From macgrants at lists.maine.gov Thu Feb 15 09:37:21 2007 From: macgrants at lists.maine.gov (News and opportunities pertaining grants and development in the arts) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:37:21 -0500 Subject: [MACgrants] Grants & Development Listserv Feb 15 Message-ID: <199FFF7DB0D4724FA7630DEA667E838A02662F91@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Grants & Development News and Opportunities Listserv Greetings from the Maine Arts Commission. News from our associates for the week of February 15, 2007 ***************************************** 1. Grants in Film/Video & Visual Arts 2. Grant Opportunity From The National Endowment for the Arts 3. NEFA Announce Second Year of Grants Supporting American Dance Works 4. Deadline Nears for NEA Design Grant Opportunity 5. Save America's Treasures Announcement 6. Maine Performing Arts Network's (MePAN) Annual Conference Offers Discounts For Early Registration 7. Did you Know? ************************ 1. Grants in Film/Video & Visual Arts OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 5 - MARCH 5, 2007 If you are working on an exciting film/video or visual arts project, we encourage you to apply in our upcoming grant round. For general information and guidelines, please visit: http://creative-capital.org/application/ To apply for a Creative Capital grant, you must first submit an Inquiry Form regarding your project. Tell us how, in conjunction with a Creative Capital grant, it will be catalytic for your artistic and professional growth. In addition, you will need to describe the influences that inform your work and how your work takes an inventive and original approach to form and content. Be prepared to present a basic budget and to identify the audience(s) for your project and any possible presenting venues. The Guidelines and Inquiry Form for Film/Video and Visual Arts will be available on the Creative Capital website on February 5, 2007. Inquiry Forms must be submitted by March 5, 2007. It will be available at http://creative-capital.org/application/ If you work with an arts organization, please forward this to your members. Thank you! Creative Capital Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that supports artists pursuing adventurous and imaginative work in the performing and visual arts, film/video, innovative literature, and emerging fields. In 2007, Creative Capital will be considering proposals in the visual arts and film/video. ************************ 2. Grant Opportunity From The National Endowment for the Arts Starting in 2007 in the area of Presenting there is now a separate focus and panel for Outdoor Festivals, Programs and Outdoor Dramas. The deadline is March 12, 2007. The grant category in which this program falls is called "Access to Artistic Excellence." It is designed "to encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. An organization may request a grant amount from $5,000 to $150,000. Please note: We are transitioning to requiring organizations to file electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. It is optional this year, but mandatory in 2008. To apply electronically, organizations need to register with Grants.gov as soon as possible. This one-time registration process must be completed before you can submit your grant application. The process can take two weeks, so it is extremely important that you begin the registration process immediately. Again, the deadline for applications is March 12. The website for the NEA is www.NEA.gov . If, after looking at the guidelines on NEA's web site, you have questions about the process of applying, please call Silvio Lim, the Presenting Specialist, at 202-682-5658. The Presenting staff will be happy to help you in any way they can. ************************ 3. NEFA Announce Second Year of Grants Supporting American Dance Works American Masterpieces: Dance (AMD), the dance component of a major initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) administered by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), with Dance/USA announces its second year funding cycle. AMD Reconstruction Grants provide funding for the reconstruction or restaging of American Dance works that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant. AMD Touring Grants support the presentation and distribution of the work created by Reconstruction Grant recipients and a limited number of other nominated tours each season. Launched in 2005, AMD activities will continue in this second round through the 2008-09 season. Through the AMD project the NEA will sponsor select performances, tours and educational programs that will reach large and small communities throughout the United States. "We have been thrilled with the first year of accomplishment of this exciting and ambitious initiative," said Douglas Sonntag, NEA Director of National Initiatives. "The 2006 list of Reconstruction grantees represents a truly diverse artistic legacy, and will breathe new life into historical American dance. As we look toward another round of grants, we are proud to help nurture the new presentation of these national treasures." The American Masterpieces: Dance College Component (AMDCC) is administered by Dance/USA and supports the restaging, performance, and documentation of classic American dances of the past century that are then brought to college students and audiences in communities across the nation. Over $1 million was