AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

CREATIVE CAPACITY FUND (CCF)
Quick Grant Program
CCF provides reimbursement funds to individual artists for professional development. Grant requests will be awarded on a competitive basis, as long as funds are available for a given month.
Award: $500
Eligibility: individual artists living and/or working in Los Angeles
Deadline: August 15, 2015
For more information go to http://www.cciarts.org/quick_grant.htm

AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY
AMS Subventions for Publications
The Publications Committee of the American Musicological Society makes available funds to help with expenses involved in the publication of works of musical scholarship, including books, articles, special issues of journals, and works in non-print media. Individual authors or editors, or their sponsoring organization, society, or department, may apply for assistance to defray costs not normally covered by publishers, such as illustrations, musical examples, facsimiles, accompanying audio or video examples, and permissions. (Author subventions required by publishers are not eligible for reimbursement under the AMS program of subventions for individuals. In such cases, publishers should apply directly to the AMS under the "publishers' subventions" program.)
Award: $2,500
Eligibility: Scholars at all stages in their careers
Deadline: August 17, 2015
For more information go to http://www.ams-net.org/pubs/subvention.php

FRENCH EMBASSY
Publishing Grants and Prizes
The Book Department of the Cultural Services works to promote French and Francophone literature and to encourage English translations of French fiction and non-fiction. The Book Department provides a range of grants to help publishers with rights, translation, and to promote paper and digital editions of translated French work.
Award: no fixed amount
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: August 28, 2015
For more information go to: http://frenchculture.org/books/grants-and-programs/publishing-grants-prizes\

MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Documentary Film Grants
The MacArthur Foundation funds the production of documentary films and participatory new media projects that combine exceptional storytelling with in-depth journalism. We look for projects that challenge preconceptions and examine underreported social issues. These documentaries are intended to reach a large U.S. broadcast audience and, often, a targeted audience of educators, community leaders, advocates, and policymakers.
MacArthur-supported documentaries:
• Address important, contemporary social issues – international and domestic – illustrating the human impacts of public policy.
• Follow an issue over time, providing in-depth reporting that goes beyond conventional news coverage.
• Utilize compelling personal stories to engage viewers and create empathy.
• Appeal to a broad audience because they treat differing points of view with respect.
• Are factually accurate and follow best practices in documentary ethics.
• Are led by experienced filmmaking teams that have had past success in bringing a documentary project to completion and reaching broad U.S. audiences.
• Are in production or post-production phase (on a very limited basis, we may consider projects in the research & development phase)
Award: see solicitation for details
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 1, 2015
For more information go to: http://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/media-g...

THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
Grants
Grants are made for scholarly exhibitions at museums; curatorial research; visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations; artist residencies and commissions; arts writing; and efforts to promote the health, welfare and first amendment rights of artists. Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. The program also supports the creation of new work through regranting initiatives and artist-in-residence programs. The work of choreographers and performing artists occasionally is funded when the visual arts are an inherent element of a production. See website for details.
Award: varies
Deadline: September 1, 2015
Eligibility: see guidelines
http://www.warholfoundation.org/grant/overview.html For more information go to:

FILM INDEPENDENT
Directors Lab
Designed to help directors who are prepping their feature films, the Directors Lab is an intensive eight-week program running in Los Angeles each winter. The primary focus of the Lab is on learning to work with actors and the rehearsal process. Under the guidance of the lab instructor, Directors Lab Fellows select short scenes from their scripts to workshop. Additionally, Fellows go through a mini-production, learning how to break down a script into a shot list, collaborate with cinematographers, and construct a scene in the editing process. Film Independent provides the Lab participants with camera and sound packages to shoot their scenes. All scenes will be shot on digital video and critiqued by the Lab Instructor as well as the other Lab participants.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 14, 2015
For more information go to http://www.filmindependent.org/labs-and-programs/applications/#.Vb__L_lViko

PASADENA ART ALLIANCE
Grant Program
The purpose of the Pasadena Art Alliance is to foster appreciation for contemporary visual arts in Southern California by supporting artists, exhibitions, educational programs and art-oriented, non-profit institutions. See website for details.
Award: varies
Eligibility: nonprofit organizations
Deadline: September 15, 2015
http://www.pasadenaartalliance.org/grants/ For more information go to:

WYETH FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN
Art Publication Grant (subvention)
For this grant program, “American art” is defined as art created in the United States, Canada, and Mexico through 1970. Eligible are book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art, visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 15, 2015
For more information go to http://www.collegeart.org/wyeth/

THE DEDALUS FOUNDATION
Senior Fellowships
This program is intended to encourage and support critical and historical studies of modern art and modernism. Fellowships are awarded to writers and scholars who have demonstrated their abilities through previous accomplishments and who are not currently matriculated for academic degrees.
Award: up to $30,000
Eligibility: US citizens
Deadline: September 15, 2015
For more information go to http://dedalusfoundation.org/programs/senior

