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Theatre Funding News, Volume #43 Dear Theatre Artist, Welcome to Theatre Funding News, Volume #43. 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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Shelterbelt Theatre – Currently seeking full-length and one-act plays. Scripts for "Shelterskelter" and "From the Shelterbelt With Love" categories must be 10-12 minutes max. The Shelterbelt Theatre, Attn: Dramaturgy, P.O. Box 31607, Omaha, NE 68131, submissions@shelterbelt.org, www.shelterbelt.org. Deadline: Immediate **Austin Woman’s Film, Music, and Literary Festival, a.k.a Blowin’ Up a Spot! Film Festival: A Woman’s Perspective** (May 22-25, 2008, Austin, TX) – A festival wholly focused on the contributions of all women, with a special emphasis on showcasing women of Latin, African, African-American, Asian, Native American, and European descent. Seeking short stage plays written exclusively by women. FEE: $15-$20. Austin Woman’s Film, Music, and Literary Festival, c/o Media Arts & Literacy Institute, P.O. Box 42188, Austin, TX 78704, writers@blownupaspot.com, www.blowinupaspot.com. Deadline: April 6, 2008 (early), May 8, 2008 (late) **Tennessee Women’s Theater Project’s Women’s Work Festival** (May 9-25, 2008, Nashville, TN) - Showcasing the talents of creative women at Nashville’s Z. Alexander Looby Theatre. Will consider a wide variety of works: staged readings or reader’s theater presentations of plays by women playwrights; performance pieces by women; films and documentaries by women; poetry readings; songwriters, choreographers; stand-up comics – you name it, they’ll consider it. TWTP will provide the stage; the woman artist will provide the work. NOTE: If a presenter requires actors, musicians, dancers, etc., TWTP can provide leads, but it will be up to the presenter to contact those people and arrange for their participation.) FEE: $15 (no fee for 2007 presenters). Maryanna Clarke, Artistic Director, Women’s Work 2008, Tennessee Women’s Theater Project, P.O. Box 158525, Nashville, TN 37215-8525, T: (615) 681-7220, maryanna@twtp.org, www.twtp.org. Deadline: April 11, 2008 Luna Stage (Montclair, NJ) – Interested in works by diverse voices that have clearly been written for the stage; all genres, but work should transcend its immediate story to resonate with audiences on many levels. NO FEE. Cheryl Katz, Director of Play Development, Luna Stage, 695 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042, T: (973) 744-3309 ext. 302, FAX: (973) 509-2388, Cheryl@lunastage.org, www.lunastage.org. Deadline: April 15, 2008 Willows Theatre NextFest 2008 – A festival of new work by young or early career artists. Festival will be held in new 176-seat Cabaret Theatre. Selected plays will be produced in staged reading and considered for full production at later date. Submit full plays, one acts, and musicals that would benefit from further development. Work that arrives after deadline may be considered for future festivals. No emails please. NO FEE. NextFest Submissions, Willows Theatre Company, 1425 Gasoline Alley, Concord, CA 94520, www.willowstheatre.com. Deadline: April 15, 2008 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award 2009 (Royal Oak, MI) – For residents of Georgia only. Plays must be unproduced, but there are no restrictions as to style, subject matter, or length (preference given to plays with running time of at least 1 hour). Winner receives $500 cash and play will be given full production as part of Essential’s 2009 Power Plays Festival. NO FEE. Essential Theatre, P.O. Box 8172, Atlanta, GA 30306, pmhardy@aol.com, http://essentialtheatre.com/competition.htm. Deadline: April 23, 2008 TADA! Youth Theater One-Act Play Contest (New York, NY) – Seeking original, un-produced, unpublished one-acts for either teen or youth (under 13) actors and audiences. Separate entry categories for young writers (19 years old and younger) and playwrights over 19. Must address issues relevant to today’s teen and youth experience but setting need not be contemporary. Cast: primarily ages 10-19; limit 2 adults. (No musicals, but they may be submitted to TADA! separately – see Ongoing section below.) Winners receive cash award, staged reading, and option to be included in TADA! Originals, a script marketing catalog. NO FEE. Joanna Greer, Associate Artistic Director, TADA!, Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest, 15 West 28th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001, T: (212) 252-1619, ext. 17, jgreer@tadatheater.com, http://www.tadatheater.com/scriptsmarketing/ContestsAndSubmissions.asp. Deadline: April 25, 2008 Department of Theatre, SUNY College of Brockport / 6th Biennial Festival of Ten-Minute Plays (February 2009, Brockport, NY) – International festival seeking original, un-produced plays, originating anywhere in the world, 7-14 minutes running time; no musicals. Top 10 plays will be produced in