Arts Writers Grant Program Announces 2011 Grants

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2011 grant cycle. Designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise, as well as to create a broader audience for arts writing, the program aims to strengthen the field as a whole and to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts. In its 2011 cycle, the Arts Writers Grant Program has awarded a total of $565,000 to twenty-three writers representing twenty projects. Ranging from $8,000 to $50,000 in four categories—articles, blogs, books, and short-form writing—these grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from scholarly studies to self-published blogs.

Art Writing Workshop

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program is pleased to continue its partnership with the International Art Critics Association/USA Section, to give practicing writers the opportunity to strengthen their work through one-on-one consultations with leading art critics. For a list of 2011 Art Writing Workshop recipients, see http://www.artswriters.org/writing_workshop.html.

   

Articles

• Alexander Dumbaze, Jack Goldstein and the Origins of Postmodernism (Brooklyn)
• Jeff Huebner, William Walker's Mural Art (Chicago)
• Emily Eliza Scott, Toxic Gardens: Patricia Johanson's House and Garden Proposals (Zurich)
• George Stolz, From the Word "Art": Sol LeWitt's Use of Language (Madrid)

     Blogs

• Carol Diehl, Art Vent (Housatonic, MA)
• Jason Farago, Art in Common (New York)
• Claudia La Rocco, The Performance Club (Brooklyn)
• Sohrab Mohebbi, Presence Documents (Brooklyn)
• Valerie Soe, beyondasiaphilia (San Francisco)
• Meredith Tromble, Art and Shadows (Oakland, CA)
• Jason Urban, R.L. Tillman, and Amze Emmons, Printeresting (Austin, TX)

     Books

• Jane McFadden, There and Not There: Walter de Maria (Los Angeles)
• Christine Mehring and Sean Keller, Munich '72: Olympian Art and Architecture (Chicago)
• Judith Ostrowitz, Contemporary Native American Art: Cosmopolitanism and Creative Practice (New York)
• Mark Owens, Graphics Incognito: Design, Material Culture, and Post-punk Aesthetics (Philadelphia)
• Margarita Tupitsyn, Moscow Vanguard Art Between World War II and the Fall of the Soviet Union (New York)
• William Wilson, Ray Johnson: An Illustrated Life in Art (New York)

Short-Form Writing

• Kirsty Bell, Berlin
• Cinqué Hicks, Atlanta
• Murtaza Vali, Brooklyn

Georgia Council for the Arts offers grants in two programs

FY13 Grant Guidelines Ready

GCA Grant Guidelines for fiscal year 2013 are now available for review and download. Applications for funding will be accepted for Operating Support and Project Grants. Applications for inclusion in the Georgia Council for the Arts Touring Artists Roster will also be accepted for adjudication. There are four general eligibility requirements that must be met in order to apply for funding:

•Applicant organizations must be incorporated in the state of Georgia. Organizations with incorporation that is "pending" or "in process" are not eligible.
•Applicant organizations must also be incorporated as a tax-exempt nonprofit or unit of government
•Nonprofit status must have been established and the organization operational for a minimum of one year (twelve consecutive months).
•Grant awards are provided to organizations, not individuals.

Be sure to take the time to review the Guidelines completely. GCA Grants Manager Tina Lilly advises printing the documents and reading them thoroughly before entering any data. “There have been changes to the funding programs,” she said. “It’s important to ask questions and have a good understanding of those changes far in advance of the deadline.”

All applications must be submitted electronically via the e-GRANT SYSTEM, no later than January 25, 2012.

For more information and to download important documents, go to the General Funding Guidelines page.

What Makes a Beautiful (and Marketable) Book?

Re-posted by Alpha Bruton, source ChicagoArtists Resource Creatives At Work Forum:

 

Event Type:

Panel discussion

Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:00pm

Artists, authors, and publishers are invited to take part in this discussion about the impact of good design and how it affects the success of all types of books, from special artists' editions to independent literary titles to mass market best-sellers.
RSVP to info@chicagopublishes.com by Nov. 28.
Panel:
James Goggin, Director of Design, Print and Digital Media, Museum of Contemporary Art
Ellen Gibson, Regional Marketing Manager, University of Chicago Press
Annie Heckman, artist, book designer, and founder of StepSister Press

Moderated by Danielle Chapman, Director of Publishing Industry Programs, Chicago Office of Tourism & Culture
This forum is part of the At Work Forums series, sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture. At Work Forums are regular seminars, free and open to the public, that focus on issues of interest and concern for the Chicago arts community. Well known artists, experts, and advocates are invited to discuss best practices for Chicago's creatives in music, dance, theater, visual, art, and more. Click here to explore more forums in this series.

