WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced last week that Robert Frankel, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art since 1996, has been appointed NEA Director of Museums and Visual Arts. Frankel will supervise the panel selection and grantmaking process in those two areas, and provide professional leadership to the field. He will begin at the Arts Endowment in September.

"We are fortunate to have someone with Robert Frankel's broad range of experience to run these key areas of the Endowment's work," said NEA Acting Chairman Eileen B. Mason. "I am impressed with his extensive background in education and community outreach, as well as his demonstrated commitment to artistic excellence."

At the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Frankel oversaw a broad range of exhibitions including FROM AZACETA TO ZUNIGA, an exhibition showcasing the Museum's extensive holdings of 20th Century Latin American Art; THE AMERICAN PRINTMAKING RENAISSANCE, 1965-1995, which featured selected works from the Anderson Graphic Arts collection; FROM THE FIGURE TO THE BODY: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, which highlighted recent additions to the collection by artists such as Judith Shea, Viola Fry, Javier Marin, Alan Rath, Germaine Richier, Rufino Tamayo and Isabel Barbuzza; and THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE: AN ART PROJECT BY KOMAR AND MELAMID, which explored popular notions of what art is.

Komar and Melamid's Santa Barbara Museum of Art project included SANTA BARBARA'S MOST WANTED PICTURE, based on over 1000 responses resulting from a town meeting and written poll in which the artists asked residents of this community what they liked best in a painting.

During Frankel's tenure, among exhibitions which addressed contemporary issues were OUT OF SIGHT: IMAGING/IMAGINING SCIENCE, a 1998 exhibition which examined the world of DNA research through the eyes of contemporary artists. Included were works by Christopher Bucklow, Susan Rankaitis, Gary Schneider, Felice Frankel, (no relation) and Dui Seid among others. In 1999, THE JEFFERSON SUITE, an audio-visual installation by Carrie Mae Weems, explored issues raised by recent DNA evidence relating to identification and the human dramas created by the availability of genetic information.

At the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Frankel oversaw an impressive array of arts education programs.

The Museum's School and Teacher Programs integrate Museum collections, special exhibitions, and resources into the curricula of area schools. The School Busing Program, which the Museum describes as the "cornerstone" of its programs for children, brings 15,000 students annually to the Museum for free docent-taught classes.

Additionally, the Museum's Community Programs bring art to under-served community neighborhoods in collaboration with community organizations. For instance, Housing Authority Mobile Summer Art Camp brings an art teacher to city-subsidized housing complexes; Images of Women, a program for at-risk teens, combines a Museum tour and group discussion to foster positive images of women; and Beyond Tolerance, a a middle-school student program in collaboration with the County Education office, celebrates cultural diversity through the study of art of various cultures.

Robert Frankel also worked to build up the Museum's collection. "Over 4,000 objects have been added to the collection since my arrival," he told Arts Wire CURRENT. "As has historically been the case at this institution about 90% have come to us as gifts. Some of the major works added during my tenure include TV CLOCK by Nam June Paik, WALKING MAN by Rodin, works by Judith Shea, Anish Kapor and Carrie Mae Weems, and most recently the only intact mural by David Alfaro Siquieros in the United States, which is on the walls of a garden structure from a private home. The entire structure was moved here from Los Angeles and will be dedicated in October."

With more than 30 years experience working as an educator, curator and administrator, museum professional Robert Frankel began his career in the Education Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He served as Assistant Director of the Phoenix Art Museum and as Director of the Delaware Art Museum, the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, FL, and the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA before moving to Santa Barbara. He has been employed by both the public and private sector and has worked closely with city, county and state governments. He has had extensive experience working with artists and has been an active participant in the field as a member of state, local and national arts organizations. In addition, he has served as a panelist for numerous federal, state and city arts organizations, including the Arts Endowment.

Frankel received a B.F.A. from Miami University in Oxford, OH, an M.A. in Medieval Art from the State University of New York and completed further graduate studies at the Institute for Fine Arts at New York University. He and his wife, Gloria, are both natives of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sources/resources:

THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS -- http://www.arts.gov

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART -- http://www.sbmuseart.org

The 152 Fellows were honored at a private celebration at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Tuesday, May 21.

One of the artists -- Brooklyn playwright Carl Hancock Rux -- was cited for exceptional promise and was announced as the recipient of the annual NYFA Prize, which carries an additional award of $25,000. His new play, TALK, produced by the Foundry Theater and directed by Marion McClinton, had its initial run at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in April. Rux is also a performer and recording artist and his debut album, RUX REVUE, (Sony/550 Music) was selected by THE NEW YORK TIMES as one of the top ten alternative music CDs of 1999.

