The Surdna Foundation is accepting applications for its Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in public arts high schools.
Through the Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that will provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields. A fellowship program may include study in arts courses; attendance at advanced art-making workshops, festivals, or institutes; residencies at artists' colonies; formal mentor relationships with recognized professional artists; or independent study toward the completion of an artistic project (which includes interaction with other professionals).
All permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in public arts high schools are eligible. Eligible schools include specialized public arts high schools and arts-focused magnet and charter high schools. Teachers of all arts disciplines are eligible — visual arts, photography, theater, music, dance, film, video, multidiscipline, and creative writing. At a minimum, applicants must be in their fifth year of teaching arts in high school and plan to continue as an arts teacher in their specialized public arts high school in 2011-12.
The program will award twenty grants of up to $5,500 each, with a complementary grant of $1,500 to the fellow's school to support post-fellowship activities.
Visit the Surdna Web site for fellowship program information.
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July 30, 2010
July 11, 2010
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Public Broadcasting Service Announce Diversity and Innovation Fund
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service have announced the first Request for Proposals from their Diversity and Innovation Fund. The fund seeks proposals to provide the National Programming Service with a new, weekly, primetime series that will expand viewership and usage and reach an adult audience on-air and online that reflects the diversity of the 40-to-64-year-old demographic.
Specifically, the DI Fund seeks to diversify the NPS by attracting more racially and ethnically diverse viewers and Web visitors within the target demographic; expand the current NPS audience through the increased use of content created by a diverse group of producers and through the effective use of new and emerging technologies; leverage the talent and creativity of executive producers and producers from minority and underserved communities; build capacity for the public media system from within those communities; and encourage innovation in the planning, production, and distribution of public media content.
The content should be conceived and budgeted with multiple-platform use (broadcast, VOD, Internet, mobile, DVD, etc.) in mind from the outset.
The RFP encourages proposals for a variety of popular genres, including science, history, travel, natural history, and exploration. This RFP is not seeking children's, drama, or news and public affairs content, as these subject areas are being addressed via other initiatives and/or existing properties.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for a series of ten episodes that can be produced for $375,000 per hour (or less), with attendant rights that allow for the efficient use of the content on all distribution platforms. The intent is to "pilot" several projects. One or more will then be selected for series production.
PBS will begin accepting proposals on July 26, 2010. Visit the PBS Web site for complete program information and application procedures - click on title above.
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Specifically, the DI Fund seeks to diversify the NPS by attracting more racially and ethnically diverse viewers and Web visitors within the target demographic; expand the current NPS audience through the increased use of content created by a diverse group of producers and through the effective use of new and emerging technologies; leverage the talent and creativity of executive producers and producers from minority and underserved communities; build capacity for the public media system from within those communities; and encourage innovation in the planning, production, and distribution of public media content.
The content should be conceived and budgeted with multiple-platform use (broadcast, VOD, Internet, mobile, DVD, etc.) in mind from the outset.
The RFP encourages proposals for a variety of popular genres, including science, history, travel, natural history, and exploration. This RFP is not seeking children's, drama, or news and public affairs content, as these subject areas are being addressed via other initiatives and/or existing properties.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals for a series of ten episodes that can be produced for $375,000 per hour (or less), with attendant rights that allow for the efficient use of the content on all distribution platforms. The intent is to "pilot" several projects. One or more will then be selected for series production.
PBS will begin accepting proposals on July 26, 2010. Visit the PBS Web site for complete program information and application procedures - click on title above.
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Creative Connections Fund
The Creative Connections Fund supports the expansion of diverse, relevant arts and cultural offerings in local communities across California. The fund targets small and midsize arts organizations and offers project grants of up to $50,000, over a maximum of two years, through an open, competitive review process.
The Creative Connections Fund aims to support small and midsize arts organizations because they play an important role in the arts ecosystem. They have close ties to their communities, present aesthetics that have particular relevance to their audiences, and involve local artists. These smaller organizations support local creativity and add to the cultural vibrancy of their neighborhoods and cities and, ultimately, the state.
