Through its Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund, the Freedom to Read Foundation will provide two grants — one for $2,500 and one for $1,000 — to two organizations to support "Read-Outs" celebrating Banned Books Week 2010 (September 25 to October 2). A Banned Books Week Read-Out is an event during which people celebrate the freedom to read by gathering to read from books that have been banned or challenged over the years.
The grant program is the first announced project for the Judith Krug Memorial Fund, established after Krug's death in April 2009. Krug was the founding executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, which was established in 1969 as a First Amendment legal defense organization affiliated with the American Library Association.
To apply for a grant, organizations are required to submit an event description, timeline, and budget with their application, as well as agree to provide a written report and video to FTRF following Banned Books Week.
Visit the ALA Web site for grant program guidelines as well as information on Banned Books Week.
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
July 30, 2010
July 15, 2010
upcoming deadlines
July 24
Zion National Park in Utah is now accepting applications for its Artist-in-Residence program. The four-week residencies will occur in October/November 2010 and February and April 2011. Residents live in the park, either in a house or on a campsite. Working within the natural beauty of the environment, artists are encouraged to create artwork that furthers the cause of conservation. Upon completion of the residency, artists must donate one work to the Zion Natural History Foundation. For more information and to apply, click on title
July 30
The Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, awarded by The Vilcek Foundation, honors early achievement in literature by a foreign-born individual. Eligible candidates must be 38 years old or younger and current U.S. citizens or permanent residents not born in the U.S. Poets, novelists, and writers of short fiction and nonfiction are encouraged to apply. The winner receives $25,000, and four finalists will be awarded $5,000 each. Application information can be found by clicking on title.
August 1
Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, NY, offers free residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative groups. Residencies last between two and eight weeks and include room, board, and a studio at Yaddo. Artists applying for the August 1, 2010 deadline will be considered for residencies starting in late October 2010 through May 2011.
August 1
The UnionDocs Collaborative is a one or two-year program for emerging nonfiction media producers. Participants take part in master classes, group critiques, and the production of a collaborative documentary project, as well as attending screenings and lectures at UnionDocs’s Documentary Bodega and elsewhere. The group is limited to twelve, six of whom reside in UnionDocs’s Williamsburg headquarters, fostering a dynamic intellectual and artistic community. Qualified applicants are post-grads with some experience in the field of non-fiction, and the program is designed to accommodate those who work full-time or freelance. To learn more and to apply, click on title.
August 1
The Amy Clampitt Residency is a six to 12 month residency available to both established and emerging poets and literary scholars. One resident at a time lives in the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox, MA, and receives a stipend of $2,500 a month. Residents are expected to live in the house and focus on their creative work for the duration of the residency, and are also asked to give a local public reading. For more information and application guidelines, click on title.
August 2
The Fulbright Scholars Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, seeks to increase international understanding by providing opportunities for educational exchange. Fulbright Scholars receive grants to pursue research and/or teaching abroad, and awards are available in a broad variety of disciplines, including the performing, literary, and visual arts. To learn more about the programs offered and to apply, click on title.
August 13
The San Francisco Film Society is accepting letters of inquiry for its SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants, which provide financial support to one or more films per round. The grants are for narrative fiction films that explore issues relating to social justice, including human and civil rights, antidiscrimination, and sexual and gender identity. Films at all levels of production are eligible for a total of $225,000 in grant money, and grant recipients are required to spend some or all funds in the Bay Area.
August 17
The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, to an unfinished or in-progress feature-length documentary by an emerging filmmaker. The five finalists will participate in the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop on October 16, 2010, and one filmmaker will be chosen to receive the grant. The unfinished films will be judged on their originality and the viability of the filmmaker’s concept, and finalists will also be judged on the strength of their pitch.
September 1
The Lower East Side Printshop offers year-long residencies to emerging artists through its Keyholder Residency Program. Residents gain 24-hour access to professional printmaking facilities in the shared Artists’ Studio, as well as a range of other benefits including a free class at the printshop, a $500 stipend, storage, basic supplies, exhibition opportunities, and other support services. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply; printmaking experience is not required. Applications received by September 1 will be considered for residencies starting October 1.
September 1
The Andy Warhol Foundation provides grants to institutions that support contemporary art and artists. Grants are made on a project basis to curators affiliated with museums, artists’ organizations, and other cultural institutions to foster innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Eligible proposals may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. Click here for guidelines, or email info@warholfoundation.org for more information.
Zion National Park in Utah is now accepting applications for its Artist-in-Residence program. The four-week residencies will occur in October/November 2010 and February and April 2011. Residents live in the park, either in a house or on a campsite. Working within the natural beauty of the environment, artists are encouraged to create artwork that furthers the cause of conservation. Upon completion of the residency, artists must donate one work to the Zion Natural History Foundation. For more information and to apply, click on title
July 30
The Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, awarded by The Vilcek Foundation, honors early achievement in literature by a foreign-born individual. Eligible candidates must be 38 years old or younger and current U.S. citizens or permanent residents not born in the U.S. Poets, novelists, and writers of short fiction and nonfiction are encouraged to apply. The winner receives $25,000, and four finalists will be awarded $5,000 each. Application information can be found by clicking on title.
August 1
Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, NY, offers free residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative groups. Residencies last between two and eight weeks and include room, board, and a studio at Yaddo. Artists applying for the August 1, 2010 deadline will be considered for residencies starting in late October 2010 through May 2011.
August 1
The UnionDocs Collaborative is a one or two-year program for emerging nonfiction media producers. Participants take part in master classes, group critiques, and the production of a collaborative documentary project, as well as attending screenings and lectures at UnionDocs’s Documentary Bodega and elsewhere. The group is limited to twelve, six of whom reside in UnionDocs’s Williamsburg headquarters, fostering a dynamic intellectual and artistic community. Qualified applicants are post-grads with some experience in the field of non-fiction, and the program is designed to accommodate those who work full-time or freelance. To learn more and to apply, click on title.
August 1
The Amy Clampitt Residency is a six to 12 month residency available to both established and emerging poets and literary scholars. One resident at a time lives in the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox, MA, and receives a stipend of $2,500 a month. Residents are expected to live in the house and focus on their creative work for the duration of the residency, and are also asked to give a local public reading. For more information and application guidelines, click on title.
August 2
The Fulbright Scholars Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, seeks to increase international understanding by providing opportunities for educational exchange. Fulbright Scholars receive grants to pursue research and/or teaching abroad, and awards are available in a broad variety of disciplines, including the performing, literary, and visual arts. To learn more about the programs offered and to apply, click on title.
August 13
The San Francisco Film Society is accepting letters of inquiry for its SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants, which provide financial support to one or more films per round. The grants are for narrative fiction films that explore issues relating to social justice, including human and civil rights, antidiscrimination, and sexual and gender identity. Films at all levels of production are eligible for a total of $225,000 in grant money, and grant recipients are required to spend some or all funds in the Bay Area.
August 17
The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, to an unfinished or in-progress feature-length documentary by an emerging filmmaker. The five finalists will participate in the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop on October 16, 2010, and one filmmaker will be chosen to receive the grant. The unfinished films will be judged on their originality and the viability of the filmmaker’s concept, and finalists will also be judged on the strength of their pitch.