With the support of a generous anonymous donor for four years, the NYFA Prize is awarded annually to one of the NYFA Fellows who shows "exceptional promise." In addition to rewarding artistic promise, the Prize seeks to dramatize the need for substantial unrestricted grants for artists and to encourage other donors to fund additional prizes and fellowships.

Artistic disciplines eligible for NYFA Fellowships in 2002 were Architecture/ Environmental Structures, Choreography, Fiction, Music Composition, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/ Screenwriting, and Video. Some of the notable NYFA Fellows in these categories in previous years include Ross Bleckner, Anthony Davis, Gary Hill, A.M. Homes, Aaron Jay Kernis, Barbara Kruger, Tony Kushner, Donald Margulies, Terry McMillan, Suzan-Lori Parks, Andres Serrano, and Julie Taymor.

This issue closes with a complete list of the 2002 NYFA Fellows. Detailed information about each artist will be available in the summer issue of FYI, NYFA's quarterly arts journal of information, resources, commentary, and analysis.

Since NYFA began the awards in 1985, more than $19 million has been awarded to over 3,000 artists in New York State. Major funding for this year's NYFA Fellowships has been provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, with additional funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Laurie Tisch Sussman Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, an anonymous donor, and individual donors.

"Individual artists contribute immeasurably to the vitality of our communities," said Theodore S. Berger, Executive Director of NYFA. "NYFA is, as always, privileged to encourage and support the work of these innovative creators, particularly in economically challenging times."

Penelope Dannenberg, NYFA's Director of Programs added that "NYFA often takes an early role as a catalyst in the development of an artist's career. NYFA is fortunate to be able to consider fresh and exciting work, and then -- in concert with our panelists -- provide a vote of confidence via recognition and financial support."

To be eligible for a NYFA Fellowship, artists must reside in New York State and present their work to the public in collaboration with a community host organization as part of NYFA's Artists & Audience Exchange program.

Co-creator and administrator of the New York Arts Recovery Fund -- created to help artists and arts organizations since the attacks of September 11 -- NYFA, now in its 31st year, gives more money and support to arts organizations and artists of all disciplines than any other comparable organization in the country: nearly $11 million in grants and services annually.

In addition to the annual Fellowships, NYFA also gives grants and services to strengthen small arts organizations and provides artists with career development support through workshops, hotlines, and print and electronic publications.

NYFA's annual budget of nearly $12 million comes from individual, corporate, foundation, and public sources, as well as NYFA's fiscal sponsorship services for artists and emerging organizations.

Fellowship recipients will be sharing their art with the public throughout New York State in the coming year through NYFA's Artist & Audience Exchange, (A&AE) a public program which brings high quality multidisciplinary arts programming into local communities throughout New York State. A&AE provides NYFA Fellows with an opportunity to design projects with non-profit, non-arts focused organizations, which are offered free to the public.

A&AE fosters over 100 exchanges each year, from poetry readings in an urban community garden and a visual arts workshop for women with cancer, to a choreographer's residency at a state university.

By reaching new audiences, A&AE expands the cultural dialogue between the public and contemporary artists and their work.

The disciplines for the 2003 Fellowships will include Computer Arts, Crafts, Film, Nonfiction Literature, Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work, Poetry, Printmaking/ Drawing/Artists' Books, and Sculpture.

The application deadline is October 1. Information is available online at http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships or by calling 212-366-6900, ext. 217. For further information about NYFA's programs and services: http://www.nyfa.org

Sources/resources:

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS -- http://www.nyfa.org

NYFA ARTISTS FELLOWSHIPS -- http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships

FYI -- http://www.nyfa.org/fyi/index.html
NYFA's quarterly arts journal of information, resources, commentary, and analysis. Edited by Alan Gilbert.

Funded projects cover a spectrum of activities including the integration of a computerized Ticketing System into a Box Office, creation of sound-design software, translation of print to a fully interactive archive accessible via the Internet, and technical assistance for a video preservation and restoration initiative.

