Creative Capital GRANTS
Creative Capital
APPLICATION PERIOD: March 4 - April 4, 2024
INFO: For our 25th Anniversary, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
Grants are awarded via a democratic, national, open call, external review process. Our goal is to fund individual artists creating conceptually, aesthetically, and formally challenging, risk-taking, and never-before-seen projects.
GRANT APPLICATION DETAILS:
Creative Capital is committed to groundbreaking ideas that challenge what art can be. As Creative Capital Awardees have demonstrated, socially impactful ideas are embedded in a myriad of artistic forms and practices. We invite artists to propose experimental, original, bold projects in the visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms which push boundaries formally and/or thematically.
We invite artists to select a primary discipline for their proposals based on which experts are most suited and qualified to review the project proposal, with the understanding that radical art is often by nature interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or antidisciplinary. By choosing to apply within a certain disciplinary category, we are asking you to choose how you want to frame the discussion around your work and to indicate which experts are most qualified to evaluate your project proposal.
2025: 50 Grants
Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, performance art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices
Performing Arts: including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), jazz, music, opera, singing, and socially engaged and/or sustainable performing arts-based practices
Film/Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices
Technology: including augmented reality/virtual reality, bio art, data visualization, hardware, software, digital media, internet art, and socially engaged and/or sustainable technology-based practices
Literature: including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and socially engaged and/or sustainable literature-based practices
APPLICATION CYCLE:
ROUND I: Tell us your idea. Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
Along with your project title, one line project description (25 words max), project description (250 words max), resume (1 page max), and artist website (if applicable), please answer the following questions:
How does your project take an original and imaginative approach to content and form? Please be as specific as possible. (150 words)
Please place your work in context so we may better evaluate it. What are the main influences upon your work as an artist? How does your past work inform your current project? Please use concrete examples, which may include other artists’ work, art movements, cultural heritage, science, philosophy, research/work from outside the arts field, etc. (150 words)
What kind of impact—artistic, intellectual, communal, civic, social, political, environmental, etc.—do you hope your project will have? What strategies will you employ to achieve the desired impact? (100 words)
Who are the specific audiences/communities that you hope to engage through this project? Please think beyond the broader art community where possible. How are you hoping to reach them? (100 words)
How might your proposed project act as a catalyst for your artistic and professional growth? In what ways is it a pivotal moment in your practice? (100 words)
In addition to funding, Creative Capital also provides scaffolding and support services for awardees (such as expert consultations, gatherings, alumni network, workshops). How would our non-monetary services help you to realize your goals for this project and/or your long-term artistic and professional growth? (100 words)
ROUND II: Project Details
Project itemized budget (1 page)
Project timeline (1 page)
Work samples (see application handbook for guidelines)
ROUND III: Final Panel Review
Submit proof of eligibility.
Confirm collaborators (if applicable)
Project updates (optional, 100 words max)
Full application guidelines are outlined in the Application Handbook.
All applications are reviewed by external reviewers who are scholars, curators, artists, past awardees, and experts in the field. The final recommendations for the awards are reviewed and then ratified by our Board. Awardees are announced in January 2025. Under no circumstances will the reasons for the rejection of an application be provided.
Any awarded projects which are directly related to any of the 17 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals will have the opportunity to have the “Way” or the icon of that UN Sustainable Development goal attached to their project on the Creative Capital website in effort to advance the global dialogue around these critical issues impacting the future of our communities, our planet, and beyond. In keeping with the spirit of the 17 UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, we too have an expansive definition of “sustainability” that goes far beyond climate change and the environmental challenges we face—including: good health and wellbeing, affordable and clean energy, reduced inequalities, life on land, and peace, justice, and strong institutions.
2025 CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANT TIMELINE:
These dates may change.