fully realized productions as part of festival in February 2009. Cash prizes: $100-$300. FEE: $3 ($1 for full-time students). New Plays VI, Dept. of Theatre, SUNY College at Brockport, 350 New Campus Dr., Brockport, NY 14420, gmusante@brockport.edu/theatre, www.brockport.edu/theatre. Deadline: April 26, 2008 **Green Light Productions** (July 15-21, 2008, New York, NY) - Nonprofit theatre company dedicated to creating new and exciting opportunities for women theatre artists seeks plays by women for GLO, a production of one-act plays to be performed in Summer 2008 at Theatre 54 in midtown Manhattan. Playwrights encouraged to be involved in production. Must be 15-35 minutes in length and must need no more than 5 actors, with minimal set requirements; must be un-produced (workshops and readings OK). No musicals. Playwright must be a resident of U.S. NO FEE. Green Light Productions, c/o A. Pandola, 1819 JFK Blvd., Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19103, GLO@greenlightplays.com, www.greenlightplays.com. Deadline: April 30, 2008 Lebanon Community Theatre (August 2008, Lebanon, PA) – Playwrights of all ages and experience invited to submit plays on the theme “Campaign 2008.” Winners receive $100 and, if local, receive season ticket for LCT’s 2009 season. Winning plays will be performed on the LCT stage in August 2008, with playwrights directing and casting own play if desired, with assistance of committee members. Winners also receive DVD of production. Plays may be 10-20 minutes long with cast of 2-8 characters. No special effects; should have no more than 3 scenes and use limited sets, props, and costumes; only simple on-off or fade lighting available. NO FEE. Mary Lou Kelsey, L.C.T., P.O. Box 592, Lebanon, PA 17042, T: (717) 274-0787, pwc@lct.cc, www.lct.cc/PlayWriteContest.htm. Deadline: April 30, 2008 FUSION Theatre’s “The Seven” New Works Fest (June 19-22, 2008, Albuquerque, NM) – Third annual 10-minute play festival, this year presenting seven new plays by seven directors on the theme “Something Left Unsaid.” No previously submitted or previously produced plays. Script must be no more than 10 pp. FEE: $5 to submit by email, no fee if submitting by post. FUSION Theatre Co., The Seven, 700 1st Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, info@fusionabq.org, http://fusionabq.org/contact.htm, http://fusionabq.org. Receipt deadline: May 1, 2008 League of Historic American Theatres Awards Programs – Seeking nominations of individuals and nonprofit theatres that best promote, develop, and encourage involvement, participation, and leadership in the preservation, restoration, and sustained operation of historic American theatres. Nominations may come from any source. Winners will be announced at closing banquet of the 32nd Annual Conference and Theatre Tour in Atlanta, GA, on July 19, 2008. League of Historic American Theatres Awards Programs, 334 N. Charles St., 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201-4301, T: (410) 659-9533 or (877) 627-0833, FAX: (410) 837-9664, info@lhat.org, www.lhat.org/programs_services/awards_program.asp. Deadline: May 1, 2008 Native Voices at the Autry – Native Voices at the Autry produces in Los Angeles under a HAT “A” EQUITY Contract. For these production opportunities, emerging and experienced playwrights writing from the Indigenous experience in North America are invited to submit original material as well as plays developed or produced in other venues. Selected playwrights will be notified by August 15, 2008. For details, contact Carlene Locasta by email with “CALL FOR SCRIPTS” in the subject line. nativevoices@autrynationalcenter.org, www.nativevoicesattheautry.org. Deadline: May 15, 2008 Helford Prize for Playwriting – Offering a $10,000 prize and possible production by Jacksonville University. Open to all U.S. residents. All genres and themes, but children’s plays discouraged. Plays must be full-length (90-120 minutes), finished, original, in English, unpublished, never previously performed, and written for 5-10 actors. NO FEE. Laura Porter, Fine Arts Coordinator, National Playwriting Competition, College of Fine Arts, Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. North, Jacksonville, FL 32211, lporter1@ju.edu, http://arts.ju.edu/cfa/helford/prize.html. Receipt deadline: May 15, 2008 Playwrights Theater Plays for the 21ST Century – International play competition seeking full-length and one-act plays, in English, with no restrictions on theme, style, or genre. Plays accepted from all countries. Plays must be original, unpublished, and un-produced at time of submission; developmental readings, workshops, or non-professional productions OK. No adaptations, children's or youth plays, or musicals. FEE: $20. Playwrights Theater Inc., Plays for the 21st Century, P.O. Box 395, Four Oaks, NC 27524, 2.act.play@sbcglobal.net or 1.act.play@scbglobal.net, www.playwrightstheater.org/contest/contestinfo.html. Receipt deadline: May 15, 2008 Riant Theatre / Strawberry One-Act Festival (Summer 2008, New York, NY) – For plays 30 minutes max, with own director and cast, and ready to be presented in August; one in-theatre tech rehearsal provided. Festival is broadcast on www.therianttheatre.com/video and performed in a New York City theatre for the general public. Playwright of winning play receives $1,500 and opportunity to have a full-length play developed by Riant. Some plays will be selected for publication. FEE: None to enter but plays selected for festival required to pay $250 towards publicity. Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director, The Strawberry One-Act Festival, The Riant Theatre, P.O. Box 1902, New York, NY 10013, T: (646) 623-3488, TheRiantTheatre@aol.com, www.therianttheatre.com/strawberry.html. Deadline: May 15, 2008 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Artist Residency (New York, NY) – Workspace is a residency program open to emerging and early-career professional artists working in all disciplines, including Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Film/Video, Installation/Mixed Media, Performance, and New Media/Computer Arts. Residency, which runs from September 9, 2008 – May 22, 2009, will be located on 29th floor of 120 Broadway in Financial District. Program offers free studio space for 9 months, a small stipend, and access to community of peers and experts as well as exposure to new audiences at public programs. U.S. and international applicants eligible. Ineligible: artists participating in another residency during same period of time; enrolled students. NOTE: Living space is NOT provided. NO FEE. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10038, T: (212) 219-9401, FAX: (212) 219-2058, workspaceapp@lmcc.net, www.lmcc.net/art/residencies/workspace/2008/apply.html. Receipt deadline: May 15, 2008, 5:00 p.m. Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab – A New York opportunity, exploring and developing work of new generation of theatre artists and fostering collaborations between writers and directors in beginning stages of creative process. Lab meets on alternate weeks from October-April, with writers bringing in work 3 times during 6-month cycle. At each meeting, Lab members read the plays aloud, with writers and director serving as actors, then together discuss the work. Writer and director collaborate outside the meetings at their own discretion. Each play born from Lab is presented in public reading series at Soho Rep. Writers and directors apply separately (writers, with a project proposal; directors, with short statement of purpose outlining theatrical sensibilities and concerns). FEE: None specified. Maria Goyanes, Daniel Manley, Co-Chairs, Writer/Director Lab, Soho Rep, 86 Franklin St., 4th Fl., New York, NY 10013, T: (212) 941-8632, FAX: (212) 941-7148, writerdirector@sohorep.org, http://sohorep.org/lab_3.html. Receipt deadline: May 16, 2008 The Arts Club of Washington’s First Annul Playwriting Awards (Washington, DC) – Awards of $500 each to the authors of an outstanding one-act play and the first act of a multi-act script. Eligible scripts must be original, unpublished, and un-produced (not staged for a paying audience) as of the date of entry. No film or TV scripts. FEE: $10. Suzi Stone, Playwriting Award Committee, The Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-1804, T: (202) 331-7282, FAX: (202) 857-3678, membership@artsclubofwashington.org, www.artsclubofwashington.org. Deadline: May 19, 2008 Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble’s New Plays Festival (August 2008, San Clemente, CA) – Company with a mission to support the work and enrich the lives of Latinas in the visual and performing arts seeks full-length and one-act plays by Chicano/Latino playwrights. Play must be unpublished and never professionally produced (staged readings or college productions OK). Finalists will have staged readings as part of festival weekend, with possible future production. Re-writes may be requested. NO FEE. Sara Guerrero, Artistic Director, Elsa Martinez Phillips, Co-Artistic Director, Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble’s New Plays Festival, P.O. Box 74324, San Clemente, CA 92673, T: (714) 540-1157, BreatheofFireLatinaTheater@gmail.com, www.myspace.com/boft. Deadline: June 1, 2008 MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition – For full-length plays (1.5 hours minimum) written in Spanish or English that deal with subjects and characters that resonate with Hispanics living in U.S. Grand Prize: $3,000 and full production at Repertorio Español; 2nd Place is $2,000, 3rd is $1,000, and two runners-up receive $500. All finalists receive staged reading at Repertorio to futher develop script. All winners must be present at Awards Ceremony. Playwrights must be at least 18 years old and residents of U.S. or Puerto Rico. No screenplays – plays must be theatrical creations