Grants for Week 10/5/2005

GIFT OF FREEDOM AWARDS Fellowships of $50,000 designed to bridge the often fatal gap between a woman’s economic reality and her artistic creation. One fellowship awarded biennially. A Room Of Her Own Foundation P. O. Box 778 Placitas , NM 87043 (phone) 505-867-5373 Email: Info@ARoomOfHerOwnFoundation.org Website: http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org   MONEY FOR WOMEN/BARBARA DEMING MEMORIAL FUND, INC. Grants of up to $1,500 to poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, visual artists, and for a mixed-genre category (illustration and text) to feminist women in the arts. Application fee is $20. Two application deadlines each year: December 31 (art and fiction) and June 30 (nonfiction … Continue reading Grants for Week 10/5/2005

GRANTS September 22, 2008

NORTHWEST INSTITUTE ITALY FELLOWSHIP http://www.northwestinstitute.com/266/2009-fellowships.html — The Fellowship Program is NIAUSI’s major effort. Italy’s central role in the development of Western culture, provides a singular setting for recipients to participate in this rich tradition by studying continuity and change in Italian architecture, culture, art, and history. For 2009, Niausi is offering one fellowship for a residency of two months, and several fellowships for one month residencies at its Civita Institute, located in Civita di Bagnoregio, a unique and rustic hill town near Orvieto, approximately 100 kilometers north of Rome. Since its inception, NIAUSI has awarded more than 25 Fellowships, to … Continue reading GRANTS September 22, 2008

GRANTS WEEK 9/15/2008

ARROWHEAD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL http://www.aracouncil.org/individual-grants.html — McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Career Development Grant program provides developing and established regional artists with funds of up to $1,000 to take advantage of an impending or artist generated, concrete opportunity. The project must represent a unique, short-term opportunity that will have a significant impact on the applicant’s career. These grants are not meant to support the completion of ongoing work or to develop commercial venues for an artist’s art. Artists working in the visual, literary, or performing arts are eligible to apply to this program. Deadline November 28, 2008. The Council serves the art … Continue reading GRANTS WEEK 9/15/2008

GRANTS FELLOWSHIPS SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITIONS 8/25/2008

URBAN LEADERS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM http://americancity.org/fellows — Next American City is currently seeking candidates for our Urban Leaders Fellowship Program, a unique opportunity to write about the development of our nation’s cities. The nine-month, part-time fellowship comes with a $10,000 stipend. Through substantial contribution to our print magazine and website, as well as a presence in other media outlets throughout the country, our fellows will conduct new research and in-depth reportage on the issues at the forefront of urban change. In addition to diversifying and expanding the editorial content of our publications, our primary goal is to have a long-term, positive … Continue reading GRANTS FELLOWSHIPS SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITIONS 8/25/2008

Opportunities – Grants and Awards

Futhermore Grants http://www.furthermore.org/ The Furthermore program is concerned with nonfiction book publishing about the city; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues of the day. Our grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding. Grants made directly to the publishers must be nonprofit in nature. Grants from $500 to roughly $15,000 are awarded in spring and fall with March 15 and September 15 deadlines.   A Room Of Her Own Foundation Literary Gift of Freedom Award A Room Of Her Own Foundation is dedicated … Continue reading Opportunities – Grants and Awards