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Savannah Black and Blue at NEC

19 11 2009

BUY TICKETS at Ticket Central SOLD OUT first 2 Weekends!!

Glowing NYTimes Review!!Review NY Theatre!

Come to the next NEC Rep meeting at Riverside Church every first Saturday 10am-1pm 91 Claremont Ave. Multi-purpose Room Sat Dec 5 10am-1pm

SAVANNAH Black & Blue Nov 5-22 Shetler Studio Theatre

MORE EVENTS..

NEC Rep: Lost Plays of the NEC Archives December 10 & 11 8pm at Where Eagles Dare Theatre 347 W 36St

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Auction at The American Indian Community House Nov 21 Silent Auction 6pm Live Auction 7-10pm torquoise, bead work, regalia, pottery …more

Amer Indian Comm. House Holiday Party Dec 19, 2009 11 Broadway 2nd fl www.aich.org 212 598 0100 register at cgullo@aich.org

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Annual Concert at Theatre for the New City Fri-Sun Jan 29-Feb 7

Next Thunderbird Social st NMAI

April 17 7-10pm

Diker Pavilion 1 Bowling Green

Free

#4 or 5 to Bowling Green, R or W to Whitehall nr Battery Park

Dancing, Singing, Dance Demonstrations Heyna Second Sons Host Drum

www.nmai.org

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NEC Rep: Unpresidented Partnership for ARTISTS

7 10 2009

NEXT NEC REP MEETING OCT 3 10am-1pm AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM 91 CLAREMONT one block west of 120 St and Broadway : Creative Brainstorming. Find out what Artist Service Organizations have to offer artists when they begin to operate as small business does.

Free valuable gifts to the first 5 to arrive. NEC Alums, NEC workshop participants, Performing and Visual Artists, Directors, Writers, Tech Professionals come design new projects and programs. NEC Rep members are finding how powerful it is to work as a group in partnership with a powerful nonprofit network.

Quester Hannah AEA SAG NEC Rep member Currently in Top Dog Underdog by Susan Lori-Parks at New Horizon Theatre, Pittsburgh.

When Douglas Turner Ward, Gerald Krone and Robert Hooks founded The Negro Ensemble Company in 1967 it was amidst changing, turbulent times.The antiwar movement, the rise of feminism, the Civil Rights Movement, Hispanic and Chicano Movement, counter-culture and social revolution dominated the decade known as “The Sixties.”

NEC’s debut set the standard for black theatre in America. A standard that we are struggling to maintain in this new millennium. Over forty years have passed since NEC’s inaugural production at the St. Mark’s Playhouse.

Ironically, the times remain turbulent. We are still enmeshed in a costly war, racial unrest appears to have gotten worse and we are still in the throes of a debilitating recession. Once again the stage is set for NEC to meet this challenge.

On September 12, 2009 The Negro Ensemble Company’s resident acting company, NEC Rep, led by NEC instructor Marie McKinney gathered at The Riverside Church

for their initial meeting. On my way to the meeting I thought about how fortunate we are to be affiliated with such a magnanimous theater company as NEC.

This meeting of the NEC Rep had all the makings of the birth of greatness. Young artists hungry for expression and searching for an outlet to release our creativity. Just like it was back in the Sixties.

Could this be the rebirth of that same movement

that led to such grand success? It sure felt like it!

Actors,playwrights, producers, rappers, filmmakers, many

people gathered in one room focused on one cause; to bring NEC Rep to the threshold of greatness! We have set the stage

for displaying our gifts for the whole world to experience. So, let them experience who we are. Let them marvel at our wonderful and various talents.

Let them be in awe as we push towards and exceed our own expectations. Let us, let our lights shine; so we can illuminate this planet, this galaxy, this universe. Let’s create heaven on earth so we all can share in the joy of creating theater that will impact the world!

We have already begun this mission. There is no turning back now.

It will be a challenge but with the help of our ancestors and God’s favor we can and will triumph. It happened to three people in 1967. It can happen to handful in 2009. It’s our time!

Your Brother in the Theater

Quester Hannah

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NEC Rep Meets VP of CBS Diversity Institute NY

17 09 2009

HEAR NEC REP Interview Re: CBS TV Diversity Institute w/ Barbara Asare-Bediako and Marie McKinney on: WHCR Soul Lounge 90.3 FM with “The Night Watchman” 1am – 2am tonight Fri 9/4-5/09

CONGRATS TO CLINTON LOWE!! Clinton Lowe called in to audition for CBS TV show: The Good Wife by CBS VP of casting after being one of 10 NEC Rep members selected for CBS Diversity Institute!!

August 27, 2009. 10 members from the NEC Repertory and….

Marie McKinney, program coordinator and instructor at Negro Ensemble Company, were invited to meet with CBS-TV, Casting Vice President, Fern Orenstein to participate in The CBS Diversity Institute’s one-on-one coaching on: best practices for marketing the actor’s talent, presentation, and landing roles on “episodic” TV. VP of CBS Diversity, Ms. Orenstein, Manager of CBS Diversity,Barbara Matos, >SVP of Diversity at CBS, Josie Thomas and other Casting Executives from CBS Hollywood and CBS NY are responsible for casting TV shows like, C.S.I, N.C.I.S, The Unit, Peace Maker, among others. 10 NEC Rep actors met with 60 other selected actors from NY Actor’s Unions and African, Latin and Asian American NY organizations. The CBS Institute took place in 2 sessions on August 26th and 27th at the CBS Offices in New York at 51 West 52nd Street. The program has five components designed to provide participants with access to the decision making process in network television both in front of and behind the camera. Actor’s Career workshops and Talent Showcases; and Director’s and Writer’s Mentoring Programs are part of the initiative. CBS provided Soap Opera diversity, casting events earlier this spring.

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This Institute comes on the heels of much criticism from the NAACP and periodicals like Black Enterprises magazine and the Huffington Post:

The Huffington Post explains:

“The number of minority actors in prime-time shows has remained flat or even dipped in recent years, decreasing from 333 in the 2002-03 season to 307 in 2006-07, according to the report. The number of minority writers working during the 2006-07 season was 173, a drop from the 206 employed during the previous season, the report said.”

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The CBS Diversity Institute was launched by Barbara Matos, director of Diversity at CBS and CBS NY and LA Casting Executives. The workshops provided an opportunity for each Actor to get personal, career coaching from CBS’s VP of Casting, Fern Orenstein. Her coaching provided actors with marketing techiques and presentation coaching to help them gain access to TV auditions so that they can consistently land TV roles.

—-NAACP Diversity Report—-

Ms Orenstein stressed that most episodic TV programs cast 2 or 3 lead roles, while the bulk of the work goes to 15 to 20 actors in supporting roles. Characters who help tell the story are cast most frequently. Specific roles like mechanics, teachers, doctors, social workers detectives, the neighborhood girl , etc. Most actors submit cookie-cutter, glamour, head-shots, which often show little or no acting, in hopes of getting a role. Lead roles are few and far between. 80% of the roles on episodic TV are those of blue-collar workers, service people, health and banking professionals and executives. Why not determine which of these roles you are most likely to land at the audition? Then, gear your picture, colors and photo backgrounds to look like that profession or way of life.

