June 17, 2011 In The News | When You Go | Opportunities |
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Questions are the creative acts of intelligence.” - Frank Kingdon
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.” - Søren Kierkegaard
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” - Shaquille O'Neal
“For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.” - Erma Bombeck
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Loft 117 Kinect hacks art, video & online for ads
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Loft 117, a local media production house, and Milwaukee artist Jason Belmonti, posted a video showing off a cool Kinect hack creating an interactive installation. The program, developed by Belmonti, combines media and art into a customizable, motion-powered projection and multimedia browsing system that the firm is targeting for business advertising.
Michael Jackson - The Behind The Mask Project
YouTube.com, mjjproductionsmusic
Dance your way into the weekend! Text from Creativity Online: “Sixteen hundred Michael Jackson fans, including a Russian flash mob, appear in the video for his posthumously released track Behind the Mask. It was released on Jackson's Facebook page today, almost two years after the singer's death. …The project - created by @radical.media in conjunction with Jackson's Estate and Sony Music - got off the ground back in April, when fans were asked to upload their own dance moves, lyrics and crowd reactions to the video via a website. A split screen upload template meant they could upload their clips at the exact moment the lyric occurred in the song.”
TOP WISCONSIN NEWS
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
June 10, 2011
Dear Friends,
At its May 13, 2011 meeting, the Wisconsin Arts Board discussed the ramifications of the 2011 – 2013 Biennial Budget as amended by Joint Finance and our ensuing responsibilities. Attached please find a sheet that articulates the difficult decisions that were made to minimize the damage to the cultural infrastructure of our state. We provided this information to Governor Walker and to Secretary of Tourism Stephanie Klett earlier this week. What is not articulated on that sheet is the clear acknowledgement of the loss of the state's Percent for Art program. Any arts commission or project within the Percent for Art program that is not under contract by June 30th will not be realized.
The Arts Board has enjoyed an increasingly productive and mutually supportive relationship with the Department of Tourism over our 38 year history, each agency focused on its unique mission but lending expertise and leveraging strength for the other. As we consolidate our efforts, we look forward to working with Secretary Klett and Deputy Secretary Fantle to determine how the work of the Arts Board can deepen the Department’s work in cultural tourism and leverage resources in the Department to provide opportunities for the cultural workers and resources of our state.
The Arts Board will continue to lead in the development of the state's creative economy. We look forward to partnering with the new Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in this work. The dynamic creative sector enjoys a 14% annual growth rate in the world economy; in Wisconsin, it boasts 3.6% of total employment. We've been developing rural and urban models for partnerships that ensure vibrant, creative communities become the breeding ground for entrepreneurs and new jobs. That work will continue.
As the Arts Board assists local and regional economic development organizations to develop their creative industries, it should be noted that we put our state at the helm of the National Creativity Network, an organization that seeks to promote imagination, creativity, and innovation in education, culture, and commerce. George Tzougros is the Chairman of this national organization. We will also continue our leadership in education innovation to develop all our state's children's creative capacities with our Task Force on the Arts and Creativity in Education. And we will advocate for creativity in all its forms – in the arts and humanities, as well as in science, technology, engineering and math.
Here is our timeline going forward, assuming no further changes by the Legislature or Governor and that the budget is signed by June 30:
June 30/July 1 Move agency's physical assets to the Department of Tourism's building at 201West Washington Avenue (four blocks from our current location)
July 5 Generate award/denial letters for Creation and Presentation grantees
July 27 Creative Communities: Arts Education grant review panel meeting (Madison)
August 11 Creative Communities: Local Arts grant review panel meeting (Madison)
September 16-17 Wisconsin Arts Board quarterly board meeting (location TBD)
September 19 Generate award/denial letters for Creative Communities grant applicants
Our work to provide high-quality services, smart development of our cultural infrastructure and workforce, assistance to Wisconsin’s communities to address their challenges, and our new relationship with the Department of Tourism, will be significant as we continue our efforts to ensure the resiliency of our state. Toward that end, we will publicize a revised Wisconsin Arts Board FY12-14 Strategic Plan in July, 2011. That plan reflects both the new terms of our reality and our ambition for the future of the arts in Wisconsin. We look forward to continuing our work with you.
