To Be Or No To Be…Plat(form) Is The Question
by SJ Hodges
I wake this morning and find an email from an old friend in my inbox. Excerpts from his new novel. He’d like some feedback. Wants to know where to shop it. How to shop it. As a ghostwriter, I’ve dipped my pinky toe in the publishing pool. Been lucky enough to sell fiction off a proposal (when that was still possible), muscle a unheard-of memoir into a movie deal (when that was still possible) and will soon head back out in the market with a currently unnamed reality TV star’s life story. I have skirted around the periphery of the industry, clinging to the coattails of those personalities with “platform” in order to stay on the shelves. My friend has never ventured into books. As a screenwriter, he’s battled other demons. The kind who wear Armani. The kind who hire interns to read on their behalf. A different kind of beast. This is why he thinks I might have sage words to share.
I respond favorably to his excerpt. A whole world contained within a few pages. It’s nice to hear his voice in my head again, after so many years on opposite coasts. I write back with encouragement and suggest that he finish the complete manuscript before showing it to agents or editors. With the major publishing houses in massive transition from dinosauric to digitized, an unpublished, “brand-new” writer with great talent, a half-finished manuscript and no platform is easily cast aside.
It used to be that product created platform. Now, platform creates product.
First time novelists are told to launch a website, to start a blog. Or contribute to blogs. Or to blog tour. They are encouraged to tweet. No, they are expected to tweet. They’re told that their followers need to number in the thousands. No, the hundreds of thousands. I login to Facebook each day to find double friend requests smiling back at me with the same photo attached. Writers, actors, directors setting up two separate accounts: one professional, one personal. Platform, platform, platform.
I know what it takes to put the platform on the page because I’m the one actually typing up that proposal. The one that will land a six-figure deal for someone else. I’ve seen the remarkable numbers that some aspiring authors bring to the table. I’ve mastered the careful calculations necessary to estimate past and projected media impressions – broadcast and print. I’ve learned the term “back-of-room merchandising efforts” and can, without blinking an eye, recite a massive list of alternative income stream opportunities. I’ve massaged the statistical analysis of demographic draws to more favorably represent my clients and I should have a PhD in branding, trending, promotional packaging…
It can be paralyzing.
It can kill creativity.
It has nearly killed my first novel.
To write in the face of obscurity. This is nothing new. From the moment the first person ever carved into a cave wall, every writer’s greatest fear is to have opened the vein allowing their life to spill and splatter and spurt onto the wall, onto the page and to have that effort go unrecognized, unappreciated, unheard. It’s just now…publishers and agents have the actual numbers to confront you. They’ve got the hard evidence, the proof…you most definitely are not Ashton Kutcher. You. Are. Unknown.
Still, I write. And my friends write. And we email each other excerpts of our work and ask for feedback. We tweet, wax poetic on our Facewalls and ask for connections. On the bad days, when the words are slow to form and Charlie Sheen instantaneously accumulates 150,000 followers on Twitter without even tweeting, I try to remember the stillness and quiet perfection of my days at The MacDowell Colony where every year, 250 artists, some known, most unknown, wander among the woods, hunker down in cozy cabins and create.
It was enough, those days at the MacDowell, to be alone in the woods. To write, to eat, to share wine with newfound friends. Having no connection to or awareness of the business, it was a freedom. There was happiness to be found there. Beside the fireplace, with a warm thermos of tomato soup watching fluffy flakes of sugary snow drift against my front door. After seven years spent on the sunny beaches of L.A., I can watch snow fall for hours.
It was enough, the writing. It was enough to sustain me.
It is a feeling I often try to conjure as I walk my daily tightrope stretched between creativity and commercialism, meaning and marketing, product and platform. As I program my days into chunks of time: minutes to wake, minutes to eat, minutes to shower, walk, return calls, build a website, meet a new contact, and oh yeah, write.
I click on my inbox. Find another friend’s new chapter on the screen. Read it. Love it. Want to hear more. And in that moment, I choose not to calculate her media impressions. I choose not brainstorm tie-in merchandising opportunities. I choose not click to follow her tweets. Instead, I send her words of encouragement. Then I say those same words aloud to myself. Creation for the sake of creation. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay.
In the sunny confines of my Santa Monica office, I close my eyes and listen for snow.
SJ Hodges writes for the stage, tv, screen and print. She can be contacted via Facebook at The Constant Creator and followed on Twitter @constantcreator.
