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2011 Native American Film + Video Festival – Native Networks March 30-April 3 NMAI

New York City Nonprofits Project Links for Nonprofits

Foundation Center Common Applications

Foundation Center Common Application Link for NY and NJ Area Nonprofits

AGM Common Proposal Forms AGM Applications all in zip file

Rolling Deadline – Jerome Foundation General Grants: support the creation, development and production of new works. Support is for artists who take risks and embrace challenges; whose developing voices reveal significant potential; who are rigorous in their approach to creation and production; who have some evidence of professional achievement but not a substantial record of accomplishment; and who are not recognized as established artists by other artists, curators, producers, critics, and arts administrators.
The amounts of grants vary. Board meets four times a year. Visit www.jeromefdn.org

Rolling Deadline – Harkness Foundation for Dance: supports curriculum development, general/operating support, program development and scholarships. Initial approach is a letter. The amounts of grants vary. Call (212) 755-5540.
Rolling Deadline : Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Emergency Grants: provide speedy funding for artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public, or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. The grants are intended to support the creation of innovative and experimental work. Grants are determined on a monthly basis. Grants range from $200 to $2,000; the average grant is $1,000. Visit www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org

Youth, I.N.C Invites Applications for 2011 Service Grant Program
Cash grants plus fundraising assistance and networking opportunities will be provided to nonprofits that have worked to help New York City youth for at least three years….
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: October 5, 2010

Kresge Foundation Call for Applications for Arts and Culture Facility Investments and Building Reserves Grants
Grants of up to $1 million will be awarded to arts nonprofits working to strengthen their long-term financial health; a new grant program will support both project costs and the creation of a building reserve….
Deadline: March 1, 2011 (Preliminary Applications)
Posted: December 30, 2010

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ArtsCONNECT Grant Guidelines
Grants of up to $10,000 per presenting partner will be awarded to nonprofit presenter consortiums that are working collaboratively to present a single artist or touring company and that represent at least two mid-Atlantic states….
Deadline: March 21, 2011
Posted: December 30, 2010

American Educational Research Association Seeks Applications for Research Using Large Scale Data Sets
Grants of up to $35,000 will be awarded to academics from a variety of disciplines working on dissertations or research that use large-scale national and international data sets….
Deadline: Various
Posted: December 20, 2010

ArtsLink Helps Support U.S. Artists Working in Communities Abroad
In 2011, grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individual artists, arts managers, and nonprofit arts organizations working in visual and media arts in collaboration with an artist or organization outside the United States….
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Posted: December 16, 2010

First Nations Composer Initiative Seeks Applications for Common Ground Grants Program
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hawaiian Native composers, commissioners, or performing musicians working to create music and distribute it to a broader community….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: December 16, 2010

Creative Work Fund Invites San Francisco-Area Artists to Collaborate With Nonprofit Organizations
Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded to San Francisco Bay Area artists and nonprofits working on projects with the potential to help strengthen their communities, draw attention to an important issue, or engage audiences in new ways….
Deadline: March 4, 2011 (Letters of Inquiry)
Posted: December 14, 2010

William T. Grant Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for Investigator Initiated Grants on Youth Settings
Grants of up to $1.5 million will be awarded for research that enhances understanding of how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved, as well as the effects of such research on policy affecting youth….
Deadline: January 5, 2011 (Letters of Inquiry)
Posted: December 14, 2010

PeyBack Foundation Offers Funding for Programs Assisting At-Risk Youth in Indiana, Tennessee, and New Orleans
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofits providing leadership and growth opportunities to economically disadvantaged children in Indiana, Tennessee, and the New Orleans metropolitan area….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: December 10, 2010

Etant donn?s: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts Offers Funding for French and American Theater Programs
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to American nonprofit institutions producing or presenting theater tours, residencies, or translations either of contemporary French playwrights or with French theater professionals….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: December 17, 2010

2010 Artists Summer Institute Workshop

Promote Yourself! An Introduction to Public & Media Relations for Artists

Led by Heidi Riegler, PR consultant & founder of RIEGLER MEDIA | MARKETING

As an artist you create art, but if you want your art to be seen or heard, you have to think about how your work will reach its audience. Understanding public and media relations is an essential part of a successful communications campaign that will garner press coverage and visibility for your art project and for yourself.

In this three-part workshop, participants will learn how to develop targeted PR and media plans, craft written press materials, and reach out to the media:

Dates & Topics:

Session 1: Public & Media Relations Basics
January 26, 2011, 6:30 – 8PM

Session 2: PR/Media Plans, Press Releases & Pitches
February 16, 2011, 6:30 – 8:30PM

Session 3: Honing Your Message
March 2, 2011, 6:30 – 8:30PM

Location:

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor

Workshop is free, but space is limited.
Click here for complete information and to register.

TNT: Training, Networking, and Talks is supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation.

Theatre Communications Group and Mellon Foundation Launch New Global Connections Program
The program will award travel grants and project development grants of up to $10,000 to U.S.-based theaters and individual artists interested in international collaboration….
Deadline: December 20, 2010 and February 28, 2011
Posted: December 9, 2010

Fellowships Available for Research at Woody Guthrie Archives
Individuals interested in non-commercial research of Guthrie’s life, work, and contribution to American music and world culture will receive help to defray travel and lodging costs related to visiting the archives in Mt. Kisco, New York….
Deadline: January 3, 2011
Posted: December 9, 2010

National Museum of the American Indian Invites Applications for Indigenous Contemporary Arts Programs
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to teams of at least two Native American artists through the foundation’s Exhibitions and Publications program and its Expressive Arts program….
Deadline: January 14, 2011
Posted: December 9, 2010

Getty Foundation Offers Funding for Multicultural Undergraduate Internships at Los Angeles-Area Museums and Visual Arts Organizations
Nonprofit museums and visual arts groups in Los Angeles County will receive support for up to three full-time internships for undergrads and recent graduates of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: December 9, 2010

Meet The Composer Accepting Applications for Creative Connections
Grants of up to $3,500 will be awarded to U.S. composers and sponsoring organizations working to present original music of any style or genre in performances that include some form of public outreach….
Deadline: January 7, 2011
Posted: December 8, 2010