awarded through AMD in its first year of grantmaking. The first round of AMD Reconstruction grants awarded $400,000 in support of fourteen American dance companies. In addition, $400,000 will be awarded for these projects to tour nationally in 2007/08. AMD also awarded $50,000 to an additional two nominated tours for national touring in 2007/08. AMDCC awarded $280,000 to 28 colleges to restage, perform and document classic American dances with their students in 2006-08. "This first year's grantees are a rich mix of both the history and future of American dance," said NEFA Executive Director Rebecca Blunk. "I look forward to another round and another set of reconstructed works. It's very exciting for both the companies and the audiences that will learn about these remarkable creations." AMD application guidelines and information about the first round of Reconstruction and Tour Only Grantees are available at www.nefa.org. Information about AMDCC grantees and application process is available at: http://www.danceusa .org/programs_publications/American_Masterpieces.ht m . For further information about AMD, please visit www.nefa.org or call 617.951.0010 x 516. ************************ 4. Deadline Nears for NEA Design Grant Opportunity There are two application deadlines per year in Design, and one is arriving soon. The deadline for applications in the Innovation category is Monday, March 12. We hope that many of you will consider applying. I have included a description of the process below. Once you have reviewed it, please visit our website for more information using this link: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP08/DesignAAE.html Please carefully review the instructions for completing an application. We are happy to talk to potential grantees once they have fully reviewed the application materials. Please give us a call if you are unable to answer your questions on line, especially if you find the materials at all confusing. I am available at the number below, and design specialist Susan Begley can be reached at 202-682-5796. Jeff B. Speck Director of Design National Endowment for the Arts 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 729 Washington, DC 20506 202-682-5786 p 202-682-5721 f speckj at arts.gov Applying for a design grant from the National Endowment for the Arts The NEA is the single largest funder of artistic activity in the United States. Most of its financial support is given in the form of cash grants, and a good number of those grants are made in the design field. I am writing this memo to encourage you to consider ways of applying for an NEA grant, and also to dispel some of the mystery surrounding the process. Design at the NEA encompasses many disciplines including, but not limited, to planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, product design, and graphic design. Applications will be accepted in 2007 under two deadlines, March 12 and August 13th. Projects are loosely divided into two areas: Innovation and Stewardship . Innovation (Mid-March) refers to activities that are intended to advance, reform, or disseminate the latest techniques of design. These include, among others: competitions, commissions, community design workshops, exhibits of recent work, publications covering advancements in design or design theory, conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote innovation in design practice. Stewardship (Mid-August) refers to projects that protect, share, or celebrate our collective design heritage. These include, among others: historic preservation activities, exhibits and publications of past design, education and outreach concerning established design practices, conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote the heritage and conservation of design. Given the possibility of overlap between the two areas, some applications may qualify for either deadline and panel, for example those that surround best practices. For each of the two deadlines, the NEA puts together a diverse advisory panel of seven design experts who rank the applications in terms of "artistic excellence" and "artistic merit." "Artistic excellence" refers to the quality and significance of the proposed work. "Artistic merit" addresses the capacity of the applicant to get the work done, and the likely impact the work will have. Aside from being instructed to look for these qualities, the panel is not led by the NEA to favor any type of proposal over any other. The past is no guarantee of the future, but in recent years the NEA has awarded grants to about half of its design applicants, with an average grant amount of about $25,000. Because the Arts Endowment is a federal agency, a few basic rules apply to all grants: - All applications must come from tax-exempt 501(c)3 organizations with at least three years of programming history. (The 501(c)3 status itself can be very recent, as long as there is three years of programming.) For individual designers, this is the toughest criterion to satisfy, as you must find a 501(c)3 that will team up with you and make the application its own. Local community development corporations, preservation groups, chapters of professional organizations such as the AIA, museums, and local governments can all qualify. - You may only apply for work that begins after the grant is received. The project itself can be ongoing, as long as the funded activities await the award date, which is about nine months after