—-NABJ Special Reports:

Network Television Station O&O Management Diversity Census—

A great shot shows an actor, acting the part! When casting staff look at pictures, they wade through hundreds of little thumbnails, Ms Orenstein explained. If your head shot wins a click to enlarge it, if it is clear in the thumbnail size first. If your picture has the same color background as the foreground or if your picture is dark or worse, black and white or unprofessional looking, it hasn’t got much of a chance. Keep in mind, casting people must look through hundreds of tiny pictures for one role. Then multiply that times 20 for one show. Add the stress of a 1-2 day deadline.

This explains why some actor’s are not getting called in. Have 2 or 3 pictures, that portray different professions. Choose professions you can easily land faster than the actor next to you. Choose colors and backgrounds that suggest the role you are going for, without literally having the badge, stethoscope or wrench in hand. Perhaps your friends say you look like a teacher AND a banker. Get 2 or 3 shots with the facial expression, colors, clothing and background to match each walk of life. If you are the yacht owning, socialite type, spare no expense on the suit. And yes, color photos with the definition and clarity of a professional photographer are a given. Perhaps start with a special skill you have. Let’s say, you speak Farsi. Could you play a believable terrorist? Feels like borderline stereotyping? Perhaps. Remember, these characters have a few seconds to establish who they are and forward the storyline. Like in any business, branding is what gets you in the door.

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You may be thinking: “I’ve spent thousands of dollars to learn to play different characters . That’s what acting is. Isn’t it?” I heard once that the highest compliment to an actor is: “I didn’t recognize you at all in that show!” Has the art of acting degraded to a color scheme? Have deadlines become more pressing than creative intuition and historical innovation? Where does this leave the die-hard, “artist-first “ actor? “I guess that’s where theatre comes in”: she confesses. “This is TV. Save the creative latitude for the stage. AND act the part in your head shots, so that casting knows what you feel comfortable playing. Then, use the TV paycheck to master your art.

“Real” diversity will emerge when we reintegrate all faces back into history where they belong. I’d like to see some of my Afro-Native American, farm owning, ancestors in a Western, along side their Asian neighbors, who built the railroads. Yes, it is so important to tell our own stories.
Clad in jeans and a 70’s, East Indian top, Ms Orenstein casually coached with each participant answering each of their questions and concerns. Some good news!Casting, like most other business processes is now internet driven. This is good news for us, because whether your picture is submitted by your agent, manager or through Actor’s Access. It’s first come first served. This gives the diligent actor a chance to be seen, even without formal representation.

Asian, Native American and Latin American organizations were invited to send representatives to the CBS Offices at 51 West 52 St in NYC. Among the NEC Rep members chosen to represent NEC were: Sam Encarnacion, Edward K. Robinson, Ryan Johnson, Barbara Asare-Bediako, Tanya Everett, Jillian Walker, Kimberlyn Craword, Jamil Mangan, Clinton Lowe and Quester Hannah. ABOUT NEC REPERTORY

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DO YOU THINK TV SHOWS ARE DIVERSE IN THEIR CASTING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES? COMMENT BELOW…

WHICH NETWORKS AND CABLE STATIONS SHOW THE MOST DIVERSITY ON IT’S SHOWS

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NEC Rep was re-launched by Negro Ensemble Company’s Award Winning Instructors, Marie McKinney, Erik Kilpatrick, Leslie Lee and NEC’s Artistic Director, in honor of Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald Krone, who started the NEC Training Program in 1967.
The NEC’s original Training Program included Acting, Comedia del Arte, Ballet and African Dance, Mask Work training. It fostered the careers of Frances Foster, Rosalind Cash, Arthur French, Hattie Winston, Graham Brown, Ester Rolle, William Jay, Theodore Wilson, Clarice Taylor, Damon Brazwell, Glen Turman, Norman Bush, Julius W Harris.

CBS ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE: TALENT SHOWCASE

Others who were involved with The NEC, in the late 60’s were, writers: Richard Wright, Alice Childress, Derek Walcott, Wole Soyinka and Lonnie ElderIII, Ray McIver, Ted Shine, Errol Hill, Louis Sapin, Peter Weiss also Lloyd Richards and dancer/costume designer, Judy Dearing and project coordinator, Edmund Cambridge. The NEC’s training program instructors were: John Blair, Lonnie Elder,III, Ron Mack, Margaret Harris, Luther James, Louis Johnson, Michael Schultz, Charles Vincent, Steve Carter, Cleo Quitman, Gloria Schultz, Robert McCauley, Lloyd Richards,Kristin Linklater.

ABOUT NEC REPERTORY PROGRAM

The NEC Repertory Program offers a solid training program to professional actors. They receive training as a prerequisite for the program, which helps to advance their careers and promote partnerships and self-reliance. The NEC Rep Intensive training is based in Stanislavski, Michael Chekov, Cicely Berry, Bea Richards techniques, and are infused with comparative studies of literature and history including Shakespeare, classic African and Latin American playwrights and folk arts. The actor can step into classic and contemporary works for stage and in media, while having a strong sense of self and their specific place in history.

Character development, atmosphere, dramaturgy, voice production and articulation, history of the diaspora, dance and movement, classical styles of singing versus traditional Native American and African placement are some of the topics covered in the workshops. Private and semi-private coaching for beginners is available by request. Meanwhile, NEC Rep professionals must audition and be accepted to the program.
Some Negro Ensemble Company’s Alumni include: Laurence Fishburne, Adolf Caesar, Lynn Whitfield, Angela Bassett, Samuel L Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Keith Davis, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Giancarlo Esposito, Ching Valdez, Carole Maillard, Alvin Alexis, Michelle Shay, it’s current Artistic Director, Charles Weldon…the list goes on..
PBS American Masters features The Negro Ensemble Co.
Email Audition Requests: for NEC Rep to: necartz@gmail.com——————————————————————————————

“The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” are casting actors of color who are 18 years and older.
Eligible candidates are asked to submit resumes and photos online at www.breakdownexpress.com/. Hard copies can also be mailed to Fern Orenstein, CBS Daytime Diversity Initiative, Cole Ave Studios, 1006 N. Cole, Hollywood, CA 90038.
Deadline for submissions is Nov. 28.
Candidates will be pre-screened by the network casting department in December, and the casting directors of these CBS daytime dramas will read actors on a regular basis starting in January.
For information regarding the CBS Diversity Institute and Casting, go to www.cbsdiversity.com/.
–Penny TV

The CBS Diversity Institute http://www.cbscorporation.com/diversity/cbs_network/institute/index.php

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NEC Rep New Dates!!! Kicks Off Free Monthly Meets!!

1 09 2009

The NEC Rep Monthly Meet!!!