MACDOWELL COLONY
Artist Residencies
The Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. Each year 250 fellowships, or residencies, are awarded to artists in seven disciplines—architecture, music composition, film and video, interdisciplinary art, theatre, visual art, and literature.
Award: room, board, and exclusive use of a studio for up to eight weeks
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 15, 2015
For more information go to http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html

VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
Residential Fellowships
Admission to VCCA is highly selective, based on a review of applications by panels of professional artists. There are separate panels for each category (poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, playwrights, performance, film and video artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, installation artists, composers and cross-disciplinary artists) with over fifty panelists serving at any one time. These panelists undergo periodic review to ensure that selection to VCCA is being made by the highest caliber artists in each discipline. Panelists are also rotated regularly to ensure that particular styles or tastes are not continuously represented. The basis for admission by an application is professional achievement or promise of achievement.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 15, 2015
For more information go to http://www.vcca.com/main/index.php

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
Millard Meiss Publication Grants to Support History of Arts Manuscripts
CAA awards grants to support book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits, but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Thanks to the generous bequest of the late Prof. Millard Meiss, CAA began awarding these publishing grants in 1975. Books eligible for a Meiss grant must currently be under contract with a publisher and be on a subject in the arts or art history. Although only publishers may submit an application, authors must be current CAA members.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 15, 2015
For more information go to: http://www.collegeart.org/meiss/
WILLIAM H. JOHNSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
William H. Johnson Prize
The William H. Johnson Prize is awarded annually to an early-career African American artist. For our purposes, "early-career" is a flexible term that should be interpreted liberally to include artists who have finished their academic work within twelve years from the year that a prize is awarded. For example, a person who finished their studies in 2003 is eligible to apply in 2015, but not in 2016. Age is not determinative, and artists who have not earned BFAs or MFAs are still eligible so long as they have not been working as a professional artist for more than twelve years.
Award: $25,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 18, 2015
http://www.whjohnsongrant.org/whjform/ For more information go to:

NEA
Our Town
The Our Town grant program supports creative placemaking projects that help to transform communities into lively, beautiful, and resilient places with the arts at their core. Creative placemaking is when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work - placing arts at the table with land-use, transportation, economic development, education, housing, infrastructure, and public safety strategies. NEA will provide a limited number of grants for creative placemaking.
Award: $100,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 21, 2015
http://arts.gov/grants-organizations/our-town/introduction For more information go to:

MAPFUND
Grants
MAP supports artists, ensembles, producers and presenters whose work in the disciplines of contemporary performance embodies this spirit of exploration and deep inquiry. MAP is particularly interested in supporting work that examines notions of cultural difference or "the other," be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity.
Award: $10,000 to $45,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 28, 2015 (LOI)
For more information go to http://mapfund.org/about.html

PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ARTS
Support for Scholarship in British Art
In order to support scholarship in the field of British art and architectural history and to disseminate knowledge through publications, exhibitions and education, the Centre offers a variety of Fellowships and Grants. The Centre does not fund contemporary fine arts, archaeology, the current practice of architecture or the performing arts.
• Curatorial Research Grants: To help institutions undertake research for a particular exhibition or installation of British art (up to three years)
• Educational Programme Grants: For lectures, symposia, seminars or conferences on British art and architecture
• Publications Grants (Author): For costs incurred by authors on boo
Publications Grants (Publisher): For costs incurred by publishers or institutions on books, catalogues of exhibitions or permanent collections of British fine and decorative arts and architecture
• Research Support Grants: To contribute towards travel and subsistence expenses for scholars engaged in research on the history of British art or architecture
• The Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Research Support Grant: This grant was instigated by the Barns-Graham Charitable Trust (www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk) in 2009 and will be administered by the Paul Mellon Centre. It will be awarded annually to assist scholars and researchers in the field of 20th Century British painting
Award: see solicitation for details
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: September 30, 2015
http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/179/?no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=Grants For more information go to:

GRAMMY FOUNDATION
Accepting LOIs for Music Research The Foundation awards grants to organizations and individuals to support research on the impact of music on the human condition. Examples might include the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition and healing, as well as the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals and the creative process underlying music. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design as well those addressing an important research question.
Award: up to $20,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 1, 2015
For more information go to https://www.grammy.org/grammy-foundation/grants

MILLAY COLONY FOR THE ARTS
Residency Experience
The Colony offers one-month residencies to visual artists, writers and composers each month between the months of April and November. Nurturing the work of artists of all ages, from a range of cultures and communities, and in all stages of their artistic career, the Colony offers comfortable private rooms, private studio spaces and ample time to work in a quiet, pastoral atmosphere. The Colony does not oblige residents to participate in any events, nor are residents required to share or donate work.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 1, 2015
For more information go to: http://www.millaycolony.org/residencies

NEW MUSIC USA
New Music USA Project Grants
New Music USA is supporting music in a new way. We want to create the shortest possible path between the people who make new music and the people who enjoy it. We believe in the artists we support, and we want everyone to hear their music. Instead of filling out a grant application, you’ll create a simple, private project page with all of your work samples and project information on this site.
Award: up to $20,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 1, 2015
For more information go to https://www.newmusicusa.org/grants/

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers
The Society, a national research library and learned society of American history and culture, calls for applications for visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. The Society's goal in sponsoring this program is to multiply and improve the ways in which an understanding of history is communicated to the American people.
Award: $1,850
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 5, 2015
For more information go to http://www.americanantiquarian.org/artistfellowship.htm

DEDALUS FOUNDATION
Institutional Grants (Art History and Fine Arts) The Foundation welcomes proposals for support and partnership from museums, educational institutions, and other nonprofit arts organizations. Such proposals should be made within the context of one of the following four Programs:
• Arts Education Program: Supports symposiums and lectures; K-12 programs; community-based programs; residencies; fellowship programs; educational programs at museums, art schools, colleges, and universities.
• Research and Publication Program: Supports scholarly research on modern art and modernism; exhibition catalogues; the publication of scholarly books and periodicals.
• Archives and Conservation Program: Supports projects focused on the science and practice of the conservation and restoration of works of art, and the processing, description, cataloging, and preservation of archival materials, as well as oral history programs.
• Curatorial Program: Supports exhibitions of modern and contemporary art; and programs in curatorial studies.
Award: up to $25,000
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 15, 2015
For more information go to http://dedalusfoundation.org/programs/institutional

SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION
History of Arts Grants Program
The program supports projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: October 15, 2015
For more information go to http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/history_of_art/

JAPAN FOUNDATION
Performing Arts
This program is designed to provide financial assistance for non-profit organizations that aim to introduce Japanese performing arts to local audiences. PAJ Touring Grants help present Japanese performing arts at multiple locations in the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on locations outside major metropolitan areas. PAJ Collaboration Grants help Japanese and American/Canadian artists develop a new work.
Award: varies
Eligibility: nonprofit organizations
Deadline: October 20, 2015
For more information go to: http://www.jfny.org/arts_and_culture/paj.html

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME
Rome Prize
The Rome Prize is awarded annually to emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who exemplify the highest standard of excellence in arts and humanities scholarship. Fellows are chosen from the disciplines of architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature, musical composition, visual arts, ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and Early Modern studies, and Modern Italian studies.
Award: Winners of six-month and eleven-month fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively.
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: November 1, 2015
For more information go to http://www.aarome.org/apply

TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART
Academic Program Grants
The Foundation for actively supports projects that encourage international scholarship on American art topics, as well as scholarly projects with focused theses that explore American art in an international context Academic Program grants for conferences and symposia do not exceed $25,000 unless there are unusual circumstances. Additionally, the Foundation prefers not to be the sole contributor to an event.
Award: $25,000
Eligibility: nonprofit organization or equivalent
Deadline: December 10, 2015 Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
http://www.terraamericanart.org/grants/academic-program-grants/ For more information:

LANNAN FOUNDATION
Grants
The Foundation is dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities. The Foundation recognizes the profound and often unquantifiable value of the creative process and is willing to take risks and make substantial investments in ambitious and experimental thinking. Understanding that globalization threatens all cultures and ecosystems, the Foundation is particularly interested in projects that encourage freedom of inquiry, imagination, and expression. See website for details.
Award: varies
Eligibility: nonprofit organizations
Deadline: ongoing (contact Foundation before submitting a Letter of Inquiry)
For more information go to http://www.lannan.org/about/grant-guidelines/

MCCOLL CENTER FOR VISUAL ART
Artist-in-Residence Program / Environmental Artist-in-Residence
The Center accepts submissions from emerging, mid-career and senior level artists. See website for details.
Award: varies
Eligibility: see guidelines
Deadline: ongoing
For more information go to http://mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/artist-resources

PASADENA SHOWCASE HOUSE FOR THE ARTS
Grant Program
Each year, PSHA awards gifts and grants to a diverse list of non-profit organizations to support their efforts in the community. Concerts are underwritten to ensure that the joy of live music is available to a broad range of audiences. Support of choirs, musical theater, school marching bands, dance programs, opera, jazz bands and orchestras enriches the community and provides opportunities for a variety of groups, from students to seniors, to learn, enjoy and grow from their experiences in these programs. Over the years, gifts and grants have included music education at all levels, music therapy for at-risk children, the underwriting of concerts, the purchase of instruments and uniforms, as well as other art programs.
Award: varies
Eligibility: nonprofit organizations
Deadline: October 9, 2015
For more information go to: http://www.pasadenashowcase.org/content.php?p=114