September 1
The Lower East Side Printshop offers year-long residencies to emerging artists through its Keyholder Residency Program. Residents gain 24-hour access to professional printmaking facilities in the shared Artists’ Studio, as well as a range of other benefits including a free class at the printshop, a $500 stipend, storage, basic supplies, exhibition opportunities, and other support services. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply; printmaking experience is not required. Applications received by September 1 will be considered for residencies starting October 1.
September 1
The Andy Warhol Foundation provides grants to institutions that support contemporary art and artists. Grants are made on a project basis to curators affiliated with museums, artists’ organizations, and other cultural institutions to foster innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Eligible proposals may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. Click here for guidelines, or email info@warholfoundation.org for more information.
July 01, 2010
upcoming july deadlines
DEADLINES
July 10
The Rencontres Internationales, which will take place in Paris from November 25 to December 4, is calling for entries from artists and organizations working in film, video, and multimedia. The event aims to reflect the convergences of artistic practices between new cinema and contemporary art, and explore emerging media art practices and their critical purposes. Projects selected will be on view during the similar programs that will take place in Madrid in April 2011 and in Berlin in July 2011. Artists and filmmakers of all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.
July 12
Cinereach’s Reach Film Fellowship is a specialized program for early-career filmmakers who create artful, socially relevant short films of five to 15 minutes long. Four filmmakers are selected every year to receive a $5,000 grant, production support, seven months of mentorship, career advising, and industry exposure as they progress through the production and postproduction processes and prepare for festival submission and distribution. Applicants must have completed at least one short film and live in or near New York City during the course of the Fellowship cycle. More information and application forms can be found by clicking the title above.
July 15
The Experimental Television Center is now accepting applications for residencies between September 2010 and January 2011. The Residency supports contemporary electronic media art projects by offering recipients a studio workshop with access to an image processing system, intensive individualized instruction, and time for exploration and creative growth. Artists have an opportunity to study the processes and techniques of analog and digital imaging and then use the system independently to create new work. Participating artists have complete aesthetic and technical control over all aspects of production. To find out more about the Center’s equipment and to see application guidelines, click title.
July 15
The Times Square Alliance seeks letters of interest from arts organizations and artists across disciplines to present contemporary art projects and art events in public spaces in and around Times Square. In a one-page letter, applicants can propose a single project or series for anytime from September 2010 to December 2012. Artists and arts organizations are encouraged to propose projects that address the nature and history of Times Square. Projects should be able to have an impact in a space defined by dynamic activity and continuous, competing visual stimuli. Proposal letters should not exceed 500 words and applications should include organization history or artist résumé plus five images of relevant past work. Applicants with accepted proposals will be invited to enter a dialogue with the Times Square Alliance. For submission guidelines, click title above.
July 15
The Bard Fiction Prize is awarded to an emerging writer who is an American citizen, 39-years-old or younger at the time of application. In addition to a $30,000 monetary award, the winner receives an appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient is asked to give at least one public lecture and meet informally with students. To apply, candidates should write a cover letter explaining the project they plan to work on while at Bard and submit a CV, along with three copies of the published book they feel best represents their work. No manuscripts will be accepted. For more information, click on above title.
July 22
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is now accepting applications for its Swing Space residency program which provides studio space at LMCC’s Arts Center on Governors Island, and rehearsal space at The Vaults at 14 Wall Street. Studio space residencies will take place in five-month sessions between March and December 2011. Rehearsal space residencies will last six months, occurring November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011. An information session will take place July 8 at The Vaults at 14 Wall Street. LMCC staff will review the application guidelines and project categories, and answer questions about the selection and placement process. For more information on the application process or the information sessions, click on title above.
July 10
The Rencontres Internationales, which will take place in Paris from November 25 to December 4, is calling for entries from artists and organizations working in film, video, and multimedia. The event aims to reflect the convergences of artistic practices between new cinema and contemporary art, and explore emerging media art practices and their critical purposes. Projects selected will be on view during the similar programs that will take place in Madrid in April 2011 and in Berlin in July 2011. Artists and filmmakers of all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.
July 12
Cinereach’s Reach Film Fellowship is a specialized program for early-career filmmakers who create artful, socially relevant short films of five to 15 minutes long. Four filmmakers are selected every year to receive a $5,000 grant, production support, seven months of mentorship, career advising, and industry exposure as they progress through the production and postproduction processes and prepare for festival submission and distribution. Applicants must have completed at least one short film and live in or near New York City during the course of the Fellowship cycle. More information and application forms can be found by clicking the title above.
July 15
The Experimental Television Center is now accepting applications for residencies between September 2010 and January 2011. The Residency supports contemporary electronic media art projects by offering recipients a studio workshop with access to an image processing system, intensive individualized instruction, and time for exploration and creative growth. Artists have an opportunity to study the processes and techniques of analog and digital imaging and then use the system independently to create new work. Participating artists have complete aesthetic and technical control over all aspects of production. To find out more about the Center’s equipment and to see application guidelines, click title.
July 15
The Times Square Alliance seeks letters of interest from arts organizations and artists across disciplines to present contemporary art projects and art events in public spaces in and around Times Square. In a one-page letter, applicants can propose a single project or series for anytime from September 2010 to December 2012. Artists and arts organizations are encouraged to propose projects that address the nature and history of Times Square. Projects should be able to have an impact in a space defined by dynamic activity and continuous, competing visual stimuli. Proposal letters should not exceed 500 words and applications should include organization history or artist résumé plus five images of relevant past work. Applicants with accepted proposals will be invited to enter a dialogue with the Times Square Alliance. For submission guidelines, click title above.
July 15
The Bard Fiction Prize is awarded to an emerging writer who is an American citizen, 39-years-old or younger at the time of application. In addition to a $30,000 monetary award, the winner receives an appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient is asked to give at least one public lecture and meet informally with students. To apply, candidates should write a cover letter explaining the project they plan to work on while at Bard and submit a CV, along with three copies of the published book they feel best represents their work. No manuscripts will be accepted. For more information, click on above title.
July 22
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is now accepting applications for its Swing Space residency program which provides studio space at LMCC’s Arts Center on Governors Island, and rehearsal space at The Vaults at 14 Wall Street. Studio space residencies will take place in five-month sessions between March and December 2011. Rehearsal space residencies will last six months, occurring November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011. An information session will take place July 8 at The Vaults at 14 Wall Street. LMCC staff will review the application guidelines and project categories, and answer questions about the selection and placement process. For more information on the application process or the information sessions, click on title above.
January 29, 2010
emerging writer prize
Entries Invited for Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
An award of $2,500 and a one-week residency at Ledig House International Writers Colony in New York's Hudson Valley will be given to emerging contemporary writers exploring Jewish themes....
Posted on January 27, 2010
Deadline: March 1, 2010
September 09, 2009
WRITING YOUR RELIGION
WHAT IT IS: A six-week workshop that uses writing exercises and class discussion to help you explore, define, and most importantly write about religion and/or spirituality. The emphasis is on tolerance, support, and intellectual inquiry. The goal is to help you create a particular piece.
WHAT IT IS NOT: An attempt to indoctrinate or proselytize for any particular religion (or religion at all, for that matter).
WHO IT IS FOR: Writers of any genre, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, film, and TV. Writers looking to delve into their own faith (or lack thereof). Writers looking to create or finish a piece with a religious theme.