Sincerely,
Barbara Lawton
Chairperson
Live Streaming of General Sessions
Americans for the Arts
June 18
“Americans for the Arts is producing live webcasts of the three General Sessions, making them available to the field for free. You can follow along and tweet questions to keynote speaker Ben Cameron, as well as to participate in the Our Voices, Our Future Forum.”
What School Leaders Can Do To Increase Arts Education
Arts Education Partnership
“As the top building-level leaders, school principals play a key role in ensuring every student receives a high-quality arts education as part of a complete education. In a time of shrinking budgets and shifting priorities, what can school principals do to make and keep the arts strong in their schools?”
Federal: Oppose Termination of Arts Education in U.S. House Legislation
Americans for the Arts
“On May 25, 2011 the House Education & Workforce Committee, by a vote of 23-16, approved HR 1891, legislation that terminates 42 federal education programs, including the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. This bill is more serious than the annual funding measures that threaten to de-fund arts education, as HR 1891 permanently strips policy language out of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that allows the Arts in Education program to be funded each year.”
Arts Wisconsin seeks nominations for the 2011 "Arts in the Community" awards
Arts Wisconsin
Deadline: August 1
“Arts Wisconsin announces the third annual Arts in the Community awards, highlighting and promoting exemplary community-based support of and leadership for the arts in Wisconsin's villages, towns and cities. Nominations are currently being accepted, with a postmark or email deadline of August 1, 2011. Award recipients will be announced by September 1, 2011. Click here for more information and the nomination form.”
Poof! The IRS Revokes Tax Exemption for 20,000+ Arts Groups
ARTSBlog, Americans for the Arts
“In 2006, Congress asked the IRS to keep better track of the nation’s 1.5 million nonprofit organizations. Yesterday, the IRS revoked the tax-exempt status of 275,000 of them for not filing legally required documents for three consecutive years (2007-2009). Our early estimates are that well over 20,000 are nonprofit ARTS organizations.”
The Wisconsin Arts Board Thanks Four Interns, Lisa England, Lisa Hutler, Jenna Westrick and Karen Duval for Their Outstanding Contribution
Wisconsin Arts Board
“Four outstanding women have lent their creativity, talent, and energy to the Wisconsin Arts Board over this past (fiscal) year, 2011. We introduce them to you as a way of recognizing all that they have contributed to the Arts Board, and as a way of conveying our gratitude for all that they have accomplished this year. In the fall, Lisa England and Karen Duval joined us to focus primarily on film and teaching artists/creativity in education, respectively…”
The Latest on Music Education Policy from Capitol Hill
MENC
“The Memorial Day holiday weekend is here, but MENC staff stayed busy this week, digesting a response from the U.S. Department of Education to a letter MENC and arts colleagues sent to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. In other activity this week, MENC Director of Government Relations & Advocacy Communications Nancy Townes attended the May 25 markup of the first of a planned series of bills concentrating on reform of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). “
Kansas Becomes First State Without Arts Agency
ARTSBlog, Americans for the Arts
“Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed funding for the Kansas Arts Commission today (May 28), thereby ending a scuffle with the legislature, which funded the commission over his objections.
IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums
Wisconsin Arts Board, economic engine - Gov. Walker's budget threatens the state's culture agency
The Isthmus
“Once Gov. Scott Walker's budget is adopted, Madison arts organizations could see state aid cut by as much as $542,000. The actual impact could run to well more than $1 million. The general outlines have been known since March: In the name of job creation, the Wisconsin Arts Board will become a program under the Department of Tourism and lose six positions. While other agencies and departments face 10% cuts, the Arts Board will be cut by 66% to 73%. The board's ability to award grants to artists and arts organizations will be crippled. So far, there's been little debate on this hit to the state's burgeoning arts industries. Arts officials in Eau Claire have led in pushing back, but results from the city's regional arts economy survey won't be known until 2012.”
Day 75: The smart spectators
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Yesterday, internationally known sculptor Anish Kapoor cancelled plans to exhibit his sculptures at the National Museum of China in Beijing in protest against the continuing detention of Ai Weiwei, according to news reports. He was to be part the "UK Now" festival next year designed to build cultural understanding between China and England. Kapoor previously called on the world's museums and galleries to close for a day in protest of the detention of Ai, who has been detained since April 3 and accused of economic crimes.”
