Greetings everyone! Your response to the My Words are My Shelter Project to send a journal, pen and pencil to every woman in the homeless shelter my mother lived in in Cleveland was overwhelming! I made my goal and then some. I will still be taking in donations until December 23rd but know that I have made enough from all of you loyal and generous readers to send out 160 journals, etc. to the Norma Herr Women’s Center in Cleveland (named for my mom!) and to also send a check for....so far counting....at least $300 but maybe and most likely more. To find out more about this project, go here: http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-words-are-my-shelter-project-2011.html
Now on to some opportunities coming up in the new year....
(ALL) 2012 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park, Application Deadline: January 30, 2012—I-Park announces its twelfth season hosting its multi-disciplinary residency program. Self-directed artists’ residencies will be offered from May through November 2012. Most sessions are 4-weeks in duration and are offered to those working in the Visual Arts, Music Composition, Creative Writing, Moving Image and Landscape/Garden Design. Except for the $30 application fee, the residency is offered at no cost to accepted artists and includes comfortable private living quarters, a private studio and meal program. International applicants are welcome. To defray the cost of travel, four $750 grants will be awarded in 2012 to international artists.
For details and to apply, visit http://www.i-park.org/residency.html or contact the office: [email protected] or 860-873-2468.
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(WRITERS, PERFORMING ARTISTS, EMERGING FIELDS) On February 1, 2012, Creative Capital will begin accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts. The Inquiry Form will be open until March 1. Visit creative-capital.org/apply to read the grant guidelines and learn more about the application process, or attend an in-person or online information session.
Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, we support artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their art forms and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to their craft, yet are also boldly original and push the boundaries of their genre; who create work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape. Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $40,000.
To be eligible to apply, an artist must be:
* A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident
* At least 25 years old
* A working artist with at least five years of professional experience
* Not a full-time student
Questions? Visit creative-capital.org/apply or email [email protected].
(ALL) haNorth Artist Residency in Pine Plains, NY announces a 2012 call for applications. Website: chanorth.org
Winter Residency
chaNorth is happy to announce a new Winter Residency Program. Individual artists and groups of collaborators are invited to send project proposals. Artists will be provided with studio space and living space on a weekly basis and are able to specify the amount of time they would like to be in residence.
There is not a formal application process for our winter session. If interested in off-season residency, please email [email protected] with a project proposal, artist bio, links to related work, contact information and the residency dates you are requesting. Available dates: February 19-April 28.
More information: http://chanorth.org/?page_id=90
Summer/Fall Residency
Our summer/fall residency session is comprised of five one-month sessions. Selected artists will be given a four-week residency that includes a private bedroom and studio, a fully stocked kitchen and one communal meal per day. As part of the residency artists are also given an “organic internship,” where they complete one four-hour work shift per week at McEnroe Organic Farm, allowing a deeper connection to the land and the food it produces.
Artists are responsible for travel costs and supplies. Collaborative teams of artists are invited to apply. The residency fee for one month is $875. Five artists will receive fully subsidized residencies at chaNorth.
2012 Summer/Fall residency dates:
Session 1: May 4-June 1
Session 2: June 4-July 2
Session 3: July 6-August 3
Session 4: August 6-Sept 3
Session 5: Sept 7-Oct 5
Applications are due February 21, 2012.
More information and applications: http://chanorth.org/?page_id=80
(MA WRITERS, POETS & CHOREOGRAPHERS) The Massachusetts Cultural Council is pleased to announce that we are now accepting 2012 Artist Fellowships applications in the categories of Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry.
The deadline for Artist Fellowships applications in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry is January 30, 2012. Read the program guidelines and apply online. The Artist Fellowships are competitive, anonymously judged fellowships of $7,500 and finalist awards of $500, direct support to individual artists in recognition of artistic excellence. For more info, please go to: http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/programs/artistfellows.asp
Selection criteria The provisional budget, including fees and production costs, amounts to 600.000 euros, excluding taxes. The selection will take place in two steps.
The first part will be open to all applicants; a maximum of five artists will be selected to participate in the second phase. Each of these artists will have until the final trimester of 2012 to produce sketches on the basis of the contract specifications. Each of these proposals will be compensated in the amount of 15.000 euros, including taxes.
Further Information and Application
http://www.commandeartistiqueparis13.com/en/index.php
Deadline: 03 March 2012