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Theatre Funding News, Volume #42 Dear Theatre Artist, Welcome to Theatre Funding News, Volume #42. 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. Share This Newsletter - Please feel free to disseminate this information to other artists, but please credit The Fund for Women Artists. If you know of good sources for this kind of information that you want to recommend, or you have a listing you would like to add, please send it to me at grabo@WomenArts.org. Contents - This newsletter is organized into three sections:
Highlighted entries - Entries highlighted in orange are specifically seeking works by women. Best of luck in all your good work, Carrie Grabo |
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Emerging Artist Theatre - This 14-year-old theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new work seeks submissions for several of its programs:
For all submissions, hard copies preferred. NO FEE. Paul Adams, Artistic Director, Emerging Artist Theatre, 311 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036, T: (212) 247-2429, http://eatheatre.net. Deadlines: February 15, 2008, and rolling (see above) **Jane Chambers Playwriting Contest / The Women and Theatre Program** – Recognizing plays and performance texts created by women that present a feminist perspective and contain significant opportunities for female performers. Experimentation in form and subject matter welcome. Award consists of $1,000, free registration to attend Association for Theater in Higher Education’s conference in early August, and rehearsed reading of winning piece hosted by WTP, with American Theatre in Higher Education. [For student contest, see listing below.] No email submissions. FEE: $10-$15. Jane Chambers Award, c/o Priscilla Page, Dept. of Theater, Fine Arts Center 112, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 151 Presidents Dr., Amherst, MA 01003-9331, pmpage@theater.umass.edu, www.athe.org/wtp. Receipt deadline: February 15, 2008 Icicle Creek Theatre Festival (August 9-17, 2008, Leavenworth, Washington) – This 9-day playwrights workshop offers “honorariums, resort lodging and meals, travel expenses, skilled directors and dramaturges, excellent Equity actors; time, space, support, and artistic freedom in an extraordinarily beautiful natural setting in the Cascade Mountains; and a direct connection with a major Seattle regional theatre (A.C.T.). Most importantly, we make every effort to have plays presented at ICTF moved on to production.” Workshop culminates in partially-staged, script-in-hand presentations on final weekend. Honorarium: $500. Seeking full-length plays only. Submit by first sending email with preliminary information only (see ICTF website for details). NO FEE. info@iciclecreekact.com, www.iciclecreekact.com. Deadline: February 15, 2008 Underground Players / 1st Annual Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival – Open to any theme, style, and approach, and to all playwrights except those affiliated with Longwood University. Scripts should run no longer than 10 minutes and set and technical requirements should be minimal. NO FEE. Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival, English Dept., Longwood University, Farmville, VA 23909, www.longwood.edu. Deadline: February 16, 2008 Midtown International Theatre Festival (July 13 – August 10, 2008, New York, NY) – Seeking productions and staged readings from New York State, New Jersey, or Connecticut for festival performance. Non-musical plays should be 60-90 minutes long; musicals should be under 120 minutes, including any intermission. FEE: $30 to apply, plus participation fees if selected. Midtown International Theatre Festival, 347 West 36th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018, midtownfestival@gmail.com, www.midtownfestival.org. Deadline: February 20, 2008 Dylan Days One Act Playwright Contest (Hibbing, MN) – Seeking original, un-produced one-acts of any content and subject matter but reflecting what Bob Dylan came to be known for: an original voice who embraced a new direction, a unique vision with the power to move people. Winning playwright receives $100 and work is performed on Hibbing Community College stage during Dylan Days (Hibbing, MN, is Dylan’s hometown) as featured entertainment for annual Literary Showcase. Play will be cast with experienced actors and directed by Michael Ricci. Open to all playwrights. Plays may be of any genre except musicals or puppet theatre, should be 30-60 minutes long, with 3-6 characters. Settings should be fairly modest, avoiding extravagant set pieces or special effects. NOTE: Submit by mail only. NO FEE. Dylan Days One Act Playwright Contest, c/o Mike Ricci, Hibbing Community College, 1515 E 25th St., Hibbing, MN 55746, T: (218) 262-6145 or 1 (866) 305-3849, info@dylandays.com, www.dylandays.com/writers.htm. Deadline: February 28, 2008 McLaren Memorial Comedy Play Writing Competition (Midland, TX) – Seeking full-length and one-act comedies for adults, teens, or children (musical comedies no longer accepted). Prizes: $400 for winning full-length, $200 for winning one-act, staged readings for finalists in each category; possible fully-staged season or special production for any finalist (if so, playwright’s lodging and transportation are provided for opening weekend). Work must never have been produced professionally or published. FEE: $15. Midland Community Theatre, McLaren Competition, 2000 West Wadley, Midland, TX 79705, T: (432) 682-2544, mclaren1@mctmidland.org, www.mctmidland.org/mclarenguidelines.htm. Deadline: February 29, 2008 **Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Contest / The Women and Theatre Program** - Recognizing plays and performance texts created by women that present a feminist perspective and contain significant opportunities for female performers. Experimentation in form and subject matter welcome. Winner receives $250, 1 year’s membership in the Women and Theatre Program, and a reading at the WTP’s conference. [See non-student contest listing above.] No email submissions. FEE: $10. Jen-Scott Mobley, c/o 230 West 56th St., Suite 65A, New York, NY 10019, jen-scottm@nyc.rr.com, www.athe.org/wtp. Receipt deadline: March 1, 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival / Next Link Project (September 15 - October 5, 2008, New York, NY [tentative dates]) – “It’s not a revival, it’s a revolution.” NYMF strives to feature the most diverse array of work possible by musical theatre’s most exciting emerging writers. Seeking production-ready musicals for Next Link Project, for which 18 shows will be selected by jury of theatre luminaries and presented in repertory over 3-week festival in key venues in NYC theatre district. IMPORTANT: Playwright bears most production costs, though NYMF provides significant support; think of NYMF as co-producer. FEE: $65 application fee, with $50 of it credited toward $500 participation fee if selected. Jess McLeod, Literary Manager, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 242 West 38th Street, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10018, T: (212) 664-0979, FAX: (212) 664-0978, jess.mcleod@nymf.org, www.nymf.org. Deadline: March 1, 2008 Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival 2008 – Winning script receives fully staged production (regular season, 5-week run); paid travel to Dallas, TX, if necessary, to work with director, cast, and crew; and royalty stipend (amount TBD). Additional scripts receive staged readings at Festival (travel not included). Original, full-length (1+ hour preferred) plays, 1-5 actors (character doubling okay). No restrictions on content. NOTE: No email submissions. NO FEE. Tina Parker, Co-Artistic Director, Kitchen Dog Theater, 3120 McKinney Avenue, Ste. 100, Dallas, TX 75204, tina@kitchendogtheater.org, www.kitchendogtheater.org. Receipt deadline: March 1, 2008 North American Actors Association (NAAA) Playreading Festival Competition (Summer 2008, London, UK) – Based in Great Britain, NAAA seeks new one-act and full-length plays dealing with North American culture for rehearsal and publicized public readings by professional North American actors. No screenplays. Plays should not have been previously produced or mounted in UK. Plays need not necessarily be set in North America, but should have primarily North American casts. Submit 2 copies by post only (no email submissions) and include cover note with name, email address, and contact phone numbers. NAAA is primarily interested in new work, but include if applicable a list of any readings, workshops, or productions the piece has had. Two entries per person max. NO FEE. Ms. Laurence Bouvard, c/o NAAA, 17 Wallgrave Rd., London SW5 0RL, England, UK, Americanactors@aol.com, www.naaa.org.uk. Receipt deadline: March 1, 2008 **Estrogenius 2008 Short Play Showcase** – Seeking new short plays by female writers. Also will consider plays by male writers that explore complex female characters and perspectives and are appropriate for a celebration of female voices. Maximum length is 20 minutes, but preferred length is 10-15 minutes; should require only simple production values; minimum of 2 characters. (If you have a one-woman show, see Estrogenius’ website for guidelines for Sola Voce miniature festival of solo shows.) For submissions by women, any content or subject matter (i.e., material need not be women’s issues-oriented). Playwrights must be open to and willing to work on possible re-writes and/or cuts. NO FEE. manhattantheatresource, 177 MacDougal St., New York, NY 10011, Attn: Estrogenius Short Play Showcase – play selection, T: (212) 260-4698, FAX: (212) 260-4697, lanie@theatresource.org, www.estrogenius.org. Deadline: March 15, 2008 (Short Play Showcase and Sola Voce festival) Metropolitan Playhouse (June 2008, New York, NY) – Seeking short new plays inspired by life and history of New York’s Lower East Side. Submissions evaluated by Metropolitan’s artistic staff; up to 10 selected plays will be produced as part of Metropolitan’s 5th Annual East Village Chronicles festival. Plays must relate to a particular place (bar, park, street corner, shop, residence) that has been of particular importance in the neighborhood. Plays may be 20 minutes max; must require no more than 4 actors; must not require elaborate set or properties. NO FEE. Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th St., New York, NY 10009, T: (212) 995-8410, evc5@metropolitanplayhouse.org, www.metropolitanplayhouse.org. Receipt deadline: March 15, 2008, 5:00 p.m. East Valley Children’s Theatre Playwriting Contest – For original plays or musicals, previously unperformed, 60-90 minutes long, suitable for children to perform for children. Cash prizes, winner produced in upcoming season. NO FEE. East Valley Children’s Theatre, P.O. Box 20514, Mesa, AZ 85277-0514, T: (480) 756-3828, info@evct.org, www.evct.org/playwriting.html. Deadline: March 15, 2008 Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture / Prize for Drama - Seeking original, one-act plays, in English. Winning playwright receives publication and $1,000. FEE: $15 (includes 2-issue subscription). Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, T: (478) 445-1289, al@gcsu.edu, http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.htm. Deadline: March 17, 2008 Iraqimemorial.org – An online call to action to artists, designers, architects, or other interested creative individuals or collaborators to propose concepts for the creation of memorials to the many thousands of Iraqi civilians killed in the war in Iraq. Concepts will be featured in a growing online exhibition/database on the site, where proposals may be viewed and rated by the public as well as by an internationally diverse group of individual scholars and curators serving as judges. Eligible media and processes include experimental or traditional applications of sculpture, architecture, installation, performance, murals, web art, digital art, photography, video, film, audio art, and more. Must be 18+ years old to participate. NO FEE. Joseph DeLappe, Project Director, delappe@iraqimemorial.org, www.Iraqimemorial.org. Deadline: March 19, 2008 (first “jurors’ deadline;” project is ongoing) NativeAliens Theatre Collective / Short Stories 8 Playwrights’ Festival (June 2008, New York, NY) – A celebration of the playwright, Short Stories 9 will be a collection of short plays from the GLBT perspective, this year on the theme “Queer Prime” (i.e., plays relevant to issues facing the gay community in the middle years [40s & 50s]). Plays may run 10 minutes max. Submit typed, double-spaced script in 10 pt. or larger font and include brief synopsis (2 sentences max). Playwright’s name should appear only on cover page. Send plays as email attachment and include name, address, phone, and email. NO FEE. NativeAliens Theatre Collective, 140 7th Ave. #2K, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 726-8891, natc.shortstories@gmail.com, www.NativeAliens.org. Deadline: March 22, 2008 QPlays / 6th at Penn Theatre (San Diego, CA) – A new program of GLBT plays to be staged between September 2008 and March 2009 at 6th at Penn Theatre. Plays must be 70-85 minutes and may be new or previously staged scripts, on any subject, though characters’ homosexuality and situations relative to that are to be central and integral to the story, not merely incidental to it; may be comedy or comedy drama, non-musical. Eroticism (including nudity) acceptable (even encouraged) if it’s honest and organic. NO FEE. Michael Thomas Tower, Artistic Director, QPlays, 6th at Penn Theatre, San Diego, CA, 92103-4317, qplays@aol.com, www.qplays.com. Deadline: March 31, 2008 Just added! - Bad Musicals Festival / International Cringe (July-August 2008, New York, NY) – Actually, they have to be REALLY GOOD... but naughty, satirical, politically incorrect, have bad language/ puns or be otherwise frowned upon. Prefer plays 5-45 minutes max; comedy/dramedy; with music, musicals, or any combination thereof; produced or unproduced. FEE: $20 (no fee for Dramatist Guild members or previous writers in these festivals). Melba LaRose, Artistic Director, Bad Musicals Festival, NY Artists Unlimited, 212 W. 14 St., #2A, New York, NY 10011, T: (212) 242-6036, FAX: (212) 989-8864, Nyartunltd@aol.com, www.NYartists.org. Deadline: March 31, 2008 Moondance 2008 (August 29-31, 2008, Chautauqua Park, Boulder, CO) – International festival seeking works by screenwriters, filmmakers, playwrights, short story writers, TV writers, librettists, composers, children’s filmmakers and writers, music video filmmakers, and multi-media filmmakers, including by young (18 & under) and senior (75 & over) entrants. NOTE: Moondance’s work to reach out to women filmmakers and women writers everywhere in the world is ongoing and part of the festival’s efforts to raise awareness of the invaluable contributions of women to the entertainment industry. Competitive categories include the Spirit of Moondance Award for women writers, filmmakers, and composers (men may be co-writers or co-filmmakers but the entry must be submitted by a woman). FEE: $25-$85. Elizabeth English, Executive Director, Moondance Film Festival, 970 9th St., Boulder, CO 80302. T: (303) 545-0202, director@moondancefilmfestival.com, www.moondancefilmfestival.com. Deadline: April 1, 2008 (regular), May 1, 2008 (final) The Funniest Play on Earth 2008 – Sponsored by Cheshire Comedy Publishing, contest seeks your “funniest, most hilarious, shoe stompin’, bladder bustin’ comedy plays” for a chance at a $500 advance, production, and publication offer. Play must be full-length and unpublished. No dramas. NO FEE. Cheshire Comedy Publishing, 49 Congress St., Suite 29, Nashua, NH 03062, 2008@cheshirecomedy.com, www.cheshirecomedy.com/contest. Deadline: April 1, 2008 New South Young Playwright’s Festival / Horizon Theatre Company (June 2-7, 2008, Atlanta, GA) – Focusing on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. 