Artist Resources

The Burbank Green Alliance and the students of the California Resource Recovery Association will be conducting a survey of Reuse Artists and Artists who use "reused materials" in their work this week. We are in the process of putting together a pilot program/website for such Artists who need materials and donors who wish to divert resources that would have otherwise been recycled or landfilled.

What is the Artist Reuse Collective is …..

The collective identifies reuse artists in Southern California and offers the community a unique opportunity to support these artists by donating resources that would have otherwise been recycled or landfilled. The Artist Reuse Collective was established in conjunction with the nonprofit Burbank Green Alliance and the students of the 2011 California Resource Recovery Association Certification Program.

This new online collective provides:

1. Website database of reuse artists that transform reclaimed material into art.
2. Online materials exchange Google Group for donors and artists to trade material
3. Tax deductible trade opportunity for donors
4. A way for reuse artists to save money and be easily identified for their efforts
5. Great way to support the Arts and save the planet

Please contact us if you would like to included in our survey and pilot program. Please reply via email to

reuseartistsurvey@yahoo.com

Thanks!

FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS

Federal Grants Wire
http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml#resources

FundsNet http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

ARTS AND CULTURE

National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/

State Arts Agencies -
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/aoa_contents.shtml

Artdeadline - http://artdeadline.com/

Art Deadlines List -
http://artdeadlineslist.com

Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html

Target Arts in Education Program - http://target.com/schools/grants.asp

FundsNets – Arts and Humanities - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/arts2.htm

LA Municipal Art Gallery Associates Feitelson Arts Fellowship Award,
Deadline: February 16. Grants of $5K and solo exhibition in Projects Room
for artists early in their careers. Info and app
http://www.lamag.org/home/artist-call-lorser-feitelson-and-helen-lundeberg-f
eitelson-arts-fellowship/

Nominations for Best Companies Supporting the Arts, Deadline: February 18.
(10) businesses that support the arts will be recognized with media
coverage. Info and app
programs/bca_ten/default.asp>
http://artsusa.org/information_services/arts_and_business_partnerships/bca/p
rograms/bca_ten/default.asp

Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American Applications,
Deadline: March 1. Grants to support library operations and services in
tribal communities. Info and app

http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nativeAmerican.shtm

Creative Capital Film/Video and Visual Arts Grants, Deadline: March 1.
(Online Inquiry) Financial and advisory support to produce relevant film,
video, and visual arts projects. Info and app

http://creative-capital.org/pages/apply

California Community Foundation Artists Grants, Deadline: March 4. $20K for
professional development to mid-career Los Angeles visual artists. Info and
app
http://www.calfund.org/receive/fellowships.php

Creative Connections Fund Small and Midsize California Arts Organizations,
Deadline: March 4. Grants up to $50K to small and midsize organizations.
Info and app
ionsfund>
http://www.irvine.org/grantmaking/our-programs/arts-program/creativeconnecti
onsfund

Moving Walls Documentary Exhibition on Social Justice, Deadline: April 1.
Travel grant to NY for photographers for group exhibition. Info and app

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/mw19-20110105

Open Society Documentary Photography Project, Deadline: May 13. Grants up to
$30K for photographers using social justice or human rights issues as a
catalyst for social change. Info and app
ce-engagement-20110104>
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/call-for-proposals-audienc
e-engagement-20110104

Grants for Theater, Dance, & Film, Deadline: Various (Final deadline is June
1). For residency, publication, scholarships, apprenticeships, fellowships.
Info and app http://www.pgfusa.org/

Tony Hawk Foundation Skatepark Grants, Deadline: March 1 & October 1. $25K &
assistance to organizations to build in low-income areas. Info and app

http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org/skatepark-grants/apply/

EDUCATION

US Department of Education Forecast of Funding Opportunities
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

California Department of Education UPCOMING DEADLINES
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/

