etheridge. Preferred method of submission is file upload, but disk and tape submissions also acceptable. Website includes examples of videos you can watch. NO FEE. Current TV, 118 King Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, studio@current.tv. www.current.tv/tolerance. Deadline: August 15, 2006 Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (November 16-18, 2006, New York, NY)
Big Apple Film Festival, 72-36 112th Street, Suite #105, Forest Hills, NY 11375, info@bigapplefilmfestival.com, www.bigapplefilmfestival.com/film_rules.htm. Deadline: August 15, 2006 (regular), September 1, 2006 (late), September 15, 2006 (extended) 2006 Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28, 2007) – High profile festival in Park City, Utah, celebrating the independent spirit of great original stories well-told and diverse voices and films that push the limits of style and narrative. Competitive and noncompetitive film screenings in numerous categories- program best suited to your project determined by programming staff after submission. Eligibility varies, but no films may have been broadcast on TV. Only shorts may have been broadcast on the Internet. U.S. Dramatic and Documentary films must be world premieres; World Dramatic and Documentary films must be U.S. premieres. Shorts are not limited by the number of festivals at which they have been screened, but films in any of the other programs cannot have played in more than 2 other festivals. In all categories, world premieres and U.S. premieres preferred. Note: submission form online only. FEE: $25-$75. Sundance Institute, P.O. Box 3630, Salt Lake City, UT 84110-3630, T: (801) 328-3456, FAX (801) 575-5175, festivalinfo@sundance.org, programming@sundance.org, www.sundance.org. Deadlines (tentative): early - August 18, 2006 (all films); regular - September 1, 2006 (shorts) and September 11, 2006 (features & docs); late - September 15, 2006 (shorts) and September 25, 2006 (features & docs) Whistler Film Festival (November 30-December 3, 2006, British Columbia, Canada) – Held at the British Columbia Mountain Resort. Cash awards ($1000-10,000 CAD). All lengths and genres including animated films, but must choose only one category in which to compete. Best Mountain Culture Film Award (non-cash award) recognizes a film that celebrates mountain experiences, mountain places, and mountain people and may include history, arts, lifestyle, adventure, sports, and environmental themes and issues. Films must have been completed after September 1, 2005 and cannot have been publicly telecast or available on the Internet prior to December 3, 2006. FEE: $25 CAD/ $20 U.S. - $50 CAD/ $40 U.S. Whistler Film Festival, Suite #1004, 102 – 4369 Main Street, Whistler, BC, CANADA VON 1B4, T: (604) 938-3201, FAX: (604) 938-3209, program@whistlerfilmfestival.com, www.whistlerfilmfestival.com. Receipt deadline: August 18, 2006 (features only – other submissions closed) Out On Film / The Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (November 10-16, 2006, Atlanta, GA) – Featuring films and videos from around the world by, for, and about the lesbian/gay/trans/bi community. Out On Film is produced by IMAGE Film and Video Center, which also produces the Atlanta Film Festival. Categories: Animation, Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, Student. Films must have been completed after January 1, 2004; may have been publicly screened in the Atlanta metro area prior to the 2006 festival dates no more than one time. No works-in-progress. FEE: $15 for individuals or non-profit organizations, $10 for IMAGE members and/or students. Festival Director, Out On Film, IMAGE Film & Video Center, 535 Means Street NW, Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30318, T: (404) 352-4225, FAX: (404) 352-0173, imageinfo@imagefv.org, www.outonfilm.com, www.imagefv.org. Receipt deadline: general - August 19, 2006; IMAGE members - August 26, 2006 Service-Works – Grants of $200-$300 to individuals for short-term projects that have a total maximum budget of $350. Each exact grant amount varies –determined by how much money Service-Works’ creator, artist and waiter Josh Greene, makes in tips on one specific night’s work at a fine-dining restaurant in San Francisco ($250 on average). Anyone may apply; project need not seem like “art,” but should be engaging. As sole judge, Greene is “…most interested in … projects that may involve exchange, interaction, story telling and problem solving…projects that grow out of and deal with real-life situations, be they political, personal or environmental…work that incorporates risk, humor, pathos and absurdity.” Not for projects already in process – must be able to start and complete project within about 3 weeks. Grantees required to document project using images and text, which will be presented on Service-Works website. Apply online. Josh Greene, works.service@gmail.com, http://web.mac.com/serviceworks/iWeb/Site/Service-Works.html, www.josh-greene.com. Deadline: 21st of each month Truth, Faith, Justice: Serving the Latino Migrant Community in New York City (September 30, 2006, New York, NY) – The New York Association for New Americans and La Negrita Productions, LLC, present this event aimed at bringing to light the current injustices which many Latino immigrants face or have faced in the U.S. Seeking documentary footage that depicts the Latino plight, 20 minutes max, at all stages of production; may be part of a longer work. Subjects and themes: family separation and the problems it creates; victimization