Museum earns revenue by renting or selling to other institutions
Milwaukee Business Journal
“The Betty Brinn Children’s Museum generated about $400,000 last year in the sale and rental of exhibits. So when other museums started asking how they could get similar exhibits, executive director Fern Shupeck saw potential for a new revenue stream.”
Community Arts
Summer Programs at the Boys & Girls Club
WSAW-TV Wausau
“The Boys and Girls Club's Summer schedule began this week. Dozens of kids are spending their afternoons at D.C. Everest Middle School in Weston. The school's principal thinks the club keeps his students safe. Casey Nye says, "The reality is for many of our middle schoolers available time is when they tend to not make the best choices. Summer is a time when I, as a principal, worry. Kids go off and have lots of free time that they wouldn't have during the school year."
Grand Avenue owners hope art works - Program to attract artists, creative firms lifting mall
Milwaukee Business Journal
“No one expects a few arts groups to turn around the struggling Shops of Grand Avenue overnight. But the launch of Creativity Works Here, an effort to attract artists, creative companies and entrepreneurs, has generated some positive energy and raised hopes that this could be the start of a new direction for the mall.”
New Wausau downtown square finally unveiled
Stevens Point Journal
WAUSAU – “An idea hatched nearly 15 years ago on a square used since the late 19th century has come to fruition today as the fence comes down around The 400 Block. Supporters of the idea to create an open space in the middle of downtown began in 1997 when the city obtained the few remaining parcels on the square. Although the concept design changed along the way, those involved said the final product is a welcome sight.”
Northwestern Mutual Foundation donates nearly a half a million to local nonprofits
BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly
“The Northwestern Mutual Foundation will award grants totaling $450,000 to seven nonprofit organizations that promote cultural and sports organizations. “Events and attractions create more than just good memories,” said Deanna Tillisch. “They also help to attract and retain businesses and a talented workforce to Milwaukee. These kinds of investments help to strengthen our economy by making the Milwaukee area a great place to live, work and play.””
Milwaukee Arts Board distributes $176,000 in grants
BizTimes Nonprofit Weekly
“The Milwaukee Arts board has awarded $176,000 in grants to 26 nonprofit arts and culture organizations in the Milwaukee-area. According to Alderman Michael Murphy, chair of the City of Milwaukee Arts board, the grants will support diverse arts programming throughout the city including theatrical, operatic, dance and musical productions for children in Milwaukee’s parks and playgrounds, free Shakespeare for Milwaukee’s citizens, creative arts programming by local radio stations, an intergenerational dance and art program, visual art exhibitions, and multiple interactive artist residencies throughout the year for Milwaukeeans of all ages.”
Folk Arts/Folklife
Pierce County Historical Association wants to know about music, music, music
Piercer County Herald
“Early in American history, and also here in Pierce County, people entertained themselves with simple things: Pa’s fiddle, maybe also an accordion or banjo, or maybe a harmonica could be found. Folks sang, folks danced, but not in the ballrooms that would later be scattered around the county, but rather in the family living room or at times on the hay-loft floors of farm barns — especially if the building was newly erected by a barn-raising bee.”
Literary/Libraries
Keep kids reading this summer
Wausau Daily Herald
“With all of the activities and vacations that occur in the summer months, reading can end up on the back burner. But there are many places where reading can occur beyond the traditional book. Here is a list of additional activities you can do with your children that are fun and also foster their reading skills at the same time. The list is from the online magazine education website www.”
Share 2 books on metal artist Cyril Colnik duel for attention
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“H. Russell Zimmermann, an architectural consultant and expert on Milwaukee's historic buildings, says dozens of books have been written about American ornamental iron work, but none that focuses solely on Milwaukee's iconic master of the medium, Cyril Colnik. That oversight is about to be solved - twice - as two books on Colnik will be released this month. The acclamation for the "Tiffany of wrought iron masters" is not without controversy. Colnik made decorative ironwork for the homes and businesses of Milwaukee captains of industry at the end of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th. Because of the beauty and precision of his work, he is something of a cult figure, both for modern day Wisconsin blacksmiths and for owners of homes decorated with his work. Those passions appear to be fueling bad blood between people connected to the two books.”