The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/texis/events/searchdeadlines?q=fellow*,grant*'
&s=type&d=1&pg=gf

GrantsAlert UPCOMING EDUCATION DEADLINES
http://grantsalert.com/

NAMM Foundation Wanna Play Instruments Grants, Deadline: Rolling. Grants for
musical instruments to schools and community organizations to expand or
reinstate music education for low-income and special-needs students. Info
and app
http://www.nammfoundation.org/grant-information/apply-grant-and-scholarship

Lexus and Scholastic School Environmental Contest, Deadline: Various.
Grants up to $40K to middle and high schools in recognition of student-led
efforts to address environmental issues. Info and app
http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/

Intel Schools of Distinction Awards, Deadline: February 17, 2011. Grants up
to $25K to K-12 schools for math and science education with innovative
teaching and learning environments. Info and app
http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/soda/index.htm#

Shell Science Lab National Teachers Challenge, Deadline: February 28, 2011.
Grants totaling $93K including a science lab makeover to teachers with
replicable science lab curriculum using limited school and laboratory
resources. Info and app http://www.nsta.org/shellsciencelab/

American Association of Community Colleges Grants, Deadline: March 4. $12K
for community colleges helping adults over 50 for employment in high-demand
fields. Info and app

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=322600005

Third Annual Siemens K-12 We Can Change the World Challenge, Deadline: March
15, 2011. Students and teachers in grades K-8 will be awarded grants for
replicable solutions to environmental issues in their schools. Info and app
http://www.wecanchange.com/

ING Unsung Heroes K-12 Educational Projects, Deadline: April 30, 2011. $2K
grants to K-12 education professionals using new teaching methods and
techniques to improve learning. Info and app
http://ing.us/about-ing/citizenship/childrens-education/ing-unsung-heroes

National Environmental Education Foundation Green Prize, Deadline: February
15. $10K to K-12 public schools for success in "greening" efforts. Info and
app
http://neefusa.org/grants/green_prize.htm

PHILANTHROPY AND VOLUNTARISM

RGK Center Summer Fellowship Program, Deadline: February 28. $3K plus
housing to graduate students to examine the nonprofit sector. Info and app

http://www.rgkcenter.org/programs/summerfellows

Young Activists Do Something Awards, Deadline: March 1. $100K for citizens
and residents (-25) who improve communities. Info and app

http://www.dosomething.org/programs/awards

IN THE NEWS

Ford Foundation Announces $50 Million for Documentary Film Initiative
(1/19/11). The JustFilms Initiative will invest $10 million a year to
expand the community of filmmakers working to create documentaries with
social conscience. The initiative will focus on film, video, and digital
works that show courageous people in pursuit of a more just, secure, and
sustainable world.

Barnes, Brooks. "Ford Foundation to Put Up $50 Million for Documentaries."
New York Times 1/18/11.

illion-for-documentaries/?scp=1&sq=Ford%20Foundation&st=cse>
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/ford-foundation-to-put-up-50-mi
llion-for-documentaries/?scp=1&sq=Ford%20Foundation&st=cse

Info and app:
http://www.fordfoundation.org/newsroom/news-from-ford/443

JOIN US FOR AN UPCOMING “A TO Z GRANTWRITING” INTENSIVE SEMINAR OR WORKSHOP

**February 5 & 19 and March 5 & 19, 2011 (Saturdays), “A to Z Funding Your
Passion” 4-Day Seminar + Non Profit Development Certificate Program at
Loyola Marymount University - Call Peggy Dobreer at LMU for details and
registration at (310) 338-1971

**A to Z Grantwriting Seminars and Workshops available for national and
international non-profit organizations, institutions, and agencies

Loyola Marymount Seminar and Certificate Program Information

http://www.lmu.edu/academics/extension/certificates/business/ndc.htm

Seminar Details, Fees, and Evaluations
www.atozgrantwriting.com

A to Z GRANTWRITING PRESENTER - ARTIST LINDA VALLEJO

Linda Vallejo, Southern California artist, was recently included in the
publication “The California/International Arts Foundation’s new encyclopedia
L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980” written by Lyn Kienholz and
supported in part by the Getty Foundation.