Chosen from over 50 applicants, TechTAP grants of $3,000 have been awarded to the following arts organizations:

• BIRD BRAIN/JENNIFER MONSON DANCE, BROOKLYN, New York -- http://www.birdbraindance.org -- is a laboratory for the investigation of new dance ideas, processes and forms which support new dance works presented internationally. Jennifer Monson Dance fosters collaborative relationships with artists of various media (music, literature, visual arts, video) and is strongly committed to education and creative exploration with local communities and organizations. The company was awarded $3,000 to hire a consultant to assist with the development of the next phase of the BIRD BRAIN web site, which is one of four inter-related components of the BIRD BRAIN Osprey Migration, a ten-week dance project tracking the southward migration of ospreys from Maine to Venezuela. The web site will include video footage of outdoor dances, journal entries from artists and scientists, and links to partner organizations. The BIRD BRAIN web site will encourage online involvement of the general public in both artistic/dance and scientific/conservation elements of the project, promoting international dialogue.

• COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE SERIES, Potsdam, New York -- http://www.potsdam.edu/CPS -- a college-community partnership, works to enrich the North Country community through presentation of the highest possible caliber of live performing arts. They were awarded $2,250 to hire a consultant to integrate a computerized Reserved Ticketing System into their Box Office and to train CPS staff in the use of this system. A computerized ticket system will allow CPS to track the purchasing history of individual customers, specify seat location at the time of purchase, print tickets right in the box office and create a tiered pricing system for different seating locations, and will provide additional accounting capabilities.

• CREATIVE TIME, New York City, NY -- http://www.creativetime.org -- a not-for-profit arts presenter, fosters artistic experimentation in the public realm. The organization commissions and presents adventurous art in the public realm that challenges notions of what art is and can be. Creative Time was awarded $3,000 to hire a database consultant to develop and design a fully integrated database using File Maker Pro software. By initiating a consolidation, customization, and updating plan for their database, Creative Time will ultimately develop more efficient and economical office operations strategies while also possessing the ability to engage in more active and meaningful dialogues between their organization, the artists they sponsor and the public they serve.

• ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE THEATER, (ERC) New York City, NY -- http://www.elevator.org -- has a central aesthetic goal of the rigorous exploration of theater's unique properties. The company aims to create work that, by acknowledging and exploiting theater spaces' physical limitations and intimacy, cannot be presented in any medium other than live theater. They were awarded $3,000 to hire a consultant to create sound-design software that will enhance the fluid, improvisational style that characterizes ERS' creative process. A stable, full-featured suite of applications will be devised which will be used both in rehearsals and in performances. The creation of this sound-design software will allow for greater flexibility and economy in sound programming for future ERS productions.

• FELICE LESSER DANCE THEATER, New York City, NY -- http://www.fldt.org -- is a small, professional NYC-based contemporary ballet company, founded in 1975, that creates and performs new dance works-especially in collaboration with other artists and art forms. It provides performing opportunities to emerging dance artists and has served as a choreographic laboratory for the evolving experimental work of Felice Lesser. The company was awarded $2,640 for computer software training in Final Cut Pro for the Artist Director, ultimately enabling her to create and produce, in-house, both digital artwork ("moving sets" of video used as simultaneous backdrops for live dance performances) and promotional video materials for the company, as part of FLDT's ongoing Dance and Technology Project.

• FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT VIDEO AND FILM, New York City, NY -- http://www.aivf.org -- and its companion membership organization, the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) work to increase the creative and professional opportunities for independent video and filmmakers and to enhance the growth of independent media by providing services, advocacy and information for media artists working in all genres, including documentary, animation, experimental, narrative and multi- and interactive media. FIVF was awarded $3,000 to hire a consultant to oversee the translation of 25 years of issues of THE INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO MONTHLY MAGAZINE from print to a fully interactive archive accessible via the Internet. This newly available resource will provide both a rich history of independent media and a valuable body of practical resources to media artists in New York and beyond.

• ROXBURY ARTS GROUP, Roxbury, NY is dedicated to cultivating the Catskill Mountain's artistic voice and to developing an appreciation for theater, music, film, literature, dance, fine arts and crafts through the presentation of public performances and exhibitions, presentation of awards and grants for artistic achievements, sponsorship of workshops, classes, lectures, demonstrations, and provision of services to Delaware County artists, non-profit cultural organizations and the community. They were awarded $2,000 to hire a consultant to work with the Executive Director to assess the organization's information system's needs and to design, install, and implement functions that will meet the needs of their expanding multi-arts center. Funds will also be used to train staff in the use of this improved information and data management system so that key staff will be able to customize the system for future needs that may arise.

