Fellowship available: SUNY Buffalo offers a two-year graduate MFA
program in photography. A number of teaching assistantships are awarded
each year, designed to attract gifted students who have demonstrated
artistic ability and teaching potential. For information contact
Director of Graduate Studies, Art Dept., 202 Center for the Arts,
Buffalo, NY 14260-6010, or call (716) 645-6878. Deadline: Ongoing.
Fellowships available: Visiting Arts International Fellowship
Program offers annual residencies at Spike Island, Bristol, UK, as well
as at Delfina, London. For further information contact Camilla Edwards,
Assistant Director (Visual, Media & Applied Arts), 11 Portland Pl.,
London, UK W1N 4EJ / cedwards@visitingarts.demon.org/visilingarts.
Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation offers
emergency grams of up to $10,000 to artists in a "mature"
stage (working over 10 years) facing an unforeseen tragedy. Contact the
Gottlieb Foundation, 380 W. Broadway, New York, NY 10012 / (212)
226-0581.
Grants available: Residents of Chicago may apply for Community Arts
Assistance Program (CAAP) grants for professional, artistic, and
organizational development projects. Applications are distributed by the
Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E.
Washington St., and other locations throughout the city. (312) 744-1742
/ www.cityofchicago.org/culturalaffairs.
Grants available: To support international documentary films and
videos addressing current, significant issues in human rights,
expression, liberties, and social justice. Average grant: $25,000.
Contact Diane Weyermann, Director of Soros Documentary Fund, Open
Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St., New York, NY 10019.
www.soros.org/sdf. Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: eMediaLoft.org in New York City offers eight
Creative Projects Subsidized Grants each year to artists doing original
work in narrative, experimental, or animation, as video or DVD,
including Web-based video, who need the assistance of an editor or
computer operator in our studio. Documentary, political, and promotional
work is not considered for this grant, but low-cost services for such
other projects are also available.
www.emedialoft.org/creativeprojectgrants/creativegrantprojects.htm.
Grants available: Experimental Television Center provides support
to electronic media and film organizations to facilitate the exhibition
by independents of moving image and sonic art to audiences in New York
State. Monies are available to both individuals and organizations with
support from the New York State Council on the Arts. Events must be open
to the public and there is a maximum yearly funding cap for each
organization. Contact Sherry Miller Hocking, ETC, 109 Lower Fairfield
Rd., Newark Valley, NY 13811. www.experimentaltvcenter.org.
Grants available: Fulbright Scholar Program provides grants in more
than 140 countries. Opportunities are open to college and university
faculty and administration, artists, journalists, business and
government professionals, independent scholars, lawyers, and may others.
Contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. 3007 Tilden
St. NW, Ste. 51., Washington. DC 20008-3009. www.cies.org.
Grants available: Getty Research Institute provides residential and
non-residential grants to scholars, scientists, conservators, and
professionals to pursue independent research and to support projects
that advance the understanding of art and its history. Contact the Getty
Grant Program. 2100 Getty Genter Dr., Ste. 800, Los Angeles, CA
90049-1685. www.getty.edu. Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the
creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists and
arts organizations in Minnesota and New York City. Contact Cynthia
Gehrig, President. Jerome Foundation, 125 Park Square Ct., 400 Sibley
St., St. Paul, MN 55101. www.jeromefdn.org Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: Nancy H. Gray Foundation for Art in the
Environment offers grants to artists who work outdoors in the U.S. an
address environmental problems, issues, and education. For information
send SASE, to Nancy H. Gray Foundation for Art in the Environment, 5128
Manning Dr., Bethesda. MD 20814. Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: National Museum of Women in the Arts'
Library and Fellows Program will award $12,000 to support the production
of an artist's book in a limited editor of 125. The artist will
retain 25 copies as remuneration. The remaining books will be sold to
benefit the Library and Research Center. The award-winning book will be
displayed at the Center for one year and will be added to the
museum's permanent collection. National Museum of Women in the
Arts, Library and Research Center, 1250 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20005. www.nmwa.org.
Grants available: New York Foundation of the Arts offers Special
Opportunity Stipends (S.O.S. grants) to NY artists ranging from
$100-$600 for opportunities that will significantly benefit the
artist's work or career development. The grants are issued for
specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from work in
progress. Applicants must be 18 or older and must have been a full-time
NY resident for the year preceding the application deadline. The grants
are not open to graduate, undergraduate, or high school students.
Information on this and other programs is available from NYFA, 155 Ave.
of the Americas. 14the Fl., New York. NY 10013. www.nyfa.org. Deadline:
Ongoing.
Grants available: North Carolina Arts Council serves as the steward
for state and federal funds available to NC residents, arts
organizations, and in some instances to out-of-state residents, for arts
projects. www.ncarts.org. Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: To Philadelphia-area artists. Contact Pew
Fellowships in the Arts, 230 S. Broadway St., Ste. 1003, Philadelphia,
PA 19102. www.pewarts.org.
Grants available: Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. offers financial
assistance to artists of recognizable merit and financial need as
painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper, including
printmakers. Contact the foundation at 863 Park Ave., New York, NY
10021. www.pkf.org. Deadlines: Ongoing.
Grants available: Roy W. Dean New York Film Grant, valued at
$50,000, will be awarded to one deserving filmmaker whose film is
"unique and makes a contribution to society." For more
information contact Tory Jay Berger at
tory@spiritualpr.com/www.fromtheheartproductions.com. Deadline: Ongoing.
Grants available: To five CA artists and five OR/WA artists
working, at minimum, 20 years in mature artmaking. Must live in these
states at least nine months/year for three previous years. Application
available from Flintridge Foundation, Awards for Visual Arts, 1040
Lincoln. Ave., Ste. 100, Pasadena, CA 91103 /
awards@flintridgefoundation.org / www.flintridgefoundation.org.
Grants available: Southern Humanities Media Fund requests proposals
for one to three significant regional media projects. The fund will
award approximately $90,000 for the project(s).
www.southernmediafund.org.
Internships available: Afterimage offers internships that give
students, emerging scholars, critics, writers, and thinkers the
opportunity to become intricately involved with the day-to-day
operations of a small non-profit arts journal. Tasks include line
editing, copy editing, fact-checking, proofreading, research,
promotional activities, and writing reviews for our "Media
Noted" section. Interns are asked to commit to at least 10
hours/week for three months and are welcome to stay longer. College
(undergraduate or graduate) credit can be arranged through the home
institution. To apply, send a cover letter stating background,
interests, experience, and availability (and writing samples if
available) to Karen vanMeenen, Editor, Afterimage Internships, 31 Prince
St., Rochester, NY 14607 / afterimage@vsw.org. Deadline: Ongoing.
Internships available: Brooklyn Museum offers numerous internships,
providing graduate and undergraduate students entry-level experience in
the various aspects of museum work. (718) 638-5000 x426. Deadline:
Ongoing.
Internships available: Center for Photography at Woodstock offers
internships in photography and arts administration (a tuition remission
of over $5,000). Interns are exposed to a diversity of photographic
topics and approaches to the medium, learning creative imagemaking and a
variety of teaching philosophies and strategies, or to curatorial
practices, gallery management, exhibition installation, and magazine
production. They have the opportunity to personally meet and work with
visiting artists and curators, and to share their portfolios with
professionals. To be selected, interns must have transportation and plan
to live in, or relocate to, the Woodstock, NY, area during their
internship. Candidates are selected by in-person interviews only. For an
appointment call (845) 679-9957. Deadline: Ongoing.
Internships available: CEPA Photography Arts Gallery in Buffalo,
NY, offers internships during the fall, spring, and summer semesters,
providing special opportunities for students to gain experience and earn
college credit by-working in a professional gallery setting. (716)
856-2717. Deadline: Ongoing.
Internships available: eMediaLoft.org in New York City. Internships
in photography, video, arts administration, Web design, and writing to
students presently attending American colleges. No pay, but we provide a
good lunch in a beautiful studio overlooking the Hudson River in
Greenwich Village. Yon will need a place to stay in or around New York
City. www.emedialoft.org/internships.
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