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Date published: 07/15/10

Deadlines- Visual

JULY DEADLINES

Deadline July 25: The Invisible World Doc./Photo Journalism/Curr. Affairs Portfolio Selection Portfolios which put faces & places to  Invisible World, docum. soc. & polit. issues, prov. world w/evidence leading to reflection, discussion & call for action. $80/8-12 images (prof.), $60/non-prof. See www.thegalaawards.net/call-for-entries/the-invisible-world

 

Deadline July 26: 4 Real, 4 Faux: Animating the Vernacular Open to  acad.-trained artists influenced by outsider art. Show Jan/Feb '11, Truman State Univ.  Self taught artists selected from agencies that work with disabled, displayed side by side. Some shipping covered. See http://tsugallery.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

 

Deadline July 23: Black & White- People, Places or Things 1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100. Open to b&w photos. Portraits, fashion, editorial, landscapes, doc, conceptual, all genres.  Juror: George Slade. Show 9/10-10/25. $35/5 images, $10/ea. addit. www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/callforentriesBW

 

Deadline July 30: Tucson Jewish Comm. Ctr. Seeks 20 sculps. for outdoor Sculp. Garden exh. No fees. Max. 3 entries. Must be for sale. 35% comm. See www.tucsonjcc.org/sculpture_garden/call_to_artists.shtml

 

Deadline July 31: Ceres Gallery Openings for women artists interested in exh. for tenure. See www.ceresgallery.org

 

Deadline July 31: Top Show Compet. for 4 wk. exh. (5/24-6/18/11). Open to artists, collabs & artist groups.  Only 1st 100 appls. considered. $100/entry. See http://ceresgallery.org/

 

Deadline July 31: From Our Perspectives: A Nat'l Women's Art Exh. Gives women artists forum to share creative inquiries into mater., personal, global, polit., & cult. landscapes that surr. us. Show 9/16-10/8. Open to all US women artists. All media (exc. video & perf.). Juror: Gilda Snowden. www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm

 

Deadline July 31: The Third Coast Nat'l Cash awards. Non thematic exh. of contemp. works. Open to US artists 18+. All media, forms. Show 10/16-11/20. Juror: Trenton Doyle Hancock. $30/3 entries, $5/ea. addit. See www.kspacecontemporary.org

 

Deadline July 31: 2nd Annual Studio Makeover Contest $18k+ prizes. Tell us why you think you should win a studio makeover, provide us w/photo of current art studio. No fees. 3 winners.  See www.artcalendar.com/2010studiomakeover

 

Deadline July 31: The Other Other Works expl. "otherness" in age of multicult. & globalization. All media. $15/5 entries. Show 9/3-24. See www.facebook.com/pages/OFF-Space/189594970611?ref=ts#!

 

AUGUST DEADLINES

Deadline August 1: Photography 2010: Contrasting Landscapes 1st $600. All photo processes, both trad. & digital, repres. or nonrepres. Show 11/18-12/16. Max. 42"wx72"h. $30/3 entries, $3/ea. addit., max. 6. See www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/dept/dca/gallery/call.htm

 

Deadline August 1: '10 Holiday Art Market (11/13-12/30) The Holiday Art Market at Foothills Art Center opened for the first time in 1974. Admission is free to public & special programming attract thousands of shoppers! Works by nearly 200 Colorado artists  displayed in  stunning holiday setting. Open to all CO artists & artisans. Seeks fine arts & fine crafts in all media: oil, water-media, pastel, pencil, paper, print, photo, digital arts, mixed-media, clay, jewelry, glass, fiber, metal, wood, edibles, holiday-themed items. See  http://www.foothillsartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhibitionopps.php

 

Deadline August 1: Northeastern Junior Coll. Seeking Proposals for '10-'12. Solo/group. Send bio, resume, 10-20 images of curr. work on CD/DVD to John Cross, Asst. Prof. of Art, Northeastern Junior Coll., 100 College Ave, Sterling, CO 80751.

 

Deadline August 2: KWS Nat'l W/C Exh. $30k+ awards. Show 11/19-1/2. Juror: Janet Walsh, AWS. $30/3 entries. See www.wcfta.com

 

Deadline August 9: Funeria Open to artists, design teams worldwide. All sculp. media, long-lasting or ephemeral.  in funerary art genre. Show 10/23-12/18. $45/3 entries. See www.funeria.com/content/index.php/ashes-to-art

 

Deadline August 10: Juried Paper Works Open to artists 18+. Show 9/15-9/29. $30/5 jpeg images, $5/ea. addit. 50% comm. See www.collegeart.org/opportunities/listing/4368/

 

Deadline August 10: Art Moves: Billboard Compet. "Together or Apart?" Torun, Poland  $2.2k award. Open to all artists, students to submit existing works. No fees. Best 10 artworks printed & exh. in urban spaces of city of Torun, Poland in Sept/Oct '10 during 3rd Fest. of Art on Billboards Art Moves. Email work to artmoves@tlen.pl, see www.artmovesfestival.org

 

 Deadline August 11: Commitment to Excellence in Art & Sport: A Fine Art Compet. Must have sport subj.- indiv., team, compet., rec., partic., spectator, etc. Painting, sculp., photo. 50 pieces accepted for show 10/11-4/1. See www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=312 or www.juriedartservices.com

 

Deadline August 13: Go Figure Open to US artists. Fresh look at figurative art. Drawing, Oil, W/C, Acrylic, Pastel, Photo, Mixed Media, Sculp. $40/3 entries. See www.scal.org

 

Deadline August 14: Sha-Zam! It's the Great, Big, Little Art Show Show 8/20-9/4, Old Firehouse Art Ctr. Submit actual work (no slides) during Gallery hours Aug 12 & 13 (11am - 5pm), Aug 14 (10am - 2pm), $10 per entry. Artwork MUST be wired and ready to hang, image size no larger than 11"x14". Gallery wrap canvas accepted as long as all exposed canvas is painted, wired for hanging & no exposed staples/tacks. No sawtooth hangers allowed. Sculpture & 3-D works should be no larger than 12" in height and 8" at base. OFAC reserves the right to reject any work deemed too fragile or inappropriate. Gallery takes 35% commission. This exhibit is juried. Prize money dependant on number of entrants. See http://www.firehouseart.org/OFAC/home.html

 

Deadline August 15: Art Mission & Theater Seeks to exh. works by emerging artists. 3 group exhs. 1) Street Talk: Taggers, stencilers, muralists, etc. Would like to prov. positive, legal space for street artists. 2) Dreaming: Show for low brow & pop surrealism artists. 3) A Cabinet of Curiosity: Incls. objs. of natural hist., archeol., geol.,  relics. Artists are encouraged to submit what they would like to have in their cabinet. See www.artmission.org

 

Deadline August 15: Fresh Paint Nat'l Juried Compet. Cash awards + Santa Fe gallery repres. Can you create "fresh paint?" Open to prof. artist w/unique perspective on contemp., repres. art. Submit CD w/max. 5 works in oil, acrylic, mixed media. See www.PetersonCodyGallery.com

 

Deadline August 15: '10 World Aquatic Health" Conf. Aquatic Art Exh.  Accepting 2-D work, all mediums, max. 36" x 36" for juried 3-day exh., 10/6-8, held in conj. w/World Aquatic Health Conf., Antlers Hilton Hotel, Colo. Springs, CO. Work must have images relating to swimming pools, hot tubs, &/or indivs. involved in swimming, aquatic fitness &/or warm water immersion activities. Submit max. 5 JPEG images to springartshow1@gmail.com. No fees. Work must be for sale. 40% comm.  See www.nspf.org or call 719/540-9119.

 

Deadline August 15: Uncommon Threads: Fiber Arts Open to 2D, 3D fiber/textile work, all forms. Email jpeg images to info@studio1219 (max. 800x800 pixels or 300 dpi) or mail CDs to Studio 1219, 1219 Military St, Port Huron MI 48060, www.studio1219.com

 

Deadline August 16: LEAP Award $1k award towards devel. of prod. line/body of work. Open to except. talented students, under-repres. craft artists. See www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/LEAP_award.html

 

August 16: Peninsula Art League Juried Art Exh. Open to US artists. Show 10/20-11/19, Gig Harbor Civic Ctr.  Juror: Ron Ranson. See http://peninsulaartleague.com

 

Deadline August 17: BRAvo...Arts Alive Nat'l show of art bras created by artists to bring attention to breast cancer, show that art heals.Exh. benefits Cuddle My Kids. Artists may create or embellish a bra. See www.chestercountyarts.org

 

Deadline August 17: 9th Annual Nat'l Juried Wildlife Exh. $3k+ awards. Open to all US artists 18+. $40/1-3 entries. Show 9/27-10/28. See www.irvingart.org

 

Deadline August 17: New Normal Consider challenges of era, econ., envir., polit. & respond to fundamentally shifting norms shared about beauty, gender roles, spiritual belief. Juror: Edward Robinson/ Wallis Annenberg Photog. Dept., Los Angeles Co. Mus. of Art. See www.c4fap.org

 

Deadline August 18: Paint the Forests '10 Juried Art & Photo Compet. $4.25k awards. Open to all artists, photogs., prof. & amateur. Repres., 2D art & photo that depict beauty, plight, econ. vitality of forests across US. See www.rffi.org, Prospectus: www.juriedartservices.com/index.php?content=event_info&event_id=285

 

Deadline August 20: Textile Art Ctr. Seeks cutting edge contemp. fiber work & work that references or utilizes fiber or fiber techniques in innov. ways for exh. Any tech., maters. incl. large scale pieces, install., suspended & sculp. work, perf., site-spec. works, video. Show 9/16-10/11. Curator: Joetta Maue. See http://littleyellowbirds.blogspot.com/2010/06/call-for-cutting-edge-work-that.html

 

Deadline August 23: Fiber Options: Material Explorations $1k awards. Open to US artists. Contemp. textiles & fiber art. 2D, 3D. Show 10/28-11/28.   $30/2 entries, $5/ea. addit. See www.mdfedart.org/

 

Deadline August 30: Nat'l Cell Phone Photo Exh. Open to US amateur & prof. artists. Work must be taken w/cell phone cameras & may only be manip. w/cell phone app. Entry fee only if subs sent via email (1600x1200 at 72dpi jpg). See www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/vis_art/gallery/index.html

 

Deadline August 30: Nothing To Declare Exh. of  artworks by int'l artists, who are enjoined to collab., interact, not only w/ea. other but also w/host communities. Proj. designed to allow int'l artists to mingle w/local Filipino artists & share artistic practices, know-how as regards concept, craft. See www.transartinstitute.org/collective.html

 

Deadline August 31 (also 2/28): ISE Cultural Fdn. Prog. for Emerging Curators opport. for emerg. curs. to present exh. at non-prof. gallery in NYC. 5-6 wk. show, 2k sq. ft. $2k grant avail. to cover exh. costs. See http://iseny.org/usr_helio1/curators.php

 

Deadline August 31: '11 Niche Awards; Student Awards Open to Amer. & Canadian fine craft retailers. New categs. incl. basketry, outdoor art, wedding jewelry, paper, religious/inspir. art. See www.NICHEAwards.com

 

Deadline August 31: How Great Is Your State? Open to US artists. Work in w/c, acrylics, oils, pastels on theme. Share knowledge about painting & geography. www.paintforthemaster.com

 

Deadline August 31: 123WOW!!! Nat'l Illustration Contest Cash awards. Open to all artists.  Send 3-pg. story illust. that makes us scream "WOW!!!" We Looking for creat. talent w/story illustration that is totally unpredictable. $25/entry. See http://rhinobook.org/

 

Deadline August 31: Northcutt Steele Gallery Reviewing proposals for '11-'12. Send cover letter w/resume, artist’s statement, exh. proposal, image list, 12-20 images (jpeg, 4x6", 300 dpi) on CD, SASE to Dept. of Art, Montana State Univ.–Billings, 1500 University Dr, Billings MT 59101-0292, 406/657-2324.

 

Deadline August 31: A Show of Heads Open to all artists 18+ worldwide. All media, all forms. Max. 96" for wall hung work, 72" for free standing sculp. See  www.slowart.com/prospectus/head.htm

 

SEPTEMBER DEADLINES

 

Deadline September 1: Joan Derryberry Art Gallery Reviewing for 4 wk. solo exhs. for '11-'13. No fees. 10'h ceilings, floor space 35'x30', 131' running wall space. Send min. 20 jpeg images on CD (2MG, no folders, 300 dpi, 7" or 21k pixels longest side). Mail entry to Univ. Art Comm., Janis Nunnally, Box 5194, 1000 N. Dixie Ave, Cookeville TN 38505, jsnunnally21@tntech.edu

 

Deadline September 1: Art Fair San Francisco Fair 11/19-21 at Concourse Exh. Ctr. See www.artfairsanfrancisco.com

 

Deadline September 1: Figurative Expo $2.2k awards. All forms of figurative art for online exh. All media, all  styles. $25/2 entries. See www.infinityartgallery.com/upcoming10/fig10/

 

Deadline September 1: Utrecht Art Supplies/American Artist Mag. Nat'l Art Compet. Grand prize: 6-wk. full scholarship to The Grand Central Acad. of Art, NYC (value of $4k), to $3.5k travel & accom. 3 categs.: painting, drawing, sculpture. www.utrechtart.com/contest/2nd-annual-art-competition-details.cfm

 

Deadline September 1: The Black &White Portrait Contest Open to artists 18+ worldwide. Images that repres. the black & white portrait. Online exh.No fees. See www.graphiccompetitions.com/jump.php?contest=the-black-and-white-portrait-contest

 

Deadline September 1:  "The Shoulders We Stand On" Show in conj. w/NCECA '11, Tampa FL, 3/30-4/2. Must be member of Potters Council. See http://media.ceramicartsdaily.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/010610_callforentries11.pdf

 

Deadline September 1: Howard Co. Ctr. for the Arts Seeks artists for '11-'12 for 2 galleries. Shipping & transp. is resp. of artist. See www.hocoarts.org

 

Deadline September 3: El Dia de los Muertos / The Day of the Dead '10 Accepting proposals for altars & shrines for annual festivities. See http://indplsartcenter.org/Exhibitions_and_Events/Day_of_the_Dead/Call_for_Entries/

 

Deadline September 5: Pink Artwork Celebrating Color Pink. Show 9/9-26. All media. See http://corenewartspace.com/1callforentry2.htm

 

Deadline September 7: Tri-Lakes Ctr. for the Arts: Sundance Mtn. Sculp. Exh. Open to US artists. Sculp. max. 6'hx5.5'w, max. 300 lb.$30/3 entries, $10/ea. addit. max. 10. Show 10/5-29. See www.callforentry.org

 

Deadline September 10: DVAC Seeking exh. proposals for '11 & '12. Open to all artists 18+, curators. All media. $30/entry. See www.daytonvisualarts.org/content/2010-biennial-call-entries

 

Deadline September 10: Lines into Shapes $5k awards. Open to US artists. Media: fiber art, painting, printmaking, photo, sculpture, jewelry. Show 10/29-11/14. $15/entry, max. 4. See www.artcenterofestes.com

 

Deadline September 10: Quilt Nat'l '11 Quilts completed after 9/1/08 that show variety of techs.,  innov. trends in medium of layered & stitched fabric. See http://dairybarn.org/quilt

 

Deadline September 13: 5x5 Exposed Small photo-based works, max. 5"x5", incl. frame. Show 11/6-21. Juror: Kathleen Ewing. See www.torpedofactory.org/images/galleries/target/November%202010/5x5%20Exposed%20prospectus.pdf

 

Deadline September 13: Allied Artists of Amer. 97th Annual Nat'l Exh. $24k awards. Open to all artists. Oil, Watermedia, Pastel, Graphics, Sculp. Show 11/12-30, Nat'l Arts Club Galleries, NYC. See www.alliedartistsofamerica.org

 

Deadline September 14: SPECTRA '10: Photog. Triennial 1st $1k. Open to all US photogs. Show 11/14-12/23. Juror: Brian Paul Clamp. $30/3 entries. See www.silvermineart.org/gallery/call_for_entries.cfm

 

Deadline September 15: Int'l Soc. of Acrylic Painters Open Int'l Online Show $3k awards. Open to artists 18+, 1 entry/artist. Must be 80% acrylic. $35/entry.  Juror: John Salminen. See www.isap-online.com

 

Deadline September 15: Small Wonders Nat'l Juried Exh. $1k awards. Open to US & Can. artists. 2D, 3D max. 11" any dir. Show 12/1-28. $30/2 entries. See http://mdfedart.org/

 

Deadline September 15: Indo-American Arts Council - Erasing Borders Open to N. Amer. artists who have origins in Indian Subcontinent. All genres. Work compl. in last 2 yrs. $10/entry. See www.iaac.us

 