and exploitation by law enforcers and employers; sexual abuse, harassment, and discrimination; health and living conditions; border controversies – in particular, the number of lives lost in pursuit of crossing the border. Screening will be held at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, Lehman College. Entries in Spanish must have English subtitles. Entrants must own all necessary rights to work submitted. Submit on VHS or DVD (do not send originals). Entry name, title, and contact information must be on all materials and containers. No limit to number of entries per filmmaker. NO FEE. Sandra Duque, NYANA & La Negrita, 17 Battery Place, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10004, T: (212) 425-2900, ext. 1322, sduque@lanegritaproductions.com, www.lanegritaproductions.com. Receipt deadline: August 25, 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition (January 18-27, 2007, Park City, Utah) – Runs concurrent with Sundance Film Festival; presents new indie films by new U.S. and international filmmakers and takes place in the heart of Park City. No formal premiere policies, but main feature competition is strictly devoted to films without domestic theatrical distribution, with first-time feature directors, and with relatively low budgets. All formats, all genres, all subjects. Features and shorts (shorts must be 40 min. or under). Also offers Anarchy, an online shorts competition for films under 10 min., and The Gallery, which hosts shorts programs, as well as a screenwriting competition. NOTE: In the last couple of years Slamdance has increased its efforts to recruit women to submit to the festival and to have more women programmers on the committee. FEE: $25-$60. Slamdance Film Festival, 5634 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, T: (323) 466-1786, FAX: (323) 466-1784, programming@slamdance.com, www.slamdance.com. Deadline: early (all films), August 28, 2006; final, October 10, 2006 (shorts), October 16, 2006 (features) Olympia Film Festival (November 3-12, 2006, Olympia, WA.) – Presented by Olympia Film Society, mixing indie, international, and classic works. Feature, Short, and Cine-X (experimental short) categories. FEE: $10. The Olympia Film Festival, 416 Washington St. SE #208, Olympia, WA 98501, capitoltheater@yahoo.com, www.olyfilm.org. Deadline: August 31, 2006 International Student Film Festival Hollywood (November 1 - 6, 2006, Hollywood, CA) – Open to student filmmakers from around the world. ISFFH’s showcases student films in Hollywood because an event at the center of the film industry’s home brings worldwide attention to student filmmaking talent and artistic vision. Eligible: registered college, high school, or film school students, or recently graduated students (within 2 years of screening date) who made film prior to graduation. FEE: $25-35. Robin Saban, International Student Film Festival Hollywood, 5259 Lankershim Blvd., Suite A, North Hollywood, CA 91601, T: (818) 506-1066 or (818) 203-4179, info@isffhollywood.org, rsaban@isffhollywood.org, www.isffhollywood.org. Deadline: August 31, 2006 Anchorage International Film Festival (December 1-10, 2006) – Alaska’s diverse, provocative, compelling, and entertaining showcase of international feature length, documentary, short, supershort, and animation films and videos that engage our imaginations and enhance our lives culturally and artistically. Selection based on entertainment value, mental stimulation, and craftsmanship. Cash awards. Film/video must have been completed after January 1, 2005, cannot exceed 135 minutes in length, cannot have been screened in Alaska or in the USA on broadcast or cable TV prior to December 1, 2006. FEE: $15-$40. Tony Shepard, Director, Anchorage International Film Festival, 3211 Providence Drive - Library – AMIPA, Anchorage, AK 99508-4614, T: (907) 786-4980, FAX: (907) 786-4981, tony@anchoragefilmfestival.org, www.anchoragefilmfestival.com. Receipt deadline: September 1, 2006 See the Voice: Visible Verse 2006 (Vancouver, Canada) – Pacific Cinematheque and curator Heather Haley seek videopoem submissions from around the world for annual screening and performance poetry celebration. Pieces will be judged on literary merit: ideal videopoem is a wedding of word and image, the voice seen as well as heard. 15 minutes max, in English or in French with English dubbing or subtitles. Selected artists will be notified by October 1, 2006, and receive a screening fee. NO FEE. Visible Verse c/o Pacific Cinematheque, 200 – 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7, CANADA, hshaley@emspace.com, www.heatherhaley.com. Deadline: September 1, 2006 3rd International Video Journalism Award Festival (October 27-29, 2006, Berlin, Germany) – For short documentary videos, television journalism reports in any language, and reports in German by reporters and video journalists working individually. Directing, camera work, sound, and editing must all be work of single person. Use of creative potential of digital technology and imaginative use of filmmaking techniques in general will be considered by judges. NO FEE. Sabine Streich, Curator, 3rd International Video Journalism Award Festival, Stefan Kaempf, Deutsche Welle, DW-TV, Voltastr. 