15-20 high school, college, and university students will be selected for a week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturges. Playwrights must be available to come to Atlanta June 2-7, 2008. Submissions must be one-act plays, any subject, style, and form. High school scripts may be 20 minutes max. reading time; college scripts may be up to 60 minutes. Collaborations and group-written plays eligible. NO FEE. Nicole Lorenzetti, New South Young Playwrights Contest, Horizon Theatre Company, P.O. Box 5376, Atlanta, GA 31107, T: ypf@horizontheatre.com, www.horizontheatre.com/ypf.htm. Receipt deadline: April 1, 2008 Larry Corse Prize for Playwriting – Awarded to a finished, original play, in English but originating anywhere in the world, that has not been previously published or performed (excluding workshop readings); must be full-length (60-120 minutes), requiring 5-10 actors. Prize: $1,000 and production by Columbus State University Department of Theatre in the 2009-2010 school year. Winning playwright may be invited to Columbus State for workshops and lectures for a few days prior to opening night of production. NO FEE. Steve Graver, Department of Theatre, Columbus State University, International Playwriting Competition #324, 931 Monroe Dr. NE, Suite A-102, Atlanta, GA 30308, Graver_Steven@colstate.edu, www.larrycorse.com. Receipt deadline: April 1, 2008 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award – Challenging middle and high school students of all abilities to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through writing a one-act play (less than 40 pp. long). Award of up to $2,000 and trip to Washington, DC, to view winning production(s) at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Must be grade 6-12 and U.S. citizen or permanent resident; co-authorship permissible. Any student with or without a disability is eligible. NO FEE. VSA arts Playwright Discovery, 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20006, T: (202) 628-2800 (voice), FAX: (202) 429-0868, info@vsarts.org, www.vsarts.org. Deadline: April 11, 2008 Darknight Theatrical Productions / Darknight Gallery (Summer 2008, Chicago, IL) - Seeking new scripts (not previously produced) that tell dark and disturbing tales of evil with thought-provoking themes (a la Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery” and “The Twilight Zone”). No slasher scripts. Must have good dialogue that gets to the point and tells a complete story in 45 minutes or less, strong characters, socially conscious themes, and dramatic tension that intertwines with suspense; must be able to be produced in modest theatre with modest budget. Maximum length: 30 pp. Winners receive $100-$400 cash and see plays produced in Summer 2008. Scripts must be submitted via email. NO FEE. darknight_theatrical_productions@yahoo.com, www.dtpsite.org. Receipt deadline: April 13, 2008, midnight John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award / The New England Theatre Conference – Open to all playwrights. Seeking full-length plays, unpublished, un-produced, and not under option; no musicals. Winners receive cash prize ($500-$1,000) and possible staged reading of script (or selected scenes from script) during annual NETC convention in November or on another occasion. FEE: $10; free to NETC members. The New England Theatre Conference, Inc., John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, 215 Knob Hill Dr., Hamden, CT 06518, T: (617) 851-8535, mail@netconline.org, www.netconline.org. Deadline: April 15, 2008 |
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Tides / Union Square Awards Program Arts Initiative for New York City - Seeking nominations of innovative and creative arts programs engaging youth and families in low-income communities across NYC, especially those providing services to populations with limited access to the arts due to geography, language, or economics. All artistic disciplines, including theater and media arts. Selected programs receive grants of $25,000 - $50,000. Irini Neofotistos, Program Associate, Union Square Awards, 281 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, T: (212) 213-6140, FAX: (212) 213-6372, ineofotistos@unionsquareawards.org, www.unionsquareawards.org. Deadline: Immediate Chicago Community Trust’s African American Legacy Initiative – Opportunity for nonprofit, government, and faith-based arts organizations in Chicago, IL, metropolitan area serving that area’s residents. Grants of $2,500 - $25,000 awarded to dynamic organizations exhibiting high potential and promoting promising ideas, solutions, strategies, or approaches to address an important issue in the African-American Community. Sylvia Sykes, Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust, 111 East Wacker Dr., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60601, T: (312) 616-8000 ext. 140, FAX: (312) 616-7955, www.cct.org. Deadline: Immediate First Nations Development Institute’s Native Youth and Culture Fund – Grants of $5,000-$20,000 for projects that focus on Native youth and incorporate culture and tradition to address social issues (e.g. drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health). Eligible applicants are Tribal programs or Native nonprofits in or near Indian Country, including Hawaii and Alaska. Eligible projects include those that preserve, strengthen, or renew cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; and those that increase access to and sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern), as a means of reviving or preserving tribal language, arts, history, or other culturally relevant topic. Grants are usually limited to projects that can be completed within 1 year. Kimberly Craven, Native Youth and Culture Fund, First Nations Development Institute, 703 3rd Avenue, Suite B, Longmont, CO 80501, T: (303) 774-7836, ext. 19, grantmaking@firstnations.org, www.firstnations.org. Receipt deadline: February 8, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time (letter of intent) PennPAT Fee-Support and New Directions Grants – Administered by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) is a public/private partnership that works to increase opportunities for professional PA-based performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements. Two programs currently accepting applications:
PennPAT, 230 South Broad St., Suite 1003, Philadelphia, PA 19102, T: (215) 496-9424, FAX: (215) 496-9424, info@pennpat.org, www.pennpat.org. Deadline: February 15, 2008 (next deadlines, for subsequent project periods, are June 16, 2008, and October 15, 2008) Joyce Foundation Awards - Grants of $50,000 enabling Midwest cultural institutions to serve and represent Chicago’s diverse populations and fostering the development of new artistic works, including in theatre, by artists of color. Eligible: Major and mid-size cultural organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Michelle T. Boone, Program Officer, The Joyce Foundation, 70 West Madison Street, Suite 2750, Chicago, IL 60602, T: (312) 782-2464, FAX: (312) 782-4160, info@joycefdn.org, www.joycefdn.org. Deadline: April 14, 2008 (NOTE: Submit letter of inquiry 6-8 weeks prior to deadline); next deadlines are August 20, 2008 and December 9, 2008 Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Program - For Washington State artists, all disciplines. GAP provides up to $1,500 to individual artists to develop new ideas and directions for specific projects, e.g., the development, completion, or presentation of new work; publication; travel for artistic research or to present or complete work; documentation of work; professional development. Applicant must be practicing artist, 18+ years old by application deadline, and resident of Washington State at time of application and when award is granted. Students in degree programs ineligible. GAP Application, Artist Trust, 1835 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122, T: (206) 467-8734 ext. 9 or 1 (866) 218-7878, info@artisttrust.org, www.artisttrust.org. Deadline: February 22, 2008 VSA arts Apprenticeship at Williamstown Theatre Festival (Summer 2008, Williamstown, MA) – Providing unique insight into world of professional theatre for students with a disability, ages 19-24. Every summer, Williamstown Theatre Festival Apprentice Program offers promising students classes in acting, voice, and movement, as well as discussions and master classes with notable professionals. Apprentices also learn about different aspects of running a professional theater company by working in each of various departments at Festival on rotating basis. Many former apprentices have gone on to successful careers in professional theater. VSA arts Apprentices will have all expenses covered by VSA arts, including application fee; tuition, room, and board; round trip coach airfare to and from Williamstown, MA, including ground transportation; travel, room, and board for a personal care assistant, if required; reasonable accommodation for Apprentice’s disability. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must attend full term. No audition required. VSA arts Theater Apprenticeship, 818 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, T: 1 (800) 933-8721 (voice), or (202) 737-0645 (TTY), FAX: (202) 429-0868, info@vsarts.org, www.vsarts.org. Deadline: February 25, 2008 Rasmuson Foundation Project Awards - For individual artists living and working in Alaska. Up to $5,000 for emerging, mid-career, and mature artists for specific, short-term projects to be accomplished within one year of award date. Disciplines include: media arts, multidiscipline/new genre, literary arts/scriptworks, performance arts, choreography. Eligible activities include travel and fees for workshops and advanced study; professional documentation of work; and costs of creating/installing work scheduled for public viewing. Must have been full-time resident of Alaska for 2+ years and remain so for grant period; must be 18+ years old and currently producing work. Students ineligible. NOTE: Rasmuson also provides Individual Artist Fellowships of $12,000 and Distinguished Artist awards of $25,000, same deadline. NO FEE. Rasmuson Foundation, 301 West Northern Lights Blvd., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99503, T: (907) 297-2700, (877) 366-2700 (toll free within AK), vlord@rasmuson.org, www.rasmuson.org/index.php?switch=viewpage&pageid=94. Deadline: March 1, 2008 Cape Cod Foundation Grants – Opportunity for nonprofits that serve the people of Barnstable County, MA. The arts are among the existing and emerging needs of the region that these grants (averaging $1,500) are intended to address. Cape Cod Foundation, 259 Willow St., Yarmouthport, MA, 02675, T: 1 (800) 947-2322 or (508) 790-3040, FAX: (508) 790-4069, info@capecodfoundation.org, www.capecodfoundation.org. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (next deadline October 1, 2008) Target Corporation Grants for Arts in Communities – Providing grants averaging $1,000-$3,000 to nonprofit programs that are making it affordable for the entire family to participate in arts and cultural experiences. Programs that bring arts to schools or children to the arts of particular interest. NOTE: Applications approved as received, so apply early. Apply through local Target Store Team Leaders: website will list required application materials beginning March 1 and has link to Target store locator. http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/grant_guidelines.jhtml. Deadline: March 1 - May 31, 2008 MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago - $5,000-$15,000 operating support grants to Chicago area-based nonprofit arts and culture organizations with budgets of $500,000 or less. Organizations working in performing arts, visual and media arts, literary arts, interdisciplinary arts, and special projects, as well as museums and service, policy, or advocacy groups are eligible (no arts education programs). NOTE: Professional theater companies with operating budgets less than $150,000 should apply instead through Small Theater and Dance Group Funding Project - April and September deadlines, watch Driehaus website. Richard Cahan, Program Officer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 203 North Wabash Ave., Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60601-2417, T: (312) 641-5772, richardcahan@driehausfoundation.org, www.driehausfoundation.org/support/. Receipt deadline: March 3, 2008, 5 p.m. (performing arts); June 2, 2008, 5 p.m. (all other disciplines) Funding Arts Network’s Knight Foundation New Work Award – Arts organizations currently or previously funded by the Funding Arts Network (FAN) are eligible to apply for this new award of $50,000 for a performing or visual art work to be performed or exhibited in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Selection criteria include artistic merit and creativity in reaching out to a broad audience. Funding period: July 1, 2008 – December 31, 2009. Terry Schechter or Rachel Blechman, Funding Arts Network, P.O. Box 331864, Miami, FL 33233-1864, cschec@aol.com, Rachel.blechman@hklaw.com, www.fundingartsnetwork.org. Deadline: March 3, 2008 Creative Capital Grants – Providing significant and comprehensive multi-level support for the promotion of works-in-progress and works-to-be. Projects receive both first-year and follow-up support and can garner up to $76,000 in direct monies and services. Grantees also gain access to extensive network of peers and arts professionals who assist in fundraising, promotional, and presenting opportunities. Eligible funding categories for this grant cycle: Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature, and Performing Arts. “Emerging Fields” includes Digital Arts as well as New Genres and Interdisciplinary Projects – work that is a hybrid form (art & community, tactical interventions, etc.) or at the intersection of disciplines, both within the arts (art & architecture, art & design, etc.) and outside the field (e.g. art & social justice, art & ecology), as well as immersive and interactive art, installation, and networked projects. Eligible applicants: working artists with 5+ years’ professional experience; must be a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident and 25+ years old. Creative Capital, 65 Bleeker St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012, T: (212) 598-9900, FAX: (212) 598-4934, grants@creative-capital.org, www.creative-capital.org. Deadline: March 4, 2008 (inquiry form) Creative Work Fund – Providing grants of $10,000-$40,000 in support of new work by San Francisco Bay Area literary and performing artists (including playwrights) collaborating with nonprofit organizations. The principal collaborating artists must live in Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma counties and have lived there for 2+ years. Collaborating organizations also must be based in one of the 9 counties. A project may culminate in any form, but it must feature a lead artist with a strong track record as a literary or performing artist. Grants are awarded to the collaborating nonprofit rather than directly to the artist. The Creative Work Fund, One Lombard St., Suite 305, San Francisco, CA 94111, T: (415) 402-2793, www.creativeworkfund.org. Receipt deadline: March 5, 2008, 5:00 p.m. (letter of inquiry) **Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Artist Enrichment Program** – Supporting feminist artists and nonprofit organizations in the development and implementation of art activities directly focused on progressive social change in Kentucky. Eligible activities include: arts education programs focused on women or girls, community participation in the creation of new art forms, artist-centered projects involving new partnerships between artists and activists, and artist-centered projects with social change themes or contents. Grants range from $1,000-$7,500 ($3,000-$5,000 is typical). Eligible individual artists must be creating strong and highly original artwork, and eligible organizations must be engaging in an artist-centered project. Rae Strobel, Grant Program Administrator, Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1215 Heyburn Bldg., 332 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, T: (502) 562-0045 or 1 (866) 654-7564, FAX: (502) 561-0420, rae@kfw.org, www.kfw.org. Deadline: March 7, 2008 California Community Foundation Fellowships for Visual Artists – Awards of $15,000-$20,000 to Los Angeles artists working in the visual arts (including experimental film and video, interdisciplinary/mixed media, and performance art in which visual art is a significant and integral component). NOTE: Artists whose primary practice is performing or media arts are not eligible. Artists must have resided full-time in Los Angeles County for 5+ years prior to application deadline. Students ineligible. Rick Noguchi, Program Officer, California Community Foundation, 2008 Fellowships for Visual Artists, 445 South Figueroa St., Suite 3400, Los Angeles, CA 90071, T: (213) 413-4130, rnoguchi@ccf-la.org, www.calfund.org. Receipt deadline: March 7, 2008, 5:00 p.m. PST **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, FAX: (215) 545-4021, info@leeway.org, www.leeway.org. Receipt deadline: March 10, 2008, 5:00 p.m. NEA Grants for Arts Projects Program / Access to Artistic Excellence – Matching grants of $5,000-$150,000 to U.S. nonprofits in support of projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth, as well as intergenerational education projects. Eligible disciplines include Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Theater, Musical Theater, and Presenting. Applicant organization must have 3-year history of programming prior to application deadline. Application via online process only. Media Arts Specialist: smithm@arts.gov or (202) 682-5742; Theater and Musical Theater Specialists: denegree@arts.gov or (202) 682-5509, lanouxc@arts.gov or (202) 682-5020; Presenting Specialist: lims@arts.gov or (202) 682-5658; www.arts.gov/grants/apply/artsed.html. Deadline: March 10, 2008 (next deadline August 11, 2008) Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation – Awarding grants of $1,000-$5,000 to nonprofit organizations that are led by or support adults with disabilities, for cutting-edge programs in the arts, advocacy, or education. Organization must have been in existence for 2+ years and must demonstrate that it is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act; must also demonstrate that it has a plan to assist people with disabilities in case of emergency. 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: March 15, 2008 (initial online application) Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ArtsCONNECT Program - Supporting touring project collaborations between nonprofit presenters and artists in all performing arts disciplines, anchored in the mid-Atlantic region (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV, and U.S. Virgin Islands). For projects taking place between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, and involving public performances, educational activities, and audience outreach strategies for underserved populations. Grant amounts determined as percentage (up to 50%) of artist’s fee, travel, and lodging; grants require 1:1 cash match; presenters must apply for minimum of $500 per engagement. Typically, grant amounts will not exceed $10,000 per presenting partner. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, 201 N. Charles Street, Suite 401, Baltimore, MD 21201, T: 410-539-6656 (V), 410-779-1593 (TDD), FAX: 410-837-5517, www.midatlanticarts.org. Receipt deadline: March 24, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Just added! - Foundation for Jewish Culture New Jewish Theater Projects Program – Grants of up to $5,000 to U.S. national nonprofit theatre companies for commissioning of new plays, musicals, or multimedia works of Jewish significance. Funds support play or performance development, which can include commissioning fees, playwright's residency expenses, and research or workshop costs. Unless special arrangements are made in advance, awards distributed directly to venue where work is to be presented. Applicants must have completed 2+ seasons of public performances (student productions ineligible) and commit to presenting proposed play to public within 1 year of receiving commission. Workshop production, staged reading, or first production acceptable; must include forum for public discussion. Foundation for Jewish Culture, P.O. Box 1342, New York, NY 10016, T: (212) 629-0500, grants@jewishculture.org, http://www2.jewishculture.org. Deadline: March 24, 2008 Princess Grace Foundation-USA Theater and Playwriting Awards –
The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) International Theatre Institute Travel Grants - Supporting cultural exchange and artistic partnerships between theatre professionals in U.S. and counterparts in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe. Awards theatres and individual theatre professionals (artists, administrators, educators) $3,000 each to cover transportation and essential expenses. Theatres must have U.S. not-for-profit, tax-exempt status; individuals must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Theatre Communications Group, 520 Eight Ave, 24th Fl., New York, NY 10018, T: (212) 609-5900, grants@tcg.org, www.tcg.org/grants/iti/iti_index.cfm. Deadline: March 31, 2008 Franklin Furnace Archives Grants - Offering $2,000-$5,000 to avant-garde artists from around the world, in 2 categories: The Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supporting emerging performance artists and allowing them to produce major works in New York; and The Future of the Present, funding the creation of “live art on the Internet,” works which engage the Internet as an art medium and/or venue. Full-time students ineligible. Dolores Zorreguieta, Program Coordinator, 2008-2009 Proposals, Franklin Furnace Archives, Inc., 80 Arts - The James E. Davis Arts Building, 80 Hanson Place #301, Brooklyn, NY 11217-1506, T: (718) 398-7255, FAX: (718) 398-7256, dolores@franklinfurnace.org, http://franklinfurnace.org. Deadline: April 1, 2008 **Drisha Institute for Jewish Education Arts Fellowships for Women** (New York, NY) – This initiative gives women who are professional artists (writers, visual artists, filmmakers, performers, musicians, and dancers) the opportunity to study in an open and dynamic learning environment and develop skills to read and interpret classic Jewish texts. Arts Fellows, who study full-time, receive tuition waiver and $10,000 stipend; Arts Awards Recipients, who study part-time, receive tuition waiver and award at end of year. Eve Grubin, Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, 37 West 65th St., New York, NY 10023, T: (212) 595-0307, egrubin@drisha.org, www.drisha.org. Deadline: April 1 of each year Kennedy Center Arts Management Fellowships – This 9-month long, full-time fellowship program in Washington, DC, provides highly motivated, disciplined, and creative performing artists and arts managers with the instruction and experience they need to succeed in today’s complex arts environment. Fellows receive $20,000 stipend toward housing and transportation costs; course tuition, materials, and health insurance provided at no cost to Fellow. Must have minimum of bachelor’s degree in the arts or a related discipline and 3-5 years’ experience as an administrator for a performing arts organization. Fellowship Program, The Kennedy Center, P.O. Box 101510, Arlington VA 22210, T: (202) 416-8821, www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships/home.html. Deadline: April 1, 2008 The Children’s Theatre Foundation of America / Aurand Harris Children’s Theatre Grants and Fellowships – Awards of up to $5,000. Matching GRANTS support small or mid-size not-for-profit theatres in one or more of the following activities: premiering an important or promising new play for children; sending a U.S. children’s threatre play to a regional, national, or international festival or convention; establishing a special production project or program of children’s theatre such as a touring program, a children’s theatre playwriting program, or a production-related symposium; securing scripts, supplies, and equipment for production of plays for young audiences. Average award: $2,500. FELLOWSHIPS assists individual theatre artists with a specific project or with undertaking and completing a specific plan for development of his/her own artistic excellence in field of theatre for children; no matching-funds requirement. Average award: $1,000. Marilee Miller, CTFA Awards Committee, 617 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY 40204-1105, T: (502) 583-2288, mhmiller@applays.com, www.childrenstheatrefoundation.org/grants.html. Receipt deadline: April 1, 2008 The First People’s Fund Community Spirit Awards Seeks Nominations – Fund honoring American Indian artists, including in the performing arts, seeks nominations for $5,000 individual fellowships to individuals 25+ years old who have demonstrated acts of community spirit through their art; are practicing artists of demonstrated maturity in their field, continually practicing for 10+ years; and have documented affiliation with a U.S. tribe. Miranne Walker, Office Manager, First Peoples Fund, P.O. Box 2977, Rapid City, SD 57709, T: (605) 348-0324, FAX: (605) 348-6594, miranne@firstpeoplesfund.org, http://firstpeoplesfund.org. Deadline: April 11, 2008 |
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Playwrights Online is a reading circle/workshop using Second Life (an interactive website) to meet virtually every Saturday to read through original plays written by Playwrights Online members and then to give them critiques. Actors, writers, directors, and anyone else interest in theatre is welcome to join, whether as a Submitting Member through Yahoogroup only or as a Full Member through both Yahoogroup and Second Life. (To participate via Second Life you will need a microphone/speaker connected to your computer, a broadband connection, and voice chat turned on in Second Life.) Playwrights Online Yahoogroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/playwrights_online/. Second Life: http://secondlife.com/. Playwrights Online meets Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. PST in the Long Discussion House on sLiterary: http://slurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/26/72/26. For any questions in Second Life, pop “LadyBug Furse” a message or email eturnq@yahoo.com. International Museum of Women’s White Paper Shatters Stereotypes of Gen X and Gen Y Women World-Wide – This myth-busting report from the creators of Imagining Ourselves: A Global Generation of Women, the interactive and award-winning online exhibition showcasing over 20,400 web pages of original art, writing, film, and music, combines global demographic statistics with first-person accounts and interviews to freshen our understanding of today’s young women. Imagining Ourselves closed on December 31, 2007, after a 20 month run, but you can read the white paper at www.imow.org/about/news/whitepaper-12-04-07.pdf. |
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