Center for Cultural Innovation Offers Grants for California Artists Working in Visual Arts, Craft, and Literary Arts
The foundation’s Round VII grants will provide awards of up to $10,000 to working artists in California who have exhibited, performed, presented, and/or published their work in a public context within the last three years….
Deadline: January 14, 2011
Posted: December 8, 2010

Aaron Copland Fund for Music Accepting Applications for Contemporary American Music Recording Program
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to nonprofit performance ensembles and presenting institutions as well as nonprofit or commercial recording companies working to produce new or reissue contemporary American music recordings….
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Posted: December 8, 2010

Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Program Invites Submissions for Native Lab Fellowship
A workshop and networking opportunities at the Sundance Film Festival will be provided to emerging Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native film artists working in the United States….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: December 2, 2010

Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute Seeks Applications From High School Juniors and Educators
Seven-day, all-expenses-paid scholarships to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival June 26 to July 2, 2011, in Aspen, Colorado will be awarded to twelve public high school student/educator teams….
Deadline: February 11, 2011
Posted: December 2, 2010

Open Society Institute Invites Applications for Latin American Security, Drugs, and Democracy Fellowship
The competition is open to dissertation-level graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients worldwide conducting research on organized crime, drug policy, and related issues in Latin America; support will be provided for twelve months of research….
Deadline: January 20, 2011
Posted: November 29, 2010

Delaware Fund for Women Invites Grant Applications
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofits looking to create or expand programs that support the needs and potential of women and girls in Delaware….
Deadline: January 28, 2011
Posted: December 27, 2010

Louisville Institute Invites Applications for First Book Grant Program for Minority Scholars
Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded to junior, non-tenured religion scholars of color working on a major research and book project pertaining to American Christianity and related to the priorities of the institute….
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Posted: December 18, 2010

Applications for DeVos Institute Summer International Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center
Twenty international arts managers will participate in an intensive arts management program designed to teach them practical skills that are readily transferable to the management of their organizations….
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Posted: October 1, 2010

New York Foundation for the Arts Invites 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: October 1, 2010

Venture Philanthropy Partners New Funding Opportunity to Improve Education and Employment Outcomes for Youth in the National Capital Region
Grants totaling $2.7 million over a two-year period will be awarded to nonprofits working to improve opportunities for low-income youth between the ages of 14 and 24….
Deadline: October 12, 2010 (Preliminary Proposals)
Posted: September 24, 2010

Tribeca Film Institute Accepting Submissions for Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to seasoned and first-time filmmakers in support of films that highlight and humanize issues of social importance from around the world through complete, thoughtful, and dynamic storytelling….
Deadline: December 8, 2010
Posted: September 24, 2010

US Artists International Program Gives Funding for U.S. Performing Artists to Participate in International Festivals
Grants will be awarded to American dance, music, and theater ensembles as well as solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals….
Deadline: December 13, 2010 ; and April 22, 2011
Posted: October 1, 2010

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Poetry and Creative Writing Prizes and Grants

Rockefeller Foundation : Proposals for Residencies at the Bellagio Center
Scholars, scientists, journalists, writers, artists, non-governmental organization practitioners, and policy makers from anywhere in the world can apply to stay at the Bellagio Center for one month of uninterrupted work on a wide range of world issues….
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Posted: October 22, 2010

Guidelines for Native Arts New England and National Native Arts Exchange Grant Programs
Grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded to Native American artists and organizations in New England working to reach broader audiences, connect with new markets for their work, and gain access to additional financial resources….
Deadline: Various
Posted: October 21, 2010
Call for Nominations of Performing Arts Ensembles From Haiti, Indonesia, Mali, Pakistan, Senegal, Syria, and Turkey for U.S. Touring Program
The new program will work to foster cross-cultural understanding between citizens of the United States and other countries; ensembles will receive an honorarium plus financial and planning assistance for travel and tour expenses….
Deadline: November 1, 2010 (Online Nomination Form)
Posted: October 21, 2010

VSA Invites Applications for International Young Soloists Awards
Musicians with disabilities, or a musical ensemble with at least one disabled member, will be awarded $5,000 and an opportunity to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts….
Deadline: November 15, 2010 and December 1, 2010
Posted: October 21, 2010

National Endowment for the Humanities Offers Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants for Innovative Projects
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to U.S. individuals and organizations working on digital initiatives in any area of the humanities….
Deadline: November 15, 2010 and December 1, 2010
Posted: October 21, 2010

National Endowment for the Arts Invites Communities to Participate in 2011-12 Big Read Program
Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to nonprofits, state agencies, tribal governments, or tax-exempt public libraries to fund comprehensive resources that support their efforts to read and discuss a single book or the work of a poet….
Deadline: February 1, 2011
Posted: October 15, 2010

American-Scandinavian Foundation Announces Fellowship and Grant Competitions
Fellowship awards of up to $23,000 will be given to American and Scandinavian students, scholars, professionals, and artists for a year-long program that will work to broaden the link between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sw
Deadline: Various
Posted: October 15, 2010

Shubert Foundation Accepting Grant Applications From U.S. Nonprofit Professional Theaters
Grants will be awarded to nonprofits with an established artistic and administrative track record, as well as a history of fiscal responsibility working to develop new works and other significant contributions to the field of professional theater….
Deadline: December 1, 2010
Posted: October 15, 2010

Theatre Communications Group Accepting Proposals for New Generations Program Future Leaders and Future Audiences Grants
Grants of up to $80,000 will be awarded to theaters expanding their reach to underserved communities and to talented theater professionals who show promise as leaders in the field….
Deadline: November 15, 2010
Posted: October 14, 2010

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Launches National Competition for Social Innovation Fund Grants
A total of $20 million will be awarded to eight to ten high-performing nonprofits working to deliver transformative services to disadvantaged youth, primarily in philanthropically underserved communities….
Deadline: October 25, 2010 (Intent to Apply)
Posted: October 7, 2010

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Accepting Applications for 2011 Institutional Grants
Grants will be awarded to nonprofit film organizations and to film programs within accredited schools, colleges, and universities that encourage the appreciation of motion pictures as an art form and a vocation….
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Posted: October 7, 2010

The Many Voices Project is the distinguished annual competition (since 1981) to find new and emerging writers. (An emerging writer has not published more than two books of creative writing with a commercial, university, or national small press.)
Our 2010 submission period is September 15 – November 1 (postmark), 2010. This year, there is a $20 entry fee to enter this book-length competition; there is also a required entry form, available HERE. Both the Prose Prize and the Poetry Prize this year are national prizes. The two winning manuscripts will be published in Fall 2012; each author receives a $1,000 honorarium and a standard book contract. All of our books are distributed nationally by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.

