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opportunities for artists and arts organizations
OPPORTUNITIES WITH OPEN OR ONGOING DEADLINES
Joan Mitchell Foundation - Emergency Grants for Individual Artists
Deadline: Open
Description: The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides up to $6,000 in emergency support to US-based visual artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, and/or drawing, who have suffered significant losses after natural or man-made disasters that have affected a region on a broad scale. Beginning February 4, 2019, the Foundation will be accepting applications from artists affected by Hurricanes Florence, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Michael; California wildfires; or other events of this nature or scale. Artists can apply to the Foundation for funding for up to three years after such an event.
Review Opportunity HERE
2019 Youth Travel Trust Fund
Deadline: Open
Description: Kids Hope Alliance is now accepting applications for the 2019 Youth Travel Trust Fund. The City of Jacksonville grants the Kids Hope Alliance the authority, upon appropriation by the City Council, for determining and authorizing funds from the Youth Travel Trust fund for certain types of youth travel that may be deemed a valid public purpose. It is the intent of the Council that the Youth Travel Grant Program be established to recognize exemplary achievement or performance that results in an invitation requiring travel.
Review Opportunity HERE
Artfully Reimagined Invites Submissions for 'Reimagine It' Grants
Deadline: Open
Description: Five percent of eco-friendly online retailer Artfully Reimagined's profits go to artists devoted to creating works from recycled objects, in the form of Reimagine It Grants. These unconditional, non-matching awards are made directly to individual artists to help launch or support careers in the inspiring world of repurposed art. Awards are based on the creative excellence of works submitted for review and are awarded to a limited number of artists of outstanding talent. Submitted pieces must be an original work; created within the past twelve months in the United States; and be made with a minimum of 70 percent of found, reclaimed, recycled, repurposed, vintage, or upcycled objects. At the time of application, the applicant must be at least 18 years old and a citizen of the United States.
Review Opportunity HERE
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Accepting Applications From Craftspeople in Need
Deadline: Open
Description: The Craft Emergency Relief Fund is a national nonprofit organization that provides small grants of up to $3,000 to professional craftspeople who have experienced a recent career-threatening emergency such as illness, accident, fire, or natural disaster. (Other services provided by the organization include referrals to craft suppliers who have agreed to offer discounts on materials and equipment to craftspeople eligible for CERF funds, and booth fee waivers in partnership with certain craft show producers.) Applicants must be a professional artist working in a craft discipline (e.g., woodworkers, fiber artists, metalsmiths, glass artists, potters, and furniture makers) who has suffered a recent career-threatening emergency and is a legal resident of the United States.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Academy Grants Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: The Academy Grants program directly supports the overall mission of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: to recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures. The program also supports the Academy’s commitment to diversity in the industry. Diversity encompasses artists as well as audiences; the cultural and geographic communities to which they belong; their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The Academy seeks to fund proven and rising institutions that open pathways for storytellers from a wide range of backgrounds, and especially those from underserved communities.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
Deadline: Various
Description: The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of "awesomeness in the universe." Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing "micro-trustees." The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. The Awesome Foundation application process is open to all people and organizations. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, as well as examples of previously funded projects, see the Awesome Foundation website.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
Deadline: Various
Description: The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach (CCPVB) hosts six invitational visual arts exhibitions annually in its museum quality galleries. The center’s Curatorial Committee reviews artist’s submissions on a quarterly basis and exhibitions are generally scheduled a year in advance. Shows are approximately six weeks in duration, and may consist of solo, two-person or group exhibitions of two/three-dimensional work by local, regional and national artists at the discretion of the committee. Submissions are limited to artists residing in the U.S. Submissions for artists who have been in an invitational exhibition at CCPVB within the past three years will not be considered. Submissions should consist of recent work that is typical of that anticipated to be shown. There is no submission or review fee.
Review Opportunity HERE
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Deadline: Various
Description: The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University is accepting applications for its 2019-20 Fellowship Program. Through the program, stipends of up to $77,500 over twelve months (and additional funds for project expenses) will be awarded to individuals working in the creative arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics to pursue a project within their respective field. In addition, some support for relocation expenses will be provided (where relevant). In addition to the stipend, fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources at Harvard during the fellowship year, which runs from early September 2019 through May 31, 2020. Visual, film, and video artists may apply for either one or two semesters. In the event that they come for one semester, the stipend is $38,750.
Review Opportunity HERE
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Accepting Grant Applications From Artists in Need
Deadline: Open
Description: The mission of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as artists over a significant period of time. The foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and financial need, whether professional, personal, or both. The foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Applications are encouraged from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time and can be used by the applicant for all legitimate expenditures relating to his or her professional work and personal living (including medical) expenses. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in a professional artistic venue such as a gallery or museum. The foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, video artists, performance artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers, computer artists, or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories. In addition, it does not make grants to students or for academic study or to pay for past debts, legal fees, the purchase of real estate, moves to other cities, personal travel, or to pay for the costs of installations, commissions, or projects ordered by others.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Americana Foundation Grant
Deadline: Various
Description: The Americana Foundation supports educational and advocacy programs that address the sustainable growth and development of American agriculture and community food systems, the conservation and preservation of the nation's natural resources, and the protection and presentation of expressions of America's heritage. As part of this mission, the foundation is accepting applications for its American Heritage program, which seeks to promote knowledge, preservation, and accessibility of America's heritage through educational opportunities for future conservators and curators and the preservation and presentation of unique collections. grants will be awarded for the preservation and/or acquisition of high style, classic, handcrafted furniture from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as their placement with charitable and educational institutions and/or the U.S. government; career development support for curatorial and conservation internships within major institutions and universities; and restoration projects for heritage buildings and cultural landscapes that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Priority will be given to one-year projects that are supported by multiple sources and are sustainable over time. In the past, grant amounts have ranged between $15,000 and $50,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: Established as part of Lee Krasner’s legacy, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant was set up to support and strengthen the creative lives of artists. A competitive grant for artists with extensive exhibition records, this grant has a long list of impressive alumni. Since its start in 1985, the foundation has granted over 65 million dollars in award money to artists in over 77 countries. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. Awards range from $5,000 to $30,000, depending on need and circumstance.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
Deadline: No Deadline
Description: This grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical relief. The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: No Deadline
Description: Provides prompt funding for innovative visual and performing artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. Grants are offered in amounts up to $2,500.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: Open
Description: The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides up to $6,000 in emergency support to US-based visual artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, and/or drawing, who have suffered significant losses after natural or man-made disasters that have affected a region on a broad scale. Beginning February 4, 2019, the Foundation will be accepting applications from artists affected by Hurricanes Florence, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Michael; California wildfires; or other events of this nature or scale. Artists can apply to the Foundation for funding for up to three years after such an event.