Media Arts
“A Moment in the Sun”: An Extended Interview with Independent Filmmaker, Author John Sayles
Democracy Now
“We spend the hour with legendary independent filmmaker and author, John Sayles. Over the past three decades, he has directed 17 feature films, including The Return of the Secaucus Seven, Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out. He has often used his films to tackle pressing political issues, as well as themes of race, class, labor and sexuality. His newest film, Amigo, which opens in August, is set in the Philippines during the U.S. occupation. John Sayles is also celebrated author. A winner of the O. Henry award, he has just published his first novel in 20 years. It’s called "A Moment in the Sun," and it’s a sprawling work which takes the turn of the 20th century in its sights—from a white racist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, to the first stirrings of the motion picture industry, to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism in Cuba and the Philippines.”
Eau Claire filmmaker making debut at LA Film Festival
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Sawdust City," the feature-film debut by filmmaker and Eau Claire native David Nordstrom, has its world premiere Saturday at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie, about two brothers in search of their hard-drinking father, got a nice write-up Thursday on IndieWire, a website dedicated to festival-bound fare. You can read more about Nordstrom on his Kickstarter page for "Sawdust City" here.”
Rogers converts theaters to digital, 3-D formats
Central Wisconsin Business, /Marshfield News-Herald
“Rogers Cinema is converting its nine locations to digital and 3-D film technology, starting with Marshfield's Rogers Cinema 8.”
Performing Arts
Dance
ViewFinder: Appleton twin sisters' bond stronger through dance
Appleton Post Crescent
“Kelley Catenacci applies cherry red lipstick to the lips of her sister, Kendra, and colors her cheeks a rosy peach. It's a nice contrast to the glittery blue- and black-striped costumes they're both wearing for the big dance recital at Xavier High School.”
Music
Classical music: Can breast cancer and opera mix?
The Well Tempered Ear/Jacob Stockinger
“Breast cancer has touched my family and friends again, so it has been much on my mind and in my thoughts. Recently, I saw the Madison Opera’s fine staging of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” one of the most popular of all operas, and probably the most popular opera Verdi composed. The libretto, adapted from a play by Alexander Dumas, focuses on a fiercely independent woman, a heroine and courtesan, Violetta, who is dying of consumption (below, with her lover Alfredo in a photo by James Gill for the Madison Opera).”
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If There’s No Audience to Swing): Jazz Audience Development in 2011
Blog: Createquity
“My earliest memories of attending live jazz events as a child include my father taking me to hear alto horn player Dick Carey at a club in LA, and an outdoor jazz festival with hundreds of Hawaiian-shirt clad middle-aged people swaying to the grooves on stage. For the past 3 years, I’ve spent a good deal of time in the jazz world, and the audiences in these settings always seem so different from the classical music audiences I’ve been accustomed to. Every time I go to a show, I look around and wonder, “Who are these people who come to hear live jazz?” Apparently, presenters, musicians, managers, promoters, and journalists spend a lot of time pondering the same question – along with another one: “Who are the people who might be enticed to hear live jazz but aren’t participating yet?””
Theater
Theatre makes progress on fundraising
WXOW TV La Crosse
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) – “It's been a waiting game for 47 years for the La Crosse Community Theatre. Now, the theatre has reached a key fundraising mile marker in building a new home. Plans call for it next to LHI 2 off King and Front Streets. As of June 13, the community theatre reached 53 percent of its fundraising goal. They need $6.7 million to build and operate the new facility. They hope the public will help them reach that goal. "La Crosse Community Theatre exists because of the community's support, so for the first time in 48 years, we turn to the community and just ask you, for one time, stretch a little bit and give a bit to our capital campaign and give to generations to come," says Exec. Dir. David Kilpatrick, La Crosse Community Theatre.”
Come See TWELFTH NIGHT!
