Harlem Community Arts Fund
June 30th, 2010

The Harlem Arts Alliance is proud to announce the grant award recipients for its second cycle of the Harlem Community Arts Fund.  The Harlem Community Arts Fund was developed to support the needs and aspirations of Harlem’s creative community and to further the organizational and artistic development of both artists and arts organizations. 

This support specifically targets individual artists based in and serving central and west Harlem communities within the boundaries 110th Street and 155th Street and between the Hudson River and Fifth Avenue (Community Boards 9 and 10).

Major support for the Harlem Community Arts Fund is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.


Special Opportunity Support
Support is awarded to individual artists who have the opportunity to advance their access to information or resources that will advance their professional career and create a new piece of work/art.  

The awardees for this category are:
Xenobia Bailey – Fiber Artist
Kwame Braithwaite – Photography/Photojournalism
Wilhelmina (Obatola) Grant – Visual Arts
Richard Cummings – Screenwriter/Producer
Tami Tyree - Singer
Les Joynes – Multi-media sculpture
Sayeed O. Salahdeen - Collagist
Yolonde Van Putten - Film
Kanene Holder – Actor/Playwright
Randall Dottin – Film
Ben Arthur – Music/Literature
Linda Humes – Storyteller
Phyllis Stickney - Actress

Community Arts Project
Support is awarded to individuals who will engage the community in some aspect of the development and creation of new works of art.

The awardees for this category are:
Derek McPhatter – the creative development of the Lattice Crashes.
Reginald Workman – 4 open workshop rehearsals of the African American Legacy Project
Kahlil Almustafa – “Poetic Conversations with our Harlem Elders” workshop/performance series
Nikki Williams – Three part literary program from November 2010 to December 2010
Crush Boone – Documentary focusing on and addressing lack of community within Harlem

Harlem Community Arts Fund
April 30, 2010

The Harlem Arts Alliance is proud to announce the grant award recipients for its first cycle of the Harlem Community Arts Fund.  The Harlem Community Arts Fund was developed to support the needs and aspirations of Harlem’s creative community and to further the organizational and artistic development of both artists and arts organizations. 

In this funding cycle HAA is providing grants to seventeen applicants for programs that support community arts activities open to the public and for projects that strengthen small and emerging arts organizations.

This support specifically targets small and mid-sized arts organizations and individual artists based in and serving central and west Harlem communities within the boundaries 110th Street and 155th Street and between the Hudson River and Fifth Avenue (community boards 9 and 10).

Major support for the Harlem Community Arts Fund is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.

Individual Artist Support
Support is awarded to individual artists of all disciplines (literary, media, visual, music and performing arts) to fund specific, forthcoming professional development opportunities or the cost of a work in progress.

The awardees for this category are:
Teresa Michelle Lasley – Theater
Petrushka Bazin – Free Art workshops
Sonia Barnett – Photography
Lenore Browne – Photography
Kristin Carpenter – Dance
Tara Parsons – Visual Arts
Celia Peters – Photography
James Gillard – Film

Organizational Support
Support is awarded to organizations as a means to provide additional assistance to help ensure that Harlem’s local arts organizations have the resources and encouragement to provide necessary services and programs to the Harlem community.

The awardees for this category are:
Crucial Arts Production, Inc – Film
Dances for a Variable Population – Dance
Harlem Opera Theater – Music
Historic Harlem Parks Coalition – REEL HARLEM film festival
Making Music Matter – free after school music instruction classes
NY African Chorus Ensemble Inc. –music
Orfeo Duo- Music
Take Wing & Soar Productions, Inc. – Film
The Movement Theatre Co. – Theater

Harlem Community Arts Fund

The Harlem Arts Alliance announces the 2010 cycle of its grants program, the Harlem Community Arts Fund.  The Harlem Community Arts Fund supports the needs and aspirations of Harlem’s creative community and furthers the organizational and artistic development of both artists and arts organizations.  Support for this cycle is offered to eligible artists and arts organizations based in and providing services within the Harlem community bounded by 110th and 155th from Hudson River to 5th Avenue (Community Districts 9 and 10 only).  The program is not restricted on basis of race, sexual preference, ethnicity, or religious affiliation.

Individual artists of all disciplines (literary, media, visual, music, and performing arts) may apply to support specific, forthcoming professional development opportunities or the cost of a work in progress.

Organizational support is intended to provide additional assistance to help ensure that Harlem’s local arts organizations have the resources and encouragement to provide necessary services and programs to the Harlem community.