Grant Opportunity Georgia Council for the Arts ✆ gaarts

  ARTS & TOURISM UNITE

TO PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING

 Up to $20,000 to be Awarded to Eligible Organizations

ATLANTA -  Georgia Tourism and Georgia Council for the Arts, both divisions of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, have combined resources to offer Tourism Product Development (TPD) Grants for the state's 2012 fiscal year.  The TPD Grant, worth up to $20,000, is designed to financially support tourism development activities at the local level that sustain and create jobs within Georgia's hospitality industry. The grant program also supports the role of the arts in tourism by providing financial assistance to Georgia's Creative Economies with an emphasis on professional Georgia artists and the non-profit arts industry. 

 "The funding will support non-profit arts organizations and individual artists in a way the Council has not been previously able to do," said Karen L. Paty, Georgia Council for the Arts Director. "It creates the opportunity as well as provides the resources to support and generate increased visibility of the role of the arts industry in the State's economy." 

 Examples of projects that will be considered for funding include new tourism product development, such as murals or products for sale, created by professional Georgia artists; an arts project or program, such as a festival or performance, that involves a local arts organization, attracts tourists and strengthens visibility of the local arts; or historic preservation projects that add to the local tourism product portfolio. Although the grant does not fund administration fees or salaries, some related expenses may be eligible. For instance, individual artist fees are not considered administration or salaries and are therefore eligible. Additionally, music equipment or stage lighting for a performance at a festival are also examples of acceptable expenditures. 

"We are very excited about the opportunity to partner with the Georgia Council for the Arts to support the role of the arts in the tourism industry," said Bruce Green, Tourism Product Development Director for the Georgia Department of Economic Development. "Tourism Product Development grants seek to financially support tourism development activities at the local level in both urban and rural areas."

 The submission deadline for all application materials is September 30, 2011. Guidelines and additional information are available for download and review via the websites for the Georgia Department of Economic Development and Georgia Council for the Arts.

About GDEcD

The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) is the state's sales and marketing arm, the lead agency for attracting new business investment, encouraging the expansion of existing industry and small businesses, locating new markets for Georgia products, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a destination for arts events and location for film, music and digital entertainment projects, as well as planning and mobilizing state resources for economic development

GCA Contact:

Jhai James

Public Information Officer

404.962.4839  

GDEcD Contact:

Stefanie Paupeck

Communications Specialist

404.962.4075 

Collaborative Publications- Next Objectivi

As always, the Next Objectivists will convene our free poetry workshop at the Mess Hall in Rogers Park at 7:00 pm. Please join us! The Mess Hall is located at 6932 North Glenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Cozied up next to the Morse Street Red Line stop. Our meetings are pot lucks and beer lucky. Everyone is invited!

The Next Objectivists is the world's only %100 autonomous poetry workshop dedicated to the study & reproduction of the OUTSIDEREAL. We meet approximately twice a month to read, write, eat & converse together about the poetics and politics associated with the Objectivist Poets and other writers who have refused the one person - one voice paradigm of professionalized poetry production. All events are free & open to the public.

+ Schedule of meetings for Summer & Fall 2011:  

Friday July 29 Printers Ball  http://www.printersball.org/

Thursday August 4th

Tuesday August 16th

Tuesday August 30th

Tuesday September 13

Tuesday Sept 27

Tuesday Oct 11

Tuesday Oct 25.

Excerpts from Grand Piano, 0 to 9, and Unnatural Acts can be downloaded at the links below.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7387246/KaneonUnnaturalActs.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7387246/UnnaturalActsand0to9.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7387246/GrandPiano.pdf

Haters/ By Maya Angelou

(Email submitted by Cynthia Williams, posted by Alpha Bruton)

Haters/ By Maya Angelou

A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.

They are very negative people to say the least. 

Nothing is ever

Good enough!

When you make your mark,

you will always attract some haters...That's why you have to be careful with  whom you share your

Blessings and your dreams, because some folk can't handle seeing you blessed...

It's dangerous to be like somebody else... If God wanted you to be like somebody else, He would have given you what He gave them!  Right?

You never know what people have gone through to get what they have...

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story....

If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher there too!

We've all got some haters among us!

Some people envy you because you can:

a) Have a relationship with God

b) Light up a room when you walk in

c) Start your own business

d) Tell a man/woman to hit the curb (If he/she isn't about the right thing)

e) You are a strong person and don't let people run you over

 f) You have a strong and loving marriage and they can't get in-between spouses to spoil it

Haters can't stand to see you happy.