Kleban Award: given annually to both a librettist and a lyricist, each receiving $100,000, payable in 2 annual installments of $50,000. Applicants must have had work previously produced on a stage or in a workshop performance OR be or have been a member or associate of a professional musical workshop or theater group. Visit www.newdramatists.org/kleban_award.htm
Deadline: September 15, 2010

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships for Scholars and Artists: who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The amounts of grants vary and will be adjusted to the needs of Fellows, considering their other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans. Visit www.gf.org.
Deadline: September 15, 2010

The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund): provides grants of up to $5,000 to Manhattan-based nonprofit organizations. Supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, these grants are available in all disciplines. The Fund also seeks to increase access to arts and cultural activities in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan and to encourage new arts activities in communities where the need exists. Visit www.lmcc.net
Deadline: September 21, 2010

The Multi-Arts Production Fund Bulletin: September 2010

News & Announcements | Calendar

News & Announcements

The 2010-2011 MAP Application Calendar is now posted on our website.
September 15, 2010:
Online Letter of Inquiry Application Open
October 15, 2010:
Online LOI Deadline

December 10, 2010:
Notification of Invitation for Full Proposal
January 10, 2011:
Deadline for Full Proposals (by invite only)

April, 2011:
Final Notification of Panel Results

Grant Activities Period
September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2013
For eligibility, requirements, and work sample information can be found on our website.
New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers: supports projects that draw on the research collections at the NYPL Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Fellows receive a stipend of $60,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the library’s physical and electronic resources for 9-month term (September-May). Visit www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/29202
Deadline: September 24, 2010
Bronx Council of the Art’s 2009-2010 NYSCA/BCA Community Arts Grants: provide direct support for arts and cultural projects developed and/or sponsored by Bronx Arts Organizations and Community-Based Organizations. Activities may include workshops/classes, performances, arts exhibitions, special one-day events, multi-discipline collaborations, and public access programming. Individual artists can apply through an organizational conduit based in the County. Matching funds are required. Visit www.bronxarts.org/cag.asp
Deadline: September 24, 2010

Creative Capacity Fund Offers Professional Development Grants for Artists and Arts Organizations in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to arts administrators and individual artists in the Bay Area and Los Angeles pursuing professional development activities….
Deadline: Monthly
Posted: May 20, 2010

STUDIO LLC – new professional artist development program
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
(Jamaica NY)
STUDIO LLC is Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning’s (JCAL) professional development program for emerging artists. With an emphasis on entrepreneurship, STUDIO LLC encourages artists to regard their studio as a small business. The course will help artists to identify their professional goals and create a long-term plan for their ever-flourishing studio practices and artistic endeavors. John L. Moore, Jackie Battenfield, and Martha Wilson have joined as mentors of the participating artists.MORE Elsevier Foundation Invites Proposals for Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries Program
One-, two-, and three-year awards of up to $50,000 will be given to libraries in the developing world working to improve access to scientific, technical, and medical information….
Deadline: September 15, 2010
Posted: June 4, 2010

NABJ Chapter Grants
NABJ bestows financial awards of up to $500 to student and professional chapters to encourage programs that will benefit local members and sustain NABJ’s mission of community outreach. The next deadlines are October 1 and February 15. Winners are announced within 60 days of the deadlines.
Download Chapter Grant Application » (29.7 KB PDF, requires the free Adobe Reader.)

More information about Professional Chapter Grants
Artist Opportunities/Competitions
Apply for 2010 DC Commission Grants SEE ALSO: www.dcarts.dc.gov/dcarts/site
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Announce Fellowships for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Annual stipends of $25,000 will be awarded to doctoral and dissertation students working with mentors over two years to improve programs and public policy targeting the prevention of child abuse….
Deadline: December 15, 2010
Posted: June 29, 2010

Lower Manhattan community Council:
Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Each year LMCC awards grants for arts projects happening across Manhattan’s neighborhoods through The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund) and the Manhattan Community Arts Fund (MCAF). Both programs provide grants of up to $5,000 to arts organizations and artists for quality arts projects in every discipline.
RSVP for an Information Session
During the months of July, August, and September LMCC will be traveling across Manhattan giving information sessions for these two grants programs. Attending an information session is required for first time applicants and returning applicants who have not attended a session since 2007.
Visit our website to see the complete schedule and RSVP for an Information Session.
Annenberg Foundation Invites Applications for Los Angeles Nonprofit Leadership Development Program
Graduates of the Alchemy Leadership Seminar and Alchemy+ can qualify for $10,000 capacity-building grants for their nonprofits located in and/or serving the Los Angeles County region….
Deadline: October 31, 2010
Posted: June 17, 2010

APAPl ASOC OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS SAVE THE DATE JAN 2011 WWW.CONFERENCE.COM

http://www.artspresenters.org/

AMS/Arts Presenters Economic Tracking Survey One of the ways Arts Presenters is leading the way in keeping our members updated on the latest economic trends affecting our field is by introducing new economic tracking surveys with AMS Research and Planning. These surveys gather crucial information from APAP members as well as from members of the Performing Arts Center Consortium and the League of Historic American Theaters. January 2009 Report

