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Art Works Application Deadlines

(Refer to the field/discipline page that is appropriate to your project for greater detail.)

Field/discipline

March 8, 2012
Notification: Nov. 2012
Support May Begin: Jan. 1, 2013

August 9, 2012
Notification: April 2013
Support May Begin: June 1, 2013

Artist Communities

ALL artist community projects for Creation, Engagement, Learning, and Livability

N/A

Arts Education

Learning: Community-Based Projects

Learning: School-Based Projects

Dance

Creation: Commissions, Residencies, Choreography Workshops; Engagement: Restaging of Repertory, Regional/National Tours, Home Performances, Presentations, Services to the Field

Engagement: Outreach, Documentation/Preservation, Restaging of Master Works; Learning: Lifelong Learning, Professional Training; Livability: Planning, Artist Live/Work Spaces, Partnerships

Design

N/A

ALL design projects for Creation, Engagement, Learning, and Livability

Folk & Traditional Arts

Creation: New Work Based on Tradition; Engagement: Presentation, Touring, Media; Livability: Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

Engagement: Heritage, Documentation/Preservation, Outreach, Services to the Field; Learning: Lifelong Learning, Professional Development

Literature

Engagement: Literary Publishing

Creation: Opportunities for Creation of Work; Engagement: Audience Development, Services to the Field; Learning: Professional Development, Lifelong Learning; Livability: Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities, Writer Live/Work Spaces, Enhancement of Public Spaces, Partnerships

Local Arts Agencies

Engagement: Services to the Field: Activities such as Marketing, Audience Development, Conferences, Professional Development

Subgranting for Service Activities

Livability: Cultural/Creative Sector Planning, Artist Live/Work Spaces

Creation: Artist Residencies, Commissions; Engagement: Performing Arts Events/Readings/Screenings/Broadcasts/Visual Arts Exhibitions, Documentation/Conservation of Public and Monumental Art

Subgranting for Programming Activities

Learning:Residencies, Lifelong Learning; Livability:Enhancement of Public Spaces

Media Arts

Engagement: Programs for the Public, Exhibition, Services to the Field, Facilities Access; Learning: Programs for the Media Field, Lifelong Learning; Livability: Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

Creation: Production; Engagement: Distribution, Preservation, Publications

Museums

Creation: Commissions, Public Art, Residencies; Engagement: Special Exhibitions, Services to the Field

Engagement: Conservation, Documentation, Collections, Technology, Outreach; Learning: Public Programs, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Residencies; Livability: Creation and Enhancement of Public Spaces, Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

Music

Creation: Commissions, Residencies; Engagement: Performances, Presentations, Residencies, Services to the Field; Learning: Professional Development

Engagement: Domestic Touring, Outreach, Recordings, Preservation, Technology; Learning: Lifelong Learning; Livability: Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

Opera

Creation: Commissioning/Development of New Work; Engagement: Premieres, New/Remounted Productions, Concert Opera

Engagement: Festival Opera, Residencies, Simulcasts, Touring/Outreach, Recordings, Technology, Documentation/Preservation, Services to the Field; Learning: Professional Development, Lifelong Learning; Livability: Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

Presenting

Engagement: Activities for Underserved Communities, Outdoor Festivals and Programs; Learning: Lifelong Learning

Creation: Creation, Commissioning; Engagement: Touring, Presentation, Residencies, Technology, Preservation, Services to Artists and Arts Organizations; Learning: Training for Artists; Livability: Artist Live/Work Spaces, Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities, Partnerships, Planning

Theater & Musical Theater

Creation: Creation of New Work;
Engagement: 2012-13 Production

Engagement: 2013-14 Production, Touring/Outreach, Community-Based Projects, Documentation/Preservation, Services to the Field; Learning: Professional Training, Lifelong Learning; Livability: Planning, Artist Live/Work Spaces, Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities, Partnerships

Visual Arts

Creation: Commissions, Public Art, Residencies; Engagement: Exhibitions, Publications

Engagement: Outreach, Technology, Conservation, Documentation, Services to the Field; Learning: Public Programs, Lifelong Learning: Livability: Artist Live/Work Spaces, Creation and Enhancement of Public Spaces, Community Interaction and Placemaking Activities

 

 
     
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