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VISITING ARTIST GRANTS (NJ, NY, PA WRITERS)
http://www.mdhallarts.org/generalinfo/artistresources/
visitingartists.html
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Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts is seeking artists to submit
proposals for the Visiting AIR program, a new addition to our existing
AIR program. The Visiting AIR program will consist of a residency
taking place in a one to three month time period. Artists creating
original work in any media, including visual, performing, and the
language arts who live in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania are
eligible to apply. MHCA provides the accepted artist with
administrative support, studio space at MHCA, housing, stipend,
reasonable travel expenses to and from MHCA, and materials fee. Artists
provide their own food and transportation while in Annapolis.

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HOWARD FOUNDATION
http://www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/howard/
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The Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for
independent projects in fields selected on a rotational basis.
Approximately ten fellowships will be offered for the 2007-2008
fellowship year to support persons engaged in independent projects in
the following fields: Visual Arts, Media Studies, and the History of
Art and Architecture. Stipends for one year (normally) are $25,000.
There are no residency requirements.

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THIRD WAVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/scholarship.html
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Available to all full-time or part-time students age 30 and under who
are enrolled in, or have been accepted to, an accredited university,
college or community college. The primary criterion for funding is
financial need. Students should also be involved as activists, artists,
or cultural workers working on issues such as racism,
homophobia, sexism, or other forms of inequality. The amount of each
scholarship is decided after careful review of the student's financial
aid report. The number of scholarships awarded depends on the amount of
each award. Scholarships range in amount from $1,000 to $5,000 each,
and we award scholarships in two cycles: fall and
spring. Deadlines: April 1 for Fall cycle, October 1 for Spring cycle.

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THE TALLER PORTOBELO STARVING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
http://www.tallerportobelo.com/Fellowships.html
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The Taller Portobelo Starving Artist Fellowship Program provides a
limited amount of funds for artist needing assistance. Those interested
in applying should provide a resume, 1-page statement of need, 10
slides/CD with 10 images or website address with images of recent works
for visual artists or 5 writing samples for creative
writers. In addition, recipients of the Taller Portobelo Starving
Artist Fellowship are required to teach a one-day workshop in their
given area of expertise for the students of the children of Portobelo
and Spelman College Summer Art Colony.

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GRANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITERS: CREATIVE WRITING (CANADA)
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/writing/ri127227329682968750.htm
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Provide support to authors working on new projects in the fields of
novel, short story, poetry, children's literature, graphic novel and
literary nonfiction. Creation grant amounts offered are from $3,000 to
$20,000.

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WOODROW WILSON FELLOWSHIPS
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm
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The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars awards
approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals
with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social
sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics
and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or
provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy
issues of contemporary importance. Stipends provided in recent years
have ranged from $26,000 to $85,000 (the maximum possible in
2007–2008). Stipends include round trip travel for fellows. Deadline
October 2, 2006.

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FUND FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES - LOWER MANHATTAN
http://www.lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/fundcreativecomm/index.html
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The Fund for Creative Communities is designed to augment the financial
resources of primarily small to midsize non-profit, community based
organizations that provide high quality local arts programs. The Fund
also seeks to increase access to arts and cultural activities in
neighborhoods throughout the borough and to stimulate new arts
activities in communities where the need exists. Grants, for up to
$5,000, are awarded to non-profit organizations and to artists applying
through a fiscal sponsor. Deadline October 10, 2006.

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