Review Opportunity HERE
2019 Youth Travel Trust Fund
Deadline: Open
Description: Kids Hope Alliance is now accepting applications for the 2019 Youth Travel Trust Fund. The City of Jacksonville grants the Kids Hope Alliance the authority, upon appropriation by the City Council, for determining and authorizing funds from the Youth Travel Trust fund for certain types of youth travel that may be deemed a valid public purpose. It is the intent of the Council that the Youth Travel Grant Program be established to recognize exemplary achievement or performance that results in an invitation requiring travel.
Review Opportunity HERE
Artfully Reimagined Invites Submissions for 'Reimagine It' Grants
Deadline: Open
Description: Five percent of eco-friendly online retailer Artfully Reimagined's profits go to artists devoted to creating works from recycled objects, in the form of Reimagine It Grants. These unconditional, non-matching awards are made directly to individual artists to help launch or support careers in the inspiring world of repurposed art. Awards are based on the creative excellence of works submitted for review and are awarded to a limited number of artists of outstanding talent. Submitted pieces must be an original work; created within the past twelve months in the United States; and be made with a minimum of 70 percent of found, reclaimed, recycled, repurposed, vintage, or upcycled objects. At the time of application, the applicant must be at least 18 years old and a citizen of the United States.
Review Opportunity HERE
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Accepting Applications From Craftspeople in Need
Deadline: Open
Description: The Craft Emergency Relief Fund is a national nonprofit organization that provides small grants of up to $3,000 to professional craftspeople who have experienced a recent career-threatening emergency such as illness, accident, fire, or natural disaster. (Other services provided by the organization include referrals to craft suppliers who have agreed to offer discounts on materials and equipment to craftspeople eligible for CERF funds, and booth fee waivers in partnership with certain craft show producers.) Applicants must be a professional artist working in a craft discipline (e.g., woodworkers, fiber artists, metalsmiths, glass artists, potters, and furniture makers) who has suffered a recent career-threatening emergency and is a legal resident of the United States.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Academy Grants Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: The Academy Grants program directly supports the overall mission of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: to recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures. The program also supports the Academy’s commitment to diversity in the industry. Diversity encompasses artists as well as audiences; the cultural and geographic communities to which they belong; their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The Academy seeks to fund proven and rising institutions that open pathways for storytellers from a wide range of backgrounds, and especially those from underserved communities.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
Deadline: Various
Description: The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of "awesomeness in the universe." Established in 2009, the foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing "micro-trustees." The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. The Awesome Foundation application process is open to all people and organizations. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, as well as examples of previously funded projects, see the Awesome Foundation website.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
Deadline: Various
Description: The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach (CCPVB) hosts six invitational visual arts exhibitions annually in its museum quality galleries. The center’s Curatorial Committee reviews artist’s submissions on a quarterly basis and exhibitions are generally scheduled a year in advance. Shows are approximately six weeks in duration, and may consist of solo, two-person or group exhibitions of two/three-dimensional work by local, regional and national artists at the discretion of the committee. Submissions are limited to artists residing in the U.S. Submissions for artists who have been in an invitational exhibition at CCPVB within the past three years will not be considered. Submissions should consist of recent work that is typical of that anticipated to be shown. There is no submission or review fee.
Review Opportunity HERE
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Deadline: Various
Description: The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University is accepting applications for its 2019-20 Fellowship Program. Through the program, stipends of up to $77,500 over twelve months (and additional funds for project expenses) will be awarded to individuals working in the creative arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics to pursue a project within their respective field. In addition, some support for relocation expenses will be provided (where relevant). In addition to the stipend, fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources at Harvard during the fellowship year, which runs from early September 2019 through May 31, 2020. Visual, film, and video artists may apply for either one or two semesters. In the event that they come for one semester, the stipend is $38,750.
Review Opportunity HERE
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Accepting Grant Applications From Artists in Need
Deadline: Open
Description: The mission of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as artists over a significant period of time. The foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and financial need, whether professional, personal, or both. The foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. Applications are encouraged from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time and can be used by the applicant for all legitimate expenditures relating to his or her professional work and personal living (including medical) expenses. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Professional exhibition history will be taken into consideration. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in a professional artistic venue such as a gallery or museum. The foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, video artists, performance artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers, computer artists, or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories. In addition, it does not make grants to students or for academic study or to pay for past debts, legal fees, the purchase of real estate, moves to other cities, personal travel, or to pay for the costs of installations, commissions, or projects ordered by others.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Americana Foundation Grant
Deadline: Various
Description: The Americana Foundation supports educational and advocacy programs that address the sustainable growth and development of American agriculture and community food systems, the conservation and preservation of the nation's natural resources, and the protection and presentation of expressions of America's heritage. As part of this mission, the foundation is accepting applications for its American Heritage program, which seeks to promote knowledge, preservation, and accessibility of America's heritage through educational opportunities for future conservators and curators and the preservation and presentation of unique collections. grants will be awarded for the preservation and/or acquisition of high style, classic, handcrafted furniture from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as their placement with charitable and educational institutions and/or the U.S. government; career development support for curatorial and conservation internships within major institutions and universities; and restoration projects for heritage buildings and cultural landscapes that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Priority will be given to one-year projects that are supported by multiple sources and are sustainable over time. In the past, grant amounts have ranged between $15,000 and $50,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: Established as part of Lee Krasner’s legacy, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant was set up to support and strengthen the creative lives of artists. A competitive grant for artists with extensive exhibition records, this grant has a long list of impressive alumni. Since its start in 1985, the foundation has granted over 65 million dollars in award money to artists in over 77 countries. Artists must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional artistic venues, such as gallery and museum spaces. Awards range from $5,000 to $30,000, depending on need and circumstance.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
Deadline: No Deadline
Description: This grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical relief. The maximum amount of this grant is $15,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: No Deadline
Description: Provides prompt funding for innovative visual and performing artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. Grants are offered in amounts up to $2,500.