Grants will range between $1,000 and $3,000 for successful applicants.  The deadline for applications is Monday, March 8, 2010, with grant awards to be announced by Thursday, April 15, 2010.

Two application seminars will be led by HAA staff. The seminars will be held from 6:00-7:30PM on these two dates:

RSVP at rsvp@harlemaa.org (include HCAF seminar in the subject) or 347.735.4280.
 
Thursday, February 11, 2010
UMEZ, 290 Malcolm X Blvd
2nd Floor Conference Room
New York, NY 10030

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Chashama, 461 West 126th Street
New York, NY 10027

Guidelines and application materials for the Harlem Community Arts Fund are available on the Harlem Arts Alliance website www.harlemaa.org or can be picked up in person at the HAA office at 229 West 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Frederick Douglass Boulevards (from 11 am to 4 pm).

Major support for the Harlem Community Arts Fund is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.

The Harlem Arts Alliance is a not-for-profit service organization committed to nurturing the artistic growth and organizational development of artists and arts organizations based in Harlem and surrounding communities.  400 members strong, the Harlem Arts Alliance provides a critical set of programs and services for its constituents and serves as a strong voice for the artistic and cultural life of Harlem.

Harlem Community Arts Fund

December 1, 2008

The HARLEM Arts Alliance is proud to announce the grant award recipients for its first cycle of the Harlem Community Arts Fund.  The Harlem Community Arts Fund was developed to support the needs and aspirations of Harlem’s creative community and to further the organizational and artistic development of both artists and arts organizations. 

In this funding cycle HAA is providing grants to nineteen applicants for programs that support community arts activities open to the public and for projects that strengthen small and emerging arts organizations.

This support specifically targets small and mid-sized arts organizations and individual artists based in and serving central and west Harlem communities within the boundaries of 110th Street and 155th Street and between the Hudson River and Fifth Avenue (community boards 9 and 10).

Major support for the Harlem Community Arts Fund is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.

Individual Artist Support

Support is awarded to individual artists who will be engaging the Harlem community in some aspect of the development and creation of new works of art.  

The awardees for this category are:

James A. Gillard – Film

Naomi Goldberg Haas – Dance

Wilhelmina (Obatola) Grant – Visual Arts

Craig Harris – Music

Edward Hillel – Photography

Misha McGlown – Visual Arts

Alioune "Pape" N'Diaye – Dance

Dionis Ortiz – Visual Arts

Roy Secord – Multimedia

Gloria Walsh – Music

Arts in the Community

Support is awarded to organizations to mount arts activities for the general public or targeted community audiences in Harlem.

The awardees for this category are:

Opus Dane Theatre/Strivers Art Circuit – Striver's Art Circuit visual arts exhibition

ImageNation Film Festival – 7th annual Outdoor Festival at St. Nicholas Park

National Black Touring Circuit – Black History Month Play Festival in Harlem

Fresh Start-Cultural Theatre Arts Productions – Harlem Youth Holiday Talent Festival

New York African Chorus Ensemble – Annual Concert and Awards

Harlem Opera Theatre – Winter/Spring 2009 Concert Series

Capacity Building

Support is awarded to organizations to initiate short-term projects to increase their ability to deliver high quality services and programs and position them for future growth. 

The awardees for this category are:

Yaffa Cultural Arts – Development Consultancy; Website and Brochure Enhancement

African Voices – Marketing and Membership Campaign

Harlem Textile Works – Marketing and Promotion Campaign

Urban Artist Initiative

October 8, 2008

The Urban Artist Initiative/NYC (UAI/NYC)  is a grants program for NYC artists of all disciplines who self-define themselves as artists of color. 

The UAI Steering Committee is presently reexamining its grant and program options for this 2008/09.  Please keep checking the websites of the Steering Committee—the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Association of Hispanic Arts, the HARLEM Arts Alliance, the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, the Queens Council on the Arts, NYFA, and the Bronx Council on the Arts—for an announcement about the next grants cycle.  We anticipate an announcement in late December.

Thanks for your patience.

If you need additional information, please contact:

Ted Berger via e-mail: tedsberger@aol.com

Competitions will showcase Harlem Artists in the New Harlem River Park

The coalition developing an innovative New York City park on the Harlem River is sponsoring a $70,000 competition for local artists for a permanent and a rotating display of "Art In The Park" depicting the diverse cultural heritage of Harlem's communities.

