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California Community Foundation: Fellowships For Visual Artists 2010 California Community Foundation 2010 Fellowship for Visual Artists Attn: Program Officer Leslie Ito 445 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3400 Los Angeles, CA 90071 BACK TO PARTICIPATING CALLS CONTACT EVENT |
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REQUIREMENTS: Images: 6 For more than 90 years, the California Community Foundation (CCF) has recognized, encouraged and supported the Southern California arts community by funding and nurturing a full range of artistic expressions. The Fellowship for Visual Artists is designed to support local emerging and mid-career artists in advancing to the next level of professional development. The foundation views the arts as a vehicle of community building and civic engagement, especially since the arts can help communities address difficult social problems, provide a safe means of bridging differences and enrich people’s lives. The foundation’s commitment to support individual artists emphasizes the role of the arts in connecting communities, bridging cultural barriers and in celebrating the rich diversity of Los Angeles County. The California Community Foundation’s Fellowship for Visual Artists is made possible by the J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, the Brody Arts Fund, the Joan Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles and other CCF funds. OBJECTIVES • To acknowledge the contributions of outstanding mid-career visual artists in Los Angeles by enhancing, encouraging and nurturing artistic accomplishments • To encourage and foster promising and emerging visual artists in Los Angeles by supporting early stages of individual development • To increase access to artistic support among the diverse communities of Los Angeles • To support and develop artistic or cultural talent of special merit that reflects Los Angeles’ diverse population REVIEW PROCESS A new multidisciplinary selection panel made up of distinguished artists and professionals from the Los Angeles arts community is created annually to review qualified applications. The panel will recommend grant awards to the most outstanding individual artists who have submitted all application materials (including requested attachments and sample work) and meet the requirements in these guidelines. Awards will be announced the last week of June 2010. The selection panel members will also be announced at that time. For More Information: Contact Program Assistant Michelle Moreno at mmoreno@ccf-la.org or (213) 413-4130. $15,000 Fellowships for Emerging Artists Plus the Business of Art Retreat (produced by the Center for Cultural Innovation) The California Community Foundation will award a total of ten fellowships to mid-career artists and four fellowships to emerging artists in Los Angeles County. Awards will be based on: • Artistic quality and merit • Past artistic accomplishments • Impact of the fellowship on the artist's career • Work that is representative of Los Angeles’ diverse communities, including those defined by ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, economic circumstances or geographic location • Artist's contribution to the vitality of Los Angeles Students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees and California Community Foundation employees and their immediate family members are NOT eligible. MID-CAREER ARTISTS (Ten awards) Made possible by the J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts and the Joan Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles, ten fellowships of $20,000 each will be awarded to individual mid-career visual artists in Los Angeles County to facilitate creative activity and professional development. Mid-career fellowships recognize more experienced artists who have produced work of excellent artistic merit, but have yet to garner a level of acknowledgement and recognition that corresponds to their talent. Qualified applicants: • Must be mid-career visual artists — defined as artists who have seven or more years of active professional experience in their field. Artists must have documented exhibition history, publications or other significant proof of professional accomplishments (should not include accomplishments during bachelor’s or master’s degree programs). • Must reside full-time in Los Angeles County for at least five years prior to the application deadline. • Must be working in the visual arts (e.g., painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, experimental film and video , interdisciplinary/mixed media or performance art in which visual art must be a significant and integral component). Artists whose primary practice is performing or media arts (e.g., music, dance, acting, film, video, or moving animation) are NOT eligible, and new genres may be deemed ineligible by the panel. • Recipients of a previous mid-career artist fellowship from the California Community Foundation are NOT eligible. However, recipients of an emerging artist fellowship ARE eligible and must indicate their receipt of a previous fellowship award on the application. EMERGING ARTISTS (Four awards) Made possible by the Brody Arts Fund and the Joan Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles, four fellowships of $15,000 each will be awarded to help visual artists with promise further develop their artistic talents and achieve greater recognition in the community. Qualified applicants: • Must be emerging artists — defined as artists who have up to seven years of professional experience in their field (excluding accomplishments during bachelor’s or master’s degree programs). • Must live full-time in Los Angeles County for at least three years prior to application deadline. • Must be working in the visual arts (e.g., painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, experimental film and video , interdisciplinary/mixed media or performance art in which visual art must be a significant and integral component). Artists whose primary practice is performing or media arts (e.g., music, dance, acting, film, video or moving animation) are NOT eligible, and new genres may be deemed ineligible by the panel. • Previous recipients of an emerging artist fellowship are NOT eligible. However, they ARE eligible for a mid-career artist award (see above) and must indicate their receipt of a previous fellowship award on this application. For More Information: Contact Program Assistant Michelle Moreno at mmoreno@ccf-la.org or (213) 413-4130. |
