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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: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/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/cultural/envoy.html
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 first hand. 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/ivlp/ivlp.html
Performing Arts Initiative
The Performing Arts Initiative provides financial support to U.S. Embassies for presentations of American performing art and artists abroad. Supports a variety of cultural exchange programs that utilize the performing arts to reach out to diverse publics abroad. American performing artists in music, dance and theatre present performances, conduct workshops, master classes and related activities with the goal of engaging overseas audiences and encouraging mutual understanding and respect. Proposals are submitted by U.S. Embassies and competitively reviewed; projects are selected twice annually.
Email: CultureContact@state.gov
Website: http://exchanges.state.gov/cultural/performing-arts-initiative.html
Rhythm Road - American Music Abroad
Presents selected professional American performers of jazz and urban music styles on concert tours in countries where there is limited exposure to live American culture. Participants tour abroad under official U.S. government auspices, following their debut performances in Washington, D.C. The Department of State funds overseas travel, hotels, and meals, plus a modest honorarium for each participant.
Email: CultureContact@state.gov
Website: http://exchanges.state.gov/cultural/rhythm.html
American Film Program
Provides 35mm theatrical feature films for ambassadorial screening, U.S. embassy-sponsored film festival, international film festivals, and other special film events. It does so at the request of U.S. Embassies. Films range from Hollywood commercial releases to independent films with little chance for distribution abroad. The program attempts to demonstrate creativity and freedom of expression, as well as to illustrate concepts such as rule of law, freedom of the press, women's rights, religious freedom, multiculturalism, human rights, and civil society. The American Film Program also manages grants awarded annually to various NGSs (previous grantees include the Film Foundation, the Tribeca Film Institute, and ITVS).
Email: CultureContact@state.gov
Website: http://exchanges.state.gov/cultural/american-film-program.html
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/
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/
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/
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