meant for the stage. One-acts, musicals, and translations not accepted. New and un-produced plays preferred, but plays that have had readings or a workshop production OK. No email submissions. NO FEE. Allison Astor-Vargas, Special Projects Manager, MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition, Repertorio Español, 138 East 27th St., New York, NY 10016, aav@repertorio.org, www.repertorio.org. Deadline: June 1, 2008 Knutsford Little Theatre Short Play Festival (October 3-4, 2008, Knutsford, Cheshire, UK) – Seeking new and unpublished works, 10 minutes max, for rehearsed staged reading. Maximum cast: 6 (with no more than 3 men). NO FEE. Short Play Festival, Knutsford Little Theatre, Queen St., Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6HZ, UK, playfest@knusfordlittletheatre.com, www.knutsfordlittletheatre.com/playfestival.htm. Receipt deadline: June 13, 2008 Native Voices at the Autry – For a new series of public readings, emerging and experienced playwrights writing from the Indigenous experience in North America are invited to submit original material as well as plays developed or produced in other venues. Selected playwrights will be notified by August 15, 2008. For details, contact Carlene Locasta by email with “CALL FOR SCRIPTS” in the subject line. nativevoices@autrynationalcenter.org, www.nativevoicesattheautry.org. Deadline: June 15, 2008 Oxford International Institute for Documentary and Drama in Conflict Transformation / Festival of New Work (a.k.a OxDocs) – Open to new, emerging, or non-professional playwrights and screenwriters whose work explores issues related to political, religious, racial, gender-based, and/or community conflict. Prizes include small cash honoraria and showcase opportunities. Writer must be over 16 and must not have agent representation. FEE: Suggested donation of $5-$15. Elizabeth Harrison (by email), Dr. Kerric Harvey, Director (by post), The OxDocs Institute, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW, #119, Washington, DC 20006, oxdocs@gmail.org, www.oxdocs.eu. Deadline: June 21, 2008
Tactile Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA) – Committed to collaborating with playwrights who seek new vision and life for emerging and rediscovered plays. With an innovative approach to engaging audiences through artistic discoveries that evolve out of collaborative workshops and rehearsals, Tactile provides theatrical experiences accessible to everyone. Especially interested in plays that have already received at least 1 performance (at any production level) and are looking to introduce script to new audience. Submissions should be sent in .doc or .pdf form as email attachment; include playwright contact information, play’s performance history, and brief synopsis, in body of email. NO FEE. Tactile Theatre Company, tactile.literary@gmail.com, www.tactiletheatre.org. Cheshire Unicorn’s Gestation Reading Series (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA) – New monthly series providing opportunity for new scripts to be read by actors, with preference given (but not limited) to scripts that are written for the stage and that explore experimental subject matter or ways of showing a story. “The more risks you take with the script, the more daring you are with your story, the more interested we are in it.” Readings take place first Monday of the month at 8 p.m. at The Cameron House (408 Queen St. W) in Toronto. Any playwright may apply. NO FEE. Melissa Major, Producer, Gestation Series, The Cheshire Unicorn, 203-270 Wellington St. W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3P5 T, CANADA, T: (416) 726-5085, gestation@cheshireunicorn.com, www.cheshireunicorn.com. TADA! Youth Theater Musical Theater Productions (New York, NY) – TADA! commissions musicals for its Resident Youth Ensemble, ages 8-18 – musicals that entertain and inspire without being condescending or childish. TADA! is always looking for new writers to work with and maintains an "open-door" policy towards new and exciting work and ideas. NOTE: TADA! does not generally produce already completed or previously produced works. Scripts should be original, unpublished and un-produced, 60-minute one-acts for family audiences; should have strong story and plot line. Must be written for varied age-range, with cast primarily of characters ages 8-18. Age-specific shows written for teenagers are allowed. Plays with animals and non-human characters highly discouraged. NO FEE. Jim Colleran, Resident Musical Director, TADA!, 15 West 28th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001, |