Shakespeare in the Park
Last night, we opened Twelfth Night to a happy, appreciative audience. Not surprising. It’s a wonderful show. Laura Gordon is an amazing director. Steve Barne’s (painted by Linda Freund) set is lovely. Jason Fassl’s lights are magical. The only surprising thing about last night were the number of empty seats. It was a lovely evening. Where were you?
Community Theatre plans $6.7M building along river
La Crosse Tribune
“The La Crosse Community Theatre Board unveiled plans Thursday for a $6.7 million, three-level, glass-walled riverfront theater. And the group has already raised a little more than half of the cost to build it. The new theater, slated for the parking lot between Courtyard by Marriott and the Riverside II building on Front Street, will expand seating capacity from 296 to 450. It will include a black box theater along with the main theater, rehearsal space, costume shop and administrative offices.”
Other
Wisconsin Artist, Sue Lee Pieper Passes
Green Bay Press Gazette
“Sue Lee Pieper (1952 - 2011)Sue Lee Pieper, 58, of Dyckesville, walked on during the early evening of Monday, June 13, 2011, she was at home surrounded by friends and family. Sue was born October 24, 1952, in Marinette, Wi to Stanley and May Barnes. She graduated from Marinette High School, class of 1970. Sue went on to marry Gary Pieper on August 5, 1978. Sue enjoyed many employment opportunities including, but not limited to, Pudgy's Pizza, Golrusk, WG&R, Summerplace Gardens, Dairyland Veterinary Service, and being a self-employed artist. These varied interests lead Sue many places.”
Foundation Remembers Former Board Member Howard Brown, Awards over $73,000 to 14 Non-Profits for Kenosha Area Programs
ExposeKenosha
“The Kenosha Community Foundation honored one of its own – Howard J. Brown – at its annual Grants Distribution Reception held at Kenosha’s Civil War Museum. Foundation Executive Director Robert Schneider, remembered Brown’s generosity and caring, and noted that contributions to Mr. Brown’s Endowment Fund at the Foundation continue. At the reception, five of the funds managed by Kenosha Community Foundation awarded grants for 2011. In all, 24 grants, totaling $73,000, were awarded to 14 different not-for-profit organizations as follows:”
Visual Arts/Museums
Local Artist Presents Exhibit in Duluth
Ashland Current
Through June 29
Opening Reception June 18
“{Body}, a collection of black and white photographs by Washburn-based photographer Bob Gross, will be on display at Ochre Ghost Gallery, located at 22 2nd Avenue East in Duluth, Minn., from Thurs., June 16 through Wed., June 29. A public reception for the exhibit will be held Sat., June 18 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.”
Multi-media exhibit focuses on St. Croix River
Hudson Star Observer
Through July 20
“The Artful Rain Garden Exhibit, featuring drawing, painting, photography, poetry, mixed media sculpture, and interactive displays to inspire, inform, and encourage action for a healthy river, is on view through July 20 in the lobby and upstairs galleries of The Phipps Center for the Arts . The opening celebration will take place on Thursday, June 16, from 6-9 p.m. with a special event featuring In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre in Lakefront Park starting at 7 p.m. For more information on this and other aspects of the Artful Rain Garden Project, go to www.artfulraingarden.net. Exhibiting artists include Laurie Allmann, Barb Bend, Sheila Bergman, James Wilcox Dimmers, and Karla Faith with group projects “A River Runs Through Us,” “In a New Light,” “Just Add Water,” and “Voices on the River.” Rain garden displays on loan from Blue Thumb and Metro Blooms will be on view, as will a prairie root project by Youth Action Hudson and the Hudson High School sustainability group.”
The Loaded Image: Printmaking as Persuasion
The Isthmus
Through September 25
“Created to Sway - Exhibition of Persuasive Prints at the Chazen Museum of Art - Printmakers not only create beautiful art, they often want to deliver a specific message, whether high-minded, humorous, or appalled. Drawn from the Chazen's collection, The Loaded Image: Printmaking as Persuasion showcases prints from the sixteenth century to the present as an exploration of the messages and persuasive tactics of this popular art form. The exhibition is on view June 18-September 25, 2011 in the Oscar F. and Louise Greiner Mayer Gallery.”
