AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

College Art Association fellowships, deadline Oct. 1

The deadline for applications to CAA’s Professional Development Fellowship
Program is October 1, 2008.

CAA annually awards fellowships in the amount of $15,000 to qualified
graduate students in visual art and art history; grants may be used to help
recipients with various aspects of their work, whether for their job-search
expenses or purchasing materials for their studio. In addition, one or more
fellowships are awarded to a PhD student specializing in American art; this
award is made possible with support from the Wyeth Foundation for American
Art. As in the past, honorable mentions may also be recognized.

The main purpose of the fellowship program is to support outstanding
graduate students from diverse backgrounds who may have been
underrepresented in their fields. By offering financial assistance to
promising MFA and PhD students, CAA can assist the rising generation during
this important transitional period in their lives.

This year, application forms and requirements for both visual-art and
art-history fellowships have changed. Submission of material by all
applicants must now be sent on CD or DVD; slides, videocassettes, and some
paperwork in hard copy are not accepted. Please go to the CAA website for
specific application requirements; published below are general guidelines.

Art-History Fellowships

Applicants to the art-history fellowships must include the following on a
CD: application form; essay; CV; dissertation prospectus; sample
dissertation chapter; and timetable for dissertation completion. Three
letters of recommendation; a copy of your 2007 IRS income-tax form or 2008
Free Application for Student Federal Aid (FASFA); and graduate transcript
must be submitted in hard copy and mailed to CAA with the CD. Deadline:
October 1, 2008; fellows are chosen by December 31, 2008.

Visual-Art Fellowships

Visual-art fellowship applicants must include the following on a CD or DVD:
application form; essay; résumé or CV; description of your MFA exhibition
and its timetable; all visual documentation (up to six images of still work
on CD or up to ten minutes of video work on a DVD, properly labeled and
formatted for both PC and Macintosh); and image script (caption list and
short descriptions of the work). Three letters of recommendation; a copy of
your 2007 IRS income-tax form or 2008 Free Application for Student Federal
Aid (FASFA); and graduate transcript must be submitted in hard copy and
mailed to CAA with the CD or DVD. Deadline: October 1, 2008; fellows are
chosen by December 31, 2008.