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The application deadline for Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation's Emergency Salary Program for
Presenting Organizations is Monday, June 1,
2009. The goal of the program is to preserve
positions crucial to the artistic mission of presenting
organizations that constitute the core infrastructure for
performing arts touring across the mid-Atlantic
region. Grants of up to $30,000 are to be used
towards salary, either full or partial, for one or more
positions that have recently been terminated, are in
jeopardy of elimination, or hours have been reduced
due to the current economic downturn. Permanent
full-time and part-time employees as well as
contractual
personnel are eligible for support. The program is not
intended to support the creation of new jobs.
Development and/or fundraising positions will not be
considered for funding. Grants will be awarded on a
one-time non-matching basis through an open,
competitive grants process.
The first application deadline for the Foundation's new national jazz initiative, Jazz.NEXT, has been extended to Monday, July 6, 2009. Jazz.NEXT was created to encourage the incorporation of technology in innovative approaches to developing audiences; communicating with the public; marketing, distributing and selling the work of jazz artists; and building a more robust jazz infrastructure better positioned to meet the challenges of a fast-changing marketplace. Information on the program, including guidelines and application, can be found here. Questions concerning Jazz.NEXT should be directed to Sara Donnelly, Program Officer, Jazz at sara@midatlanticarts.org or 410-539-6656 x116.
Presenters from within the mid-Atlantic region are
invited to submit suggestions for artists to be
considered for inclusion on the rosters of the
Foundation's 2010-11 American Masterpieces and
Mid Atlantic Tours programs via a new online survey.
Presenters are also encouraged to submit potential
themes for the upcoming American Masterpieces
tour. Be sure to review the descriptions and criteria for
artist roster selection for each program before
submitting your ideas. The deadline for artist roster
suggestions is May 22, 2009. Submit suggestions via
the online-survey here.
The Foundation is offering a limited number of
professional development travel subsidies for
nonprofit presenting arts organizations to attend the
2009 Performing Arts Exchange (PAE), September 23 -
26 in Norfolk, Virginia. Applicants can request up to
$950 in support (up to $450 for registration fees and
up to $500 in travel expenses). Priority consideration
will be given to first-time conference participants or
those who have not attended PAE since 2005. Such
consideration will be applied to the presenting
organization's or an individual's past record of
participation. Only representatives from presenting
organizations located in DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA,
USVI, VA, and WV are eligible to apply. Applicants
receiving support will be required to attend the full
duration of the conference. Awarded funds will be
disbursed on a reimbursement basis only.
Artist Roster Application
The Poetry Out Loud 2009 National Finals were held
in Washington, DC April 26-28th. State champions,
chaperones, SAA staff, teachers and guests
spent three days in DC participating in various
activities including and opening banquet and
Congressional luncheon, White House tour, day long
semifinal rounds and the National Finals on Tuesday.
At the end of the evening, William Farley of Virginia
was crowned National Champion and received a
$20,000 award. Barbara Gooding of Kentucky took
second place and $10,000 and Kareem Sayegh of
Illinois captured third and a $5,000 prize. The other
nine National Finalists received a $1,000 award and
the schools of the National Finalists received $500
each for poetry books.
Deadlines:
Guidelines:
The Foundation's Special Presenters Initiatives offer
small and mid-sized presenting organizations in
Delaware, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands the opportunity to apply for grants to broaden
their programming and expand audiences. Guidelines
for the Virgin Islands Performing Arts Presenters
Initiative can now be downloaded by clicking here. The
application deadline for the Virgin Islands program is
Monday, June 8, 2009. Questions concerning the
program should be sent to Krista Bradley Program
Officer, Performing Arts at
krista@midatlanticarts.org.
Folklorists from throughout the mid-Atlantic will gather from June 4-7, 2009 in western Pennsylvania's beautiful Laurel Highlands for the biennial Middle Atlantic Folklife Association conference. Sessions will explore Web 2.0 marketing, social enterprise, ethnobotany and medicinal plants. The meeting will also include a site visit to the Coal & Coke Heritage Center and the Bruderhof community as well as special performances by the Croatian string music ensemble Tamburitza and National Heritage Fellow Jerry Grcevich. Reservations for the meeting are still being accepted; click here for more information or contact Sally Van de Water at sally@midatlanticarts.org.
Folklorist Chris Williams of Arlington, Virginia writes about the challenges and rewards of planning presentations for the 2008 Richmond Folk Festival in the most recent Mid Atlantic Forum essay, entitled "Spanning the Globe: Fieldwork in Northern Virginia's Suburban Communities." Read the essay here. To join the Forum mailing list, contact sally@midatlanticarts.org.
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