Deadline September 17: 41st Annual River Road Show $3k awards. Open to US artists 18+. 2D, no photo. Show 12/2-1/30, Louisiana State Archives Bldg., Baton Rouge. $40/3 entries, $5/ea. addit., max. 10.  for each additional submission, up to 10. See www.laag-site.org/River_Road_Show.html

 

Deadline September 17: A Reverence for Water Theme brings together arts & envir. Show 10/23-12/5.  Submit max. 3 digital images or slides of works in printmaking, papermaking, photo or book arts. See www.printnj.org/exhibitions/calls-for-entry.php

 

Deadline September 20: New Visions Work outside the box, that tests the limits, expose new ideas, engage viewer w/contemp. photo. Alternative process, digital, tradit. www.c4fap.org

 

Deadline September 21: Boston Printmakers '11 North Amer. Print Biennial $10k+ awards. Open to all N. Amer. artists. Orig. works compl. in past 2 yrs. All printmaking media incl. monoprints, monotypes, books, mixed media; digital, 3D prints. $40/entry. See www.callforentry.org

 

Deadline September 24: Lynnwood Library Gallery Accepting proposals for 35 linear ft. gallery space. 2D hanging pieces, secured large display case & 3 podium display cases for smaller 3D work. No comm. See www.LynnwoodArts.org, mjohnson@ci.lynnwood.wa.us

 

Deadline September 25: Works on Paper '10 Works on paper compl. in past 2 yrs., incl., but not limited to: printmaking, painting, drawing (no photo). $30/3 entries. Show 11/12-22. See  www.thejuriedartshow.com

 

Deadline September 27: Figuratively Speaking Not limit. to trad./contemp.  aspects of human forms, condits., interactions, abstractions of human body. See www.eyartists.com/figuratively_speaking_show_2010.html

 

Deadline September 28: NeoPopRealism Starz & NeoPopRealism Journal & Wonderpedia 5th Annual Online Compet. Open to artists in all media, incl. digital, photo, painters, sculps. Winners interviewed by NeoPopRealism Journal & Wonderpedia. See www.neopoprealismstarz.com or mail@neopoprealismstarz.com

 

Deadline September 30: Celeste Prize, 2nd Ed. $55k awards. Artwork accepted online; awards voted by 50 finalist artists on 12/11/10 in NY at Brooklyn's Invisible Dog during finalists' exh. Award categs.: Painting, Photo & Digital Graphics, Video & Anim., Install. & Sculp.,  Live Media, Audiovis. & Perf. The 50 artists chosen by 21-person, int'l jury of art critics & curators. Open to all artists worldwide. See www.celesteprize.com/eng_1225

 

Deadline September 30:  Seeking Artists of the Male Figure for '11 Int'l Book Seeking artists w/large portion of portfolio dedicated to male figure for 3rd book on subj. by E. Gibbons & Firehouse Studio Publs. No photo or digital images. No fees. See  www.firehousegallery.com/info.htm

 

Deadline September 30: Eclipse Gallery Seeks contemp. work, all media, hung salon style. Must be priced at $100/ea. 40% comm. Email max. 5 images, artist statement, short bio, resume to sarah@theeclipsegallery.com for a prospectus, or email up to 5 images for consideration along with your artist statement, short bio, and resume. See www.theeclipsegallery.com

 

Deadline September 30: Crary Art Gallery  Open to artists, curators, for proposals for 1-mo. exhs. for late '11-'12. Artists resp. for delivery & return. Send resume, 20 digital images, list, statement of intent, SASE to Exhibitions Comm., Crary Art Gallery, 511 Market St., Warren PA 16365, www.crarygallery.org

 

Deadline September 30: FANTASY Seeks works repres. of uncanny realms, monomaniacal desires, Frankensteinian bodies. Existing genres of Sword & Sorcery, SciFi, Superhero, Manga, etc., or illustrate new world of artist’s making, from grotesque to sublime, plaintive to enigmatic, but must be driven by compulsion to render otherworldly. See www.fantashow.wordpress.com

 

Deadline September 30: Blossom Art of Flowers Fine Art Compet. $65k awards. Approx. 100 entries featured at Naples (FL) Mus. of Art. Early entry (Before 8/31): $40/1 entry, $25/ea. addit. After 8/31: $50/entry, $25/ea. addit. See www.blossomartcompetition.com/index.html

  

Deadline September 30: Everything that Glitters is Not Institution Theme initially based on psychiatric asylums but now broadening to incl. art about insts. in general. All mediums. Info on how to submit contact Jon Purnell/Julika Gittner at scareinthecommunity@yahoo.co.uk

 

UPCOMING, ONGOING

 

Deadline October 1: Central Coll. Galleries, East Peoria IL Call for entries for solo exhs. for '10-'11. Send curr. resume, 20 digital images, short bio,  statement, SASE to Jennifer Costa, Gallery Cur., Illinois Central Coll., 1 College Dr, East Peoria IL 61635, jcosta@icc.edu

 

Deadline October 1: 1st New Millennium Art Int'l Online Art Compet. Prizes: Art inclusion New Millennium Book. Open to all visual artists, all styles & mediums.$35/image. See www.neopoprealismstarz.com/competitions or mail@neopoprealismstarz.com

 

Deadline October 1: Global Faces of Contemporary Art Open to contemp. artists worldwide. All media, categs. Online exh. $30/entry. www.argosgallery.com

 

Deadline October 1: ¡SIN! National Juried Exh. Open to US artists. All media. Work  inspired by trad. concept of human transgressions explor. 7 sins of lust, envy, gluttony, sloth, greed, wrath & pride. Exh. in conj. w/Art Basel Miami '10. Must state which "sin" work repres. Must be for sale. $45/entry. www.bacfl.org/uploads/call%20to%20artists.pdf

 

Deadline October 4: Nightingale Gallery. E. Oregon Univ. Reviewing artwork, all media, for solo, 2 person & curated group exhs. for '13-'15.  Open to all estabd. or emerg. artists 21+. See www.eou.edu/art/documents/CallforArtists2010.pdf

 

Deadline October 5: Spirograph Art Contest $2k awards. Sound Feelings Publ. inviting subs of new designs for incl. in a multi-color instruct. booklet for popular 1960’s Spirograph toy. Orig. designs must be drawn w/new $5.99 Spirograph Multicolor Pen in orig. 4 colors + 6 new rainbow colors. (Modern ballpoint pens have larger size tips that will not fit through holes of Spirograph gears.). See  www.soundfeelings.com/products/spirograph_pen_refills/art_contest.htm

 

Deadline October 16: Redux Contemp.  Arts Ctr. Reviewing for '11. Send 5-15 images of recent work (slide, cd, dvd, video- mac or pc), list of images, statement, resume, SASE. $35/appl. See http://reduxstudios.org/exhibitions/apply.html

 

Deadline October 17: After Dark Show us what happens after Dark. Show 10/21-11/7. All media. See http://corenewartspace.com/1callforentry2.htm

 

Deadline October 23: Veterans Art Show E-mail/mail CD of 3-4 images in PowerPoint slide show. Incl. doc w/name, e-mail, tel. #, address, titles of works. August show. Any media by veterans esp. from Iraq & Afghanistan. Show 11/11. See  www.artworksonthesquare.com

 

Sign  up by October 31: The Sketchbook Proj. Tour You sign up, pick your theme, we send you sketchbook! Fill it up & send it back & we will take it on tour to Brooklyn, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Portland, ME, more! See www.thesketchbookproject.com

 

Deadline November 10: Juried Photography Exhibition - Alternative Processes Work that show  contemp. use of hist. photo processes. Bromoil, albumen, collotype, kallitype, lazertran, anthotype, ziatype, carbon, argyrotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, gum bichromate, salted p

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Deadlines- Art in Public Places

 

Deadline August 16:  New Wishard Hospital, Marion Co. IN Open to US prof. artists 18+, teams, working in any style. Variety of media, incl. but not limited to painting, printmaking, sculp., archit. art glass, stone, wood, photo, fiber, glass or ceramic tile, metal, light, new media images or video considered. See www.callforentry.org

 

Deadline August 20, 3pm: Phoenix Valley Metro Rail Budget: $245k-$255k ea., for 4 stand alone comm. works; 2 smaller projs. approx $35k ea. RFQ from artists for public artworks for Light Rail Transit (LRT) Mesa Ext. avail. by email  at Procurement@metrolightrail.org (Reference solicitation # LRT-10-155-MART).

 

Deadline August 23: Civic Art + Design & Houston Police Dept. Budget: $120k. RFQ for Houston Police Midwest Station, 7277 Regency Square Blvd. (District 18). See www.houstonartsalliance.com/civic/opportunities/

 

Deadline August 31: Sculpture on the Grounds, Evanston Art Ctr. Budget: $5-$10k to cover cost of creating, install., de-install. work for site spec. sculp. Artists are encour. to view past projs. on website or visit the grounds. Finalists asked to create maquette & addit. info on proposals. See www.evanstonartcenter.org

 

Deadline September 3: Ormond Memorial Art Mus., Ormond Beach FL. Budget: $26k for commiss., install. of perm., site spec. 3D outdoor memorial to veterans of Vietnam War. Open to  prof. artists w/prev. exper. in outdoor install.  work. All styles consid. Min. maint., durable outdoors. Max. base  3'x5'. See http://ormondartmuseum.org/Viet%20Nam%20Call%20to%20Artists.pdf

 

Deadline September 10: Wyoming Medium Security Correctional Facility,  Torrington Budget: $60.7k.  Encourages subs from artists in WY, ID, CO, NE, SD, MT. See http://wyoarts.state.wy.us

 

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Visual- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline July 23: SECAC Artist’s Fellowship $3k award to artist/artist s working tog. on spec. proj. Membership reqd. No restrictions on how funds spent. Fellows must prov. docum. of proj. at end of fellowship. No fees. See www.secollegeart.org

 

Deadline July 23, 5pm EST: Open Soc. Inst.’s Docum. Photog. Aud. Engagement Grant $5k-$30k grants to supp. projs. using existing bodies of work. Supps. partnerships bet. Indivs. & orgs. working on collab. projs. involving Photog. Partner w/expertise in docum. photo; Aud. Engagement Partner w/expertise in topic or community the project addresses. See www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/focus_areas/engagement/guidelines

 

Deadlines Various: Banff Ctr. Residencies 1) 7/23: 13 Theatre of Erosion or I Hate Work That is Not a Play w/Geoffrey Farmer (11/2 &12/10); 8/31: 14 Revolution 2012 w/Adrian Stimson (1/5/11; 2/22/11); 15 What’s Love Got To Do With It? w/Ashley Neese (1/5/11; 2/22/11). See www.banffcentre.ca/programs

 
Deadline July 31: En Foco New Works Photog.  Awards Fellowship Min. three $1k  awards. Open to US photogs. of Latino, African, Asian heritage, Native Peoples of Americas & Pacific. See www.enfoco.org

 

Deadline July 31 (also 9/30): Elsewhere’s Residency Prog. Open to emerg. & establd.  artists, scholars to create site-spec. works using plethora of objs., dynamic spaces as maters. for works or as fdn. for concept. or tech. projs. Residents encour. to spend 1 mo. creating in space.  No proposals, we ask artists to draw ideas  instead. $200 residency fee. See http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/residencies/

 

Deadline July 31: Saksala ArtRadius, Finland Euro 1.05k/mo. See www.saksala.org/artists-in-residence/index.htm

 

Deadline July 31 (annual): Ruth Chenven Grant To $1.5k to US craft artists. See http://chenvenfoundation.org/

 

Deadline July 31 (also 11/27): Sydney Coll. of the Arts Visiting Fellowship Open to prof.  artists, scholars, curators. Incls. Studio facils., accom., exh. w/opening, print invit., travel assist. (max. $2k for overseas) in exch. for specialised workshops, tutorials,  lectures. 1 mo. www.usyd.edu.au/sca/research/programs/visiting_research_fellowship.shtml

 

Deadline August 10 (also 2/10, 5/10, 11/10): The Bag Factory 3 mos. free rent to work in collective artists’ studio in downtown Johannesburg. See www.bagfactoryart.org.za

 

Deadline August 13: Truman Curatorial Fellowship Truman State Univ.  Art Gallery spends approx. 2 yrs. collab.  w/fellow on 2 exhs. 2 campus visits,  Incls. honor., access to exh. space, modest exh. budget, tech. supp. See http://tsugallery.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

 

Deadline August 15: Residency Prog. Proyecto' ace, Buenos Aires Argentina 1 to establd. artist, 1 to emerg. artist (max. 30 yrs.). Print media. 2-4 wks. See www.proyectoace.com.ar/en_selectionprocess.htm

 

Deadline August 15 (also 11/15, 2/15, 5/15): Int’l Ceramic Research Ctr., Denmark 1-6 mos. Open to prof. ceramic artists, recent grads. $425/mo. Studio space, lodging. Assistantships available. See www.ceramic.dk

 

Deadline August 15: Danish Visual Art Centre, Denmark Indivs. or insts. in Danish art world propose candidate artists from abroad for extended stays. See www.danishvisualarts.info

 

Deadline August 15: Lighton Int'l Artists Exch. Prog. To $5k awards. Open to visual artists, arts profs. to travel to int'l residencies & artist communs. & for foreign visual artists to travel to & work in US. Esp. to fund artists who have not worked in foreign country; to fund travel & residencies to less westernized countries. Artists from Kansas City & Central Plains/Midwest area receive priority. See www.kansascityartistscoalition.org/grants/liaep/liaep.html

 

Deadline August 16: Lillian Orlowsky & William Freed Fdn. Grants Open to painters aged 45+,  in supp. of highest merit by lesser known & needy artists. See www.paam.org, 508/487-1750.

 

Deadline August, 20: Working Artist Grant $500 award. Small quarterly art grant to help serious artists keep working. Open to all visual artists worldwide incl.  sculptors. See www.workingartist.org/art-grant-guidelines.html

 

Deadline August 31: Philip Hyde Grant Open to indiv. working on exist. proj. designed to improve, protect or preserve condition of envir. Must be NANPA member. Photo must be integral component in envir. proj. See www.nanpafoundation.org/hyde_grant.html

 

Deadline August 31: Platform residency, Vaasa Finland 2-3 int'l artists for 2 mo. stays starting Feb.'11. Incls. accomm., studio, travel expenses, mo. stipend, prod. budget. See  www.platform.fi/residency

 

Deadline August 31: Banff Ctr. Residencies Revolution 2012 w/Adrian Stimson (1/5/11; 2/22/11); What’s Love Got To Do With It? w/Ashley Neese (1/5/11; 2/22/11). www.banffcentre.ca/programs

 

Deadline August 31: Scholarship for Art Students League of NY's  Vytlacil Campus AIR 2 scholarships for artists to cover cost of 1 mo. $2.5k stay. See www.theartstudentsleague.org/residencies_mail.html 
 

Deadline in September: Robert M. MacNamara Fdn. Residency, Westport, ME Open to artists in all media. Aver. 6 wks. Incls. housing, food, studios/facilities; travel/maters. stipend; field trips, restaur. meals. Contact Robert M. MacNamara Fdn., 241 East Shore Rd., Westport ME 04578, 207/882-1254, fax: -4722, rmmf241@midcoast.com

 

Deadline September 1: Connor Meigs Art Award Open to newly grad. BFA. 1 mo. solo exh. in Artloft of hist. Florence Mill, Omaha NE. No comm. Incls. honor., invits., artist's recept., 1 wk. lodging, studio tours w/prof. artists. Send resume, state., art list, 10 images on slides/CD, SASE to Artloft c/o Linda Meigs, 5215 Jackson, Omaha NE 68106.Contact Linda Meigs at 402/551-1233, http://connormeigsaward.blogspot.com

 

Deadline September 1 – Fall; (also 11/1- Winter; 2/1- Spring; 5/1- Summer): Woodside Contemp.  Artists Ctr. Artist Residency 2 fellowships for July- One 2-6 wk. full-award for visual artist & one 3 wk. partial award for interdisc. artist. Artists accepted on rolling basis. See www.cactroy.org/residencies.php

 

Deadline September 1 (also 4/1): Art Ctr. of South Florida Offers subsidized studio spaces for emerg. artists  housing 46 workspaces for visual artists of all genres.  $8.50/sq ft.  Coop. facilities for   photo & printmaking. Teaching opports.  See www.artcentersf.org

 

Deadline September 31 (also 3/31 also Textile Deadline; 5/31; 7/31): Elsewhere Residency & Internship Prog. Open to artists of all media, educs., volunteers to create prog. tailored to own artistic, intellectual needs. See www.elsewhereelsewhere.org

 

Deadline September 1: Yosemite Nat’l Park Residencies Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors. Year round to 1 mo. Send SASE to Yosemite Renaissance, PO Box 1430, Mariposa CA 95338, yosemiteart@sti.net

 