The Harlem River Park Task Force invites artists of Harlem and East Harlem to apply for a unique commission of works for installation in the new Harlem River Park. The Task Force is seeking artists to create 15 pieces to be etched into 11" x 17" metal plaques and permanently secured by the river's edge, and 18 full color 3' x 8' banners for prominent display on the entry ramps leading to the Harlem River Park Bikeway and Esplanade. The total value of the commissions to be awarded is $70,000.

The goal, says project curator Gwendolyn Black, is "to capture the historic and artistic spirit of Harlem," in works that will become part of the park's everyday landscape. Ms. Black and the Task Force are looking for work weaving themes depicting Central or East Harlem's unique history and multi-cultural heritage.

The competition is open to professional visual artists who have resided in Central or East Harlem for at least the past five years. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, November 19. For more information contact Gwendolyn Black at 212.665.5313 or blackgwendolyn@hotmail.com.

The Harlem River Park Task Force is a community-based coalition of seven local, state and federal elected officials and 34 community and regional groups. It leads the effort to develop a quality design, build support and generate funding for Harlem River Park, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. For more information, visit www.harlemriverpark.com.

The HARLEM Arts Alliance, a sponsoring agency for "Art In The Park," is a non-profit service organization that nurtures the artistic growth and development of artists and art organizations based in Harlem and surrounding communities.

Harlem Community Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Empire State Development Corporation, serves greater Harlem through planning and implementing community development and revitalization initiatives for restoring Upper Manhattan as an economically stable and culturally vibrant community. For more information visit www.harlemcdc.org.

Arts Grants

Applications for grants of up to $75,000 each from the Dana Foundation to improve teaching of the performing arts at public schools in metropolitan New York. Grants will be awarded to train in-school arts specialists who teach performing arts, as well as professional artists carrying out residencies at public schools. Grants will not support programs that focus primarily on training classroom teachers or on the direct instruction of schoolchildren. Additional information is available on the foundation's website.

Who may apply: Non-profit groups that organize arts-education programs for K-12th grade students attending public schools.

Contact: Dana Foundation  745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10151
212. 223. 4040 or fax: 212. 317. 8721
www.dana.org/grants/threecity

Film & Video Grants

Applications for grants through the Jerome Foundation's New York City Film and Video program. The program primarily supports emerging film and video artists with preference given to projects in their early stages.

Who may apply: Artists residing in NYC. Students are ineligible, and the foundation considers requests only for projects with total budgets of $200,000 or less. Grants will not support installations, new media, or interactive work.

Contact: Jerome Foundation  400 Sibley Street, Suite 125, St. Paul, MN 55101
651. 224. 9431 or 800. 995. 3766
info@jeromefdn.org
www.jeromefdn.org/IV~Grant_Programs/D~New_York_City_Film_and_Video

American Indian Composers Grant

Applications for grants from the First Nations Composer Initiative's Common Ground grant program, administered by the American Composers Forum, with support from the Ford Foundation. Grants of up to $7,500 each will support the activities of American Indian musicians, including commissions, outreach, residencies, performances, and travel and study.

Who may apply: American Indians who are documents affiliates of a US or Canadian tribe or indigenous community. Applicants must create new music and must not be full-time students.

Contact: Georgia Wettlin-Larsen, ACF  332 Minnesota Street, Suite E145, St. Paul, Minn 55101
651. 251. 2825
gwettlinlarsen@composersforum.org
www.fnci.org/Opportunities/tabid/56/Default.aspx

Rome Prize for Projects in Arts & Humanities

Applications for the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome to pursue individual research and career-development projects in the arts and humanities. Winners of six-month and 11-month fellowships each receive stipends of $12,500 and $25,000, respectively, plus room an d board. Arts fellowships are offered in the fields of architecture, conservation, engineering, fashion design, graphic design, historic preservation, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, lighting design, literature, musical composition, set design, sound design, urban design and planning, and visual arts. Humanities fellowships, which include support for pre-and post-doctoral research, are offered in ancient studies, medieval studies, modern Italian studies, and Renaissance and early modern studies. Applicants should state their field of interest when requesting information.

Who may apply: US citizens, permanent residents, or individuals who have lived in the US for at least 3 years.

Contact: Claudia Cannizzaro, AAR  7 East 60th St, New York NY 10022
212. 751. 7200 x. 41  fax: 212. 751. 7220
info@aarome.org
http://aarome.org/rome_prize/index.htm

Arts Teachers Fellowship Program

Letters of intent to apply to the Surdna Foundation's Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, which supports outstanding teachers at public high schools specializing in the arts. Fellowship recipients will design their own professional-development program that will allow them to produce their own creative work while interacting with other artists. The foundation will grant 20 awards of up to $5,500 each, along with a $1,500 grant to each teacher's school to support post-fellowship activities.