March 4 to April 4, 2024: Letter of Inquiries (LOI) accepted
April 4, 2024 4:00 PM Eastern Time / New York Time: LOI deadline
June 2024: Notification of advancement to Round II
September 2024: Notification of advancement to Final Panel Review
January 2025: Public announcement of 2025 Creative Capital Awards
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY:
US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder
At least 25 years old
Working artist(s) with at least 5 years of professional artistic practice
Applicant may not be enrolled in a degree-granting program
May not apply to the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant program in the same year
May not have previously received a Creative Capital Award
May not be an applicant or collaborator on more than one proposed project per year
Projects that are not eligible
Projects whose main purpose is promotional
Project is to fund ongoing operations of existing business
Curation or documentation of existing work
Projects that will be completed before January, 2025.
JUROR INFORMATION:
Creative Capital invites regional, national, and international experts in a wide range of disciplines to serve in our review process. External reviewers are offered honoraria for their time and expertise. All external reviewer names are confidential until the awards are announced.
creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award
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The Native American Artist Lab
The Playwright's Realm
DEADLINE: March 11, 2024 by 11:59pm ET
INFO: The Native American Artist Lab seeks to uplift artists from Domestic Nations and projects rooted in Native practices. The program offers individualized attention to recipients and provides further support depending on the desires of participants, including but not limited to design consultations, individualized mentorship, and industry networking. A paid developmental process of up to one week culminates in a reading in New York City, with the Native Artistic Team choosing whether the reading is internal or public.
To apply for the Native American Artist Lab you must:
Have a project that would benefit from dramaturgical conversation with The Realm and a 15-hour developmental reading process. (Plays can be anything from a rough first draft to a play that is close to production-ready.)
Be able to legally work in the USA.
Be able to be present in New York City, should circumstances so allow, for a reading process of between 3-6 days at a time agreed upon by both you and The Realm.
All housing and transport costs for participation in an in-person reading will be paid by The Playwrights Realm for up to four members of the Native American artistic team.
https://playwrightsrealm.submittable.com/submit
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2024 Black Men Talk Play Festival
DEADLINE: March 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm CT
INFO: This new 10-minute play festival will be a celebration of the voices, stories, and perspectives of Black male playwrights and showcase the works of new and emerging Black male playwrights.
The 2024 Black Men Talk Play Festival will be the first play festival aimed at recognizing the voices and stories of Black male playwrights. The project is created by a seasoned playwright from Chicago where the festival will be held in August 2024.
The goal is to select plays telling authentic stories of the Black experience.
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
Playwrights are invited to submit their scripts from January 15th to March 15th. A panel of readers in the industry will carefully select the plays to be part of the festival. All submissions will receive a confirmation email. Notifications will be made on or before April 15th. The official list of selected plays and playwrights will be posted on: https://blackmentalkplayfestival.com on April 30, 2024.
SUBMISSION RULES:
Script submitted must be the final version in proper play format.
Playwrights must submit plays that run from 8-10 minutes or 8-10 pages. Your cover page should have: title of play, your name, email address, and phone number.
Plays should feature up to two to four actors.
Scripts should be written with minimal set and costume requirements.
One entry per person.
Plays must be unpublished and must not have had a professional production.
Plays must be submitted electronically in PDF format.
No musicals, screenplays, or monologues will be selected for this festival.
Your submission should be your own work.
All submissions must be submitted online.
blackmentalkplayfestival.com/submissions.html
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2024 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship
Japanese American National Museum
DEADLINE: March 17, 2024
INFO: The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) invites applications to the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship). Beginning this year, the Yamamoto Fellowship will focus on a different artistic discipline each year. The 2024 Yamamoto Fellowship grants two $5,000 unrestricted awards to two emerging writers of color who write critically about theater, dance, and/or performance art.
Irene Yamamoto (1937–2020) was a lifelong lover of the arts. Born in Los Angeles, she was incarcerated with her family in the Gila River concentration camp in Arizona during World War II. Upon returning to Los Angeles, she attended UCLA and had a long career as a production artist for several design and advertising agencies. In her free time, she loved to draw, learn new languages, visit museums, and travel.
The Yamamoto Fellowship is made possible through a gift from Sharon Mizota to honor her late aunt. This project is also supported by Critical Minded, an initiative to invest in cultural critics of color cofounded by The Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
PURPOSE: The Yamamoto Fellowship encourages emerging arts writers of color to write about works from their own cultural and political perspectives, enriching and broadening cultural criticism as a practice and profession. Theater, dance, and performance art were selected for 2024 because these art forms are still struggling in the wake of setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic.