City of Atlanta Office of cultural Affairs Contracts for Arts Services (CAS) program awards contracts related to the production, creation, presentation, exhibition and managerial support of artistic cultural services in the city of Atlanta. The program recognizes that the presence of artists and non-profit organizations involved in the arts are critical to Atlanta’s cultural vitality. The arts enrich the creative development of the city’s diverse populations and contribute positively to the social and economic well being of Atlanta and the region. www.ocaatlanta.com/
New York State Council on the Arts Meetings: Public Meetings:
June 28, 2010 10:00am – 1:00pm Performing and Literary Arts Committee
2:00pm – 5:00pm Visual Arts Committee
June 29, 2010 10:00am – 1:00pm Multi-Disciplinary Arts Committee
June 30, 2010 1:00pm – 4:30pm Council Meeting (FY11 Grants)
All of NYSCA’s public meetings are available via webcast.
Grants http://www.uacgreensboro.org/grants/index.html
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Invites Nominations for Leadership Awards
The Distinguished Public Service Award and the Gary Young Award recognize individuals who have displayed exemplary leadership of state arts agencies and regional arts organizations….
Deadline: July 16, 2010
Posted: May 20, 2010

Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation Accepting Applications for Youth Program Evaluation Grants
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to promote scholastic, professional, athletic, and/or other excellence in youth and provide them with opportunities for success….
Deadline: July 28, 2010
Posted: June 23, 2010
Threadhead Record Foundation Offers Grants to Support Music of New Orleans
Three grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded to musicians in need of resources to produce and distribute their work and whose music promotes the cultural heritage of New Orleans….
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Posted: June 23, 2010
Nominations Invited for 2010 Mario Savio Young Activist Award
Awards of $6,000 will be divided equally between young people and the organizations they represent to honor their commitment to human rights and social justice and ability to transform their commitment into effective action….
Deadline: June 30, 2010
Posted: May 6, 2010

Tournees Festival Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses
Grants of $2,300 will be awarded to individuals affiliated with an American university or college providing film festivals that reference French-American cultural and educational exchange….
Deadline: June 30, 2010 and October 1, 2010
Posted: June 10, 2010
Entries Invited for Council on Foundations’ 44th Annual Film & Video Festival
Films selected to participate at the festival must have received full or partial funding for production, distribution, and/or outreach from a private, community, operating, or corporate foundation; a corporate giving program; or a donor network….
Deadline: June 25, 2010
Posted: May 24, 2010
Links to artist residencies worldwide
More at The Foundation Center 79 Fifth Ave 2nd floor Plus on-line and on site seminars in Grant writing seewww.foundationcenter.org

Ford Foundation Launches $100 Million Initiative to Develop Arts …
PR Newswire
Through an open RFP process, grants of up to $100000 will go to …provided a $1 million grant to El Museo del Barrio, New York City’s leading Latino arts …
Entertainment Software Association Foundation Invites Grant and Scholarship Applications
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to support programs and opportunities that use technology and/or computer and video games to make a positive difference in the lives of America’s youth….
Deadline: Various
Posted: April 16, 2010
Women Helping Others Foundation Invites Grant Applications
The WHO (Women Helping Others) Foundation supports community-focused charities that serve the overlooked needs of women, children, and families in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Funding will be considered for tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charities that have been incorporated for at least three years and have total organizational budgets of $3 million or less. Preference will be given to organizations with an operating budget of $3 million or less, those not dependent upon government grants, and those with greater organizational program costs than personnel costs. Organizations that have previously received a WHO Foundation grant should wait three years before applying again.
Funding will be considered for grant requests from $1,000 to $40,000 each.
Posted on April 12, 2010
Deadline: September 7, 2010
Click for more info and RFP
Writers, actors or producers, Disney│ABC Television Group’s Talent Development & Diversity programs play an integral part in launching successful careers in the entertainment industry. These programs are designed to attract, develop and staff individuals with diverse backgrounds and life experiences in either creative or production positions.
Those accepted into our talent development programs have the opportunity to hone their skills and perfect their craft under the supervision of network and studio executives, producers, writers and/or episodic directors.
The submission period for the 2011 Television Writing Program opens June 1st, 2010 and will close on July 1st, 2010
Click here for more info
American Institute of Indian Studies opportunities click here
Career Development Program Fellowship
The mission of CFEVA’s two-year Career Development Program is to advance the professional development and promote the careers of a selected group of highly talented emerging visual artists, while encouraging their participation in the local arts community and beyond. Artists selected for particip…

Artists News: Computers, Editing, Full Grants Database…

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Next meet dates Apr 3, May 1, June 5, NO July, Aug 7, Sept 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, 2010

Thanks to The Field and Patricia Burgess who spoke to artists at our last meeting.

Now we are offering artists an associate membership to The Field. Every Associate membership to The Field through NEC Artists Monthly Meet will contribute $20 for The NEC Monthly Meet  operating and program expenses. As you know, the monthly NEC  meets at Riverside Church are free, while artists get resources to forward their projects and arts careers!

Here are some features and benefits you get with your tax deductible, $45/year membership:

Access to: ————————- The Benefits

The Resource Center at the Field Laptops, Printer, Fax and Seated Work area	Use of office: printer, fax, laptops and arts library, see winning proposals, mentors help you book your venue or tour US or abroad, lists of festivals and organizations that help artists
Full Foundation Center Grants Database ($1295.00 value)	lists of those who give artists and organizations grant money, access to grants with your specifications, info on grant makers and grant winners, free lessons on grant writing and seeking are available  (at The Field’s Resource Center)
Mac and PC  Editing and other arts software	Edit videos, Adobe Photoshop for creating professional postcards, flyers and websites, Questia-online library 70,000 books 2 mill. articles
Materials for the Arts	Materials donated from companies to artists, like: equipment,curtains, clothes, costumes, food, household furnishings, etc
The Costume Collection	75,000 professionally designed costumes and accessories
Participation to FAR Residencies program	Weekly and Bi-weekly Field work sessions to get feedback on your writing, choreography and music, Low cost rehearsal space, show your work
Automatic Donation to support NEC Rep	Every $45/yr associate membership to The Field through NEC yields a $20 to help bring resources and free services to artists and arts professionals through the NEC Rep meetings, programs and www.necartz.com
Non-Profit Organization Rates and Discounts
Free Membership to Fractured Atlas	liability insurance, job center, PR services, subsidized consulting services, career workshops, and an online support forum.
Donate now and get your associate membership to The Field through NEC (Available through February 14, 2010)	Click “Continue” on bottom of page to Donate

All memberships last one year from approval allow 3-7days for activation
The Field is located at 161 Sixth Ave 14 th floor  www.thefield.org
Lotteries for Artward Bound not included in associate membership

Next NEC Rep Meeting Dates:
Feb 6, Mar 6, April , May 1, Jun 5, No July, Aug 7, Sept 4, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4

More information and links about associate membership to The Field and Fractured Atlas in the email below.