First Monthly Meet on:

SAT Sept 12 10:00am -1:00pm

(Following Meets on the 1st Saturday of each month)

Riverside Church: Multipurpose room(check at the front desk)
91 Claremont to see map and directions click here

RSC is near 121st #1 train to 116th Street or
A or D to 125th St then take the M60 bus west to 120thSt and Broadway or walk

NEC Rep members will have the opportunity to create methods for fulfilling their projects, and expanding resources for NY artists, by starting with forwarding their own arts careers as a team: (NEC Rep Member are those who have been hired in an NEC mainstage production on or backstage, and those who have completed at least 1 NEC workshop)

Each session is open to all artists for the first hour.

New NEC Rep Acting Workshops Start Dates (10 Sessions):

FALL/WINTER
NEC Rep: Shaping The Actor’s Instrument :

Mondays Sept 14- Nov 16, 2009 6:00pm-9:00pm
NEC Rep: Actor’s Intensive :Wednesdays Sept 23- Dec 2, 2009 6:00pm-9:00pm
2 Culminating Shows Thurs & Fri Dec 10 and 11 at 8pm
Play Writing: TBA in October

SPRING/SUMMER
NEC Rep: Shaping The Actor’s Instrument : Mondays March 29- June 7 6:00pm-9:00pm

NEC Rep: Actor’s Intensive :Wednesdays April 14- June 16 6:00pm-9:00pm

2 Culminating Shows Thurs & Fri July 8 and 9 at 8pm

Email: necartz@gmail.com to be included in new workshops
For Audition/Interview email: necartz@gmail.com phone: 212-862-4625 private and semi-private coaching available on-goingly

The first hour of the monthly meet includes a different topic each month see below(the 45min-1 hour training is open to non-NEC Rep members)
Group feedback to design and implement projects, programs, ideas
Shared space to rehearse and collaborate
Create ways of finding venues, funding, resources and networks to do your work
Find ways to spend more time creating and promoting your arts
Raising the living standards of the group, so that more time is spent creating art and income.
Career development
Get creative feedback from your peers in a safe environment
Purpose of this program; provide a space for continued growth of NEC artists, organizing and empowering artists as a powerful group of arts entrepreneurs. It is part of the NEC Rep program.

There is power in partnerships and team work.
As arts entrepreneurs we can be the example that inspires all NYC artists!

Monthly Meet Topics Schedule through May 1, 2010:
- Note: The first hour is open to any artist-including free training,
- Followed by 1 1/2-2hours strategy sessions for NEC Rep and NEC main stage performers and/or creative lab: new works and monologue clinic, structured feedback. From 1-4pm you may also opt to take a free class in Theatre of the Oppressed Improv techniques with Jeremiah Drake (check front desk listing for location):
2nd SAT Sept 12: 10am-1pm Free and Discount Resources for Performing Artists: Arts Operating as small business, What’s possible for NEC Rep as a group?, planning, ideas, organizing,
Oct 3 : What does Othello Mean to me?: ethnic actors view the classics vs traditional folk arts
Nov 7 : Career Development: starting your non-profit projects
Dec 5 : Playing Improvisation : Expand your abilities through theatre games and exercises
Feb 6 : Yang Tai-Chi and Chinese Kung Fu
March 6: E- Commerce and Marketing for Artists
April 3 : Fund Raising and Grants: Creating new methods for Generating income: an overview
May 1: Grant Writing and Budgets for artists

1st Hour Open to All Artists, following 2 hours for NEC Rep and NEC Mainstage Actors, Writers and Tech.

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Grants for Artists 7/30/09

31 07 2009

NEC Rep Announces Auditions for Fall Sessions September 14 and 23, 2009 and

Kick Off for NEC Rep Members Announced Mon Aug 24 at

La Perle Noire 6-8pm !!

SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR:

GRANTS WITH OPEN, ROLLING AND VARIOUS DEADLINES…

NYFA Listings for Full and Part Time Jobs in the Arts

Mixed Greens Listing of Arts Exhibits and Festivals

NYFA Listing for Studio Space

The Urban Artist Initiative/NYC (UAI/NYC)

A program for NYC artists of all disciplines who self-define themselves as artists of color.

The UAI Steering Committee is presently reexamining its program options for this 2008/09. Please keep checking the websites of the Steering Committee- the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Association of Hispanic Arts, the Harlem Arts Alliance, the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, the Queens Council on the Arts, NYFA, and the Bronx Council on the Arts – for an annoucement about the next grants cycle.

We anticipate an announcement in late November/December.

BUILD Grants of $10-20,000 for Small and Mid Size Dance Companies in NYC

BUILD awards operating grants to small and mid-sized dance companies based in New York City. These grants of $10,000 and $20,000 provide funds to choreographers seeking to enhance their companies’ infrastructure and management capacity. Grants can be used for a range of activities as long as the primary focus is on infrastructure support and maintenance

Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS),

A project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, working in collaboration with arts councils and cultural organizations across New York State, are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or career development. Grants of $100-600.

NYFA’s new program offering affordable workspace to NYFA-affiliated artists and organizations.

NYFA is a creative environment with a staff of about thirty working artists, writers, dancers, and playwrights

NYFA’s space: NYFA’s offices are located at 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn (DUMBO), NY. The building is wheelchair accessible. NYFA’s office is 10 minutes from Manhattan and a 5 minute walk from the F train and Empire Fulton Ferry State Park. The office is air conditioned with views of the Williamsburg Bridge and the East River.
Application Deadline Extended for African Diaspora Marketplace Program
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to U.S.-resident members of the African diaspora working to build sustainable businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa; proposals will now be accepted through July 30, 2009….
Deadline: July 30, 2009 (Extended)
Posted: July 23, 2009

ASCAP Foundation Announces Grant Guidelines for New 2010 Funding
Grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to help American songwriters and composers develop their skills and talent….
Deadline: August 1, 2009 (Letter of Intent)
Posted: July 8, 2009

Alliance for California Traditional Arts Invites Applications for Living Cultures Grants Program
Grants of up to $7,500 each will be awarded to nonprofits and tribal organizations working to preserve folk and traditional arts representing California groups sharing a common heritage, language, religion, occupation, or region….
Deadline: August 1, 2009
Posted: May 2, 2009

American Composers Forum Announces Call for Scores for Jerome Composers Commissioning Program
Grants of up to $8,000 will be awarded to emerging composers in all musical genres residing in Minnesota or in the five boroughs of New York City creating new works and working to expand new-music culture….
Deadline: August 1, 2009
Posted: July 2, 2009

NYFA Cash Flow Loans

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Offers 2010 Individual Artist Fellowships
Grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to Pennsylvania artists working in traditional arts, visual arts, theater scriptwriting, classical music, media arts, or new technologies….
Deadline: August 3, 2009
Posted: June 10, 2009

Irvine Foundation Invites Applications for Creative Connections Fund
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits in California collaborating with individual artists on the creation of new works or reinterpretation of classic works….
Deadline: August 3, 2009
Posted: April 20, 2009

Application Information Available for Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Touring Program
An honorarium plus expenses will be provided to ensembles of four musicians conducting one-month international tours of American jazz, urban/hip hop, or roots music such as blues, bluegrass, Cajun, gospel, zydeco, and country….
Deadline: August 10, 2009
Posted: July 9, 2009

Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation Invites Applications for Observership Program
Twenty-five early career directors and choreographers will gain the opportunity to observe professionals in the field as they create new productions in New York City and at regional theaters….
Deadline: August 17, 2009
Posted: July 30, 2009

New Guidelines Available for National Endowment for the Humanities Media Makers Grants
Grants of up to $1 million will be awarded to nonprofits and government agencies working to combine radio, television, or digital media with other resources to enhance their humanities content….
Deadline: August 26, 2009
Posted: July 1, 2009

American Theatre Wing Invites Applications for Jonathan Larson Grants
Unrestricted general support will be given to support the careers of emerging composers, lyricists, and bookwriters dedicated to working in musical theater….
Deadline: August 29, 2009
Posted: July 22, 2009
Science-Related Film Projects Invited for 2010 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant
Up to $25,000 and other support will be given to a screenwriter developing a science- or technology-related film that is neither a documentary nor a piece of science fiction….
Deadline: September 8, 2009
Posted: July 23, 2009

Driehaus Foundation Accepting Grant Applications From Chicago-Based Small Theater and Dance Funding Program
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to dance and theater companies in the Chicago metropolitan area that have produced at least one show and have operating budgets of less than $150,000….
Deadline: September 14, 2009
Posted: July 11, 2009

Guidelines Announced for American Heritage Preservation Grants
The program funds the preservation of endangered and fragile artistic, literary, scientific and historical works and provides grants of up to $3,000 to libraries, museums, and archival collections for conservation projects….
Deadline: September 15, 2009
Posted: July 29, 2009
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Accepting Applications for Fund for Creative Communities and Community Arts Fund
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to Manhattan-based artists and nonprofit organizations working on arts projects with a public-benefit component….
Deadline: September 22, 2009
Posted: June 25, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian Offers the Visiting Indigenous Professional Program
The program will provide hands-on training in various disciplines at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., to individuals working in Native museums and cultural centers….
Deadline: September 15 and March 15, Annually
Posted: July 29, 2009

South Carolina Film Commission Invites Filmmakers to Collaborate With Universities
Grants totaling up to $200,000 will be awarded to filmmakers who are partnering with the media arts department of the University of South Carolina or the film, radio and television department of Trident Technical College….
Deadline: September 18, 2009

California Council for the Humanities Invites Entries for California Documentary Project
Grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to individuals working to produce film and radio projects that enhance understanding of California cultures, peoples, and histories….
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Posted: July 30, 2009

National Endowment for the Arts Invites Applications for American Masterpieces: Chamber Music
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to nonprofits, government agencies, and tribal communities working to provide the American public with performances of chamber music, traditional and indigenous music, and jazz….
Deadline: October 8, 2009
Posted: July 15, 2009
Johnson & Johnson/Society for the Arts in Healthcare Grant Funds Available for Arts in Healthcare Programs
A total of $60,000 will be awarded to nonprofits and government agencies that are members of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare and whose arts in healthcare programs show evidence of initial impact….
Deadline: October 15, 2009 Letter of Inquiry
Posted: July 25, 2009

Social Equity Venture Fund Announces Second Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals
Two grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded for research in economics, government policy, or business strategy that bears directly on the potential of enterprise-based solutions to poverty…..
Deadline: October 15, 2009 (Initial Proposals)
Posted: July 31, 2009

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Announces New Guest Artist Initiative Program
The new grant program will award up to $5,000 in matching funds to a college or university for the hiring of professional stage directors and choreographers as guest artists; a second grant of $1,000 will be awarded to the runner-up school….
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Posted: June 17, 2009

Posted: July 15, 2009

Getty Research Institute Announces 2009-10 Theme for Research Grants for Getty Scholars and Visiting Scholars
The theme for 2009-10 will be “The Display of Art”; grants will allow researchers in residence at the Getty Institute to pursue projects while utilizing the Getty Collections and participating in Getty activities….
Deadline: November 1, 2009
Posted: July 2, 2009

Writing Competition Invites Native Americans to Share Insights on Economy
Six awards of $10,000 each will be given to Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Indian individuals who have written essays depicting their perspectives on challenges and opportunities in the current economic and political climate….
Deadline: September 15, 2009
Posted: May 23, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces Picturing America School Collaboration Projects Grant Opportunity
Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to collaborative projects between humanities scholars and educators to develop K-12 coursework related to American art….
Deadline: October 7, 2009
Posted: June 8, 2009

Native Voices Endowment Announces Request for Proposals
Grants and scholarships will be given to individuals working to document or revitalize the languages of Native American tribes that came in contact with the Lewis and Clark Expedition between 1803-1806….
Deadline: October 15, 2009
Posted: April 8, 2009

NYFA Awards Artists’ Fellowships Deadline First week on November

NYFA Awards Artists’ Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight categories each year. Since the awards began in 1985, NYFA has awarded over $22 million to over 3,688 artists. In 2009, NYFA awarded 131 Fellowships to 134 artists, with six of them working in a collaboration.

Deadline: first week of November

Will Be Posted: early September

GRANTS WITH OPEN, ROLLING AND VARIOUS DEADLINES

Association of Performing Arts Presenters Announces Cultural Exchange Fund Application Schedule
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to arts presenters working to build partnerships and collaborations that promote the display of work by artists from around the world in its own cultural context…..
Deadline: July 31, 2009 ; November 16, 2009; May 14, 2010; and November 15, 2010
Posted: June 25, 2009

Sacramento Region Community Foundation Announces Grant and Capacity Development Opportunities for Arts Organizations
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofit arts organizations working to create art experiences in the community, and develop professionals in the field through workshops, symposia, and related resources….
Deadline: Various
Posted: February 3, 2009

Princess Grace Foundation-USA Offers Support for Emerging Artists in Theater, Dance, and Film
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to help artists working in theater, dance, or film grow in their specific discipline, to offset their educational or artistic fees, and/or to create new works….
Deadline: Various
Posted: January 28, 2009

National Museum of the American Indian Invites Applications for Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
Awards of up to $15,000 will be given to Native American and Native Hawaiian artists working to increase the knowledge and appreciation of contemporary Native American arts through publication, performance, and personal artistic development….
Deadline: Various
Posted: October 22, 2008

ASCAP Foundation Invites Entries for Young Jazz Composer Awards
A shared award of $25,000 will be given to U.S. residents under the age of 30 who have composed a jazz piece….
Deadline: December 1, Annually
Posted: October 9, 2008

NAMM Foundation Offers Funding for Music Making and Research
Support will be provided to community music-making programs, scientific researchers investigating the effects of making music, and music programs for seniors and school-aged children….
Deadline: Various
Posted: October 3, 2008

Bush Foundation Announces Categories and Informational Meetings for Artist Fellowship Program
Grants of up to $48,000 each, plus an additional $2,000 for implementing an individual communications strategy, will be awarded to literary, music, and other performing artists residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota….
Deadline: Various
Posted: September 3, 2008