Haters will never want to see you succeed. Most of our haters are people who are supposed to be on our side (like some family and friends).

How do you handle your undercover haters? You can handle these haters by:

   1. Knowing who you are & who your true friends are

          *(VERY IMPORTANT!!)

2. Having a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job. You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be.

Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you

      3. By remembering that what you have is by divine

              Prerogative and not human manipulation.

Fulfill your dreams!  You only have one life to live...when its your

Time to leave this earth, you want to be able to say, 'I've lived my

Life and fulfilled my dreams, Now I'm ready to go HOME!

When God gives you favor, you can tell your haters, 'Don't look at

Me...Look at who is in charge of me...'

Pass this to all of your family & friends who you know are

Not hating on you including the person who sent it to you.

If you don't get it back, maybe you called somebody out!

Don't worry about it, it's not your problem, it's theirs.

Just pray for them, that their life can be as fulfilled as

Yours! Watch out for Haters..

BUT most of all don't become A HATER!

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man

Should have to seek Him first to find her.--

"The Writer's Well is now taking applications for resident artist, visit our web blog link application...

To the Pen!"

 Maya Angelou

IS THIS A VACATION? WAYS TO FUND YOUR PROFESSIONAL GETAWAY

IS THIS A VACATION?  The Studio of the Key West

Yes, but it's also a new form of professional development, in a place that will welcome and honor your presence, at a new kind of creative community.

THE FINE PRINT

Cultural managers, arts administrators, artistic directors and producers, program officers and curators who can get away from their busy roles for a week or two are welcome to express interest in the TSKW Cultural Manager Residency. Participants must be able to cover travel to and from Key West, as well as some living expenses while on the island.

Fees, stipends, and funding for residencies Most artists ask: "Where can I go that's free?" The short answer is, nothing is free. While some residencies charge fees, some charge nothing, and some provide funding, any residency will cost you something as an individual. So the real question is: "What will participating in this residency cost me?"

Determining cost

The total cost of a residency includes whether there are fees required or stipends provided, but also includes the direct costs to you (including meals, materials, and transportation), as well as the indirect costs (loss of income from jobs, or whether you’re maintaining a home while you are away, among other factors). For example, a residency that charges fees but provides three meals a day and is within driving distance may actually cost you less than a residency that offers a small stipend, but no food, and that you have to fly to. A one-month residency that charges nothing (while you are still paying rent and utilities on your apartment at home) may cost you more than a 3-month residency that charges fees (if you find someone to sublet your apartment).

Once you've narrowed down a list of residencies you are interested in, list all the factors that have a financial impact, so you can more accurately compare residencies.

Scholarships and subsidies

Many residencies that charge fees also have full or partial scholarships available or offer partial subsidies through work-exchange (for example, working in the kitchen a few days a week, teaching a workshop, or assisting with the box-office for performances). Some scholarships are based on financial need, while others are for artists working in specific disciplines or from particular geographic areas. If you don't see information on scholarships or subsidies listed on the residency program's website, it never hurts to ask!

Other funding sources

Even if a residency charges fees, there may be many other funding sources available. Most state arts councils have grants for individual artists that can be applied to travel costs, materials, etc. Community foundations are also a good source of funding, through professional development, research, or project grants.

The Foundation Center is the largest resource on funders in the U.S., and separates their databases by grants for individuals and grants for organizations. The grants for individuals database includes tutorials, sample proposals, and other tools to assist you in your grant-seeking.

Online funding resources

Foundation Center

Intro to narrowing your search

Free online tools for individuals

Online directory ($9.95/month subscription)

List of libraries where you can access the database for free

State Arts Councils (in the U.S. and territories)

List of state arts councils that fund individual artists

Contact information for each state arts council Arts and Humanities

Free online database of international funding sources and other resources

New York Foundation for the Arts / NYFA Source

Free online database of grants, fellowships, and other opportunities for artists

Other resources

Alumni and student career resources

Almost every college or university has an office of career development, and most offer career services -- online or in person -- to alumni as well as current students. Your specific department or dean may also be able to assist with researching grant and residency opportunities, putting together a funding proposal, and developing a strategy for your creative career.

Fractured Atlas

A national network of more than 50,000 arts organizations and individual artists of all disciplines (visual artists, dancers/choreographers, musicians/composers, writers, filmmakers, and more), Fractured Atlas connects its members to career-building resources.

GYST-Ink

GYST (Getting Your Sh*T together) provides artists with a variety of tools for planning their careers, including in-person workshops and computer software that includes sample business plans, grant proposals, and more.

http://www.museumsusa.org/members/forms/200040

https://www.artistcommunities.org/

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