September 2008

9/1   Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - provides project support to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts; projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. The program also supports the creation of new work through regranting initiatives and artist-in-residence programs. The work of choreographers and performing artists occasionally is funded when the visual arts are an inherent element of a production. The Foundation also supports efforts to strengthen areas that directly affect the context in which artists work - such as freedom of artistic expression and equitable access to resources. Notification 1/1 (also 3/1).

9/1   Harden Foundation - funds arts and culture in Monterey County, especially in Salinas. The Foundation will consider proposals for one-time capital grants, special projects, and operating support. Requests for ongoing operating support are discouraged. Grant requests should not exceed $100,000 (also 3/1).

9/1   Argosy Foundation: Contemporary Music Fund - supports the creation, performance, and recording of new music. Must be submitted online. (Also 3/1).

9/1   Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts - offers 2 - to - 8 week residencies for writers, visual artists, and music composers in Nebraska City, NB. The program provides housing, studio space, and a $100/week stipend. There is a $25 application fee. Approximately 38 residencies are awarded per year. The 9/1 deadline is for the following January through June 15 (also 3/1 for the following July through December 15).

9/2   Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation LOI (except for previous grantees in teh past five years) - Funds organizations that benefit community services/social services, youth, primary and secondary education, and the arts. Considers applications solely from organizations located in and/or providing services to the residents of the City and County of San Francisco. Can email of postmark, but email preferable. Full application deadline, if invited, is 10/1.

9/5   National Endowment for the Arts: The Arts on Radio and Television - supports projects for radio and television arts programs that are intended for national broadcast. Grants generally range from $20,000 to $200,000. Project period begins 5/1.

9/8   USArtists International (USAI) - a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, USAI is the only national initiative solely dedicated to promoting the work of American performing artists abroad. Formerly limited to supporting dance and music ensembles invited to perform at international festival in Europe, USAI will now encompass festivals anywhere in the world outside the United States. The program will also be open to support American theater companies and solo performances in all performing arts disciplines. This deadline is for projects taking place between 11/1/08 and 10/31/09 (also 1/9/09 for projects taking place 3/1/09-2/28/10, and 5/4/09 for projects taking place 7/1/09-6/30/10).

9/12   Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund Round 3 - an international travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will assist professionals within the presenting field to build partnerships and collaborations. These new relationships will lead to expanded presenting and touring opportunities in the U.S. for deserving international work, and support long term development projects, residencies or commissions.

9/12   Jim Henson Foundation: Full Proposal (if invited) - must have submitted LOI on 5/2/08.

9/15   The John Simon Guggemheim Memorial Foundation annually offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions. The foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellowships are not available for students. The foundation only supports individuals; it does not make grants to institutions or organizations.

9/15   The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. (ELA) (Online Program Approval Deadline) (RECEIPT deadline) - supports programs that support professional artists with disabilities or encourage a professional environment while enhancing creativity among people with disabilities who are not professional artists themselves; program approval must be gained prior to submission of application on 11/1.

9/15   Grants for the Arts Nonrecurring Events Fund - (formerly the Promotion Fund) provides funding for San Francisco arts organizations not currently on the GFTA docket, to promote one-time only extraordinary programming opportunities such as first-time festivals and celebrations, promotion of a new venue, or a significant program that may provide an unusual boost to the organization. Grants up to $10,000, not to exceed 25% of the project budget. For events scheduled for the following January or later.

9/15   Carol Franc Buck Foundation - main focus is on aiding in the production of opera, symphony concert series, and productions in theater and ballet. For guidelines call Marya A. Beam at (775) 831-6366 or write to Carol Franc Buck Foundation, 341 Ski Way, Incline Village, NV 89451 (also 3/15 for summer projects).

9/15   Judith Rothschild Foundation Grant Program in Painting, Sculpture, and Photography - makes grants to present, preserve, or interpret work of the highest aesthetic merit by lesser known American artists who have died after September 12, 1976 or before March 7, 2008; examples of grants include support for: the organization of exhibitions; the acquisition of works of art for display and study in museums and public galleries; the development of accompanying public programs, films, or videos; the preparation of publications; scholarly and critical pursuits; and, the conservation, cataloguing, and safe-keeping of works of art. Provides project support for projects in painting, indcluding works on paper, collage and relief; sculpture; and photography; multi-media, film, video, performance, conceptual art or crafts are not included.

9/15   Sullivan Foundation (RECEIPT deadline) - provides cash awards to gifted singers in the early stages of their professional careers to be used for any career-related purpose. Applications are for auditions to be held in New York on November 3, 4, and 5.

9/15  Aaron Copland Contemporary Music Supplemental Program - Funds contemporary music projects of organizations not covered under performing ensembles or recording program (e.g. presenters).

9/15  J.M Kaplan Fund Furthermore Program - supports nonfiction book publishing about the city; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues. Applicants must be 501c3 organizations. Grant recipients have included civic and academic institutions, museums, independent and university presses, and professional societies. Trade publishers and public agencies may apply for grants in partnerhip with an eligible nonprofit sponsor. Applications from individuals are not accepted. Grants range from $500 to approximately $15,000 each and may support writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding (also 3/15).

9/19   San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Commissions - makes grants to individual artists living and working in San Francisco for a specific personal artistic project which, in turn, stimulates the creation and presentation of high quality works of art throughout the City's neighborhoods; the 2008-09 round is for literary, media, and visual arts; grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded. Guidelines available on website in July.

9/19   National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring (ONLINE RECEIPT DEADLINE) - funding to achieve the following outcome: through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality -- that otherwise would not be available -- will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Grants generally range from $30,000 to $300,000.

9/22   CA$H Grant for Dance - A program of Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with Dancers' Group, is a grants program designed by artists for artists to support professionally oriented theatre and dance artists and small companies with budets under $100,000. Its purpose is to spark a creative surge throughout Northern California's theatre and dance community by providing grants to artists ($2,500) and small-sized organizations ($5,000). Funding decisions are made by a rotating five-member panel.

9/22   CA$H Grant for Dance - A program of Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with Dancers' Group, is a grants program designed by artists for artists to support professionally oriented theatre and dance artists and small companies with budets under $100,000. Its purpose is to spark a creative surge throughout Northern California's theatre and dance community by providing grants to artists ($2,500) and small-sized organizations ($5,000). Funding decisions are made by a rotating five-member panel.

8/4 - 9/22   Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program - a three-year initiative designed to support writers working on contemporary art. The program aims to promote critical discourse that is both rigorous and accessible, to foster innovation in arts writing, and to encourage writing that nurtures connections between art and the public at large. The program will recognize and support the contribution of individual arts writers through project-based grants ranging from $3,000 to $50,000 each. Contemporary art historians, critics, curators, journalists, and experts from other disciplines who focus on the visual arts are invited to apply.

9/26   San Francisco Arts Commission Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships Program: Realization Grant - Over three years, the Arts & Communities Initiative will seed and make visible fresh, dynamic, and meaningful ways that arts and non-arts sectors can creatively work together to invigorate San Francisco's rich and diverse neighborhoods and communities. The Initiative will support artists and arts organizations of any medium, as they embrace the role of lead partners, and work closely with community partners, their leaderships, and constituencies. Two types of grants are available: 1) Exploration Grants - for the exploration of ideas and to engage in substantive planning. Awards will be between $5,000 and $10,000 for a period of up to nine months. 2) Realization Grants - to support well-conceived and planning projects. Awards are up to $35,000 over a period of eighteen months. Check the website or call CEG staff for Exploration Grant deadline. Organizations applying to the Arts Commission: Cultural Equity Grants Programs are now required to have their California Cultural Data Project profile completed in order to apply.

9/26   National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Presenting (RECEIPT deadline) - presentations of hte performing, visual, media, design, and literary arts of the highest quality - that otherwise would not be available - will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000.

9/30   Adobe Action Grants - provides support for organizations in southern San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, and southern Alameda County that promote and provide cultural awareness and arts education programs for the broader community; grantmaking focus is on arts and cultural organizations with the mission or principal focus on the creation, promotion, and exhibition of visual arts, multimedia, or video. Notification 11/30.

9/30   Marin Arts Council Career Development Grants - designed to enable Marin artists to pursue opportunities which further their careers. Examples include attending a booking conference or audition, purchase of a specific piece of equipment, or professional documentation of an artist's work. These grants are open to artists in all disciplines. The maximum grant amount is $1,500 (also 2/15, 5/15).

ALSO:    Society for the Arts in Healthcare Consultancy Grants (RECEIPT deadline) - through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the SAHC offers a Consultancy Service to assist organizations in developing, re-imagining or sustaining their arts in healthcare programs. Consultations can provide advice on programs utilizing a diversity of arts media including performing arts, visual arts, literature, film, or design as well as interdisciplinary programs serving an equally wide array of patient populations and clients. Projects can range from specific technical assistance such as designing a job description, creating a survey, feedback on a grant application, or developing guidelines for exhibitions to broader strategic plans. Prospective clients can request the number of hours that would be most appropriate for their needs. 2007 deadline was 9/15. New guidelines will be announced in summer or fall of 2008. Keep checking website.

ALSO:    Marin Arts Council Career Development Grants - Designed to enable Marin artists to pursue opportunities which further their careers. Examples include attending a booking conference or audition, purchase of a specific piece of equipment, or professional documentation of an artist's work. These grants are open to artists in all disciplines. The maximum grant amount is $1,500 (also 2/13, 5/15; fall 2007 deadline was 9/17). Keep checking the website.

ALSO:   Frameline Film and Video Completion Fund provides $5,000 to $10,000 grants for the completion of documentary, educational, narrative, animated, and experimental media projects about or of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their communities. Applications from women and people of color are encouraged. Works may be of any length and in any film or video format. No funds available for script development, research, pre-production, or production. VHS (NTSC or PAL) videotape of work-in-progress required with proposal. Work must be completed within 12 months of receiving grant. (Was 10/10 in 2007; keep checking website).

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