New York Foundation for the Arts Accepting Applications for Artists’ Fellowships
Fellowships of $7,000 will be awarded to New York artists working in the disciplines of poetry, printmaking/drawing/book arts, nonfiction literature, sculpture, crafts, digital/electronic arts, and film…..
Deadline: Various
Posted: August 25, 2008

New York Foundation for the Arts Offers Discounted Office Space to Artists and Arts Organizations
The new program offers affordable workspace to NYFA-affiliated artists and organizations working in various genres; once accepted into the program, participants can rent at $200 a month or $550 for three months on a renewable cycle….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: June 10, 2009

North Dakota Council on the Arts Announces Technology Grant Program
The new program will give grants of up to $600 each to North Dakota nonprofit arts organizations to support development of their Web sites, equipment purchases, and software upgrades….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: June 1, 2009

Community Leaders Invited to Apply for Preserve America Community Designation
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to counties with an elected governing official, unincorporated communities, cities of 200,000 or more residents, and tribal communities working to preserve cultural and natural American heritage….
Deadline: Quarterly
Posted: August 24, 2008

Guitar Center Music Foundation Offers Support for Music Instruction
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofit music programs in the United States providing music instruction to people of any age in underserved communities….
Deadline: Open
Posted: June 16, 2008

Nominations of New York City Arts Organizations Invited for Union Square Arts Award
Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to arts organizations making a significant contribution to the lives of low-income youth, families, and their communities in New York City…..
Deadline: Nominations are reviewed in the order received.
Posted: February 5, 2008

Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces Availability of Applications for 2008 Awards in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film
Grants will be awarded to individual artists across the United States; theater and dance awards will be in the form of scholarships, apprencticeships, and fellowships, while film awards are scholarships by invitation only….
Deadline: Various
Posted: January 28, 2008

MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Invites Applications from Chicago-Area Organizations
Operating grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to arts and culture organizations that have budgets of $500,000 or less and reside in and serve the Chicago metropolitan area….
Deadline: Various
Posted: January 15, 2008

National Geographic All Roads Film Project Offers Seed Grants for Indigenous Filmmakers
The All Roads Film Project will award grants of up to $10,000 to film projects by and about indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers from all reaches of the globe….
Deadline: Quarterly
Posted: January 8, 2008

NAMM Foundation Announces New Grant Initiatives for Music Makers and Researchers
Support will be provided to individuals and organizations for efforts that support the foundation’s mission of advancing active participation in music making….
Deadline: Various
Posted: November 12, 2007

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Arts Program Announces National Projects Fund
Grants of up to $200,000 will be awarded to individual nonprofits and consortia working to strengthen the health of dance, jazz, presenting, or the theater arts….
Deadline: Open
Posted: August 29, 2007

American Councils for International Education Offers Support for Policy Relevant Research
Fellowships of $25,000 will be awarded to U.S. graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral scholars conducting foreign policy-relevant research in Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, or Moldova….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: August 23, 2007

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities Offers Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program
Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to artists and arts organizations providing folk and traditional arts projects in close consultation and collaboration with their communities….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: August 22, 2007

Surdna Foundation Arts Program Announces Request for Proposals for Creative Writing Residencies for Teens
Established artists’ communities that serve creative writers will be awarded funding to develop summer retreats lasting at least two weeks for teens…
Deadline: Open
Posted: June 24, 2007

Meet The Composer Accepting Applications for Creative Connections
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to U.S. composers working in any genre of music or sound art for public performance or discussion of their original work….
Deadline: Quarterly
Posted: February 28, 2007

Theatre Communications Group Announces Deadlines for Career Development Programs for Theater Directors and Designers
Professional development grants of $22,500 each will be awarded to fourteen talented stage directors and designers wishing to pursue a career in American not-for-profit professional theater….
Deadline: Various
Posted: November 21, 2006

Bush Foundation Announces Artist Fellows Program
Fifteen artists working in literature, music composition, scriptworks, or film/video that reflects diverse communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, or northwestern Wisconsin will receive $48,000 for a fellowship of up to two years….
Deadline: Various
Posted: August 26, 2006

Green Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals
Tax exempt, public charity organizations are eligible to apply for funding in the arts, education, and health and scientific research….
Deadline: Open
Posted: September 23, 2005

Leeway Foundation Offers New Grant Programs for Women and Transgendered Artists in the Philadelphia Region
The Leeway Foundation has announced the Leeway Transformation Award and the Art and ChangeGrant, two new funding programs designed to celebrate the power and vision of women artists creating change in the Philadelphia area….
Deadline: Various
Posted: March 2, 2005

Luce Fund in American Art Offers Support for Scholarly Exhibitions and Publications
Each proposed project must result in a tangible product that can be added to the body of scholarship in the field of American art….
Deadline: March 1, annually (Letter of Inquiry)
Posted: October 6, 2003

Sundance Fund to Support International Documentary Projects
The Sundance Documentary Fund is dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: November 18, 2002

Grants and Other Funding Sources for Individual Artists

Individual Artist Grants

The Gunk Foundation Grants for Public Art
http://www.gunk.org/
The Gunk Foundation is interested in supporting projects that make it out of the museum, gallery and alternative spaces, and into the spaces of daily life. For example, work that is shown in the spaces of public transportation, city streets, or work places and is seen by people “outside” of the art and academic worlds. The Foundation is looking for non-traditional, thought-provoking public work that is site specific. PLEASE NOTE: The Grants for Public Art Program has been temporarily suspended.

Creative Capital
http://www.creative-capital.org
The foundation seeks funding requests for artist projects in either media, performing and visual arts, or in emerging fields (which includes all forms of digital work). Disciplines are funded in alternate grant cycles.

The Aaron Siskind Individual Photographers Fellowship Grants
http://www.aaronsiskind.org/grant.html
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of fellowship grants of up to $5,000 each for individuals working in still photography and photography-based media. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

The Alexia Foundation for World Peace
http://www.alexiafoundation.org/
The Alexia Foundation for World Peace Annual Photography Contest offers grants to students and professionals for the production of a proposed project. The Alexia Foundation seeks to provide the financial ability for a photographer to produce a substantial picture story that furthers the foundation’s goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding.

The Gordon Parks International Photo Competition
http://www.gordonparkscenter.org/photocontest.asp
Fort Scott Community College began the Gordon Parks Photography Competition to honor Fort Scott’s most famous photographer, Gordon Parks. Each year the Committee awards prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 to photographers whose images reflect important themes in the life and the work of Gordon Parks, such as social injustice, the suffering of others, and family values.

College Art Association
http://www.collegeart.org/opportunities/type/1/
The CAA’s Professional Development Fellowship for Master of Fine Arts Candidates was initiated to help M.F.A. students to bridge the gap between graduate study and professional careers. Each fellow receives support over a period of two years: In the first year, CAA grants $5,000 to each fellow to use during the final year of his/hers MFA program. In year two, CAA helps each fellow search for employment at a museum, art center, college, or university. Upon securing a position, CAA provides a $10,000 subsidy to the employer as part of the fellow’s salary. Also lists other fellowships, awards,and grants

American Craft Council
http://www.craftcouncil.org/
The Emerging Artist Grant Program was founded to provide support for artists in the beginning stages of their careers. Funding is available to emerging artists working in all craft media (clay, glass, fiber, metal, wood and mixed media) to support the creation of a new body of work, travel and research, or to attended professional development workshops.