AWARD: The Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship will be awarded to two (2) emerging writers of color, each of whom receive a $5,000 award to be spent over a six-month period. The awards are unrestricted. Funds may be used for any purpose that helps the fellows advance their careers, including paying themselves to write.
In addition to the cash award, the fellows have the opportunity to write about an exhibition for the Preserving Democracy blog and deliver a talk about their work at the Democracy Center.
A brief, written report in the form of a letter accounting for the use of funds is required at the end of the fellowship period. No receipts or other documentation are required.
ELIGIBILITY:
Eligible applicants must:
Reside in or be a citizen of the US
Be at least 18 years of age
Identify as a member of a community with ancestry in one of the original peoples of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, or Pacific Islands
Have less than 2 years of publication experience, which may include a blog or self-publishing
Have demonstrated a commitment to writing about theater, dance, or performance art
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Applicants are required to submit through our online portal. Applications should be prepared to submit the following:
Name, contact information, website, pronouns, race/ethnicity
Cover letter: Applicants must submit a cover letter (Word or PDF) introducing themselves, their work, why they are applying for the fellowship, and how they would spend the money (1000 words or less)
Resume or CV (Word/PDF) that includes all relevant published works
Short biography summarizing your background and writing interests (500 words or less)
Anything else you would like the panel to know
Writing samples
WRITING SAMPLES:
In order to ensure full consideration of your application, please make sure your writing samples fall into one of these categories:
Theater: a work of criticism or review of a dramatic presentation of a play, musical, or opera that takes place in front of a live audience.
Dance: a work of criticism or review of a performance of rhythmic or choreographed movement, usually set to music, that takes place in front of a live audience.
Performance art: a work of criticism or review of a live, time-based presentation that takes place in front of an audience. Performance art is typically hybrid and experimental in nature and may encompass many different activities and media. For the purposes of this award, it does not include live performances of popular or classical music, stand-up or improvisational comedy, nor pre-recorded film or video screenings that do not incorporate some other performative element.
Please upload between one (1) and three (3) writing samples in a Word or PDF format. The written sample(s) should include information about where and when the piece was published or appeared. All writing samples together should not exceed 3,000 words.
Please do not submit links to websites where the sample was published as they do not substitute for the actual written piece. Please do not submit works whose final, published form is an interview.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Established in 1985, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a center for civil rights, ensuring that the hard-fought lessons of the World War II incarceration are not forgotten. A Smithsonian Affiliate and one of America’s Cultural Treasures, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories. JANM is a center for the arts as well as history. It provides a voice for Japanese Americans and a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture.
The Democracy Center is a place where visitors can examine the Asian American experience, past and present, and talk about race, identity, social justice, and the shaping of democracy. It convenes and educates people of all ages about democracy to transform attitudes, celebrate culture, and promote civic engagement; educates and informs the public and public officials about important issues; creates strength within and among communities to advocate for positive change; and explores the values that shape American democracy. The Democracy Center looks for solutions that engage communities in self-advocacy, explore the evolving idea of what it means to be an American, and result in actions that bring everyone together.
janm.org/democracy/arts-writer-fellowship/criteria
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The Signpost Fellowship
Chisa Hutchinson
DEADLINE: March 22, 2024 (or when the first 200 submissions have been received)
INFO: The Signpost Fellowship is a six-month situation intended for a person of color (singular-- sorry, no writing partners) age 18 or over who's interested in shadowing professional playwright or screenwriter of color. What that looks like is entirely up to you and your Writer-Mentor but could involve:
being invited to meetings, auditions, rehearsals, and events
giving and receiving feedback on script drafts
performing dramaturgical research
fielding bottomless requests for bios and headshots
figuring out wtf to do with a stack of 1099s
Oh, and there's $2500 in it for you.
INTERESTED IN APPLYING?
Drop a short message below describing where you are in life and how this opportunity could be helpful to you.