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Joyce Foundation Awards – Grants of $50,000 to enable Midwestern cultural institutions to support creation and production of new works of theatre, dance, music, or visual arts by artists of color. Theatre category supports the commission and performance of a new play. Projects should include substantive community engagement efforts. Eligible: well-established cultural organizations whose primary mission is presentation of art through public programs serving diverse audiences; must be located in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, or St. Paul/ Minneapolis. Proposed work should not be developed beyond conceptual stage at time of application. Grants may cover period of up to 3 years. Michelle Boone, Program Officer, Joyce Awards 2009, The Joyce Foundation, 70 West Madison St., Suite 2750, Chicago, IL 60602-4317, T: (312) 782-2464, mboone@joycefdn.org, www.joycefdn.org. Deadline: April 7, 2008 (letter of inquiry) Foster's Community Grants Program - Beverage company based in Melbourne, Australia, will award grants to U.S. and Australian charities and not-for-profit organizations in support of community-building projects, including in the arts. No fixed minimum or maximum grant amount. Designed to complement Foster's grassroots local work and provide sustainable, viable benefit over the long term. No grants to individuals or for operational expenses, fundraising, or political activities. Foster’s Community Grants, 77 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, Victoria 3006, AUSTRALIA, T: +61 3 96332261, FAX: +61 3 9633 2261, inthecommunity@fostersgroup.com, www.fosterscommunitygrants.com. Deadline: April 7, 2008 (grant process OPENS) Knight Arts Partnership – Matching grants from the Knight Foundation for big, exciting, and new ideas for the arts in South Florida. Project must take place in Miami-Dade or Broward counties. Nonprofits, companies, and individuals may apply, and may be of any nationality. Application process begins with online submission of summary of idea; full proposal is submitted only if requested. Must match grant on $1 to $1 basis. arts@knightfoundation.org, www.knightarts.org. Receipt deadline: April 15, 2008, midnight EST Driehaus Foundation Small Theater and Dance Funding Program for Chicago – Grants ranging from $2,500-$10,000 will be made to dance and theatre companies that are based in the Chicago metropolitan area, have annual operating budgets of less than $150,000, and have produced at least one show. Only those companies that emphasize professional presentation instead of education or community outreach should apply. Peter Handler, Program Officer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 203 N. Wabash, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60601, T: (312) 641-5772, FAX: (312) 641-5736, peterhandler@driehausfoundation.org, www.driehausfoundation.org/support/. Receipt deadline: April 21, 2008, 5:00 p.m.; next deadline, September 8, 2008, 5:00 p.m. VSA arts of Massachusetts ADA Cultural Access Initiative Grants – Matching grants of up to $5,000 for nonprofit Massachusetts organizations proposing innovative ways to include artists with disabilities and to attract audiences including people with disabilities. Programs are intended to be accessible and to reflect universal design principles. They may include staff development, audience development, and access services like sign interpretation, captioning, assistive listening, and audio description, but only programs substantially involving people with disabilities are eligible. Eligible organizations must maintain regular schedule of public cultural programs and must have completed 1 full year of cultural programming prior to application deadline. Project must take place between July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009. Bonnie S. Kaplan, VSA arts of Massachusetts, China Trade Center, 2 Boylston St., Rm. 211, Boston, MA 02116, T: (617) 350-6535 (TTY), (617) 350-7713 (V), grants@vsamass.org, www.vsamass.org/grants.htm. Deadline: April 23, 2008 (intent to apply); May 23, 2008, 5:00 p.m. (application) TCG’s American Theatre National Theatre Criticism/Affiliated Writers Program – Opportunity for New York City and Minnesota residents only (applications from NYC-adjacent neighborhoods in New Jersey accepted). This awards program of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), supported by the Jerome Foundation, stimulates high-quality cultural reporting, feature writing, and theatre criticism that breaks past its own boundaries. Winners receive $3,000 to write 3-4 feature articles for American Theatre over the course of a year. Travel expenses for agreed-upon projects also covered. Playwrights, directors, and producers eligible to apply, though program is designed for writers with demonstrable commitment to criticism and art journalism. Sarah Hart, Affiliated Writers Program, American Theatre, 520 8th Ave., 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018, T: (212) 609-5900, ext. 216, shart@tcg.org, www.tcg.org/grants/writer/writer_guidelines.cfm. Deadline: April 30, 2008 P73 Playwriting Fellowship (Brooklyn, NY) – Providing year-long comprehensive support to one early-career playwright who has received neither wide public recognition