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Martin's areas of interest include the history of American libraries and librarianship, and the history of the exploration and mapping of the American southwest. They also encompass the history and development of information technologies; telecommunications and information Policy; and scholarly communication.
Among the courses he teaches at TWU, "Libraries and Culture", provides an introduction to cultural theory and its application to understanding libraries and the role of libraries in cultural transmission -- with a focus on reading and print culture. The course also examines the impact of digital technology on print culture and the future of libraries in the digital context.
Robert S. Martin has a home page at http://twu.edu/~f_martin/
The IMLS is an independent federal grantmaking agency which fosters leadership, innovation and a lifetime of learning by supporting museums and libraries. It was created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, which moved federal library programs from the Department of Education and combined them with the museum programs of the former Institute of Museum Services. Beverly Sheppard is currently Acting Director of the IMLS.
Sources/resources:
THE WHITE HOUSE -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/04/20010418-2.html
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES -- http://www.imls.gov
ROBERT MARTIN'S HOME PAGE --
http://twu.edu/~f_martin/
Martin's papers include:
Robert S. Martin, "Texas: Library Automation and Connectivity: A
Land of Contrast and Diversity," Library Hi Tech 14 (1996):
291-302
Robert Martin, "Libraries in a Networked Texas," The Texas
Telecommunications Review (Austin: Telecommunications and
Information Policy Institute, University of Texas at Austin,
1998), pp. 52-54
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) reports that the legislation requiring public elementary schools to provide instruction art and music for all students, grades 1-6 was introduced in March 2001 by Representatives Pat Bond, Gene Jeffress, and Mary Anne Salmon.
About 35% of the states schools currently have qualified art teachers providing art instruction. Act 1506 requires placing art personnel and art instruction for Arkansas students in all elementary schools.
Act 1506 (HB 1883) also states that:
The NAEA reports that according to Brenda Turner, Art Consultant at the Arkansas Department of Education, as a result of the new act, the state will be seeking about 450 new visual arts teachers.
"This is the third bill in recent years that has reached state legislative floors to provide arts instruction for all students by placing qualified art teachers in all the schools," said Thomas Hatfield, NAEA Executive Director. "It shows that it can be done when advocates move away from awareness levels and onto policy levels."
Sources/resources:
"An Art Teacher in Every School"
NAEA ARTS EDUCATION POLICY WATCH
NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION --
http://www.naea-reston.org
According to the NAEA, other state legislature bills include SC
and NY for personnel; other legislation on assorted topics
ACT 1506 -- ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/acts/2001/htm/Act1506.pdf
BRENDA TURNER, Art Consultant at the Arkansas Department of Education, can be contacted at Email: bturner@arkedu.k12.ar.us
The nearly one-fifth rise in 2000 giving followed five straight years of double-digit increases in the value of foundation assets, the Foundation Center reports. Dramatic gains in the value of holdings of several major independent foundations, new gifts into foundations, (including a record $32.1 billion in 1999) and accelerated growth in foundation creation have all contributed to an unprecedented run up in foundation assets.
"The sky did not fall on foundations during 2000," stated Sara Engelhardt, president of the Foundation Center. "Foundations have grown so rapidly since the mid-1990s that not even a volatile stock market and slowing economy could keep them from posting record growth in grant dollars."
She added that in addition, because many foundations have a substantial asset base, "they are better able to weather short-term economic downturns without cutting contributions. Giving by individuals and corporations is typically much more sensitive to economic fluctuations."
FOUNDATION GROWTH AND GIVING ESTIMATES: 2000 PREVIEW is available in PDF form at http://fdncenter.org/research/trends_analysis/pdf/fgge01.pdf
The New York Foundation for the Arts, (NYFA) which is about to award nearly 150 Artists' Fellowships, devotes a sizeable section of its quarterly publication FYI -- http://www.nyfa.org/fyi -- to documenting the fellowships. All the Fellowship recipients and the panelists will be annouced in the two center pages in the summer issue of FYI. The summer issue will also contains two supplements: a 12-page listing and description of the work submitted by the Fellowship recipients, as well as a 4-page application for next year's NYFA Fellowships. Information about NYFA artist fellowship recipients, as well as information about the program, is also available online at http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships/index.html
The CalArts/Alpert Award, which produces a catalog, also documents its award recipients online at http://www.alpertawards.org
"The whole idea not is not just financial. We also want to help the artists to get their work out into the larger world, to produce a publication which all artists are happy to part of, are happy to send to people, give to people," says Angela Westwater, President of the Board of Trustees of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, which showcases the artist recipients of its grants in an elegant publication.