Review Opportunity HERE
OPPORTUNITIES WITH SET DEADLINES
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Deadline: March 1, 2019; June 7, 2019; October 11, 2019
Description: The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples is dedicated to promoting Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and the sovereignty of Native nations. The Fund supports projects that focus on community organizing, issue advocacy, cultural revitalization, strengthening Indigenous knowledge systems and practices, and Native leadership development. The following grant programs will be offered in 2019: Thriving Women Program and Land Defenders and Water Protectors Program. Grants will range from $250 to $50,000. The proposal deadlines are March 1, June 7, and October 11, 2019. Visit the Fund’s website to learn more about each program and to download the application documents.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: March 1, 2019; June 7, 2019; October 11, 2019
Description: The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples is dedicated to promoting Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and the sovereignty of Native nations. The Fund supports projects that focus on community organizing, issue advocacy, cultural revitalization, strengthening Indigenous knowledge systems and practices, and Native leadership development. The following grant programs will be offered in 2019: Thriving Women Program and Land Defenders and Water Protectors Program. Grants will range from $250 to $50,000. The proposal deadlines are March 1, June 7, and October 11, 2019. Visit the Fund’s website to learn more about each program and to download the application documents.
Review Opportunity HERE
Florida Humanities Council Invites Applications for Community Project Grants
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Florida Humanities Council is accepting applications from Florida nonprofit organizations for the planning and implementation of public humanities projects related to Florida or of interest to local communities. Mini-grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in support of the planning and implementation of public humanities programs and resources that meet the needs and interest of local communities. Projects may include lectures or panel discussions, reading and discussion groups, film series, oral history projects, exhibitions, and the development of cultural resources that complement public programming. Eligible projects must be rooted in one or more of the disciplines of the humanities, enlist the participation of humanities scholars and/or experts in the project’s planning and execution, and engage the public in thoughtful and informed activities that explore humanities topics, especially those related to Florida or of interest to Floridians.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Florida Humanities Council is accepting applications from Florida nonprofit organizations for the planning and implementation of public humanities projects related to Florida or of interest to local communities. Mini-grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in support of the planning and implementation of public humanities programs and resources that meet the needs and interest of local communities. Projects may include lectures or panel discussions, reading and discussion groups, film series, oral history projects, exhibitions, and the development of cultural resources that complement public programming. Eligible projects must be rooted in one or more of the disciplines of the humanities, enlist the participation of humanities scholars and/or experts in the project’s planning and execution, and engage the public in thoughtful and informed activities that explore humanities topics, especially those related to Florida or of interest to Floridians.
Review Opportunity HERE
Meninak 2019 Charity Project
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: Over 1.5 million dollars has been distributed to charity organizations through Meninak Club member donations to the Meninak Charity Foundation. Past recipients include Haven Horse Ranch, Girls Incorporated, Safe Harbor Home for Boys, Florida Baptist Home for Children, Clara White Mission and Hope at Hand. The Meninak Club of Jacksonville is accepting applications for the 2019 Charity Project Award. The $40,000 grant will be awarded to a charity organization in the First Coast area that serves underprivileged or handicapped children and must be used for a capital improvement.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: Over 1.5 million dollars has been distributed to charity organizations through Meninak Club member donations to the Meninak Charity Foundation. Past recipients include Haven Horse Ranch, Girls Incorporated, Safe Harbor Home for Boys, Florida Baptist Home for Children, Clara White Mission and Hope at Hand. The Meninak Club of Jacksonville is accepting applications for the 2019 Charity Project Award. The $40,000 grant will be awarded to a charity organization in the First Coast area that serves underprivileged or handicapped children and must be used for a capital improvement.
Review Opportunity HERE
Arts Work Fund Invites Applications to Improve Arts Organization Strategies
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development is a funder collaborative created to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois. To that end, the fund currently is inviting applicants for its Idea Lab Grants program, which gives organizations located in and serving Cook County the opportunity to use creative thinking to identify solutions to organization-wide challenges or their growth needs.
Grants will be awarded to arts organizations in support of activities aimed at identifying, implementing, and refining new strategies with the potential to have far-reaching effects in helping them do their best work. Activities supported include the development and testing of promising ideas or new approaches to solving chronic organizational challenges or to pursuing emerging opportunities (e.g., building audiences, diversifying income, shifting fundraising strategies, new business or operating models, or engaging new communities). Collaborative efforts also are eligible.
In 2019, four or five grants of up to $25,000 per year for up to two years will be awarded. To be eligible, organizations must be located in and serving Cook County, Illinois; have annual operating expenses of between $50,000 and $800,000 and a three-year operating history after incorporation as an Illinois nonprofit; and be tax exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Letters of Inquiry are due July 15. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by August 30, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development is a funder collaborative created to help strengthen the management and operations of small arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois. To that end, the fund currently is inviting applicants for its Idea Lab Grants program, which gives organizations located in and serving Cook County the opportunity to use creative thinking to identify solutions to organization-wide challenges or their growth needs.
Grants will be awarded to arts organizations in support of activities aimed at identifying, implementing, and refining new strategies with the potential to have far-reaching effects in helping them do their best work. Activities supported include the development and testing of promising ideas or new approaches to solving chronic organizational challenges or to pursuing emerging opportunities (e.g., building audiences, diversifying income, shifting fundraising strategies, new business or operating models, or engaging new communities). Collaborative efforts also are eligible.
In 2019, four or five grants of up to $25,000 per year for up to two years will be awarded. To be eligible, organizations must be located in and serving Cook County, Illinois; have annual operating expenses of between $50,000 and $800,000 and a three-year operating history after incorporation as an Illinois nonprofit; and be tax exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Letters of Inquiry are due July 15. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by August 30, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
Southern Documentary Fund Welcomes Submissions
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Southern Documentary Fund is proud to announce that it's now accepting applications to its annual grant program. Submissions will be accepted May 1-July 15.
SDF's Research and Development and Production grants are specifically designed for projects based in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each grant is $5,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Southern Documentary Fund is proud to announce that it's now accepting applications to its annual grant program. Submissions will be accepted May 1-July 15.
SDF's Research and Development and Production grants are specifically designed for projects based in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each grant is $5,000.
Review Opportunity HERE
Youth-Led Environmental Efforts Funded
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Captain Planet Foundation invests in high-quality, solution-based programs that embrace STEM learning and empower youth to become local and global environmental changemakers. The Foundation provides ecoSolution Grants to innovative youth-led programs that result in real environmental outcomes. Educators, both K-12 classroom and informal, are eligible to apply for grants of $500 to $2,500 to help youth implement hands-on environmental solutions. Priority is given to projects with matching funds or in-kind support. The final application deadline for 2019 is July 15. Online application guidelines are available on the Foundation’s website.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Captain Planet Foundation invests in high-quality, solution-based programs that embrace STEM learning and empower youth to become local and global environmental changemakers. The Foundation provides ecoSolution Grants to innovative youth-led programs that result in real environmental outcomes. Educators, both K-12 classroom and informal, are eligible to apply for grants of $500 to $2,500 to help youth implement hands-on environmental solutions. Priority is given to projects with matching funds or in-kind support. The final application deadline for 2019 is July 15. Online application guidelines are available on the Foundation’s website.
Review Opportunity HERE
Support for Local Journalism Projects in the U.S. and Canada
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Google News Initiative (GNI) is dedicated to working with the news industry to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The North America GNI Innovation Challenge will focus on creative projects that generate revenue or increase audience engagement for local journalism in the United States and Canada. The Challenge is open to a wide range of organizations, including nonprofit organizations, digital natives, startups, industry organizations, broadcasters, traditional news organizations, freelancers, and sole proprietors. The emphasis is on organizations that aim to produce innovative, original journalism and to enlighten citizens with trustworthy journalistic content, and whose projects focus on encouraging a more sustainable news ecosystem. Google will provide up to $300,000 to selected projects and will finance up to 70% of the total project cost. The application deadline is July 15, 2019. Visit the GNI website to learn more about the North America GNI Innovation Challenge.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 15, 2019
Description: The Google News Initiative (GNI) is dedicated to working with the news industry to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The North America GNI Innovation Challenge will focus on creative projects that generate revenue or increase audience engagement for local journalism in the United States and Canada. The Challenge is open to a wide range of organizations, including nonprofit organizations, digital natives, startups, industry organizations, broadcasters, traditional news organizations, freelancers, and sole proprietors. The emphasis is on organizations that aim to produce innovative, original journalism and to enlighten citizens with trustworthy journalistic content, and whose projects focus on encouraging a more sustainable news ecosystem. Google will provide up to $300,000 to selected projects and will finance up to 70% of the total project cost. The application deadline is July 15, 2019. Visit the GNI website to learn more about the North America GNI Innovation Challenge.
Review Opportunity HERE
Support for Environmental Justice Capacity Building Efforts
Deadline: July 16, 2019
Description: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) is a leading resource for grassroots environmental activism, with a vision for clean, green neighborhoods nationwide. CHEJ’s Small Grants Program helps grassroots, community organizing groups build leadership, increase capacity, and provide training and education. The program is designed to especially reach people from low-wealth communities and communities of color who are impacted by environmental harms. Grant activities can include board development, membership outreach, and fundraising efforts. Grant amounts range from $1,000 to $20,000 depending on the size of the applying organization.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 16, 2019
Description: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) is a leading resource for grassroots environmental activism, with a vision for clean, green neighborhoods nationwide. CHEJ’s Small Grants Program helps grassroots, community organizing groups build leadership, increase capacity, and provide training and education. The program is designed to especially reach people from low-wealth communities and communities of color who are impacted by environmental harms. Grant activities can include board development, membership outreach, and fundraising efforts. Grant amounts range from $1,000 to $20,000 depending on the size of the applying organization.
Review Opportunity HERE
OPERA American Invites Applications for IDEA Opera Grants
Deadline: July 29, 2019
Description: Founded in 1970, OPERA America is a membership association that draws on resources and expertise from within and beyond the opera field to advance a mutually beneficial agenda that serves and strengthens the field of opera. To that end, OPERA America, with support from the Charles and Cherise Jacobs Charitable Foundation, is inviting applications for its IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) Opera Grants. Designed with a racial equity lens, the IDEA grants provide support for the promotion and development of new works by artists of color who may not have worked previously in the field. Through the program, grants will be awarded to African American, Latinx, Asian American, Arab American, and/or Native American (ALAANA) composer and librettist teams with demonstrated ability to create theatrical works for voice and instrumental ensemble.