• SYNAPSE PRODUCTIONS, INC, New York City, NY -- http://www.synapseproductions.org -- is dedicated to creating and presenting intelligent and innovative theatre that strives to illuminate universal themes with enlightening and provocative storytelling. In believing that live theatre has a unique communicative ability that holds the potential to shape the conscience of our culture, they seek to challenge and inspire the imaginations of young and old. They were awarded $3,000 to hire a technical consultant to assist with the streamlining of their fundraising and audience development operations. This will be accomplished by the integration of their Paradigm database software with their web site and through the training of key staff members in this fundraising software through telephone consultations and attendance at a two-day training seminar.

• THE STANDBY PROGRAM, INC., New York City, NY -- http://www.standby.org -- is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to providing artists and independent makers access to broadcast quality video post-production services at extremely discounted rates. A model of collaboration between a non-profit arts organization and privately owned businesses, the program operates out of several top-rated editing facilities located in New York City. Standby also publishes FELIX, Journal of Media Arts and Communications. They were awarded $3,000 to hire experts in the area of video preservation and restoration to consult and assist in developing and launching a new service initiative of the Standby Program. Specifically, Standby is preparing to offer video tape preservation and restoration services to artists and non-profit organizations. This initiative will focus on older, archaic video and audio formats.

• THIN MAN DANCE, INC., New York City, NY -- John Jasperse Company (JJC), featuring choreography by John Jasperse, presents live performances of contemporary dance and engages in a broad range of residency activities in the US and abroad. The Company aims to challenge and engage audiences in rich, innovative aesthetic and intellectual experiences, thereby expanding the form. They were awarded $3,000 to hire a consultant to develop and implement a multi-functional web site for the organization. The priority of the site will be to integrate technology into the administration of the organization in order to ultimately ease the workload and fiscal burden of sending materials and information to professionals in the field. Additionally, the web site will focus on access to Company information by JJC's technical, administrative and artistic staff while on tour.

• WOMEN'S STUDIO WORKSHOP, Rosendale, NY -- http://www.wsworkshop.org -- an artist's workspace founded and run by women, houses specialized studios in printmaking, papermaking, photography, book arts, clay, and digital arts. Through its multifaceted programming, including grants, internships, exhibitions, and workshops, WSW serves as a dynamic and supportive working environment for all people interested in the arts. The were awarded $1,600 to train staff in Dreamweaver and other aspects of web scripting which will allow the web site to be updated without the monthly use of an outside consultant. The project will also provide for the creation of a training manual, so that new staff and interns can learn how to update the site without added consultant's fees.

The next TechTAP application deadline will be in fall 2002. Please visit http://www.nyfa.org/TechTAP for further information.

Sources/resources:

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS -- http://www.nyfa.org

ROBERT LEDERMAN, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/dc/015157.html

STREET ARTIST INFORMATION AND FEDERAL COURT RULINGS
1998-2002 -- http://baltech.org/lederman/
1994-1998 -- http://www.openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html

Editorial "No Ban on Demonstrations"
THE WASHINGTON POST -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61053-2002Jun4.html
June 5, 2002

"Street Artist Federal Ruling Stands; Supreme Court Rejects Giuliani Appeal"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/1997/cur061097.html
June 10, 1997

Conferences

CONSIDERED RESPONSE HOW CAN THE ARTS RESPOND TO TERROR AND WAR?

The Center for Arts and Culture and the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, are co-sponsoring a roundtable discussion about how cultural institutions and the arts have responded to September 11 and its aftermath.

"What should artists, cultural thinkers, and cultural institutions do to respond to local, national, and international needs in a time of terror and war? How can they help create the conditions for an enduring peace?" they ask.

PANELISTS

• LIZ LERMAN, Executive Director of Dance Exchange "A national performance company, shaking up ideas about what makes a dance, who gets to dance, and where dance happens since 1976."

• BRIAN ROSE and INA MAY WOOL - NY singer/songwriters participating in Suzanne Vega's VIGIL PROJECT

• HEINZ PETER SCHWERFEL, German filmmaker and author of KUNST NACH GROUND ZERO / THE ARTS AFTER GROUND ZERO

Sources/resources:

GOETHE-INSTITUT INTER NATIONES -- http://www.goethe-institut.org

CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURE -- http://www.culturalpolicy.org

LIZ LERMAN -- http://www.danceexchange.org/lizhome.html

BRIAN ROSE -- http://www.brianrose.com

INA MAY WOOL -- http://www.inamaywool.com

HEINZ PETER SCHWERFEL -- http://www.artcore.de/intro.html

VIGIL CD NEW YORK SONGS SINCE 9/11, PRODUCED BY SUZANNE VEGA -- http://www.vigilcd.org