New NEC Training Program Acting Workshops Start:

10 weeks  Actor’s Intensive on Mondays March 29 or

Beyond Shakespeare:Classical Acting in Living Color on Wednesdays April 14   7:00pm-10:00pm

Note from The Field about the 3-in-1 membership…

Here are Membership Benefits.  The only thing an affiliate is not allowed to participate in are lotteries for artward bound.  At this time you do not have to be a member to participate in FAR Residencies.   Member News   The Resource Center provides a place for artists to gather and work in an encouraging and focused environment equipped to meet their professional needs.  View current drop-in hours and learn more. Letters Confirming the Donation of Goods help to make it possible for donors to receive a tax-deduction on materials contributed towards your creative and professional activities. To request that a letter acknowledging the donation of goods, email audra@thefield.org and allow five business days notice for The Field to process your request. You will need to provide:

• Donor’s name and address
• Detailed information about the item donated (i.e. One Dell Inspiron 5100 Lap Top Computer)
• Please note that donations of services are not tax-deductible.

Non-profit Affiliation Letters confirm your affiliation with The Field, making you eligible for certain non-profit rates and discounts including access to subsidized rental rates with venues, organizations, and companies that offer discounts to nonprofit organizations. As a member of The Field you are eligible to receive this discount. To request a letter confirming your relationship with The Field, email patricia@thefield.org and allow five business days notice for The Field to process your request. You will need to provide:

• Name of the person to whom the letter should be addressed
• Company/venue/organization address, fax and phone numbers
• The purpose (i.e. rehearsal space rental)
• Please note that Field Members are not exempt from state sales tax.

Materials for the Arts helps arts organizations (and you as a member of The Field!) realize their visions by providing free materials to support creative programs and productions. Supplies are gathered from companies and individuals that no longer need them and redistributed to artists that do. In the process, hundreds of tons are removed from the waste stream every year and kept out of landfills, helping to sustain our environment and promote reuse and waste reduction while enhancing the cultural life of their city. To register for MFTA:

• Visit www.mfta.org and click on Recipients, and then Apply Now to submit an online application to MFTA.
• After you have completed the online application form, you will receive an email with a list of supporting documents that are required for processing, which includes documentation of your professional performance activities (i.e. programs and/or flyers). In response to this email from MFTA, you will send a formal request letter to use their services. In the letter include your mission statement or bio. The letter should also include a list of materials you are interested in obtaining from MFTA. You will send the formal request letter to MFTA along with supporting documents from recent events.
• After you have completed both steps of the MFTA application process, email patricia@thefield.org. The Field will confirm your application within the next four business days.
• Upon The Field’s confirmation MFTA then takes up to two weeks to process requests.
• Once you receive a contract from MFTA, you will be able to make an appointment to begin using their services.

The Costume Collection houses more than 75,000 professionally designed costumes and accessories. Nonprofit performing arts companies (and you as a member of The Field!) can rent these items at low cost. Most of the inventory is contributed by Broadway and Off Broadway productions and costume designers, which means that high quality, and sometimes even award-winning, designs are available. To access the Costume Collection:

• Email patricia@thefield.org with information on your event, including (1) the name of your production, (2) the size of your house/number of seats, (3) your performance dates, and (4) the names of up to three people authorized to sign out costumes under your membership.
• Allow up to four business days for The Field to set up a contract with the Costume Collection on your behalf.
• You will be responsible for dry-cleaning all costumes and returning them within 10 days of the close of the production.

Free Associate Membership at Fractured Atlas provides Field Members with access to low-cost health insurance and event liability insurance. Associate Membership also includes access to Fractured Atlas’ job center, PR services, subsidized consulting services, career workshops, and an online support forum. To activate your free Fractured Atlas Associate Membership please log-in to the Members Only area and click the featured Fractured Atlas link.   Best, Patricia

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Marie McKinney
Negro Ensemble Co. Repertory
P.O. Box 521
New York, New York
347 560 3312
www.necartz.com

NECARTZ.COM resources for artist entrepreneurs: grants, events, artist service organizations. NEC Rep Monthly meet 1 Saturday 10a-1pm at Riverside Church multi-purpose room. Classes available in Acting, Script Analysis, Character Development, Dialects and Folk Arts for Audition contact necartz@gmail.com

Grants supporting Negro Ensemble Company from Foundation, Government and Corporate Supporters :

• The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
• The New York State Council for the Arts
• Con Edison
• The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

Backstage at NEC: Marie McKinney 28 Years Since Theatre 4 NYC

top l. Graham Brown, bottom l. Ester Rolle, l. center & bottom r. Rosalind Cash, bottom r. Gerald Krone

Marie McKinney l., Angela Bassett r. at National Black Theatre Festival, Winston Salem, NC 1994

Negro Ensemble Company was exciting in those days at Theatre 4! Marie McKinney was NEC’s wardrobe supervisor and her costume shop was above the big flag, up the stairs on the second floor between the men’s and women’s dressing rooms. The place where actors and tech congregated. This was the time when, Samuel L. Jackson was Sam Jackson,  Phylicia Rashad was Phylicia Ayers Allen (Debbie Allen’s sister), L Scott Caldwell was “Scottie” we had a Count in our midst ( Count Stovall !), Brad Brewer gave life to an 8 foot puppet made by Wardrobe Supervisor, Marie McKinney, that dangled in the lobby of The NEC Offices on Broadway for years. Brad Brewer went on to create the Crowtations for the Muppets TV show) and then there was Charlie Brown and Charles Weldon (NEC’s current Artistic Director)!!! Abiola Sinclair of the Amsterdam News reported on everything black. Mary B Davis of Audelco saw and supported all the black plays. Everyone including Laurence Fishburne, did play readings at Garland Lee Thompson’s Frank Silvera’s writers workshop on 125^th Street and 8^th Ave

Garland Lee Thompson Founding Director of Frank Silvera's Writer's Workshop

(which meets now on Monday nights at Harlem School of the Arts), a door or 2 down from where Popeye’s is now, up 2 flights of a steep stairway on Monday nights.