Deadline September 1 (also 3/1): Art Alliance for Contemp. Glass Grants $1k-$5k to arts orgs. to supp. projs. designed to educ. public about art made from glass. Exhs., catalogs, brochures, videos, cur. stipends, visiting artist residencies. See www.contempglass.org/activities/grantguide.html

 

Deadline September 1 (also 3/1 annually): Andy Warhol Grants Open to cur. progs. at mus., artists' orgs., cult. insts. to orig. innov., scholarly presents. of contemp. visual arts, incl. exhs., catalogs, org. activs. dir. related to these areas, also creat. of new work thru regranting initiatives, A-I-R progs. Work of choreogs., perf. artists occas. funded if visual arts inherent to prod. See www.warholfoundation.org

 

Deadline September 1 (also 3/1, 6/1, 1/1): Contemp. Artists Ctr. Residencies 1 wk.-6 mo. Incls. ample studio space open 24 hrs/day w/some specialized facils., exh. space, computer room, free access to CAC events. Living area incls. double rooms, large living room, communal kitchen, showers. See www.cactroy.org/application.php

 

Deadline September 1: Tracey Baran Award for Women Photographers $5k award to US female emerg. photog. No fees. See www.callforentry.org

 

Deadline September 4, 5pm: Urban Glass Visiting Glass Artist Fellowship Awards to $2.5k. Seeking 2 emerging artists, 1 estab. artist working in glass for 8-wk. fellowships, incl. access to studio areas, maters., tech. supp. See http://urbanglass.org/?q=VisitingArtist

 

Deadline September 7: Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Fund Recognizes work of US contemporary lesbian visual artists. See www.astraeafoundation.org

 

Deadline September 9 (biennial): Honickman 1st Book Prize in Photog.  Open to US citizen photogs., any age w/no publd. book-lgth. work, who use cameras for creat. explor. of places, people, or communities; natural or soc. world; beauty at large or lack of it; obj.  or subj. realities. $50/entry.  See  http://cds.aas.duke.edu/bp/guidelines.html

 

Deadline in September (’09 was 9/9): William & Dorothy Yeck Award for Young Painters $10k award to artists 25-35 yrs. Repres., realism paintings. $25/entry. See http://arts.muohio.edu/art/facilities/hiestand-galleries/young-painters-competition

 

Deadline September 29: Isabella Stewart Garner Mus. Residency, Boston 1-mo. Incls. travel assist., $50/day housing stipend, $7k general stipend. Contact contemporary@isgm.org, www.isgm.org

 

Deadline September 30: Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Residencies 2-4 weeks, but can last longer depending on the proposal. Incls. room in the residency lodge, (4-bedroom house w/7 single beds, 1 double; private kitchen, laundry room; 2 bathrooms, studio space, equip. Send: resume, 10 images of work (slide/digital format), statement, proj. proposal narrative, proj. budget, $20 appl. fee. Info to office@stonequarryhillartpark.org, 315/655-3196, www.stonequarryhillartpark.org/artist_in_residence.htm

 

Deadline September 30 (also 3/31 annually): Xeric Fund $5k grants. Open to comic book self-publishers. www.xericfoundation.org

 

Deadline September 30: Art Jewelry Forum Grant Multiple awards to $5k. Publs., critical writing, exhs., confs. on jewelry. Open to mus., univs., nonprof. orgs 501(c)(3). See www.artjewelryforum.org

 

Deadline September 30: Szpilman Award Works Created 10/1/08-9/30/09 that exist only for moment or short period of time. To promote such works whose forms consist of ephemeral situations. Award: Challenge Cup, 10 days accom. in Cimochowizna, Poland, Cash award. See  www.award.szpilman.de/informations.html#ausschreibung

 

Deadline September 30 (also 2/28): Bemis Ctr. for Contemp. Art Open to painters, mixed media artists, photogs., install. artists, sculptors. 3-6 mos. incls. housing, studios, facils. Eligible for $750/mo. stipend. $35 fee. See
 www.bemiscenter.org

 

Deadline October 1 (also 3/15): Elizabeth A. Sackler Mus. Educ. Trust SACI Scholarship $30k total awards to women who apply to study art at Studio Art Ctrs. Int’l. www.saci-florence.org

 

Deadline October 1 (also 4/1): Keyholder Residencies Fully sponsored. 4 artists/yr. receive free access to Printshop’s studio, other benefits for 3 mos. See www.printshop.org

 

Deadline After October 1: Pilchuck Professional A-I-R Few days to wk. or more. Artists responsible for own proj. expenses. See www.pilchuck.com

 

Deadline October 15: Anacortes Dept. of Safety Artist in Residence Prog. Open to emerg. artists. 3 mos. Live/work space. Exh. at end of prog. See http://departmentofsafety.com/residency

 

Deadline October 15, 4pm: Nat’l Quilting Assn. Grants Seeks applications. Need not be member to apply. See www.nqaquilts.org

 

Deadline October 15 (also 3/15): WSW Studio Fellowship Open to women artists. Provides time to explore new ideas in community of women artists. Contact WSW, PO Box 489, Rosendale NY 12472, 845/658-9133, www.wsworkshop.org

 

Deadline Ongoing: ISCP Curatorial Residency 2 mos. or more. Incls.private, furn. office space, cell phone, Mac computers, Internet access. See www.iscp-nyc.org/f_programs.html

 

Deadline Ongoing: Canton Clay Works Residency Open to artists w/ MFA in Ceramics or equiv. exper., incl.  teaching, studio mgmt. Responsible for 15 hrs./wk. studio work. Incls. work space, exh. opports. See www.cantonclayworks.com

 

Deadline Ongoing: Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd Iceland Open to artists working in any medium. Incls. studios in former fishing plant. Avail. on mo. basis,  1-6 mos. See www.neslist.is

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Visual- Classes, Workshops

 

Weekly Drop-In Painting Classes,  Tues. & Wed. 1-3:30pm Indiv. & group critiques, mini lectures  on tech., aesth., hist., or painting career related topics.  Optional painting exercises. Cost: $30. Call Lillian Kennedy for schedule, space avail. 303/541-9506

Date published: 06/01/10

Visual- Jobs, Internships

 

Deadline August 1: Visiting Asst. Prof.  of Art- Metalsmithing/Jewelry 3/4 time, 9 mos., non-tenure track, w/poss. of renewal up to 5 yrs. MFA, knowledge of hist., contemp. concepts in metals, good org'l & communication skills. Strong exh. record & college-level teaching beyond grad. teaching asst. strongly pref. Contact Elliott Pujol at 785/532-660, www.k-state.edu/art/news/facultylistings.html, hepujol@ksu.edu

 

Deadline August 15 (also 12/1, 5/5): Houston Ctr. for Photography Unpaid internships. 10 hrs./wk. Schedules flexible. See http://hcponline.org/content.asp?secnum=15&pid=24

 

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Deadlines- Literary

JULY DEADLINES

 

Deadline July 31: Fulton Prize for Short Fict. 1st $400 + publ. Orig., unpubld. stories, max. 10k wds. $10/1 story, $15/2, $20/3. See http://adirondackreview.homestead.com/fultonprize.html

 

Deadline July 31:  Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest Cash prizes. Open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts, feelings into beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story worth telling . Poem max. 30 lns., any style, subj., form. Story max. 5 pgs., any subj., theme, creative writing fict.,  non-fict. (incl. essay comps., diary, journal entries, screenwriting). See http://www.dreamquestone.com

 

AUGUST DEADLINES

 

Deadline August 1: Far Horizons Award for Creative Nonfict. $500 CAD award + $40/printed pg. on publ. See www.malahatreview.ca/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

 

Deadline August 1: Novella Series Reading novellas for publ. in monthly series. 30k–50k wds. See www.mainstreetrag.com

 

Deadline August 1: Terrain.org:  Journal of Built & Natural Envirs. Contest in  Fict., Poetry, & Nonfict. $250 + publ. Theme: “The Signal in the Noise.” $10/essay/3–6 poems. See www.terrain.org/contest

 

Deadline August 1; Rough Copy  Fict. Contest 1st $100 + publ. $15/entry. See www.roughcopy.net

 

Deadline August 1: Wising Up Anth. : Natural Woman, Naturalized Citizen Seeks moving, well-crafted fict., poetry, memoir on women’s personal journeys to US citizenship, impact of citizenship on personal, public lives. See www.universaltable.org/wisingup.html

 

Deadline August 1; Rattle Seeks subs from mental health workers for Winter '10 issue. Send max. 5 poems or relev. essay, SASE. See  www.rattle.com

 

Deadline August 1: Malahat Review Creative Non-Fict. Prize $1k award. 2k-3k wds. Any subj., approach. $40/entry. See  www.malahatreview.ca/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

 

Deadline August 1: Pick of the Vine '11 Little Fish Theatre accepting scripts of short plays, 7-20 mins., w/reasonable prod. needs. 1 script/playwright. Submit to melanie@littlefishtheatre.org, www.littlefishtheatre.org/wp/?page_id=50

 

Deadline  August 6: Creative Fiction Seeks essays (max. 5k wds.) for new book, Immortality. Variety of perspectives on scien. devs.,  likelihood, merits, ramifications of bio. immortality. See www.creativenonfiction.org

 

Deadline August 8: 7th Gival Press Short Story Award  $1k + publ. Best orig., unpubld. literary story in Eng., 5k-15k wds. $25/story.  See www.givalpress.com

 

Deadline August 14: Subito Press Book Compet. Will publ. 2 books of innov. writing, 1 ea. of fict. & poetry. Winners flown to CU Boulder to give reading spring '11. Submit MSS max. 70 pgs. poetry or max. 100 pgs. of fict. $20/fee.  See www.subitopress.org

 

Deadline August 15: Camber Press $1k + publ. for poetry chapbook. Juror: Stuart Dischell. Send manusc. max. 24 pgs. $15/entry. www.camberpress.com

 

Deadline August 15: Apple Valley Review New poetry, fict., essays considered for Fall '10 issue. No simul. subs. See www.applevalleyreview.com

 

Deadline August 15: Memoir (and) $500 + publ. for memoir in form of poem, short story, or essay. Send max. 5  poems or max. 10k wds. prose. No fees. See www.memoirjournal.com

 

Deadline August 15: Pavement Saw Press $1k + publ. + 50 copies for 1st poetry coll. Send 48-70 pgs. $20/entry. See www.pavementsaw.org

 

Deadline August 16: 3rd Annual Littoral Press Poetry Prize 1st: 50 letterpress-printed broadsides of winning poem. Judge: Dan Bellm. $10/1–2 poems, $5/ea. addit. See www.littoralpress.com

 

Deadline August 20: Teacher's Voice Chapbook Contest  1st $200 + 50 copies. Liter. nonfict., short stories, poems that reflect aspects of Amer. educ. or teaching exper. All styles, aesthetics. 16-24 pgs.  $20/entry. See www.the-teachers-voice.org/page/page.cfm/teachersvoicechapbookcontest

 

Deadline August 30: Orlando Shakespeare Theater/PlayFest Call for subs. of new full-lgth. plays & musicals based on, or inspired by works of classic liter., or hist. events &/or persons & profound advs. in science.  Not limited to prior to 21st C, or be compl. based in reality. Prefer plays w/max. 6 actors, partic. inter. in 1-person shows. Also seek new Musicals & adapts., works by Hispanic authors (or subj. matter). Work must be in Engl. See http://orlandoshakes.org/documents/events/PlaywrightGuidelines2011.pdf

 

Deadline August 31: Common Ground Review Seeks subs for Fall/Winter '10 issue. Send 3 poems, 40 ln. max. See www.cgreview.org

 

Deadline August 31: Blue Skunk Poetry Series Contest 1st $100 + 20 copies. $7/entry. Max. 24 pgs. See http://rocksawpress.com/submissions.html

 

Deadline August 31: Penumbra Poetry & Haiku Contest Poetry max. 50 lns., any style, subj.; 3-ln. haiku.  $5/poem, $3/haiku. See  http://twaonline.org/pgs/contst/pnuba/17_09_penbra_gdlnes.html

 

Deadline August 31: St. Lawrence Book Awards Incl. foll. in electronic sub: Cover letter w/brief bio, contact info incl.  e-mail address(es); .rtf, .doc, or .pdf attachment incl. title page, acknowl. page, table of contents, manusc. w/#d pgs. $25/entry. See http://blacklawrencepress.com

 

Deadline August 31: To The Lighthouse Poetry Publ. Prize $1k + publ. Juror: Alice Quinn. 48-96 pgs. $20/entry. See www.aroho.org/To_the_Lighthouse.php

 

Deadline August 31: Nano Fict. Contest $500 + publ. to flash fict., prose poem, or micro essay max. 300 wds. $15/entry. See http://nanofiction.org/?page_id=88

 

Deadline August 31: Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers $1.2k + publ. for short story by writer whose fict. has not been publd. in print publ. w/5k+ circ. Send max. 12k wds. $15/entry. www.glimmertrain.org

 

Deadline August 31: Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award $3k + publ. for poetry coll. Juror: Claudia Rankine. Send max. 48 pg. manusc. $25/entry. See www.redhen.org

 

Deadline August 31: Native West Press Seeks short, creat. nonfict. (max. 1k wds), poetry for collect. of direct, unexpected expers w/wild creatures who had effect of restoring or enhancing writer’s sense of psych. well-being. See www.nativewestpress.com

 

Deadline August 31: '10 Laureate  Prize for Poetry $500 + publ. Send 3 unpubld. poems (max. 10 pgs.), brief bio, e-mail, & $15 fee/entry.  See www.nationalpoetryreview.com

 

Deadline August 31: '10 Orphic Prize for Poetry $1k + publ. + 20 copies. Send 48–80 pgs. $25/entry.  See www.dreamhorsepress.com

 

Deadline August 31: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Fest. Poetry Contest $1k + publ. for group of poems. Winner invited to give reading at Fest. Judge: Darrell Bourque. Open to poets who have not publd. poetry coll.  Send 2-4 poems, max. 400 lns. total. $20/entry. See www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests

 

Deadline August 31: Seven Hills Literary Contest 1st $100. Short story; Creat. Nonfict.; Children's Chapter  Books or short stories for ages 6-12.  Max. 2.5k wds. Flash Fict., max. 500 wds. $15/entry. See   http://twaonline.org/pgs/contst/svn_hlls/12svn_hlls.html

 

Deadline August 31: Aesthetica Creative Works Compet. £500/ ea. categ. + publ. Open to artwork, poetry, fict. See  www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

 

Deadline August 31: Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest $1k + publ.  for short short story. Send max. 1k wds. $4/entry, $3/ea. addit. See www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html

 

Deadline August 31: Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize $500 + publ. +  reading at Lake Tahoe for poetry coll. Send of 48–100 pgs. $20/entry. See www.bonafidebooks.com

 

Deadline August 31: Road Junky Travel Writing Contest $1k award. Looking for offbeat, witty, orig. entries from travelers who write from heart of gonzo exper. No fees. For guidelines & avail. countries, see www.roadjunky.com/article/2413/win-1000-in-our-travel-writing-contest-write-a-road-junky-country-guide

 

SEPTEMBER DEADLINES

 

Deadline September 1: Mapping Me: A Landscape of Women’s Stories Anthol. of fict., creat. non-fict., poetry, photo, artwork w/obj. to explore connects. – invisible threads – that exist bet. women across globe. No payment. See  www.mapping-me.blogspot.com

 

Deadline September 1: Cowboy Up Contest 1st $250. Fiction only. Western theme, max. 3k wds. $15/entry.  See www.moonlightmesaassociates.com/id10.html

 

Deadline September 1: '10 Ducts .org Writing Contest 1st $400 + publ. + reading at Trumpet Fict. literary series. $15/entry. See  www.ducts.org

 

Deadline September 1: Black Warrior Review Writing Contests 3-$1k awards + publ. for single poem, short story, essay. Send max.  3 poems of any lgth. or max. 7.5k wds. prose. $15/entry. See www.bwr.ua.edu

 

Deadline September 1: Celebrate The Season Contest Open to short stories. 5 winners publd. in ebook & print as anthol. www.solsticepublishing.com

 

Deadline September 1: Palettes & Quills Poetry Chapbook Compet. 1st $200 + 50 copies. Manusc. 15-40 pgs. $20/entry. www.palettesnquills.com/palettes__quills_2nd_biennial_p.htm

 

Deadline September 1: Bananagrams Writing Contest 1st $200/ story/poem. Must use all 7 words from 21-letter Bananagrams® grid displayed on site. May use words more than once. Stories max. 1.4k wds; poems max. 21 lns. All entries may be used for promotional purposes. $7/entry. See www.newportreview.org/?contests.html

 

Deadline September 1: Rough Copy Fict. Contest $100 + publ. 2k-8k wds. $15/entry. See http://roughcopy.net/?page_id=91

 