Goethe Institut Inter Nationes
in collaboration with Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
present:

MUSIC AND ENCOUNTER - GERMAN AND AMERICAN ARTISTS JOIN IN PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC

Anne Wellmer (Germany/Middletown) - Electronics
Ursel Schlicht (Germany/NY) - Piano
Dafna Naphtali (NY) - Electronic, Voice

FOUNDSOUNDS is a collaboration "between three women who have devoted themselves with reckless abandon to sound exploration and improvisation"

The program notes:

"Wellmer and Naphtali have lead parallel musical lives on either side of the Atlantic - They are both originally singers (Wellmer in classical, Naphtali in jazz and later classical); each made her way to working with electronics some years ago -- in order to augment their vocal sounds - and each soon got equally interested in live audio processing of other sounds and audio events and digital and analog electronics as well as extended vocal technique. Schlicht, a pianist who specializes in working the inside of the piano as well as the keys, has in turn bi-sected her musical worlds of jazz piano and sound improvisation and composition, with a rich sound palette of extended techniques for prepared piano. In foundsound, these three triangulate unique textures and generate new combinations of sound only possible by their way of reworking each other's musical gestures, acoustics, and attitude."

The Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes is a non-profit organization with 128 institutes in 76 countries and 15 institutes in Germany. Its task is to promote the German language and to foster international cultural cooperation. The Head Office is located in Munich, Germany. The institute in New York functions as the regional institute for the United States, Canada and Mexico coordinating the work of 11 institutes in this region.

For more information, visit http://www.goethe.de/uk/ney/enpmusik.htm#V4

HARVESTWORKS DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS CENTER -- http://www.harvestworks.org

NEW MUSIC TO WAKE THE DEAD:
GARDEN OF MEMORY at the Chapel of the Chimes

"New Music Bay Area and Chapel of the Chimes present their magical summer solstice celebration Garden of Memory a Columbarium Walk-Through Event at Chapel of the Chimes, a labyrinthine Julia Morgan-designed columbarium and mausoleum replete with gardens, fountains, and stained-glass skylights...."

The program features simultaneous performances in different parts of the building. Composers and musicians present a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events, and the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.

Performers include Ingram Marshall, Kyle Gann, Daniel Lentz with Brad Ellis and William Trimble, Maggi Payne, Laetitia Sonami, Krystina Bobrowski, Dean Santomieri, Matthew Goodheart, Greg Moore, Jason Serinus, Dan Plonsey, Katrina Wreede, Miguel Frasconi, John Bischoff, Charles Amirkhanian, Henry Kaiser and Danielle de Gruttola, Ya Elah, Elaine Kreston, Brenda Hutchinson, Jerry Kuderna, Philip Gelb with Shoko Hikage and Brett Larner, Randy Porter, Pamela Z, Sarah Cahill, and the Cornelius Cardew Choir.

"Garden of Memory offers a unique and personal musical experience to every listener as he or she wanders freely through this multilevel maze of interior gardens, alcoves, pools, and antechambers ingeniously designed by Julia Morgan. Drawing crowds of around eight hundred people each year (including a large number of children), Garden of Memory has become a favorite summer solstice celebration for Bay Area audiences," the program notes.

New Music Bay Area is a nonprofit organization which provides opportunities and information to composers and performers of new music throughout the Bay Area. New Music Bay Area is supported by grants from the California Arts Council and the generosity of its members and donors. Garden of Memory is supported in part by a Community Partnership Grant from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Composers Forum.

Admission is by sliding scale, $20-5. For information, call New Music Bay Area at 415-563-6355 ex. 3, or write to info@newmusicbayarea.org

Seattle Creative Orchestra: MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA

Four solo artists perform contemporary music for guitar and orchestra

Michael Nicolella gives the world premiere of his new GUITAR CONCERTO. Nicolella will also give the world premiere of a piece for electric guitar and orchestra by DONALD CRAIG.

German guitarist Carsten Radtke gives the Northwest premiere of the CHEMIN V for guitar and orchestra by Luciano Berio, which combines the Berio Sequenza for guitar with the orchestra.

Daniel Corr performs the VILLA-LOBOS CONCERTO FOR GUITAR AND SMALL ORCHESTRA.

Michael Partington performs Leo Brouwer's third concerto for guitar and orchestra, the CONCERTO ELEGIACO.

Founded in 1996, the Seattle Creative Orchestra (SCO) promotes contemporary music from around the world through performances, recordings, and commissions. The orchestra is especially dedicated to the promotion of the regional music of the Pacific Northwest and to the talented local performers of this artistically rich and vital area.