At Negro Ensemble Co, Lisa Watson did props. Wynn Anderson was House Manager. Jesse Wooden, Stephanie Hughley and Edward Bourke stage managed,while Marie McKinney (actor, singer dancer, writer) Judy Dearing (excellent dancer), Myrna Colley-Lee (then, wife of Morgan Freeman), Fontella Boone (later designer for Spike and other films) designed and produced costumes, Douglas Turner Ward (writer, director, co-founder of NEC and NEC Training Program) and Clinton Turner Davis directed and stage managed, Arnold Pinnix was box office, Malik Yoba (NAACP Image Award-winning American actor and occasional singer. and star of NY Under Cover) was  an usher, Leon Denmark, Douglas Turner Ward and Susan Watson managed in the office a few blocks away on Broadway on 50 something street..

Marie McKinney, The NEC Training Program’s Acting Instructor and Founder of The NEC Monthly Meet at Riverside, got her first job as NEC’s Wardrobe Supervisor. After 2 years of study with Philip Meister at National Shakespeare Company Conservatory, Philip Meister walked Marie McKinney from NSC’s 52 St and 9th Conservatory to the NEC office.  Doug Turner Ward (more on Douglas Turner Ward) met Marie McKinney. As fate would have it. Not long after, (a truly starving artist) she went to the Unbroken Chain Prayer Group at St Lukes Church on 46^th Street Between 8^th and 9^th Ave in NYC where Ben Harney, Olive Pointer-Harney, Noel Pointer, Ray and many of the Broadway and Off Broadway actors met, sang, eat, networked and prayed. It was a close group with a small, anointed, gospel/jazz flavor.Music and Arts HS and Juillaid, runs BAMSS Theatre and programs in Brooklyn now.

Marie McKinney confided: “Stephanie Hughley asked me if I had ever done costumes, I said yes (??), which meant: “I’ll do anything right now and, actors always says yes and figure it out later”.  I had worked as a  seamstress. I  had spent the summer sewing for designer Sara Mique.  Judy Dearing’s Brilliance bridged the gaps. I got to meet virtually all the greatest black actors, who would become famous within the decade.. I remember wishing the world experience the talents of Sam Jackson and Carol Maillard and Delroy Lindo and Keith David and Frances Foster… Black was not necessarily in, in the 80′s.  Denzel and Adolf Caesar were leaving to film Soldiers Story based on A Soldier’s Play which had just closed as I loaded in my first show there.  Puppet Play by Pearl Cleage with Seret Scott , Phylicia Ayers Allen (Rashad).and puppeteer Brad Brewer was directed by Clinton Turner Davis, who pioneered diversity in the arts as Co-Founder of Non-Traditional Casting Project in NYC . My designer, Judy Dearing.”

“I never told anyone ,that I had spent many of my weekends at my Aunt Juanita Poitier’s house, eating Fig Newtons from their cookie drawer, running passed the Oscars in the stairs in their great hall, with black and white tiles, over looking the ping pong table on their back porch.  I rode many hours on their bike to the main road and back at my Bahama cousin’s, Pleasantville, NY house.  Sydney Poitier’s fame was of little consequence to me.  As an 8 year old, I was more interested in cookies and running around the house’s secret passageways.

My cousin, Gina Poitier, my sister Margaret and I played “Operation”, eaves-dropped on Sherri Poitier and Pamela Poitier’ s girl talk, watched as they sewed dresses.  Jean and Aunt Juanita cooked African, peanut butter stew and spoke of their trips to Paris. We  listened to Guy Davis play the blues guitar and my brother Theo McKinney play the piano (self-trained virtuosos, the really talented ones).  We made up skits before we knew what the word improv mean’t,  in the living room.

Guy Davis Bluesman

Theo is a great artist, (yet humble to a fault) visual artist as well.  Sidney Poitier (when he came home)  taught the children, from his example, from his amazing, jaw-dropping presence, when we walked into a room.

Many celebrities like Cab Calloway family, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Harry Belefonte ‘s family, The Manhattans.. always came to birthday’s, weddings, weekend happenings.

I learned early that I could not share the knowledge of my special cousin with everyone.  I was mocked and laughed at during 5^th grade  show and tell.

Sidney taught his children, at that time,  that they had to “make it” on their own first. .. I agreed.. Until years later.   I played Nellie Monk in Laurence Holder’s 3 character play called Monk ‘n’ Bud with Alvin Alexis and Tony Jackson at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem. Sidney Poitier was being honored that year.  Irene Gandy noticed when Aunt Juanita and the family were hugging me in the lobby. The next thing I knew, we were included in all the press conferences. We took the show to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, The Festival for Experimental Theatre in Cairo, Egypt and of course the premiere was at  Crystal Field’s and George Bartenieff’s Theatre for the New City in NYC.”

Alvin Alexis Marie McKinney Tony Jackson in Laurence Holder's Monk 'n' Bud directed by Jasper McGruder and Tom Ross

As wardrobe supervisor at NEC’s Theatre 4 ,  “I washed many dirty shirts and underwear, quick-changed and calmed many actors. Learned from the best costume designers and directors. Learned to run an arts business from over heard phone and after the show conversations with Epatha Merkerson Phyllicia Rashad and Carol  Maillard and Elain

l. to r.Alvin Alexis, Michele Shay, Samuel L. Jackson in NEC's WE plays

Graham and Michele Shay and Clinton Turner Davis…. I learned most importantly that humility and team work go along way when dealing with production staff. You fool yourself when you base your success on who you know and how well they think you are doing, instead of what you are doing, how you are making a difference. The ability to keep doing the next right thing with or without the agreement of others is key.  I have so much still to learn.”