Deadline September 1: Dog Treat Recipe Contest 1st $50 debit card. The  Witt sisters challenge you to create a dog treat recipe based on At Witt's End theme, locale, up north/lake appeal, etc. Treats can be basic, vegetarian, biscuit, cheesy, beefy/liver, gourmet, bread machine baked, microwavable, or decorated treat, as long as ingredients safe for dogs. Must have catchy name.  No fee. See www.bsolheim.com/dogtreatcontest.html

 

Deadline September 3: Food Essay Contest Seeks new essays about food. Max. 5k wds.  Vivid, dramatic, reaching for some univ./deeper meaning in personal expers. $20/entry; $25/incls. subscript. See www.creativenonfiction.org

 

Mail in Registration Deadline September 3: Int'l 3-Day Novel Contest 1st Contract by 3-Day Books + publ. Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in three short days? $50/entry. See www.3daynovel.com/about/?contest

 

Deadline September 8: Doug Fir Fiction Award $1k + publ. for short story relating to natural world or sense of place. Judge: Jim Lynch. Send story max. 5k wds. $15/entry. See www.orlo.org

 

Deadline September 10: Hunger Mtn. Creative Nonfict. Prize $1k + publ. for work of creative nonfict. Send max. 10k wds. $20/entry. See www.hungermtn.org

 

Deadline September 15: Ames Essay Award $1k + publ. for personal essay. Send. max. 8k wds. $10/entry, $5/ea. addit. See www.literal-latte.com

 

Deadline September 15: Robert Frost Fdn. Poetry Award $1k + invitation to read winning work at Robert Frost Festival for poem written in spirit of Robert Frost. Send 1-3 poems max. 3 pgs. $10/entry. See www.frostfoundation.org

 

Deadline September 15: Poole Literary Fest. £250 award + Apple iPad, advised on getting their winning ideas publd. Open to all. Compose interactive narr. or poem, spec. for delivery online or via mobile phone. Should illust. things 'new' media can do that 'old' media can't. Any genre, fict. or non-fict., poetry, prose or doc. See www.poolelitfest.com/new-media-prize.php

 

Deadline September 15: Intense Suspense Contest $100 + publ. Something's wrong. And if it isn't righted soon, it will most definitely cause the death of your protagonist. The only source of help is a cell phone that, for some reason, becomes useless.* Max. 1.5k wds. to resolve this nightmare. No fees. See www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm

 

Deadline September 15: Paumanok Poetry Award $1.5k + travel, lodging exps. to give reading at Farmingdale State Coll. for group of poems. Open to emerging and established poets. Send 3-5 poems max. 10 pgs. $25/entry. See www.farmingdale.edu/ifs_academic_programs.html

 

Deadline September 24: Real Simple Life Lessons Essay Contest $3k +  publ. + 2 round trip tickets to NYC, 2 nights hotel, Broadway play, lunch w/eds. Finish this sentence: "I never thought I'd. . ." Typed, 2-spaced, max. 1.5k wds., Word doc. Must be 19+. www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/inspiration-motivation/second-annual-life-lessons-essay-contest-00000000013682/

 

Deadline September 30: May Swenson Poetry Award $1k award +publ. for full-lgth. poetry coll. in Eng. Any form, subj. Judge: Garrison Keillor. See www.usupress.org

 

Deadline September 30: Morton Marr Poetry Prize $1k award. Open to writers not publd. 1st book of poetry. Send max. 6 unpubld. poems in "traditional" form. $5/entry. http://smu.edu/southwestreview/Marr%20Contest.asp

 

Deadline September  30 (also 12/31, 3/31, 6/30): Flash 500 Compet. 1st £250 + publ. Open to all 18+. Entries must be in Eng. Max. 500 wds. £5/1 story, £8/2. See www.flash500.com

 

Deadline September 30: Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest $5.55k awards. Poems any style, genre, publd., unpubld.  $7/ea. 25 lns. See www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry

 

UPCOMING, ONGOING

 

Deadline October 1:  "Scare the Dickens out of us" Short Story Contest 1st $1k. Ghost stories, any genre, tone, subj. Max. 5k wds. $20/entry. See www.clarklibraryfriends.com

 

Deadline October 1: Caketrain Chapbook Compet. $250 + 25 copies. Genre: Fict. Judge: Deb Olin Unferth. $15/entry. See www.caketrain.org

 

Deadline October 1: Copperdome Chapbook Compet. $300 + 25 copies. Send 24-32 pgs. $15/entry.  www6.semo.edu/universitypress/Copperdome.htm

 

Deadline October 1: Oyez Review Seeks poems, creat. nonfict., short fict. Send best work only. See  www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview

 

Deadline October 1: 2nd Annual Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize $250 + 25 copies of chapbook. Send max. 30 pgs.$20/entry. www.citylitproject.org

 

Deadline October 1: Mississippi Review Prize $1k in fict. & poetry. Open to all writers in Eng. Fict. 1k-5k wds. Poetry, 3 poems max. 10 pgs. $15/entry. See www.mississippireview.com/contest.html

 

Deadline October 1: Walker Percy Prize for Short Fict. $1k + publ. Unpubld. stories max. 7.5k wds. See www.neworleansreview.org

 

Deadline October 1: Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest $300+ publ. for   short-short story,  max. 500 wds. $10 /entry. See www6.semo.edu/university press/hearne

 

Deadline October 4: H.E. Bates Short Story Compet. 1st £150. Short story max. 2k wds., any subj. £4/entry, £1/under 18. See www.hebatescompetition.org.uk

 

Deadline October 15: Indiana Review Fict. Prize $1k + publ.  Judge: Dan Chaon. $15/entry. See www.indianareview.org

 

Deadline October 15: Rrofihe Trophy $500 award + publ. Unpubld. short story, max. 5k wds. $10/entry. See www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html

 

Deadline October 20: Quiddity Contest for Book Trailers 2- $350 awards + broadcast, web, print promo. Manusc. & books. No fees. Book trailers may be max. 3 mins. See www.sci.edu/quiddity/contests.html

 

Deadline October 29: '11 Chicken House Children's Fict. Compet.  Prize: Worldwide publ. contract w/£10k adv.  Story w/great entertain. value, qual. & orig. suitable for ages 9-16. Unpubld., fict., nonfict. Max. 80k wds. No fees. See http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/children/article7074710.ece

 

Deadline October 31: Black River Chapbook Compet. $500 + 25 copies. Awarded for chapbook (16-36 pgs) of poetry or short stories. See http://blacklawrencepress.com

 

Deadline October 31: The Ledge Poetry Chapbook Compet. $1k award + 25 copies. Submit 16-28 pgs. Any form, content. $18/entry. www.theledgemagazine.com/print%202009%20Poetry%20Chapbook%20guidelines.html

 

Deadline November 30: Cyclamens & Swords Poetry Contest 1st $300 + publ. in winter issue. Any style, theme, max. 30 lns. $5/entry. See www.cyclamensandswords.com/main/page_contest.html

Date published: 07/15/10

Literary- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline July 30: El Gouna Writer’s Residency, Red Sea, Egypt Three 1-mo. sessions/yr. (Feb., May, June) for 4-6 writers. Free stay at beautiful villa in El Gouna, an intellectual haven w/opports. to interact,  exchange thoughts w/writers from different walks of life. See www.elgouna.com/writers-residency/residency-program.html,   www.elgouna.com/writers-residency/how-to-apply.html

 

Appls. Accepted July 1-31 (also 1/1-31): Can Serrat Writers’ Residency & Stipend Provides 2 writers w/private room for 30 days. Open to all writers, all fields, all ages, all nationalities. Limited # of stipends (40% of total cost) of stays 30-90 days. See www.canserrat.org

 

Deadline  August 1: Amy Clampitt Residency Fund Poet in residence, 6-12 mos., $2.5k stipend. See www.berkshiretaconic.org/Grantseekers/index.shtml

 

Apply July 1- August 1; Info Available June 15: Soapstone Residencies, Portland OR 1-4 wk. residencies to women poets, fict. writers, creative nonfict. writers. $20 appl. fee. See www.soapstone.org

 

Deadline August 3: J.J. Reneaux Storytelling Grant Progs. (1) Emerging Artist Grant Awards: $1k to storyteller of major, unique perf. talent who has not yet received wide public recog. (2) Mentorship Grant Awards: $750 for gifted younger teller (18-30 yrs.) to work w/seasoned teller as mentor. Awarded in alternate yrs. See www.storynet.org/programs/grants/reneaux.html

 

Deadline August 15: Yale Drama Series David C. Horn Prize $10k + publ. + staged reading. Orig., unpubld., full-lgth. plays. See http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/drama.asp#rules

 

Deadline August 27: NY Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award $10k to honor novel or short story coll.  by US citizen 35 or younger. Publishers & agents submit 10 copies of book (or bound galleys) publd. in '10, nomin. form, author bio, book reviews. See www.nypl.org/yl

 

Deadline August 27: Banff Ctr. Literary Arts Self-directed Writing Residency (Fall); Deadline 11/26: (Winter) See www.banffcentre.ca/writing/programs

 

Deadline August 31: PEN USA Emerging Voices Prog. $1k stipend, 8-mo prog. in Los Angeles serving writers underrepresented in Publ. world. Open to writers of fict., poetry, creative nonfict. $10 appl. fee. See www.penusa.org

 

Deadline August 31: 1) David Calicchio Emerg. Amer. Playwright Prize $2.5k award + travel + accom. Open to new & emerg. playwrights. Unprod. full-lgth. plays. w/distinctive voice. 2) Sky Cooper New Amer. Play Prize $10k award + prod. + prom. Full-lgth. plays, any genre. See www.marintheatre.org/satellitepages/prize.php

 

Deadline September 1: Dorland Mtn. Arts Colony Residency Offers mo.-long stays to poets, fict. writers, creat.  nonfict. writers 300-acre nature preserve in Temecula CA. Submit 3 copies of 10 pgs. of poetry or 20 pages of prose, personal statement, resumé, $25 appl. fee. Residency Fee: $1k. See www.dorlandartscolony.org

 

Deadline September 10 (also 3/10): Robert Bosch Fdn. Scholarship Open to writers planning publ. in German about Central & Eastern Eur., doing research in region. Literary prose, essays, screenplays, radio, similar prods.  See www.cdsintl.org/fellowshipsabroad/bosch.php

 

Deadline September 10: Sandburg-Auden-Stein Residency 3-wk. residency at Olivet Coll., incls. $3.1k stipend to poet who has publd. min. 1 book of poetry. Resident teaches class, hosts 2 events. Send 5 poems from  most recently publd. book, personal statement, resumé, 2 references. No fees. See www.olivetcollege.edu/academics/humani ties.php

 

Deadline September 15: Alice Hayes Writing Fellowship Open to writers working on proj. to bring awareness to contemp. issue having to do w/peace, soc. justice, or envir.  Fict. or non-fict.See www.ragdale.org/hayesfellowship

 

Deadline September 15 (also 3/15): Furthermore Grants in Nonfict. Publishing $500-$15k. Nonfict. Grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photo, illust., printing, binding. Open to nonprof. orgs. See www.furthermore.org

 

Deadline September 15: Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants $500 award. Open to School/Public Libraries for progs. that encourage literacy, creativity in children. See www.ezra-jack-keats.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=65

 

Deadline September 15: 1) Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award $100k award. Open to emerging poets. Work submitted must be book publd. bet. 9/15/07-9/15/08; 2) Kate Tufts Discovery Award $10k award. Work submitted must be 1st book publd. 9/15/08-9/15/09. See www.cgu.edu/tufts

 

Deadline September 15: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fdn. Writing Fellowships Open to US, Canadian poets, fict. writers, creative nonfict. writers based on achieve., except. promise. Send career summary, list of publs., contact info, max. 4  references, statement of intent. No fees. See www.gf.org

 

Applications Accepted September 15-November 15: Walt Whitman Award $5k for coll. of poetry by US citizen who has not publd. book of poems in stand. edit. See www.poets.org/awards

 

Deadline September 15: "Native Insight" 6-$10k awards. Open to Native Amers., Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian indivs. who have written essays depicting perspectives on challenges & opports.  in current econ. & polit. climate. See www.nativeinsight.org

 

Deadline September 15: Montana Artist Refuge Writer’s Residency See www.montanaartistsrefuge.org/apply.html

 

Deadline September 15: Culturatti Kids Grants Provs. students, public schools in need w/resources that schools often lack - books & writing progs. Open to teachers & sch. librarians to submit wish list. See http://culturattikids.ning.com/page/literary-grants

 

Deadline September 15: Dedalus Fdn.  Robert Motherwell Book Award $20k award for outstand. publ. in hist. & criticism of modernism in arts.  Publishers should contact Grants Administrator, Dedalus Fdn., at grants@dedalusfoundation.org, http://dedalusfoundation.org/index.php/site/  

 

Deadline September 23: Hedgebrook: Retreat for Women Writers Open to women writers only, all liter. genres, regardless of publ. hist. 4-5wks. Incls. housing, food, facilities, some travel. $15 appl. fee. See www.hedgebrook.org

 

Deadline September 24: Dorothy & Lewis Cullman Ctr. Fellowships for Scholars & Writers $50k-$55k stipend. Open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to colls. in NYPL Humans. & Soc. Sciences Lib. See www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/cullman-center-scholars-writers

 

Deadline September 30 (annually): Speculative Literature Fdn. Travel Grant $800 award to assist writer in research. See http://speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFTravelGrant.php

 

Deadline September 30: Hawthornden Castle Int’l Retreat for Writers, Lasswade, Midlothian, EH18 1EG, Scotland Castle built in Middle Ages w/addit. work dating to 1638. 4 week residencies for up to 5 writers at time Feb.-Dec. No fees, room, board prov. but fellows responsible for own travel, other expenses. Tel: 011-44-31-440-2180, Fax: 011-01-30- 440-1989, www.transartists.nl/air/hawthornden_castle.4272.html

 

Applications Accepted September 1-30: Christopher Isherwood Fdn. Fellowships for Fict. Writing Open to writers who have publd. at least 1 book of fict. www.isherwoodfoundation.org

 

Info Avail. After October 1: T&W Fellowships 2- $20k awards. Open to emerg. authors max. 35 yrs.  9 mos. Spend 25+ hrs/wk at T&W offices, spec. in Communications (editing, writing for mag., website) or Workshops (curriculum maters. assessment for T&W’s public sch. prog.). No housing. See www.twc.org/about/tw-fellowship

 

Deadline October 1: New York Mills Regn'l Cult. Ctr. Residencies 2-4 wks. Jan.-June to poets, fict. writers, creat. nonfict. writers. Incls. living & studio space. Send 5 copies max. 12 pgs., resumé, proj. desc., brief bio, 2 letters of recomm. No fees. See www.kulcher.org

 

Deadline October 1 (also 3/15): CAA Millard Meiss Publ. Grants For book-length scholarly manusc. in hist. of art, related subjs. accepted by publisher on own merits, but cannot be publd. in most desirable form w/o subsidy. See www.collegeart.org/meiss

 

Deadline October 1: Pulitzer Prize in Letters $10k award. Open to books publd. in US. $50 handling fee. Contact 212/854-3841, www.pulitzer.org

 

Deadline October 1: Alicia Patterson Fdn. Fellowships 1 yr. & 6-mo. awards up to $35k for working journalists to pursue indep. projs. of signif. interest & to write articles based on investigations for the APF Reporter. See www.aliciapatterson.org/index.html

 

Deadline October 1: Wyeth Fdn. Amer. Art Publication Grant $30k awards for 3- yrs. to supp. publ. of books on Amer. art. www.collegeart.org/wyeth

 

Deadline October 15: Solstice Low-Residency MFA Prog. Fellowships Michael Steinberg for Creat. Nonfict. $1k; Dennis Lahane for Fict. $1k; Jacqueline Woodson for Young People's Writer of Afr. or Carib. descent $1k; Sharon Olds for Poetry $1k; Deadline 4/11: Lee Hope for Diverse Voices $500. See www.pmc.edu/mfa-apply or www.pmc.edu/mfa-financial-aid

 

Deadline October 15: Lynchburg Coll. Thornton Writer Residency $12k stipend. 14-wk. residency for fall term. Open to fict. writers who have publd. at least 1 book. Incls. housing, some meals, travel. No fees. See www.lynchburg.edu/thornton.xml

 

Deadline October 15: Atlantic Ctr. for Arts Residency Residencies 3 times/yr. to poets, fict. writers, creat. nonfict. writers. Incls. studio space, tech. supp. 2/21-3/13/11: poets, fict. writers. Master Artist: Victoria Redel. Cost: $850. Finan. aid  avail. Submit max. 10 pgs. of poetry or prose, resumé, personal state. $25 fee. www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

 

No Deadline Specified: Andrew Glasgow Writing Residence, Penland NC  2 writers spend 2 wks. thinking & writing about craft. See www.penland.org/programs/special_programs_glasgow.html

Date published: 07/15/10

Deadlines- Performing

 
JULY DEADLINES

 