Attach a short (10-page maximum) dramatic writing sample. (That means plays or screenplays-- no essays, short stories, haiku, etc.) PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE SAMPLE HAS A TITLE THE AUTHOR NAME, AND THAT THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED LIKE THIS: TITLE - Author Last Name. We can't process it otherwise.
The deadline is Friday, March 22nd OR when the first 200 submissions have been received.
Finalists will be selected by Friday, June 28th.
Interviews will be conducted in the weeks following.
The recipient(s) will be selected by Friday, August 2nd.
POSSIBLE WRITER-MENTORS (click name for info):
chisahutchinson.com/the-signpost-fellowship.html
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF NEW WORKS FOR THE STAGE BY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS
Creative Nations
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
INFO: Creative Nations, an all indigenous-led artists collective founded at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado, is launching the First Storyteller’s Festival in 2024. The festival is focused on developing new work from Indigenous artists across the continent. We are purposely avoiding defining the festival by any specific genre, and encourage creators from any discipline that is performed on a “stage” to submit (with the word “stage” being loosely defined).
The festival will take place in Boulder, CO in the fall of 2024 (dates to be announced soon). The event will include:
Staged readings (or the equivalent for different genres) of pieces in early stage development
Workshop production of a piece by a member of Creative Nations
Educational workshops for community members and artists
Panel discussions to engage the Boulder arts community in the future of Indigenous storytelling for the stage
One of the core tenets of Creative Nations is that we compensate all artists for their time at a fair wage or we don’t do the project. All artists whose work is selected will receive the following:
Transportation to/from Boulder and housing for the festival week
A monetary award (that you will NOT have to spend to cover expenses)
A paid director and cast to rehearse the piece with, leading to a public reading
Networking among your Native artist peers
Education opportunities at our workshops
An invitation to join our newly established writer’s group, to continue developing work with other Native artists
Submissions and questions should be sent to FirstStorytellersFestival at gmail dot com by April 1st, 2024. We will notify everyone who submits whether or not they were selected.
To submit, please send:
A pdf of your script
A link to a google drive folder/dropbox/youtube with any additional music files
The following information about you in the body of your email:
Name
Tribal affiliation
Location (reservation or city/state)
Name of the piece
Development history of the piece
Any artists already attached to the project (director, choreographer, actor, etc)
A brief bio
We may be able to fly in one additional person from your creative team, in addition to local resources you’ll have
This opportunity is only open to Indigenous artists who create for the stage based on Turtle Island (North America).
docs.google.com/document/d/1nyvNRhXM0nr_4oVl_Xb_RyGzpBMag4y20gWE4PKEokM/edit
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Call for ten-minute plays and monologues
Fade to Black Play Festival
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: Fade to Black Play Festival is seeking ten-minute plays and monologues written by African-American Playwrights.
TO SUBMIT:
Complete the script submissions application online
Upload pdf of original work.
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS:
Winning playwrights will be announced: May 1, 2024
No restriction of theme or genre.
Three (3) plays are allowed per playwright.
Selected playwright winners will be awarded a cash prize.
Full production provided.
MONOLOGUES:
Winning playwrights will be announced: June 1, 2024
Theme preference: The Wonder of Life
Preferred genre of scripts: Comedy
Three (3) monologues are allowed per playwright.
Selected playwright winners will be awarded a cash prize.
Full production provided.
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Bayard Rustin Residency
Penington Friends House
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024
INFO: We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Bayard Rustin Residency.
Building on the social activist history of Penington’s founders, original board, and later residents, the Bayard Rustin Residency at Penington Friends House (PFH) is envisioned as an ongoing ladder to empowerment for Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) working to end Systemic Racism and to create a culture of anti-Racism and intersectional equality in the United States of America. It is also intended to extend and strengthen the wider Quaker witness to equality.
Beginning in September of 2024, this residency will provide up to one year of room and board to a person who demonstrates a strong project that addresses ending Systemic Racism and who has a necessity to be in New York City for up to one year. They will reside at the Penington Friends House located in New York City’s Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Bayard Rustin Resident will demonstrate a need to live in Manhattan. Areas of focus of their work can include activism in the arts, policy change, human rights, community organizing, and other areas of activism focusing on ending racism and strengthening equality. Residents will meet regularly with the Residency Manager and will be expected to share their progress with the New York City community in the form of presentations or workshops.