nor substantial production opportunities in New York City. Fellow receives cash stipend plus additional funds to cover expenses for research, workshop, and reading presentations. Fellowship year, which runs from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, includes at least one public presentation of a new play. Eligibility: Must be U.S. resident residing in U.S. at time of fellowship; must have completed at least 2 full-length plays or 3 one-act plays; must have a new play in earliest stages or an idea for a new play; must never have received production of his/her work with a budget over $65,000. Students ineligible. The P73 Playwriting Fellowship, Page 73 Productions, 138 South Oxford St. #5C, Brooklyn, NY 11217, fellowship@p73.org, www.p73.org. Deadline: May 1, 2008 The Jim Henson Foundation Grants for Puppet Works - Supporting the creation and development of innovative works of live puppet theatre. Project grants of $5,000 awarded for development of new works; seed grants of $2,000 awarded for pieces in earliest stages of creation. The Foundation has added a separate category for development of new and innovative work specifically for children. Only nonprofit entities may apply – either nonprofit organizations or individual artists with the fiscal sponsorship of a nonprofit. Belinda Brown, Foundation Manager, The Jim Henson Foundation, 627 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012, T: (212) 680-1400, info@hensonfoundation.org, http://hensonfoundation.org. Deadline: May 2, 2008 (letter of intent) **Leeway Foundation Transformation Awards** – Women and trans artists in New Jersey and Pennsylvania’s Delaware Valley working in any medium may apply for unrestricted award of up to $15,000. Eligible applicants must create art for social change that impacts a larger group, audience, or community; must have been creating such art for the past 5 years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social-change work; must have financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources; must be 18+ years old; and must have lived for the past 2 or more years in the Delaware Valley region. Full-time or matriculated students in an arts degree program ineligible. The Leeway Foundation, The Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut St., Suite 832, Philadelphia, PA 19107, T: (215) 545-4078, FAX: (215) 545-4021, info@leeway.org, www.leeway.org/grants.php. Receipt deadline: May 5, 2008, 5:00 p.m. VSA arts’ Teaching Artist Fellowship Program - Identifying, engaging, and supporting teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts. Program offers orientation in Washington, DC, plus specialized training, subscriptions/memberships within the teaching artist network, and networking and teaching opportunities in Washington, DC (stipend and travel funds provided). Fellows will also serve as public awareness spokespeople for VSA arts’ educational efforts and be profiled in publications. Eligible: accomplished visual and performing artists with disabilities who have had experience in K-12 classroom within past 3 years, who are familiar with inclusive settings and educational standards, and who are able to travel. Teaching Artist Fellowship, VSA arts, 818 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, T: 1 (800) 933-8721, FAX: (202) 429-0868, (TDD) 202-737-0645, info@vsarts.org, www.vsarts.org. Receipt deadline: May 7, 2008 MetLife/TCG A-Ha! Program – A program for theatres that are members in good standing with the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), A-Ha! supports creative thinking and action in two ways: Think It grants (up to $25,000) give theatre professionals the time and space for research and development, and Do It grants (up to $50,000) support the implementation and testing of new ideas. Program is open to all ideas – just make a case for it. Apply in either Think It or Do It; you may apply for a Do It grant without having done a Think It grant. Both categories intended for any and all areas of your theatre. Cross-sector proposals (working with non-theatre organization or individual) are eligible. Roweena Mackay, Artistic Programs Associate, Theatre Communications Group, 520 Eighth Ave., 24th Floor, New York, NY 10018-4156, T: (212) 609-5900 ext, 214m rmackay@tcg.org, www.tcg.org/grants/institution.cfm. Receipt deadline: May 15, 2008, midnight Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge / Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program – To ensure that citizens in all Louisiana parishes have access to high quality arts and cultural programs, these grants of up to $20,000 are being made available to nonprofits for programs in dance, design, folklife, literature, media, music, theatre, and visual arts and crafts. Eligible parishes are Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Workshops to assist grant seekers are being offered throughout April. Laura Larkin, Grants Director, Grants