Most of our Arts grants are the result of invited proposals from organizations with annual budgets greater than $2 million, many of whom are long-term Irvine partners. The Creative Connections Fund is an important complement to our invitational portfolio and a way to reach smaller arts organizations of all artistic disciplines and aesthetics through an open process.
Geographically, we give preference to arts organizations outside San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The Bay Area’s arts sector has funding resources that far exceed those of other regions of the state, and as a statewide organization, Irvine has decided to focus attention on areas that are, by comparison, underserved by philanthropy.
Click on title for more information.
The Creative Connections Fund aims to support small and midsize arts organizations because they play an important role in the arts ecosystem. They have close ties to their communities, present aesthetics that have particular relevance to their audiences, and involve local artists. These smaller organizations support local creativity and add to the cultural vibrancy of their neighborhoods and cities and, ultimately, the state.
Most of our Arts grants are the result of invited proposals from organizations with annual budgets greater than $2 million, many of whom are long-term Irvine partners. The Creative Connections Fund is an important complement to our invitational portfolio and a way to reach smaller arts organizations of all artistic disciplines and aesthetics through an open process.
Geographically, we give preference to arts organizations outside San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The Bay Area’s arts sector has funding resources that far exceed those of other regions of the state, and as a statewide organization, Irvine has decided to focus attention on areas that are, by comparison, underserved by philanthropy.
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American Council of Learned Societies Announces Guidelines for Digital Innovation Fellowships
With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies is inviting applications for the sixth annual ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. The program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to working on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form. Projects may involve development of new digital tools that further humanistic research (such as digital research archives or innovative databases), research that depends on or is greatly enhanced by the use of such tools, the representation of such research, or some combination of these features.
ACLS will award up to six Digital Innovation Fellowships this year, including one project involving the collaboration of two scholars. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $60,000 toward an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000. ACLS does not support creative works (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translations, or purely pedagogical projects.
The program is open to scholars in all fields of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline. (An established scholar who can demonstrate the equivalent of the Ph.D. in publications and professional experience may also qualify.) U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.
Visit the ACLS Web site for complete program guidelines. Click on title above.
ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to working on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form. Projects may involve development of new digital tools that further humanistic research (such as digital research archives or innovative databases), research that depends on or is greatly enhanced by the use of such tools, the representation of such research, or some combination of these features.
ACLS will award up to six Digital Innovation Fellowships this year, including one project involving the collaboration of two scholars. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $60,000 toward an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000. ACLS does not support creative works (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translations, or purely pedagogical projects.
The program is open to scholars in all fields of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline. (An established scholar who can demonstrate the equivalent of the Ph.D. in publications and professional experience may also qualify.) U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is required.
Visit the ACLS Web site for complete program guidelines. Click on title above.
July 03, 2010
deadlines for grants
Driehaus Foundation Accepting Applications for 2010 Chicago Small Theater and Dance Funding Program
Operating grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to arts and culture organizations that have budgets of $150,000 or less and serve the Chicago metropolitan area....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 13, 2010
American Composers Forum Announces National Composition Contest
The Finale National Composition Contest will provide chamber music composers with up to $3,500 and the chance to have their original piece performed by the ensemble eighth blackbird....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 15, 2010
NAMM Foundation Accepting Applications for 2011 President's Innovation Award for Exemplary College Students
A cash award and opportunities to network with industry laureates and professionals will be given to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the music products industry....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: September 30, 2010
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
Grants of $2,500 will be awarded to nonprofits that have started education and talent development programs that coincide with the foundation's mission of nurturing aspiring songwriters and composers....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: August 1, 2010 (Letter of Intent)
Operating grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to arts and culture organizations that have budgets of $150,000 or less and serve the Chicago metropolitan area....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 13, 2010
American Composers Forum Announces National Composition Contest
The Finale National Composition Contest will provide chamber music composers with up to $3,500 and the chance to have their original piece performed by the ensemble eighth blackbird....
Posted on June 29, 2010
Deadline: September 15, 2010
NAMM Foundation Accepting Applications for 2011 President's Innovation Award for Exemplary College Students
A cash award and opportunities to network with industry laureates and professionals will be given to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the music products industry....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: September 30, 2010
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
Grants of $2,500 will be awarded to nonprofits that have started education and talent development programs that coincide with the foundation's mission of nurturing aspiring songwriters and composers....
Posted on June 25, 2010
Deadline: August 1, 2010 (Letter of Intent)
July 01, 2010
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.
September 09, 2009
ITVS Funding Opportunity for Filmmakers of Color
Deadline September 25, 2009
ITVS Funding Opportunity for Filmmakers of Color
ITVS seeks producers of color to develop single documentary programs for public television. The Diversity Development Fund (DDF) provides up to $15,000 for project research and development. Activities may include travel, scripting, preliminary production for fundraising/work-in-progress reels, or other early phase activities. Projects should speak to the ITVS mission to serve underserved audiences, explore complex issues, inspire dialogue and express points of view seldom seen on commercial or public television.
http://www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html
Deadline: September 25, 2009.
July 18, 2009
Finishing Funds for Docs
The International Documentary Association's Pare Lorentz Film Finishing Award will provide $25,000 to one deserving film project in need of financial assistance for completion. In keeping with the nature of Pare Lorentz's films—a successful candidate for the Pare Lorentz Film Finishing Fund award will demonstrate one or more of Lorentz's central concerns—the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all and the illumination of pressing social problems—presented as a compelling story by skillful film-making. Past projects submitted have a broad range of subject matter. A committee of documentary industry professionals will choose the winning selection.
Documentary projects meeting these areas of interest and concern are encouraged to apply for this $25,000 finishing fund award. Preference will be given to projects that have a strategic plan for and reasonable chance of securing public distribution in the following arenas: theatrical release, broadcast or cable television, or educational/ancillary distribution (to schools, museums, or other institutions).
To apply for the Pare Lorentz Film Finishing Award, please use the online submission process at Withoutabox.com. Read about eligibility requirements, timeline, FAQs, and more.
Documentary projects meeting these areas of interest and concern are encouraged to apply for this $25,000 finishing fund award. Preference will be given to projects that have a strategic plan for and reasonable chance of securing public distribution in the following arenas: theatrical release, broadcast or cable television, or educational/ancillary distribution (to schools, museums, or other institutions).
To apply for the Pare Lorentz Film Finishing Award, please use the online submission process at Withoutabox.com. Read about eligibility requirements, timeline, FAQs, and more.
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 10, 2009
doc call for entries, funding, more...
CALLS FOR ENTRIES: View More »
Project Found Sound: Students for the Environment is accepting short environmental student films & PSA's for a monthly series. Submit entries by June 11.
Last Call for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is June 15, 2009.
POV's 2010 Call for Entries Deadline is June 30, 2009.
FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES: View More »
Chicken & Egg Pictures Open Call for submissions is now open for non-fiction projects that are dedicated to progressive social change. Deadline is June 30.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS: View More »
Till June 18 in Los Angeles, don't miss the 24th Israel Film Festival.
In Atlanta, the Fourth Annual Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival is from June 11-June 14.
And the 4th Annual DOKU.ARTS Int'l Festival for Films on Art is June 11-14 in Amsterdam.
From June 22-28, check out the Philadelphia Film Market.
SCREENINGS AND PREMIERES: View More »
The New India screening series continues till June 18 at MoMA in NYC.
Project Found Sound: Students for the Environment is accepting short environmental student films & PSA's for a monthly series. Submit entries by June 11.
Last Call for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is June 15, 2009.
POV's 2010 Call for Entries Deadline is June 30, 2009.
FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES: View More »
Chicken & Egg Pictures Open Call for submissions is now open for non-fiction projects that are dedicated to progressive social change. Deadline is June 30.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS: View More »
Till June 18 in Los Angeles, don't miss the 24th Israel Film Festival.
In Atlanta, the Fourth Annual Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival is from June 11-June 14.
And the 4th Annual DOKU.ARTS Int'l Festival for Films on Art is June 11-14 in Amsterdam.
From June 22-28, check out the Philadelphia Film Market.
SCREENINGS AND PREMIERES: View More »
The New India screening series continues till June 18 at MoMA in NYC.
May 31, 2009
Esther Robinson on Looking Debt in the Eye
This article is posted at:
http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_current_detail.asp?id=17&fid=1&curid=769
What’s the upside of the current recession? Clarity about credit. It’s time for us to finally recognize that no gallery, grant, agent, or god is going to make our credit woes disappear. The economy is bad and getting worse, but it’s giving us a gift. There are actions we can take—actions we must take—to guarantee that we can make our art going forward. These actions all center on our relationship to credit.
Think fast: When was the last time you used a credit card? Probably pretty recently, if you’re like most people. These days, using personal credit as a constant source of financing is so common that we barely even register the individual transactions. My first film, A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory, was made possible by personal credit. Granted, I was conservative (I never took on more debt than I could handle, kept balance-to-available-credit ratios low, used zero percent cards, and paid off the amounts regularly). Still, the cards were a godsend, allowing me to fly to interviews and take calculated risks against future infusions of cash. But what if all that disappeared?
Here’s the kicker: “About 45 percent of U.S. banks reduced credit limits for new or existing credit-card customers in the fourth quarter of 2008,” according to a January 2009 Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers. And a November 30 report by Meredith Whitney, a former Oppenheimer analyst, states that financial institutions may slash $2 trillion in credit-card lines in the next 18 months.
In other words, your credit card limits are likely to be lowered, and getting new lines of credit is going to be a lot harder. In some ways this is good news. None of us should carry more credit than we can pay down, and lower limits can keep us in the safe zone. But credit is still a useful tool. Like any businesspeople, artists often need access to cash more quickly than our bank balance allows (deadlines to meet before the grant check clears, for example). And as long as we can afford to pay it back, credit can be a lifeline. So what to do?
The first step is to rid yourself of current debt. The truth is, the money that you spend on interest payments is money you can’t spend on making art. If you finance a current project with personal credit you can’t pay down, you’ll still be making payments on that project five years from now—instead of using that money to make new work. You need to look your debt in the eye and:
Figure out how much you owe.
Figure out what your upcoming costs will be.
Determine how much you can realistically spend each month to pay down your balances.
Use on-line credit calculators to determine the fastest way to rid yourself of debt.
A number of websites feature great tools to help you analyze your different cards and their respective balances and interest rates to determine which ones you should pay down first to garner the greatest savings. In general, you should attempt to pay down the highest interest rate debt first. A “debt snowball” calculator allows you to enter up to 20 different debts and their respective APRs. You then enter in how much you can spend each month to pay down this debt, and it will tell you what order/amounts to pay for each card to get you out of debt the fastest.
Power Payment works on the same principle—and the site also has online budgeting, which is very helpful if you first need to figure out how much you can spend on debt payments.
The CNN Money debt planner has a regular pay-down calculator but also allows you to type in when you want your debt to end. It also tells you how much you need to pay each month to make this happen.The second thing you need to do is safeguard your access to credit by improving your Credit (FICO) Score. Your score determines your credit limits, and whether you’ll be offered new credit lines. The lower your score, the harder the credit crunch will hit you. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to improve your score. Here are some solid credit repair tips: Order a copy of your credit report, review it carefully, and correct any significant errors.
You are legally entitled to receive one free report a year. You can go to www.annualcreditreport.com and order your free credit report or to www.myfico.com and www.experian.com to order reports for a charge. Changing a mistake on your report (like a mislabeled late payment) can take 30 days to four months or longer. I think this step is best done with friends. Truthfully the report can be a bit daunting, so if you’re with your friends you can have a good laugh at how poorly designed the report is, have some good snacks and plow through finding mistakes. Then write the letters and send them off….
Next, pay your bills on time. I know, it’s a recession. But, now more than ever, it’s important to stay on top of things. A recent missed payment is more likely to lower your score than an isolated late payment from way back. What this means is, forget how you did or didn’t pay your bills before and just start paying them on time now.
Make AutoPay your friend. If you’re traveling a lot or are prone to forgetting, you can set up AutoPay for automatic payment of your credit card’s minimum balance (just be sure to always have enough money in the bank to cover it!). Scared of Autopay? Set a date every month that is “credit day” and stick to paying your bills on that date. The good news is that if you’re serious about debt reduction and you’re paying on-time using the tools on analyzing your credit in the links above, your credit score will improve.
Other tips? Here’s a counter-intuitive one: Use the credit cards you have as frequently as is prudent. A perverse result of the credit crisis is that if you don’t use your credit accounts, the banks may close them or lower the limit. And having your limits reduced can lower your score. The banks are looking for ways to reduce their risk, and an inactive account gives them a great excuse. But remember to use them responsibly; this is not license to go wild. Also, it’s important to keep your overall balance low in relation to your available credit. If your credit limit is $10,000, keeping your balance below $2,500 (25%) will improve your score.
Pay off your credit card debt rather than moving it to lower rate cards. This is important because you want to avoid drastically changing the ratio of your overall balances to your overall available credit. Example: You owe a total of $2,000 on four credit cards, each with a $2,000 limit. Your total limit is $8,000, of which your balance ($2,000) is 25%. If you transfer all your balances to two cards and cancel the other two, your total credit limit is reduced to $4,000 and your $2,000 balance is now 50% of the limit. To the banks, this looks worse than where you started.And what if you have a really questionable credit history?
Open a few new credit accounts, use them responsibly, and pay them off on time. Payment history is 35% of your credit score (new credit makes up 10%; types of credit in use, another 10%; length of credit history, 15%; and amounts owed, 30%), so if you’ve hurt your credit, establishing a good payment history is key to getting your credit score back together. However if you have a short credit history (you’ve never had credit or haven’t used much credit in the past), don’t open a lot of new accounts over a short time period. The banks will think you’re about to go on a spending binge, and new credit is 10% of your score.
How long will it take to improve my credit score? Negative items affect your credit score much more quickly than positive items. Late payments will have a negative impact in just a few months, whereas paying bills on time may take 6 to 12 months to generate a significant improvement. But it’s important to remember that starting right now gets you closer. And remember, a great credit score makes other good things happen. You can qualify for a mortgage, get better rates from the credit cards you do have, and a great score can help with apartment rental and job applications that often include credit checks. Plus, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing that you conquered the credit demon.
Finally, if this is all too daunting and your bills are mounting and you are having trouble making ends meet, contact your creditors or see a legitimate credit counselor. The key is not to shut down, or pretend a problem doesn’t exist. Remember that you are a resilient creative person, and can use your creative skills to build your way forward through the challenges. Learn from past mistakes—and change them.
As artists we’re skilled at making a lot happen with little money. Let’s use that skill to shape our lives and our work. Let’s use the recession to determine what we want our future to be like—recognizing that with hard work this difficult economic moment will pass both for our country and for us.
Esther Robinson has worked on behalf of America’s artists for more than 14 years in many capacities, including foundation program officer, television and film producer/director, technology entrepreneur, and arts activist. She is the founder of ArtHome a nonprofit “change agent” that helps artists and their communities build assets and equity through financial literacy, credit access, and home ownership. Robinson is also a filmmaker. Her prize-winning film, A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory, is currently in worldwide release.
http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_current_detail.asp?id=17&fid=1&curid=769
What’s the upside of the current recession? Clarity about credit. It’s time for us to finally recognize that no gallery, grant, agent, or god is going to make our credit woes disappear. The economy is bad and getting worse, but it’s giving us a gift. There are actions we can take—actions we must take—to guarantee that we can make our art going forward. These actions all center on our relationship to credit.
Think fast: When was the last time you used a credit card? Probably pretty recently, if you’re like most people. These days, using personal credit as a constant source of financing is so common that we barely even register the individual transactions. My first film, A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory, was made possible by personal credit. Granted, I was conservative (I never took on more debt than I could handle, kept balance-to-available-credit ratios low, used zero percent cards, and paid off the amounts regularly). Still, the cards were a godsend, allowing me to fly to interviews and take calculated risks against future infusions of cash. But what if all that disappeared?