She will present a solo exhibition of her newest mixed media work “Make ‘em
All Mexican” curated by Karen Mary Davalos at Ave 50 Studio, Highland Park,
CA, in April 2011 and ChimMaya Gallery, Monterrey Park, CA, in October 2011.
Vallejo will also be included in UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center’s L.A.
Xicano “Mapping Another LA: The Chicano Art Movement” curated by Pilar
Tompkins Rivas scheduled to open at the Fowler Museum, Fall 2011, and “Doin’
It in Public: Art and Feminism at the Woman’s Building” scheduled to open,
October 2011 at the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art. Both
exhibitions are a part of the Getty Southern California Research initiative
Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1945-1980.

A full color book of the artist’s work is available for preview and purchase
on the artist’s website. Vallejo is represented by Galerie Anaïs in Bergamot
Station, Santa Monica. For further information visit
http://www.lindavallejo.com/

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AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AT ARTS TUNE-UP
FEBRUARY 26 IN VENICE

Individual artists and small budget organizations can benefit from free expert advice and information on various aspects of arts management on Saturday, February 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at an "Arts Tune-Up" at SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center) in Venice. Even though the event is free, it is recommended that participants register via SurveyMonkey:

Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/venice0211

The fast-paced "arts tune-up" format works like this: There will be several tables set up with an arts expert/consultant addressing a specific subject located at each table. Participants choose a topic they want to learn more about. After 25 minutes, participants rotate to another table with a topic of interest as the sessions repeat. There will be a total of 5 round-robin sessions of 25 minutes each. Participants are welcome to come by for an hour or stay for the entire afternoon.

Topics for individual artists include Arts Education In-School Resources & Working in Arts Education (K-12), Cultural and Community Outreach, Fundraising for Individual Artists, Getting Your Sh*t Together, Intro to Public Art, Marketing for Individual Artists, PR for Artists and Organizations and Understanding Health Insurance and Healthcare Reform.

Topics for small budget arts organizations include Arts Education In-School Resources & Working in Arts Education (K-12), Cultural and Community Outreach, Fundraising for Organizations, Marketing for Arts Organizations and PR for Artists and Organizations.

THE FACTS

WHAT
ARTS TUNE-UP for Individual Artists and Small Budget Arts Organizations

WHEN
Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE
SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center)
685 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90291

HOW MUCH
FREE, but registration is recommended

HOW TO REGISTER
REGISTER through SurveyMonkey.
Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/venice0211

PARKING
Free parking is available

MORE INFORMATION
Anji Gaspar-Milanovic
Technical Assistance Programs Manager
Los Angeles County Arts Commission, 213 202-3981

The Arts Tune-Up is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and California Lawyers for the Arts and in conjunction with the Law Offices of Elsa Ramo, the Center for Cultural Innovation and LA Stage Alliance.

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Laura Zucker, Executive Director, provides leadership in cultural services of all disciplines for the largest county in the United States, encompassing 88 municipalities. The Arts Commission provides leadership and staffing to support the regional blueprint for arts education, Arts for All; administers a grants program that funds more than 300 nonprofit arts organizations annually; oversees the County's Civic Art Program for capital projects; programs the John Anson Ford Theatres; funds the largest arts internship program in the country in conjunction with the Getty Foundation; and supports the Los Angeles County Cultural Calendar on ExperienceLA.com. The Commission also produces free community programs, including the L.A. Holiday Celebration broadcast nationally, and a year-round music program that funds more than 40 free concerts each year in public sites. The 2010-11 President of the Arts Commission is Ronald D. Rosen.

