Funding Resources/Funding Lists

Funding for International Projects - Worldwide

USArtists International

The program works to strengthen the creative and professional development of U.S. artists by providing support for their performances at significant international festivals. Through the participation of exemplary U.S. artists in international festivals, USArtists International will help develop audiences for, and appreciation of, the excellence, diversity, and vitality of the American arts.

USArtists International
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
201 North Charles Street, Suite 401
Baltimore, MD 21201

(phone) 410-539-6656

(fax) 410-837- 5517

Email: usartists@midatlanticarts.org

Website: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/special_projects/us_artists/index.html

The Christensen Fund

Funding is directed towards strengthening the understanding, appreciation and creative persistence of biological and cultural diversity in four geographic regions: The Greater South West (USA and Mexico); Turkey, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan; the African Rift Valley (Ethiopia and Northern Kenya); Northern Australia and Melanesia. They also accept proposals from California San Francisco Bay Area-based organizations whose activities maintain and share the cultural and artistic life of Diaspora communities from their focus regions now residing in the Bay Area, and engage young people and wider publics in the area in the deliciousness of the world’s biological and cultural diversity, the value of connection to landscape, and the threats of such things as global warming.

The Christensen Fund

394 University Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(phone) 650-323 8700

(fax) 650-462 8602

Email: info@christensenfund.org

Website:  www.christensenfund.org

U.S. Department of State Programs

Culture Connect Envoys

In response to requests from U.S. embassies, the Cultural Programs Division recruits CultureConnect Envoys to work in cultural institutions abroad for residencies of ten days to six weeks. The artists and educators conduct programs in diversified fields including but not limited to cultural preservation, the role of the arts in conflict resolution, using the arts to promote more culturalism, arts management, literature/publishing, film, visual and performing arts, museum administration and conservation. They conduct workshops and master classes, present seminars, or deliver lectures, as required. The specialists also may conduct an American theater production or conduct American musical scores with local orchestras. Performances are possible if workshops and master classes are a major part of the schedule.

Cultural Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/CU)
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW, Suite 568
Washington, D.C. 20547
(phone) 202-619-4779
(fax) 202-619-6315
Website: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens/culture/index.htm

International Visitor Leadership Program
The International Visitor Program of the U.S. Department of State annually brings to the United States approximately 5,000 foreign nationals (this includes artists) from all over the world to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and to experience America firsthand. Candidates for the International Visitor Program must be nominated by American Foreign Service Officers stationed at U.S. Embassies and at U.S. Department of State offices overseas.

Office of International Visitors
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State, SA-44
301 4th Street, S.W., Room 255
Washington, D.C. 20547
(phone) 202-619-5220
(fax) 202-619-4655
Website: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ivp/overview.htm

Fulbright Awards

The awards for post-doctoral scholars (and mid-career artists) are administered by:

Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street NW, Suite 5L
Washington DC 20008-3009
(phone) 202-686-4000
(fax) 202-362-3442
Website: www.iie.org/cies/

a. Traditional Scholars Program
Teaching at host colleges and universities worldwide for one to two semesters. Countries occasionally request professional artists with teaching experience, rather than traditional academics.

Website: www.iie.org/cies/us_scholars/

 
b. Senior Specialist Program
A new program of short-term residencies at colleges and universities worldwide.  For professionals and artists outside academe, the program requires recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments.

Website: www.iie.org/cies/specialists/

The International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) International Theatre Grants Program

Provides grants of $200-$600 to nonprofit theatre companies worldwide that produce new plays, in any language, by women playwrights. Grants are specifically intended to support productions, not readings or workshops, and ICWP is especially interested in work that explores nontraditional roles for women, marginalized populations, the politics of female oppression, women's lives in the Third World, issues facing lesbian/transgendered women, and related topics. Eligible companies may be professional, semi-professional, amateur, or educational, but must have produced theatrical works for a minimum of 2 years.

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

55 South Vail Avenue #1114

Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Email: jillhughes2@yahoo.com

Website: www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org