Mid Atlantic Tours 2019-2020 Roster Now Booking!
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced the artists for its 2019-2020 Mid Atlantic Tours program. Fee support grants are available to mid-Atlantic presenters (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, USVI, VA, WV) booking the following artists for engagements taking place between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020.
There is no application process for Mid Atlantic Tours funding, but funds are limited. Presenters are encouraged to pursue this opportunity and secure artist engagements as soon as possible by directly contacting the artists' respective agents.
Here are the 2019-2020 selected artists:
- Crys Matthews (VA) - Grand-prize winner of the 2017 NewSong Music and Performance Competition
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Canada) - Award-winning saxophonist-flautist and her Grammy-nominated, all-woman, all-Cuban sextet
- Los Pleneros de la 21 (NY) - Intergenerational music ensemble of today’s preeminent Puerto Rican bomba and plena practitioners
- Nordic Affect (Iceland) - Award-winning Icelandic chamber ensemble hailed as a "multi-disciplinary force of nature"
- Paige Hernandez (DC) - Multifaceted theater artist, master teaching artist, and hip-hop education advocate
- Philadanco! (PA) - Celebrated dance company on the verge of its 50th anniversary tour in the 2019 - 2020 season
- Upswing (UK) - London-based circus theatre pioneers with award winning touring production for family audiences
For more information on the 2019-2020 Mid Atlantic Tours artists and booking agent contact information, please
click here
. For booking guidelines,
click here
.
Support for Mid Atlantic Tours is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support provided by the Delaware Division of Arts and Culture.
Image: Jane Bunnett and Maqueque. Credit: Courtesy of the Artist
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October Film Tour and On Screen/In Person Application News
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On Screen/In Person
presents our October tour:
Holden On
. Holden Layfield is a 17-year-old junior and it’s homecoming week in his small Georgia town. The popular, athletic teen is already fielding early scholarships. But Holden has a secret. Over the next two years, Holden fights to keep his mental illness hidden as he morphs from a beloved, small town football player to a lost, self-medicating prophet. Based on a true story, filmmaker Tamlin Hall weaves audiences through Holden’s harrowing tale in this narrative film set in the early 1990s.
Are you a filmmaker or host site interested in becoming part of the On Screen/In Person family? Look for our online applications to open in November - we would love for you to join us!
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Creative Fellowships Millay Deadline Approaching
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A reminder that authors, visual artists, and composers residing in DC, NJ, PA, VA, or the USVI are eligible to apply for a residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts and be considered for a 2019 Creative Fellowship, supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Resident artists are provided with private studios, room and board, and the company of other artists from around the nation for intensive, self-guided creative exploration and development. Creative Fellows also receive a travel subsidy. Artists should apply directly to Millay through their regular application process. A limited number of applicants selected for residencies will be recommended for Creative Fellowship support.
Image: Millay Colony Barn. Credit: Courtesy the Millay Colony.
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USArtists International Evaluation
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Mid Atlantic is happy to share the recently completed evaluation of MAAF’s USArtists International (USAI) program. The evaluation covers the program from its inception in 2006 through 2017. During that time period, USAI has provided more than $5 million in support of 454 artists and performance groups performing at over 600 festivals in 84 countries.
USAI supports performances by U.S. artists at significant international festivals and performing arts marketplaces outside the United States and its territories. The program supports the engagements of exemplary solo artists and ensembles across all performing arts disciplines including dance, music, theater, multidisciplinary work, and folk/traditional arts.
Led by WolfBrown, the evaluation was commissioned with three objectives in mind:
- Assess the work USAI has done over the course of its twelve-year existence,
- Determine the impact the program has had, both on international cultural exchange and on the careers of grantees; and,
- Take stock of the current conditions of international touring and festival participation for U.S. artists.
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PAE (Performing Arts Exchange), Orlando, October 1-4
Visit program staff in Booth 315. Join
us for an info session on Tuesday, October 2, from 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM in the Caribe Royale Convention Center (conference hotel), in the Curacao 3 meeting room.
Individual consults are also available during marketplace hours. Contact Haowen Wang, Program Officer, Performing Arts, to sign up for a consult time at
haowen@midatlanticarts.org
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You can also find Haowen at the upcoming
West Virginia Arts Presenters Annual Meeting
in Charleston on October 10th and the
New York State Presenters Network Fall Arts Conference
in Albany October 15th and 16th.
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- Apply now to the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission's Local Arts Program Grant if your arts organization or arts program is located in Somerset County. Deadline: Wednesday, October 24, 2018.
- A Blade of Grass is accepting applications for its 2019 Fellowship for Engaged Art. Artists and artist collective with projects that engage directly with communities to highlight social change work are eligible to receive $20,000 in grant support. Deadline: Friday, November 16, 2018.
- International artists, arts managers, and nonprofit arts organization are invited to apply to CEC ArtsLink's Independent Projects Awards grant program. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for self-directed projects. Check the following list of countries to confirm eligibility. Deadline: Wednesday, December 5, 2018.
- The Puffin Foundation is awarding grants for art projects by individuals or organizations that educate and inform the public on social justice issues. They are looking to fund those excluded from mainstream opportunities due to race, gender, or social philosophy or those typically undeserved by the arts. Deadline: Saturday, December 8, 2018.
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