As Wardrobe Supervisor, Marie was able to witness the great work of Samuel L Jackson (before film) when he, Delroy Lindo, Count Stovall, Graham Brown, Frances Foster, Arthur French, Keith David, Walter Allen Bennett, Bill Jay, Reuben Santiago Hudson, Carla Brothers, Alvin Alexis (who later was awarded and traveled  with her to Eqypt, N.C. and Scotland with Laurence Holder’s 3 character play Monk ‘n’ Bud)…. Charles McClennahan created that great set with the huge car coming out of the wall for District Line with Sam Jackson as the snake like character “Side Winder”. Says Marie, “I think the best performances while I was there were in: Trevor Rhone‘s Two Can Play with Hazel Medina and Sullivan Walker and Leslie Lee’s Colored People’s Time with Carol Maillard, Charles Weldon, L Scott Caldwell, Angela Bassett… I don’t know if Phylicia Rashad has ever forgiven me for putting her dress on backwards in one of my first  quick changes at Negro Ensemble Company. Yes I was an actor you learned to be a dresser in time..It was a little like being a child in a candy store on a vegetarian diet. It turned out it was a lot harder to find costumers and at that time. I learned so much from the actors about life and arts in NYC.”

Michele Shay included her in Arts and Essence Magazine events and PR at Michelle’s house, Hazel Medina took time to encourage and talk the artist in her, Malik Yoba talked of his many dreams of performing and and they would always promise each other that they would some day be on stage there or on TV. That happened, when she worked for several months as a waitress on TV show New York Undercover (many SAG hours were spent on that set.  She would go on to play Carmen the waitress in Carlotta’s Diner on ABC’s “One Life to Live” for 9 months). Sandra Reeves Phillips inspired Marie while she made costumes for Saundra’s travelling show Great Ladies of the Blues. Says Marie McKinney,“ Lisa Watson, Clinton Turner Davis, Count Stovall, Keith David, Charles Weldon, Charlie Brown, Ves Weaver, Frances Foster, Stephanie Hughley..  taught me so much about life and art and being black in NYC. I am very grateful.”

After the show Split Second in 1984 by Dennis McIntyre with Michelle Shay and John Donnell , Marie McKinney moved on to her acting career on stage, film and TV, with many great stories, as she watched the doors of NEC’s Theatre 4 close. Much of the memorabilia, plays and info from that time is housed in the Schomberg Center for Reseach in Black Culture’s NEC Archives on 135^th St And Malcolm X Blvd in Harlem with some holdings in an off site archive in NJ.

Marie McKinney began working to build NEC with O.L Duke and Robert Whaley in 2000 from the 42St and 8^th Avenue Theatre location at 303 W 42St;

O.L. Duke

marketing, costuming and writing for the play like Tea, Taxes and Shakespeare for young audiences, and she was incorporated into Lou Meyer’s A Little Bit of Something as a dancer, actor and on stage quick change costumer.

In 2003, Marie McKinney ran the NEC Arts-in Education Residency Program, including work with The Richard R Green Middle School’s: The Forward School for Creative Writing, which partnered with principal, Terry Ballard, to create a black box cafe in this public school, created original choreography, scripts and original music in parttnership with NYU Film School, which aired “The Skillet Show”on MNN Cable TV and initiated the schools Creative Writing Newspaper. As an Acting Instructor and the Co-Founder of the re-launch of what was called The Negro Ensemble Company Training Program, started in Robert Hook’s apartment in 1967, Marie McKinney, Erik Kilpatrick,  Leslie Lee, Beverly Summers and Laurence Holder now carry their accomplishments into the future with play writing and acting workshops. The NEC Monthly Meet, every first Saturday at Riverside provides resources and info to artists, writers, directors and tech, about the many service organizations and tools available for producing their work on stage and screen in the US and abroad.

Marie McKinney presents Laurence Holder with plaque, cast of NEC's Lost and Found: Classic Plays and Emerging Playwrights 2009 featuring Actors and Playwrights from NEC's Training Program

NEC Actor’s Training Program features acting, voice production, character, classics and style, dramaturgy, improvisation, accents and play writing workshops , a website providing information, articles, grants, events, opportunities and resources to artists, writers, directors and arts organizations called www.necartz.com and the The NEC  Monthly Meet (1^st Saturdays at Riverside Church home of Theatre of the Opressed Multi-Purpose Room) www.necartz.com/nec-rep/ ) gives arts professionals access to artist service orgainzations, small business resources, structures and teams to fulfill on their arts projects. Meets have featured staff from Arts Service Organizations, Film Producers and have covered Grants and Website development, career development, business planning and free business tools available for to grow arts businesses. The group is developing it’s mission statement as a team, planning and creating arts projects for the coming year at Riverside Church and other venues, building partnerships with The Field, Harlem Arts Alliance, Fractured Atlas,  and other Artist Service Organizations..

NEC Rep’s: Lost and Found 2

Lost and Found 2 flyer(2) 12 10 09

December 7, 2009.  An over-capacity crowd bombarded Negro Ensemble Company Repertory’s last production Lost and Found.  On December 10-11^th Lost and Found 2 exposes more of the brilliant plays from the NEC archives! 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 are returning to the stage.

