Resource Bulletin

Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for Spring 2019. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists.

Application Fee: $25

Deadline: June 18, 2019

For more information, click here.

Creativity Grant Applications are now open for eligible activities occurring within Fiscal Year 2019 (March 15, 2019 - June 30, 2019). Please note: Applications for eligible activities beginning in FY20 (starting July 1, 2019) can be submitted after April 1. 

The purpose of the Creativity Grant Program is to strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small organizations to maintain a strong and stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. Applicants may only submit one application per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).

The Creativity Grant Program supports eligible activities of Independent Artists and Small Organizations with grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,500. There is no matching fund requirement for Creativity Grants. For more information, see Creativity Grant Eligible Activities.

Deadlines for the Creativity Grant Program are rolling. Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) will begin accepting applications on February 1, 2019 for the FY19 Application cycle and on April 1, 2019 for the FY20 Application cycle. The grant period for FY19 is February 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019. The grant period for FY20 is July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020. Funded activities must occur within the grant period and begin no more than 90 days following submission of an application. Applications will be reviewed monthly, and Creativity Grants will be awarded throughout the fiscal year until allocated funding is depleted.

Please read the guidelines thoroughly prior to completing the application to confirm eligibility and timeline. Please contact Dana Parsons at dana.parsons@maryland.gov with any questions.  

For more information, click here. 

Women’s Studio Workshop hosts a Ceramics Internship. You’ll work directly with the Ceramics Studio Manager, preparing for our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser. During this mid-winter event, WSW warms up our local community by presenting over 900 handmade bowls, mugs, and tumblers for sale. You’ll work on a production scale, creating between 300 and 600 vessels, depending on the studio’s need. After the Fiesta is over, you may also teach one of our month-long spring ceramics courses.

Responsibilities:

• Wheel-throwing and hand-building

• Glazing and surface design

• Loading and firing electric kilns

• Providing assistance to community members and volunteers in the studio

• Maintaining the ceramics studio and equipment

• Performing administrative duties relating to Chili Bowl, as necessary

Required:

• Wheel-throwing experience

• An interest in functional clay

All internships include a private room in WSW’s on-campus Anne Atwood House and a stipend of $400/month. Interns work 40 hours/week, generally Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:00, but the schedule may change to accommodate the Workshop’s programming. Outside working hours, and with respect to residents’ work, interns have unlimited studio access. Though the ceramics intern leaves before our group exhibition, she is still welcome to include her work in the show.

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2019

For more information, click here.

Women’s Studio Workshop hosts a Ceramics Internship. You’ll work directly with the Ceramics Studio Manager, preparing for our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser. During this mid-winter event, WSW warms up our local community by presenting over 900 handmade bowls, mugs, and tumblers for sale. You’ll work on a production scale, creating between 300 and 600 vessels, depending on the studio’s need. After the Fiesta is over, you may also teach one of our month-long spring ceramics courses.

Responsibilities:

• Wheel-throwing and hand-building
• Glazing and surface design
• Loading and firing electric kilns
• Providing assistance to community members and volunteers in the studio
• Maintaining the ceramics studio and equipment
• Performing administrative duties relating to Chili Bowl, as necessary

Required:

• Wheel-throwing experience
• An interest in functional clay

All internships include a private room in WSW’s on-campus Anne Atwood House and a stipend of $400/month. Interns work 40 hours/week, generally Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:00, but the schedule may change to accommodate the Workshop’s programming. Outside working hours, and with respect to residents’ work, interns have unlimited studio access. Though the ceramics intern leaves before our group exhibition, she is still welcome to include her work in the show.

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2019

For more information, click here.

Women’s Studio Workshop hosts a Ceramics Internship. You’ll work directly with the Ceramics Studio Manager, preparing for our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser. During this mid-winter event, WSW warms up our local community by presenting over 900 handmade bowls, mugs, and tumblers for sale. You’ll work on a production scale, creating between 300 and 600 vessels, depending on the studio’s need. After the Fiesta is over, you may also teach one of our month-long spring ceramics courses.

