Grants

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Call for Artists

The Healing Arts Program is a rotating art show mounted at the Owatonna Hospital through a partnership with the Owatonna Arts Center.  The purpose of the exhibit is to contribute to the healing environment of the Owatonna Hospital.  We seek to display artistic work that reflects the nature of healing.

 

Submissions will be juried by members of the Healing Arts Committee, which is comprised of people from the Owatonna Hospital, Owatonna Art Center and from the Owatonna community.

For information about the Healing Arts Program contact: Tracy Frederick, Curator Healing Arts Tracy.frederick@oacarts.org  I  507.451.0533  I  www.oacarts.org   

 

Mail information to: Owatonna Arts Center Attn: Tracy Frederick

435 Garden View Lane  P.O. Box 134  Owatonna, MN 55060

 

 

EXHIBIT DATES:

  • Summer/Fall 2011 (July through the end of October)
  • Fall 2011/Winter 2012 (November through the end of February)
  • Spring/Summer 2012 (March through the end of June)
  • Summer/Fall 2012 (July through the end of October)
  • Fall 2012/Winter 2013 (November through the end f February)

 

SUBMITTING WORK:

  • Indicate which exhibit you will be showing at. (ie: Summer/Fall 2011)
  • Send low resolution images via CD, email or website showing pieces you will be able to show in the exhibit.
  • Framed artwork must have wire hanging method
  • Art work on canvas must have wire hanging method
  • All 3 dimensional pieces are exhibited in locked display cases.  Pieces need to fit within a 4’H x 2”10”W x 1’3”D display case.
  • All artwork must be labeled with your name, title, technique and price
  • Artist to provide an artist statement
  • Artist to provide contact information
  • Please provide a self addressed stamped envelope of the appropriate size if you want your materials returned.

  

Cargill Foundation to Boost Native American, Folk Art Organizations

Native American culture and folk art are about to become a focal point of a $4 billion charitable foundation, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Although it is still in its formative stage, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation in Eden Prairie, Minnesota — one of three entities grouped under the umbrella of the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies — will focus on those two areas, as well as the environment, disaster relief, and safe drinking water in developing countries, said foundation spokeswoman Sallie Gaines. After a stock deal last month called for Margaret Cargill's share of the privately held Cargill agribusiness fortune to be liquidated over the next four and a half years and transferred to her charities beginning this spring, the foundation expanded its hiring of staff and is preparing to launch its first initiatives.

While it remains to be seen what portion of the foundation's grantmaking will be earmarked for the arts, the foundation is planning to nurture grassroots efforts to a greater degree than more established institutions. Gaines told the Times that the foundation aims to identify unknown or aging masters of particular art forms and cultural traditions — such as basket- or tapestry-making techniques, performance styles, or ceremonial dances of tribes — and to make sure that that knowledge is passed on to future generations.

The foundation is expected to begin making grants late this year or early in 2012 through a program focused on Native American initiatives in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Eventually, it will roll out programs for the Southwest and Upper Midwest, after which it will begin making grants in the folk art area.

"I think the impact is going to be phenomenal," said Marshall McKay, board chair at the Autry National Center of the American West and a board member of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. "Native American artists have certainly struggled. This kind of revenue, I think, can really put some programs on their feet and win long-term respect and growth for the artists."

Boehm, Mike. “Folk, Native American Arts Could Gain Millions From M.A.C. Foundation.” Los Angeles Times 1/29/11.

 

VSA arts Invites Applications From Teaching Artists With Disabilities for Professional Development Fellowship Program

VSA arts is seeking applications from artist-educators for the Teaching Artist Fellowship, a program to identify, engage, and support outstanding teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts.

Benefits to Teaching Artist Fellows include a professional development retreat in Washington, D.C., designed especially for teaching artists; subscriptions/memberships within the teaching artist network (i.e., Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education, Teaching Theatre); networking and teaching opportunities in Washington, D.C., and other areas (stipend and travel costs included); and enrollment in VSA Community of Practice, a professional development Web site. Fellows will also serve as facilitators for VSA education programs and will be profiled in VSA publications.

The program is open to artists with disabilities who have had experience working in pre-K-12 classrooms within the past three years. Applicants should demonstrate artistic achievement in visual or performing arts. (Note: This program is designed specifically for teaching artists. Classroom instructors are not eligible for the fellowship.)

See the VSA arts Web site for complete program information.

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Link to Complete RFP