Alysia Joy Powell, emerging playwright/actress/singer and new NEC Rep member, will debute her play, NANA B’S CONDO BLDG, as part of NEC Repertory’s: Lost and Found 2 is on December 10 and 11^th at 8pm Where Eagles Dare Theatre 347 W 36 St 13fl in New York,

NY. Featured Artists include: Callistus Oniyuke, Kubbi, Chrystal Asbury, Omar Bah, Charles Pernell Simpson, Jackie Lowe, Teresa Lasley Alysia Joy Powell and Malikia Causey

“Astounding work!says NEC Training Program Instructor and Facilitator and NEC Alum, ..”I see  a young Denzel, Sam Jackson, L Scott Caldwell, Frances Foster on this stage. Negro Ensemble Company’s Savannah Black & Blue

Negro Ensemble Co : Clinton Lowe held by Ciera Payton and Jamie Patton in Savannah Black & Blue by Raymond Jones to Sold Out Performances at Shetler Theatre NYC Theatre

by Raymond Jones, which played to several weeks of SOLD OUT audiences was developed in Leslie Lee’s Play Writing Workshop at NEC Rep. NEC is extending the play in the next few weeks. NEC is giving unpresidented opportunities to new artists. Stellar performances by NEC Training Program participants: Ciera Payton, Kimberlyn Crawford, Ohene Cornelius, Tomike Ogugua and Clinton Lowe insured Savannah Black & Blue’s huge box office success. NEC’s new partnership with Riverside Church’s Theatre of the Oppressed began with monthly meets. The meets offer free information and resources to artists and an opportunity to share in a fiscal sponsorship with NEC, while having access to low cost space and artist discounts. The group meets 10am -1pm every first Saturday at Manhattan’s Riverside Church’s Multi-Purpose Room in partnership with Jeremiah Drake’s Theatre of the Oppressed. In August 10 NEC Rep members were invited to meet one-to-one with CBS VP Fern Orenstein, Josie J. Thomas CBS SVP Diversity Casting and and CBS NY’s Manager, Diversity, Barbara Matos.

“These artists give us hope for Black Theatre’s future.”says The NEC Actor’s Training Program instructor, Marie McKinney. “And now audiences will witness an important historic find! Audiences and actors get access to this extraordinary, unknown material.” In addition, emerging playwright Alysia Joy Powell will premiere scenes from her original works for veteran writers like Laurence Holder and Leslie Lee and directors like NEC’s Artistic Director and NEC alum, Charles Weldon.

NEC Rep: l to r Quester Hannah, Charles Weldon, Leslie Lee, Jeanette Bookhard, Douglas O. Walker, Laurence Holder

Emerging actor/playwright Quester Hannah, honored at Lost and Found in July 2009, went on to star in Susan Lori-Park’s Top Dog Underdog in Pittsburgh and Barbara Asare Bediako is producing her one-woman show.

The forty-two year tradition of The NEC’s Training Program’s, LOST AND FOUND 2 continues to  support emerging actors who have completed NEC’s rigorous training program. NEC’s training  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.

LOST AND FOUND boasts scenes from brilliant vintage plays by unknown playwrights, and famed writers like Alice Childress and Derek Walcott, representing a unique portfolio of African American life  The program features pieces from the NEC archives and Music: Alice Childress’ String, Derek Walcott’s Upon This Rock or The Isle of Noises, Charles Fuller’s In the Deepest Part of Sleep, Laurence Holder’s Monk ‘n’ Bud, Ron Milner’s Don’t Get God Started

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 Savannah Black & Blue by Raymond Jones with hilarious writing and brilliant ensemble work.   NEC received 11 Audelco Award Nominations for its plays last 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 Federal Theatre, Washington Square Shakespeare Theatre, Gala Hispanic Theatre, Atlantic Theatre, Targit Margin Theatre, Sonya Sanchez’s The Bronx is Next, Susan Lori-Parks Top Dog Underdog,, Theatre of the Oppressed,, Wooly mm  New Heritage Theater, La Mama, Hip Hop Monologues, Commercials and 3 NEC 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 Negro Ensemble Company and active board member, expanding its fiscal standing and ushering the company into the new millennium.

NEC’s Monthly Meets  now offers $45/yr associate memberships to The Field, Fractured Atlas and Materials for the Arts  (a $100/yr value) www.thefield.org . NEC offers information, resources and opportunities to produce arts projects and outreach programs with NEC  team support.

NEC’s Actor’s Training Program  is holding auditions and interviews for its ongoing classes for professional actor’s and playwrights. Email picture and resume to necartz@gmail.com for audition appointment, and semi-private ongoing classes. more about The Negro Ensemble Company’s Training  Program

Lost and Found 2 Reservations  necartz@gmail.com 347 560 3312 tickets $10 leave your name, phone and number of tickets.

NEC’s Monthly Meet December 5 10am-1pm at Riverside Church

MORE ABOUT NEC REP

Negro Ensemble Company and www.necartz.com provides grant information, resources, small business and arts training and mentoring opportunities to artists and arts organizations..

Negro Ensemble Company’s Actors Training Program allows artists the opportunity to:

• share in the benefits of fiscal sponsorship
• work in teams to fulfill their artistic and quality of life goals
• get low cost rehearsal space.
• find out about artist service organizations through the website and meets
• find out about tools that small businesses use for little or no money
• come out of isolation, partner, and find out what’s available to them

Thank you for all the work you do as artists and community leaders!
Marie McKinney

NEC Repertory Facilitator

MORE ABOUT NEC REPERTORY PROGRAM

The NEC  Monthly Meet at Riverside Church Saturday December 5th, 10 am- 1p Multi-Purpose Room 1st fl with Special Guest Patricia Burgess from The Field and Special Guests

NEC Monthly Meet at Riverside Church Multi-Purpose Room every 1st Saturday of the month. Upcoming Dates: Dec 5, (no Jan), Feb 6 , Mar 6 Apr 3 , May 1…on going and free Get resources and information for artist services, tools for producing your art projects, low cost rehearsal space. Find out how you can team up with one of the oldest most respected Theatre Companies in the World to do your art.    NEC Rep www.necartz.com for more The Negro Ensemble Co 303 W 42 St Suite 501 New York, NY 10030         Info on NEC Rep Program Union Actors benefits see Members Benefits Page of Actor’s Equity Assoc website

The NEC Monthly Meet at Riverside Church Multi-Purpose Room every 1st Saturday of the month. Upcoming Dates: Dec 5, (no Jan), Feb 6 , Mar 6 Apr 3 , May 1…on going and free!!

Get resources and information for artist services, tools for producing your art projects. Find out how you can team up with one of the oldest most respected Theatre Companies in the World to do your art.    NEC Monthly Meet and Training Programs www.necartz.com for more info

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

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 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