For more information please consult the Arts Commission online press kit: http://lacountyarts.org/page/pubnewspress

International course 2011-2012 in ITALY

The course is open to performing arts practitioners with professional stage experience working in various genres, techniques and styles.

Five intensive practical sessions
Session I - March 18th, 19th, 20th in Turin

Apply for participation on:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/audition.php
http://picasaweb.google.com/globtheatre

Places are limited.

The working language is English and Italian.

Participants who successfully complete the course receive the Certificate.

Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program announces

Making, Meaning, and Context: A Radical Reconsideration of Art’s Work

A Forum/Festival of Unexpected Intersections

October 14-16, 2011
at Goddard College in Plainfield VT

Call for Participation

Making, Meaning, and Context: A Radical Reconsideration of Art’s Work locates interdisciplinary art practice as a way to reexamine the function of art and artists. The emergence and growth of art in response to social and environmental urgency is shifting the work of art and artists; practitioners are challenged to find ways for art to contribute to communities and cultures in a local and global context.

We invite participation in this forum and festival of unexpected intersections: realized through inquiry-based discourse, performative interventions, and generative community dialogue that is intended to provoke and mobilize diversity of thought and practice.

We ask the following questions:

At this time in history, what does it mean to pursue an “art practice” or identify as an “artist?”

How has “art’s work” (creation, production, or manufacture) evolved aesthetically and situationally in support of or in resistance to a culture of commodification and consumption?

How have the roles of art, artist, and audience been resituated?

What is the potential for art to create civic sites for public discourse and expression?

What are the ways in which art might be complicit in upholding the narratives of modernism, capitalism, and other contested narratives?

What is the potential for interdisciplinary practice to contribute research and knowledge production that will support daily lives, diverse ecosystems, and the expansive realm of human imagination?

The conference committee welcomes the participation of practitioners and scholars across the artistic disciplines, including those whose practice is community-based, post-studio, or performative; and those who work outside of traditional systems of support and exposure. We also invite proposals from those working in other disciplines who have insight to bring to the conversation, and who can contribute diverse ways of arriving at new knowledge, which is at the core of Goddard College’s pedagogical mission.

The committee invites international submissions of proposals performances, papers, performative lectures, collaborative presentations, participatory workshops and experimental forms of engaging dialogue around forum/festival themes. Submissions may propose fully organized panels around particular questions, moderated conversations, or multimedia presentations.

Please submit proposals by March 15 at http://artswork.goddard.edu/submit-proposal/. For more information, visit http://artswork.goddard.edu/ or e-mail Lise Brody at artswork@goddard.edu.

Nonprofit Finance Fund is conducting its annual nationwide survey of nonprofits to help us all understand more about the sector's specific, real-time financial and management challenges. We hope that you will contribute to this valuable endeavor by responding to NFF's anonymous, 10-minute survey. If you have already filled out the 2011 survey, thank you! We also encourage you to forward this link to other nonprofit managers you know-the more respondents, the more robust and accurate the picture of the sector.

To take the 2011 survey, visit http://nonprofitfinancefund.org/2011survey.

NFF will analyze this information, then provide the results to all of us-government, foundations, lending institutions, media, and umbrella organizations-in aggregated form only. NFF will also send aggregated survey results to any nonprofit respondents who choose to give their contact information. The findings, and the comparison to last year's findings, will help all of us focus on the most critical areas of need in the sector, both now and for the medium- to long-term.

Again, thank you for contributing to this effort. Your participation will ensure a strong and inclusive sampling of the sector.

Warm regards,

Warm regards,
Karla V. Salazar
DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES PROGRAM

Nonprofit Finance Fund
626 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(P) 213.623.7001, Ext. 2
(F) 213.623.7002

Angela Gaspar-Milanovic
Technical Assistance Programs Manager
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
1055 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Direct: 213-202-3981
Fax: 213-580-0017
Email: amilanovic@arts.lacounty.gov
www.lacountyarts.org
www.FordTheatres.org

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