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March 9th 2010
Cultural Exchange Fund Offers Travel Support for Performing Arts Presenters
The Cultural Exchange Fund, a travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, assists United States-based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its appropriate cultural context.
Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations, and to groups of presenters traveling to see the work of artists, companies, and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, Arts Presenters strongly encourages travel to locations including, but not limited to, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Arts Presenters will fund individual travel subsidies as well as group travel subsidies. The maximum amount awarded per individual organization, inclusive of travel costs and per diem, is $2,000 each. Group travel subsidies will be awarded only to groups of three or more presenters from different member presenting organizations. The maximum award for a group is $10,000 each, with no more than $2,000 awarded per organization. Arts Presenters has added a new funding round to the 2009-10 CEF travel subsidy program and has posted May 14, 2010, as the deadline for travel taking place between June 2010 and December 2010.
Visit the Arts Presenters Web site for complete program information.
Application Deadline: May 14, 2010
March 8th 2010
Arts Council of New Orleans Grant
Applications for FY 2011 grants through the Community Arts Grants Program and the Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program will be available only through this web site (acno.cgweb.org) starting Monday, February 22, 2010. The guidelines for these grant programs as well as the Online Granting System Applicant User Manual will be available on our web site (artscouncilofneworleans.org – Grants/Available Grants) starting February 22, 2010. Information on grant workshops and staff assistance will also be posted under Grants/Available Grants.
Please read the guidelines and application form(s) carefully and refer to the Online Granting System Applicant User Manual before starting an application. The Online Granting System Applicant User Manual will instruct you on how to use the online system and complete the online application – we recommend that you print it out.
Please note: An application for a grant must be submitted through the Online Granting System as well as in hard copy form.
• The DEADLINE to submit the ONLINE application through the Online Granting System is MIDNIGHT, APRIL 21, 2010.
• The HARD COPY APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 22, 2010. Hard copy applications must be received in the Arts Council office by 4:00 p.m. April 22 if hand-delivered, OR they must be mailed and postmarked by that date.
After you’ve created a new user profile for the Online Granting System or logged in with your current profile, go to the Current Programs & Applications button (left) to access the application form that you wish to view or complete for a FY 2011 grant.
Again, please refer to the guidelines for details on the grants being offered, the eligibility requirements, and the application steps and requirements.
Community Arts Grants are made possible with funding from the City of New Orleans. Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program grants are made possible with state funding through the Louisiana Division of the Arts.
You may call the Grants staff if you have questions or if you would like to discuss the funding opportunities or your application. Karen Kern, Grants Manager, may be reached at 504-595-8461 and Joycelyn Reynolds, Grants Manager, may be reached at 504-595-8471.
March 3rd 2010
ExxonMobil, Ashoka's Changemakers, and International Center for Research on Women Launch Women's Economic Development Challenge
ExxonMobil, in partnership with Ashoka’s Changemakers and the International Center for Research on Women, has launched Women | Tools | Technology: Building Opportunities & Economic Power, a challenge designed to identify transformative solutions for promoting women’s economic advancement through technology.
The challenge’s partners seek creative ideas and sustainable approaches that enable more women from developing countries to be active contributors to and leaders in the world’s rapidly changing economy. The ideas and solutions generated through the challenge can be new or improve upon existing technologies to enable them to benefit more women. Innovators with concepts for catalyzing women’s economic advancement through technology will be able to submit their ideas through a crowdsourcing online format that allows for discussion and collaboration among other innovators and select experts.
The challenge is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. Entries should indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability. Entries may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
Submissions will be accepted through April 14, 2010, at the Ashoka’s Changemakers Web site. Entries will be judged by a panel of experts, and ten to fifteen finalists will be announced in early June. The Changemakers online community will decide the three winners, each of whom will receive a cash award of $5,000.
For complete program information and to submit an entry, visit the Changemakers Web site.
Application Deadline: April 14, 2010
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