arts teacher grant

Surdna Foundation Invites Applications for Arts Teachers Fellowship Program

Deadline: November 16, 2007 (Letter of Intent to Apply)

The Surdna Foundation ( http://www.surdna.org/ ) has announced the eighth year of a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. Through the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that will provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields. Fellowship activities may include study in arts courses; atten- dance at advanced art-making workshops, festivals, or institutes; residencies at artists' colonies; formal mentor relationships with recognized professional artists; independent study toward the completion of an artistic project; or other artistic entities.

All permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in specialized, public arts high schools are eligible. Teachers of all arts disciplines are invited to apply -- visual arts, photo- graphy, theater, music, dance, film, video, multidiscipline, and creative writing. Applicants must be in their fifth year (or more) of teaching arts in high school and plan to continue as an arts teacher in their specialized public arts high school in 2008-09. Twenty awards of up to $5,000 each, with a complementary grant of $1,500 to the fellow's school to support post-fellowship activities, will be made.

Visit the Surdna Foundation Web site for complete program details. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008966/surdna

For additional RFPs in Education, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml