Performing artists depend on grants to support their work.
Creating, rehearsing, designing and performing a work of art is time-consuming and can be an expensive endeavor for individual artists and small performance groups. Artists rely on funding from a variety of sources to finance these activities. Grants from foundations and corporations are crucial sources of support for artists and can provide the resources they need to create new work.
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
The Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is a source of funding for Native artists who collaborate to create new works of art in dance, music, spoken word, performance art and other forms of creative expression. Artists are encouraged to use the museum's collections in Washington, D.C. and New York City as sources of inspiration. Native artists can invite non-Natives to participate in their funded projects. All applicants must be United States citizens. Selected projects receive up to $10,000 in funding.
Expressive Arts Program
National Museum of the American Indian
4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
MRC 590 P.O. Box 37012
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-633-1000
nmai.si.edu
CEC ArtsLink
CEC ArtsLink encourages artistic exchanges between U.S.-based artists and those in Eastern and Central Europe. The international arts organization has partnerships in 30 countries. American artists may apply for grants to create works of art that can be presented and shared in a community setting in a CEC partner country. Projects can be in a variety of genres, including dance, music and theater. The maximum amount of awards is $10,000. Individual artists as well as groups of collaborators can apply for the grants.
CEC ArtsLink, Inc
435 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10014
212-643-1985
cecartslink.org
Hubbard Street HS2 Choreographic Competition
Each year Chicago's internationally-renowned Hubbard Street Dance Company gives three young choreographers the opportunity to create an original work and have it performed by HS2, Hubbard Street's second company. Application requirements for the program include the submission of DVDs of original choreography. Winners receive a stipend of $2,000, 10 days of rehearsal time with HS2 dancers, round-trip airfare, accommodations and a per diem.
Choreographic Competition
Hubbard Street Dance Center
1147 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60607
312-850-9744
hubbardstreetdance.com
National Performance Network Creation Fund
The National Performance Network supports emerging artists' creative work in music, dance, theater, puppetry, spoken word and performance art. It focuses on providing seed money for artists to showcase new work within a community setting and in affiliation with a local sponsor such as a theater or other performance space. NPN gives $10,000 directly to the artist. The artist has a three-year grace period to create and then perform the new work for at least a week.
National Performance Network
P.O. Box 56698
New Orleans, LA 70156-6698
504-595-8008
npnweb.org