Deadline July 31 (regist.); October 29 (sub.): Chinese Fine Arts Soc.  (Chicago) Seeks unperf., unpubld., orig. music max. 12 mins. inspired by wandering, resettling, & emigr. of Chinese diaspora pop. thru world. Must utilize at least 1 of foll.: 1 or more trad. Chinese folk melodies; use of pentatonic scale; Chinese instrums.; &/or program. element or story line reflect. of Migratory Journeys theme. 2 categories- student & prof. Any form, style. Written for solo piano, strings, winds, voice, or trad. Chinese instrums.; Chamber ensembles 1-8 players incl. percuss. Cash awards, premiere perf., travel stipend for premiere in fall '11. See http://chinesefinearts.org/ 

 

AUGUST DEADLINES

 

Deadline August 6: Thelonious Monk Inst. of Jazz & BMI Seek subs from jazz composers who have not had jazz compositions recorded on major label or recorded by major jazz artist. Any combo of instrums. or voices, but must contain min. 1 voice & 1 instrum.. Cash award + perf. at the Kennedy Ctr. See www.monkinstitute.org/user_docs/COMP/COMP-VCC/2010_Composers_Application.pdf

 

Deadline August 14: Umatilla Morrow Alternatives Non-prof. human dignity group, seeks cult. spec. entertainment (Mariachis, Hawaiian, Asian, etc.) for 3rd annual Multicult. Event, 8/14 at 12pm-5pm., Mckenzie Park, Hermiston OR. See www.umalt.com or www.eopride.com

 

SEPTEMBER DEADLINES

 

Deadline September 15: Amer. Composers Forum Nat'l Composition Contest To $3.5k + perf. of work by ensemble eighth blackbird. Chamber music comps. See www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=12474

 

UPCOMING, ONGOING 

 

Deadline October 1: Perf. Arts Ctr. of Wenatchee, WA Looking for music act in genres of bluegrass, folk, jazz, Americana, or country for Feb.'11.  Talent fee: $3K-$7K.  Info email Sue Brodley at sueb@pacwen.org

 

Composer's Site: For a listing of Music Opportunities See www.composerssite.com/

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Performing- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline July 25 (also 1/25/10): Janet Levy Fund for Indep. Scholars; Deadline 8/25: Thomas Hampson Fund for research & publication in Classic Song See www.ams-net.org/grants/

 

Deadline August 1 (Letter of Inquiry); Full Application: October 1: ASCAP Fdn. Grants for Music Educ. Progs. $5k average awards. Open to 501(c)(3) orgs. for music educ.,  talent devel. progs. consistent w/mission, objectives of Fdn. See www.ascapfoundation.org/grants.html

 

Deadline August 2 (also 11/1) for Letters of Inquiry: Doris Duke Fdn. Nat’l Projs. Up to $200k to nonprof. Orgs. Or consortia working to strengthen health of dance, jazz, presenting or theater arts. See www.ddcf.org/Arts/Program-Initiatives/National-Sector-Building/Fund-for-National-Projects/

 

Deadline August 15 (also 2/15): Patsy Lu Fund for Women’s Music Projs. Open to projs. from women who are composers, music educ., musicologists, perfs. (or in perf. groups). Ethnic, cult., racial diver., esp. work of lesbians. Requests must be made through 501(c)(3) orgs. See www.openmeadows.org

 

Deadline August 15: Noah Greenberg Award Open to scholars, perfs. to stimulate coop. bet. scholars & perfs. by recog., fostering outstanding contribs. to hist. perf. practices. Contact 215/898-8698,  See www.ams-net.org/awards

 

Deadline August 15 (also 2/15): Patsy Lu Fund for Women’s Music Projs. Open to projs. from women who are composers, music educ., musicologists, perfs. (or in perf. groups). Ethnic, cult., racial diver., esp. work of lesbians. Requests must be made through 501(c)(3) orgs. See www.openmeadows.org

 

Deadline August 27: Denver Ballet Guild Grants  Open to Colo. Dance companies that perform in metro Denver area. See www.denverballetguild

 

Deadline August 27: BANFF Fall Music Creative Residencies 10/8: Audio Eng. Workstudy Prog. See www.banffcentre.ca/music/programs

 

Deadline August 29: Jonathan Larson Perf. Arts Fdn. $2.5k-$15k grants. Curr. priority is indiv. creative artists in musical theatre. Consid. given for projs. to small/med.-sized producing orgs. w/commit. to devel., producing new musical theatre, musical theatre artists. See http://americantheatrewing.org/larsongrants/guidelines.php

 

Deadline in September (’09 was 9/1): ACCBDA Grant for Young & Emerging Wind Band Composers See http://www.music.fsu.edu/Ensembles/Bands/Grant-for-Young-and-Emerging-Wind-Band-Composers-2010

 

Deadline September 1 (also 11/3/10): Caroline H. Newhouse Scholarship Fund Limited funding for tuition, retraining or seed money central to fledgling business enterprises is avail. to curr., former prof. dancers. Call Ann Barry at 212/764-0172 x224. See www.careertransition.org/Programs/ScholarshipsAndGrants/Eligibility/

 

LOI Available September 1; Deadline October 19 (LOI): Multi-Arts Prod. Fund $1m in proj. grants. Open to US non-prof. orgs., indivs. partnering w/US non-prof. org. to comm., devel., &/or prod. new theater works, music compos., dance, puppetry, opera, interdisc. perf. Contact 212/226-1677, www.mapfund.org

 

Deadline September 15: Aaron Copland Fund for Music Supplemental Grant Open to non-prof. orgs. w/hist. of commit. to contemp. Amer. music but whose needs not addressed by Fund's progs. of supp. for perf.  orgs. & recording projs. See www.coplandfund.org/supplemental.html

 

Deadline September 15: Kleban Fdn. Annual Award to Librettist & Lyricist 2-$100k awards. Apply as team or in both categs. See http://newdramatists.org/KlebanApplication2011.pdf

 

Deadline September 17, 5pm: Art Presenters Young Performers Career Advancement Prog. Provs. practical overview of presenting & touring industry, w/expert instruct. in devel. of aud. engagement skills, chance to perf. in front of wide array of profs. from field. See www.apap365.org/KNOWLEDGE/Seminars/Pages/ypca.aspx

 

Deadline September 20: Yale ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship & Arts '11-'12 acad. yr. To $60k stipend, opport. to teach.   Residential fellowship allows scholars, practitioners in sacred music, liturgical & ritual studies, or religion & arts to join vibrant interdisc. comm. at Yale Univ. for 1 yr. to further, share work. www.yale.edu/ism/fellows

 

Deadline September 21: Sullivan Fdn. $10k grants to help singers devel. prof. careers by prov. continuing grant supp. over 5 yrs. See www.sullivanfoundation.org/index.html

 

Deadline September 30 (LOI): 1) NAMM  Fdn. Prog. Grants;  2) NAMM President's Innovation Award-OPEN 1) Open to music-education researchers sponsored by research inst., university, or other nonprof. org. 2) Supp. college-level student awards for attend.,  partic. at ‘11 NAMM Show/related prof. devel. Sessions & events. See www.nammfoundation.org/Grants/guidelines.html

 

Deadline September 30: CMAcclaim Award Seeks nominations by CMA members of indivs., ensembles, orgs. for achiev. in chamber music. See www.chamber-music.org

 

Deadline October 1: Dance Film Fest. (1/28-2/1) Seeking dance videos celebrating immediacy, energy, mystery of dance as combined w/intimacy of film.  See www.dancefilms.org/DanceOnCamerMain.html

 

Deadline October 1: Denver Fdn. Community Grants Open to organizations in 7-county Metro Denver area -- Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson counties. Focus areas: Arts & Culture, Health Human Services, Civic & Education. See www.denverfoundation.org/grants/page/community-grants

 

Deadline October 1 (also 1/7, 4/1, 6/1): Metlife Creative Connections Provides support for Amer. composers to partic. in public activs. related to spec. perf. of orig. music. See www.meetthecomposer.org/creativeconnections

 

Deadline: October 1 (annually): Nat’l Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Grants for Music-Related Progs. Offers funding for: 1) Archiving & Preservation Projs. 2) Research Projs. . Priority is given to projs. of nat’l signif. whose final results access. to public. See www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Founda tion/Grants/

 

Deadline October 1 (also 2/1, 5/1 annually): American Music Ctr. Composer Assistance Prog. $80k total awards, aver. $1k-2k. Open to individual Amer. composers who are members. Grants are project-based. Must be specific work (or works) assoc. w/grant proposal. Must also be specific event assoc. w/work, e.g. perf., reading, recording. See www.amc.net/grants/cap.aspx

 

Deadline in October 1: AMC Encore Incentive Grants $500-$2.5k awards. Encourages performers, indivs., ensembles to add newly created works by living composers to repertoires; aims to assist composers in securing premiere, post-premiere perfs. vital to building career. See www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=10956&section=professional

 

Deadline October 1: ASCAP Fdn. Music Educ. Grants $5k awards. Open to 501(c)(3) orgs. Music educ. progs. for aspiring songwriters, composers. See www.ascapfoundation.org/grants.html

 

Deadline October 1 (also 3/1): Ucross Fdn. Seeks composer applicants for 2-6 wk. residencies on 22k-acre working cattle ranch on High Plains in northern WY (Aug-Dec). See www.ucrossfoundation.org/index1.html

 

Deadline in October (’09 was 10/1): Amer. Acad. Music Composition Fellowship Candidates must live in US, be US citizens, perm. residents. www.americanacademy.de/home/fellows/applications/

 

Deadline October 22: French Amer. Jazz Exchange Prog. Up to $10k awarded to French & Amer. jazz artists to fos-
ter collab. projs. that think beyond trad. boundaries, incl. public perf. www.facecouncil.org, www.chambermusic.org

 

Deadline October 11: The Yard Dance Co. Residencies 4-wks in Martha’s Vineyard. Incls. housing, stipend, rehearsal space, mentoring, tech. supp., full public perf. of new work. Open to cos. working together professionally for min. 3 yrs. All genres, incl. modern, ballet, perf., multi-cult. See www.dancetheyard.org/choreographic_residencies.php

 

Deadline October 15: Sundance Inst. Theatre Lab Prog. 3-wk. workshop. Open to playwrights, dirs., choreogs., composers, soloists, ensembles. Time, space, supp. to devel. new plays, musicals, explore new approaches to existing scripts. Contact Sundance Inst. Theatre Program, 8857 W. Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills CA 90211, 310/360-1981, www.sundance.org

 

Deadline October 15, 6pm: Shubert Fdn. Dance, Arts Related, Educ. & Human Services Grants. See www.shubertfoundation.org/grantapps/dates.asp

 

Deadline Ongoing: Do Something/VH1 Save the Music Awards Prog. for School Music Projs. To $2,5k awards + Rock Band Video game packages awarded to school music progs. w/succ. conducted student-led music educ. advocacy. See www.vh1savethemusic.com/node/14

 

Deadline Ongoing: MetLife Fdn. Cultural & Public Broadcasting Grants Focus:  Access & Inclusion in the Arts, Arts Educ. See www.metlife.com/about/corporate-profile/citizenship/metlife-foundation

 

Deadline Open: Diapason Residencies Open to composers, sound artists,  other qual. indivs. to submit proposals for working residencies util. Diapason's multi-channel sound envir. See www.diapasongallery.org/open.call.html

Date published: 07/15/10

Performing- Jobs, Internships, Auditions

 

Auditions for Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras,  August 21 & 22 Audition applications now being taken online. Under artistic dir. of Gary Lewis, Dir. of Orch. Studies, CU-Boulder, GBYO will propel young musicians in Boulder-Denver area to next level of mus. greatness, perf. signif. orch. repertoire & create other opports. to perf. & learn about music. See
www.GreaterBoulderYO.org

 

Open Auditions for the Longmont Youth Symphony, August 23 & August 28. Longmont Youth Symphony, Longmont Junior Youth Symphony, & Wind Ensemble are auditioning musicians of all instruments for '10-'11 concert season. See http://longmontyouthsymphony.org/auditions/

 

Now Hiring Dance Instructors Studio D Academy of Dance is a new, state-of-the art dance studio for kids in Boulder.  We are currently recruiting experienced, professional, and reliable dance instructors for our traditional and non-traditional dance classes.  Studio D is a progressive dance academy for kids, which provides students with a formal dance and movement education while offering supplementary workshops and events for a holistic, well-balanced approach to personal development. Some specific disciplines which we are looking for talent include, ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, contemporary, modern, hip hop, social dance, ethnic dance and exceptional dance (for children with mental and/or physical disabilities).  Studio D is a well-organized dance academy operating from a curriculum that has been in practice for over 60 years.  We offer a fun and rewarding work environment, a healthy approach to dance and movement, a proper studio space with ample lighting, mirrors, a hardwood sprung floor, and many more amenities.  The hours will be in the evenings, Monday- Thursday.  Instructors will be required to plan the classes, choreograph/select music, provide leadership and structure, keep attendance, create basic progress reports for the students, and maintain the code of conduct and studio policies. Applicants should have a well-rounded dance background with performance experience, choreography experience, teaching experience and education.  We offer different levels of positions so any experience level is encouraged to apply.If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter outlining why you would like to work at Studio D with your resume to diana@studioDdance.com.  Qualified applicants will be required to perform an audition.  Thank you.

 

Deadline Not Specified: Tallahassee Ballet Internships Avail. for fall & sping semesters for grad & undergrad students. Incl. marketing, event planning, educ. outreach, web design, finance & company mgmt. Send resume to office@tallahasseeballet.org, w/area of interest.

Date published: 07/15/10

Deadlines- Film/Video

 

 JULY DEADLINES

 

Deadline July 23: Topanga Film Fest.Open to short film (1-25 min., 2-10 preferred), any genre, that challenges conventions w/orig. voice, point of view. $20-$55/entry. See http://topangafilmfestival.com

 

Deadline July 25: Oregon Film Fest. Open to all. $40-$55/entry. See http://oregonfilmfestival.com

 

Deadline July 30: Show Me Social Justice Int'l Film Fest. Aims to raise awareness of soc. & econ. issues through film. Feature (min. 45), Short/Anim. (max. 45 min.), Doc. $25-$60/entry. See http://showmefilmfest.org

 

Deadline July 30 (also 10/15): 8th Angel Film Awards- Monaco Int'l Film Fest. (12/9-12) Special interest film festival. 50 awards of various genres. Pioneers of non violent cinema from around world. See www.monacofilmfest.com/

 

Deadline July 31: Yosemite Film Fest. Open to all. $30/entry. See http://yosemitefilmfestival.com

 

Deadline July 31: 1000 Years of Russian Art Video Fest. Celebrates Russian art from last 10 centuries. All genres, must relate in some way to Russian art & culture. $25/entry. See www.museumocra.org/

 

Deadline July 31: Guggenheim and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists For artists, being included in a museum exhibition generally means first having to penetrate the well-guarded gates of a prestigious art gallery. But now the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are aiming to short-circuit that exclusionary art-world system, at least briefly, in much the same way that other hierarchical systems have been blown apart in the Internet age. Beginning Monday, June 14,  anyone with access to a video camera and a computer will have an opportunity to catch the eye of a Guggenheim curator and vie for a place in a video-art exhibition in October at all of the foundation’s museums: the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Applicants will be able to submit their videos (only one entry per person) starting Monday, uploading them on a channel created for the initiative, also called YouTube Play (youtube.com/play). The works must have been created within the past two years and cannot be longer than 10 minutes, made for commercial use or excerpted from longer videos. See http://youtube.com/play

 

AUGUST DEADLINES

 

Deadline August 1 (late): '10 Clearwater Film Fest. (9/29-10/3) Showcase  seasoned filmmakers & emerg. artists who demonstrate synergy of actor, writer & director. Any lgth., genre. See www.theclearwaterfilmfestival.com

 

Deadline August 1: ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art Biannual DVD publ. accepting subs for V17: Hi-tech. Seek work that exploits antiquated or sophisticated tech., either as aesthetic or tech. choice. Install., video, perf., sound, other work best documented in time-based format. Max. 15 min. See www.aspectmag.com/submit

 

Deadline August 9: Maelstrom Int'l Fantastic Film Fest. (9/17-19)  Features, docs, short films, anim. in action, fantasy, horror, scifi. See http://mifff.org/submissions.html

 

Deadline August 10: La Jolla Film Fest. 5 top scripts. $45/entry. See http://lajollafilmfestival.com

 

Deadline August 14: Mid Atlantic Black Film Fest. Open to indep.-prod. works, diverse genres (incl. dramas, bios, docs, docudramas, comedies, etc.) written, dir., or prod. by person of African descent or tells story of Black exper. &/or features person of African descent in lead role. Short, Doc., Student, Anim., Music Video. $15-$45/entry. See www.mabff.org

 

Deadline August 15 (late): Alexandria Film Fest. 1st $500. Narr. features, docs, anim., shorts. $45/$35/entry. See http://alexandriafilm.org/submissions/