THE DETAILS: Wednesday evenings, 10/7 to 11/11, 7-9pm, at the Brewery in downtown
ABOUT THE TEACHER: Gordon Haber's fiction, criticism, and journalism has appeared in The Forward, Killing the Buddha, Zeek, the Nebraska Review, and Heeb Magazine. Gordon has taught writing at
August 31, 2009
grants
Applications Invited for Visual Arts Fellowships in Utah
Grants of $10,000 will be awarded to individuals in
Posted on August 27, 2009
Deadline: September 11, 2009
New York Foundation for the Arts Announces Informational Seminars for New York State Artists' Fellowships
Eight grants of $7,000 will be awarded to individuals in New York State who are working on projects in the fields of architecture, choreography, the literary and fine arts, and video....
Posted on August 26, 2009
Deadline: Various
MetLife Foundation Invites Art Museums to Apply for Museum and Community Connections Program
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to art museums in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming working to engage diverse audiences....
Posted on August 26, 2009
Deadline: October 9, 2009
January 11, 2009
Rockefeller Foundation Accepting Applications for Bellagio Center Creative Arts Residencies
Deadline: February 11, 2009
The Rockefeller Foundation ( http://www.rockfound.org/) Bellagio Center creative arts residencies are designed to give composers, novelists, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, and visual artists time for disciplined work, individual reflection, and collegial engagement free of the usual interruptions of their professional and personal life.
Located on a peninsula adjacent to Lake Como, two hours north of Milan, Italy, the Bellagio Center typically offers one-month stays for no more than three to five creative artists at a time.
The foundation seeks applicants from any country in the world who are able to demonstrate a history of significant achievement in their respective artistic disciplines. Individuals from developing countries and young artists with significant accomplishments -- exhibitions, publications, performances -- are particularly encouraged to apply. Decisions are based on the quality of the proposed project, the ability of the applicant to articulate the project's purpose and goals, the professional qualifications and achievements of the applicant, and the suitability and value of the center for the proposed activity. Spouses/life partners may accompany the resident, or may apply for a concurrent residency. The center also offers collaborative residencies for two to four persons working on the same project.
Residencies are typically four weeks long; however, shorter periods may be available. Room and board are provided without charge to all residents and their spouses/partners. Residents and
spouses/partners must pay for their own airfare and local transportation to/from Bellagio. Assistance with round-trip economy airfare between the home country and Milan is available on a financial needs basis to qualifying residents and their spouses/partners from developing countries.
The February 11, 2009, deadline is for a possible residency occurring between mid-August through November 26, 2009.
For detailed program information, visit the Rockefeller Foundation Web site.
RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016374/rockfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
The Rockefeller Foundation ( http://www.rockfound.org/) Bellagio Center creative arts residencies are designed to give composers, novelists, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, and visual artists time for disciplined work, individual reflection, and collegial engagement free of the usual interruptions of their professional and personal life.
Located on a peninsula adjacent to Lake Como, two hours north of Milan, Italy, the Bellagio Center typically offers one-month stays for no more than three to five creative artists at a time.
The foundation seeks applicants from any country in the world who are able to demonstrate a history of significant achievement in their respective artistic disciplines. Individuals from developing countries and young artists with significant accomplishments -- exhibitions, publications, performances -- are particularly encouraged to apply. Decisions are based on the quality of the proposed project, the ability of the applicant to articulate the project's purpose and goals, the professional qualifications and achievements of the applicant, and the suitability and value of the center for the proposed activity. Spouses/life partners may accompany the resident, or may apply for a concurrent residency. The center also offers collaborative residencies for two to four persons working on the same project.
Residencies are typically four weeks long; however, shorter periods may be available. Room and board are provided without charge to all residents and their spouses/partners. Residents and
spouses/partners must pay for their own airfare and local transportation to/from Bellagio. Assistance with round-trip economy airfare between the home country and Milan is available on a financial needs basis to qualifying residents and their spouses/partners from developing countries.
The February 11, 2009, deadline is for a possible residency occurring between mid-August through November 26, 2009.
For detailed program information, visit the Rockefeller Foundation Web site.
RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016374/rockfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
January 07, 2009
Short Story Writing
Hi,
I am the editor of a new writing project. www.shortbreadstories.com is a website which has recently launched and we aim to encourage literacy and writing nationally, as well as providing support and a platform for new and established writers.
We already have the support of well known authors such as Alexander McCall Smith and Rosamunde Pilcher, who will be providing help and encouragement to our members. We also provide free audio stories in order to encourage a love of reading and listening. The site is non profit and the service completely free of charge.
We are currently looking for submissions of between 1,000 and 4,000 words of any genre from writers. Shortbread is a great opportunity for serious writers' as it is a chance to have your work viewed by a global audience and the best submissions will be produced in audio form for the site.
Kind regards,
Fiona Smith
Editor
Email: fiona@shortbreadstories.com
Mobile: 07792761151
Shortbread Ltd., Easter Caputh Farmhouse, Murthly, Perthshire, PH1 4LA
Registered in Scotland number SC316907
I am the editor of a new writing project. www.shortbreadstories.com is a website which has recently launched and we aim to encourage literacy and writing nationally, as well as providing support and a platform for new and established writers.
We already have the support of well known authors such as Alexander McCall Smith and Rosamunde Pilcher, who will be providing help and encouragement to our members. We also provide free audio stories in order to encourage a love of reading and listening. The site is non profit and the service completely free of charge.
We are currently looking for submissions of between 1,000 and 4,000 words of any genre from writers. Shortbread is a great opportunity for serious writers' as it is a chance to have your work viewed by a global audience and the best submissions will be produced in audio form for the site.
Kind regards,
Fiona Smith
Editor
Email: fiona@shortbreadstories.com
Mobile: 07792761151
Shortbread Ltd., Easter Caputh Farmhouse, Murthly, Perthshire, PH1 4LA
Registered in Scotland number SC316907
August 14, 2008
Misi Lopez Lecube Invites You to Submit Your Work
Satsang Lounge is landing at Theatre Theater in Los Angeles September 23, October 21, November (tba) & December 16, 2008.
Friends and marvelous artists- Join me!
*Satsang Lounge is an on-going new works performance series where a diverse group of talented Los Angeles based artists are invited to exhibit, explore and workshop new works in the company of other artists in a cabaret style performance setting.
The inspiration for Satsang Lounge came when I was looking for an “open door artist collective” where I could workshop the new material I was developing for my solo show. So I looked for an empty theater and invited other writers, artists, actors, musicians, dancers, poets, painters, filmmakers, magicians, storytellers, DJ'S and whomever else could fit their work in the venue, to play, present, and explore their newest works in front one another and an audience. From 1998-2003 I produced and hosted many successful *Satsang Lounge performance series in New York City at the historic West Beth Theater. Now I am in Los Angeles and I am putting the word OUT.
ATTENTION: actors, performers, musicians, film makers, dancers, writers (fiction, non fiction, poets, etc.) storytellers of all kinds- YOU - who’ve been developing new material and feel NOW is the time to try it out.
Here’s your opportunity! No age limit! Let’s go!
WHERE: Theatre Theater (5401 Pico off La Brea) will host our SATSANG evenings- it’s a fantastic theater venue that friends Jeff Murray & Nicolette Chaffrey own and have recently renovated with new sound and lighting! www.theatretheater.net
Performance: There will be 7 to 8 ‘acts’ per Lounge evening. Each act will have 12 - 25 minutes- depending on the genre. There will be one intermission. *Libations and snacks will be available for purchase before, during and after the show.