Final applications are due February 6, 2009.

Who may apply: Permanently assigned full and part time arts teachers at specialized, public arts high schools who have been teaching for at least five years. Eligible applicants include those teaching creative writing, dance, film, music, photography, theatre arts, video and visual arts. Letters of intent may NOT be submitted by fax or email.

Contact: Kimberly Bartosik, Surdna Foundation  330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10017
212. 557. 0010 x. 256
artsfellowship@surdna.org
www.surdna.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=697830

USArtists Grants

Grants are available to American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists that have been invited to participate in international festivals outside of the United States.

Eligible applicants must be dance, music, or theater ensembles, including practitioners of folk and traditional forms, that work at a professional level; consist of a majority of members who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.; and have 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization status, or have a fiscal sponsor with such status.

Eligible festivals must be sponsored or organized primarily by a non-U.S. based organization; be international in scope with representation from at least two countries outside the host country , or have a U.S. theme with representation from at least three U.S. performing groups; reach a wide audience and be open and marketed to the general public; provide the applicant with a signed letter of invitation or signed contract to perform at the festival; and provide some support to the invited ensembles in the form of cash remuneration, paid travel-related expenses, or in-kind contributions.

Deadlines for the program are: January 9, 2009, for projects taking place between March 1, 2009, and February 28, 2010; and May 4, 2009, for projects taking place between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.

http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/index.html

Parks & Trails New York Offers Capacity Building Grants for New York State Groups

Parks & Trails New York, a statewide nonprofit organization that works to support New York's park and trail movement, has launched a new Capacity Building Grants program for park and trail organizations in New York State. The grants are designed to strengthen not-for-profit organizations that are working to build and protect parks and trails in communities across the state.

Through this new program, Parks & Trails New York seeks to help not-for-profits better fulfill their missions; improve their reach, effectiveness, and impact; leverage more resources; and increase community support for and involvement in park and trail planning, development, and stewardship. Funds can be used to assist with activities associated with20organizational start-up and development, training, communications, and volunteer recruitment and management.
Grants will be awarded in amounts of up to $3,000 each.

Complete program information and application instructions are available at the Parks & Trails New York Web site.

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=227200038

Blue Heron Photography Contest

Help celebrate the Nature of Staten Island with Photography!

Friends of Blue Heron Park is sponsoring the inaugural Staten Island Nature Photography Contest. All nature and photography enthusiasts of all skill levels are invited to participate for FREE!

For contest rules, entry forms and other details visit: www.preserve2.org/blueheron or call 819. 619. 5905.

AF AM Scholarship

Florida A & M University is providing an outstanding opportunity for Black women entering college in the fall of 2009.  It is designed to address their absence in the field of computer technology.  Dr. Jason Black is the Principal Investigator of a recently awarded $552,000 NSF Grant entitled African-American Women in Computer Science.

The grant provided scholarships from $4000 to $10,000 per year for female African American students.

We need your help to get the work out about this great opportunity to build back up the enrollment of women in the CIS Department.  Pass this information along to high school or community college students, their parents, and to guidance counselors you may know.  The full text of the press release can be found at http://www.famu.edu. You can also contact Dr. Black by email at jblack@cis.famu.edu.

Harlem Community Arts Fund

May 19, 2009

THIS GRANT CYCLE IS NOW CLOSED

The HARLEM Arts Alliance announces the spring cycle of its grants program, the Harlem Community Arts Fund.  The Harlem Community Arts Fund was developed in order to support the needs and aspirations of Harlem’s creative community and is intended to further the organizational and artistic development of both artists and arts organizations.  Support for this cycle is offered to individual artists based in and serving central and west Harlem communities within the boundaries of 110th Street and 155th Street and between the Hudson River and Fifth Avenue (community boards 9 and 10).

Individual artists of all disciplines (literary, media, visual, music, and performing arts) may apply to support specific, forthcoming professional development opportunities or the cost of a work in progress.

Grants will range between $500 and $1,200 for successful applicants.  The deadline for applications is Tuesday, June 16, 2009, with grant awards to be announced by Monday, June 29.

An application seminar is scheduled on Monday, June 1, 2009, to assist applicants in preparing their requests.  The seminar, led by HAA’s staff, will be held at the HARLEM Arts Alliance office at 290 Malcolm X Boulevard, 2nd floor conference room.

Guidelines and application materials for the Harlem Community Arts Fund are available at the HARLEM Arts Alliance website at www.harlemaa.org or can be picked up in person at the HAA office at 290 Malcolm X Boulevard, 2nd floor.

Major support for the Harlem Community Arts Fund is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.

The HARLEM Arts Alliance is a not-for-profit service organization committed to nurturing the artistic growth and organizational development of artists and arts organizations based in Harlem and surrounding communities.  400 members strong, the HARLEM Arts Alliance provides a critical set of programs and services for its constituents and serves as a strong voice for the artistic and cultural life of Harlem.

HCAF Spring Guidelines

HCAF Spring AD Application

HCAF Spring AD Budget Page

 NYFA- Professional Development Programs for Artists

New York Foundation for the Arts Announces Professional Development Program for Individual Artists. The new 6 month MARK program will help participants focus on strategies for expanding their visibility as artists. The program's curriculum includes using the Internet effectively, strengthening grant or project applications, improving career-related writing and speaking, and identifying exhibition opportunities. Participating artists will be assigned projects related to their specific goals and will receive individual feedback.

The program will take place from January to June 2009. Four monthly seminars will be held throughout New York State at partnering regional arts organizations; artists should apply to participate in the region closest to them.

There is a one-time fee of $150 per participating artist. The fee covers all seminars, as well as housing during the New York City retreat weekend. Visit the NYFA web site for complete program information: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=226400028

 Urban Artist Initiative Grants

Deadline-October 29, 2009

Support Available for NYC Artists of Color

The HARLEM Arts Alliance and the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City (UAI/NYC) announce the third application cycle of the new grants program for NYC individual artists of color.

In the groundbreaking first two grant cycles of the UAI/NYC grant program, 140 artists have received a total of $225,000.

This year HARLEM Arts Alliance will be awarding a total of ten fellowships of $1,500 each for African and African American artists living and working in New York City. UAI/NYC, like so many other funding sources, has had to adjust to funding reductions because of the economy; therefore, grants in this cycle will be awarded only in the visual arts and media arts.  (Native American artists, however, may apply in the performing and literary arts as well.)

UAI/NYC has been developed by a consortium including AMERINDA, INC., the Asian American Arts Alliance, the HARLEM Arts Alliance, and the Latino Artists’ Initiative (sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts) working in partnership with the Queens Council on the Arts, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Bronx Council on the Arts – the project’s sponsoring organization.

The deadline for application submission is October 29, 2009.  The online application is available at http://uai.cuerate.org or by going to the website of any of the consortium’s members. Applications should be submitted online.

HARLEM Arts Alliance has scheduled an application seminar for October 13th at 6:00pm.  This seminar will be held at the Dwyer Cultural Center located at 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (entrance on West 123rd Street). Artists interested in applying to the program are strongly encouraged to attend.

In addition, a series of application seminars has been scheduled throughout the city by the consortium members as well as the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island, and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance to answer questions about eligibility and the application process.   (See Schedule).
 

UAI/NYC is made possible with support provided by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation; this initiative marks the third year of a cross-discipline grant program developed specially for NYC artists who self-identify their heritage as African, Latino, Asian, or Native American, embracing as well the diversity that exists within communities of color. 

UAI/NYC is part of a national effort to strengthen the infrastructure and support for artists throughout the country; it is one of the Creative Communities programs of LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity), a national network of cities which serves as a laboratory for projects effecting local and national change in the lives of artists.

UAI/NYC is one of the major projects of the Creative Communities’ program specifically addressing artists’ of color. 

Besides its generous support for this cycle from the funders listed above, UAI/NYC has been supported in previous years with funds provided by LINC via the Ford Foundation, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, the Buddy Fund for Justice of the Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

UAI/NYC, a unique collaboration of seven arts intermediaries, creates a point of entry for artists from their specific communities, some of whom have not traditionally participated in grant and service programs for artists.   Because the organizations are working as one entity, an even more powerful alliance is being shaped to include and recognize the contributions and talents of so many previously under-recognized artists.  

It provides an important mechanism to begin to bring greater attention to the individual and collective needs of artists of color.

Deadline: Thurs, Oct 29, 2009. Apply online at http://uai.cuerate.org

HAA application seminar: Tues, Oct. 13, 6pm. RSVP to rsvp@harlemaa.org with the subject line "UAI info session".
HARLEM Arts Alliance
www.harlemaa.org
347-735-4280
Dwyer Cultural Center
58 St. Nicholas Ave (at West123rd St.)
New York, NY

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