6, 13355 Berlin, GERMANY, T: +49.172.692 92 98, FAX: +49.3643.58 36 01, streich@workout-media.de, www.videoreporter.org, www.videomission.com. Deadline: September 1, 2006 New York City Horror Film Festival (October 2006) – Seeking horror features, shorts, and trailers in categories including Narrative, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental. No restrictions on screening of film at other festivals, past or present, but if selected film must not play at any venue in NYC for 1 month prior to NYCHFF. All DVDs must be Region 1 U.S. capable; no PAL format in any medium. Works or films created by MooDude Films or DPFX ineligible. FEE: $0 - $50. NYC Horror Film Festival, PO Box 8582, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677, nychorrorfest@aol.com, www.nychorrorfest.com/submissions.htm. Receipt deadline: September 1, 2006 (regular), September 15, 2006 (final) VAIA 2006 (November 11, 2006, Alcoi, Spain) – 5th International Video Art Show presenting the work of video artists doing risky, multidisciplinary, dreamlike, unquiet, subversive work. Socially critical work is encouraged, as is audiovisual exploration of narrative or abstract elements (e.g., videoloops, video clips), every form of animation (e.g., Flash, 2D, 3D), as well as video-dance, video-performance, documentary, and all otherwise as-yet unclassified forms. All selected works will be shown in the Cultural Centre of Alcoi on November 11 and archived by Videoraum.net for wider public viewing. All ages and nationalities. Works should be mono-channel, produced after 2003, on MiniDV or DVD; any text not in English, German, Catalan, or Castellan must be accompanied by a translation. NO FEE. Pau Pascual Galbis, VAIA 06/ Association “Bona Nit”, C/ Palancia no. 3 pta 2, 1 piso, 46021 Valencia, SPAIN, T: +34/675023817, pausigma@yahoo.es, pau@videoraum.net, www.videoraum.net. Deadline: September 1, 2006 Stuttgarter Filmwinter / Festival for Expanded Media (Stuttgart, Germany) – Seeking film, video, micro cinema (work realized with and for mobile phones), installation and performance pieces, and new media (software and net-art). Cash awards. NO FEE. 20th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Wand 5 e. V., Friedrichstr. 23 A, 70174 Stuttgart, GERMANY, T: +49 711 99 33 98 0, FAX: +49 711 99 33 98 10, wanda@wand5.de, www.wand5.de. Receipt deadline: September 1, 2006 Stay Free! Multimedia Re-mix Contest – Your mission is to creatively reinterpret 2 songs written by Lennon/Ono and the Stones in the early 1970s about black activist Angela Davis through a video, re-mix, cut-up, cover version, net art, anything goes. There are no rules except that entries should respond to the songs and their relationship to Angela Davis and her activism (audio files of the songs and more information are available on the Dance Dance Revolutionary website). $100 award; a matching donation will be made to the Prison Activist Resource Center in California. Entries will not be used for commercial purposes. NO FEE. Fereshteh Toosi, P.O. Box 746, California, MD, 20619, dancedancerevolutionary@gmail.com, www.dancedancerevolutionary.org/free.html. Deadline: September 1, 2006 Miami International Film Festival – 24th annual Festival bringing the best of world cinema to South Florida. MIFF uses the unique geographical and cultural position of Miami to be a premiere venue for the exhibition of international and U.S. films, with a special focus on Ibero-American cinema. Information on submission criteria, process, fees, and dates for 2007 festival coming soon to website – keep checking. FEES: (check back). Nicole Guillemet, Director, Miami International Film Festival – Submissions, c/o Miami Dade College, 25 NE 2nd St., Rm. 5521, Miami, FL 33132, T: (305) 237-3456, FAX: (305) 237-7344, info@miamifilmfestival.com, www.miamifilmfestival.com. Deadlines: early, September 4, 2006; final, October 6, 2006 transmediale 07 (January 31 - February 4, 2007, Berlin, Germany) – International festival for art and digital culture. Seeking works that expand our understanding of the digital image and sound aesthetics, narrative, interactivity, and, in particular, the cultural significance of software and computer programming as cultural techniques. Cash prizes (2,000-4,000 Euros). In conjunction with transmediale, club transmediale (CTM) presents new forms of electronic and experimental music and artistic activity drawing influences from and referring to sound and club culture; CTM also invites submissions. NO FEE. transmediale, Klosterstrasse 68-70, 10179 Berlin, GERMANY, T: ++49 (0) 30 / 24 74 97 61, FAX: ++49 (0) 30 / 24 74 98 14, info@transmediale.de, www.transmediale.de, www.transmediale.de/07/pdf/tm07_call.pdf. Deadline: September 8, 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (March 15 -25, 2007) – Seeking films and videos made by or about Asian-Americans and Asians of any nationality. All lengths and genres considered, San Francisco/Bay Area premieres preferred. FEE: $25-$35; waived for entrants residing outside U.S. or Canada. Chi-hui Yang, Exhibition & Festival Director, SFIAAFF, 145 9th St. Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94103, T: (415) 863-0814 x110, FAX: (415) 863-7428, festival@asianamericanmedia.org, www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org. Deadline: September 8, 2006, early; October 6, 2006, late Independent Lens – 29-week national series jointly curated by PBS and ITVS, showcasing independent documentary programming and dramas. Seeks completed films for broadcast during October 2007 - June 2008 season. Welcomes full spectrum of film – from history to drama to animation to shorts to social-issue subjects. Must be compelling stories, well told, with elements suited to attracting a national audience; work should be innovative, provocative, character driven, and well-crafted. Independent Lens welcomes individual expression and is committed to presenting diverse points of view. Acquisitions series - accepts only very advanced fine cuts and completed works of all genres and lengths (standard acquisition fee begins at $30,000 for hour-long program). PBS has standard length requirements which may necessitate edits. Most programs accepted will likely be scheduled in 1-hour time-slots. NO FEE. Kathy Lo, PBS – Independent Lens, 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, T: (703) 739-5306, klo@pbs.org, http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/submissions.html. Receipt Deadline: September 25, 2006 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Artist-in-Residency Program (Omaha, Nebraska) – Two- to six-month residencies open to U.S. and international artists. Program provides living/work studio lofts and monthly stipends to accepted applicants. Access to 35 mm cameras, digital video camera, VCR and monitor, slide projectors, video projectors, and video editing room. Artists expected to give at least one informal public slide presentation about their work during their stay and to leave one piece of work made during the residency as a donation to the Bemis. Accepted applicants must be able to speak and understand English. FEE: $35. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 South 12th Street, Omaha, NE 68102, T: (402) 341-7130 ext. 12, cary@bemiscenter.org, www.bemiscenter.org. Next deadline: September 30, 2006 Summer Shorts 2006 – This international short film contest sponsored by StudentFilmmakers.com is open to all filmmakers and videomakers (not just students). All genres welcome. Prizes include filmmaking equipment and supplies worth thousands of dollars, and all accepted films will be showcased online. No films over 5 minutes or 85 megabytes. Films must be non-erotic and may not contain any copyrighted material, such as music or images, that you do not have the rights to use. Submit online – instructions for formatting the film to contest specifications are available on website. NO FEE. www.studentfilmmakers.com/summershorts/contact.shtml, www.studentfilmmakers.com. Receipt deadline: September 30, 2006, 5:00 p.m. San Francisco Ocean Film Festival (January 19-21, 2007) – Seeking documentary, narrative, and experimental works of all lengths that celebrate the ocean, marine life, and the people who live, work, and play within and around the sea and coastal cultures. Festival honors independent filmmakers who depict the ocean as explored yet unconquered, endangered yet abundant, as well as the lives and lore of the people who have come to know earth’s last frontier. No restrictions on year produced. NOTE: Organizers say they had a number of women filmmakers in last year’s festival “and it would be great to have more this year.” FEE: $25. San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, P.O. Box 475668, San Francisco, CA 94147, T: (415) 561-6251, info@oceanfilmfest.org, www.oceanfilmfest.org. Receipt deadline: October 1, 2006 INPORT IV International Video-Performance Art Festival (December 2006, Tallinn, Estonia) – Bringing performance artists from around the world closer to Estonian audiences. Online catalog will be compiled and posted on www.inport.tk after festival. Categories: Video-performance (performances made specially for the camera), Video documentary (video documentations of performances). All lengths, single screen only. Formats: DVD, miniDV (PAL only), VCD. No official entry form. Enclose on paper or as CD-R/Word doc performance artist or group name; performance title; statement of performance; date, venue, festival, or event where first performed; brief resume of performance artist, contact info (email, postal address, etc.). NOTE: All deliveries from international participants must be marked “No Commercial Value – For Cultural Purposes Only.” NO FEE. Gert Hatsukov, INPORT Curator, Kotka 28-1, Tallinn, ESTONIA, info.inport@mail.ee, www.inport.tk. Deadline: October 1, 2006 Group M35 Agency Online Magazine – Launching in October, 2006, with a mission to build new bridges between seeing and telling, documentation and imagination. Monthly online magazine will combine award-winning photographs with fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics, dialogue, essays, comedy, etc. All genres and styles welcome. Each month, 10 photographs will be displayed on the website. Writers choose 1-3 of these images and build an original piece around them. Group M35 also welcomes submissions of written work unrelated to the photographs, to be considered for a Features project; if selected, writer works one-on-one with one of Group M35’ photographers to conceptualize and create a magazine piece from scratch. For all submissions, writers compensated in event work is used. Submissions in language other than English welcome if you also provide an English translation. No submissions by email or FAX. NO FEE. Magazine Submissions, Group M35, 526 West 26th Street, Studio 507, New York, NY 10001, T: (212) 242-1593, magazine@groupm35.com, www.groupm35.com/writingsubmissions. |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects: Access to Artistic Excellence – Grants to encourage artists and organizations that participate in advancing and preserving the media arts and support production of media art works that celebrate the arts. Nonprofit organizations may request matching grants of $5,000-$150,000 for projects such as: workshops/residencies/conferences that involve film/video/audio