Responsibilities:

• Wheel-throwing and hand-building
• Glazing and surface design
• Loading and firing electric kilns
• Providing assistance to community members and volunteers in the studio
• Maintaining the ceramics studio and equipment
• Performing administrative duties relating to Chili Bowl, as necessary

Required:

• Wheel-throwing experience
• An interest in functional clay

All internships include a private room in WSW’s on-campus Anne Atwood House and a stipend of $400/month. Interns work 40 hours/week, generally Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:00, but the schedule may change to accommodate the Workshop’s programming. Outside working hours, and with respect to residents’ work, interns have unlimited studio access. Though the ceramics intern leaves before our group exhibition, she is still welcome to include her work in the show.

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2019

For more information, click here.

Women’s Studio Workshop hosts a Ceramics Internship. You’ll work directly with the Ceramics Studio Manager, preparing for our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser. During this mid-winter event, WSW warms up our local community by presenting over 900 handmade bowls, mugs, and tumblers for sale. You’ll work on a production scale, creating between 300 and 600 vessels, depending on the studio’s need. After the Fiesta is over, you may also teach one of our month-long spring ceramics courses.

Responsibilities:

Wheel-throwing and hand-building

Glazing and surface design

Loading and firing electric kilns

Providing assistance to community members and volunteers in the studio

Maintaining the ceramics studio and equipment

Performing administrative duties relating to Chili Bowl, as necessary

Required:

Wheel-throwing experience

An interest in functional clay

All internships include a private room in WSW’s on-campus Anne Atwood House and a stipend of $400/month. Interns work 40 hours/week, generally Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:00, but the schedule may change to accommodate the Workshop’s programming. Outside working hours, and with respect to residents’ work, interns have unlimited studio access. Though the ceramics intern leaves before our group exhibition, she is still welcome to include her work in the show.

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2019

For more information, click here.

Women’s Studio Workshop hosts a Ceramics Internship. You’ll work directly with the Ceramics Studio Manager, preparing for our annual Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser. During this mid-winter event, WSW warms up our local community by presenting over 900 handmade bowls, mugs, and tumblers for sale. You’ll work on a production scale, creating between 300 and 600 vessels, depending on the studio’s need. After the Fiesta is over, you may also teach one of our month-long spring ceramics courses.

All internships include a private room in WSW’s on-campus Anne Atwood House and a stipend of $400/month. Interns work 40 hours/week, generally Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:00, but the schedule may change to accommodate the Workshop’s programming. Outside working hours, and with respect to residents’ work, interns have unlimited studio access. Though the ceramics intern leaves before our group exhibition, she is still welcome to include her work in the show.

Deadline for Submission: June 30, 2019

For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions: Moho Art Prize 2019: 7/12

Moho Art Prize is an important award given to the best international talents in contemporary art. The total of prizes awarded is 30.000,00 €. Awarded categories: painting, sculpture and installation, photography, new media (video, digital, performance, other). Applications are reserved for artists under 50 years old of any nationality. Application for Single Project - The single project must consist of a minimum of 3 works, belonging to the same single project or series. There are no limits to the number of works submitted for the same project. For evaluation purposes only the single project or series will be considered. Application for Entire Production - All works must belong to the same artist. There are no limits to the number of works presented. For the purposes of evaluation, all the artist's artistic production will be taken into consideration.

Entry Fee: Application fees vary.

Deadline: July 12, 2019.

For more information and submitting applications,click here.

The Luminary  presents The Futures Fund, a new regranting initiative to support innovative artist projects throughout the St. Louis region. Futures Fund was founded to provide essential support to projects that exemplify the unique possibilities of St. Louis, deeply engage its past, present and possible futures, and model new ways of working within our region.

As an expansion of The Luminary's ongoing commitment to support emergent and experimental artist projects outside our walls, Futures Fund is open to any artist, collective, collaboration, arts organization, or one-off project that pushes the boundaries of what is possible within our region. Projects have to be centered in the visual arts, have a public presence and impact, and have a strong connection to St. Louis. Applications are open now through July 15th and stay tuned for public info sessions being announced soon.