The resident does not have to be Quaker but their work should be shaped by and in harmony with our tenants of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship. The resident will be expected to be a full-time resident of PFH and be participating member of this intentional community. This includes eating chef prepared dinners with the other residents and participating in shared light house chores. (1 1/2 hour commitment per week on average.) The Penington Friends House’s approach to living collaboratively may be new to you. We encourage to look at our website and instagram account (@Penington_friends_house) to gain a better understanding of what we are. Feel free to call us as well with questions. We are LGBTQ embracing community. We believe Black Lives Matter. We are always working to be a safe space and an anti-racist community.
Resident selection is made through a BIPOC committee of Quakers and non-Quakers and is based on the strength of the applicants work and proposed project. Final approval of the Bayard Rustin resident is made by the Penington Friends House Residents and staff, in the same interview process that all other residents are approved to live at the Penington. Applicants should note that the Bayard Rustin Resident bedroom is on the 4th floor of an historic Brownstone. An elevator is not available. Bathrooms are shared with other floor residents. This residency covers the cost of rent, boarding (food) provided 5 nights a week, internet, cable, and heat/AC. A stipend and studio space is NOT currently provided.
Here are a few types of artists and activists activities that we would be interested in considering. Please contact us before applying if you are not sure your project would fit our call.
An artist working on a body of art that addresses racism and/or intersectional issues.
A writer working on a new book, play, screenplay, or collection that addresses racism and/or intersectional issues.
A performer creating a new dance piece that addresses racism and/or intersectional issues.
A community based artist designing or carrying out a community based project that addresses racism and/or intersectional issues.
An activist organizing communities to address racism and/or intersectional issues.
A social entrepreneur that is starting a non-profit focused on addressing racism and/or intersectional issues.
An inventor or designer working on solving a problem associated with systemic racism and/or intersectional issues.
A graduate student that has a strong and well defined anti-racism project that needs support and time to launch.
Background
The residency is named after Bayard Rustin who was a Quaker and an attender at 15th Street Monthly Meeting in New York City. This meeting (Quaker house of worship) is next to the Penington Friends House. Rustin worked commitedly for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He was an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolence. Rustin was also a chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and a founding member of the Freedom Riders. He was an early advocate for gay rights. Rustin’s later work included a heavy focus on refugee affairs. Rustin served as Vice Chairman of the International Rescue Committee, helped to found the National Emergency Coalition for Haitian Refugees, and was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Freedom House. He died in 1987. In 2013, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ( Source rustinfund.org)
penington.org/rustin-residency/
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Writing Residency Program 2024/25
Liberation Theatre Company
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024 by 11:59 pm EST
INFO: Liberation Theatre Company (LTC), a Harlem, New York-based independent theatrical producer and playwright development company established in 2009, is inviting applications from early-career Black playwrights to participate in the seventh year of our Writing Residency Program for 2024-2025. The residency is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Writing Residency Program will select four early-career playwrights and provide them with dramaturgical and professional support over a ten-month period, during which time they will each be required to complete a new full-length play.
Beginning in May 2024, selected playwrights will attend monthly group meetings to share and refine their works-in-progress in a collaborative, energized setting; meet individually with LTC’s Artistic Director and staff who will provide additional support for their artistic needs, concerns and process; and have the resources of a director and professional actors during a table reading as their play begins to take shape.
Additionally, through connections with the larger New York City theatrical community, LTC will provide access to theatre tickets (when available) and seek to support, inspire, and assist playwrights in any way a small and dedicated company can.
The Residency will conclude in February 2025, with the possibility of public/virtual readings, to be determined by LTC staff, of each playwright’s finished play. Upon successful completion of the program, each playwright will receive an honorarium.