Promotions: I will list the *Satsang Lounge in local publications, there will also be a press release emailed three weeks in advance, and you will receive postcard invites to hand out- with your names listed on them, and by all means you can list us in your websites, blogs, etc.
If you are interested in participating in Satsang Lounge LA- you may contact me via email- shantibell@earthlink.net.
Submissions can also be sent to me- 2409 Hidalgo Ave LA. CA 90039.
Please pass this fantastic performance opportunity on to your friends!
*Satsang (Sanskrit sat = true, sanga = company): describes in Indian philosophy (1) the company of the "highest truth," and (2) company of persons who listen to, talk about, and assimilate the truth. This typically involves listening to or reading scriptures, reflecting on, discussing and assimilating their meaning, meditating on the source of these words, and bringing their meaning into one’s daily life.
~I have taken this term and extended it to a company of artists- where discussing, sharing, witnessing, creating, and being in the company of other artists will inspire more creativity, feed our artistic spirits, and contribute to the realization of our life’s work.
With love. Misi Lopez Lecube
Friends and marvelous artists- Join me!
*Satsang Lounge is an on-going new works performance series where a diverse group of talented Los Angeles based artists are invited to exhibit, explore and workshop new works in the company of other artists in a cabaret style performance setting.
The inspiration for Satsang Lounge came when I was looking for an “open door artist collective” where I could workshop the new material I was developing for my solo show. So I looked for an empty theater and invited other writers, artists, actors, musicians, dancers, poets, painters, filmmakers, magicians, storytellers, DJ'S and whomever else could fit their work in the venue, to play, present, and explore their newest works in front one another and an audience. From 1998-2003 I produced and hosted many successful *Satsang Lounge performance series in New York City at the historic West Beth Theater. Now I am in Los Angeles and I am putting the word OUT.
ATTENTION: actors, performers, musicians, film makers, dancers, writers (fiction, non fiction, poets, etc.) storytellers of all kinds- YOU - who’ve been developing new material and feel NOW is the time to try it out.
Here’s your opportunity! No age limit! Let’s go!
WHERE: Theatre Theater (5401 Pico off La Brea) will host our SATSANG evenings- it’s a fantastic theater venue that friends Jeff Murray & Nicolette Chaffrey own and have recently renovated with new sound and lighting! www.theatretheater.net
Performance: There will be 7 to 8 ‘acts’ per Lounge evening. Each act will have 12 - 25 minutes- depending on the genre. There will be one intermission. *Libations and snacks will be available for purchase before, during and after the show.
Promotions: I will list the *Satsang Lounge in local publications, there will also be a press release emailed three weeks in advance, and you will receive postcard invites to hand out- with your names listed on them, and by all means you can list us in your websites, blogs, etc.
If you are interested in participating in Satsang Lounge LA- you may contact me via email- shantibell@earthlink.net.
Submissions can also be sent to me- 2409 Hidalgo Ave LA. CA 90039.
Please pass this fantastic performance opportunity on to your friends!
*Satsang (Sanskrit sat = true, sanga = company): describes in Indian philosophy (1) the company of the "highest truth," and (2) company of persons who listen to, talk about, and assimilate the truth. This typically involves listening to or reading scriptures, reflecting on, discussing and assimilating their meaning, meditating on the source of these words, and bringing their meaning into one’s daily life.
~I have taken this term and extended it to a company of artists- where discussing, sharing, witnessing, creating, and being in the company of other artists will inspire more creativity, feed our artistic spirits, and contribute to the realization of our life’s work.
With love. Misi Lopez Lecube
August 08, 2008
UCLA Writers' Faire
Sunday, Sept. 7 @ 11AM-3PM
UCLA Campus - Young Hall Courtyard
This festive day features 24 free mini-classes and panel discussions in creative writing and screenwriting, hosted by fall Writers' Program instructors. Students get free writing instruction, chat with instructors, register for most fall courses at a 10 percent discount, learn more about the Writers' Program, discuss goals with advisors, and visit with graduate writing programs, professional organizations, and writing-allied businesses. Also not to be missed this year in the lobby of Boelter Hall: Writers' Program staff alum Cristina Markarian shows you how easy it is to take courses online and uber-friendly Final Draft representatives demonstrate their outstanding screenwriting software. The Writers Faire is held in the Young Hall Courtyard on the UCLA campus from 11 am- 3 pm.
The 2008 Writers Faire schedule is ONLINE NOW
UCLA Campus - Young Hall Courtyard
This festive day features 24 free mini-classes and panel discussions in creative writing and screenwriting, hosted by fall Writers' Program instructors. Students get free writing instruction, chat with instructors, register for most fall courses at a 10 percent discount, learn more about the Writers' Program, discuss goals with advisors, and visit with graduate writing programs, professional organizations, and writing-allied businesses. Also not to be missed this year in the lobby of Boelter Hall: Writers' Program staff alum Cristina Markarian shows you how easy it is to take courses online and uber-friendly Final Draft representatives demonstrate their outstanding screenwriting software. The Writers Faire is held in the Young Hall Courtyard on the UCLA campus from 11 am- 3 pm.
The 2008 Writers Faire schedule is ONLINE NOW
May 08, 2008
poetry for character development
Once again, we experiment with brevity in order to cut to the core of our characters and their desires. What happens if your characters have to sum up their entire story in the form of a haiku? What do you learn? What do you miss? What do you wish you could still say? What do you not need?
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
Poetic Form: Haiku
Using the traditional Japanese haiku, a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, write in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often haikus focus on images from nature and emphasize simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
5
7
5
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
Poetic Form: Haiku
Using the traditional Japanese haiku, a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, write in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often haikus focus on images from nature and emphasize simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
5
7
5
May 01, 2008
poetry for character development 7
Your characters have suffered loss at some point in their lives. They've lost a parent, they've lost a love affair, they've lost a job, they've lost a loved pet.
Maybe they are currently in the process of deciding to break up. Maybe they were just dumped. Maybe they have not yet made any decisions and are weighing all the risks.
Whatever the circumstances, have your lead character speak to you in an Elegy to fill you in on the details of that particular loss. If your lead character is untouched by loss, then explore a supporting character to find out how a specific loss has informed their current pattern of behavior.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
Poetic Form: Elegy
Elegy mirrors three stages of loss. First, there is a lament, where the speaker expresses grief and sorrow, then praise and admiration, and finally consolation and solace.
Elegy on Toy Piano
by Dean Young
For Kenneth Koch
You don't need a pony
to connect you to the unseeable
or an airplane to connect you to the sky.
Necessary it is to love to live
and there are many manuals
but in all important ways
one is on one's own.
You need not cut off your hand.
No need to eat a bouquet.
Your head becomes a peach pit.
Your tongue a honeycomb.
Necessary it is to live to love,
to charge into the burning tower
then charge back out
and necessary it is to die.
Even for the trees, even for the pony
connecting you to what can't be grasped.
The injured gazelle falls behind the
herd. One last wild enjambment.
Because of the sores in his mouth,
the great poet struggles with a dumpling.
His work has enlarged the world
but the world is about to stop including him.
He is the tower the world runs out of.
When something becomes ash,
there's nothing you can do to turn it back.
About this, even diamonds do not lie.
Maybe they are currently in the process of deciding to break up. Maybe they were just dumped. Maybe they have not yet made any decisions and are weighing all the risks.
Whatever the circumstances, have your lead character speak to you in an Elegy to fill you in on the details of that particular loss. If your lead character is untouched by loss, then explore a supporting character to find out how a specific loss has informed their current pattern of behavior.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
Poetic Form: Elegy
Elegy mirrors three stages of loss. First, there is a lament, where the speaker expresses grief and sorrow, then praise and admiration, and finally consolation and solace.
Elegy on Toy Piano
by Dean Young
For Kenneth Koch
You don't need a pony
to connect you to the unseeable
or an airplane to connect you to the sky.
Necessary it is to love to live
and there are many manuals
but in all important ways
one is on one's own.
You need not cut off your hand.
No need to eat a bouquet.
Your head becomes a peach pit.
Your tongue a honeycomb.
Necessary it is to live to love,
to charge into the burning tower
then charge back out
and necessary it is to die.
Even for the trees, even for the pony
connecting you to what can't be grasped.
The injured gazelle falls behind the
herd. One last wild enjambment.
Because of the sores in his mouth,
the great poet struggles with a dumpling.
His work has enlarged the world
but the world is about to stop including him.
He is the tower the world runs out of.
When something becomes ash,
there's nothing you can do to turn it back.
About this, even diamonds do not lie.
April 22, 2008
poetry for character development 3
Your characters have a way that they do things that may be a very different approach than you would take as a person yourself or as a writer trying to fix script issues. Sometimes, it's best to get out of the way and let them fix the problems themselves.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE
WRITE A "HOW TO" POEM
In the voice of your lead character, address an obstacle blocking your lead from getting what they want. Maybe your lead wants to seduce his/her lover. Write a "how to seduce" poem in their voice. Maybe your lead wants to kill his/her enemy. Write a "how to get rid of so-and-so" poem.
Use the form and structure of the below poem as your guide.
How to See Deer
by Philip Booth
Forget roadside crossings.
Go nowhere with guns.
Go elsewhere your own way,
lonely and wanting. Or
stay and be early:
next to deep woods
Inhabit old orchards.
All clearings promise.
Sunrise is good,
and fog before sun.
Expect nothing always;
find your luck slowly.
Wait out the windfall.
Take your good time
to learn to read ferns;
make like a turtle:
downhill toward slow water.
Instructed by heron,
drink the pure silence.
Be compassed by wind.
If you quiver like aspen
trust your quick nature:
let your ear teach you
which way to listen.
You've come to assume
protective color; now
colors reform to
new shapes in your eye.
You've learned by now
to wait without waiting;
as if it were dusk
look into light falling:
in deep relief
things even out. Be
careless of nothing. See
what you see.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE
WRITE A "HOW TO" POEM
In the voice of your lead character, address an obstacle blocking your lead from getting what they want. Maybe your lead wants to seduce his/her lover. Write a "how to seduce" poem in their voice. Maybe your lead wants to kill his/her enemy. Write a "how to get rid of so-and-so" poem.
Use the form and structure of the below poem as your guide.
How to See Deer
by Philip Booth
Forget roadside crossings.
Go nowhere with guns.
Go elsewhere your own way,
lonely and wanting. Or
stay and be early:
next to deep woods
Inhabit old orchards.
All clearings promise.
Sunrise is good,
and fog before sun.
Expect nothing always;
find your luck slowly.
Wait out the windfall.
Take your good time
to learn to read ferns;
make like a turtle:
downhill toward slow water.
Instructed by heron,
drink the pure silence.
Be compassed by wind.
If you quiver like aspen
trust your quick nature:
let your ear teach you
which way to listen.
You've come to assume
protective color; now
colors reform to
new shapes in your eye.
You've learned by now
to wait without waiting;
as if it were dusk
look into light falling:
in deep relief
things even out. Be
careless of nothing. See
what you see.
April 16, 2008
using poetry to create character
My weekly writing group most recently began using poetry to create raw material for other written work such as plays, screenplays, etc. This is a method I've used many times to discover my characters, uncover plot and to further examine the relationships between my lead character and his/her enemy or lover.
Often, my poems end up as monologues or as scenes within a play. The poem itself gets transposed into dialogue, which helps heighten the style and language of the piece without any "effort" - very often a poem can tell a writer, in so few words, what the essence of a scene actually is. It "cuts to the quick" and resonates with emotional truth.
Poetry creates the "aha" moment - which always leads to good drama.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
"WRITE A PHOTOGRAPH"
Write a poem that captures your character like a photograph. See them in a specific fleeting moment. See them as another character saw them. Freeze that image in time. Flesh out the specifics, explore the details.
Use this poem as your inspiration. Steal its structure and make it your own. Copy the form or reject the tone. Use this poem as a launching pad for your own exploration.
Grammar
by Tony Hoagland
Maxine, back from a weekend with her boyfriend,
smiles like a big cat and says
that she's a conjugated verb.
She's been doing the direct object
with a second person pronoun named Phil,
and when she walks into the room,
everybody turns:
some kind of light is coming from her head.
Even the geraniums look curious,
and the bees, if they were here, would buzz
suspiciously around her hair, looking
for the door in her corona.
We're all attracted to the perfume
of fermenting joy,
we've all tried to start a fire,
and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own.
In the meantime, she is the one today among us
most able to bear the idea of her own beauty,
and when we see it, what we do is natural:
we take our burned hands
out of our pockets,
and clap.
Often, my poems end up as monologues or as scenes within a play. The poem itself gets transposed into dialogue, which helps heighten the style and language of the piece without any "effort" - very often a poem can tell a writer, in so few words, what the essence of a scene actually is. It "cuts to the quick" and resonates with emotional truth.
Poetry creates the "aha" moment - which always leads to good drama.
DAILY CREATIVE EXERCISE:
"WRITE A PHOTOGRAPH"
Write a poem that captures your character like a photograph. See them in a specific fleeting moment. See them as another character saw them. Freeze that image in time. Flesh out the specifics, explore the details.
Use this poem as your inspiration. Steal its structure and make it your own. Copy the form or reject the tone. Use this poem as a launching pad for your own exploration.
Grammar
by Tony Hoagland
Maxine, back from a weekend with her boyfriend,
smiles like a big cat and says
that she's a conjugated verb.
She's been doing the direct object
with a second person pronoun named Phil,
and when she walks into the room,
everybody turns:
some kind of light is coming from her head.
Even the geraniums look curious,
and the bees, if they were here, would buzz
suspiciously around her hair, looking
for the door in her corona.
We're all attracted to the perfume
of fermenting joy,
we've all tried to start a fire,
and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own.
In the meantime, she is the one today among us
most able to bear the idea of her own beauty,
and when we see it, what we do is natural:
we take our burned hands
out of our pockets,
and clap.
March 21, 2008
upcoming grant deadlines
A Room Of Her Own Foundation Invites Applications for Literary Gift of Freedom Award
Deadline: October 31, 2008
A Room Of Her Own Foundation ( http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/) is dedicated to helping women artists achieve the privacy and financial support necessary to pursue their art. To this end, the foundation annually provides an award of $50,000 to a woman writer. The foundation's 2009 Literary Gift of Freedom Award will be given to an American woman writer who is a U.S. citizen and will be living in the U.S. during the grant period. Acceptable genres for this grant are poetry, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and fiction.
Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program guidelines. (Please note: The program requires an application fee.) RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012001/giftfreedom
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
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Arts Writers Grant Program Announces New Application Process for Book Proposals
Deadline: May 5, 2008 (Letter of Inquiry)
The Creative Capital Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant is a three-year pilot program designed to support writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors. The grant program is spearheaded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ( http://www.warholfoundation.org/ ) as part of its broader Arts Writing Initiative and is administered by Creative Capital ( http://www.creative-capital.org/ ).