Here’s the kicker: “About 45 percent of U.S. banks reduced credit limits for new or existing credit-card customers in the fourth quarter of 2008,” according to a January 2009 Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers. And a November 30 report by Meredith Whitney, a former Oppenheimer analyst, states that financial institutions may slash $2 trillion in credit-card lines in the next 18 months.
In other words, your credit card limits are likely to be lowered, and getting new lines of credit is going to be a lot harder. In some ways this is good news. None of us should carry more credit than we can pay down, and lower limits can keep us in the safe zone. But credit is still a useful tool. Like any businesspeople, artists often need access to cash more quickly than our bank balance allows (deadlines to meet before the grant check clears, for example). And as long as we can afford to pay it back, credit can be a lifeline. So what to do?
The first step is to rid yourself of current debt. The truth is, the money that you spend on interest payments is money you can’t spend on making art. If you finance a current project with personal credit you can’t pay down, you’ll still be making payments on that project five years from now—instead of using that money to make new work. You need to look your debt in the eye and:
Figure out how much you owe.
Figure out what your upcoming costs will be.
Determine how much you can realistically spend each month to pay down your balances.
Use on-line credit calculators to determine the fastest way to rid yourself of debt.
A number of websites feature great tools to help you analyze your different cards and their respective balances and interest rates to determine which ones you should pay down first to garner the greatest savings. In general, you should attempt to pay down the highest interest rate debt first. A “debt snowball” calculator allows you to enter up to 20 different debts and their respective APRs. You then enter in how much you can spend each month to pay down this debt, and it will tell you what order/amounts to pay for each card to get you out of debt the fastest.
Power Payment works on the same principle—and the site also has online budgeting, which is very helpful if you first need to figure out how much you can spend on debt payments.
The CNN Money debt planner has a regular pay-down calculator but also allows you to type in when you want your debt to end. It also tells you how much you need to pay each month to make this happen.The second thing you need to do is safeguard your access to credit by improving your Credit (FICO) Score. Your score determines your credit limits, and whether you’ll be offered new credit lines. The lower your score, the harder the credit crunch will hit you. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to improve your score. Here are some solid credit repair tips: Order a copy of your credit report, review it carefully, and correct any significant errors.
You are legally entitled to receive one free report a year. You can go to www.annualcreditreport.com and order your free credit report or to www.myfico.com and www.experian.com to order reports for a charge. Changing a mistake on your report (like a mislabeled late payment) can take 30 days to four months or longer. I think this step is best done with friends. Truthfully the report can be a bit daunting, so if you’re with your friends you can have a good laugh at how poorly designed the report is, have some good snacks and plow through finding mistakes. Then write the letters and send them off….
Next, pay your bills on time. I know, it’s a recession. But, now more than ever, it’s important to stay on top of things. A recent missed payment is more likely to lower your score than an isolated late payment from way back. What this means is, forget how you did or didn’t pay your bills before and just start paying them on time now.
Make AutoPay your friend. If you’re traveling a lot or are prone to forgetting, you can set up AutoPay for automatic payment of your credit card’s minimum balance (just be sure to always have enough money in the bank to cover it!). Scared of Autopay? Set a date every month that is “credit day” and stick to paying your bills on that date. The good news is that if you’re serious about debt reduction and you’re paying on-time using the tools on analyzing your credit in the links above, your credit score will improve.
Other tips? Here’s a counter-intuitive one: Use the credit cards you have as frequently as is prudent. A perverse result of the credit crisis is that if you don’t use your credit accounts, the banks may close them or lower the limit. And having your limits reduced can lower your score. The banks are looking for ways to reduce their risk, and an inactive account gives them a great excuse. But remember to use them responsibly; this is not license to go wild. Also, it’s important to keep your overall balance low in relation to your available credit. If your credit limit is $10,000, keeping your balance below $2,500 (25%) will improve your score.