"While the core of the ensemble is modeled on the strings and winds of the classical chamber orchestra, the SCO has expanded the instrumentation of the chamber orchestra to encompass more of the world's musical traditions and to reflect the state of contemporary music today, especially here in the Pacific Rim," they state. "The SCO often includes instruments from Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, and India as well as some important Western instruments such as accordion, electric guitar, synthesizer, saxophone, and drum set. This unique instrumentation allows us to present music that might not otherwise be heard and to help rejuvenate the medium of the chamber orchestra."

For more information, visit http://www.gamelanpacifica.org/SCOnews.html

Throughout the month of June, the Foundation Center will be focusing on funding for the arts -- on their Web site, in PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST and in their libraries and learning centers.

At their library locations, they are planning special events, customized training programs, technical assistance breakfasts, brown bag lunches, video showings and more, aimed at bringing the arts funding community together at the Center.

On the Web, all of their library homepages -- New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. -- will feature interviews and spotlights on local grantmakers and nonprofits active in the arts.

Web Link compendiums include a section on FUNDING FOR THE ARTS - ARTS AND DISABILITIES, which features links and information about Accessible Arts; Coalition for Inclusive Performing Arts; Hands On; and the National Arts and Disability Center; among others.

They are also offering their new GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS ONLINE DATABASE -- a searchable database of almost 4,800 foundation programs for individuals -- free to artists throughout the month of June.

And ARTSTALK, a new online discussion forum for fundraisers and individuals in the arts, provides a platform to share funding strategies and tips. For instance, a recent question about securing foundation funding for a documentary film project elicited a response from The Fund for Women Artists web site which features a list of foundations supporting film and video, some of which focus specifically on documentaries.

PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST, (PND) the Foundation Center's online compilation of news on philanthropy, is featuring a special issue on funding for the arts as well as continuing arts funding content -- including an interview with Ginny Louloudes, Executive Director of Alliance for Resident Theaters in which she discusses the impact of 9/11 on the arts and on arts funding as well as an article on the 2002 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. This month PND also spotlights Grantmakers in the Arts; Leeway Foundation; National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; Creative Capital; National Foundation for the Advancement for the Arts; Jerome Foundation; and the Andrew Mellon Foundation, among others.

Additionally, a new report, ARTS FUNDING UPDATE documents trends in giving in the field. The report is available online and will be distributed in their libraries and at events. During the month of June, The Foundation Center is also offering free shipping on arts-related publications ordered in their online Marketplace.

Founded in 1956, the Foundation Center supports and improves institutional philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers succeed. The center serves grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public by collecting, organizing, and communicating information on U.S. philanthropy; conducting and facilitating research on trends in the field; providing education and training; and ensuring public access to information and services through its Web site, print and electronic publications, five library/learning centers, and a national network of over 200 cooperating collections.

In 2001, in response to requests from grantseekers for special programming and web features customized to fit their unique funding interests, the Foundation Center introduced three theme months focused on broad sectors of the nonprofit field, explains Beverly McGrath Marketing Manager, The Foundation Center. "In 2002 we will focus on the Arts in June, Children & Youth in September, and 'Celebrating Philanthropy' in November. These months also provide opportunities for the Foundation Center to introduce new resources, such as the new 'ArtsTalk' message board and the free Arts Funding Update report produced for 'Funding in Arts Month.'"

Arts organizations and artists make up about a quarter of the visits to the library and learning center at their New York office, New York Library Director, Charlotte Dion, told Arts Wire, "so it's an important audience for us to reach."

"Given the fundraising concerns expressed by the arts community after September 11, and the current economic climate, our focus on funding for arts seems particularly relevant here," she emphasized.

As part of June, FUNDING FOR THE ARTS MONTH at the Foundation Center, each of the Foundation Center locations is holding MEET THE GRANTMAKERS or DIALOGUE WITH DONORS programs.

Nonprofit managers and development professionals will be offered the opportunity to hear directly from local funders and technical assistance providers. Programs include:

ATLANTA, GA
June 12, 2002
MEET THE GRANTMAKERS - Grants to Arts Organizations in collaboration with the Southeastern Council of Foundations and Georgia Center for Nonprofits with presenters from the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, AEC Trust, SunTrust Bank, and others

WASHINGTON, DC
June 20, 2002
DIALOGUE WITH DONORS - Funding for the Arts with representatives from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

NEW YORK CITY
June 25, 2002
MEET THE GRANTMAKERS - The State of Funding for the Arts: Challenges and Opportunities in collaboration with the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers with presenters from the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and others.

They are also offering a variety of Technical Assistance and other public information workshops with local partners, such as:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
June 11, 2002
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS DAY featuring a session on fiscal sponsorship and discussions with successful grantseeker artists from various disciplines.

CLEVELAND, OH
June 21, 2002
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BREAKFAST - Urban Artists in Residence with presenters Christie Farnbuch, Ohio Arts Council and Mike Telin, Trinity Cathedral.

For complete details, visit the location websites listed below.

Sources/resources:

THE FOUNDATION CENTER -- http://www.fdncenter.org

FOCUS ON ARTS FUNDING -- http://www.fdncenter.org/focus/arts
lists all events and links to Foundation Center arts-related resources, including: Arts Funding Update, a new, four-page report compiled by the Foundation Center that unveils the latest trends in foundation giving in the arts.

NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS -- http://www.fdncenter.org/newyork
For training programs and other special events scheduled for New York, visit their calendar at http://fdncenter.org/newyork/ny_june.html

ATLANTA -- http://www.fdncenter.org/atlanta

CLEVELAND -- http://www.fdncenter.org/cleveland

SAN FRANCISCO -- hhttp://www.fdncenter.org/sanfrancisco

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- http://www.fdncenter.org/washington

PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST -- http://www.fdncenter.org/pnd

Opportunities for Artists

WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is seeking artists to apply for its new Category A (for "Artist") grant, a community-based artist-in-residency program emphasizing long-term, in-depth interaction between professional artists, an identified group of participants and the community.

Artists selected may reside anywhere in the world, but their residency program must take place in Palm Beach County. They can apply for up to $60,000 in grant(s) from the Cultural Council. This amount is fully matched in cash or in kind by Palm Beach County host cultural organization(s) working with the selected artist(s) -- for a total project value of up to $120,000.

Seven creative disciplines -- Creative Writing, Dance, Media Arts, Multidisciplinary, Music Composition, Theater and Visual Arts -- will be considered. Residencies will consist primarily of hands-on experience for participants through activities such as workshops and classes, culminating in original artwork(s) and/or performances. Community impact is central to the mission of the program. Each artist selected must partner with a Palm Beach County cultural-based host institution that has a minimum of three years of continuous, cultural programming. The host institution must fully match the amount of the grant awarded to the artist(s) in cash or in kind, such as provision of management and marketing services, housing and studio facilities or other goods and services.

Category A grants are funded by the Palm Beach County Cultural Council through its share of annual Florida arts license plate revenues under legislation enacted in 1994.

Deadline for submission is July 31, 2002. For complete information and guidelines, visit the PALM BEACH COUNTY CULTURAL COUNCIL'S Web site at http://www.pbccc.org or call the Cultural Council's office at 561-471-2901.

Details are also available on the Arts Wire Current Calls page at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html

Deadline: June 28, 2002, Outdoor art, WEATHERING THE STORM, exhibition Le Petit Versailles Garden, New York City

Deadline: July 21, 2002, Visual artists, crafts makers, performing artists, ARTS FAIR @ ATHENS SQUARE, Astoria, NY

Deadline: September 6, 2002, Magic Hat-oriented art, MAGIC HAT WIN A BAR CONTEST

Deadline: September 16, 2002, Artists - Call Proposals for projects and installations to be presented during 2002-2003 exhibition, IN PRACTICE - special project series, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

Deadline: September 30, 2002, Inventive footwear, SHOES THE SOLE OF HUMANITY, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Deadline: Ongoing, Writing, POPMATTERS, an online magazine featuring cultural criticism, reviews and interrogations of media objects (books, music videos, film, tv, multimedia, art, etc.)

Deadline: ongoing, Online art, ARTORNOT- ONLINE ART RATING GAME

Deadline: ongoing, Musicians - an approach to music downloads, MUSICLINK

CAREERS FOR ARTISTS AT NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

Idealist.org and the Foundation Center are hosting a free panel on CAREERS AT NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS: FULFILLING YOUR DREAMS AS AN ARTIST WHILE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED on June 26 at 4:00 PM The Foundation Center New York Library. (79 Fifth Ave., 2nd floor)

A panel of artists who have built careers at New York area nonprofit arts organizations will discuss how they applied their arts experience to nonprofit employment.

The program will be followed at 5:30 PM by GRANTSEEKING BASICS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ARTS.