Beginning with the program's 2008 grant cycle, applicants for book projects will no longer be required to submit a letter of strong interest/intent to publish from an editor as part of their proposal. In place of this requirement, the program is implementing a new Letter of Inquiry phase for all book proposals, which will serve as a gateway to the formal grant application process. The addition of the LOI phase and the elimination of the letter of strong interest/intent to publish will enable the Arts Writers Grant Program to process a higher volume of book proposals and to consider book projects at an earlier stage of their development.
LOIs will only be accepted from writers who meet the program's general eligibility requirements and who have been writing professionally on the contemporary visual arts on a regular basis for at least three years; or have previously published a book with a reputable publisher; or have completed a Ph.D. dissertation. There is no LOI phase for writers seeking support in other categories (articles, short-form writing, and blogs/new and alternative media). Those writers may apply directly to the program during the general application phase. (For these projects, the online grant application form opens on August 4, 2008. Grant applications are due September 22, 2008.)
For more information and to access the complete 2008 grant calendar, visit the program's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012002/artswriters
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
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Dance/USA Announces Continued Funding for American Masterpieces: Dance - College Component
Deadline: May 19, 2008
Dance/USA ( http://www.danceusa.org/ ) has announced renewed funding for American Masterpieces: Dance - College Component through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ). The AMDCC brings classic American dances of the past century to college students and audiences in communities across the United States. The NEA and Dance/USA welcome projects that embrace choreography from all forms and styles representing the cultural richness of the U.S. and its many dance traditions. Awards are available to reconstruct or restage works by master American choreographers of the twentieth century.
These works will increase students' access to and understanding of dance heritage and the role played by artists such as George Balanchine, Bob Fosse, Martha Graham, Susan Marshall, Meredith Monk, Jerome Robbins, and other artists. For all projects, public involvement within and/or beyond the academic community is critical. At each site, performances, panel discussions, lectures, school showings, open rehearsals, film or video showings, symposia or other activities should allow general audiences access to the history of the dance work and the process of creating choreography.
Other organizations may collaborate, including musical ensembles, dance companies, community-based dance organizations, presenting institutions, or elementary and high schools. It is permissible for several colleges to collaborate on one project. Awards will be made in the amount of $10,000 each.
For more information and to download the program guidelines, visit the Dance/USA Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012003/danceusa
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
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National Endowment for the Arts Invites Entries to Design Rosa Parks Statue for U.S. Capitol
Deadline: May 30, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ) has announced a design competition, in partnership with the Joint Committee on the Library and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol ( http://aoc.gov/ ), for a statue of civil rights pio- neer Rosa Parks. Commissioned by the U.S. Congress, the sculp- ture will be permanently installed in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building. The Chrysler Foundation has pro- vided $100,00 to support the administration of the competition. The design competition, to be administered by the endowment, is open to U.S. citizens. Interested artists should submit an application, including a proposal for the sculpture and work samples that demonstrate their ability to cast large-scale bronze sculptures and to work in the portrait mode.
Proposals will be reviewed by a peer panel of experts and judged on artistic excellence and artistic merit. Up to ten semifinalists selected by the panel will be contracted by the Architect of the Capitol to produce a maquette, or small-scale model, of the proposed sculpture as well as a portrait drawing of Ms. Parks. Up to three finalists will be recommended to the Joint Committee on the Library, which will award the commission.
The selected artist will receive up to $250,000 to create the bronze statue and pedestal.
Competition guidelines are available on the NEA Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012005/rosaparks
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
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Rockefeller Foundation Announces New York City Cultural Innovation Fund 2008 Competition
Deadline: April 4, 2008
The Rockefeller Foundation ( http://www.rockfound.org/ ) has announced the start of this year's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition. In 2007, its inaugural year, the fund awarded $2.6 million through sixteen two-year grants of $50,000 to $250,000 each for groundbreaking initiatives that enrich the city's cultural life, helping to ensure the continued economic strength and diversity of the city's creative sector.
Projects selected by the fund fall into one or more of the following categories: 1) programming and premieres of new artistic works that demonstrate innovation and can activate new directions in the artistic breadth and depth of institutions in the visual, performing, and media arts; 2) creative engagement with the issues shaping New York City's future cultural and civic agenda; 3) partnerships that bring cultural and community-based institutions together with universities and the private sector; and 4) interventions designed to confront longstanding bottle- necks and limitations to the expansion of cultural vitality with fresh approaches and solutions.
To qualify, organizations must be based in one of the five boroughs of New York City. Applications -- which must encompass innovative approaches -- should be submitted online through the Rockefeller Foundation's Web site by April 4, 2008. Shortly thereafter, applicants will learn whether or not they will be invited to submit full pro- posals, which will be due at a date to be announced in the summer. Those who participated in last year's inaugural Cultural Innovation Fund competition are encouraged to submit ideas again this year.
To learn more about applying for an award from the 2008 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, visit the Rockefeller Foundation Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012006/rockfdn
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: October 31, 2008
A Room Of Her Own Foundation ( http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/) is dedicated to helping women artists achieve the privacy and financial support necessary to pursue their art. To this end, the foundation annually provides an award of $50,000 to a woman writer. The foundation's 2009 Literary Gift of Freedom Award will be given to an American woman writer who is a U.S. citizen and will be living in the U.S. during the grant period. Acceptable genres for this grant are poetry, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and fiction.
Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program guidelines. (Please note: The program requires an application fee.) RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012001/giftfreedom
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
--------------------------<<>>-----------------------------
Arts Writers Grant Program Announces New Application Process for Book Proposals
Deadline: May 5, 2008 (Letter of Inquiry)
The Creative Capital Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant is a three-year pilot program designed to support writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors. The grant program is spearheaded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ( http://www.warholfoundation.org/ ) as part of its broader Arts Writing Initiative and is administered by Creative Capital ( http://www.creative-capital.org/ ).
Beginning with the program's 2008 grant cycle, applicants for book projects will no longer be required to submit a letter of strong interest/intent to publish from an editor as part of their proposal. In place of this requirement, the program is implementing a new Letter of Inquiry phase for all book proposals, which will serve as a gateway to the formal grant application process. The addition of the LOI phase and the elimination of the letter of strong interest/intent to publish will enable the Arts Writers Grant Program to process a higher volume of book proposals and to consider book projects at an earlier stage of their development.
LOIs will only be accepted from writers who meet the program's general eligibility requirements and who have been writing professionally on the contemporary visual arts on a regular basis for at least three years; or have previously published a book with a reputable publisher; or have completed a Ph.D. dissertation. There is no LOI phase for writers seeking support in other categories (articles, short-form writing, and blogs/new and alternative media). Those writers may apply directly to the program during the general application phase. (For these projects, the online grant application form opens on August 4, 2008. Grant applications are due September 22, 2008.)
For more information and to access the complete 2008 grant calendar, visit the program's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012002/artswriters
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
--------------------------<<>>-----------------------------
Dance/USA Announces Continued Funding for American Masterpieces: Dance - College Component
Deadline: May 19, 2008
Dance/USA ( http://www.danceusa.org/ ) has announced renewed funding for American Masterpieces: Dance - College Component through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ). The AMDCC brings classic American dances of the past century to college students and audiences in communities across the United States. The NEA and Dance/USA welcome projects that embrace choreography from all forms and styles representing the cultural richness of the U.S. and its many dance traditions. Awards are available to reconstruct or restage works by master American choreographers of the twentieth century.
