numerous grants

1) Dieu Donné Papermill Invites New York State Emerging Artists to Apply for Workspace Program
2) National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Avant-Garde Masters Grants Program
3) Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces Availability of Applications for Awards in Dance and Choreography
4) McKnight Foundation Invites Nominations for Minnesota Distinguished Artist Award.
5) Leeway Foundation Invites Applications From Women and Trans Artists in Delaware Valley Region
8) Enterprise Community Partners Announces New Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship Opportunities
13) American Dance Festival Invites Applications for Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism
14) American Theatre Magazine Invites Applications for Affiliated Writers Program

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1) Dieu Donné Papermill Invites New York State Emerging Artists to Apply for Workspace Program
Deadline: May 15, 2007

New York City-based Dieu Donné Papermill ( http://dieudonne.org/ ) is a nonprofit artist workspace dedicated to the creation, promotion, and preservation of contemporary art in the hand papermaking process. In support of this mission, Dieu Donné collaborates with artists and the professional visual arts community. Dieu Donné Papermill's Workspace Program offers three annual residencies to emerging New York State artists to create new work in handmade paper. The program seeks to encourage emerging artists to explore the creative possibilities of handmade paper, help develop the art form, and promote the Workspace Program artists through exhibitions of their work produced at Dieu Donné.

Each artist will receive a $700 honorarium, advance preparation of materials, and professional assistance during a seven-day collaboration (days are non-consecutive). Emerging artists from all disciplinary and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. No experience with handmade paper is required. Applicants must be New York State residents and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Students enrolled in undergraduate- or graduate-degree programs during the program year are not eligible to apply.

The Workspace Program 2007-08 application deadline is May 15, 2007. The online application form will be made available at the Dieu Donné Papermill Web site beginning April 2, 2007.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006432/dieudonne

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2) National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Avant-Garde Masters Grants Program
Deadline: March 30, 2007 (Registration)

The National Film Preservation Foundation ( http://filmpreservation.org/ ) invites applications for the Avant-Garde Masters Grants. These cash preservation grants, made possible with funding from the Film Foundation ( http://www.film-foundation.org/ ), support laboratory work to preserve significant examples of America's avant-garde film heritage. Grants will support the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or cinematic movement significant to the development of avant-garde film in America. Works made in the last twenty years are not eligible. Grants are available to public and nonprofit archives in the U.S., including those that are part of federal, state, or local government. The grants target avant-garde films made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and not physically preserved by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible. The program will fund one or two preservation projects with grants ranging between $10,000 and $50,000 each.

Visit the National Film Preservation Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines and application procedures.
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006433/filmpreservation

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3) Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces Availability of Applications for Awards in Dance and Choreography
Deadline: April 30, 2007

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA ( http://www.pgfusa.org/ ) has announced the availability of applications for the 2007 Princess Grace Awards in Dance for Performance and for Choreography. All types of dance performance are eligible for these awards. Princess Grace Awards in Dance: Performance take the form of scholarships and fellowships. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status at the time of application.

To apply, an individual must be nominated by the artistic director of a nonprofit dance company or the dean or department chair of a professional nonprofit dance school. Scholarships provide tuition for professional training at a nonprofit school located in the U.S. where the applicant has been enrolled for at least one year. Fellowships provide salary assistance for a new member in a dance company where the applicant has joined the company within the past five years. In addition, companies awarded fellowships will receive a small grant to be used for general operating expenses.

Typically, scholarships and fellowships have ranged from $5,000 to $25,000. Princess Grace Awards in Dance: Choreography provide fellowships to recognize America's most promising young choreographers. To participate, the choreographer must be nominated by the artistic director of a nonprofit professional dance company within the U.S. Grants of $10,000 are disbursed to the dance companies toward the choreographer's fee and expenses associated with the commission. Because of the foundation's emphasis on new work, the Choreography Fellowship grant does not apply to the restaging of existing choreography. In addition, there must be public performances of the new work within the grant cycle. Companies awarded fellowships will also receive a small grant to be used for general operating expenses.