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, (New York City, NY) recognizes emerging American artists and craftspeople by a biennial series of monetary grants. The awards go to the artists whose work shows promise, but who have not yet received widespread critical or commercial recognition.
The Foundation has been producing a catalog for 10 years. It is full color and features brief biographies and images of the work of the artists who win the Tiffany grants. Artists documented in the most recent catalog are recipients of the 1999 Biennial Competition Artist Awards.
Each artist gets 20 copies, and the Tiffany Foundation sends out copies to libraries and museum directors around the country.
The Foundation also showcases the most recent award winners on its website at http://www.tiffanyfoundation.org Artists documented and a few of their highlighted works include Dara Friedman, STILL FROM UNTITLED BLOUSE RIPPING; (film loops, optical sound, 2000) an installation detail of Barry McGee's THE BUDDY SYSTEM; (at Dietch Projects, NYC 1999) Amy Sillman's MINIATURE ILLINOIS; (oil and gouache on wood, 1997) and Alexi Worth's EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESSES TO THE ACADEMY OF FINE IDEAS. (oil on wood 1999)
"The catalog gets very positive responses," Angela Westwater told Arts Wire Current. "We're particularly pleased with the last one. It's more than we've been able to do before. We work very hard at this."
Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists
The FLINTRIDGE FOUNDATION AWARDS FOR VISUAL ARTISTS 1999/2000 catalog highlights the careers of twelve West Coast artists who have sustained a high level of exploration and growth for at least two decades and who continue to contribute to the diversity of artistic expression in the region.
With color plates, interviews, and biographies, the museum quality, 64 page catalog documents the work of the 1999/2000 round of Flintridge Award winners: Lia Cook, Harry Gamboa, Jr., Douglas Hall, Paul Kos, Suzanne Lacy, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Michael C. McMillen, Lari Pittman, Alison Saar, Peter Shelton, Buster Simpson, and Larry Sultan.
For instance, the section devoted to award recipient Paul Kos features color figures of his multimedia installations, including CHARTRES BLEU; (video, steel, 1986-97) TUNNEL; (table, cheese, toy train, 1995) INTERNATIONAL BED AND BREAKFAST; (Parrot, bells, ladder, rope, 1992) and many others. The section devoted to the work of Paul Kos also includes an interview with Meredith Tromble. The artists' biographies are in a separate section at the back of the catalog.
2,500 copies of the catalog are distributed to museums, curators, galleries, libraries,scholars, collectors, funders and media, and the publication recently won a gold award for excellence in communications from the 2001 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program.
The Foundation hopes the catalog will encourage more funders to support individuals in the arts and to find creative ways to communicate the value of the arts to society.
Noting that the published a catalog is "a tribute to the achievements of the artists," Pam Wolkoff, Director of Programs for the Flintridge Foundation also said that several funders have already contacted the Foundation about how to offer support to individual artists.
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Established by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1991, The Pew Fellowships in the Arts awards grants of $50,000 to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines. The fellowships are awarded directly to the artists, enabling them to dedicate themselves solely to creative pursuits. The program aims to provide such support at moments in artists careers when a concentration on artistic growth and exploration is most likely to have the greatest impact on an artist's long-term personal and professional development.
To help fellowship recipients reach a wider audience, the program has always produced a catalog, which, in addition to text about and images of the artists work, contains an audio CD with the music of composer recipients.
A primary goal of The Pew Fellowships in the Arts is to recognize and support the contributions of working artists to the cultural environment of the Philadelphia area. The catalog provides "a snapshot of what's happening, of artists at this moment, of what it looks like in Philadelphia," says program Director Melissa Franklin.
The work of all the artist fellowship winners who wish to be included is also uploaded to the program's website at http://www.pewarts.org
In addition to text and visual images, the site includes audio clips for composers and visual clips for choreographers. For instance, Afro-Cuban Musician Greg "Peache" Jarman is represented by the compositions OSAIN; ELEGGUA; and NICE AND EASY -- described as "music for dancing in a hot, dark place...music that draws the body relentlessly toward movement."
Emily Brown -- whose landscape conveying paintings are described as offering "a world in which the effect of human presence can be seen but that presence itself is withheld" - is represented on the web site by images of works including, among others, IMPRESSION (oil on canvas, 1998) SUN, SHINE ON; (ink on paper, 1999) and THE DAM AT FAIRMOUNT: TOWARDS THE RESTORATION OF THE WATERWORKS. (acrylic, graphite, cardboard tube, wood and screws, 2000)
In addition to Emily Brown and Peache Jarman, other 2000 Pew Fellowships in the Arts recipients are Frito Bastien; Pablo Batista; Frank Bramblett; Terrence Cameron; Sheryl Robin David; Babette Martino; Mick Moloney; Alice Oh; Elaine Hoffman Watts; and Kimmika L. H. Williams.
"We see our website as an archive of the program and the artists we've supported," Melissa Franklin told Arts Wire Current. "We're looking at media artists this year, at ways to represent these artists online."
The Leeway Foundation
Also focusing on the Greater Philadelphia region, the Leeway Foundation supports individual women artists, arts programs and arts organizations, in order to help them achieve personal and community transformation. Among Leeway grant recipients in 2000 were Diane Burko, Anda Dubinskis, Linda Stojak Judith Jacobson, Carrie Patterson, and Mary Sweeney.
The Foundation's catalog includes a written statement from each of the Established and Emerging artists, as well as a photo sample of their work, biographical information, and a photo of the artist. There is also a message from the founder, information about Leeway, information about the Leeway Awards, (including a listing of the Window of Opportunity Award recipients) biographical information on the panelists, lists of past recipients, contributors, acknowledgments and a list of the staff and board of directors.
"The catalog is shared with colleagues in the arts and foundation communities across the country and is meant to showcase the recipients and their work, and Leeway's deep commitment to them," explains Program Director Barbara J. Silzle.
Bush Foundation Artist Fellowships
A 26-year-old program of the Bush Foundation, (St. Paul MN) The Bush Artist Fellowships provide artists with significant financial support that enables them to further their work and their contribution to their communities. Fellows may decide to take time for solitary work or reflection, engage in collaborative community projects, embark on travel or research, or pursue any other activity that contributes to their lives as artists -- such as explore new directions, continue work already in progress, or accomplish work not financially feasible otherwise. In 2001 the Bush Artist Fellows program will support up to 15 artists at any stage of their life's work from early to mature.
As a component of the program, the Bush Foundation has published a Bush Artist Fellows (BAF) catalog for 14 years.
Usually a little over 50 pages, the catalog features a listing of the fellows selected in a given year, a two-page spread for each artist which includes a work sample, (written piece, four-color or black/white image) an artist's statement, a profile of the artist, a headshot of the artist and a brief biography/resume for each artist. In the years in which they review music composition, they include an audio CD which features work samples of the composers.
The primary purpose of the catalog is to provide quality exposure for the artists which may help them in their careers, Julie Dalgleish, Program Director, Bush Artist Fellowships, told Arts Wire. Every year we hear that some artists have received commissions and exhibition opportunities as a result of the publication. Others have been contacted by agents, she added.
The Foundation prints about 2,400 copies of the catalog. Each artist receives 25 copies. Another 1800 or so are mailed to former fellows and panelists, curators, presenters, arts administrators, and other arts professionals. The remaining copies are used for public relations -- distributed, for instance, at information meetings or to prospective panelists.
The most recent catalog featuring the 2000 fellows, their 25th group of artist fellows, is "warm off the press." In the 2000 cycle, artist Fellows were awarded in choreography, multimedia, performance art, and visual arts. (2 and 3 dimensional) Recipients were Joan Smith, Robin Stiehm, Elizabeth Morgan Thorson, Tony Brown, Djola Branner, Marcus Young, Judale Carr, Bruce Charlesworth, Stacey Davidson, Michael Kareken, Cy Thao, Norman Andersen, Harriet Bart, William Gorcica, and Ana Lois-Borzi.
Sources/resources:
THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS --
http://www.nyfa.org
NYFA Artists' Fellowships --
http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships/index.html-- are $7,000 cash awards
made to creative artists living and working in the state of New York for use in
career development. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines or practices.
In 16 years of issuing Artists' Fellowships, NYFA has awarded over $17
million to nearly 2,800 artists. In the 2000-2001 cycle, the
following categories will be supported; computer arts; crafts;
film; nonfiction literature; performance art/multidisciplinary
work; poetry; printmaking/drawing/artists' books; sculpture.
NYFA also hosts The Catalogue Project which awards up to five $5,000 grants each year to women photographers over the age of 40 who reside in the state of New York. The Project is intended to provide recipients with the resources to design, assemble, and print a catalogue documenting their work. For further information on the Catalogue Project, call 212-366-6900 ext. 218, or e-mail catalogue_project@nyfa.org
FYI (FOR YOUR INFORMATION) -- http://www.nyfa.org/fyi is free to New York State residents. For subscription information, contact Alex Burke at 212-366-6900 ext. 248 or aburke@nyfa.org
CALARTS/ALPERT AWARD --
http://www.alpertawards.org
Inaugurated in 1994, the CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts provides
annual fellowships of $50,000 to five artists, one each, in the
fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts.
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION BIENNIAL Competition Awards -- http://www.tiffanyfoundation.org
FLINTRIDGE FOUNDATION - http://www.flintridgefoundation.org
PEW FELLOWSHIPS IN THE ARTS --
http://www.pewarts.org
Artists over the age of 25 who have been residents of
Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, or Bucks County for
at least two consecutive years immediately prior to application
are eligible. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually.
In addition to the catalog for Fellowships in the Arts, THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS -- http://www.pewtrusts.org -- publishes CULTURE, which promotes the programs as a whole. TRUST, the quarterly magazine of The Pew Charitable Trusts, (edited by Marshall A. Ledger) carries articles on the artists and arts organizations which have received support from the foundation and on the work of the foundation.
THE LEEWAY FOUNDATION -- http://www.leeway.org/html/intro.html
THE BUSH FOUNDATION ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS --
http://www.bushfoundation.org/programs/ArtistFellowsProg.htm
Applicants must be 25 years or older and residents of Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, or one of the 26 counties of
northwestern Wisconsin. (Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo,
Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest,
Iron, La Crosse, Lincoln, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price,
Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas, and Washburn)
GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS -- http://www.giarts.org -- is a good source of information about the field of art philanthropy
OPERA AMERICA 31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE: E-MERGING TRADITIONS
The Atlanta Opera will serve as the host company for OPERA America 31st Annual Conference: E-MERGING TRADITIONS.
"The enterprising city of Atlanta, along with its growing opera company, The Atlanta Opera, seemed the perfect place to honor the rich history of opera and the exciting future that lies ahead. We plan to honor the legacy of Verdi and Bellini while we look at how technology is transforming the face of contemporary opera," stated Marc Scorca, President of OPERA America.
On May 3, 9:00, Coretta Scott King will launch the Opening Session, speaking about her long-term devotion to opera and the arts. She will be introduced by Alfred Kennedy, Executive Director of The Atlanta Opera.
Composer William Bolcom, whose recent operas include MCTEAGUE and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, both commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, will present the Keynote Address. "The relationship between Bolcom and Lyric Opera of Chicago represents a creative partnership of historic dimension," OPERA America notes. "Few opera companies have made such a long-term creative commitment to a single artist."
On May 4, Placido Domingo will join the conference via video feed to speak about the music of Verdi and its continuing relevance. He will be followed by a panel of producers, critics, and artists who will offer suggestions about ways the core repertoire can communicate to contemporary audiences. The panelists also will explore trends in contemporary creation and as well as the potential for the expansion of the core repertoire with works from the late 20th and early 21st century.
At the third annual New Works Sampler, on Friday, May 4, at 8:00 PM, excerpts from recent or newly- composed North American operas, operas that are yet to be premiered, and new works that have received successful European premieres will be performed by artists and alumni from Houston Grand Opera Studio and Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. A reception will follow the event, providing an opportunity to mingle with composers and librettists, publishers, and performing artists. The New Works Sampler is free; however, reservations are required due to limited seating.
For a complete schedule, including information on workshops and sessions, visit the OPERA America web site at: http://www.operaamerica.org
PITTSBURG, PA
NOISE, IMPROV, ART SERIES
MUSIC, NOISE, IMPROV, ART is a series of programs providing perspective on the exhibition VISUAL SOUND and celebrating artists, musicians, writers, scholars, and inventors who take risks and experiment with new ideas.
The series includes 4 round-table discussions and 11 performances. Scheduled in May, 2001 are:
May 20 1:30 - 5:30 PM
SOUND, ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Discussion on the influences of technology on contemporary art and
the history and development of electronic music.
Speakers:
Vicky Clark, curator at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Joel Chadabe founder and president of the Electronic Music
Foundation; composer and pioneer with interactive computer music
systems
Performance:
DWAYNE DOLPHIN AND MAX LEAKE
On the Jazz scene in Pittsburgh, since he was 15 years old
Dwayne Dolphin performed withISUAL SOUND
through December 30
Curated by Michael Olijnyk and Rolf Julius, Part II of the
exhibition VISUAL SOUND features new installations by Terry Fox,
whose current installation work uses whole rooms as sound boxes;
Robin Minard, whose site specific installations address the effect
of sound in the environment upon the physical and emotional well
being of the listener, attempting to alter the space in the same
way that color and light affect it; Qin Yufen whose installations
respond to specific sites -- combining Chinese tradition and her
experiences growing up in China with a western aesthetic; and
works by Rolf Julius, Christina Kubisch, Hans Peter Kuhn, and Akio
Suzuki.
For compete details on both the exhibition and the programs, visit http://www.mattress.org
ASPEN, CO
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS PREMIERES THROUGHOUT SUMMER 2001
This summer the Aspen Music Festival and School will present more than 200 musical events during its nine-week season. Scattered among those events will be a number of world and Aspen premieres of chamber works written by some of America's foremost composers. World premieres by Samuel Adler, Libby Larsen,, David Schiff, and Augusta Read Thomas to be performed Many of the composers will be in attendance for these performances.
Premieres to be presented in July are:
July 7
VIOLIST JAMES DUNHAM AND PIANIST JUDY GORDON PERFORM THE
WORLD PREMIERE OF A VIOLA SONATA WRITTEN FOR HIM BY LIBBY LARSEN.
In addition to the new viola sonata, she has written a number of
pieces that highlight the viola's distinct sound including
MOONSTRUCK and a trio for viola, cello, and piano.
The first woman to serve as a resident composer with a major
orchestra, Libby Larsen has held residencies with the Minnesota
Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony. Her
Solo Symphony (her fifth symphonic work) was recorded by the
Colorado Symphony in late 1999. She will be in Aspen for the
work's debut.
July 11
FLUTIST NADINE ASIN AND PIANIST RITA SLOAN PERFORM THE
WORLD PREMIERE OF DAVID SCHIFF'S AFTER HOURS. Mr. Schiff, a
professor of music at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, is also a
well-known writer whose essays on 20th century music have appeared
frequently in THE NEW YORK TIMES and the ATLANTIC MONTHLY. He has
published two books, THE MUSIC OF ELLIOTT CARTER and GERSHWIN
RHAPSODY IN BLUE. David Schiff plans to attend the performance in
Aspen.
July 31
THE ASPEN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE PERFORMS THE AMERICAN
PREMIERE OF A SET OF SONGS FOR MEZZO-SOPRANO AND PERCUSSION
QUARTET BY GYRGY LIGETI. SETTINGS OF TEXTS BY SANDOR WEORES. The
songs are sung in Hungarian and combine the diverse influences of
European, Asian, and African traditional music. Born in Romania to
Hungarian parents, Ligeti resides in Austria where he became a
citizen in 1967. In 1986 he received the Grawemeyer
Prize for composition.
For concert and ticket information, (including August premieres) call 970-925-9042, or visit http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com
INVESCO is the official sponsor of the 2001 Season. AOL Time Warner, Inc. is the official sponsor of the Aspen Music School Steinway and Boston Pianos, designed by Steinway & Sons, are used exclusively at the Aspen Music Festival and School
American Opera Projects
THE LOST CHILDHOOD
Janice Hamer, Composer
Mary Azrael, Librettist
Based on the memoir by Yehuda Nir
Steven Osgood, Music Director
A preview of Janice Hamer's orchestrated scenes from The Lost Childhood as part of New York City Opera's Showcasing American Composers Program
In addition there will be a panel discussion featuring Jan Hamer, Mary Azrael, and Gottfried Wagner (great-grandson of Richard Wagner)
"The Opera THE LOST CHILDHOOD takes Dr. Yehuda Nir's gripping memoir written from a child's point of view and juxtaposes it with a present day dialogue. Looking back on the horrors of World War II, a Jewish Psychiatrist recounts his struggles in occupied Poland to a younger man from an anti-Semitic German Family."
American Opera Projects (AOP) is an opera company committed to working with creative artists to develop new operas and opera projects. The company's main emphasis is on bringing new talent and new directions to the field. They strive to attract new audiences to the art form, challenge traditional opera audiences, and create a lasting artistic legacy.
The company develops New Operas through The First Chance program, which allows the composer and librettist to hear the work in part or in full for the first time before an audience, with live opera singers and accompaniment; through commissions, where new operas that have been seen in First Chance and have been chosen for a full development process continue to develop through concert readings and stagings of sections; through premieres of commissioned operas with full staging Community outreach and audience development, including showcases with other opera companies and performances at other venues; and through the Helping Hands program, in which AOP assists other opera and musical theater companies by offering administrative assistance.
For more information, visit http://www.americanoperaprojects.org
Deadline: June 30, 2001 - THE MARY FLAGLER CARY CHARITABLE TRUST, in collaboration with the Concert Artists Guild, provides support for music commissioning projects initiated by non-profit professional performance institutions based in New York City. Commissioning projects may be proposed for chamber, jazz, choral, orchestral, opera, and music theater works. Proposals for one commissioning project may be submitted by New York City based music ensembles, music presenters, opera companies, and theater companies. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals involving less recognized composers for whom the commissions would be meaningful in advancing their careers. For information, contact: Ms. Gayle Morgan, Music Program Director, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 122 East 42nd Street, Room 3505, New York, NY 10168; phone 212-953-7705 email gmorgan@carytrust.org or visit http://www.carytrust.org Deadline: June 30, 2001 - THE AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER's Aaron Copland Fund for Music Performing Ensembles grants $1,000 to $20,000 in general operating or project support to non-profit performing ensembles with a commitment to contemporary American music. Ensembles must have existed for at least 2 years at the time of the application. For information, contact: Aaron Copland Fund for Music, American Music Center, 30 West 26th Street, #1001, New York, NY 10010; phone 212-366-5260 ext. 29.
Deadline: July 1 - THE EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION CENTER offers multiple funding opportunities to electronic media artists and non-profit arts organizations. The Center's Presentation Funds support in-person appearances by electronic media and film artists at non-profit organizations in New York State. Emphasis is placed on introducing moving image and sound works to audiences in all regions of the state, and developing new audiences and exhibition venues. Applications are accepted at any time. The Center's Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund promotes professional growth and development within organizations. The Fund is designed to help non-profit media arts programs in New York State stabilize, strengthen, or restructure their media arts organizational capacity, services, and activities. Applications deadlines are January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st each year. Finally, the Center provides residencies to artists with a particular interest in analog and digital image processing. This program is a self-directed environment, providing personalized instruction, access to facilities, and time and space for aesthetic exploration. The application deadline is July 15th for residencies from September to January 2002. For information, contact: Experimental Television Center, 109 Lower Fairfield Road, Newark Valley, NY 13811; phone 607-687-4341 email etc@experimentaltvcenter.org or visit http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org
TALENTED STUDENTS IN THE ARTS INITIATIVE
Beginning this year, Talented Students in the Arts, (TSAI) an initiative by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, are supporting the education of young people who have demonstrated talent in the performing arts by providing scholarships, internships, artistic programs, faculty resources and matching endowments. The two New York-based foundations are jointly investing more than $16 million over five years to support the performing arts programs and endowments of leading national arts training institutions and public performing arts high schools.
For instance, the Aspen Music Festival and School recently received a three-year, $975,000 grant under the TSAI. The grant includes $225,000 in artistic program support from the Surdna Foundation and $750,000 in endowment support, which must be matched on a one-to-one basis, from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. It will be used to support emerging musicians interested in becoming teachers, by awarding ten fellowships to work with master musicians/mentors. It will also strengthen the organization by building its endowment. At the end of the three-year grant period, the Aspen Music Festival and School is expected to be able to support these programs on an ongoing basis.
Other arts training institutions receiving grants are California Institute of the Arts, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Foundation. (for the Alvin Ailey School) The public performing arts high schools selected are the Cleveland School of the Arts, Baltimore School for the Arts, LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and New World School of the Arts.
The TSAI grantees were selected by a peer review panel on the basis of the artistic and educational excellence of the organization, ability to carry out the program, and ability to meet the endowment match. There will be two additional, invitational rounds of funding for upper division training institutions. To be considered, the institutions also must historically have provided significant programming for teens. At this time, additional rounds of funding for public arts high schools are not anticipated.
Sources/resources:
THE DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WEBSITE -- http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/dorisduke/ns/arts/index.html
SURDNA FOUNDATION -- http://www.surdna.org
THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL -- http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com
FCC ANNOUNCES FILING WINDOWS FOR LOW POWER RADIO
The Federal Communications Commission has announced a window of filing for Low Power FM. (LPFM) The Commission established the new LPFM service on January 20, 2000 to create new broadcasting opportunities for locally-based organizations to serve their communities -- allowing a greater diversity of voices and viewpoints to be transmitted over the nation's airwaves. An LPFM station will serve an area with a radius of approximately 3.5 miles, with a maximum power level of 100 watts.
The window will open on June 11, 2001 and close on June 15, 2001. It will be for new LPFM station applications that specify LP100 stations that would operate with 50-100 watts effective radiated power. In accordance with lottery results, the Commission will accept applications proposing transmitter locations within the following U.S. states and territories: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Guam, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Applications must be filed during the window.
Complete details are available at http://www.fcc.gov
Resources:
"FCC Approves New Non-commercial Low Power FM Radio Service"
Arts Wire CURRENT --
http://www.artswire.org/current/2000/cur020100.html
February 1, 1999
Teachers & Writers Collaborative is planning a new multi-disciplinary book a collection of informal essays by poets, writers and teachers of all levels, including university professors, that describe strategies for using visual art to encourage students (and beginning writers) to write imaginatively.
Edited by poets and teachers Kristin Prevallet and Tonya Foster, the book will include essays that further expand ideas of seeing, perspective, and the relationship between the written and the image-based in contemporary culture. The principal audience for the anthology will be artists and writers, teachers at all levels, and museum educators.
A few of the many possible topics include teaching creative writing in Art Museums; writing from photographs; visual poetry; bookmaking projects; and Art Movements and their connection to writing. Essays that explore the theoretical aspects of the writing/visual art discourse are also encouraged. They are looking for essays that are illustrated with examples from art, (especially contemporary) poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Essays that cover several artists or art forms are acceptable, as are black-and-white reproductions of artwork supplementary to the text.
The deadline for essay submissions is July 12, 2001.
For complete details, visit Arts Wire CURRENT calls at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html this week and at http://www.artswire.org/current/morecall.html through July 2001.
Details about these and other opportunities are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html To submit "calls" for either artists or organizations, send email to artswire@artswire.org
art on the Presidential Election and Bush Agenda, A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS SPONSORED BY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Deadline: June 1, 2001, art and performance by women - installations, performance, photography, film, video, music, sounds/auralscapes, sculpture, interactive art, paintings, thoughts, ideas, concepts, 21st SUFFRAGETTES, Brooklyn
Deadline: June 31, 2001, prints and multiples created to be either given away or sold for a nominal amount, EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK
Details about these and other jobs are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobs.html To submit jobs to ARTS WIRE CURRENT JOBS, send email to joblist@artswire.org DIRECTOR, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, The University of Missouri - St. Louis, (St. Louis, MO)
EDUCATION DIRECTOR, Young Audiences of Virginia, (Norfolk, VA)
STUDIOS PROGRAM MANAGER, The Farmington Valley Arts Center, (Avon, CT)
PROJECT COORDINATOR, Friends of E.1027, (New York, NY)
MANAGER, The Wooster Group, (New York City, NY)
THEATRE MANAGER, The Center for Performing Arts, (University Park, IL)
SCENE DESIGNER/TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, Monmouth University, (West Long Branch, NJ)
RIGHTS ADMINISTRATOR, VAGA, (New York City, NY)
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, The J. Paul Getty Trust, (Los Angeles, CA)
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, Massachusetts Cultural Council, (Boston, MA)
LIBRARY PROJECTS COORDINATOR; DATA DYNAMICS ATTENDANT, Whitney Museum of American Art, (New York City, NY)
PUBLIC ART ADMINISTRATOR, City Architect's Office, (Kansas City, MO)
ARTS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST I, Arts in Education Program, Cultural Affairs Division Broward County, (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR, UNDERGRADUATE FILM & TV, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, (New York City, NY)
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS, Office of Admissions, Parsons School of Design, (New York City, NY)
SCHOOL & CAMP GROUP COORDINATOR, The Children's Museum of the Arts, (New York City, NY)
STUDIO MANAGER; ARTS/INDUSTRY INSTRUCTORS, The Crucible, (Berkeley, CA)
ARTIST INSTRUCTORS, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, (Winston-Salem, NC)
PIANO, VOICE, AND VIOLIN, performing arts academy, (North Wales, PA)
SENIOR MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER, Boston Lyric Opera, (Boston, MA)
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Vineyard Theatre, (New York City)
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, (Brooklyn, NY)
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER/ASSOCIATE, Theatre for a New Audience, (New York City, NY)
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, Writers In The Schools (WITS) , (Houston, TX)
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR, The Western Piedmont Symphony, (Hickory, NC)
BOOKKEEPER/OPERATIONS MANAGER, Swiss Institute, (New York City, NY)
BOOKKEEPER, Sonnabend Gallery, (New York City, NY)
MULTICULTURAL INTERNSHIP, SUMMER, 2001, Highways Performance Space & Gallery, (Santa Monica, CA)
INTERNSHIP, Arena Stage, (New York City, NY)
A growing list of links to job resources for artists and arts administrators is available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobres.html
Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry's WITNESS: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE VIOLENCE is documented at http://www.witnesscallbox.org
Conceived following Abner Louima's torture while in custody of police at the 70th Precinct Station House in Brooklyn on August 9, 1997, Witness consists of a group of five traditional police and fire call boxes altered to present photographic images of locations where police violence occurred as well as ongoing amplified audio testimony given by police officers, activists, bereaved parents and survivors of police-related violence.
Each call box presents testimonies relating to a different incident of police violence or violence directed at police officers. The call boxes were installed on the street as a group so that viewers could move from one call box to the next, eavesdropping on the amplified testimony.
The site details the work, which was installed last year in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan and was recently exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts -- where it was attacked by NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the police union for ignoring good work by cops.
"Unlike news media, which force witness accounts into sound bites, this work enabled viewers to gain a better under-standing of the issues endemic to police misconduct," the site states. "While the work addressed a history specific to New York City, Witness forces viewers to confront universal challenges inherent in policing a democratic society."
Arts Wire's website at http://www.artswire.org is a central place to visit the cyberhomes of the diverse artists and art organizations who are Arts Wire members. This week CURRENT invites readers to visit the home page of The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
"In the final analysis, the mission of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is to support efforts that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society"
Founded by General Motors pioneer Charles Stewart Mott, the Mott Foundation -- http://www.mott.org -- makes grants in four program areas: Civil Society; Environment; Flint; (MI) and Pathways Out of Poverty. In addition, they maintain the flexibility to investigate new opportunities through an Exploratory and Special Projects program.
In arts and arts education related areas, the Foundation has worked with the U.S. Department of Education on programs such as 21st Century Community Learning Centers -- funding the National Center for Community Education and National Community Education Association and coordinating The Afterschool Alliance, an emerging alliance of public, private and nonprofit groups committed to raising awareness and expanding resources for afterschool programs. The Foundation also has hosted Afterschool Online, a community of peers and colleagues from across the country sharing ideas, approaches and strategies for improving and sustaining quality afterschool programs, including in the arts.
The Mott Foundation has awarded a three-year, $3,096,040 grant to the Flint Cultural Center Corporation to help support an initiative to strengthen the infrastructure of the Flint Cultural Center. It provided a $2.4 million grant to the University of Michigan-Flint WFUM-TV 28 to take the first step toward digital conversion for transmitting its programming.
The Mott Foundation partially funded the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Knowledge in Technology program -- http://www.nyfa.org/kit/index.html -- a pilot program of NYFA's online communication service Arts Wire, which provides small to mid-sized nonprofit arts organizations with workshops, technical assistance, and an online magazine aimed to help these groups communicate and prosper in the face of new technologies.
The Mott Foundation also funded actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith's film adaptation of her one-woman stage show, TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES. The film, partially funded by a $1.2-million grant from the Mott Foundation, chronicles the civil unrest that followed the 1992 acquittal of Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King.
Visit http://www.mott.org to find out more about the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced last week that it is sponsoring the formation of ArtSTOR, an independent not-for-profit organization that will develop, store, and distribute electronically digital images and related scholarly materials for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities.
ArtSTOR's mission will be to provide access to high quality digital images and other relevant materials for teachers, students and scholars at educational and cultural institutions. One of its first major projects will be the construction of an image gallery that will facilitate the teaching of art history courses, both in the US and abroad.
Sources/resources:
THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION -- http://www.mellon.org/artstor%20announcement.html
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE (NINCH) http://www.ninch.org
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