Arts and Creativity in Education
Alverno Presents Season 52
Alverno College
Various
“Home Shows Season Packages Blog Media Special Events Theatre Rentals Donate Our Mission Supporters Area Restaurants FAQs Venues & Directions Return to alverno.edu This is a Love Letter. This season we’re bringing you 13 wildly different events. A few old favorites and a few Alverno Presents firsts. Some in our venues, and some in other equaly fantastic ones. Read all about ‘em. Buy some tickets. Find us after the show, and tell us what you thought!”
Community Arts
Lakefront Festival Of The Arts Kicks Off Today
WISN-TV Milwaukee
June 17 – 19
MILWAUKEE -- Work from more than 180 artists will be displayed and sold this weekend on Milwaukee's lakefront. The Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of Arts starts Friday and runs through Sunday on the museum's grounds. It also features food, music, a silent auction, a sculpture and wine garden and children's activities.
Folk Arts/Folklife
Artists / Crafters Wanted For Muskego Historical Society Craft Show
MuskegoNow
September 24
“The Muskego Historical Society is looking for art/craft exhibitors for the 4th Annual One Stop Holiday Shoppe Craft Fair at the Muskego Settlement Center, Saturday, September 24, 2011 from 9 am to 3 p.m. This is a great family event that is well attended. We are looking for quality art/crafts and especially anyone who can demonstrate pioneer crafts such as wool spinning, quilting, rug making or blacksmithing.”
Media Arts
Multi-media exhibit focuses on St. Croix River
Hudson Star-Observer
Through July 20
“The Artful Rain Garden Exhibit, featuring drawing, painting, photography, poetry, mixed media sculpture, and interactive displays to inspire, inform, and encourage action for a healthy river, is on view through July 20 in the lobby and upstairs galleries of The Phipps Center for the Arts.”
Performing Arts
Theater
Dinner Theater - Rabbit Hole
WSAW-TV Wausau
June 17 – 19
“The Great Dane - 2305 Sherman St – Wausau The Artista! Players of Wausau, WI are proud to announce RABBIT HOLE as their next dinner t heater production to be performed at THE GREAT DANE on Father’s Day Weekend June 17, 18 & 19, 2011. RABBIT HOLE is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway Play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. He later adapted his work to a movie, under the same title, featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. RABBIT HOLE deals with ways family members survive a major loss; the story includes comedy as well as drama.”
Other
Call for Submissions for 2012 Athena Film Festival
Indie Wire
Submissions accepted June 15 – September 15
As you may know, I am the artistic director of the Athena Film Festival. The second festival will take place from February 9-12, 2012. We are opening our call for submissions today. Read the information carefully and spread it far and wide. Films have power. They create conversation. They reveal truths. They inspire. But for too many generations, Hollywood has told only half the story: too often, what is missing are the stories of women as change agents and heroes in their own right. For the second year, Barnard College, the most sought-after women’s college in the nation, will celebrate women’s leadership on screen at the Athena Film Festival which will take place from February 9-12, 2012.
Tourism Cares Invites Letters of Inquiry for Worldwide Grants Program
Tourism Cares, Philanthropy News Digest
July 1 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Tourism Cares, a philanthropic organization of the tourism industry, works to preserve the travel experience for future generations. As part of this mission, the organization awards grants to preserve and facilitate access to important natural, cultural, and historic sites around the world.”
Mockingbird Foundation Invites Applications for Children's Music Education Program Grants
Mockingbird Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
August 1
“The Mockingbird Foundation, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization created by fans of the rock band Phish, annually provides competitive grants to U.S. nonprofit organizations and public schools for children's music education programs. The foundation is accepting inquiries for its fifteenth round of competitive grants.”
National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Arts in Media Funding Category
National Endowment for the Arts, Philanthropy News Digest
September 1
“The National Endowment for the Arts' new Arts in Media funding category is designed to help make the excellence and diversity of the arts widely available to the American public through the national distribution of innovative media projects about the arts and media projects that can be considered works of art.”
National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Basic Preservation Grants
National Film Preservation Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: June 24
The National Film Preservation Foundation is inviting applications for the summer round of its Basic Preservation Grants. These grants are awarded to nonprofit and public institutions conducting laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials.