Grants of up to $12,500 per team will be awarded in support of costs associated with the production of a workshop, reading, or other performance-based event. In addition, recipients will receive a high-quality video portrait of the composer and librettist for promotional use, multi-camera footage of the work in development, complimentary registration, travel and housing to attend OPERA America’s New Works Forum, complimentary registration, travel and housing to attend the annual opera conference, and an introduction in Opera America magazine. Two grants are awarded annually.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 29, 2019
Description: Founded in 1970, OPERA America is a membership association that draws on resources and expertise from within and beyond the opera field to advance a mutually beneficial agenda that serves and strengthens the field of opera. To that end, OPERA America, with support from the Charles and Cherise Jacobs Charitable Foundation, is inviting applications for its IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) Opera Grants. Designed with a racial equity lens, the IDEA grants provide support for the promotion and development of new works by artists of color who may not have worked previously in the field. Through the program, grants will be awarded to African American, Latinx, Asian American, Arab American, and/or Native American (ALAANA) composer and librettist teams with demonstrated ability to create theatrical works for voice and instrumental ensemble.
Grants of up to $12,500 per team will be awarded in support of costs associated with the production of a workshop, reading, or other performance-based event. In addition, recipients will receive a high-quality video portrait of the composer and librettist for promotional use, multi-camera footage of the work in development, complimentary registration, travel and housing to attend OPERA America’s New Works Forum, complimentary registration, travel and housing to attend the annual opera conference, and an introduction in Opera America magazine. Two grants are awarded annually.
Review Opportunity HERE
The Greater Sum - Funding and Support for Early Stage Nonprofits
Deadline: July 30, 2019
Description: The Greater Sum Foundation supports innovation in the nonprofit sector by providing funding, subject matter expertise, networking, and professional development opportunities as part of a year-long cohort experience. We work with young nonprofits created to solve problems in new ways or established nonprofits entering areas of work to do something innovative.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 30, 2019
Description: The Greater Sum Foundation supports innovation in the nonprofit sector by providing funding, subject matter expertise, networking, and professional development opportunities as part of a year-long cohort experience. We work with young nonprofits created to solve problems in new ways or established nonprofits entering areas of work to do something innovative.
Review Opportunity HERE
(NEW) SFFILM Invites Applications for Film Projects in Writing, Development Phase
Deadline: July 31, 2019
Description: Through the Westridge Grant, SFFILM supports U.S.-based independent narrative feature films that seek to address social issues and pressing questions of our time through creative and original storytelling. To that end, four or five grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to filmmakers in support of thought-provoking, vibrant, intelligent, original, and moving projects in the screenwriting or development phase that explore current social issues through plot, character, theme, and/or setting. Projects should have strong and recognizable social value and contribute to a greater public understanding of a disenfranchised group, identify an area where social change is needed, and/or bring to light a complex and/or inspirational story, condition, or issue. Grants will be awarded in two categories:
Screenwriting Grants — Grants will be awarded to writers or writer/directors who have at least one draft of their screenplay completed. The expectation is that at the end of the six-month grant period, screenwriting grantees will have a final or nearly final draft of their script completed.
Development Grants — Grants will be awarded to producers who are attached to films with a completed script. These producers must be prepared to begin to package (attach talent, hire a casting agent, scout locations, etc.) their films. The expectation is that at the end of the six-month grant period, the grantee will have made significant progress toward setting a production date and/or securing financing.
In addition to financial support, grant recipients will receive benefits through artistic development programs as well as support and feedback from SFFILM and Westridge Foundation staff.
To be eligible, applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Those applicants in the screenwriting phase must be the writer or writer/director on the project. If there is a co-writer, a director who is not a writer, or a producer attached to the project, they must be co-applicant(s). Projects in the development phase must be the producer (s) of the project, and the writer or writer/director must be the co-applicant(s). The majority of the project (at least 90 percent) must be set and filmed in the United States. Documentary, short film, or series projects are not supported. An application fee of $25 will be applied through July 10, and a fee of $45 between July 11 and July 31, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: July 31, 2019
Description: Through the Westridge Grant, SFFILM supports U.S.-based independent narrative feature films that seek to address social issues and pressing questions of our time through creative and original storytelling. To that end, four or five grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to filmmakers in support of thought-provoking, vibrant, intelligent, original, and moving projects in the screenwriting or development phase that explore current social issues through plot, character, theme, and/or setting. Projects should have strong and recognizable social value and contribute to a greater public understanding of a disenfranchised group, identify an area where social change is needed, and/or bring to light a complex and/or inspirational story, condition, or issue. Grants will be awarded in two categories:
Screenwriting Grants — Grants will be awarded to writers or writer/directors who have at least one draft of their screenplay completed. The expectation is that at the end of the six-month grant period, screenwriting grantees will have a final or nearly final draft of their script completed.
Development Grants — Grants will be awarded to producers who are attached to films with a completed script. These producers must be prepared to begin to package (attach talent, hire a casting agent, scout locations, etc.) their films. The expectation is that at the end of the six-month grant period, the grantee will have made significant progress toward setting a production date and/or securing financing.
In addition to financial support, grant recipients will receive benefits through artistic development programs as well as support and feedback from SFFILM and Westridge Foundation staff.
To be eligible, applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Those applicants in the screenwriting phase must be the writer or writer/director on the project. If there is a co-writer, a director who is not a writer, or a producer attached to the project, they must be co-applicant(s). Projects in the development phase must be the producer (s) of the project, and the writer or writer/director must be the co-applicant(s). The majority of the project (at least 90 percent) must be set and filmed in the United States. Documentary, short film, or series projects are not supported. An application fee of $25 will be applied through July 10, and a fee of $45 between July 11 and July 31, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
New York Foundation for the Arts Invites Applications for Recharge Foundation Fellowship
Deadline: August 7, 2019
Description: Established in 1971 as an independent nonprofit organization with the mission of serving individual artists in New York State, the New York Foundation for the Arts today works to empower working artists and emerging arts organizations across all disciplines at critical stages in their creative lives or professional/organizational development.
