January 2020 ArtsInk

January 2020

2019 Annual Report Released

Happy New Year and thanks once again for your support of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. We are pleased to share our 2019 Annual Report for your review. A special thank you to the National Endowment for the Arts, our state agency partners, our funders and donors, artists, presenters, and communities that make our work possible. This report is about you!

You can view the 2019 Annual Report here . Open using Acrobat for the best viewing experience.

On Screen/In Person Back on the Road in February

The Blood is at the Doorstep {Official Trailer}

Connect with filmmaker Erik Ljung this February as he tours with his intimate vérité

documentary, The Blood is at the Doorstep.

On April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by a Milwaukee police officer responding to a non-emergency wellness check. Filmed over the course of three years in the direct aftermath of Dontre’s death, The Blood is at the Doorstep follows his family as they struggle to find answers and challenge a criminal justice system stacked against them.

MAAF's On Screen/In Person brings independent film and communities together by match-making American filmmakers with presenters from across the mid-Atlantic region.Find an On Screen/In Person host site near you.

Upcoming Program Deadlines!

Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Brass Band poses on stage with students. It is a large group of approximately 30 people on risers and the stage, The band holds their instruments.

Mid Atlantic Tours (MAT) is a curated roster program of performing artists and ensembles chosen to tour throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Fee support grants are available for mid-Atlantic presenters booking these artists for engagements scheduled between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. The deadline for booking MAT artists is February 28, 2020 . Funding is available on a first come, first served basis.

ArtsCONNECT supports projects developed collaboratively by a consortium of presenters within the mid-Atlantic region, jointly booking a touring artist. Each presenter in a consortium may request funding of up to 50% of the negotiated artist fee for the project, not to exceed $10,000. The deadlines for 2020-2021 projects include:

Projects in Development Listing Submission Deadline: February 21, 2020
Final Application Deadline: March 13, 2020

Special Presenter Initiatives (SPI) support the presentation of professional performing artists in all disciplines at venues in Delaware, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Virginia. Nonprofit presenters in DC, DE, and WV can request up to $2,000 per project, and up to $5,000 per project for presenters in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Proposed artists can be from anywhere worldwide, except the same state or jurisdiction as the applicant presenter. The deadline for SPI applications is Friday, March 27, 2020.

There will be an SPI application webinar on Thursday, March 12, 2020, 2-3PM for those interested in learning more about the program. RSVP here.

Image: The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Brass Band meets with students from the Utica, NY community during an ArtsCONNECT 2020 engagement. Credit: Bob Mortis.

International Program News!

Approximately 20 dancers workshop a piece in a white studio with a light wood floor. They all wear casual dance clothing and have bare feet.

Did you see our announcement that Performing Arts Global Exchange (PAGE), a new grant program for performing arts presenters nationwide, has posted its 2020-2021 roster ? Fee support grants are available to nonprofit presenting venues and units of government based anywhere in the U.S. or its territories who book roster artists and provide an artist-involved community engagement activity. The inaugural year’s roster features artists from U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico.

And sign up now for the next USArtists International (USAI) webinar, USArtists International: Am I eligible? , on February 19, 2-3PM ET. USArtists International provides grants of up to $15,000 to ensembles and individual performers in dance, music and theatre invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets.

Image: Heidi Duckler Dance (CA) received support through USAI to perform at LOFT, International Contemporary Dance in Chile in November 2019. While in Chile, the company led a workshop. Credit: Marco Altamirano.

Opportunity Quick Links

BRIC is inviting applications for the BRIClab Performance Residency, a commissioning and residency development program for New York City-based performing artists. Through the program, artists receive a stipend of $1,750, mentoring, exclusive use of the BRIC House Artist Studio for up to twelve days, technical support from BRIC’s production staff, two work-in-process showings, and documentation of showings. Deadline: January 30, 2020.

The Neon Museum invites qualified artists to submit proposals for participation in the annual National Artist Residency. The residency is designed to expand the interpretive potential of the museum’s collection while providing artists with the opportunity to create new work in an unconventional setting. The program is open to artists who are working in the fields of digital, performance, or visual art, and the chosen resident will be expected to reside in Las Vegas for eight weeks. Deadline: February 7, 2020.

The Vermont Studio Center works to foster creativity through community, collaboration, and quiet reflection supported by the unspoiled beauty of the northern Green Mountains. The center currently is inviting applications for residency fellowships. Each year, VSC offers two hundred and fifty fellowships to artists and writers to attend a month-long residency. Deadline: February 15, 2020.

Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts works to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. To that end, the foundation welcomes applications from organizations for its Production and Presentation Grants. This is a grant opportunity for organizations. Deadline: February 25, 2020.

Leeway Foundation invites applications for Art and Change Grants. The Art and Change Grant (ACG) provides project-based grants of up to $2,500 to women and trans artists in Greater Philadelphia to fund art for social change projects. Eligible applicants must live in the greater Philadelphia region. Deadline: March 1, 2020.

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is inviting applications for its Artist Residency Program. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in craft media, including clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media. Deadline: March 1, 2020.