artists, critics, and the general public; facilities access that makes production and post-production equipment available to media artists; film/video/audio production (all phases of a project are eligible for support, including R & D, production, and completion costs); publications on issues pertinent to the field, both practical and aesthetic; and services to the field, including activities that provide media artists and organizations with resources essential for artistic growth and development. Organization must have at least a 3-year history of programming by application deadline. No grants to individuals. Media Arts, Access to Artistic Excellence, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506-0001, T: (202) 682-5742, www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP07/Media.html. Deadline: August 14, 2006 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies / National Accessibility Leadership Award – Seeking nominations for award of one-year matching grant of up to $30,000 to a state or regional arts agency, in recognition of an exceptional and effective initiative or program that makes the arts accessible and inclusive to individuals with disabilities and/or older adults. Award co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Nominations may be made by any state arts agency or regional arts organization staff or council member or by individuals/organizations working on access issues in participation with such an agency/organization. Paula Terry (for questions), Dennis Dewey (Managing Director), NASAA, 1029 Vermont Ave., NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, T: (202) 682-5530, FAX: (202) 737-0526, terryp@arts.endow.gov, http://nasaa-arts.org/natl_access_award_2006.html. Deadline: August 14, 2006 Alter-Cine Foundation Documentary Film Grants – Offering one-time grants of $10,000 to young film and video makers born and living in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, to assist in the production of a documentary project on the theme of rights and freedoms, including social and economic rights, women's rights, and the right to culture and artistic creation. Grant paid in two installments. Film may be made in any language but application and supporting materials must be supplied in French, English, or Spanish. Fondation Alter-Cine, 5371 avenue de l’Esplanade, Montreal QC, CANADA H2T 2Z8, T: (514) 273-7136, FAX: (514) 273-8280, altercine@ca.tc, www.sextans.com/altercine/. Receipt deadline: August 15, 2006 Johnson & Johnson / Society for the Arts in Healthcare Partnership Arts and Healing Grant Program – For healthcare organizations and/or arts agencies working in partnership to produce innovative projects to serve patients, their families, and caregivers in healthcare settings and to promote healing and preventive health. Projects should be broad and innovative and may be located in a variety of settings. Funds will be reserved for arts programs serving those living with HIV/AIDS, their families, and/or their caregivers. Applicants must be a current member of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Application by invitation only; process begins with letter of inquiry. J&J/SAH Partnership, Society for the Arts in Healthcare, 2437 15th St., NW, 3rd Floor, Washington , DC 20009, T: (202) 299-9770, FAX: (202) 299-9887, mail@thesah.org, www.thesah.org. Receipt deadline (for letters of inquiry): August 16, 2006, 5:00 p.m. EST Pride Foundation Northwest States Funding Program – Offers a range of grants and scholarships intended to connect, inspire, and strengthen the Pacific Northwest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in pursuit of equality. Currently accepting applications for its Pride 5-State grants program: $5,000 to organizations or projects that operate within one or more of the Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska and that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people. General operating support considered for organizations that target services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender people, with an emphasis on small grassroots organizations. NOTE: Application details vary according to state – check website for particulars. Jeff Hedgepeth, Grants Program Manager, Pride Foundation, 1122 East Pike Street, PMB 1001, Seattle, WA, 98122-3934, T: (206) 323-3318 or 1-(800) 735-7287, grants@pridefoundation.org, www.pridefoundation.org/our_programs/grants/application_download/. Deadline: Varies Pacific Life Foundation (Orange County, CA) – Accepting grant proposals from nonprofit agencies seeking funds for programs and projects in the areas of health and human services, education, arts and culture, civic and community development, and the environment. Programs and projects should serve areas with large concentrations of Pacific Life employees, i.e. the greater Orange County area, usually including more than one city or community. Some California statewide and national organizations will also receive support. General grants range from $2,500 to $10,000 for one year. Capital grants range from $10,000 to $100,000, paid out over multiple years. Robert G. Haskell, President, Pacific Life Foundation, 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660-6397, T: (949) 219-3787, www.pacificlife.com/Resource/Contact+Us/, www.pacificlife.com. Receipt deadline: August 31, 2006, 5:00 p.m. (postmarked by August 29, 2006) Starbucks Foundation Giving Voice Program – Grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for programs for youth (ages 6-18) that integrate literacy with personal and civic action, including by means of the arts (with particular mention of audio/video media and/or spoken word performance). Preference given to organizations that deliver services to traditionally underrepresented/underserved communities and communities of color; represent models in non-traditional learning environments and are directly engaged in service delivery; demonstrate program sustainability; and provide opportunities to integrate Starbucks partners (employees of Starbucks) and stores in a meaningful way. Apply online. The Starbucks Foundation, T: (206) 318- 7022, foundationgrants@starbucks.com, www.starbucks.com/foundation/. Deadline: September 1 and March 1 annually (for letters of inquiry) Pacific Pioneer Fund – Grants of $1,000-$10,000 to U.S. nonprofit organizations to support the work of emerging documentary filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon, or Washington states. For work of any length, on any subject; however, no grants for instructional or performance documentaries or student film projects. Armin Rosencranz, Pacific Pioneer Fund, P.O. Box 20504, Stanford, CA 94309, T: (650) 996-3122 [for urgent questions only], armin@stanford.edu, www.pacificpioneerfund.com. Deadline: September 1, 2006 Fund for Southern Communities Grants for Social Change Work – Fostering social change initiated by progressive, grassroots, community-based nonprofit groups in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including efforts to promote and create nontraditional arts and media. Grants of $1,000 - $5,000 may be used to seed a new project or for general or project support for small organizations that have an organizational budget of $150,000 per year or less. FSC is especially interested in supporting projects unlikely to be funded by more traditional funding sources, including those whose geographic location limits funding opportunities. FSC does not fund direct services, social services, or special events. Fund for Southern Communities, 315 West Ponce De Leon Ave., Suite 1061, Decatur, GA 30030, T: (404) 371-8404, fsc@fundforsouth.org, www.fundforsouth.org. Receipt deadline: September 1, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Soros Justice Media Fellowships – The Soros U.S. Justice Fund supports individuals with innovative projects that address issues of criminal justice system reform, civil rights of those who are or have been imprisoned, community responses to the criminal justice system, or alternatives for promotion of public safety and justice. Projects may emphasize the intersection of such concerns with the particular needs of communities of color; immigrants; gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities; and women and children. Media Fellowships program specifically seeks to improve the quality of media coverage and representation of these Justice Fund priorities. Fellowships are one year and support print and radio journalism, film and video post-production and dissemination, and book projects. Award includes a stipend and project budget of up to $45,000 plus $2,500 for health insurance. For experienced filmmakers only. Nidia Cordova-Vazquez, Program Assistant, Soros Justice Fellowships, Open Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St., New York, NY 10019, T: (212) 548-0600, ncordova@sorosny.org, www.soros.org/inititatives/justice/focus_areas/justice_fellows/guidelines/media2006. Receipt deadline: September 13, 2006, 5:00 p.m. EST Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Grants for Programs Serving Adults with Disabilities – Towards their mission of “changing the face of disability on the planet,” ELA offers program grants of $1,000-$5,000 to U.S. nonprofit organizations, including arts organizations, that serve people with disabilities and have been in existence for 2+ years. Eligible programs must also have support from other funding sources in the community. Deborah Lewis, Executive Director, ELA Foundation, 2460 North Lake Avenue, PMB #128, Altadena, CA 91001, T: (626) 398-8840, executivedirector@ela.org, www.ela.org. Deadline: September 15, 2006 (initial online application) The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust / Piper Fellows Program (Arizona) – Annually offers awards of up to $30,000 to support the professional development of outstanding senior executives of 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organizations serving the people of Maricopa County, AZ, in the areas of human services, health, education, religion, and arts and culture. Awards intended to give professionals in the nonprofit field a one-two month work-release time (plus expenses for study and travel) to retool, refresh, and renew their skills. The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, 6720 North Scottsdale Rd., Suite 350, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, T: (480) 948-5853, info@pipertrust.org, www.pipertrust.org. Receipt deadline: September 15, 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships for Scholars and Artists – Fellowships awarded to scholars and artists who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Filmmakers and playwrights among those eligible. Students ineligible. Grant amounts vary, adjusted to fellow’s other resources and the purpose and scope of her/his plans (in 2006, average grant was around $40,000). Appointments for at least 6 months, generally 1 year. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, T: (212) 687-4470, FAX: (212) 697-3248, fellowships@gf.org, www.gf.org. Deadline: October 1, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), December 1, 2006 (Latin America and Caribbean) Experimental Television Center / Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund – Designed to help nonprofit media organizations in New York State with grants generally limited to $2,000. Through organizational development, groups can stabilize, strengthen, or restructure capacity, services, and activities. Fund also helps media arts organizations attend professional conferences. For Organizational Development support, priority given to organizations with established media arts activity in the areas of exhibition, distribution, facilities and equipment access, training, preservation, or information services. For Conference Attendance support, individuals must apply through sponsoring organizations, which must offer fine arts programs in film or electronic media. Sherry Miller Hocking, Program Director, Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund, 109 Lower Fairfield Rd., Newark Valley, NY 13811, T and FAX: (607) 687-4341, etc@experimentaltvcenter.org, www.experimentaltvcenter.org. Deadlines: for Organizational Development, January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 each year; for Conference Attendance, rolling California Documentary Project – Matching grants of up to $80,000 in support of work of experienced documentary radio producers and filmmakers that brings to light compelling stories and explores issues related to California’s past, present, and future. Projects must be suitable for national broadcast, have demonstrated interest from national broadcaster or distributor, involve at least 2 humanities experts as advisors in R & D phase, and be sponsored by nonprofit organization or state or municipal entity. NOTE: Application window is from September 1 – October 2, 2006; forms will be available on CCH website beginning September 1. California Documentary Project, California Council for the Humanities, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 601, San Francisco, CA 94108, T: (415) 391-1474, FAX: (415) 391-1312, info@calhum.org, www.calhum.org. Deadline: October 2, 2006 NYFA Artists' Fellowships – The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship program makes $7,000 cash awards to individual artists who have been living and working in the state of New York for at least 2 years. This year NYFA is accepting applications in select disciplines including Computer Arts, Film, and Cross-Disciplinary/Performative Work. Artist must be 18+ years old; matriculated students are not eligible. Preferred online application will be available soon on the website. Artists’ Fellowships, New York Foundation for the Arts, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10013-1507, T: (212) 366-6900, ext. 217, FAX: (212) 366-1778, nyfaaft@nyfa.org, www.nyfa.org. Deadline: October 3, 2006 The American Antiquarian Society Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists – Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, filmmakers, journalists, and others whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Work should be intended for a general audience; among eligible projects are performance of historical music or drama; documentary films; television programs; radio broadcasts; plays; libretti; screenplays; and many others. Fellowships provide 4 weeks of uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the Society, plus $1,200 stipend and a travel allowance. David Moran, Director of Outreach, American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634, T: (508) 755-5221, FAX: (508) 753-3311, cmcrell@mwa.org, www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm. Receipt deadline: October 5, 2006 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships – Private, nonprofit North Carolina-based center will provide 40 residential fellowships of up to $50,000 plus travel for advanced study in the humanities during the 2007-08 academic year. Scholars of any age and from any nation encouraged, but must hold doctorate or equivalent and have record of publication. In addition to scholars from all fields of humanities, the NHC accepts individuals, including from the arts, who are engaged in humanistic projects. This year, individual fellowships available in art history or visual culture, French history or culture, Asian Studies, theology, American art history, and environmental history. Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, 7 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256, T: (919) 549-0661, nhc@ga.unc.edu, www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm. Deadline: October 15, 2006 **Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants** – Providing grants of up to $2,500 for women and trans people in the Delaware Valley region (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) who have financial need, so that they may create their art and social change project or opportunity. Open to any medium, including traditional and non-traditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms. Project should have an impact on the artist and a larger group, audience, or community. Applicants must have letter of support from a supporting or collaborating Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way) and be 18+ years old. Full-time or matriculated students in an arts-degree program ineligible. Leeway Foundation, 123 S. Broad St., Suite 2040, Philadelphia, PA 19109, T: (215) 545-4078, info@leeway.org, www.leeway.org. Deadline: October 16, 2006 Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Education Program – Providing grants of up to $5,000 for small-scale education initiatives (teacher training and related programs that address the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community) in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states, in order to increase awareness and understanding of Japan. Performances, exhibitions, movie screenings, readings, and demonstrations of Japanese traditional arts eligible but must include discussion or lecture component. Charles Tanzer, Center for Global Partnership, Education Program, 152 W. 57th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10019, T: (212) 489-1255 ext. 118, charles_tanzer@cgp.org, www.cgp.org. Deadline: Rolling Experimental Television Center / Presentation Funds – Offers partial support ($1,000 annual funding cap) to not-for-profit organizations in New York State for in-person presentations of electronic media and film by independent artists. Supports fees to presenting artists but not the rentals of works or equipment or any other expenses. Publicly supported educational institutions, public schools, and New York State agencies or departments not eligible. Individual artists cannot apply directly but are encouraged to inform exhibition venues of this funding resource. Sherry Miller Hocking, Program Director, Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund, 109 Lower Fairfield Rd., Newark Valley, NY 13811, T and FAX: (607) 687-4341, etc@experimentaltvcenter.org, www.experimentaltvcenter.org. 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Body as Camera: A Contemplative Video Retreat (Rowe, MA, August 25-27, 2006) – Explore seeing and shooting more fully at Shantigar Village in the beautiful Berkshires. Meditation, movement, and camera exercises. $267 includes camera, videotape, campsite, organic meals. Led by award-winning filmmakers Angela Alston & Eric Zechman, co-founders of Listen With Your Eyes contemplative media project. No experience necessary. Limit 15. T: (800) 303-1146, www.listenwithyoureyes.org. Open Q & A on Art and Craft of Filmmaking – Free monthly event at Ren-Mar Studios in Hollywood, CA, facilitated by One on One Film Training founder Jeffrey Seckendorf. Small group, open roundtable format – chance to discuss your questions related to film and video production (e.g., prep, photography, art direction, blocking, visual effects, post, etc.). RSVP at info@oneononefilmtraining.com or 1-877-SHOTLIST. More information at www.oneononefilmtraining.com. Power of Words: Liberating Yourself and the World through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word (October 6-9, 2006, Plainfield, VT) – Conference organized by Goddard College’s Transformative Language concentration and featuring singer-songwriter Greg Greenway, storyteller Gail Rosen, poet and writer Cheryl Savageau, poet and actress Laura Secord, plus 35 presenters in literature, the arts, and healing arts. Registration: $210-$240. Some partial scholarships available, including the Roxanne Florence Fund for people of color. Jewel, (802) 454-8311 ext. 204, TLAconference@goddard.edu, www.goddard.edu/academic/TLAconference.html See Jane – Seeking to engage professionals and parents in a call to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters - and to reduce gender stereotyping - in media made for children 11 and under. See Jane founder Academy Award winner Geena Davis says, "By making it common for our youngest children to see everywhere a balance of active and complex male and female characters, girls and boys will grow up to empathize with and care more about each others' stories." See Jane is administered by national non-profit Dads and Daughters (www.dadsanddaughters.org), which provides fathers with tools to be better fathers and advocates for our daughters and whose advocacy has changed public policy and corporate marketing. Easy-to-use tips for professionals and parents as well as news bulletins and forums on the latest research and advocacy efforts concerning children’s media are available at www.SeeJane.org. The Fair Use Network – Launched by The Free Expression Policy Project, a new website with information and resources to help artists, scholars, activists, and everyone else who contributes to culture and political debate, to defend their rights to fair use under copyright and trademark law. What are your own copyright or trademark rights? How much can you borrow, quote, or copy from someone else's work? What happens if you get a "cease and desist" letter from a copyright owner? The Fair Use Network was created because of the many questions that artists, writers, and others have about "intellectual property" issues. At http://fairusenetwork.org. Video Data Bank – Founded in 1976 at the inception of the media arts movement, the Video Data Bank is the leading resource in the U.S. for videotapes by and about contemporary artists. Its collections feature innovative video work made by artists from an aesthetic, political, or personal point of view and include seminal works that, seen as a whole, describe the development of video as an art form originating in the late 1960s and continuing to the present. The videos in the collections employ innovative uses of form and technology mixed with original visual style to address contemporary art and cultural themes. Search the VDB at www.vdb.org; contact info@vcb.org with questions. |
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