ELIGIBILITY: To be considered for the Writing Residency Program all applicants must be a) residents of New York City at the time of participation (May 2024 – February 2025). b) Applicants must have written at least two full-length plays or three one-act plays. c) The applicant must not have received a production of any of their work that was more developed than a Showcase presentation under the Actors’ Equity Association production code.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: To be considered for the 2024 - 2025 Writing Residency Program, Liberation Theatre Company will only accept submissions via this online form. If you have questions about the program or the application process, please email: info@liberationtheatrecompany.org.
The following materials must be uploaded and submitted in PDF or DOCX form no later than 11:59 PM EST on Monday, April 1, 2024. Make sure that all documents are properly labeled with your name.
Completed Online Application Form
Letter of Intent. This should be limited to 1,000 words and address all of the following points:
Your writing career thus far and where you feel you are in your creative and professional life.
Your career goals and how you will use the Residency to further those goals.
Briefly describe the play you will complete over the 10-month program.
Why you feel ready for a rigorous residency such as this.
Have you participated in a residency/fellowship before? If so, describe your experience.
Anything else you think may be relevant.
3. A 10-page Work Sample that best represents you as a playwright
4. The full script from which you selected your 10-page work sample
5. Your playwriting resume (not a bio). Please include your website if you have one and one personal or professional reference, with the person’s title or institutional affiliation, phone number and email address. (Referrer must be someone familiar with you and your work.)
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The Democracy Cycle
The Perelman Performing Arts Center / Galvan Initiatives
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024 by 5:00pm EST
INFO: The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Galvan Initiatives (Galvan) are pleased to announce the launch of The Democracy Cycle, a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy.
Proposals are requested for new performing arts works following that theme from artists working in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance.
The Cycle will provide a $30,000 commission to each awarded project. The Cycle will also provide an additional $30,000 towards each commissioned project’s development process (research, readings, workshops etc.). The commissions will be awarded across three annual Open Calls, beginning in January 2024. In the first Open Call, The Democracy Cycle will commission eight projects.
ELIGIBILITY:
Be generative artists who are currently creating new work in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance
Have created 2 or more completed and presented works
Not be enrolled as a full-time student in a degree-granting program
Be eighteen years of age or older
Propose a new project that is not a remount, has not yet been premiered, and is not planned to premiere before November 1, 2024
Propose a new performance project meant to be developed and performed live, and planned to be completed in 2025, 2026, or 2027. Works may be interdisciplinary and can include collaborators in other artistic forms. At the time of application, a work may be in an early, mid, or late stage of development so long as it is not planned to premiere before November 1, 2024.
Artists may either be U.S. citizens, or citizens of other countries. Note: all artists commissioned are responsible for any tax implications involved in accepting a monetary award from a U.S.-based arts organization
Proposals are not eligible if:
The main purpose is the curation or documentation of existing work
The proposed project has already premiered, or will premiere before November 1, 2024
The generative artist is enrolled as a full-time student in a degree-granting program
The proposed project advocates by name for the success or failure of a partisan candidate for office or a political party
The lead artist or any of the main collaborators are employees of, immediate family of employees of, or consultants to PAC NYC or Galvan Initiatives
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Proposed projects must:
Identify and respond to ideas or themes related to democracy, including core democratic principles and values (ex. political equality, majority rule, minority rights, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, among others).
Be a work of performing arts intended to be performed live by live performers for a live audience in the disciplines of theater, dance, music, opera, or multidisciplinary performance
Demonstrate clear potential for generating meaningful reflection and discourse on democracy and artistic practice, as informed by the artist’s or collective’s past achievements, work samples, artist statement, and project description.
Among the questions that will be asked during the selection process are:
How will the piece address, disrupt, model, hold accountable, expand, critique, or celebrate democracy, the practice of democracy, and democratic ideals?
How will the artists and their projects stimulate meaningful reflection, discussions, and debate around the current state of democracy, particularly as it is experienced in the United States?
The Democracy Cycle primarily focuses on democracy as practiced in the United States, although commissioned projects may include references to democracies worldwide that inform or deepen our understanding of American democracy.
pacnyc.org/the-democracy-cycle/
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2024–25 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
The American Library in Paris
DEADLINE: April 1, 2024
INFO: The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship was created in 2013 to nurture and sustain a heritage as old as the Library itself: deepening French-American understanding. The Visiting Fellowship offers writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in the life of the American Library.
