grants

California Community Foundation Invites Los Angeles Artists to Apply for Cover Art Award
Deadline: May 4, 2007

The California Community Foundation's ( http://www.calfund.org/ ) Cover Art Award is designed to support an emerging Los Angeles artist working in painting, drawing, or printmaking by purchasing an artwork that best reflects the foundation's annual theme: "Arts and Culture in Diverse Communities."

This year's theme embodies CCF's goal to support initiatives that expand access to the arts for low-income populations, recognize non-traditional art forms among various cultures, and leverage the arts as a means of revitalizing neighborhoods. The foundation will feature the winning artwork in its 2007 annual report cover, invitations and other publications, and a limited-edition lithograph.

Cover art award guidelines and application instructions are available at the CCF Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006747/calfund For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml

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Theatre Communications Group Offers Travel Grants
Deadline: April 30, 2007

The Theatre Communications Group ( http://www.tcg.org/ ) is inviting applications for TCG/ITI Travel Grants, which support travel in either direction between theater professionals in the U.S. and their counterparts in Russia or Central/Eastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia.

This grant program was developed by TCG in collaboration with the International Theatre Institute ( http://www.iti-worldwide.org/ ) and is funded by the Trust for Mutual Understanding ( http://www.tmuny.org/ ). Grants of $3,000 will be awarded to theaters and individual theater professionals (artists, administrators, or educators) to cover transportation and living expenses essential to the project, including research materials, communication costs, theater tickets, and/or the services of an interpreter.

Theaters applying on behalf of theater professional(s) must be able to demonstrate not-for-profit, tax-exempt status; have a professional orientation and high artistic standards; and employ professional artists and administrators. Individual theater professionals must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and wish to initiate, continue, or deepen relationships with artists and/or theater companies in Russia and/or Eastern and Central Europe. Theater professionals who are affiliated with a U.S. theater company that will be involved in the international work must be sponsored by that theater and may not apply as an individual. The application postmark deadline for applicants scheduled to travel between July 1, 2007, and January 31, 2008, is April 30, 2007.

Visit the TCG Web site for complete program guidelines and application materials. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006751/tcg For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml

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Entries Invited for Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism
Deadline: June 13, 2007

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ( http://knightfdn.org/ ) funds the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism to reward the creative use of new technologies to engage people in important public issues and to honor compelling models for the future of news. The program will honor pioneering approaches to journalism that encourage new forms of information sharing; spur non-traditional interactions that have an impact on community; enable new and better two-way conversations between audiences and news providers; and foster new ways of imparting useful information.

Among the prizes to be awarded are a $10,000 Grand Prize; up to $5,000 in Special Distinction Awards, including a Wild Card Award to be given at the judges' discretion to an early idea that may not be fully developed or a good idea that deserves publicity alongside the top winners; and a $1,000 Citizens Media Award to honor impact and achievement in the emerging field of citizen media and citizen-generated content.

Entries from all news producers are eligible. Entries must consist of journalism content created by a news-producing initiative. To enter, individuals must have been affiliated with such an initiative at the time of publication. Entries must have been published, aired, or launched between May 1, 2006, and June 12, 2007. For a series or ongoing news coverage, half of the individual installments must have been published, aired, or launched during the eligibility period. Citizen media entries originating between January 1, 2004, and June 12, 2007 are eligible to enter for the Citizens Media Award. Entries may include an entire Web site, a single story, a project, or a series of stories, exercises, or news "experiences." Pioneering efforts are encouraged.

Program guidelines are available at J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism Web site. Entries must include a $40 entry fee. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006760/j-lab For additional RFPs in Journalism/Media, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml