International News and Program Webinar! Open to Performing Artists Nationwide!

USArtists International Professional Development Series

Mid Atlantic Arts is launching a new free webinar series this fall designed for emerging to mid-career, U.S.-based performing artists who are building or expanding their international touring practice. We’re kicking the series off with a session focused on reporting income you've earned abroad, along with other vital tips for your U.S. taxes. Additional sessions will be announced later this fall.

U.S. Taxes for Internationally Performing Artists

Tuesday, September 16, 2:30 - 4pm ET Register Here



Whether you're winning prizes or awards, participating in residencies, or earning income from gigs outside the U.S., there are important tax rules to keep in mind. In this session, Dr. Elaine Grogan Luttrull of Minerva Financial Arts will cover general tax rules that apply to non-U.S. income, tax treaty provisions that may benefit you, foreign tax credits and how they reduce your income tax, and key records to maintain for your taxes. The session will be recorded and made available on YouTube. Learn more here.

Association for Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) July column: Beyond Borders

APAP President and CEO Lisa Richards Toney's latest column, Beyond Borders: Welcoming International Artists is an American Imperative (from International Arts Manager Magazine - July 2025). She highlights the importance of supporting international artists, not just as a form of goodwill, but as a necessary way of shaping the American future.

Read the column here.

Leaders of Color Spotlight: AliShah Watson

AliShah Watson is an educator, cultural advocate, and a 2024-2025 National Leaders of Color Fellow. She serves as the Executive Director of Culture Restoration Project, a nonprofit offering crucial African-centered arts and culture programming for Delaware youth. We spoke with AliShah about the importance of culturally relevant programming, and her hopes for the future of Delaware’s arts and culture sector for our Arts Spotlight blog.

Image: AliShah Watson. Courtesy of AliShah Watson.

National Call to Action for the Arts and Humanities

The Cultural Advocacy Group (CAG) is a collaborative working group of national, state, and regional arts and culture organizations working cooperatively to advance pro-arts policies at the federal level. 

Mid Atlantic Arts joins the CAG in their national call to action in support of federal investment in the arts and humanities. The CAG encourages arts and humanities advocates to advance FY 2026 Congressional appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) during this time of unprecedented policy change. These federal agencies have earned bipartisan support from Congress, and invest in America by making state and local grants available for arts and humanities programming in all communities. These investments help keep community based arts and humanities programming affordable and available to the public.

We encourage advocates everywhere to use your voice for the arts and humanities by contacting your members of Congress. View the call to action for steps you can take to support the arts today.

Congratulations to Mid Atlantic Arts Folklorists!

This month, the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress announced their latest fellowship award recipients. Among them are our very own board and staff members!

Lora Bottinelli, our Delaware board member, received the Parsons Fund Award to conduct archival research at the Library of Congress. Her work will examine waterfowling folklife and amplify Chesapeake artists' voices.

Folk and Traditional Arts program staff members Ellie Dassler and Joel Chapman received the Archie Green Fellowship to conduct field research on occupational folklife. Ellie's research will focus on veterinarians that work with mushing and sled-racing dogs. Joel's project will examine occupational folklore of bicycle workers, from craftspeople who build bikes by hand to bicycle shop owners and bicycle tour guides.

Images (clockwise): Joel Chapman at the Philly Bike Expo, 2024. Credit: Messina Martinez. Ellie Dassler with a sled dog. Credit: Courtesy of Ellie Dassler. Lora Botinelli. Credit: Courtesy of Lora Botinelli.

New Staff: Ezekiel Christopoulos

We are thrilled to welcome a new staff member, Ezekiel Christopoulos! Ezekiel is Mid Atlantic Arts' Director of People and Culture, a new role that serves as a cultural steward and will lead initiatives to reinforce our mission, strengthen employee connections, and ensure a supportive work environment. As an extrovert and connector, Ezekiel has a genuine zeal to get to know people and a passion for creating workplaces that encourage individuals to bring their authenticity to the roles in which they serve.

Prior to Mid Atlantic Arts, Ezekiel served as the Director of Operations and Finance at the Tzedek Social Justice Fund, and as Vice President with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office at Truist Bank.

Ezekiel founded and led a southeast based organization focused on education, advocacy, and support for nonbinary and transgender communities. As a member of the community, this work is central to Ezekiel’s core belief that belonging and representation are vitally important for individuals and groups to thrive. Through advocacy work at local, state, and federal levels, Ezekiel has held multiple board positions with transgender organizations as well as given interviews with CNN, ABC, Canadian BBC, and more.

Join us in giving Ezekiel a very warm welcome!

Opportunity Quick Links

• The Corning Museum of Glass invites applications for its David Whitehouse Research Residency for Artists, which offers artists dedicated time and resources for exploring glass-related topics using the collections of the Rakow Research Library and the Museum. Residencies span up to three weeks. Deadline: Sunday, August 31, 2025. Learn more here.

• The Andy Warhol Foundation invites applications for its Curatorial Research Fellowship program. Proposals are accepted from arts organizations on behalf of curators at any stage of their careers, with or without institutional affiliation, working toward projects that will manifest at least two years after a grant is made. Strong proposals explore topics that are understudied and artists whose practices (or aspects of whose practices) are experimental, hard to categorize, and otherwise less well known to the general public. Organizations with 501(c)(3) status are eligible to apply. Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025. Learn more here.

• The Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency invites applications for its 2026 residencies. These residencies aim to advance the production and presentation of new work and ideas by an international community of artists and writers at a lodge in Corsicana, TX. Applications are open to international, United States, and Texas-based artists and writers. Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025. Learn more here.

• The Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) invites applications for its conservation treatment grant. Grants of up to $7,500 are available for the conservation treatment of paintings, works on paper (including individual drawings, watercolors, prints, or photographs), textiles (including costumes, domestic textiles, and upholstery), furniture, frames, indoor and outside sculptures, historical, ethnographic, and decorative objects. Support is also available for treatment costs for supports, stands, and mounts that are integral to the treatment of the object. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, museums, historical organizations, or other cultural institutions, either incorporated in or registered to do business in New York State, that own, care for, and exhibit collections to the public.  Deadline: Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Learn more here.

• The Bronx Council on the Arts invites letters of intent for Bronx Cultural Visions Fund (BCVF) fund aims to support the development of new ideas and the production of new work in the performing arts, including but not limited to dance, music, theater, performance art, and multi-disciplinary performance work. Open to Bronx-based emerging and mid-career individual artists and organizations with budgets up to $250,000, BCVF awards are intended to have a meaningful impact on an artist’s career or an organization’s development. Deadline: Friday, September 5, 2025. Learn more here.

• Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts invites applications for the Princeton Arts Fellowships. Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years at Princeton University, and formal teaching is expected. A $93,000-a-year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. Applicants can be early-career artists in any creative practice. Deadline: Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Learn more here.

• The Chester County Community Foundation invites applications from local nonprofits serving Pennsylvania's Chester County. Nonprofits are urged to submit one grant proposal annually, which will be shared with the grants committee and made available to each of the foundation’s separate donor-advised funds. Proposals submitted by nonprofits are considered for two types of grants: Field of Interest & Donor Advised Funds, and Fund for Chester County Capacity Building Grants. Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Learn more here.

Image: Soul Rebel artist engaging with the audience at the Urban Artist E change at a Jazz Touring Network Engagement. Credit: Jea Street.