 

Deadline August 15: 7th Zagreb Film Festival Features, shorts, docs. No fees. See www.zagrebfilmfestival.com/index

 

Deadline August 15: GIGUK Gießen VideoArt Fest. No fees, no theme. Clips max. 7 min; One Minutes max. 60 secs. See http://wolfwerke.de/GIGUK/blog/?page_id=75#english

 

Call for Entries Start August 24: Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Fest. Boulder Asks filmmakers to trust their courage, imagin. & determination by making 7-min. film in just 24 hours. Challenge & skill involved becomes evident w/list of reqd. tech., mater., & timing 'rules' for creating films. $100/team of 2 + 2 tickets to screening event. $50/17 yrs. & under teams. Addit. team members are $25 & $20 respect, incls. ticket to screening. See http://theshootoutboulder.com

 

Deadline August 27: Accolade Awards Open to filmmakers, TV prods., videographers w/fresh, standout entertainment, anim. & compelling docs. See www.accoladecompetition.org/

 

Deadline August 31: Ljubljana Indep. Doc. Film Fest. Open to all indep. doc films, all lengths.No fees. See   www.lidff.blogspot.com

 

Deadline August 31:  Golden Lion Film Fest. Africa's Premiere Showcase for Short Cinema. All genres, film & video shorts max. 45 min. See www.goldlionfest.co.sz/entries.html

 

SEPTEMBER DEADLINES

 

Deadline September 1: CINESONIKA: 1st Int'l Film & Video Fest. of Innovative Sound Design Theme: To celebrate the soundtrack. Intent of fest. is to give attention to innov. work in creation of film & video soundtracks, to give due credit to impt. of audio in audiovisual media. See www.cinesonika.com

 

Deadline September 1: Laznia Contemp. Art Ctr. 4rd IN OUT Fest. 1st 2k PLN. Open to artists worldwide. See http://laznia.pl/

 

Deadline September 1 (also 10/1, 11/1, 11/15): Spokane Int'l Film Fest. Feature films 60+ min. Mid-length films 20-59 min. Short films max. 19 min. $40/$30/$15/entry. www.withoutabox.com/login/2404

 

Deadline September 1: namaTRE.ba 4. Project Independent platform for contemp. video, film, perf., new media.Screening 10/2-5 at locations in Trebinje. Submit DVD or PAL. See www.namatre.ba/index_files/Page559.htm

 

Deadline September 3: Paris Int'l Envir. Film Fest. (11/24-30) Docs, shorts, fict. films addressing envir., sustainable devel., ecology, urbanism, our society.  See www.iledefrance.fr/fife-english/

 

Deadline September 13: WPA Experimental Media Series '11 Open to video & sound artists to submit 1 recent work, max. 5 min. Subj. open. Screening venues incl. Phillips Collection, Strathmore Mansion & Maryland Inst. Coll.  of Art. See www.wpadc.org/events/calls.html#EMS2011

 

Deadline September 15: EMP|SFM Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Fest. 20 films screened at Cinerama Theatre in early '11. Open to orig., creative scifi films, max. 15 mins. See www.withoutabox.com

 

Deadline September 15: Miami Short Film Fest. (11/13-20) Short film genre showcasing films max. 30 min. See www.miamishortfilmfestival.com

 

Deadline September 15: One Take Film Fest. (11/18-20) Open to prof. & non-prof. film & video makers. One take, no editing. 1 entry/person. No fees. See www.onetakefilmfestival.com/2010/index_flash.html

 

Deadline September 20: Netmage 11 - Int'l Live-Media Fest. 11th ed. Fest. to explore media innov. in context of electronic arts. See www.netmage.it/downloads/PRESSeng.pdf

 

Deadline September 20: Videomedeja Seeking new video art works, short films, media installs., live audiovisual perfs., network based projs., proposals from curators, prods./distribs. for non-compet. special screenings. www.videomedeja.org/en/announcement/call-su

 

Deadline September 25 (also 11/10): Calif. Film Awards Recog. for excell. to films, filmmakers, writers in categs.: Best Picture, Screenplay, Dir., Actor, Actress, Art Design, Cinematog., Editing, Anim., Shorts, Feature Narrs., Docs., Foreign Films, Music Videos, Exper. Films, First-Time Dirs., CA Films, Student Films. $30/$35/$45/entry. See http://calfilmawards.com

 

Deadline September 27: Children's Film Fest. Seattle 10-day (1/28-2/6) films from 25+ countries. All films submitted also be consid. for 6th annual REDCAT Int'l Children's Film Fest., Los Angeles CA.  www.nwfilmforum.org/go/childrensfilmfest/submit.htm

 

Entries Accepted September 30- December 7: 14th Int'l Adventure Film Fest., in Val d'Isère France Docs min. 14 minutes on the theme of adventure & discovery. All aspects of adventure, exploration, ethnic encounters, sport or expeditions. See www.fest21.com/en/festival/14th_international_adventure_film_festival_in_val_disere_france

 

Deadline September 30: 242 Short Film Fest., Rome 1st 5k Euro. Short films, max. 30 mins. See www.242movietv.com/242-short-film-festival-2010-english-version

 

Deadline September 30 (early): Fest. de Cine de Granada Fict., Docs. See http://documentaryfilmfestivals.com/

 

Deadline September 30: Famfest LA Open to Filmmakers, Screenwriters w/mater. for Family Market. $40/$45 & $50/$55/entry. See www.famfestla.com

 

UPCOMING, ONGOING

 

Deadline October 1: College Art Assn.  "Times, Interludes, and Action" Invites artists to submit action-based works that respond in some way to 1st decade of new millennium. See www.collegeart.org/news/2010/04/14/call-for-video-of-performance-works-for-times-interludes-and-action-at-the-2011-conference

 

Deadline October 15: 8th Angel Film Awards- Monaco Int'l Film Fest. (12/9-12) Special interest film festival. 50 awards of various genres. Pioneers of non violent cinema from around world. See www.monacofilmfest.com/

 

Deadline October 15: Big Sky Doc. Film Fest. Non fict. film, videos, all genres, subj. matter, lgths., prod. dates. $25-$60/entry. See www.withoutabox.com/login/3969 or www.bigskyfilmfest.org/entries.html

 

Daedline October 31: Art for Humans Monster Collective AFH has since '01 prod. collective art projs. for exh. in museums, galleries, alter. art spaces, perf. venues. Prospectus: http://afh-proposals.tumblr.com/post/203054662/afhmc-proj-description

 

Deadline Ongoing: TIE Call for Entries Films that challenge pop. & convent. modes of moving image. Diff. & hand-made films to extraord. radical & obscure comps. All lgths., any era, year of compl. http://experimentalcinema.org/subform2.htm

 

Deadline Open: Transfera video art TV Call for videoart & exper. films for weekly indep. TV prog. on La Central Digital/Canal Autor, cable channel in Madrid, Spain. See http://artservis.org/izpis_dogodka.asp?hF=2178

 

SCREENPLAYS

 Deadline July 30 (also 9/30): The- GreenLight.com 2nd Annual Script Contest Open to all writers 18+. $35/$50/entry. Limited to 1st 500 entries. See http://the-greenlight.com

 

Deadline August 1 (also 10/1): Screenplay Fest. Open to all 18+. 440/1 entry, $15/ea. addit. See www.screenplayfestival.com

 

Deadline August 1: SFWP Screenwriting Awards Prog. $2k grand prize. Screenplays of any genre, any subj. Judged on readability, potential marketability. $25-$30/entry. www.sfwp.com

 

Deadline August 2: Filmshift Fest. Features, short film scripts. All genres,  styles. $45-$65/entry. See www.filmshift.org

 

Deadline  August 6: Open Call Round 2 Provs. completion funds for single nonfict. public tv progs., any subject, any viewpoint. Projs. must have begun prod. shown by work-in-progress video. Open to US indep. prods. See www.itvs.org/funding

 

Deadline August 10: La Jolla Film Fest. $45/entry. 5 scripts recognized at Top Winners. See http://lajollafilmfestival.com

 

Deadline August 15: Philadelphia Screenplay Fest. Open to all 18+. 90-135 pgs. $30/$35/entry. See www.screenplayfest.com

 

Deadline August 15: Going Green Film Fest. Screenplay Compet. Screenplays, short scripts, TV scripts that focus on envir., third world issues, wildlife or feature altern. transport. $49/entry. See  www.goinggreenfilmfestival.com

 

Deadline August 23: Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Compet. $90k awards. Unprod., unoptioned. $25/$40/$45/entry. See www.screenwritingexpo.com/screenplaycompetition.2010.html

 

Deadline August 31 (also 9/30)  TV;  Features: SCRIPTOID Writer's Challenge $2.5k + repres. Open to writers 18+. $35-$60/entry. See www.scriptoidchallenge.com

 

Deadline September 21 (also 11/2): Gimme Credit Int'l Screenplay Compet. 8 categs.: Comedy, Drama, Horror,
Action, Family, SciFi, Musicals, Any Other Genre. $44-$54/entry. See www.gimmecreditcompetition.com

 

Deadline September 30: The- GreenLight.com 2nd Annual Script Contest Open to all writers 18+. $35/$50/entry. Limited to 1st 500 entries. See http://the-greenlight.com

 

Deadline October 1: Screenplay Fest. Open to all 18+. 440/1 entry, $15/ea. addit. See www.screen playfestival.com

 

Ongoing Until December 16: Back in the Box Screenplay Compet. 1st $1k + prod. deal. Screenplays not prev. optioned, purchased or prod., in Eng., any genre. $25-$90/entry. See  www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=8162

 

Deadline Ongoing: Wildsound TV SPEC & TV PILOT Screenplay Contest Winners flown to Toronto so have script read to indust. profs. by top actors. See www.wildsound.ca

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Film/Video- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline July 25: Warner Bros. Writers’ Workshop Writers submit as many scripts as they choose. Writing samples not returned. May not have been staffed on primetime cable or network show. No recomm. letters. See http://writersworkshop.warnerbros.com/

 

Deadline July 27: Lynn & Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Doc. Film  To $35k awards. See www.jewishculture.org

 

Deadline August 5 (also 12/2): Prog. Challenge Fund Created in 1987 to support high profile, primetime limited series, specials for nat’l public TV schedule. Jointly administered by CPB/PBS, which make funding decisions based on mutually establd. programming goals, objs. See www.cpb.org/grants/opengrantsdisplay.html?category=TV

 

Deadline August 6: ITVS Open Call Provides finishing funds for single public TV progs., any subj., from any viewpoint, any genre. Projs. must have begun production evidenced by work-in-progress tape. See www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html

 

Deadline September 1: Netherlands Media Art Inst. AIR Supports exploration, devel. of new work in digital/interactive/network media & tech. based arts practice. Residency designed to enable devel., completion of new work. See www.montevideo.nl/en/index.html

 

Deadline September 15 (also 12/15, 3/15): All Roads Film Project Prod. Seed Grants $1k-$10k awards. Open to indigenous, under-repres. minority cult. filmmakers who can demonstrate they have been designated by indigenous or minority communs. to tell their story. www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads

 

Deadline September 15: Guy A. Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Prog. 15 wk. intensive workshop. To assist writers in completion of film, TV script to deepen apprec., understanding of African Amer. hist., cult. See www.cosbyprogram.com

 

Deadline September 24: Science-Related Film Projs. Sundance Inst./Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant Up to $25k + other supp. to  screenwriter devel. science- or tech.-related film that is neither doc nor scifi. See www.sundance.org/sloan

 

Deadline September 29: ACLS Digital Fellowship Prog. 5 Fellowships of up to $55k for 1 acad. yr. dedicated to digit. based research projs., in all discs. of humans., humans.-related soc. sciences, + $25k for proj. costs. See www.acls.org/programs/digital/

 

Deadline October 1: French Film Festival Grant $140k annual grants. To bring contemp. French cinema to US coll., univ. campuses. Applicants must be affil. w/US univ., coll., non-prof. Screening must take place in 1 mo. period, part of festival.
www.facecouncil.org/tournees/index.html

 

Deadline October 1: Acad. of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Film Scholars Prog. 2-grants of $25k to supp. creation of innov., signif. works of film scholarship about aesthetic, cult., educ., hist., theoret. or scientific aspects of theatrical motion pictures. May be books, multimedia presentations, cur. projs., DVD-ROMs or Internet sites, must be in Eng. See www.oscars.org/education-outreach/grants/filmscholars/index.html

 

Deadline October 4: Nat'l Latino Media Council Proudly  Fall '10 TV Writers Prog. Prog. 11/8-12/10, Los Angeles, CA. Open to Latino writers who can write at least 1 half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic TV script in Engl. in 5-wks. Writers whose scripts show promise interviewed, mentored by network execs w/idea of placing them on show. Incls. $250/wk. stipend, fight, housing, meals. See www.nhmc.org/writersprogram

 

Deadline October 4: Film Independent's Directors Lab (Winter) Helps dirs. prepping feature films. 8-wk. intensive prog. in  Los Angeles. $75/appl. No tuition fee.  Max. 8 projs. selected. See http://filmindependent.org/content/directors-lab

 

Deadline October 5: Digital Humanities Start Up Grants See http://www.neh.gov/odh/

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Film/Video- Jobs, Internships

NAMAC's Job Bank Lists paid prof. posits. within orgs. related to media arts field. www.namac.org/job-bank

Date published: 07/15/10

Films, Video - Of Interest

How to Find A Public Domain Video: Videos in public domain are not subj. to copyright laws, & you may use them freely w/o permission & without fear of legal repercussions. You may remix public domain videos into new works. When video creator's copyright expires, that video automatically becomes part of public domain. Also, anything prod. by  US govt. is automatically in public domain. Sometimes videos become public when orig. copyright holder fails to complete necess. paperwork to renew copyright. See http://newsvideographer.com/2010/06/03/how-to-find-public-domain-video/  

Date published: 07/15/10

Deadlines- Multidisciplinary

 

JULY DEADLINES

 
Deadline July 30: Digital Nature: An Evening of Multimedia Arts Denver Botanic Gardens announces call to artists for Digital Nature.  Selected artists present work on Thurs., September 23 at  unique evening event at  Gardens. Digital Nature examines  relationship of digital arts to aesthetics & processes of nature, this year represented by forms, styles,  themes found in Henry Moore’s work. Artists & musicians using primarily digital media encouraged to apply. Installations, musical &/or video performances, & interactives highly desirable. Proposals for future work will be accepted, but must be accompanied by samples of past work. Submit work by emailing link to your work available online, or send a CD or DVD via mail (not be returned). MP3 & AVI formats preferred for music & video. Jury will select & notify winners by Friday, 8/13. For detailed guidelines, contact Rachel Murray, Denver Botanic Gardens, 909 York St. Denver, CO 80206 murrayr@botanicgardens.org

 

AUGUST DEADLINES

 

Deadline August 16: Receiver Time-Based Media Fest.Open to any work of art that reqs. time for maturation or completion of art exper. for its viewer. Show 3/10-4/23. Limited $2k honor. for indiv. or group of artists. Artists resp. for install., travel, lodging, food, shipping, etc. $15/artist. Artists, perfs. email website URL  or submit  CD w/QuickTime video or  DVD (Max. 5 min.). See http://receiverfest.com/submit.html

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Multidisciplinary- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline Every Month Starting February 1: Pepsi Refresh Grants  $5k- $250k. Open to anyone/group.  Funds to make world a better place.  Title your idea. Describe who you are. Describe your idea. Add photos, multimedia, YouTube to catch attention.  System accepts only 1k subs/mo., so get yours in early. See www.refresheverything.com/docs/idea-toolkit.pdf

  

Deadline July 22, 5pm: BCAA/Addison Mini-Grants Supps. work of emerg. artists, arts orgs. (max. oper. budget $50k). 9- $500 grants for artistic proj. or equip. purchase. Coaching Session: July 16, 5-6pm. Contact BCAA, 2590 Walnut, Ste. 9, Boulder, 303/447-2422 x 4, www.bouldercountyarts.org

 

Deadline July 24: NALAC/Transnat'l Cult. Remittances Grant Prog. $2k-$20k awards. Open to indivs., collectives, NGOs, comm.-based orgs.  Proj. & planning grants to strengthen exch. of art & culture bet.  comms. linked by people's migration from 1 of foll. countries to another: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA. See www.nalac.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=232

 

Deadline July 31: First Peoples Fund Seeks nomins. of Amer. Indian Artists for Comm. Spirit Awards. 4-$5k fellowships awarded to Amer. Indian visual, perf., literary artists who have made substantial contribs. to communities. See www.firstpeoplesfund.org/Grant%20Programs/CommSpirit/CSAnominations.htm

 

Deadline July 31 (also 11/27): Sydney Coll. of the Arts Visiting Fellowship Open to prof. artists, scholars, curs. Access to facils. for devel., &/or present. of research & artistic works. 1 mo. incls: use of studio; accomm. in SCA flat; gallery exh. w/opening,  print invit.; travel assist. – to $2k for overseas visitor, to $1k for Aust.-based visitor. Contact Chair, Research Comm., Sydney Coll. of the Arts, Univ. of Sydney, Locked Bag 15, Rozelle NSW 2039 Australia. Tel: (+612) 9351 1002, See www.usyd.edu.au/sca/research/programs/visiting_research_fellowship.shtml

 

Deadline July 31 (also 10/31, 1/31, 4/30): Kala Art Inst. Residencies (Fellowship Deadline is 5/2) Open to artists working in various printmaking techs., photo-proc., book arts, digital media incl. sound/video prod. Studio only. www.kala.org/air/air.html

 
 
Deadline August 1 (also 1/1): Yaddo Residencies 2 wks.-2 mos. residencies to artists of all disciplines. $20 appl. fee. Contact Yaddo, P.O. Box 395, Saratoga Springs NY 12866, 518/584-0746, www.yaddo.org

 

Deadline August 1: Nes Artist Residency, Iceland Partial stipends to 15-20 artists who want to interact w/comm. Incls. studio space, private bedroom. All disciplines. http://neslist.is/

 

Deadline August 2: Fulbright Scholar Prog. 18 grants in lecturing, research, or comb. lecturing/research awards in art hist., incl. 4 Fulbright Distin. Chairs, 144 All Discipline awards open to all fields. Open to US citizens. See www.cies.org 

 

Deadline Various: NEA Grants –8/12: Access to Artistic Excellence; 9/2: Arts on Radio & Television See www.arts.gov/index.html

  

Deadline August 14, 4pm CDT (Stage 1); August 15 (Stage 2): Union Pacific Fdn. Community–Based Grants Open to nonprof. orgs. in regions served by Co. Comm./civic affairs, fine arts, health/human services. See www.up.com/found/grants.shtml

 

Deadline August 15: Artventure Freedom to Create Prize $50k split into $25k to US artist & $25k to org. nominated by winning artist. Open to artists, all creative fields. Awarded to indiv., community group or org. that uses its creative work to prom. human rights incl. right to freedom of express. in restrictive or repressive envirs. See www.freedomtocreate.com/Prize-Apply.asp

 

Deadline August 15 (also 2/15): Open Meadows Fdn. Grants $2k grants for projs. designed, implemented by females. Open to indivs., nonprof. orgs. led by & benefit women. See www.openmeadows.org

 

Deadline August 15 (also 10/15, 1/30, 11/15): Amer.-Scandinavian Fdn. Public Proj. Proposal Grants- General Applications Promotes cult. of Nordic countries in US, vice versa. through progs. that enhance public apprec. of cult., art, thought. Open to non-prof. orgs. See www.amscan.org/public.html

 

Deadline August 15: Libri Fdn. Books for Children Prog. New, quality hardcover children's books donated to rural US public libraries w/limited oper. budgets & active children's dept. See www.librifoundation.org

 

Deadline 15th of Every Mo. (exc. Dec.): Residency at Lake Victoria Residence Arts Centre Kenya Open to artists of all discs. 2 residencies, 1 in rural Kenya on lakeside; 1 in Nairobi, Kasarani. See www.lakevictoriaspecialarts.org

 

Deadline Various: NEH Grants- 8/17: Fellowship Progs. at Indep. Research Insts.; 8/18: Amer.’s Hist. & Cult. Orgs. Implement. Grants; Planning Grants; Amer.'s Media Makers: Devel. Grants; Prod. Grants; 8/19:  Fellowship Progs. at Indep. Research Insts.; 9/15: Educ,. Prog. Enduring Questions; Docum. Endangered Languages; 9/30: Teaching Devel. Fellowships; Summer Stipends; 10/5: Digital Humans. Start Up Grants; 10/7: Picturing Amer. Sch. Collab. Projs.; 10/28: Collab. Research Grants; Scholarly Edits. & Transl. Grants  See www.neh.gov/grants/grantsbydivision.html

 

Deadline August 17 also 2/16): Gannett Fdn.  Community Action Grants Up to $5k awarded to nonprofs. working to improve comms. in locats. where Gannett owns newspaper, broadcast station. See www.gannettfoundation.org

 

Deadline August 20: Black Christ Fest. Artist Retreat, Portobelo, Panama  Open to visual & liter. artists.  60k devotees make yearly pilgrimage to fest- more secular than sacred. Pilgrims descend on small village carrying homemade altars high above heads, dragging heavy, life-sized crosses behind them or crawling into town, partners pouring hot wax on their bare backs.  Artists have opport. to commune w/one another, work on small projs., partic. in fest. Cost: $725/artist. See www.tallerportobelonorte.com

 

Deadline August 30 (biennial): Univ. of Okla. - Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize $40k award. Open to US citizens. Celebrates visionary creat. work in process, recognizing power of orig. thought, expression in possibly enriching world around us. Work/proj. must be under way at time of appl. Open to all fields of creativity, incl., but not limited to, arts, cult. affairs, educ., science. See http://cim.ou.edu/

 

Deadline August 31 (also 2/28): Prog. for Emerg. Curators $2k award. Opport. to undertake challenge of presenting 5-6 wk. show in non-prof. art gallery in Soho, NY. See www.iseny.org 

 

Deadline August 31: AKKU Artist Atelier Uster, Switzerland Open to drawing, painting, media art, photo, sculp. 1-yr. residency. Incls. accom., studio. See www.akkuuster.ch

 

Deadline August 31: Lillian E. Smith Ctr. for Creative Arts Residencies Open to artists, scholars in all disciplines. 1-3 wks. Cost: $100/wk. See www.lillianesmith.org 

 

Deadline Spring/Fall: The Arts Studio Changdon & Goyang Long/short term residencies in Korea. Open to prof. artists 25-49 yrs. Studio art, design, craft arts, photo, multimedia, archit., anim., fashion, new genres. Housing, studio, exh. space. See www.artstudio.or.kr/eng/eindex.jsp

 

Grants Approved in September, February, May: Surdna Fdn. Open to non-prof. orgs. Arts, educ. 2 prog. themes for primary attent. (target ages 12-18): Artist-Leaders & Young People: Creating Works of Art; Arts Insts. & Arts Magnet Schools: Augmenting Expertise. See www.surdna.org

 

Deadline in September: Robert M MacNamara Fdn. Residencies, Westport ME Open to prof-level artists worldwide, all media, writers. 6 wks. Housing, food, studios/facilities; travel/mater. stipend; field trips, restaurant meals. Contact rmmf241@midcoast.com

 

Deadline in September: Toyota Int’l Teacher Prog. to Costa Rica Expose educators of all classroom discs. to diversity of Costa Rica's peoples, ecosystems in an effort to inspire creative teaching of int’l, cult., envir. themes in US schools, comms. Open to US citizen secondary sch. (Grades 7-12) classroom teachers. See www.iie.org/en/Programs/Toyota-International-Teacher-Program

 

Deadline September 1 (also 1/1, 4/1): Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships Temp. visits to univs., colls. around world by scholars whose life, security, work threatened in home region. Awards also made to univs., colls., other insts. willing to host fellowship candidate, to contrib. necess. addit. supp. See www.iie.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/Activity/ActivityDisplay.cfm&activityid=399

 

Deadline September 1: A-I-R Everglades Nat'l Park Offers visual artists, writers opport. to live, work in unique envir. of  Everglades. Call 305/242-7700, www.nps.gov/ever/supportyourpark/artistinresidence.htm

 

Deadline September 1 (also 12/1, 3/1, 6/1): Taproot Fdn. Makes grants of high-qual., prof. consulting services, called Service Grants to prov. high-potent. nonprof. orgs. w/tools, services necess. to max. impact of crit. work in comm. www.taprootfoundation.org/npo 

 

Deadline September 1 (annually): Eben Demarest Trust Award Given annually to man or woman gifted in one of the arts, or to archeologist. Contact Eben Demarest Trust, c/o 650 Smithfield St. #240, Pittsburgh PA 15222, http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml;jsessionid=XRIE0X4ISVPEFLAQBQ4CGW15AAAACI2F?id=298500014

 

Deadline September 1: Anam Cara Writer's & Artist's Retreat, Co. Cork, Ireland Open for applications.See www.anamcararetreat.com/index.html

 

Deadline September 1: Smithsonian Nat'l Postal Mus. Postal History Research Scholarships $2k to Ph.Ds or doc. candidates working to publ. dissertation research on postage stamps &/or postal hist. See www.postalmuseum.si.edu/Scholarships/index.html

 
Apply Between 9/1-5/31:  Oboro Assistance for presentation activities prog.- Oboro, Montreal, Can. See www.oboro.net/program/program.html#2

 

Deadline Various:  Oboro, Montreal, Canada- 9/1:  Saguenay-Montreal Studios; 10/1: Research & Prod. Artists; Exh. & Event Prog See www.oboro.net 

 

Deadline September 1 (also 1/1): Edenfred Residencies Open to nat’l, int’l artists 25+. Writers, composers & music., playwrights, actors, visual artists, interdisc. artists, collab. teams, curators, arts admins. $25 appl. fee. See www.edenfred.org 

 

Deadline September 1 for Jan.-June (also 3/1 for July-Dec.): Kimmel Harding Nelson Ctr. for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE Offers 2-8 wk. residencies year-round for writers, visual artists (Visual artists work in 1 of 3 studios, 2 are approx. 425 sq. ft., 1 is 258 sq. ft.), music composers. Housing, studio space, $100/week stipend prov. Approx. 50 residencies/yr. $25 appl. fee. See www.KHNCenterfortheArts.org

 

Deadline September 1: Japan Fdn. Grants for Cultural Exchange; Grant Prog. for Cult. Exch. among Citizen & Youth for Applicants from US; Grant Prog. for Cultural Presentation Abroad  See www.jfny.org/arts_and_culture/arts_and_culture.php

 

Deadline September 1: Buffalo Nat'l River Artist-in-Residence Open to visual artists, writers, musicians. 3-3 wk. residencies/yr. - spring, summer, fall. Housing prov. Artist asked to donate 1 park inspired work to perm. collection, make min. 2 presentations to public. See www.nps.gov/buff/supportyourpark/air-application-procedure.htm

 

Appls. Avail. In September; Deadline in October: Knight News Challenge: “You Invent It: We Fund It”- Using Digital Experiments to Transform Comm. News Contest To $5 mill. for innov. ideas using digital expers. to transf. comm. news. Open to all nonprofs., cos., indivs. Ques. is not who you are, but what ideas you have. See www.newschallenge.org

 

Deadline September 3: YesPleaseMore Pop-Up Store Starter Grant Prog. Temporary retail store selling 100% Colorado-designed goods invites creative entrepreneurs to submit idea - product, exhibit, song, film - online & asks public to vote for 3 winning entries. Winners granted $500 ea. to help devel. idea. See www.yespleasemore.com

 

Deadline September 6 (also 3/6, 2/6): Hungarian Multicult. Ctr. Residencies Invites interested visual artists, film makers, writers to submit application for 14 days workshop/seminar prog. in Budapest, Hungary. See www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com

 

Deadline September 15 (also, 12/15, 3/15, 7/15): Stepping Stones Residencies, Azores Open to visual, writers, poets, composers, visionaries, scientists, ecologists, naturalists (anyone whose job includes writing). 1 wk.-1 yr. Sliding scale. www.terraincognitacenter.org/res.htm

 

Deadline September 15 (LOI): Graham Fdn. for Adv. Studies in Fine Arts Grants to Indivs. Proj.-based grants to indivs. to prod. public progs. to foster devel., exch. of diverse, challenging ideas on arch., its role in arts, cult., soc. www.grahamfoundation.org

 

Deadline September 15 (also 1/15, 4/15): MacDowell Colony 4-mo. residencies to writers, composers, visual artists, photogs., printmakers, filmmakers, archits. $20 appl. fee. Finan. assist. avail. for travel. See www.macdowellcolony.org

 

Deadline September 15 (also 1/15): Jentel Artist Residencies Open to US resident artists, writers, 25+ yrs. Incls. housing, studios, 1 dinner/ wk., grocery run/wk., basic staples in pantry, transport. from and to local airport, town center. $400 stipend. Artist pays $20 fee, travel, materials, food, personal items. See www.jentelarts.org 

 

Deadline September 15 (also 1/15, 4/15): Hambidge Ctr. for Creative Arts & Sciences Open to artists working in all areas of creative arts, sciences incl. writing, poetry, ceramics, visual arts, music comp., perf., dance, envir. arts, mixed media. 2 wks.-2 mos. Incls. Housing, studio, 5 meals/wk. See www.hambidge.org 

 

Deadline September 15 (also 12/15, 3/15, 7/15): Footpaths To Creativity Ctr. Writer/Artist Residency & Retreat in Azores offering artists (visual, writers, poets, composers, musicians, etc.) worldwide an opport. to focus on craft. 1 wk.-1 yr. $20 appl. fee. See www.terraincognitacenter.org/

 

Deadline September 15 (also 1/15, 5/15): Virginia Ctr. for the Creative Arts Open to painters, sculps., printmakers, poets, fict. writers, screenwriters, playwrights, composers, perf. artists, choreogs., video artists. Incls. housing, studios, food. Artist pays $20 fee, voluntary $30/day, travel, maters. See www.vcca.com 

 

Deadline September 15: MoKS Artist Residency, Estonia Open to artists worldwide. Free Studio avail. 3/1-11/30. 1-6 mos. All discs. See www.moks.ee

 

Deadline September 15 (also 3/15): J.M. Kaplan Fund To $15k grants from Furthermore prog. Support various aspects of publ. books about archit., art, civil liberties, cult. hist., design, hist./natural resources, urban affairs. Grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photo, illust., printing, binding. See www.furthermore.org 

 

Deadline September 15 (also 3/15): Ethel Louise Armstrong Fdn. $1k-$5k awards. Open to nonprof. orgs., led by or support adults w/disabilities. Areas: educ., advocacy, arts. See www.ela.org/grants/grants.html

 

Deadline September 15: Dedalus Fdn. Senior Fellowship $30k award. Open to US citizen art hists., critics, curs. w/projs. related to study of modern art, modernism. See http://dedalusfoundation.org

 

Deadline September 15 (also 1/15, 5/15): Ragdale Fdn. Open to writers, visual artists. 2 wks.-2 mos. $20 appl. fee. Contact Ragdale Fdn., 1260 N. Green Bay Rd., Lake Forest IL 60045, www.ragdale.org 

 

Deadline September 15 (annually): John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships Aver. grant $43k. Open to US, Can. adv. profs. Natural sciences, soc. sciences, humans., creative arts exc. perf. arts. See www.gf.org 

 

Deadline September 15: Fdn. for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies $500-$10k awards for research projs. pertain. to ancient Pre-Columbian Mesoamer. cults., esp. art hist. research. See www.famsi.org/grants/apply.htm

 

Deadline September 16: Fitch Fdn. $25k research grant award. Open to mid-career profs. w/adv. prof. degrees,
10 yrs exper. in hist. preserv./related fields incl. arch., urban design., decorative arts, etc. Other grants to $10k. See www.fitchfoundation.org 

 

Deadline September 17 (LOI) (also 5/28): Ford Fdn. Space for Change Planning and Pre-Devel. Grant To $100k over 2 yrs.. Funds outstanding planning efforts in design, devel. of afford. space for artists.  See www.lincnet.net/artist-space/ford-foundation-planning-and-pre-development-grants

 

Deadline September 21 (also 3/21): Ctr. for Adv. Study in Visual Arts Senior Fellowships Open for full-time research in hist., theory, criticism of visual arts of any geog. area or period. Scholars (PhD for 5+ yrs.) expected to reside in Washington; housing provided, subj. to avail. See www.nga.gov/resources/casva.htm  

 

Deadline 9/29, 11/10, 1/14, 12/1, 1/28: Various ACLS Fellowships See www.acls.org/grants/Single.aspx?id=352 

 

Deadline September 30, 5pm: Concept Letters for Community Trust General Cycle Open to Boulder Co. non-profs. for spec. projs. as well as for unrestrict. exps., capital campaigns, start-ups endows., tech. assist. in Arts, Civic Engagement, Educ., Environ., Health & Human Services. www.commfound.org/grants/grantsprocess.html

 

Deadline September 30: Kids in Need Fdn. $100-$500 grants to teachers for creative endeavors in classroom. See www.kinf.org/grants/index.php

 

Deadline September 30: Fiskars Artist Residency (near Helsinki) Open to prof. craftsmen, designers, artists; cult. journalists, writers, scientists considered. Apartment for use by fellow. 1-3 mos. See www.onoma.org/

 

Deadline September 30 (also 2/28): Bemis Ctr. for Contemp. Art Open to visual media, video, install., perf. art. 3 mos. Housing, studios, $500-1k/mo. stipend. $35 appl. fee, $150 deposit. See www.bemiscenter.org 

 

Deadline September 30: Tinker Fdn. Field Research Grants (for Grad. Student Travel to Latin American, Spain & Portugal) $10k/yr & $15k/yr. Open to Arts & Human.; Curric. Devel.; Envir. & Life Sciences; Int'l Opports.; Social Sciences. See http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/field.html

 

Deadline September 30: '10 Nodar Artist Residency Prog. Focus: Paiva River or Paviascapes #1: Structure, Process & Perception of River for 2-wk. residency module Feb-Oct.  Open to Photo; sound install.; vocal perf.; sound poetry; acoustic, electro-acoustic or elect. improv./comp. 12 projs. selected. See www.binauralmedia.org/news/en

 

Deadline September 30: Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Residencies Open to emerg. or establd. visual artists, writers, poets 21+ yrs., interest. in creat. works relat. to Art in Landscape theme. 2-4 wks. $35/appl. fee. See www.stonequarryhillartpark.org

 

Deadline September 30: NEH Summer Stipends $6k for 2 consec. mos. of full-time research, writing. Open to indivs. pursuing adv. research of value to scholars, gen. auds. in humans. See  www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

 

Deadline October 1 (also 2/17, 6/15): Vermont Studio Ctr. Residency Fellowship Open to painters, sculpts., printmakers, photogs., mixed media, writers, poets. Incls. housing, studios, food. $25/appl. fee, residency fee $3.2k/mo., travel, maters. 50 full fellows/yr; 250 partial grants/work-exch. avail. www.vermontstudiocenter.org

 

Deadline October 1 (also 1/1, 4/1, 7/1): Lilly Scholarships in Religion To $5k grants. Open to full-time journalists to take up to 4 college courses in religion. Incls. tuition, other assoc. fees (books, appl. fees, travel, parking, etc.). www.rna.org/?page=lilly_application 

 

Deadline October 1 (also 2/1, 6/2): Denver Fdn. $5k-$20k grants. Open to 501(c)3 orgs. in foll. CO counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson prov. service in Arts & Cult., Civic & Educ., Health, or Human Servs. Preapplication workshop offered.  See  www.denverfoundation.org 

 

Deadline October 1 for Nominations: NEA Nat'l Heritage Fellowships $25k award. Life-time achievment awards to master folk & traditional artists. Nominees must be worthy of nat'l recog., have record of continuing artistic accompl. Must be actively partic. in their art form, either as practitioners or as teachers. See www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/index.html

 

Deadline  October 1 (also 2/1): Smithsonian Minority Visiting Students Fellowship Increase partic. of US minorities underrepres. in Smithsonian scholarly progs. (research, music). Open to curr. enroll. grad students. 10 wks., $400 stipend. www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm 

 

Deadline October 1 (annual): Wyeth Fdn. For Amer. Art Publ. Grant Total $30k grants. Open to book-lgth. scholarly manuscs. in hist. of Amer .art, visual studies, related subjs. accepted by publ. on merits but cannot be publd. in most desirable form. Applications from publs. See www.collegeart.org/wyeth 

 

Deadline October 1 (annual): Wood Turning Ctr. ITE Residencies 8 wks. Open to 4 lathe artists, 1 scholar, 1 furniture maker/educator, 1 photo journalist. Incls. $350/wk., round-trip transp., housing. $25 appl. fee. See www.woodturningcenter.org

 

Deadline October 1 (also 1/31, 3/15): Various Fellowships- Albright Inst. of Archeol. Research See www.aiar.org 

 

Deadline October 1: Alicia Patterson Fdn. Fellowships $35k stipend for 1 yr. Open to full-time reporters, writers, editors, photogs. www.aliciapatterson.org 

 

Deadline October 1: Millay Colony for the Arts Residency, Austerlitz NY Open to writers, visual artists, composers. 1-mo. Incls. housing, food, studio/facilities. $20 appl. fee. See www.millaycolony.org

 

Deadline October 1: Everglades Nat’l Park Residencies Open to visual artists, photogs., sculpts., filmmakers, composers. 2-4 wks. Contact 305/242-7750, www.nps.gov/ever/supportyourpark/artistinresidence.htm

 

Deadline in October (’09 was 10/5): Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Prog.  Open to students of super. ability, w/demonst. achiev., finan. need, except. promise, to undertake grad study in spec. fields in arts, humans., soc. sciences leading to PhD or master's degree in fields in which master's degree is terminal highest degree at accredited insts. of higher educ. See www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/applicant.html

 
Deadline October 1 (also 3/1): Ucross Fdn. Residencies Open to writers, visual artists, composers, music., dancers, choreogs., scholars, historians, filmmakers, environs., naturalists. 2-8 wks. http://ucrossfoundation.org/application.doc 

 

Deadline October 1 (also 4/1, 7/1, 1/1): Lilly Scholarships in Religion To $5k grants. Open to full-time journalists to take up to 4 college courses in religion. Incls. tuition, other assoc. fees (books, appl. fees, travel, parking, etc.). www.rna.org/?page=lilly_application 

 

Deadline October 1: Amer. Acad. in Berlin, Berlin Prize Fellowships $3.5k-$5k stipend. Open to scholars, writers, composers, filmmakers. See www.americanacademy.de

 

Deadline October 5: Columbia Univ. Soc. of Fellows in Humanities $55k awards + $5k research allow. Post doc. www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows 

 

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Multidisciplinary Continued- Residencies, Grants, Fellowships

 

Deadline October 5: Amer. Antiquarian Fellowships for Creative & Perf. Arts $1.2k + travel allow. Hist. research by artists, all discs., to prod. works dealing w/20th cent. Amer. hist. See www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm

 

Deadline October 5: George Mitchell Scholarships Open to ages 18-30 for 1 yr. post grad study in any disc. offered by insts. of higher learning in Ireland or N. Ireland. Judged on acad. excell., leadership, sustained commit. to service & community. Incls. tuition, housing, living exp. stipend, Int'l travel stipend. See www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=34

 

Deadline October 5- Wigeland (also 1/15, 4/15, 8/1): Amer.-Scandinavian Fdn. Public Proj. Proposal Grants Promotes cult. of Nordic countries in US, vice versa. through progs. that enhance public apprec. of cult., art, thought. Open to non-prof. orgs. See www.amscan.org/public.html

 

Deadline  October 5: Soc. of Fellows in Humanities Postdoct. Fellowships, Columbia Univ. $52k/yr. stipend. Open to PhDs (recd. 1/1/03-7/1/07). Renewable for 2 more yrs. See www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows 

 

Deadline in October (’09 was 10/9): MetLife Fdn. Mus. & Community Connections Prog. To $100k grants to US art mus.  to improve size & diversity of auds. thru imaginative progs. or exhs. See www.metlife.com/about/corporate-profile/citizenship/metlife-foundation

 

Deadline in October (’09 was 10/12 & 2/13) Info available in July: Lowes Toolbox for Educ. Grant To $5k awards for public sch. improvement projs. init. by parents. Open to nonprof. K-12 sch. (incl. charter, paroch., private, etc) or parent group (assoc. w/nonprof. K-12). See www.toolboxforeducation.com

 
Deadline October 13: Laura Musser Fund Intercultural Harmony Promotes mutual understand., coop. bet. groups & citizens of diff. cult. backgrounds in defined geog. areas through collab., cross-cult. projs. Projs. must be inter-cultural, rather than focused on just 1 culture. See www.musserfund.org/index.asp?page_seq=25

 

Deadline October 15, 4pm: Nat'l Quilting Assn. Provs. finan. supp. for orgs., indivs. in educ. of quiltmakers, orig. research into hist. docum. of quilting, soc. hist. related to quilts, outreach to comm. through art of quilt-making. See http://nqaquilts.org/grants/

 

Deadline October 15: Native Voices Endowment Grants & scholarships to indivs. working to docum. or revitalize languages of Native Amer. tribes that came in contact w/Lewis & Clark Exped.  bet. 1803-1806. See www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/native_voices.html

 

Deadline October 15 (also 2/1, 6/1): NEA Learning & Leadership Grants Awarded to art educators (K-6) to help create progs. for at risk students . Open to art teachers at elem. schools who are members of NEA. See www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm

 

Deadline October 15 (LOI): Asian Cult. Cncl. Fellowships Open to US indivs. in visual, perf. arts to conduct research, study, rec. special. training, undertake observ. tours, or pursue creat. activ. in Asia. Proj. Grants: Open to arts orgs., educ., cult. insts. for  projs. of cult. exch. bet. Asia & US or regnl/. exch. in Asia. See www.asianculturalcouncil.org 

 

Deadline October 15: Nat’l Humans. Ctr. Fellowships To $50k. 40 residential fellowships for acad. year for adv. study in human. Open worldwide to applicants w/PhD or equiv., record of publ. All fields of humans. Also to indivs. from natural/soc. sciences, arts, professions, publ. life engaged in humanistic projs. See www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm 

 

Deadline October 15: Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Prog. See www.fulbrightteacherexchange.org 

 

Deadline October 15: Dedalus Fdn. Grants To $25k. Supports educ.  Progs., exhs., publs. by museums, univs., art schools, other educ. insts. See http://dedalusfoundation.org/index.php/site/grants-institutional/

 

Deadline October 15: Fulbright Scholar in Residence Prog. Visiting European Union scholars, profs. to lecture at US colls., univs. for 1 semester or 1 acad. yr. See www.cies.org/sir/

 

Deadline October 15: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Exper. Researchers; Postdoc Researchers 6-24 mos. in Germany, 2.2k EUR/mo. www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html

 

Deadline October 15 (LOI): Johnson & Johnson/Soc. for the Arts in Healthcare Grant Funds $60k total awards. Avail. for Arts in Healthcare Progs. by member nonprofs. & govt. agencies. See http://thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=15

 

Deadline November 1: Princeton Univ.  Hodder Fellowships 2 awards of $62k  to writers &/or scholars w/"much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts," for pursuit of indep. work in humanities. Fellows usually from outside academia, in early stages of careers. See http://department.princeton.edu/arts/lewis_center/society_of_fellows/

 

Deadline November 1: Howard Fdn. Fellowships $25k awards. Open to early mid-career indivs., have achiev. recog. for 1+ major proj. for indep. writing. in  creat. nonfict., literary transl.  (to Engl.), Film or Liter. Studies. See www.brown.edu/Howard_Foundation

 

Deadline 15th of Every Mo. Exc. Dec.: Lake Victoria Residence Arts Centre Kenya All discs. 2 residencies 1 in rural Kenya on lakeside, 1 in Nairobi, Kasarani. See www.lakevictoriaspecialarts.org

 

Open Until Filled: Babayan Culture House Residencies, Cappadocia, Turkey All disciplines. See www.xs4all.nl/~boumanbk/art_residency_en.html

Date published: 07/15/10

Multidisciplinary- Classes, Workshops

Fractured Atlas Offers Free Online Classes for Artists Curr. 6 courses on marketing, fundraising, prof. identity & 2 video workshops on indep. contractors vs. employees & wellness prog. for dancers. More to be added in coming mos. Courses prov. great intro to confusing & daunting process of being prof. indep.  artist & incl. embedded video segments by experts, optional assignments, opports. to partic. in discussions on message boards, links to more resources. Must sign up as member to access courses- membership is free. Fractured Atlas also offers other resources like fiscal sponsorship opports. & healthcare resources for artists. See http://courses.fracturedatlas.org

Date published: 06/01/10

Multidisciplinary - Of Interest

 

The Artists' and Inventors' Legal Clinic is a nonprofit referral service connecting artists and inventors to pro bono and sliding scale fee attorneys working in Boulder CO. and specializing in patents, trade secrets, trademark, copyright, and publicity rights laws. Applicants are given consultation regardless of income during regularly scheduled Monday night clinics. For an abundance of educational material see their website at http://theartistsandinventorslegalclinic.com

Date published: 07/15/10

BAC Grant Deadlines

BAC GRANT DEADLINES

 

Deadline Monday September 6, 5pm: BAC Mini Grant Mandatory grant hearing is Wednesday, September 15 at 7pm in the Boulder Creek Meeting Room. Applications may be picked up at theBoulder Ar ts Commission of fice in the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave, or downloaded from the website at www.artsresource.org. Maximum grant
request is $1000. Contact Donna Gar tenmann (gartenmannd@boulderlibrary.org) or Greg Ravenwood (ravenwoodg@boulderlibrary) at 303-441-4113.

 

Deadline Thursday September 30, 5pm: ABC Grant: Arts and Business Collaborative Grant (Phase 1- Project Concept) This grant is designed as a challenge to generate a high-quality and high-potential, innovative project to enhance Boulder ’s image as a thriving artistic center, while creating significant economic benefit to the City and it 's citizens. An ABC project is bold but realistic. An ABC project is developed and conducted in partnership with another or multiple organizations including creative, artistic and local businesses or non-profit organizations. 2 grant levels: Less than $5000 for 501(c)3 organizations and individuals & $5001 to $25000 for 501(c)3 organizations in collaboration with a consortium of non-profit and/or private sector business par tners. Contact Donna Gartenmann
(gartenmannd@boulderlibrary.org) or Greg Ravenwood (ravenwoodg@boulderlibrary.org) at 303-441-4113.

 

Deadline Monday October 4, 5pm: Arts in Education Grant Maximum request is $3000. Applications at  www.artsresource.org.  Contact Donna Gartenmann (gartenmannd@boulderlibrary.org) or Greg Ravenwood (ravenwoodg@boulderlibrary.org ) at 303-441-4113.

 

Date published: 07/15/10

BAC Announcements

COMING SOON! BOULDERARTS.ORG

 

Look out for the new Boulder Arts Comission website www.BoulderArts.org which will premiere in the next few weeks. It will still feature artist and organization profiles, opportunities, the arts  event calendar and Dance Bridge news, but also much more...and it will be more interactive and easier to use ...you will be able to enter your own information on your profile and update as you wish, enter calendar events, classes/workshops, call for entries, classifieds, etc. We can't wait, can you?

 

Date published: 07/15/10

Dance Bridge News

NEWS FROM the Boulder Arts Commission DANCE BRIDGE!

A Bridge for you, your art and your audience!

 

Check out what’s new on the Dance Bridge Web site! www.artsresource.org.
Click on EMAIL UPDATES for the latest information on dance in the area.
For Announcements and Auditions/ Call for Artists / Jobs:
For Performances and Grants / Fiscal Agency:
For Workshops and Benefits:

 

2010 'DANCE IS FOR EVERYBODY!' SHOWCASE:

 

CALL FOR DANCE ARTISTS, STUDIOS, & COMPANIES for Showcase opportunity in November.  Deadline for applications - September 10, 2010.  Applications available online www.artsresource.org/dance.

 

Looking for dancers, studios, schools and companies in all genres of dance to participate in this wonderful, annual outreach program for the community.  This free showcase allows artists to present a performance of finished dances or works-in-progress, mini-classes with audience participation, structured improvisations, lecture-demonstrations, short original dance films and more.  Dancers and groups may choose a 5 - 15 minute time slot.
*New This Year: Join in on a whole week of dance as the annual ‘Dance is for Every Body!’ showcase branches out for the first time!   In 2010, local dancers will also be presented at each of the Boulder Library branches.  The schedule now includes: Monday, November 1 from 7 -8 p.m. at the Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road, and Wednesday, November 3 from 7 -8 p.m., George Reynolds Branch, 3595 Table Mesa Drive.  These are in addition to the all day weekend showcase Saturday, November 6 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. & Sunday, November 7 from 1 – 5 p.m. in the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, main branch, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 80302 (located in the north building near Canyon Blvd.)  Artists may apply for more than one venue, but will be scheduled to include as many artists as possible. All showcases take place in Boulder, CO.

 

Need more information? Contact Dance Bridge Coordinator Mary Wohl Haan at 303-441-4391, dancebridge@boulderlibrary.org or check www.artsresource.org/dance.  Sponsored by the Dance Bridge and the Boulder Public Library.

 

DANCE ARTISTS ALERT! 

 

When the new Website www.boulderarts.org goes live for the Boulder Arts Commission, Boulder Arts Resource and Dance Bridge, you will have more control of how you get-the-word-out on your performances, classes, workshops and events.  Please be prepared to take some time to familiarize yourself with all the options, resources and links.  The Dance Bridge twice monthly UPDATES will also undergo revisions.  Stay posted, stay linked-in, and ask for help when you need it.  Remember that all our services are FREE!   We’re here as a bridge for you, your art and your audiences, and we’re excited by all these changes.  Contact Mary Wohl Haan, Dance Bridge Coordinator, 303-441-4391, dancebridge@boulderlibrary.org.

 

Dance Bridge is a project of the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the city of Boulder, CO. Mary Wohl Haan, DB coordinator, haanm@boulderlibrary.org or 303-441-4391. Located at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302.

 

Date published: 07/15/10