Pay off your credit card debt rather than moving it to lower rate cards. This is important because you want to avoid drastically changing the ratio of your overall balances to your overall available credit. Example: You owe a total of $2,000 on four credit cards, each with a $2,000 limit. Your total limit is $8,000, of which your balance ($2,000) is 25%. If you transfer all your balances to two cards and cancel the other two, your total credit limit is reduced to $4,000 and your $2,000 balance is now 50% of the limit. To the banks, this looks worse than where you started.And what if you have a really questionable credit history?
Open a few new credit accounts, use them responsibly, and pay them off on time. Payment history is 35% of your credit score (new credit makes up 10%; types of credit in use, another 10%; length of credit history, 15%; and amounts owed, 30%), so if you’ve hurt your credit, establishing a good payment history is key to getting your credit score back together. However if you have a short credit history (you’ve never had credit or haven’t used much credit in the past), don’t open a lot of new accounts over a short time period. The banks will think you’re about to go on a spending binge, and new credit is 10% of your score.
How long will it take to improve my credit score? Negative items affect your credit score much more quickly than positive items. Late payments will have a negative impact in just a few months, whereas paying bills on time may take 6 to 12 months to generate a significant improvement. But it’s important to remember that starting right now gets you closer. And remember, a great credit score makes other good things happen. You can qualify for a mortgage, get better rates from the credit cards you do have, and a great score can help with apartment rental and job applications that often include credit checks. Plus, you’ll have the peace of mind of knowing that you conquered the credit demon.
Finally, if this is all too daunting and your bills are mounting and you are having trouble making ends meet, contact your creditors or see a legitimate credit counselor. The key is not to shut down, or pretend a problem doesn’t exist. Remember that you are a resilient creative person, and can use your creative skills to build your way forward through the challenges. Learn from past mistakes—and change them.
As artists we’re skilled at making a lot happen with little money. Let’s use that skill to shape our lives and our work. Let’s use the recession to determine what we want our future to be like—recognizing that with hard work this difficult economic moment will pass both for our country and for us.
Esther Robinson has worked on behalf of America’s artists for more than 14 years in many capacities, including foundation program officer, television and film producer/director, technology entrepreneur, and arts activist. She is the founder of ArtHome a nonprofit “change agent” that helps artists and their communities build assets and equity through financial literacy, credit access, and home ownership. Robinson is also a filmmaker. Her prize-winning film, A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory, is currently in worldwide release.
April 09, 2009
resources for docs
CALLS FOR ENTRIES: View More »
The International Film Festival Portugal call for entries deadline is April 20, 2009. The Chicago International Childrens Film Festival early deadline is May 1, 2009. The LA Shorts Fest final deadline for submission is May 8, 2009. The early deadline is May 25, 2009 for the 12th UNAFF.
FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES: View More »
Pioneers of Prosperity is seeking proposal submissions from documentary filmmakers for its 2009 Caribbean competition (due: April 10). Adobe is offering two free eSeminars on April 21 and May 20. And Mitchell Block is running two doc producing workshops on April 18 and April 25.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS: View More »
The Video Festival Imperia has its 4th edition April 14-18 in Italy. Register now for NALIP 10 Conference, April 17-19 in Newport Beach, CA. April 22-24 in Frankfurt, Germany don't miss MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009. From April 30-May 5, the South East European Film Festival is happening at the Goethe Institute Los Angeles.
The International Film Festival Portugal call for entries deadline is April 20, 2009. The Chicago International Childrens Film Festival early deadline is May 1, 2009. The LA Shorts Fest final deadline for submission is May 8, 2009. The early deadline is May 25, 2009 for the 12th UNAFF.
FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES: View More »
Pioneers of Prosperity is seeking proposal submissions from documentary filmmakers for its 2009 Caribbean competition (due: April 10). Adobe is offering two free eSeminars on April 21 and May 20. And Mitchell Block is running two doc producing workshops on April 18 and April 25.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS: View More »
The Video Festival Imperia has its 4th edition April 14-18 in Italy. Register now for NALIP 10 Conference, April 17-19 in Newport Beach, CA. April 22-24 in Frankfurt, Germany don't miss MEDIA-TECH Europe 2009. From April 30-May 5, the South East European Film Festival is happening at the Goethe Institute Los Angeles.
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