Posted July 22, 200915 yr Hey all, Just wanted to pass on word that CPAC is currently accepting applications for the Creative Workforce Fellowship from artists residing in Cuyahoga County. Earlier this month, $20,000 grants were given out to 20 local visual and design artists, and now's it's time to get money to performing artists (music, dance, theatre, interdisciplinary) and literary artists. At $400,000 per year, this is now one of the largest local grant programs for artists in the entire country. Read on and please help spread the word to local artists: Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) is excited to announce the performing and literary cycle of the Creative Workforce Fellowship. Five workshops will be held starting on Monday, July 27, 2009, through August, 15, 2009, to review application procedures and to address questions of potential applicants. In order to apply, an individual artist must have been a resident of Cuyahoga County for two years prior to applying, and must not be enrolled in any degree-granting program. CPAC would greatly appreciate your help in getting the word out. Please forward on the following information to your network of dance, interdisciplinary, literary, music and theatre artists. $20K fellowships for music, performance and literary artists The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) recently issued Creative Workforce Fellowship (CWF) 2nd Cycle guidelines and application materials for dance, literary, music, theatre and interdisciplinary artists. Individuals who meet eligibility requirements can compete for one of up to 20 fellowships. Each CWF recipient will receive a $20,000 financial award; membership in the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Arts Network; a full tuition waiver for CPAC’s Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI); and inclusion in a publication of Fellows’ work. The program is made possible through the generous funding of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Register for one of five informational workshops starting Monday, July 27, and view guidelines and application forms at www.cpacbiz.org/business/CWF.shtml. The deadline to apply for the second cycle of CWF is Friday, September 25, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. EST.
August 4, 200915 yr Just a reminder about the program. This is a relatively big deal in the arts world; grants of this size are pretty rare. So please help us get the word out to any dancers, musicians, theatre artists or writers that you might know. They must be residents of Cuyahoga County for the past two years, 18 years of age and not currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program. Otherwise, they will be judged on the merit of their work. We have three more grant workshops coming up: Workshop 3: Saturday, August 8, 2009 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Pilgrim Congregational Church (Tremont) 2592 West 14th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Workshop 4: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Cleveland Heights Public Library 2345 Lee Road Cleveland, OH 44118 Workshop 5: Saturday, August 15, 2009 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Baldwin-Wallace College Strosacker Hall College Union, Sandstone III 120 East Grand Street Berea, OH 44017-2088
August 4, 200915 yr Oh, and in case you're curious about the $400,000 that was recently awarded to visual, media and design artists, bios and samples of their work, as well as a brief description of the process and bios of the panelists, are available here: http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/08-09/CWFcycle1FellowBios.pdf.
August 4, 200915 yr 8shades, any national press love for this, other than the cool NYT article a while back?
August 4, 200915 yr Not that I can think of ... there was the front-page Wall Street Journal story (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992318352327147.html), but that was actually about artists repopulating local neighborhoods and about our program From Rust Belt to Artist Belt; I don't think the fellowship program was mentioned.
July 14, 201014 yr Sorry, forgot to post this sooner, but the 2011 (visual) cycle of the Creative Workforce Fellowship has been launched. The program accepts applications from a pretty broad range of backgrounds; CPAC is currently accepting applications from: - Craft artists (ceramic, metal, wood, textile, etc.), - Design artists (architecture, graphic, fashion, interior, product, urban design, etc.), - Media artists (animation, radio, video, film, etc.), - and Visual artists (drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, etc.). Next year's cycle will be open to artists working in dance, literature, music, theatre and those doing interdisciplinary work. A number of changes have been made to the program based on feedback from past applicants, but the program will still give out $400,000 in awards in 2010 ... $20,000 fellowships to 20 Cuyahoga County artists. It is now a two-part process, and Part 1 of the application is due no later than July 30th at 5:00 p.m., but this part is pretty simple ... contact info and proof of residence, etc., and the COAC staff is happy to answer any questions you have. Please help get the word out! http://www.cpacbiz.org/business/CWF.shtml
July 14, 201014 yr Grants available for Cuyahoga County artists to pursue projects By SHANNON MORTLAND 2:51 pm, June 21, 2010 Cuyahoga County artists have five chances this summer to learn more about how they can secure a $20,000 grant to pursue art projects. The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture is holding five informational workshops to learn more about whether they qualify for the Creative Workforce Fellowship program, under which up to 20 artists would receive $20,000 apiece ... ... More at http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100621/FREE/100629985.
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