the application deadline. For example, activities funded in response to a March application may not begin until January of the following year. - Your application budget must indicate matching funds, so that the NEA pays no more than half the project cost. Services-in-kind qualify as a match. - Each 501(c)3 may apply only once per year, although it is possible to apply a second time as part of a consortium. - The NEA is not able to fund construction or land acquisition. - Again, individuals may not apply for NEA grants. The first step in applying is to log onto our website http://www.arts.gov and follow the links through "Grants for Arts Projects" to the "Access to Artistic Excellence" category. From there, you should carefully read the updated guidelines and download the application forms. Once you have a specific project in mind, you can discuss it with the design specialist Susan Begley at 202-682-5796. In contrast to most design competitions, we welcome questions from applicants, and we can often help you to improve your proposal. However, to keep call volume at a reasonable level, we ask that individuals find a sponsoring 501(c)3 organization prior to calling the NEA. We here at the NEA ask you to consider how - with or without our help - you might initiate a non-profit project that allows you to serve your community, the design community as a whole, or perhaps the world at large. We look forward to hearing from you. ************************ 5. Save America's Treasures Announcement The National Park Service in partnership with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services is seeking applicants for its Save America's Treasures 2007 grant program. Save America's Treasures makes critical investments in the preservation of our nation's most significant cultural treasures. Grants are awarded for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Grant amounts range from $25,000 to $700,000 to conserve collections and from $125,000 to $700,000 for historic property and sites projects. All the awards must be matched 1:1. Complete guidelines, applications and information, as well as a database of previous Save America Treasure's awardees, can be found on the National Park Service Web site . Deadline for applications is 26 April 2007. For general information contact Kimber Craine at the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities or call 202/682-5661. For Additional Information Applicants can address questions to and obtain electronic versions of application material from these agencies as well. For Collections Projects Michael McLaughlin National Endowment for the Arts Telephone 202/682-5457 E-mail mclaughm at arts.gov Web arts.endow.gov Joseph Herring National Endowment for the Humanities Telephone 202/606-8249 E-mail jherring at neh.gov Web www.neh.gov Steve Schwartzman Institute of Museum and Library Services Telephone 202/653-4641 E-mail sshwartzman at imls.gov Web www.imls.gov For Historic Property Projects National Park Service Telephone 202/354-2020 E-mail NPS_treasures at nps.gov Web www2.cr.nps.gov/hps/hpg ************************ 6. Maine Performing Arts Network's (MePAN) Annual Conference Offers Discounts For Early Registration Following last year's successful rebirth MePAN is moving forward in order to convene an annual spring conference of Maine and New England presenters, performing artists, community arts organizers, and educators. This year's conference will be held on May 14 and 15 at the Sebasco Harbor Resort and those interested in attending the conference should consider signing up sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment, and to take advantage of the early-bird special that is currently on offer. In response to a survey conducted late last year the MePAN board have reduced the cost of the conference to encourage greater participation. Reducing the length of the conference to two days, and negotiating a discounted rate for early registration is just some of the ways that the survey has helped attract more attendees. Registrations received by March 15 for the full 2-day conference are eligible for the Early Bird discount. All registrations can be made through the web site. For more details on the conference and showcase please visit www.mepan.org or call Barbara Truex at 207-892-7578, email barbt at mepan.org The survey also helped guide the content of the conference, which will now offer workshops on the role of the arts in the creative economy, fundraising for new and seasoned practitioners, grant writing, new trends in marketing and public relations, using new technologies, arts in education, best practices in community arts, and much more. Keynote addresses by Felicia Knight (National Endowment for the Arts) and John Rohman (Maine Arts Commission) will enrich the conference dialogue and lend national and regional perspectives. And, most importantly -- there will be multiple opportunities to meet, network and share ideas with colleagues. In attendance, among others, will be representatives from the Maine Arts Commission, New England Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. ************************ 7. Did You Know? Maine Arts Commission program staff can help you make contact with the appropriate program staff at the National Endowment for the Arts, www.arts.gov ************************ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/macgrants/attachments/20070215/be346cf8/attachment-0001.html