These works will increase students' access to and understanding of dance heritage and the role played by artists such as George Balanchine, Bob Fosse, Martha Graham, Susan Marshall, Meredith Monk, Jerome Robbins, and other artists. For all projects, public involvement within and/or beyond the academic community is critical. At each site, performances, panel discussions, lectures, school showings, open rehearsals, film or video showings, symposia or other activities should allow general audiences access to the history of the dance work and the process of creating choreography.
Other organizations may collaborate, including musical ensembles, dance companies, community-based dance organizations, presenting institutions, or elementary and high schools. It is permissible for several colleges to collaborate on one project. Awards will be made in the amount of $10,000 each.
For more information and to download the program guidelines, visit the Dance/USA Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012003/danceusa
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
--------------------------<<>>-----------------------------
National Endowment for the Arts Invites Entries to Design Rosa Parks Statue for U.S. Capitol
Deadline: May 30, 2008.
The National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ) has announced a design competition, in partnership with the Joint Committee on the Library and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol ( http://aoc.gov/ ), for a statue of civil rights pio- neer Rosa Parks. Commissioned by the U.S. Congress, the sculp- ture will be permanently installed in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building. The Chrysler Foundation has pro- vided $100,00 to support the administration of the competition. The design competition, to be administered by the endowment, is open to U.S. citizens. Interested artists should submit an application, including a proposal for the sculpture and work samples that demonstrate their ability to cast large-scale bronze sculptures and to work in the portrait mode.
Proposals will be reviewed by a peer panel of experts and judged on artistic excellence and artistic merit. Up to ten semifinalists selected by the panel will be contracted by the Architect of the Capitol to produce a maquette, or small-scale model, of the proposed sculpture as well as a portrait drawing of Ms. Parks. Up to three finalists will be recommended to the Joint Committee on the Library, which will award the commission.
The selected artist will receive up to $250,000 to create the bronze statue and pedestal.
Competition guidelines are available on the NEA Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012005/rosaparks
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
--------------------------<<>>-----------------------------
Rockefeller Foundation Announces New York City Cultural Innovation Fund 2008 Competition
Deadline: April 4, 2008
The Rockefeller Foundation ( http://www.rockfound.org/ ) has announced the start of this year's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition. In 2007, its inaugural year, the fund awarded $2.6 million through sixteen two-year grants of $50,000 to $250,000 each for groundbreaking initiatives that enrich the city's cultural life, helping to ensure the continued economic strength and diversity of the city's creative sector.
Projects selected by the fund fall into one or more of the following categories: 1) programming and premieres of new artistic works that demonstrate innovation and can activate new directions in the artistic breadth and depth of institutions in the visual, performing, and media arts; 2) creative engagement with the issues shaping New York City's future cultural and civic agenda; 3) partnerships that bring cultural and community-based institutions together with universities and the private sector; and 4) interventions designed to confront longstanding bottle- necks and limitations to the expansion of cultural vitality with fresh approaches and solutions.
To qualify, organizations must be based in one of the five boroughs of New York City. Applications -- which must encompass innovative approaches -- should be submitted online through the Rockefeller Foundation's Web site by April 4, 2008. Shortly thereafter, applicants will learn whether or not they will be invited to submit full pro- posals, which will be due at a date to be announced in the summer. Those who participated in last year's inaugural Cultural Innovation Fund competition are encouraged to submit ideas again this year.
To learn more about applying for an award from the 2008 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, visit the Rockefeller Foundation Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012006/rockfdn
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
October 02, 2007
12 new chapters or scenes - in one hour
Okay, maybe that's overselling this idea a bit but I still believe you can create 12 new chapter ideas or scene moments in an hour and here's how.
DAILY CREATIVITY EXERCISE
Work with a character you know very well. Maybe it's a character from your new play, in a novel you're trying to finish or a short story - maybe it's a character that's been walking around in your brain and hasn't yet made it to the page. Just focus on that one character. Give yourself a few quiet minutes to think about the character in depth.
Write these prompts on slips of paper (or make up your own):
Name of your character...
...is standing in a doorway
...is involved in a ceremony
...is wounded
...finds out something he/she is not supposed to know
...writes a letter
...discovers the contents of someone's closet
...does a forbidden activity
...gets up in the morning
...kisses
...finds his/her way through a city
...deals with his/her hair
...sees a shooting star
...breaks a promise
...visits a fortune teller
...gets caught in the act
...in a grocery store
...falls from grace
...is injured
...gives someone a present
...attends a dinner party
...has an epiphany
...asks for mercy
...walks in the back yard
Put these slips in an envelope and shake them up. Get a timer. Give yourself five minutes for each scene/chapter. Pull a slip from the envelope and make your character take that action.
Write as quickly as you can explaining why that action was taken, how the character got there, why they did what they did, who was with them, what was around them, when it happened, where the event took place, etc.
Write for the full 5 minutes. Don't stop. As soon as the timer dings, pull a slip and do it again.
You can write for a full hour and that should give you 12 new scene/chapter beginnings or you can write until your hand cramps and get as many as you can stand.
PICK UP YOUR PEN AND GET STARTED!!
DAILY CREATIVITY EXERCISE
Work with a character you know very well. Maybe it's a character from your new play, in a novel you're trying to finish or a short story - maybe it's a character that's been walking around in your brain and hasn't yet made it to the page. Just focus on that one character. Give yourself a few quiet minutes to think about the character in depth.
Write these prompts on slips of paper (or make up your own):
Name of your character...
...is standing in a doorway
...is involved in a ceremony
...is wounded
...finds out something he/she is not supposed to know
...writes a letter
...discovers the contents of someone's closet
...does a forbidden activity
...gets up in the morning
...kisses
...finds his/her way through a city
...deals with his/her hair
...sees a shooting star
...breaks a promise
...visits a fortune teller
...gets caught in the act
...in a grocery store
...falls from grace
...is injured
...gives someone a present
...attends a dinner party
...has an epiphany
...asks for mercy
...walks in the back yard
Put these slips in an envelope and shake them up. Get a timer. Give yourself five minutes for each scene/chapter. Pull a slip from the envelope and make your character take that action.
Write as quickly as you can explaining why that action was taken, how the character got there, why they did what they did, who was with them, what was around them, when it happened, where the event took place, etc.
Write for the full 5 minutes. Don't stop. As soon as the timer dings, pull a slip and do it again.
You can write for a full hour and that should give you 12 new scene/chapter beginnings or you can write until your hand cramps and get as many as you can stand.
PICK UP YOUR PEN AND GET STARTED!!
July 30, 2007
brooke berman writing workshop in nyc
dear writers or friends of writers:
i'm putting together a kamikaze writing workshop this august inbrooklyn. the workshop(s) will be split between exercise writing andpage-sharing. i've just done a similiar model with anne garcia romero in LA and found the mix to be quitesuccessful. while the workshop will be probably have a playwriting focus, it wlll be open to writers of other forms and accessible anduseful to poets, fiction and memoir writers, screenwriters, etc.
it's my general belief that this kind of exercise-writing can work foranyone and that the way we will discuss each other's work will be useful, as its primary goal is to encourage the writer to write more.
location: brooklyn (address to come)
dates: august 18 and 19, and again, august 25 and 26
noon to 2 sat/sun (this may turn into 1-3 if people need that extra hour in the morning!).
4 sesions total, saturdays for exercises and sundays for pages.
cost: 150 for both weekends. 100/per weekend if you just do one and a discount if you bring a second student (ie if you refer someone, andthey register for the class, you get a ten percent discount...)
rsvp.and feel free to spread the word.
no one turned away for lack of dough.
BROOKE BERMAN's work has been produced across the US (The SecondStage, Steppenwolf, The Humana Festival, The Play Company, SPF) andread and workshopped across the US and the UK (very recently atPentabus Theatre in Shropshire, UK, also, the Royal Court in London,The Royal National Theatre Studio in London, WIlliamstown TheaterFestival, Cleveland Playhouse, Naked Angels, 2 consecutive summers atThe O'Neill, The Ohio Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and others). She has been teaching playwriting and creative process workshops for nearly 10 years in both New York and Los Angeles. Her play HUNTING AND GATHERING will be produced Off Broadway at Primary Stages in early 2008.
For more info: call or email Brooke 917-586-6744 brookeberman@gmail.com
i'm putting together a kamikaze writing workshop this august inbrooklyn. the workshop(s) will be split between exercise writing andpage-sharing. i've just done a similiar model with anne garcia romero in LA and found the mix to be quitesuccessful. while the workshop will be probably have a playwriting focus, it wlll be open to writers of other forms and accessible anduseful to poets, fiction and memoir writers, screenwriters, etc.
it's my general belief that this kind of exercise-writing can work foranyone and that the way we will discuss each other's work will be useful, as its primary goal is to encourage the writer to write more.
location: brooklyn (address to come)
dates: august 18 and 19, and again, august 25 and 26
noon to 2 sat/sun (this may turn into 1-3 if people need that extra hour in the morning!).
4 sesions total, saturdays for exercises and sundays for pages.
cost: 150 for both weekends. 100/per weekend if you just do one and a discount if you bring a second student (ie if you refer someone, andthey register for the class, you get a ten percent discount...)
rsvp.and feel free to spread the word.
no one turned away for lack of dough.
BROOKE BERMAN's work has been produced across the US (The SecondStage, Steppenwolf, The Humana Festival, The Play Company, SPF) andread and workshopped across the US and the UK (very recently atPentabus Theatre in Shropshire, UK, also, the Royal Court in London,The Royal National Theatre Studio in London, WIlliamstown TheaterFestival, Cleveland Playhouse, Naked Angels, 2 consecutive summers atThe O'Neill, The Ohio Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and others). She has been teaching playwriting and creative process workshops for nearly 10 years in both New York and Los Angeles. Her play HUNTING AND GATHERING will be produced Off Broadway at Primary Stages in early 2008.
For more info: call or email Brooke 917-586-6744 brookeberman@gmail.com
July 25, 2007
even better news!!!!
WE SOLD THE BOOK!!!!
As many of you know, I was hired (a year ago) to create a book proposal for a currently unnamed author about the behind-the-scenes world of political fundraising. It's being presented as a fictionalized memoir.
Well, last week, we sold the book!!!
Watch this site for updates - the book will be on the shelves next summer 08 - and I'll periodically update this blog with information.
As many of you know, I was hired (a year ago) to create a book proposal for a currently unnamed author about the behind-the-scenes world of political fundraising. It's being presented as a fictionalized memoir.
Well, last week, we sold the book!!!
Watch this site for updates - the book will be on the shelves next summer 08 - and I'll periodically update this blog with information.
June 28, 2007
update on me
Remember that book proposal from last July? Well, finally, almost a year to the day later - we have a publisher meeting! I’ll be in NYC the week of July 9th and busy with publisher and publicity meetings as we negotiate moving the book forward toward publication in 2008. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I was last in NY.I would love to meet up with my NY friends while in town. Shoot me an email and let me know if you're there that week.
Tisch West is wrapping up a full year of LA programming and I will be stepping down as the Chair in July. We accomplished a lot and I’m proud of everything we made happen. I’m actually looking forward to attending a Tisch West event because I want to and not because I’m running it!
I’m most excited about my new TV show, THE WIDOWS, which is a one-hour drama set in the coal fields of WV. A recent group of widows have to deal with the Hollywood invasion after the highly publicized deaths of their husbands in a mining accident. CAA has come on to rep the project. Fox and CBS are interested and I am totally excited about it. I am hoping we will be able to shoot in WV in the Fall – we just have to find our buyer and connect talent but I feel confident that this script will find it’s home. It would really be a dream come true to be able to write in my OWN voice for my OWN show and be able to reach a national audience.
My new play, HOW CISSY GREW, had a well-attended reading in May and it looks like the show is moving toward production. We are hoping to keep the production out here in LA so we can keep our wonderful cast attached.
That's what is doing out here in LA - shoot me an email and let me know what you're up to.
SJ
June 06, 2007
nyfa listings - june deadlines for artists
Shih Chieh HuangDin Dong (2006)
Mixed media installation
Shieh Chieh is a 2007 NYFA Artists' Fellowship winner in Computer Arts
June 11
NYFA’s upcoming “Managing An Artistic Life” conference is focused on dancers, choreographers, and the dance community. Along with Dance/NYC, Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce SoHo, and The Field, the conference will offer practical, financial, and goal-setting advice while providing space to think critically and talk openly about what members of the dance community need to support their vision. NYFA offers a variety of professional development workshops, panels, and conferences for artists working in all disciplines. The workshops provide artists at all experience levels with professional development on a wide variety of aspects concerning their life, art work, and professional career in the arts. The conference will take place in New York City and admission is $25 per person. For more information on how to register, call 212.366.6900 x338 or visit www.nyfa.org/learning.
June 15
The Bitter Oleander publishes writing indicative of 21st century consciousness and perception. Winners of The Bitter Oleander’s poetry contest receive a $1,000 cash award and publication in the Fall 2007 issue. There is a $10 application fee. For details on how to apply, visit www.bitteroleander.com.
New England Writers has three upcoming awards for writers in the categories of free verse, short fiction, and nonfiction. First place winners in free verse and short fiction receive $300 and publication in the Anthology of New England Writers. The winner of the nonfiction award receives publication and $200. Each competition charges a small fee. For more information on each competition, visit www.newenglandwriters.org.
June 16
Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources is an artist-run arts center supporting new media art. The Buffalo-based organization oversees two upcoming residency programs. Its Local Artist Access Residency offers equipment access residencies to media artists living in Buffalo or Erie County. Residents receive 40 hours of free access to digital editing systems and two free days of access to a full production kit. Squeaky Wheel’s Digital Filmmaker Residency awards one month of unlimited access to 16mm production and post-production systems, the G5 Final Cut Pro digital editing system, and digital video cameras. Travel costs and housing are covered by Squeaky Wheel. A $1,000 stipend is made available to all residents, who should be experimental filmmakers interested in using new technology but lacking funding to do so regularly. Terms of residency include teaching a workshop and curating a screening. To apply, visit www.squeaky.org.
June 30
Held once every three years, the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition was created by the International Trumpet Guild to honor a man that was one of the world's greatest brass teachers. The grand prize is $10,000. All trumpeters under the age of 31 are eligible to apply. There is a $50 application fee. For an application, visit www.trumpetguild.org.
To search for additional deadlines for the month of June and beyond, visit http://www.nyfasource.org/.
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