Mostyn Open 18: Call for Submissions

Global Film Initiative: Summer 2012 Feature Film Production Grants

In its continuing effort to promote original storytelling by individuals from around the world, the Global Film Initiative is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for the Summer 2012 cycle of its narrative feature film production grants program.

Doha Film Institute (DFI): Fall Grant Cycle

Launched in May 2010, the Doha Film Institute’s film financing initiatives aim to support filmmakers in their storytelling, foster the exchange of knowledge, and enable filmmakers from the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries to fund and produce their own stories.

Annually, DFI holds two grant submission cycles (Spring and Fall Grants) to support Arab projects across all genres for film and television. In addition, DFI will accept co-production proposals on a rolling basis for larger scale MENA and international projects.

DFI Film Financing is open to projects during any stage of production: development and scriptwriting, production, post-production and P&A (prints and advertising). Funding covers narrative and documentary feature films, experimental and essay projects, TV series and short films across all story genres, length, and budget levels.

For more information and to apply, click here.
 

Nafasi Art Space: AiR 2012, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The Roberto Cimetta Fund: Travel Grant

The Roberto Cimetta Fund, is an international non-profit making organization created in 1999 to respond rapidly and directly to artists and cultural managers who wish to travel in order to develop contemporary artistic cooperation projects in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and in particular throughout the Arab world.

Today it has provided mobility grants to almost 1,000 artists and cultural operators and stands out as a key player and mediator on the questions of artistic mobility and cultural development in the Euro-Med zone.

UNESCO Seminar, Connexxions: Call for Applicants from the Middle East

This international seminar, organized by the German Commission for UNESCO, aims to strengthen cultural participation with the help of international comparisons. Also, it offers a platform for civil society in the field of arts and culture to enhance its self-organization and the connection with regional and international networks. Cooperative examples of implementing the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions will be discussed.

The seminar will take place at the International Cultural Centre of Hammamet/Tunisia, 6 through 8 September 2012.The German Commission for UNESCO calls for contributions and participations from Tunisia and other Maghreb and Mashrek countries.

For successful candidates, the German Commission for UNESCO covers the travel costs (arrival 5 Sept, departure 9 Sept, 2012) and the complete board and lodging during the stay in Hammamet (including visa fees, where applicable). Logistical and organizational support is assured by the International Cultural Centre of Hammamet.

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Bursary for visual artists, writers and composers/musicians: Camac & Fondation Ténot, France

Since 1999, Camac Art Centre, with Fondation Ténot, has aimed to promote creativity and international exchange in the artistic community. Camac and Fondation Ténot offer three residency bursaries each year to one visual artist, one writer and one musician or composer in order to create new career prospects for artists.
Camac is a multi-disciplinary, creative centre that offers a unique environment for visual artists, writers or musicians. It aims to foster communication and creativity among individuals and groups working on the evolution of ideas or realization of works.

This is a 
two-month residency that will take place in 2013 (dates to be arranged by mutual agreement between the artist and the institution.

Call for applications: Balmoral scholarships 2013, Germany

The conditions for all scholarships with the exception of the curator scholarship are a completed course of study in art (M.F.A. or comparable degree) and two or three years (depending on the respective scholarship) of continuous artistic work after the conclusion of the studies. Applications are also possible for autodidacts distinguished by special artistic achievements, as documented by exhibitions and prizes.

To foster artistic dialog and interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge of German, English or French is expected.

The curator scholarship is awarded to persons who are not older than 35 years or whose university degree (at least M.A., preferably Ph.D.) was completed not more than 5 years ago.

For the curator scholarship, mastery of the German language spoken and in writing as well as good knowledge of English or French is essential.

I. International residence scholarships
Six residence scholarships will be awarded to international visual artists. Each scholarship lasts six months. They ordinarily begin in April 2013 and are endowed with 1,200 EUR per month. They include free accommodation at the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.

II. Project scholarship
The project scholarship, which is not tied to any site, will be awarded to an international visual artist. The project scholarship lasts for 6 months and begins in April 2013. It is endowed with 1,200 EUR per month. Eligible are international applicants with permanent residence in the Federal Republic of Germany. The artistic project should be realized within the scholarship period of 6 months so that it can possibly be integrated in the annual exhibition of the scholarship holders.

III. International curator scholarship 
To foster dialog between research and art, Balmoral awards a residence scholarship to a young scholar in the humanities (preferably art history) for a curatorial project to be developed by the scholarship holder and the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral. The scholarship lasts 6 months and begins in April 2013. It is endowed with 1,200 EUR per month and includes free accommodation at the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.

IV. Foreign and exchange scholarships exclusively for artists with relation to Rhineland-Palatinate
Relation to Rhineland-Palatinate means is born in, has studied in, has lived or lives in Rhineland-Palatinate.

• One six-month scholarship for New York (Flux Factory)
• One three-month scholarship for South Korea
• One six-month scholarship for the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (July to December)
• One five-month scholarship for Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg/Germany

The foreign and exchange scholarships are endowed with 1,200 EUR per month. 

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Residency-program: Project-based support - Schloss Brőllin e.V. Germany

Delfina Foundation: Research Fellowship 2012

International Grant Programme: Lipsien Art Foundation

The Lepsien Art Foundation is a non-profit organization (NPO) which originated in a private initiative, and devotes itself completely to art and culture and their patronage. 
Every year, exceptionally qualified and gifted artists, primarily of the younger generation, working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography can apply for participation in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international grant programme.

The grant programme is intended as a means of giving artists the opportunity for an intensive encounter with art, active exchange and further artistic development within a community of selected artists.

Applicants must present proof of having completed their studies at a recognized art academy and already have received initial public acknowledgement in their discipline (e.g. exhibitions, publications, etc.). Art students may not participate in the grant programme. The grant runs for a duration of twelve months (two semesters) from 1 September to 31 August of the following year. Apart from a funded studio in Düsseldorf, the grant encompasses the publication of a limited artist’s edition as well as an extensive four-colour annual catalogue appearing in conjunction with an exhibition of the grant recipients’ work at the end of the grant year.

The grant recipients become active participants in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international network and can thus establish contact with other artists, collectors, galleries, etc. The Lepsien Art Foundation committee moreover selects works by every participant for inclusion in the collection. 

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Travel Grants to attend CIMAM'S 2012 Annual Conference

Kyoto Art Center provides Artist-in-Residence programs for emerging artists and researchers

Library Fellows’ Award: National Museum of Women in the Arts

The Library Fellows Program was established in 1989 to encourage and support the creation of artists’ books and to benefit the Library and Research Center.

Although collaborative works are allowed and even encouraged, the artist who is responsible for the overall creation, design, and realization of the book must be a woman.

The Library Fellows meet once a year, usually in the fall, to review and discuss proposals from artists and select the following year’s book. Membership is limited to individuals who contribute $1,200 each year. Each Fellow’s name appears on a plaque outside the entrance to the reading room.

The Fellows’ contributions are used to produce an artist’s book in a limited edition of 125 copies. As a benefit of membership, each Fellow receives a copy of the book. The artists keep 25 copies as a form of remuneration for their creative efforts. The remaining copies are sold and the money generated from the sale benefits the Library and Research Center. 

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Caspian Art Foundation: Scholarships

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