APPLY NEXT YEAR!!! UNITED STATES ARTISTS ANNOUNCES 2011 FELLOWS.

Chosen from a pool of 300 applicants, this year’s fellows number fifty-two and include artists from the visual, performing, and literary arts. Forty-eight individuals and two collaborations will receive $50K. $15M has been awarded since 2006 to more than 300 hundred artists nationwide. United States Artists:

http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/
United States Artists Gives $2.5 Million Directly to Artists. United States Artists Press Release 12/05/11. Full Article:

http://www.resnicowschroeder.com/media.asp?PR=1218

THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION has announced the launch of the EXPLORING ENGAGEMENTS FUND

The first grantmaking initiative under the foundation’s new arts program strategy focuses on three distinct engagement pathways; 1) efforts to increase engagement by low-income and/or ethnically diverse populations that have been traditionally underserved by arts nonprofits, 2) efforts to expand the ways Californians engage in the arts as active participants by making or practicing art; and 3) efforts to advance the use of diverse, non-traditional spaces for arts engagement, especially in regions with few arts-specific venues. Info and App:

http://www.irvine.org/grantmaking/our-programs/arts-program/new-arts-strategy/exploring-engagement-fund

UNPRECEDENTED GRANTS PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL VENTURA COUNTY VISUAL ARTISTS

The Gerd Koch & Carole Milton Grant for Professional Ventura County Artists. Two grants for $3K each. Applications due this Saturday, November 12th. Info and app: www.venturacountyartscouncil.org or call (805) 658-2213.

Communications Group New Leadership Program for Theatre Practitioners

Deadline: December 12. Theatre Communications Group, a national membership organization that works to strengthen, nurture, and promote professional nonprofit American theater, has received $1 million from the Mellon Foundation to launch Leadership U, a program designed to support the development of theater leaders at various points in their career. The intent of the program is to strengthen the field by developing individuals who are the core and future of theater. Info and app: http://www.tcg.org/grants/leadershipu/index.cfm