To that end, NYFA is accepting applications for a new program, the Recharge Foundation Fellowship for New Surrealist Art. Funded by the Gu family and administered by NYFA, the program will award a $5,000 grant to a painter living in the United States or a U.S. territory and working in the New Surrealist style. The New Surrealist style is an extension of the Surrealist movement, in which artists combine relatable imagery in uncanny and unexpected situations in their work. To be eligible, applicants must be a painter at any level of his/her career working in the New Surrealist style and be at least 18 years of age at the time of application. (Young painters in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible.) Applicants also need to be a resident of the United States.
Submit your work HERE
Deadline: August 7, 2019
Description: Established in 1971 as an independent nonprofit organization with the mission of serving individual artists in New York State, the New York Foundation for the Arts today works to empower working artists and emerging arts organizations across all disciplines at critical stages in their creative lives or professional/organizational development.
To that end, NYFA is accepting applications for a new program, the Recharge Foundation Fellowship for New Surrealist Art. Funded by the Gu family and administered by NYFA, the program will award a $5,000 grant to a painter living in the United States or a U.S. territory and working in the New Surrealist style. The New Surrealist style is an extension of the Surrealist movement, in which artists combine relatable imagery in uncanny and unexpected situations in their work. To be eligible, applicants must be a painter at any level of his/her career working in the New Surrealist style and be at least 18 years of age at the time of application. (Young painters in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible.) Applicants also need to be a resident of the United States.
Submit your work HERE
Grants Strengthen Grassroots Community Organizing for Social Justice
Deadline: August 12, 2019
Description: Life Comes From It is a grantmaking circle that supports grassroots movement-building work rooted in lived experience and relationships for restorative justice, transformative justice, and indigenous peacemaking. Grants of up to $25,000 are provided to nonprofit organizations that offer approaches to address violence and repair harm rooted in community solutions. The focus is on investing in leaders of color committed to doing movement-building work. Two categories of grants are offered: Individual Projects; and Networks, Convenings, and Collaborations.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: August 12, 2019
Description: Life Comes From It is a grantmaking circle that supports grassroots movement-building work rooted in lived experience and relationships for restorative justice, transformative justice, and indigenous peacemaking. Grants of up to $25,000 are provided to nonprofit organizations that offer approaches to address violence and repair harm rooted in community solutions. The focus is on investing in leaders of color committed to doing movement-building work. Two categories of grants are offered: Individual Projects; and Networks, Convenings, and Collaborations.
Review Opportunity HERE
Humanities Projects Funded
Deadline: August 14, 2019
Description: The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Optional drafts are due July 3, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: August 14, 2019
Description: The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Optional drafts are due July 3, 2019.
Review Opportunity HERE
Aesthetica Art Prize 2019
Deadline: August 31, 2019
Description: The Aesthetica Art Prize invites both emerging and established practitioners to submit their work and further their involvement with the international art world. Hosted by the art and culture publication, Aesthetica Magazine, it has supported artists since 2006, attracting thousands of entries from around the world.
Through the Prize, practitioners can reach new collectors and galleries, gaining further recognition for their innovative talent. Awards include £5,000 (apx $6,500 USD) for the Main Prize Winner, £1,000 for the Emerging Prize Winner (apx $1,300 USD), as well as publication within the Future Now: 100 Contemporary Artists Anthology, and a chance to participate in the annual Art Prize Exhibition held at York Art Gallery.
Showcase your work to wider audiences and further your involvement in the art world by submitting to the @AestheticaMagazine Art Prize 2019.Offering a £5,000 prize, publication within an inspiring anthology and exhibition space, this is an opportunity not to be missed for both established and emerging practitioners.
Submit your work HERE
Deadline: August 31, 2019
Description: The Aesthetica Art Prize invites both emerging and established practitioners to submit their work and further their involvement with the international art world. Hosted by the art and culture publication, Aesthetica Magazine, it has supported artists since 2006, attracting thousands of entries from around the world.
Through the Prize, practitioners can reach new collectors and galleries, gaining further recognition for their innovative talent. Awards include £5,000 (apx $6,500 USD) for the Main Prize Winner, £1,000 for the Emerging Prize Winner (apx $1,300 USD), as well as publication within the Future Now: 100 Contemporary Artists Anthology, and a chance to participate in the annual Art Prize Exhibition held at York Art Gallery.
Showcase your work to wider audiences and further your involvement in the art world by submitting to the @AestheticaMagazine Art Prize 2019.Offering a £5,000 prize, publication within an inspiring anthology and exhibition space, this is an opportunity not to be missed for both established and emerging practitioners.
Submit your work HERE
GKV Foundation Invites LOIs From Arts Organizations With ‘Big Ideas’
Deadline: October 1, 2019
Description: The GKV Foundation supports individual development and related community impact through the use of a range of artistic media, including the visual arts, music, and dance. The goal is that with GKV first-year funding enough measurable results will be achieved to attract sustaining funding from other sources. Priority is given to established nonprofits with a big idea that has great potential but that has yet to be funded and therefore is untested.
In order to be considered for funding, interested organizations must first submit a Letter of Interest. If the LOI is of interest to the foundation and is selected for further consideration, the organization will be contacted via email and invited to submit a more comprehensive proposal.
It is expected that GKV will invite only two organizations to submit a full proposal for each new planned grant and that fewer than half a dozen new grants totaling between $15,000 and $50,000 will be awarded in this funding round. (The number will be affected by the amount that the foundation allocates to programs where the initial GKV grant showed great promise.) Extensions of grants into subsequent years are part of the foundation’s plan, but the extension will be a fraction of the first-year grant and then only if other grantors can be convinced that the program is worth their investment given first-year results.