Showing posts with label residency. Show all posts
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March 01, 2011
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.
two new fellowships at macdowell
MacDowell is excited to annouce two new Fellowships being offered by the Heinz Endowments in support of Pittsburgh-area artists who are selected for a MacDowell residency. Starting with the September 15, 2010, deadline for the winter/spring 2011 residency period, artists from the greater Pittsburgh area who are accepted to MacDowell through the standard application process will be eligible for these Fellowships. While not a monetary award, the Heinz Endowment Fellowships will cover all residency costs. To qualify, artists must reside in the 10-county, greater Pittsburgh area and must follow MacDowell’s standard application process. Other Fellowships recently introduced at the Colony include those offered in partnership with The ASCAP Foundation, The Concordia Foundation, and The Dedalus Foundation.
February 17, 2010
God bless the NYFA!!!!
In response to the current economic downturn, NYFA is opening its Affordable Workspace program to artists and organizations who have been directly affected by the recession—be it through loss of office space, employment, etc. Activity must be arts, literary, or culture-related; artists and organizations working in all genres, graphic designers, creative writers, journalists, and art historians are welcome to apply.
Affordable Workspace Program Benefits:
- A private workstation within the NYFA space dedicated to you
- High-speed wireless Internet access
- Meeting space available by appointment (in NYFA’s small conference room and library)
- Free scanning (black and white)
- Free printing quota of 200 pages per month (discounted printing fee for larger printing projects)
- Discounted rate for copying
- Fully equipped kitchen with hot coffee, tea, and filtered water
- Individual phone service available for additional fee
For more information and an application, click here.
New York Foundation for the Arts
20 Jay Street
Suite 740
Brooklyn, NY 11201
http://nyfa.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=K_w4gAJqAAEAAAqiAAOjrw
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
June 11, 2009
DEADLINES
June 16
Squeaky Wheel’s four-week International Artist-in-Residence program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, allows mid-career film and media artists the time, space, and equipment to expand their practice and learn new technologies. Inter-media, performance, and installation artists are also welcome to apply. Residents receive accommodations, travel, and a $1,000 stipend, and have access to the center’s cameras, production and post-production systems, editing software, and found-footage library. As part of the residency, each artist curates an evening screening of films or video and teaches a local media art workshop. To apply, mail the application form, typed response to the application questions, a one-page résumé or artist bio, and one or two clearly labeled work samples; see the downloadable PDF for acceptable submission formats and full details.
June 22
The JT3 Artist Awards, a program of the Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts, provides grants to talented, hardworking filmmakers living in Brooklyn who demonstrate real potential for growth. Artists must be between the ages of 18 and 30. At least one $2,000 JT3 Artist Award will be granted, as well as one or more other awards under $2,000. To apply, submit the application form, personal essay, resume, screenplay (short or feature length), short film of no more than 10 minutes written and directed by the applicant, proof of residency, and a list of any additional completed works or works in progress to be considered as part of your body of work (note that these do not need to be limited to screenplays and films).
June 24
The Field’s Artward Bound is a 10-day group artist residency which gives participants the opportunity to make new work, participate in Fieldwork (the Field’s mixed discipline workshops program), and focus on personal career development. This program is open to artists who create original work in dance, music, performance art, text, and theater. To be eligible, applicants must be members of the Field; based in the greater New York City area or be a Field Network administrator, facilitator, or program participant; have worked professionally for a minimum of three years; and have publicly presented at least 60 minutes of original material. The program is free, including lodging, meals, and transportation from New York City. To apply, complete the application with your personal information, work history, and production history, and submit by email by the deadline date. For full details, see the website or download the PDF Application Form.
June 26
NYFA’s statewide Fellowships Program is seeking designs for a poster and postcard to promote next year’s competition. The winner will receive $500 and have his/her design used on NYFA’s Fellowships materials; second- and third-place winners receive $300 and $100 each. Submissions must include two separate layouts, one for the poster (11 x 14 inches) and one for the postcard (4 x 6 inches), as well as the necessary Fellowships text. To apply, send an email by 5 p.m. on the deadline date with your name, address, phone number, and two JPEG attachments of your designs to contest@nyfa.org. Images should have a resolution of 72 dpi with maximum dimensions 700 x 700 pixels and maximum size 2 MB. Members of NYFA’s Staff, Board of Trustees, and Artists’ Advisory Committee are ineligible to apply. For further details, and the full text to include with each design, see here.
June 26
The annual frieze Writer’s Prize is an international award for discovering and promoting new writers in the field of arts criticism. Entrants should be emerging critics, with a maximum of three pieces on art having been published in any national or regional newspaper or magazine (previous online publication, however, is permitted). The winner receives ₤2000 and will be commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze magazine. To apply, submit by email one previously unpublished review of a recent contemporary art exhibition, approximately 700 words in length. The judges of this year’s award are critic and art historian James Elkins, novelist and critic Ali Smith, and coeditor of frieze magazine Jennifer Higgie.
July 1
A.I.R. Gallery, a nonprofit gallery space advocating for women in the visual arts since 1972, invites artists working in all media to submit artwork to be considered for its fall 2009 exhibition “Mother/mother.” Curator Jennifer Wrobleski is seeking work (by women and men) made during a pregnancy or within five years of the birth of the artist’s child. Submissions need not be specifically about parenting or childbirth, though the curator is particularly interested in work resulting from changes in artistic processes or new thematic concerns that arise out of pregnancy. Proposals must be postmarked or hand delivered to the gallery on or before July 1, 2009 at 6 p.m., and online submissions must be received on July 1 by 11 p.m.. A downloadable application is available here.
July 3
Obscureterrain is seeking artists, performers, and community members to participate in a multi-rooftop spectacle of performances and events on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 2-7 p.m. Taking place in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on rooftops along the F train where it emerges from underground at 4th Avenue and descends at Carroll Street, this happening invites participants to harness the subway commute as an opportunity to lift fantasies and potentials out of the mundane, and invent/imagine alternative modalities for transforming the urban landscape. Submit a brief description (no more than 250 words) of the project you would like to contribute, including your name, phone number, and email address to: obscureterrain@dtek.net. You do not have to secure a roof prior to your submission.
July 15
Supporting Women Artists Project (SWAP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is preparing the next generation of women artists for successful and fruitful careers, offers a year-long Residency and Mentor opportunity to women artists. Free studio space is provided in exchange for mentoring and teaching art classes to NYC public school girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The weekly commitment is two hours per week, as well as two enrichment programs per semester, which might include a gallery visit or a lecture. (Note that applicants must have prior experience with young people) More information and an application is available here.
July 15
The Experimental Television Center’s Artists in Residency Program of Oswego, NY, provides artists with time and space to create new work which approach media as a contemporary electronic and cinematic form. The self-directed environment also offers personalized instruction, access to the media library, and use of a unique imaging system. Artists have unlimited access to the studio during their stay, and are encouraged to explore the boundaries and intersections within narrative, documentary, and social-issue traditions as well as experimental forms. To apply, send a brief project description, a current bio or résumé, a prioritized set of dates for attending the residency between September 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010, and a sample of completed work. More information and an application are available at on the ETC website.
Ongoing NYFA is launching a new program, an affordable workspace opportunity to NYFA-affiliated artists and organizations. The program provides a desk station and office amenities in NYFA’s air-conditioned DUMBO offices, and is open to past and current NYFA fellows, SOS and BUILD recipients, Immigrant Artist Mentors and Mentees, and currently fiscally sponsored artists and emerging organizations (contract fees up-to-date). Program participants pay a discounted rate of $200 a month, and receive a private workstation in the NYFA space, high-speed wireless Internet access, meeting space available by appointment, free and discounted printing and copying rates, access to NYFA’s in-house library of art resources and publications, and a fully equipped kitchen with hot coffee, tea, and filtered water. Individual phone service is available for an additional fee. NYFA’s offices are located five minutes from the York stop on the F train in Brooklyn’s DUMBO arts district, a 10-minute ride from Manhattan. See here for pictures of the space and full details on program benefits, office hours, and submitting an application.
For thousands more deadlines and ongoing opportunities, visit NYFA Source, the most comprehensive database of programs for artists of all disciplines in the country.
Squeaky Wheel’s four-week International Artist-in-Residence program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, allows mid-career film and media artists the time, space, and equipment to expand their practice and learn new technologies. Inter-media, performance, and installation artists are also welcome to apply. Residents receive accommodations, travel, and a $1,000 stipend, and have access to the center’s cameras, production and post-production systems, editing software, and found-footage library. As part of the residency, each artist curates an evening screening of films or video and teaches a local media art workshop. To apply, mail the application form, typed response to the application questions, a one-page résumé or artist bio, and one or two clearly labeled work samples; see the downloadable PDF for acceptable submission formats and full details.
June 22
The JT3 Artist Awards, a program of the Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts, provides grants to talented, hardworking filmmakers living in Brooklyn who demonstrate real potential for growth. Artists must be between the ages of 18 and 30. At least one $2,000 JT3 Artist Award will be granted, as well as one or more other awards under $2,000. To apply, submit the application form, personal essay, resume, screenplay (short or feature length), short film of no more than 10 minutes written and directed by the applicant, proof of residency, and a list of any additional completed works or works in progress to be considered as part of your body of work (note that these do not need to be limited to screenplays and films).
June 24
The Field’s Artward Bound is a 10-day group artist residency which gives participants the opportunity to make new work, participate in Fieldwork (the Field’s mixed discipline workshops program), and focus on personal career development. This program is open to artists who create original work in dance, music, performance art, text, and theater. To be eligible, applicants must be members of the Field; based in the greater New York City area or be a Field Network administrator, facilitator, or program participant; have worked professionally for a minimum of three years; and have publicly presented at least 60 minutes of original material. The program is free, including lodging, meals, and transportation from New York City. To apply, complete the application with your personal information, work history, and production history, and submit by email by the deadline date. For full details, see the website or download the PDF Application Form.
June 26
NYFA’s statewide Fellowships Program is seeking designs for a poster and postcard to promote next year’s competition. The winner will receive $500 and have his/her design used on NYFA’s Fellowships materials; second- and third-place winners receive $300 and $100 each. Submissions must include two separate layouts, one for the poster (11 x 14 inches) and one for the postcard (4 x 6 inches), as well as the necessary Fellowships text. To apply, send an email by 5 p.m. on the deadline date with your name, address, phone number, and two JPEG attachments of your designs to contest@nyfa.org. Images should have a resolution of 72 dpi with maximum dimensions 700 x 700 pixels and maximum size 2 MB. Members of NYFA’s Staff, Board of Trustees, and Artists’ Advisory Committee are ineligible to apply. For further details, and the full text to include with each design, see here.
June 26
The annual frieze Writer’s Prize is an international award for discovering and promoting new writers in the field of arts criticism. Entrants should be emerging critics, with a maximum of three pieces on art having been published in any national or regional newspaper or magazine (previous online publication, however, is permitted). The winner receives ₤2000 and will be commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze magazine. To apply, submit by email one previously unpublished review of a recent contemporary art exhibition, approximately 700 words in length. The judges of this year’s award are critic and art historian James Elkins, novelist and critic Ali Smith, and coeditor of frieze magazine Jennifer Higgie.
July 1
A.I.R. Gallery, a nonprofit gallery space advocating for women in the visual arts since 1972, invites artists working in all media to submit artwork to be considered for its fall 2009 exhibition “Mother/mother.” Curator Jennifer Wrobleski is seeking work (by women and men) made during a pregnancy or within five years of the birth of the artist’s child. Submissions need not be specifically about parenting or childbirth, though the curator is particularly interested in work resulting from changes in artistic processes or new thematic concerns that arise out of pregnancy. Proposals must be postmarked or hand delivered to the gallery on or before July 1, 2009 at 6 p.m., and online submissions must be received on July 1 by 11 p.m.. A downloadable application is available here.
July 3
Obscureterrain is seeking artists, performers, and community members to participate in a multi-rooftop spectacle of performances and events on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 2-7 p.m. Taking place in Gowanus, Brooklyn, on rooftops along the F train where it emerges from underground at 4th Avenue and descends at Carroll Street, this happening invites participants to harness the subway commute as an opportunity to lift fantasies and potentials out of the mundane, and invent/imagine alternative modalities for transforming the urban landscape. Submit a brief description (no more than 250 words) of the project you would like to contribute, including your name, phone number, and email address to: obscureterrain@dtek.net. You do not have to secure a roof prior to your submission.
July 15
Supporting Women Artists Project (SWAP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is preparing the next generation of women artists for successful and fruitful careers, offers a year-long Residency and Mentor opportunity to women artists. Free studio space is provided in exchange for mentoring and teaching art classes to NYC public school girls at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The weekly commitment is two hours per week, as well as two enrichment programs per semester, which might include a gallery visit or a lecture. (Note that applicants must have prior experience with young people) More information and an application is available here.
July 15
The Experimental Television Center’s Artists in Residency Program of Oswego, NY, provides artists with time and space to create new work which approach media as a contemporary electronic and cinematic form. The self-directed environment also offers personalized instruction, access to the media library, and use of a unique imaging system. Artists have unlimited access to the studio during their stay, and are encouraged to explore the boundaries and intersections within narrative, documentary, and social-issue traditions as well as experimental forms. To apply, send a brief project description, a current bio or résumé, a prioritized set of dates for attending the residency between September 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010, and a sample of completed work. More information and an application are available at on the ETC website.
Ongoing NYFA is launching a new program, an affordable workspace opportunity to NYFA-affiliated artists and organizations. The program provides a desk station and office amenities in NYFA’s air-conditioned DUMBO offices, and is open to past and current NYFA fellows, SOS and BUILD recipients, Immigrant Artist Mentors and Mentees, and currently fiscally sponsored artists and emerging organizations (contract fees up-to-date). Program participants pay a discounted rate of $200 a month, and receive a private workstation in the NYFA space, high-speed wireless Internet access, meeting space available by appointment, free and discounted printing and copying rates, access to NYFA’s in-house library of art resources and publications, and a fully equipped kitchen with hot coffee, tea, and filtered water. Individual phone service is available for an additional fee. NYFA’s offices are located five minutes from the York stop on the F train in Brooklyn’s DUMBO arts district, a 10-minute ride from Manhattan. See here for pictures of the space and full details on program benefits, office hours, and submitting an application.
For thousands more deadlines and ongoing opportunities, visit NYFA Source, the most comprehensive database of programs for artists of all disciplines in the country.
June 02, 2009
CEI Pilot Program Call for Applications
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES SECOND APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEW CULTURAL EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL PILOT PROGRAM
Los Angeles - The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) launched the second round of its Cultural Exchange International (CEI) Pilot Program and released the second set of guidelines for new applicants. CEI is a two-year fellowship program intended to enhance Los Angeles as a national and international center for the arts and foster cultural understandings through the expansion of networks and the exchange of knowledge between creative professionals.
CEI provides fellowship support to creative professionals (artists, arts administrators, arts/cultural educators and scholars, curators, presenters, creative entrepreneurs, cultural innovators, and cultural experts) traveling abroad for intensive residencies
(two weeks to three months), or creative professionals coming to Los Angeles for intensive residencies (also two weeks to three months), who have planned collaborative relationships with Los Angeles organizations to host their residencies. The program has been designed to support individual professionals or small groups (with a limit of three to four people per group).
In the first round of fellowship awards, 7 creative professionals, often leading teams of artists; 1 Los Angeles for-profit company; and 4 Los Angeles non-profit organizations were recommended for support with $88,000 for fellowship projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, and Rwanda. All of these projects will also culminate in free public presentations in Los Angeles. An additional $12,950 is being awarded to three of these projects, which take place in Latin America, by the National Performance Network (NPN) for a total of $100,950 in funding support.
The two-year pilot program was made possible with seed funding from the City of
Los Angeles and the Durfee Foundation. The Durfee Foundation’s funding supports
Los Angeles artists traveling abroad. Funding from the National Performance Network focuses on exchanges between Los Angeles and Latin America and the Caribbean.
To date, several respected sponsor-partners have enlarged the pool of funds committed over the two-year pilot project to more than $550,000. For CEI’s second round of fellowships, partnerships have been extended to include the Foundation for International Cultural Activities (SICA) in the Netherlands, the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding, which supports exchange between the United States and Russia, as well as Central and Eastern Europe.
Local creative professionals and businesses, and non-profit organizations are encouraged to find DCA’s CEI Program Grant Guidelines online at:
http://www.culturela.org/grants/CEI/CEI_Application_052109_wforms.pdf
The postmarked deadline for submission of all application materials is Friday, June 26, 2009. An informational workshop will be held at DCA’s main office at 201 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90012, on Monday, June 8, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information about the CEI Pilot Program guidelines and application, please contact Joe Smoke, DCA’s Cultural Grant Program Director at:
joe.smoke@lacity.org.
About DCA:
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) both generates and supports high quality arts and cultural experiences for Los Angeles residents and visitors. DCA advances the social and economic impact of the arts and assures access to arts and cultural experiences through grant making, marketing, public and community arts programming, arts education, and creating partnerships with artists and arts and cultural organizations in every community in the City of Los Angeles.
DCA grants $3.2 million annually to over 280 artists and nonprofit arts organizations and awards the Artist-in-Residence (A.I.R.) and City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships. The Department provides arts and cultural programming in its numerous Neighborhood Arts and Cultural Centers, theaters, and historic sites, and manages several arts and education programs for young people. It directs public art projects and manages the City’s Arts Development Fee and Percent for Arts Programs, and the Art Collection and Murals Programs. DCA markets the City’s cultural events through development and collaboration with strategic partners, design and production of creative promotional materials, and management of the culturela.org website.
Los Angeles - The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) launched the second round of its Cultural Exchange International (CEI) Pilot Program and released the second set of guidelines for new applicants. CEI is a two-year fellowship program intended to enhance Los Angeles as a national and international center for the arts and foster cultural understandings through the expansion of networks and the exchange of knowledge between creative professionals.
CEI provides fellowship support to creative professionals (artists, arts administrators, arts/cultural educators and scholars, curators, presenters, creative entrepreneurs, cultural innovators, and cultural experts) traveling abroad for intensive residencies
(two weeks to three months), or creative professionals coming to Los Angeles for intensive residencies (also two weeks to three months), who have planned collaborative relationships with Los Angeles organizations to host their residencies. The program has been designed to support individual professionals or small groups (with a limit of three to four people per group).
In the first round of fellowship awards, 7 creative professionals, often leading teams of artists; 1 Los Angeles for-profit company; and 4 Los Angeles non-profit organizations were recommended for support with $88,000 for fellowship projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, and Rwanda. All of these projects will also culminate in free public presentations in Los Angeles. An additional $12,950 is being awarded to three of these projects, which take place in Latin America, by the National Performance Network (NPN) for a total of $100,950 in funding support.
The two-year pilot program was made possible with seed funding from the City of
Los Angeles and the Durfee Foundation. The Durfee Foundation’s funding supports
Los Angeles artists traveling abroad. Funding from the National Performance Network focuses on exchanges between Los Angeles and Latin America and the Caribbean.
To date, several respected sponsor-partners have enlarged the pool of funds committed over the two-year pilot project to more than $550,000. For CEI’s second round of fellowships, partnerships have been extended to include the Foundation for International Cultural Activities (SICA) in the Netherlands, the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding, which supports exchange between the United States and Russia, as well as Central and Eastern Europe.
Local creative professionals and businesses, and non-profit organizations are encouraged to find DCA’s CEI Program Grant Guidelines online at:
http://www.culturela.org/grants/CEI/CEI_Application_052109_wforms.pdf
The postmarked deadline for submission of all application materials is Friday, June 26, 2009. An informational workshop will be held at DCA’s main office at 201 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90012, on Monday, June 8, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For more information about the CEI Pilot Program guidelines and application, please contact Joe Smoke, DCA’s Cultural Grant Program Director at:
joe.smoke@lacity.org.
About DCA:
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) both generates and supports high quality arts and cultural experiences for Los Angeles residents and visitors. DCA advances the social and economic impact of the arts and assures access to arts and cultural experiences through grant making, marketing, public and community arts programming, arts education, and creating partnerships with artists and arts and cultural organizations in every community in the City of Los Angeles.
DCA grants $3.2 million annually to over 280 artists and nonprofit arts organizations and awards the Artist-in-Residence (A.I.R.) and City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships. The Department provides arts and cultural programming in its numerous Neighborhood Arts and Cultural Centers, theaters, and historic sites, and manages several arts and education programs for young people. It directs public art projects and manages the City’s Arts Development Fee and Percent for Arts Programs, and the Art Collection and Murals Programs. DCA markets the City’s cultural events through development and collaboration with strategic partners, design and production of creative promotional materials, and management of the culturela.org website.
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
September 01, 2008
teaching the arts
* Multiple Positions: Science, Education, Business, Medicine, Art, Social and Behavorial Sciences, Humanities, Professional, Acadmic Affairs, Student Affairs Auburn University (Alabama) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570998-01&pg=e
* Modern Dance Instructor and Director of String Studies California State University at Long Beach (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571057-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Theatre Chapman University (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000568143-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Claremont University Consortium (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571181-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions Colorado College (Colorado) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570113-01&pg=e
* Instructor, Dance Southern Illinios University Edwardsville (Illinois) (date posted: 8/28/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571522-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor/Director, Theatre St. Ambrose University (Iowa) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569699-01&pg=e
* College of Arts and Humanities Faculty - Fall 2009 University of Maryland at College Park (Maryland) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570955-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Williams College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570684-01&pg=e
* Department Heads Missouri State University (Missouri) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570839-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions in Music and Dance University of Oregon (Oregon) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569702-01&pg=e
* Faculty and Administrative Openings in Academic Affairs East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570195-01&pg=e
* Faculty Openings for Fall 2009 By Discipline and Campus Pennsylvania State University-Commonwealth College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570976-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions, College of Arts and Sciences Baylor University (Texas) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570748-01&pg=e
* Theatre Lecturer and Technical Director Old Dominion University (Virginia) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569980-01&pg=e
* Artist in Residence, University of Washington Dance Program University of Washington (Washington) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570774-01&pg=e
* Modern Dance Instructor and Director of String Studies California State University at Long Beach (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571057-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Theatre Chapman University (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000568143-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Claremont University Consortium (California) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571181-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions Colorado College (Colorado) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570113-01&pg=e
* Instructor, Dance Southern Illinios University Edwardsville (Illinois) (date posted: 8/28/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000571522-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor/Director, Theatre St. Ambrose University (Iowa) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569699-01&pg=e
* College of Arts and Humanities Faculty - Fall 2009 University of Maryland at College Park (Maryland) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570955-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Williams College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570684-01&pg=e
* Department Heads Missouri State University (Missouri) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570839-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions in Music and Dance University of Oregon (Oregon) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569702-01&pg=e
* Faculty and Administrative Openings in Academic Affairs East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570195-01&pg=e
* Faculty Openings for Fall 2009 By Discipline and Campus Pennsylvania State University-Commonwealth College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570976-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions, College of Arts and Sciences Baylor University (Texas) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570748-01&pg=e
* Theatre Lecturer and Technical Director Old Dominion University (Virginia) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000569980-01&pg=e
* Artist in Residence, University of Washington Dance Program University of Washington (Washington) (date posted: 9/1/2008) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000570774-01&pg=e
January 09, 2007
the loop
Daily Creator G.G. produces The Loop: a FREE weekly posting for playwrights and for those who support playwrights. The Loop lists production opportunities, submission guidelines, residencies, contests, seminars, editorials, etc. all over the country, if not the world.
The Loop also features profiles of playwrights and theatres around the country, investigative articles on issues that every playwright is concerned with, advice from fellow playwrights, rants and raves on trends in the industry and feature articles that exam some area of writing new plays or forging a career in the theatre.
To subscribe to the Loop: http://garygarrison.com/loo.htm
January 08, 2007
opportunities
Affordable Healthcare. If you are working in the performance, writing or visual field (as a practitioner, technician or administrator) you have access to healthcare at an amazingly affordable (sliding scale $15-60 per visit, prescriptions $10) rate through this program started by Dance/NYC. There is also the opportunity to exchange performance in the hospital for 'healthcare credits' which you can redeem for FREE healthcare. They've got you covered from dental through acupuncture, it is worth checking out! http://www.dancenyc.org/topics.asp?file=news.
The Fire Dept Salon Series is looking for scripts for staged or semi-staged readings to be presented in non-traditional spaces that encourage post-performance dialogue. Scripts should raise challenging questions and address issues of contemporary social and/or political relevance. To be eligible, plays may not have been previously produced in New York. Accepting submissions immediately and hope to begin the series some time in February, but the process will be ongoing and we will accept rolling submissions until all the slots have been filled. We expect to do 10 to 12 plays in all, approximately every 6 weeks or so. Please emailscripts and any questions to thefiredept@gmail.com.
The Lark is looking for a sublet for an international writer in March or early April. If you know of anything in NYC, please contact Company Manager, Amanda Berkowitz, amanda@larktheatre.org, 212-246-2676 x28.
The Lark and the Indo-American Arts Council are seeking playwrights from the South Asian Diaspora for Playwrights' Week and a year-long Playwright Residency Program to commence in September, 2007. Submission Deadline: February 15, 2007. For info and application, please click here.
Lark Internships. Lark is seeking interns for the following areas: Literary Management, Artistic Programming/Special Events, Artistic/Producing, General Management, Arts Administration/Development and Marketing/Communications. As an intern at the Lark you'll join our small staff in helping to cultivate new plays and support emerging playwrights. For more information please click here or e-mail anna@larktheatre.org.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2007 Next Link Project will be accepting submissions from January 1 - March 1, 2007. NYMFis the world's largest annual musical theatre event. The Next Link Project is our central series of new musicals, accounting for 18 of the 30+ productions in each year's festival. We maintain an open submissions policy and a blind evaluation process to ensure that writers from every level of the theatre community, from working professionals to those whose work has not yet been produced, are given the opportunity to participate. The 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival will run from September 17 - October 7, 2007. For more information on NYMF, The Next Link Project or the submission process, please visit www.nymf.org.
The Playwrights' Center invites committed professional playwrights to apply for the Core Membership Program. Created in recognition of the particular needs of emerging and established writers, Core Membership confers additional benefits intended to significantly further a playwright's career. Core membership is available to writers both locally and nationally. Deadline: January 12. Application and more information available online at http://www.pwcenter.org/core_membership.asp.
Theatre Communications Group Announces 2007-2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Programs. The National Endowment for the Arts and TCG are pleased to announce the 2007 deadlines for the 2007-2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Programs for Theatre Directors and Designers. For more details on these programs, including guidelines and online applications, please visit the Grants page on the TCG website.
The Fire Dept Salon Series is looking for scripts for staged or semi-staged readings to be presented in non-traditional spaces that encourage post-performance dialogue. Scripts should raise challenging questions and address issues of contemporary social and/or political relevance. To be eligible, plays may not have been previously produced in New York. Accepting submissions immediately and hope to begin the series some time in February, but the process will be ongoing and we will accept rolling submissions until all the slots have been filled. We expect to do 10 to 12 plays in all, approximately every 6 weeks or so. Please emailscripts and any questions to thefiredept@gmail.com.
The Lark is looking for a sublet for an international writer in March or early April. If you know of anything in NYC, please contact Company Manager, Amanda Berkowitz, amanda@larktheatre.org, 212-246-2676 x28.
The Lark and the Indo-American Arts Council are seeking playwrights from the South Asian Diaspora for Playwrights' Week and a year-long Playwright Residency Program to commence in September, 2007. Submission Deadline: February 15, 2007. For info and application, please click here.
Lark Internships. Lark is seeking interns for the following areas: Literary Management, Artistic Programming/Special Events, Artistic/Producing, General Management, Arts Administration/Development and Marketing/Communications. As an intern at the Lark you'll join our small staff in helping to cultivate new plays and support emerging playwrights. For more information please click here or e-mail anna@larktheatre.org.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2007 Next Link Project will be accepting submissions from January 1 - March 1, 2007. NYMFis the world's largest annual musical theatre event. The Next Link Project is our central series of new musicals, accounting for 18 of the 30+ productions in each year's festival. We maintain an open submissions policy and a blind evaluation process to ensure that writers from every level of the theatre community, from working professionals to those whose work has not yet been produced, are given the opportunity to participate. The 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival will run from September 17 - October 7, 2007. For more information on NYMF, The Next Link Project or the submission process, please visit www.nymf.org.
The Playwrights' Center invites committed professional playwrights to apply for the Core Membership Program. Created in recognition of the particular needs of emerging and established writers, Core Membership confers additional benefits intended to significantly further a playwright's career. Core membership is available to writers both locally and nationally. Deadline: January 12. Application and more information available online at http://www.pwcenter.org/core_membership.asp.
Theatre Communications Group Announces 2007-2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Programs. The National Endowment for the Arts and TCG are pleased to announce the 2007 deadlines for the 2007-2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Programs for Theatre Directors and Designers. For more details on these programs, including guidelines and online applications, please visit the Grants page on the TCG website.
December 22, 2006
apply yourself
As of today, most of the USA is shut down for the next week plus to eat too much, exchange presents and visit with family and friends. But this is the perfect time to do one of those grant applications or residency applications that you've been putting off for the last year.
Why now? Because you have a week of no work calls, no rewrites due, no work emails that have to be dealt with in a timely manner. Don't think of the application as work - think of it as dreaming.
Dreaming of a future residency where you have a month to devote to a new play, a new series of paintings, a new collection, finishing up that novel. Dreaming of grant money that will allow you the financial freedom to quit that crappy safety job. Dreaming of a fellowship that will connect you with other artists in your field.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Identify one residency, fellowship, grant or opportunity that feels a little bit out of reach, feels like it would be a dream come true if you were chosen.
Research what needs to be done to apply for this program and give yourself one week to do it.
Promise yourself you will finish and send the application. Call a friend and ask them to check in with you during the week about it.
Take advantage of the "down time" of the holidays to do something wonderful for your future creativity!
Why now? Because you have a week of no work calls, no rewrites due, no work emails that have to be dealt with in a timely manner. Don't think of the application as work - think of it as dreaming.
Dreaming of a future residency where you have a month to devote to a new play, a new series of paintings, a new collection, finishing up that novel. Dreaming of grant money that will allow you the financial freedom to quit that crappy safety job. Dreaming of a fellowship that will connect you with other artists in your field.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Identify one residency, fellowship, grant or opportunity that feels a little bit out of reach, feels like it would be a dream come true if you were chosen.
Research what needs to be done to apply for this program and give yourself one week to do it.
Promise yourself you will finish and send the application. Call a friend and ask them to check in with you during the week about it.
Take advantage of the "down time" of the holidays to do something wonderful for your future creativity!
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