Guidelines, application instructions, and a list of past award winners can be found on the Princess Grace Foundation-USA Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006434/dance/guidelines

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4) McKnight Foundation Invites Nominations for Minnesota Distinguished Artist Award. Deadline: March 31, 2007

The McKnight Foundation ( http://www.mcknight.org/ ) invites nominations for its 10th Distinguished Artist Award in recog- nition of individual Minnesota artists who have had enduring and exceptional careers. The $40,000 award honors one artist each year for having made a substantial impact on the arts in Minnesota over a lifetime. A panel representing a variety of artistic disciplines considers first and foremost the quality of each nominated artist's work. Other considerations include the artist's commitment to his or her field, and ways the artist has enriched life for audiences and the community. Artists in all disciplines are eligible for nomination but may not apply for the award themselves. Although nominees must have worked in Minnesota much of their lives, they need not reside in Minnesota when they are nominated. The panel will not con- sider those from Minnesota who achieved most of their success elsewhere, and posthumous awards will not be made.

Visit the McKnight Foundation Web site for complete program information and nomination procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006435/mcknight

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5) Leeway Foundation Invites Applications From Women and Trans Artists in Delaware Valley Region
Deadline: April 9, 2007

The Leeway Foundation's ( http://www.leeway.org/ ) grantmaking programs honor women and trans artists for their ability to create social change through their artistic and cultural work. The foundation's Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women and trans artists living in the Delaware Valley region who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social-change work. Leeway will award at least twelve Transformation Awards in 2007. The award is unrestricted (not project-based) and open to women and trans people working in any art form, traditional or non- traditional. Applicants must be women or trans artists who create art for social change that impacts a larger group, audience, or commun- ity; have been creating art for social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to this work; have financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources; and have lived for the past two or more years in the Delaware Valley region (i.e., Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County).

Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program information.
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006436/leeway
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8) Enterprise Community Partners Announces New Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship Opportunities
Deadline: Various

The Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship was established by Enterprise Community Partners ( http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/ ) to create partnerships between emerging architects and community- based organizations to direct the skills and passions of the architects in the service of low- and moderate-income communities. The fellowship is designed to promote the value of quality design and green building in affordable housing and encourages architects to become lifelong leaders in public service and community devel- opment. Applications are available for four new 2007 Rose Fellowships at the following locations and organizations: Bronx, New York -- the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation; New Orleans, Louisiana -- Providence Community Housing; Woodburn, Oregon -- Farmworker Housing and Development Corporation; and Southwestern Minnesota -- the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership. To be eligible for the program, applicants must possess a pro- fessional degree in architecture from an accredited college or university, or expect to graduate from an accredited school of architecture before the fellowship begins.

Rose Fellows earn a modest stipend and receive health insurance and other benefits. Please note that the New Orleans Fellowship, sponsored by Capital One ( http://www.capitalone.com/ ), will begin as early as May 1, 2007, with applications due April 1, 2007. All other fellowships start on September 1, 2007, with applications due on April 15, 2007.

Visit the program's Web site for specific information on each fellowship opportunity and application procedures.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006439/rosefellowship

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13) American Dance Festival Invites Applications for Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism
Deadline: April 4, 2007

The American Dance Festival ( http://americandancefestival.org/ ) has announced the 2007 Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, electronic, radio, and television journalists with support from the New York Times Company Foundation. The program for writers will be held at the festival on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina from June 16 to July 9, 2007. The institute is specifically designed for professionals interested in further developing their analysis of dance while additionally shaping their personal writing style. The fellows will attend an extensive range of performances, write reviews, observe classes, take part in discussions with ADF guest speakers, teachers, choreographers, dance critics, and faculty, participate in movement sessions, and participate in panel discussions analyzing the function and possibilities of today's dance critic.

The fellowships cover tuition, room and board, and tickets to performances. See the American Dance Festival Web site for complete program information.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006444/americandance

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14) American Theatre Magazine Invites Applications for Affiliated Writers Program
Deadline: April 30, 2007

Supported by the Jerome Foundation ( http://www.jeromefdn.org/ ), American Theatre magazine's Affiliated Writers Program for earlycareer arts writers is designed to foster the development of a corps of cultural journalists, feature writers, and theater critics who are knowledgeable about the field nationally; contri- bute to an increased public demand for serious criticism and in turn persuade editors nationwide of its importance; and work to enhance the viability of American Theatre magazine as a forum for the publication of high-quality critical writing that is national in scope.

The program is open only to writers based in Minnesota and New York City. The program will select two to four writers a year (with writers eligible to repeat the program). Each writer will receive an annual stipend of $3,000 in exchange for three to four articles, as assigned. Travel expenses for agreed-upon projects are also covered. Complete program information is available at the Theatre Communications Group Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006445/tcg/writer

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