Deadline for Submission: July 15, 2019

For more information and to apply, click here.

Fledgling has an open rolling application process for grants to support outreach and engagement for social issue documentary film projects that have the potential to inspire positive social change around issues that affect the most vulnerable.

Applicants can submit online at any time and will be asked to include a description of the project, its social change goals and plans for moving the project forward. Typically, film projects have at least a rough cut. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis and applicants will be notified of decisions within three months.

Grants typically range from $10K – $25K. Fledgling supports audience engagement planning and implementation. Support for planning is for building the strategy for outreach and engagement and can be used before a project is complete to prepare for its launch.

Grants are NOT available to support production or post-production.

Deadline: Ongoing

For more information and to Apply, click here.

Non-fiction visual stories that bring together diverse communities are more urgent now than ever, and Fledgling believes that they need to be deployed quickly, in a range of formats, to help amplify the work of individual leaders, nonprofits and movements. The people behind Fledgling know filmmakers and other media makers have creative ideas about how to do this (and sometimes have footage that can be repurposed), but often lack the financial resources to implement them quickly.

To that end, Fledgling’s Special Fund for Rapid Story Deployment provides grants ranging from $2,500-$10,000 to support short non-fiction films and/or other visual stories that can be completed and distributed quickly. Priority will be given to projects that have a plan to distribute the work in ways that deepen the debate around our most critical social issues and those that are well positioned to make an impact quickly.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and must be submitted via our online application system.

The review process will be expedited, and Fledgling will notify applicants of the proposal’s status within two weeks

Deadline: Ongoing

For more information and to Apply, click here.

The Maryland State Arts Council is seeking panelists to review grant applications for the 2020 Fiscal year.

Each year, the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) relies on a diverse array of art experts from the field to do the important work of evaluating grant applications submitted by Maryland arts organizations and arts programs. Panelists review grant applications, conduct on-site interviews, and artistic evaluations, and submit written reports on assigned applicant organizations prior to a mandatory spring Grants Review Panel Meeting.

Serving as a panelist is a great opportunity to learn about Maryland arts organizations and the granting processes of the Maryland State Arts Council. National arts organizations (National Endowment for the Arts, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Americans for the Arts) have clarified approaches to uncover cultural bias in the procedures and policies of state arts organizations. In response, the Maryland State Arts Council has committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in grantmaking as all funding mechanisms continue to be examined and updated.

The design of the Grants for Organizations FY2020 application is meant to inspire authentic reflection and internal analysis for each applying organization, with the knowledge that the Maryland State Arts Council is to be seen and utilized as a collaborative partner in the process.

The driving goals of this new vision for the granting processes are:

• To acknowledge positions of privilege while questioning practices, shifting paradigms of status quo arts activities, and taking more risks.
• To yield a greater variety of funded projects.
• To eliminate biases that may be found in any part of the granting process (i.e. - applications, panelist procedures, adjudication systems).
• To expand the deliberations about rigor beyond current conventions or Western traditions.
• To aspire to make investments that contribute to social change and demonstrate aesthetic excellence in terms relevant to context and intent.

After applications have been reviewed, panelists are appointed by the Maryland State Arts Council for a one-year term, which may be renewed, and receive a modest honorarium and travel reimbursement for serving.

Deadline: Ongoing

For more application information, click here.

Grant Opportunity: Spanish Film Club:4/15 (Ongoing)

Spanish Film Club, an initiative by PRAGDA, offers grants twice a year to help high schools and universities bring the very best in contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinema to campuses with the aim of introducing students to the language and cultures of these territories. More than 150 schools have participated in the program so far.

HOW IT WORKS

• Grants cover up to 50% of the festival costs

• Universities screen 5 films or more in 8 weeks

• Two grant deadlines: April 15 and October 15, 2019

• More than 80 Award-winning titles from +25 countries

• Virtual Q&As with filmmakers

• Study Guides available

• 150+ universities participating so far

Submit the applications: click here.

OTHER DETAILS, click here.

For any question, you may contact Daniela Bajar at filmclub@pragda.com.