Tournées Festival Program Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses
French American Cultural Exchange, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadlines: June 30, October 1
“FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of French-American cultural and educational exchange, is accepting applications for the Tournées Festival, a program designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses in the United States. Now in its sixteenth year, the program distributes close to $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals.”
Tournées Festival Program Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses
French American Cultural Exchange, Philanthropy News Digest
June 30, October 1
“FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of French-American cultural and educational exchange, is accepting applications for the Tournées Festival, a program designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses in the United States. Now in its sixteenth year, the program distributes close to $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals.”
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Offers Funding for Film Festival Grants
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: July 1
“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Festival Grant program has awarded a total of $4.4 million to film festivals since 1999. Grants totaling $450,000 were granted to thirty U.S. film festivals in 2010. Grants are available only to U.S.-based film festivals that have been held on at least five occasions over at least five years. Screening programs, be they periodic screening series or end-of-term student screening programs, are not eligible to apply. Festivals that do not screen films in a theatrical setting also are not eligible to apply.”
Sappi Fine Paper North America Seeks Entries for Ideas That Matter Design Grant Program
Sappi Fine Paper, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: July 15
“Sappi Fine Paper North America has announced the 2011 call for entries for Ideas that Matter, an annual grant program that recognizes and supports designers who donate their time and talent to create communications materials for a wide range of charitable activities.”
Call for Artists
Great Lakes Art Fair
Deadline: July 29
“The Great Lakes Art Fair is the fastest growing indoor Art event in the Midwest. From its inception in Spring 2009 to the most recent event, attendance has more than doubled. Juried artist applications jumped more than 40 percent from Fall 2009 to Spring 2010. This Bi-Annual Fair offer fine artists in the region a reliable, regularly scheduled, “weather-free” marketplace to showcase their freshest and most beautiful work, and word is spreading rapidly that this is a destination event for artists and patron alike.”
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
ASCAP Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: August 1 (Letters of Intent)
“The ASCAP Foundation is a publicly supported charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. The foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for new 2012 grant funding from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations engaged in music education and talent development programs for aspiring songwriters and composers.”
First Peoples Fund Invites Applications for Artist in Business Leadership Program
First Peoples Fund, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: September 1
“The First Peoples Fund's Artist in Business Leadership Program is designed to help entrepreneurial Native American artists develop their marketing and business skills and build self-sustaining, arts-based businesses.”
Art, Video, Music, Writing Contests from WASB
DPI ConnectED
Deadlines: November, 2011
“The Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) has announced guidelines for its Student Art and Video contests (deadlines are in November), as well as its Music Showcase and Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! competitions (deadlines are in June). Winning entries in each contest will be displayed at the 2012 State Education Convention, January 18-20 in Milwaukee (the top musical groups get to perform there). The Wisconsin Art Exhibits and Awards are open to public school students in grades 7-12. The WASB Student Video Contest gives students the opportunity to develop creative, thought-provoking videos individually, in a small group, or as a class project. Students must be in grades 7-12. Musical groups from grades 6-12 may send audition tapes to the Music Showcase. For Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book!, teachers submit up to 10 of the most exemplary picture books per classroom (any K-12 public school student is eligible). To hold these competitions, WASB collaborates with the Wisconsin Art Education Association, the Wisconsin Educational Media Technology Association, and the Wisconsin School Music Association.”
HUCalling all furniture makers & artisans!UH
KL Communications Invites Furniture Makers & Artisans to Exhibit in the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows
No deadline
TIVERTON, RI – KL Communications is pleased to invite artisans designing and handcrafting furniture, accessories, fine art & craft to apply to exhibit at the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows taking place in Baltimore (April 15-17, 2011), Milwaukee (September 30 – October 2, 2011), and Providence (October 21-23, 2011). These shows primarily present studio and custom furniture with home décor accessories such as lighting, floor coverings, and fine art as well as quality handcrafted jewelry, wearables, pottery, glass, sculpture, and more. Artisans from throughout North America working in all media are invited to apply for an invitation to exhibit and sell their work at any or all of the 2011 shows. Applications to exhibit can be downloaded from the “Exhibitor Info” heading at www.FineFurnishingsShows.com or call 401-816-0963 for more information.”
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