  Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 1460 Registered: 08-2005 |
The Kresge Foundation's new Arts in Detroit initiative will provide financial support for eighteen fellowships annually. The one-year fellowships will provide $25,000 and customized professional development opportunities to emerging and established metropolitan Detroit artists working in the visual, performing, and literary arts. The purpose of the fellowship is to enable the artist to devote time and resources to whatever is necessary to deepen their art form, to experiment, and to advance their artistic career. Kresge Artist Fellowships in the Visual Arts will be awarded in odd years (2009, 2011, etc.); Kresge Artist Fellowships in the Performing and Literary Arts will be awarded in even years (2010, 2012, etc.). Applications are now being accepted for the Visual Arts Fellowships. The Visual Arts category includes art and technology, book arts, ceramics, collage, drawing, fiber, video art, glass, installation, metalwork, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and interdisciplinary work that includes at least one of these arts disciplines. (Applications for the Performing and Literary Arts will be invited beginning November 1, 2009.) The fellowships are unrestricted and will be given to artists who have a demonstrated track record of artistic achievement and high-quality work, are current legal residents of the metropolitan Detroit tri-county area (Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb counties), and have resided in the area for the past two years. Artists are expected to retain residence in one of the three counties during the fellowship period, must work in one or more of the disciplines reviewed each year and have the potential to grow and advance in their artistic career during the fellowship period, and be at least 18 years old. Artists who collaborate with other artists and/or have an ongoing demonstrated history of collaborative work are permitted to apply under a single collaborative application. Individuals who are working toward any degree program, arts- or non-arts-related, at the time of application or are planning to work toward a degree during the course of the fellowship are not eligible to apply. The Artist Fellowships are administered by the Detroit-based College for Creative Studies. Visit the CCS Web site for complete program information Contact: http://kresge.collegeforcreati vestudies.edu/ |
