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Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Grants for Artists 2010

The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund invites visual artists (excluding filmmakers, video artists, and performance artists) to apply for grants to enable recipients to develop their talent and concentrate on their art. Artists must be 40 years or older, and must live within 150 miles of Washington, D.C. Four grants totaling $65,000 were awarded in 2009. Applications must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2010.
Application forms are available for download from the Fund’s new Web site, www.baderfund.org, or by writing to the Fund at: 5505 Connecticut Avenue, NW #268, Washington, D.C. 20015.
Send email inquiries to grants@baderfund.org. Please note that applicants may submit images of their work either on CD or in slide form.

POSTED: July 24, 2010

Announcing Fellowship Opportunity

2010 Civil Society Institute/Vermont Studio Center
Urban Artists Fellowship Program

The Civil Society Institute and the Vermont Studio Center are pleased to announce the availability of one (1) month-long residency fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center to be awarded as a part of the VSC October 1, 2010 Fellowship competition.

Established in 2001, this annual program provides three (3) visual artist fellowships each year, one (1) of which is awarded at each of VSC’s three fellowship deadlines. The CSI/VSC awards are intended to support minority artists with demonstrable financial need from Baltimore, Jersey City, and New Haven.

Each CSI award includes a $500 travel allowance/stipend and a month-long residency at the Vermont Studio Center, an international creative community located in the heart of the northern Green Mountains serving more than 600 artists and writers (50 per month) each year. All VSC residents receive a private studio and housing, three excellent meals per day, the company of a national and international community of artists and writers in residence each month, and interaction with a roster of distinguished visiting artists. The available residency period for the October award is the winter and spring of 2011.

To apply, visit the VSC website. There is no application fee for the CSI/VSC fellowship. On the application form, be sure to check the Special Fellowship Award box and write CSI/VSC in the space provided. Applications must be RECEIVED by October 1, 2010, with notification in early November.

For more information, contact VSC at 802-635-2727.

Deadline: October 1, 2010

Funding For Professional Fine Artists And Their Families

Funding available during times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. The Fellowship does not accept requests from performance artists, filmmakers, craft artists, hobbyists, commercial artists, or commercial photographers. For more information, contact: Artists' Fellowship, Inc., 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003; 646.230.9833; or visit: http://www.artistsfellowship.com.

POSTED: May 15, 2007

FUNDING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will consider need on the part of an applicant for all legitimate expenditures relating to his or her professional work and personal living, including medical expenses. The size and length of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Grants range from $1,000 to $30,000. For more info contact the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc at 212.288.2836 or grants@pkf.org
http://www.pkf.org

POSTED: May 15, 2007