Letters of Interest are due by October 1. Based on those LOI submissions, two grant proposals will be requested for each planned grant by November 1. Those proposals will be due December 1, with all grant proposals to be evaluated in January 2020.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: October 1, 2019
Description: The GKV Foundation supports individual development and related community impact through the use of a range of artistic media, including the visual arts, music, and dance. The goal is that with GKV first-year funding enough measurable results will be achieved to attract sustaining funding from other sources. Priority is given to established nonprofits with a big idea that has great potential but that has yet to be funded and therefore is untested.
In order to be considered for funding, interested organizations must first submit a Letter of Interest. If the LOI is of interest to the foundation and is selected for further consideration, the organization will be contacted via email and invited to submit a more comprehensive proposal.
It is expected that GKV will invite only two organizations to submit a full proposal for each new planned grant and that fewer than half a dozen new grants totaling between $15,000 and $50,000 will be awarded in this funding round. (The number will be affected by the amount that the foundation allocates to programs where the initial GKV grant showed great promise.) Extensions of grants into subsequent years are part of the foundation’s plan, but the extension will be a fraction of the first-year grant and then only if other grantors can be convinced that the program is worth their investment given first-year results.
Letters of Interest are due by October 1. Based on those LOI submissions, two grant proposals will be requested for each planned grant by November 1. Those proposals will be due December 1, with all grant proposals to be evaluated in January 2020.
Review Opportunity HERE
2020 Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity
Deadline: October 8, 2019
Description: Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.
Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences has used the power of art and prose to promote diversity. The centerpiece of Embracing Our Differences is an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images (12.5 feet by 16 feet) created by local, national and international artists and writers. The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme "enriching lives through diversity." The exhibit is displayed annually at Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota, FL. The 2019 exhibit hosted 218,000 visitors to Bayfront Park, bringing total attendance, since 2004, to more than 2,920,000.
Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this exciting change through your visual art submission to the annual Embracing Our Differences international juried competition. The statements accompanying each artwork are also vital and provide insight into our common humanity—as well as the differences that make us all unique.
The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. Adult winners each receive $1,000; students receive $1,000 with $500 to be directed to the student and $500 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
The 2020 exhibit will be displayed beginning January 18 in Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: October 8, 2019
Description: Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.
Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences has used the power of art and prose to promote diversity. The centerpiece of Embracing Our Differences is an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images (12.5 feet by 16 feet) created by local, national and international artists and writers. The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme "enriching lives through diversity." The exhibit is displayed annually at Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota, FL. The 2019 exhibit hosted 218,000 visitors to Bayfront Park, bringing total attendance, since 2004, to more than 2,920,000.
Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this exciting change through your visual art submission to the annual Embracing Our Differences international juried competition. The statements accompanying each artwork are also vital and provide insight into our common humanity—as well as the differences that make us all unique.
The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. Adult winners each receive $1,000; students receive $1,000 with $500 to be directed to the student and $500 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
The 2020 exhibit will be displayed beginning January 18 in Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota.
Review Opportunity HERE
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Invites Applications for Philanthropic Arts Program
Deadline: October 31, 2019
Description: The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation is accepting applications for its Philanthropic Arts (“P/Arts”) Program. In its inaugural year, the program seeks to promote the teaching power of the arts and, to that end, invites applicants from Florida, New York, New England, or the District of Columbia that have a good idea for how the arts and education can be combined to create a more immersive and engaging atmosphere for learners. The program’s primary goals are to enhance or transform outdated school curricula; motivate and engage children, students, and alternative learners; deepen professional development for teachers, professors, and/or childcare workers; create linkages between school and home; encourage evidence-based art-based instruction; and help close the achievement gap.
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded in support of programs dedicated to strengthening and rebuilding visual and performing arts programs, as well as ideas that create or expand on existing art programs. Programs or initiatives should be based on the use of the arts and arts education to teach core academics in a qualified education program within a public school, private school, university, or public charitable organization.
The foundation is also interested in promoting programs and ideas where the arts are being used in early childhood education, in university and community colleges, and in the engagement of alternative learners. Proposed or existing programs must impact at least thirty children or students within the first six months of implementation and no fewer than sixty by the end of the first year.
Grant decisions for the program will be made on a monthly rolling basis until the final deadline of October 31, 2019.
To be eligible, applicants must be located in Florida, New York, New England, or the District of Columbia.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: October 31, 2019
Description: The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation is accepting applications for its Philanthropic Arts (“P/Arts”) Program. In its inaugural year, the program seeks to promote the teaching power of the arts and, to that end, invites applicants from Florida, New York, New England, or the District of Columbia that have a good idea for how the arts and education can be combined to create a more immersive and engaging atmosphere for learners. The program’s primary goals are to enhance or transform outdated school curricula; motivate and engage children, students, and alternative learners; deepen professional development for teachers, professors, and/or childcare workers; create linkages between school and home; encourage evidence-based art-based instruction; and help close the achievement gap.
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded in support of programs dedicated to strengthening and rebuilding visual and performing arts programs, as well as ideas that create or expand on existing art programs. Programs or initiatives should be based on the use of the arts and arts education to teach core academics in a qualified education program within a public school, private school, university, or public charitable organization.
The foundation is also interested in promoting programs and ideas where the arts are being used in early childhood education, in university and community colleges, and in the engagement of alternative learners. Proposed or existing programs must impact at least thirty children or students within the first six months of implementation and no fewer than sixty by the end of the first year.
Grant decisions for the program will be made on a monthly rolling basis until the final deadline of October 31, 2019.
To be eligible, applicants must be located in Florida, New York, New England, or the District of Columbia.