The Center for Documentary Studies
http://cds.aas.duke.edu/grants/index.html
Duke University seeks applications for the annual $10,000 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, awarded to a collaborative team consisting of a writer and photographer who are in the formative or fieldwork stage of a documentary project.

The Fund for Women Artists
http://www.womenarts.org/fund/
This website has a list of aproximately 200 funding sources.

Langlois Foundation
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/
The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology annually awards two grants to individuals making an exceptional contribution to advancing knowledge at the crossroads of art, science, and technology, or to individuals whose projects are highly original or innovative. Projects proposed by scientific researchers, computer scientists, or engineers must involve a partnership with an artist.(Did not accept applications for grants in 2004.)

Liquitex “Excellence in Art” Purchase Award Program
http://www.liquitex.com/awardprograms/eia/eia.cfm
The Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Awards have been established to recognize those artists whose pursuit of excellence is demonstrated through their creative use of color, concept and media, with an artwork completed primarily in acrylics. Awards totaling over $15,000 in cash and products will be made to artists demonstrating skill and creativity in the use of acrylic paints.

Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
http://www.onassis.gr/english/scholars/foreign.html
The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation seeks applications for grants from foreign full members of Academies of Science, university professors and researchers, artists, and translators of Greek literature, and for scholarships from postgraduate students and Ph.D. candidates. The aim of the program is the dissemination of the Hellenic language, culture, and history abroad. Grants are awarded in the fields of humanistic sciences, political science, law, economics, architecture, and the arts, and provide roundtrip airfare, accommodations, and a monthly allowance.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation
http://pkf.org/grant.html
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation’s mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have as professional artists over a significant period of time. The Foundations welcome, throughout the year, applications from visuals artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines.

Women’s Studio Workshop
http://www.wsworkshop.org/_art_opp/artopp.htm
WSW offers a variety of grants and residency opportunities for artists working in printmaking, papermaking, book arts, photography, and ceramics.

Puffin Foundation
http://www.puffinfoundation.org
Puffin Foundation Grants are open to emerging artists in the fields of art, photography, music, theater, dance and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. Average Puffin Foundation grants range from $1,000 to $2,500.

Connecticut

LEF Foundation
http://www.lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from which you are applying. For projects in development outside these two regions, please contact the main office in California. LEF Foundation, 1095 Lodi LN., Saint Helena, CA 94574.

Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
http://www.cultureandtourism.org/cct/site/default.asp
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Artist Fellowship program is designed to encourage the continuing artistic development of Connecticut’s finest creative artists who are seriously committed to their art form and who have a demonstrated history of professional activity in the state. Twenty to thirty-five awards are made each year in the amounts of $5,000 and $2,500. Visual artists are eligible for this program during odd numbered years.

Delaware

Delaware Division of the Arts
http://www.artsdel.org/grants/default.shtml
The Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to applicants residing in Delaware for at least one year and at least 18 years of age.

District of Columbia

The District of Columbia Comission on Arts and Humanities
http://dcarts.dc.gov/dcarts/site/default.asp
The Arts Commission offers funding for the arts in the District of Columbia. The Artist Fellowship Program offers grants to individuals in a broad range of artistic endeavors. Individual fellowships support individual artists who make significant contributions to the arts and who promote the arts in the District of Columbia through artistic excellence. Fellowship artist disciplines rotate on a biannual basis. In 2005, fellowships will be awarded in Media, Visual Arts, and Crafts.

New York

Jerome Foundation
http://www.jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and contributes to the professional advancement of those artists. Open to residents of Minnesota and New York City. Individual grants are available in Media Arts, and for travel or study.

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council
http://www.larac.org
Individual Artist Grants are available to individual artists residing in Warren or Washington County. One grant of $2500 is available for artists who reside in Washington County, and a grant of $2500 and another for $1000 are available to artists who reside in Warren County. These proposals must be for the creation of new art that will impact the community creatively or involve the community in the creative process.

New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org/home.html
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowships awards grants of $7,000 in sixteen separate disciplines to individual originating artists in New York State. Through Artists & Audiences Exchange, each fellowship recipient performs a public service activity in collaboration with a non-profit organization located in New York State. The Foundation also offers Career Advancement Mini-Grants($100-$600).

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
http://www.artsnet.org/pca/
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts offers funding opportunities and services for Pennsylvania artists. Opportunities include individual fellowships up to $10,000 and an annual catalogue of Fellowship Recipients.

Leeway Foundation
http://www.leeway.org/
The Leeway Foundation was established to promote the welfare of women and benefit the arts. Awards to individual women artists are offered in a selected visual or literary discipline each year. Specific grants are available for emerging and established women artists. There is also a Window of Opportunity Grant which help artists take advantage of unique, time-limited opportunities that could significantly benefit their work or increase its recognition.

Pew Fellowships in the Arts
http://www.pewarts.org/index.html
Pew Fellowships in the Arts awards grants of $50,000 to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines which rotate on a four-year cycle. The primary function of the fellowships is to free artists from other activities-literally to “buy time”-so they can focus on creative development for an extended period. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually to artists living and working in the five-county Philadelphia area.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
http://www.arts.ri.gov/grants/index.php
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts makes direct grants to Rhode Island artists. Grants to individuals include Fellowships and Folk Arts apprenticeships. Proposals for funding for individual artists are also considered.

England

Arts Council England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/individuals
Arts Council England’s Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organizations, national touring and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities that benefit the people in England or that help artists and arts organizations from England to carry out their work.

France

The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarships at the Foundation des Etats-Unis
http://nfrance.com/~am17204/framset.html
The Foundation des Etats-Unis annually awards up to four Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarships to American visual artists and musicians. The grant is designated for study at the graduate level and allows young, talented musicians and artists to continue their studies in Paris. The stipend covers room and board for one academic year (October-June) at the Foundation.

Scandinavia

The American-Scandanavian Foundation
http://www.amscan.org/index.html
The American-Scandinavian Foundation promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Each year, the ASF wards more than $500,000 in fellowships and grants to individual students, scholars, professionals and artists for projects abroad.

Asia

Asian Cultural Council
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/programs.html
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United states in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, and students. Some of the grants listed on this site are for Americans who wish to study in China, Japan, or Taiwan.

Japan Foundation
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/arts.html
The Japan Foundation Artist Fellowships provide artists the opportunity to pursue creative projects in Japan for 2 to 6 months.