There are two one-month Fellowship periods a year in fall and spring, with dates to be specified later.
A $5,000 stipend will be paid before start of a Fellowship period. The award, to be spent at the discretion of the Fellow, is designed to cover travel to Paris, accommodation, and expenses associated with the month in Paris. In addition to the stipend, the Library will connect the fellow to resources and people in Paris that could be helpful to his or her project.
The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship is made possible through the generous support of The de Groot Foundation.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
We welcome the applications of all researchers, journalists, writers (both fiction and non-fiction), poets, screenwriters, playwrights, directors, and documentary filmmakers.
Applicants should be researching or working on a project that contributes to cross-cultural discourse. Particular attention will be paid to an applicant’s ability to offer the Library’s community a variety of opportunities for exploring a topic. All topics and subject matters are eligible.
Applicants need not be American. International applicants are encouraged. The proposed project must be in English. Members of the Library governance are not eligible recipients of a Visiting Fellowship.
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF VISITING FELLOWS?
Visiting Fellows must be in Paris during the period of the fellowship, and are expected to be present in the American Library for a minimum of three half-days a week. During their residency, fellows will present an hour-long evening program at the Library, participate in a Library reception, meet with staff informally to explore a topic of mutual interest, and extend the Library’s reach by participating in events arranged by the Library with other organizations in Paris.
At the conclusion of the Visiting Fellowship period, fellows will provide the Library and the funding foundation with a written report of the Fellowship experience. Fellows are expected to appropriately acknowledge the Library and the Visiting Fellowship in publications and print media related to the Fellowship project. Fellows will participate in the Library’s social media communication, fundraising campaigns, and other public events.
HOW TO APPLY?
This year’s application form asked applicants to provide a single file containing:
A cover letter (one page) and CV (two pages max.).
The narrative description of your project (one page max.). In this description, please indicate the timeline and current stage of the project, what you hope to accomplish during your residency period, and why a fellowship at the American Library will contribute to its success.
Three proposals (max. 50 words each) for cultural programs at the Library during your residency period. These can include evening conversations, workshops, performances, panels, or other event formats.
The names and contacts of two professional references.
A one-time application fee of 30 €.
americanlibraryinparis.org/visiting-fellowship
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Black AND Latino Playwrights Celebration
Texas State University
DEADLINE: April 15, 2024
INFO: The Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration (September 2 - 8) is a workshop and showcase featuring the work of student and professional Black and Latino playwrights.
OBJECTIVES:
Provide Texas State University students majoring in theatre with the opportunity to work with professionals for a hands-on, rehearsal process that includes the collaborative process of "finding a play" in rehearsals, culminating with a public staged reading.
Showcase the work of Black and Latino playwrights from across the country.
Annually lend an ear to new voices and help writers, in collaboration with directors, actors and dramaturges, to shape their stories and hone their craft in an environment that allows the writer to explore and grow and learn fearlessly.
Share the play with the campus and community in a staged reading for audiences followed by a discussion and/or question and answer session.
DETAILS
Texas State University theatre students work with professionals in a rehearsal process.
Writers, in collaboration with actors and dramaturges, shape their stories and hone their craft.
The lab is rooted in the collaborative workshop process of "finding a play" through rehearsals.
This process fosters an environment that allows playwrights to explore, grow, and learn fearlessly.
The staged reading is followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
The workshop culminates in a script in hand reading presentation for the campus and community.
The script in hand reading presentation lends an ear to new voices, showcasing the work of Black and Latino playwrights from across the country while giving the writers some sense of the export of the work or what resonated with the audience.
TIMELINE: Notification of selected writers by June 30, 2024.
HOW TO SUBMIT A SCRIPT:
Play scripts may be delivered by regular mail, in person or using this submission form. Include a stamped self-addressed envelope if you wish your manuscript returned.
Send manuscripts to:
Department of Theatre & Dance | Texas State University
601 University Drive San Marcos, Texas 78666
ATTN: Black and Latino Playwrights Celebration