Department, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, 427 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, LA 70801, T: (255) 344-8558, llarkin@acgbr.com, www.artsbr.org. Deadline: June 1, 2008 NEA Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants – These 1:1 matching grants of $10,000 are meant to enable organizations (especially small or mid-sized) to extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations - those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Eligible project categories: Guest Artists/Arts Event, Public Art, Civic Design, Cultural Tourism/Districts. Projects should involve focused and distinct activities that are generally smaller in scale and shorter in duration than those supported through other NEA categories. To be eligible, organization must be a nonprofit, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community. Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants, Room 706, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20506-0001, T: (202) 682-5700, fasttrack@arts.gov, www.arts.gov. Deadline: June 2, 2008 Dana Foundation Arts Education Rural Initiative – Arts education organizations may apply for a 1- or 2-year grant to support professional development projects leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools in U.S. rural communities. Grant size varies, up to $50,000. Projects should be aimed at professional artists teaching performing arts in the public schools and in-school art specialists who are permanent school staff and teach performing arts as primary area of instruction. Foundation’s interests include (but aren’t limited to): dance, music, or theatre based on a specific pedagogy, and arts curricula integrated into a school’s standard curriculum. Projects may not begin prior to January 1, 2009. NOTE: No awards directly to individuals or to individual schools or school districts. The Dana Foundation, 745 Fifth Ave., Suite 900, New York, NY 10151, T: (212) 223-4040, FAX: (212) 317-8721, grantsinfo@dana.org, www.dana.org/grants/rural. Receipt deadline: June 4, 2008 (letter of intent) NEA Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth Grants – One-to-one matching grants to organizations to advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or community-based settings. This category supports in-depth, curriculum-based arts education experiences that occur over an extended period; projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Organizations may apply for $5,000-$150,000; most awards range from $10,000-$100,000. To be eligible, organization must be a nonprofit, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community. NOTE: Email and phone listed below are for queries related to Literature, Media Arts, Musical Theater, or Theater; for other disciplines, check NEA website. Learning in the Arts Grants, Room 703, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20506-0001, T: (202) 682-5521, daughern@arts.gov, http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP09/LITA.html. Receipt deadline: June 9, 2008, before midnight Mid-America Arts Alliance Latino Culture Project - Grants of up to $3,000 to help nonprofit arts presenters find connection points to Latino populations in their communities and educate their existing audiences about Latino culture. Applicant organization must be located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, or Texas. Eligible projects must occur between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009; include at least one performance open to and promoted to the general public; and feature a professional performing artist/ensemble that is Latino or of Latino descent. Artist/ensemble must reside outside applicant’s state and metropolitan area. Application must be received 60 days prior to start of project. NOTE: MAAA only funds projects that take place in accessible facilities. Betty Maltbia, Performing Arts Program, Latino Culture Project, Mid-America Arts Alliance, 2018 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108, betty@maaa.org, www.maaa.org. Deadline: Rolling |
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**International Museum of Women’s New Global Online Exhibition: Women, Power, and Politics** – Using essays, art, film, photography, audio, and political cartoons, IMOW tells the untold stories of remarkable women transforming our world. Through December 31, 2008, Women, Power, and Politics will explore a provocative new topic each month. (The exhibition reaches a global audience in four languages – Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.) By registering with IMOW’s new online community, you can engage with the Women, Power, and Politics exhibition by posting comments and uploading your own stories, videos, images, events, and actions. Explore the exhibition and all of the online features by visiting http://www.imow.org/wpp/index. |
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