RFP: Art Culture Nature Retreat

Forwarded from Susie Monagan:Movement and Stillness: An Art Culture Nature Retreat
Wednesday, 26th of July (1pm) to Sunday, 30th of July, 2006 (1pm).
Location: Light on the Hill Retreat Center, a beautiful center in 236 acres of rolling hills. Van Etten, NY. http://www.fostersolutionsinc.com/loh/We invite ecologists, activists, environmental artists, bio artists, community artists, academics and others to an intensive retreat. In five days in up-state New York, we will find time to reflect on art making, scientific methods, ecological politics, and on their relationships to contemplative practices. The focus of the retreat is on practical exploration: we are looking for proposals for activities such as art workshops, guided botanical explorations, talks and walks, meditations, participatory performances, ritual work, ecological skill- sharing, traditional environmental practices. The exact shape of the retreat will emerge as your proposals begin to come in.

Please send us your name and contact details, a proposal of what you would like to do, show or present (up to 250 words, for 1-2 hour section leader, 10-min show and tell, 15 min performance slot, gallery exhibit, or other), a brief bio statement with a note about your experiences running workshops (if that‚s what you are proposing), and any other information you think will be useful for us. Please do not send large (<750k) files with visuals.

Send to: pkuppers@bryant.edu, by February 5th, 2006 (early submission encouraged).

More info: Susan Monagan <smonagan@ithaca.edu>

Please find below The New York Community Trust’s 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking applications for the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund.

The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust provides support for talented, culturally diverse, economically disadvantaged young people who are seriously dedicated to a career in the arts.

We are changing this year’s program as follows:

The Trust is issuing a single RFP for Advancing the Professional Development of Disadvantaged Young Artists at the Post-College Level.
We will not be making grants at the Pre-College Level this year.

Please direct any questions you may have about the 2009 Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund’s RFP for Advancing the Professional Development of Disadvantaged Young Artists at the Post-College Level to Kerry McCarthy, program officer for Arts & Historic Preservation, at (212) 686-0010 x520.

Thank you for your continued interest in The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust.

Sincerely,

Joyce Bove
Senior Vice President
Grants and Special Projects

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21 07 2009

NEC’s Emerging Playwrights July 24 click here

osted: July 15, 2009

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Introduces New Transnational Cultural Remittances Grant Program
In its first year, the new program will provide grants of up to $20,000 to individuals, collectives, and community-based organizations working to strengthen social networks and economic justice across national boundaries in Central America….
Deadline: July 24, 200

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Grants and Other Funding Sources for Individual Artists

Individual Artist Grants

The Fund for Women Artists
http://www.womenarts.org/fund/
This website has a list of aproximately 200 funding sources.

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

New York

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
http://www.artsnet.org/pca/
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts offers funding opportunities and services for Pennsylvania artists. Opportunities include individual fellowships up to $10,000 and an annual catalogue of Fellowship Recipients.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
http://www.arts.ri.gov/grants/index.php
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts makes direct grants to Rhode Island artists. Grants to individuals include Fellowships and Folk Arts apprenticeships. Proposals for funding for individual artists are also considered.

England

France

Scandinavia

Asia

Japan Foundation
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/arts.html
The Japan Foundation Artist Fellowships provide artists the opportunity to pursue creative projects in Japan for 2 to 6 months.

RFP: Art Culture Nature Retreat

Send to: pkuppers@bryant.edu, by February 5th, 2006 (early submission encouraged).

More info: Susan Monagan <smonagan@ithaca.edu>

Please find below The New York Community Trust’s 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking applications for the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund.

We are changing this year’s program as follows:

The Trust is issuing a single RFP for Advancing the Professional Development of Disadvantaged Young Artists at the Post-College Level.
We will not be making grants at the Pre-College Level this year.

Thank you for your continued interest in The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust.

Sincerely,

Joyce Bove
Senior Vice President
Grants and Special Projects

Request for Proposals 2009 Click her for more:

Advancing the Professional Development of Disadvantaged Young Artists at the Post-College Level in All Artistic Disciplines

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31St Annual Thunderbird Mid-Summer Pow Wow at Queens County Farm Museum

17 07 2009

Queens County Farm Museum • 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, NY 11004 • 718-347-3276

AZTEC DANCERS

Photo by Queens County Farm Museum.
©2009. All Rights Reserved.

When:

July 24 – July 26, 2009
(view calendar and times)Friday6pm Gates Open

6pm-10pm Crafts and Food stands

7pm-10pm Pow Wow and ’specials’

Sunset Lighting of the Bomfire

Saturday

10am Gates Open

10am -10pm Crafts and Food stands

1pm Grand Entry

1-5pm Pow Wow Dancing

7pm Grand Entry

7-10pm Pow Wow Dancing

Sunset Lighting of the Bomfire

Sunday

10am Gates Open

10am -5pm Crafts and Food stands

1pm Grand Entry

1-5pm Pow Wow Dancing

Price:

Single Day Adult $9; Child (12 and under) $4 All Weekend Pass Adult $15; Child (12 and under) $5Dancer Registration Friday 5-7pm, Saturday 10am-1pm Contest points will be given for Friday night participation Dancers must register by Saturday 1pmMens Traditional, Women’s Traditional, Men’s Fancy, Women’s Shawl, Men’s Grass Dance, Women’s Jingle Dress, Young Men (8-15) Young Women(8-15), Tiny Tots(7 and under Prizes for contests (full regalia) up to $500

Dinner for Registered Dancers

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND QUEENS COUNTY FARM MUSEUM EDUCATION FUND

FREE PARKING BRING YOUR OWN SEATING

WWW.QUEENSFARM.ORG

WWW.AICH.ORG

Vendors Send Pictures of your stand and list of items to: thunderbirdvendors@gmail.com or Thunferbird Vendors c/o Marie McKinney P.O. Box 521 College Station, NY, NY 10030

Thunderbird American Indian Dancers 2009 Calendar

SAT, Oct 17 National Museum of the American Indian-Dance Social 7pm-10pm

SAT, Nov 21 TAID Auction at American Indian Community House 11 Broadway 2nd fl Silent Auction & Preview 6pm-7pm Live Auction 7pm-9pm

SAT, Dec 19 TAID XMAS Social 7pm -10pm

SAT, Jan 23 National Museum of the American Indian-Dance Social 7pm-10pm

FRI-SUN Jan 29-31 and Feb 5-7 Annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Concert at Theater for the New City 155 1 st Ave btwn 9th and 10th St 212 254-1109 http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/programs.htm

SAT April 17 National Museum of the American Indian-Dance Social 7pm-10pm

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Queens County Farm Museum
73 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, NY 11004
718-347-3276
www.queensfarm.org…The Space — Boasting origins in the 17th century, this parcel of land, with its farm buildings and orchards and gardens, is recognized as the state’s longest continuously farmed terrain. Today, its grounds and collections offer a glimpse of how folks once lived off the land, and the organization hosts various events throughout the year. A 47-acre www.queensfarm.org

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NEC Rep: Renowned Black Theatre Honors Playwrights to Over-Capacity Crowds

13 07 2009

Marie McKinney presents Laurence Holder with plaque, cast of NEC Rep Lost and Found: Classic Plays and Emerging Playwrights

l to r: Jeanette Bookhard, Laurence Holder winner NEC Rep Award for "Excellence and Prolific Commitment", Marie McKinney, Ginger Spencer, Barbara Asare-Bediako

July 10, 2009. An over-capacity crowd bombarded Negro Ensemble Company Repertory’s Lost and Found, Friday. .From 1967 to the 90’s, Negro Ensemble Company, the second oldest black theater company in the world, was the best place for black playwrights to sent their plays for production. When the company closed temporarily, in the 80’s, boxes of scripts and memorabilia unaccounted for. Excerpts from six of the hundreds of archived works re-discovered at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture returned to the stage. New plays and original

Actor/ Writer :My Brother's Keeper NEC Rep member

works by Actor/Writers, Barbara Asare-Bediako and Actor/Writer/Rapper, Quester Hannah; Ryan Johnson, actor/comic and singer/songwriter, heart throb, Jillian Walker ignited the stage . “Excelllence and Prolific writing for the Theatre.” read NEC Rep citations awarded vereran writers, Laurence Holder and Leslie Lee. An interview followed. NEC Repertory presented “LOST AND FOUND: NEC Honors Classic Plays and Emerging Playwrights” on July 10 at 8pm at Where Eagles Dare Theatre in New York, NY.

“Astounding work!..I see a young Denzel, Sam Jackson, L Scott Caldwell, Frances Foster on this stage….Judi Ann Mason passed. A huge loss, and yet these new artists give us hope for Black Theatre’s future.” NEC Repertory Acting instructor, Marie McKinney, says “What an important historic find!A new generation of actors get access to this extraordinary, unknown material.” In addition, emerging playwrights Quester Hannah and Barbara Asare-Bediako premiered scenes from their original works for veteran writers, Laurence Holder and Leslie Lee, honored that night. Continuing the forty-two year traditions of NEC Rep, LOST AND FOUND continues to support emerging actors who have completed NEC’s rigorous training program. NEC Rep combines solid groundwork in character technique, script analysis and voice production with ethnic culture. “We use the time-honored work of masters such as Michael Chekhov and Stella Adler as a foundation and bring it into an African American cultural context,” says McKinney.” According to Charles Weldon, NEC’s Artistic Director, “We get calls all the times from actors who have graduated from big schools who are hungry for information about their own culture.” Auditions are held by appt. Contact necartz@gmail.com.

Charles Weldon, Leslie Lee and Laurence Holder

Charles Weldon lauds young playwrights and actors, honorees: Leslie Lee and Laurence Holder interviewed by Marie McKinney; and regretfully announces the passing of Judy Ann Mason

LOST AND FOUND boasts scenes from brilliant vintage plays by unknown playwrights, and famed writers like Alice Childress and Ed Bullins, representing a unique portfolio of African American life The program features Gail Davis’ The Night of the Wizard, Daniel W. Owens’ La Grima del Diallo, Trevor Rhone’s Two Can Play, Gus Edwards’ Weep Not For Me, Laurence Holder’s Monk ‘n’ Bud, Leslie Lee’s Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things. New plays include Quester Hannah’s My Brother’s Keeper, and Barbara Asare-Bediako’s stirring one-person show, sharing the horrors of working in hospitals where medical experimentation on the poor takes place and her play exposing Ma Rainey’s seduction of Lillian in Secret Mist of Blue .

Barbara Asare Bediako Actor/Writer of One Woman Show "Removing the Mask" and "Secret Mist of Blue" NEC Rep member

Quester Hannah, Barbara Asare-Bediako, Douglas O. Walker, Ginger Spencer, Ed Robinson, Cassandra Johnson, Jillian Walker, Malikia Causey, Jeanette Bookhard, and Ryan Johnson are among the performers on the July 10 production.

Leslie Lee Award Winning Writer Playwright in Residence/NEC Rep Instructor

About Negro Ensemble Company:

The Negro Ensemble Company and NEC Training Program were first started by Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald Krone in 1967. Robert Hooks broke down the walls of his apartment and taught acting to a young Hattie Winston. Rosalind Cash, Frances Foster, Graham Brown and Bill Jay, among the original company members. This Pultizer Prize-winning company, with 200 productions on its roster, boasts a long list of notable alumni, such as Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Adolf Caesar, Phylicia Rashad, Samuel L Jackson, Roscoe Lee Brown, and many more. NEC looks forward to another extended run of Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things by Leslie Lee with brilliant ensemble work NEC has received 11 Audelco Award Nominations for its plays in the year. The company awarded $1000 to emerging playwright, Antoinette Nwandu, this spring at Tisch NYU. The current NEC REP program is successfully fostering a new generation of performing artists and writers, who have, in the last year, played on HBO’s The Wire, Law and Order, NEC’s Zooman, Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre Row, NY Comedy Club, New Heritage Theater, La Mama, Hip Hop Monologues, Commercials and 3 NEC REP members are invited participants of Harvard’s Advanced Training Program: Moscow.

Award winning, NEC resident playwright, Leslie Lee continues momentum with The Emerging and Classic Playwrights Series in the fall ,also at Where Eagles Dare Theatre. Charles Weldon became the current Artistic Director 5 years ago and stars in August Wilson’s Radio Golf. Charles started performing with NEC in 1970 and now returns as an alumnus of the NEC Repertory Company and active board member, expanding its fiscal standing and ushering the company into the new millennium.

NEC REP is holding auditions and interviews for its ongoing classes for professional actor’s and playwrights. Email necartz@gmail.com for audition appointment, and semi-private ongoing classes. 212 862 4625

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Renowned Black Theater Unearths Lost Plays and Newly Found Playwrights

4 07 2009

June 30, 2009. In the early 80’s, Negro Ensemble Company, the second oldest black theater company in the world, closed its doors temporarily, leaving boxes of scripts and memorabilia unaccounted for. Now, those lost archives have been re-discovered at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and excerpts from these works will be returned to the stage. NEC Repertory presents “LOST AND FOUND: NEC Classic Plays and Emerging Playwrights” on July 10 at 8pm at Where Eagles Dare Theatre in New York, NY.

“What an important historic find!”.says Marie McKinney, NEC Repertory Acting instructor. “A new generation of actors get access to this extraordinary material.” In addition, emerging playwrights Quester Hannah and Barbara Asare-Bediako premiere scenes from their original works for veteran writers Laurence Holder and Leslie Lee, who are honored that night. Continuing the forty-two year traditions of NEC Rep, LOST AND FOUND will present emerging actors who have completed NEC’s rigorous training program, which combines solid groundwork in character technique, script analysis and voice production with ethnic culture. “We use the time-honored work of masters such as Michael Chekhov and Stella Adler as a foundation and bring it into an African American cultural context,” says McKinney.” According to Charles Weldon, NEC’s Artistic Director, “We get calls all the times from actors who have graduated from big schools who are hungry for information about their own culture.”

About Negro Ensemble Company:

NEC REP is holding auditions and interviews for its ongoing classes for professional actor’s and playwrights. Call 212 582 5860 or email necartz@gmail.com for audition appointment, and semi-private ongoing classes.

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