Grants
National Endowment for the Arts Accepting Grant Applications for Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
June 10, 2010, Application Deadline
The National Endowment for the Arts' Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth category offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art.
All proposed projects must provide the chance for students to experience exemplary works of art (e.g., live performances); to study works of art in order to understand their cultural and social contexts and to appreciate their technical and/or aesthetic qualities; and to create artwork. Projects must also provide for the assessment of students according to national or state arts education standards.
Learning in the Arts projects may take place in school- or community-based settings and should focus on children and youth between the ages of 5 and 18 years. School-based projects are for children and youth in kindergarten through grade 12 and must be directly connected to the school curriculum and instructional program. Please note that the endowment does not make awards directly to individual elementary or secondary schools. Schools may participate as partners in projects for which another eligible organization applies. Local education agencies (school districts) and state and regional education agencies are also eligible to apply.
Community-based projects are for children and youth between the ages of 5 and 18. This area supports important activities and training in the arts that occur outside of the school system. These activities may be offered by arts organizations or by other community-based non-arts organizations or agencies in partnership with artists and arts groups.
See the NEA Web site for complete program information.
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VSA arts Invites Applications From Teaching Artists With Disabilities for Professional Development Fellowship Program
VSA arts is seeking applications from artist-educators for the Teaching Artist Fellowship, a program to identify, engage, and support outstanding teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts.
Benefits to Teaching Artist Fellows include a professional development retreat in Washington, D.C., designed especially for teaching artists; subscriptions/memberships within the teaching artist network (i.e., Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education, Teaching Theatre); networking and teaching opportunities in Washington, D.C., and other areas (stipend and travel costs included); and enrollment in VSA Community of Practice, a professional development Web site. Fellows will also serve as facilitators for VSA education programs and will be profiled in VSA publications.
The program is open to artists with disabilities who have had experience working in pre-K-12 classrooms within the past three years. Applicants should demonstrate artistic achievement in visual or performing arts. (Note: This program is designed specifically for teaching artists. Classroom instructors are not eligible for the fellowship.)
See the VSA arts Web site for complete program information.
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National Geographic All Roads Film Project Offers Seed Grants for Indigenous Storytellers
The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic initiative dedicated to helping indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world showcase their works and promote greater knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience. All Roads includes a film festival, photography program, and seed-grant program.
The seed-grant program is open to indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers as well as filmmakers who can demonstrate that they have been designated by indigenous or minority communities to tell their story. Grants funds should be used toward the development and production of a feature film, long documentary, short documentary, shorts, animation, or music video.
The program awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 to up to sixteen film projects annually. Funding may be used for equipment, travel for field research, editing time, etc.
Submission deadlines are quarterly on the 15th of March, June, September, and December.
Visit the All Roads Web page for complete guidelines and application instructions.
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