Cinereach is now accepting letters of inquiry for its Summer 2009 grant cycle. The deadline to submit a letter of inquiry is June 1st.
Who Cinereach funds:
Support will be provided to artful narrative and documentary films that depict underrepresented perspectives, cross international boundaries and start meaningful conversations. Film projects that are consistent with Cinereach’s ethos favor [...]
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is offering an intensive new program about the legal and business issues that affect individual artists and individuals within arts cultural institutions who make and work in film, music and interactive media. Fractured Atlas members can receive a discount to this event by contacting our staff for a discount code.
Sessions [...]
This month our board approved 69 new fiscally sponsored projects from 21 states. Check them out!
Afrika Galactika
Alanna Marie Bath, soprano - Opera Career Assistance
Amanda Laws
American House
Architecture of the Arctic
Art Connects LA
Artiscycle
Artloop
Arts Empowerment in Africa
BLAKKAPRIKORN PRODUCTIONS
Break Out In Song
Broadway Matinee
Buddha Play
Caitlin Hart
Cake Productions
Clarice Jensen, cellist
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Cyrano
DIG: An Imagined Archeo-logism
Fish & Bicycle Theatre Co.
Flutter Tunnel
Frequent [...]
Four Fractured Atlas members (three are fiscally sponsored projects!) were recently awarded the Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) award from The Field.
Congratulations to Rachel Chavkin (The Team), Conni Hall (Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant), Jon Stancato, and Caroline Woolard (Artist’s Community) who will each be paid $5,000 to research and develop their projects!
Check out [...]
Fractured Atlas members often call our office needing legal help. Since we don’t have an attorney on staff, we have a few resources that we direct them to and I recently came across this one in Time Out. I spoke to a staff member at the New York City Bar Association to find out more [...]
There’s a great organization in Los Angeles called The Center for Cultural Innovation. They offer a variety of workshops and services. Two upcoming workshops include Expanding Your Income Stream: The Ins and Outs of Licensing Your Art and Tax Tips Specifically for Artists. The workshops are $25-$40 depending if you are a member of CCI [...]
A bunch of terrific organizations provide fiscal sponsorship and I was fortunate to meet and learn about them last week at the second Annual Gathering of the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors. The NNFS is dedicated to improving the practices, capabilities, and awareness of fiscal sponsorship in the nonprofit sector through education and advocacy. [...]
The 2009 MAP Fund online application is now open for registration. Please keep in mind the following eligibility requirements:
Applications must come from organizations based in the United States that have current nonprofit federal tax status - 501(c)(3). Artists or ensembles without 501(c)(3) status may apply to MAP through a fiscal sponsor.
Organizations and artists must demonstrate [...]
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will begin accepting online applications for the next session of its Swing Space program on December 10, 2008. In partnership with area landlords, LMCC makes vacant storefront, commercial and office space downtown available to artists, curators, and cultural organizations for periods of two to four months. The program is designed to [...]
Check out this two session seminar on Monday, November 17th, 6-8:30pm and Monday, December 1st, 6-8:30pm at NYFA.
Inside the Grant Process:
From Applications to the Panel
Grants provide much needed funding, yet the process can be overwhelming. Join NYFA for a two part workshop on grant seeking, including an inside look at how a grant panel is [...]
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