Review Opportunity HERE
Kurt Weill Foundation Accepting Applications for Grant Program
Deadline: November 1, 2019
Description: Founded in 1962, the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music is dedicated to promoting understanding of the life and works of composers Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and Marc Blitzstein (1905-1963) and preserving the legacies of Weill and his wife, actress-singer Lotte Lenya (1898-1981). The foundation awards grants to individuals and nonprofit organizations for performances of musical works by Weill and Blitzstein; for scholarly research pertaining to Weill, Lenya, Marc Blitzstein; and for relevant educational initiatives. To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for projects and performances taking place on or after January 1, 2019, and before July 1, 2020.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: November 1, 2019
Description: Founded in 1962, the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music is dedicated to promoting understanding of the life and works of composers Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and Marc Blitzstein (1905-1963) and preserving the legacies of Weill and his wife, actress-singer Lotte Lenya (1898-1981). The foundation awards grants to individuals and nonprofit organizations for performances of musical works by Weill and Blitzstein; for scholarly research pertaining to Weill, Lenya, Marc Blitzstein; and for relevant educational initiatives. To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for projects and performances taking place on or after January 1, 2019, and before July 1, 2020.
Review Opportunity HERE
Women's Studio Workshop Invites Applications for Art-in-Education Artist Book Residency
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Description: The mission of the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York, is to operate and maintain a workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women artists, provide professional opportunities for artists at various stages of their careers, and promote programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness, and support for the visual arts. In support of that mission, WSW is accepting applications for its Art-in-Education Artist’s Book Grant.
The eight-to-ten-week residency is awarded to two emerging women artists who are interested in creating a new artist's book and in teaching young people. Generally, residents dedicate their first month to producing a limited edition artist's book, which is hand-printed and bound in the studio. WSW can provide technical advice; training on new equipment, techniques, and materials; and production assistance. During the second half of the residency, the artist works with young people in WSW’s studios, teaching one to two days/week for three to four weeks, and visiting the students twice in school. Studio space and equipment is reserved for students during program hours, but artists may work at any time outside of AIE.
Review Opportunity HERE
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Description: The mission of the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York, is to operate and maintain a workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women artists, provide professional opportunities for artists at various stages of their careers, and promote programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness, and support for the visual arts. In support of that mission, WSW is accepting applications for its Art-in-Education Artist’s Book Grant.
The eight-to-ten-week residency is awarded to two emerging women artists who are interested in creating a new artist's book and in teaching young people. Generally, residents dedicate their first month to producing a limited edition artist's book, which is hand-printed and bound in the studio. WSW can provide technical advice; training on new equipment, techniques, and materials; and production assistance. During the second half of the residency, the artist works with young people in WSW’s studios, teaching one to two days/week for three to four weeks, and visiting the students twice in school. Studio space and equipment is reserved for students during program hours, but artists may work at any time outside of AIE.
Review Opportunity HERE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Social Networks
DeviantART - Review the world's largest online art community HERE
Professional Development
Open Calls, Residencies, and Fellowships
Americans for the Arts - Review national public art opportunities HERE
Alliance of Artists Communities - Review national and international artist residencies HERE
CaFÉ (Call for Entry) - Register, upload your portfolio, and review open calls HERE
Art Deadline - Review opportunities ranging from competitions, grants, public art, and exhibitions HERE
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) - Review national and international open calls HERE
ResArtis - Review national and international artist residencies HERE
Burnaway - Review national and international opportunities HERE
Alliance of Artists Communities - Review national and international artist residencies HERE
CaFÉ (Call for Entry) - Register, upload your portfolio, and review open calls HERE
Art Deadline - Review opportunities ranging from competitions, grants, public art, and exhibitions HERE
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) - Review national and international open calls HERE
ResArtis - Review national and international artist residencies HERE
Burnaway - Review national and international opportunities HERE
Funding, Grants, and financial opportunities
Career Opportunities
Are you interested in a career in the non-profit sector? Please visit the Nonprofit Center's Job Bank for a complete list of job listings and instructions on how to apply.
Planning and goal setting
How To Go From Passively Talking About Something To Actively Doing Something (In 11 Simple Steps), by Patrick Fisher
This worksheet was designed to transition you from talking about your goals to taking intention-driven actions to achieve your goals.
This worksheet was designed to transition you from talking about your goals to taking intention-driven actions to achieve your goals.
Business Plan Summary, by Creative Capital
This document was designed to provide you with an understanding of what information you should include when you're writing a basic business plan.
This document was designed to provide you with an understanding of what information you should include when you're writing a basic business plan.
Stepping It Up: Goal Setting For Creatives Workbook, by Dr. Nadia Ramoutar
This workbook was deigned to assist you in better defining your goals and dismantle barriers that prevent you from achieving your goals.
This workbook was deigned to assist you in better defining your goals and dismantle barriers that prevent you from achieving your goals.
Marketing and branding
This Is A Planning Document, by Autumn Berrang of Adjective & Co.
This worksheet was designed to get you thinking more about your brand and how you communicate that brand to your audience.
This worksheet was designed to get you thinking more about your brand and how you communicate that brand to your audience.
Apps and Online Tools
Grammarly, a free grammar checker that eliminates grammatical errors and enhances your writing.
Asana, a free web interface used to manage time and tasks whether your work independently or collaborate as a group.
Evernote, a free app used to collect, develop, and share notes, images, and audio across desktop and mobile platforms
Recommended reading
ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career, by Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber
The Profitable Artist: A Handbook for All Artists in the Performing, Literary, and Visual Arts, by Artspire (New York Foundation for the Arts)
I'd Rather Be in the Studio: The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion, by Alyson Stanfield
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life, by Susan David, PhD
Art Thinking: How to Care Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses, by Amy Whitaker
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, by William Zinsser
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon
Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, by Tad Crawford
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield
1,000 True Fans, by Kevin Kelly
Artists' Rights: A Guide to Copyright, Moral Rights and Other Legal Issues in the Visual Art Sphere, by Molly Torsen Stech
Field Notes From Creative Exchange: Stores of Artists with Impact From Communities Across America, by Springboard for the Arts
A Beautiful Constraint, How to Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It's Everyone's Business, by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden