Category Archives: The Arts

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Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research, Arnold Bentley New Initiatives Fund

Deadline: Continuous Submission

The Arnold Bentley Fund exists to support new, interdisciplinary initiatives concerned with the advancement or promotion of research in the psychology of music or music education. Examples may include support towards a project, conference, seminar, workshop, exhibition or publication that is particularly innovative or pioneering.

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National Endowment for the Arts/National Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities, NEA FY 2017 Art Works II Application

Deadline: July 14, 2016 (**This is a limited submission opportunity. Refer to The University of Akron Limited Submission guidelines.)

Art works by enhancing the value of individuals and communities, by connecting us to each other and to something greater than ourselves, and by empowering creativity and innovation in our society and economy. The arts exist for beauty itself, but they also are an inexhaustible source of meaning and inspiration.

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American Society for Theatre Research, Selma Jean Cohen Conference Presentation Award

Deadline: July 15, 2016

This award provides up to $1000 to a scholar to participate in a plenary or working session at the ASTR conference. This presentation must, in the spirit of Selma Jeanne Cohen, explore the intersections of theatre and dance/movement. Funds shall be used to cover travel and hotel expenses. The purpose of the award is to encourage scholars in dance and movement-based fields to become active members of ASTR by helping them to meet the travel and hotel expenses of attending and presenting at the ASTR annual meeting. ASTR conference registration fees will be waived for award winners.

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American Musicological Society, Thomas Hampson Fund Supporting Research and Publication on Classic Song

Deadline: August 15, 2016

The fund is dedicated to fostering editions and scholarship on classic song in all its contexts (including American song, contemporary song, etc.), as well as new and innovative technologies for promoting and understanding classic song via interactive media and the Internet. The AMS will award a grant of up to $1,100 to support research and publication on classic song.

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Azule, Residencies

Deadlines: May 15, 2016; August 15, 2016; November 1, 2016

Azule provides this retreat and residency program for performers, writers, architects, builders, musicians, and artists of all types. Azule provides an environment where artists and community meet, work and learn together through the arts in their many forms. The residencies range in length from 4 days to 4 weeks.

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For more Arts grant opportunities, follow the Find Grants on SPIN link at the top right of this page. Login using your UAnet ID and password, and then search for “The Arts” under the bookmarks tab. 

Dance and Theatre Grants

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National Dance Project: Presentation Grants

Deadline: Continuous Submission

Presentation Grants are made to U.S. nonprofit presenting organizations to support the engagements of NDP awarded projects on tour by subsidizing up to 50% of the artist’s fee (including housing, per diem, and travel).

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Grants in the Arts

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Bellagio Center Residency Programs – Academic Writing Residency

Deadline: May 2, 2016

The Bellagio Residency program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a stimulating array of disciplines and geographies. The Bellagio Center community generates new knowledge to solve some of the most complex issues facing our world and creates art that inspires reflection and understanding on global and social issues.

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Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Research Fellowship Grant Award

Deadline: June 1, 2016

The Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) awards research fellowships of up to $1,000 for research in the areas of embroidery and allied textile arts.

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Celeste Prize

Deadline: June 30, 2016

The Celeste Prize has been established to promote international contemporary art in the widest possible sense. There will be a final exhibition of 50 works and 3 projects, a catalogue of circa 80 pages which will contain illustrations of finalists’ works and critical texts, as well as 6 prizes totalling 23,000 € in cash. Awards night and exhibition of finalist works at The Bargehouse, OXO Tower, London, 7-9 October 2016.

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Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities

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FAIC/Tru Vue International Professional Development Scholarship

Deadline: February 15, 2016

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) offers scholarships up to $1,500 to help individual members of AIC defray costs for attending international professional development events, such as workshops, conferences, and symposia.

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Next Generation Humanities PhD Implementation Grants

Deadline: February 17, 2016

Next Generation PhD Implementation Grants are designed to produce plans that will transform scholarly preparation in the humanities at the doctoral level. Students will be prepared to undertake various kinds of careers, and humanities PhD programs will increase their relevance for the twenty-first century.

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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts, Grants for Organizations

Deadline: February 25, 2016

The Graham Foundation offers Production, Presentation and Publication Support Grants to organizations. These grants assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include, but are not limited to, publications, exhibitions, installations, films, new media projects, conferences/lectures, and other public programs.

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Southwest Oral History Association, Mini Grants

Deadline: February 26, 2016

The Southwest Oral History Association will award up to three mini-grants that may be used for interviewing, equipment, transcription, editing, publishing, and other oral history related expenses.

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Culture and the Arts Grants

Deadline: February 29, 2016

Artistic expression thrives on diversity, bringing communities together in shared experiences that transcend boundaries and foster understanding. The Foundation supports the full spectrum of artistic expression including visual and performing arts organizations, museums, and other organizations that broaden cultural experiences.The Foundation will award up to $25,000 for culture and arts projects to a nonprofit foundation.

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The Arts

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Global Art Grants

Deadline: February 1, 2016

The Burning Man Global Art Grants program funds highly interactive, community-driven works of art that prioritize community involvement in their development, execution and display.

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College and University Collection Care Grant

Deadline: February 1, 2016

The $1,500 College and University Collection Care Grant is intended to assist with the care, maintenance, preservation, and instructional missions of a college or university collection that is not eligible for a Small Museum Collection Care Grant.

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Public Scholar Program

Deadline: February 2, 2016

The Public Scholar program supports well-researched books in the humanities intended to reach a broad readership.

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Kinkade Grants

Deadline: February 15, 2016

Funded projects typically focus on linguistic analysis, social-cultural anthropology, ethnolinguistics, or sociolinguistics. Especially appropriate are field studies that address cultural expressive systems, such as music, language, dance, mythology, world view, folk taxonomy, art, intellectual life, and religion. Also appropriate are projects focusing on cultural and linguistic forms in modern contexts, for example, traditional environmental knowledge or social organization.

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Grants for Organizations

Deadline: February 25, 2016

These grants assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include, but are not limited to, publications, exhibitions, installations, films, new media projects, conferences/lectures, and other public programs.

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