There is no fee for the program, but advance registration is required. Call 212-620-4230 to register. Or register online at http://fdncenter.org/newyork/careersny.html where additional information is also available.

Sources/ Resources:

THE FOUNDATION CENTER -- http://fdncenter.org

IDEALIST.ORG -- http://www.idealist.org

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, email them to joblist@artswire.org Please send a text file in the body of the message. (ie no attachments and no HTML) There is no fee for posting job listings. The deadline is Friday for the next week's listings. (which usually are posted on Monday) For the most part, job listings are not edited. The contents of the postings are the responsibility of the originating agency.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, The Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education, (Cambridge, MA)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Chester Springs Studio, (Chester Springs, PA)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, The Shoestring Players, (New Brunswick, NJ)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, (Corning, NY)

COMPUTER ART, LECTURER, Bergen Community College, (Paramus, NJ)

ART HISTORIAN, Bergen Community College, (Paramus, NJ)

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, (part-time) Photography Department, The New School, (New York City, NY)

DANCE INSTRUCTORS, (Greenwich, CT)

TEACHER - TECHNICAL THEATRE, Venice High School, (Sarasota, FL)

GENERAL MANAGER, Trisha Brown Dance Company, (New York City, NY)

GENERAL MANAGER, (Part-time) Spoke the Hub, (Brooklyn, NY)

MANAGER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, P.O.V., (New York City, NY)

DIRECTOR, Portland Arts & Lectures Program, (Portland, OR)

DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, Brooklyn Children's Museum, (Brooklyn, NY)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Louisville Visual Art, Association, (Louisville, KY)

GALLERY REGISTRAR, (New York City, NY)

CURATORIAL ASSISTANT, American Federation of Arts, (New York, NY)

ART HANDLER, Staley-Wise Gallery, (New York, NY)

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, South Dakota Arts Council, (Pierre, SD)

DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, (New York, NY)

DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS, Office of Admissions, Parsons School of Design, (New York City, NY)

MEMBERSHIP & DONOR RELATIONS MANAGER, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, (Detroit, MI)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Starr Gallery, (Newton, MA)

CURATORIAL ASSISTANT, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, (La Jolla CA)

EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR, American Repertory Ballet, (New Brunswick, NJ)

EDUCATION COORDINATOR, Bronx River Art Center, (Bronx, NY)

COORDINATOR OF ARTS EVENTS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, College of Arts and Sciences, Ashland University, (Ashland, OH)

PRODUCTION/TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center "The Egg", (Albany, NY)

PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, Educational Outreach Program in the Arts, The 92nd Street Y, (New York City, NY)

ASSOCIATE, Development Research and Foundation/Government Funding, Jazz at Lincoln Center, (New York City, NY)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER, Young Audiences, (Dallas, TX)

PROGRAM SPECIALIST-ASSESSMENT, Young Audiences, (Dallas, TX)

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Princess Grace Foundation, (New York City, NY)

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, American Repertory Ballet, (New Brunswick, NJ)

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - INDIVIDUAL GIFTS & SPECIAL EVENTS, Young Audiences, (Dallas, TX)

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, (Chicago, IL)

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, Sundance Institute, (Beverly Hills, CA)

GRANTS OFFICER, The Museum of Modern Art, (New York City, NY)

ASSISTANT, MEMBERSHIP MARKETING, The Museum of Modern Art, (New York City, NY)

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, (Brooklyn, NY)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, New Museum of Contemporary Art, (New York City, NY)

ASSISTANT, Young Audiences, (Dallas, TX)

PROGRAM ASSISTANT, Palo Alto Art Center Children's Program, (Palo Alto, CA)

TELEMARKETING SUPERVISOR, New York City Opera, (New York City, NY)

TEMPORARY EXTRA HELP, (public relations firm with performing arts clients) (New York City, NY)

ARTS ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING INTERN, The Shakespeare Society, (New York City, NY)

EDUCATION INTERN, The Shakespeare Society, (New York City, NY)

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP, Robin Klinger Entertainment, (Great Neck, NY)

VOLUNTEERS, InSEA World Congress, (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

Work by the 2002 Literature Fellowships Winners is featured on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) WRITER'S CORNER -- http://www.arts.gov/explore/Writers/intro2002.html

In an introductory essay, James McNeel, NEA office of Folk & Traditional/Literature/Theater/Musical Theater/Planning & Stabilization, writes that "NEA Creative Writing Fellowships award $20,000 to help the careers of American writers from all corners of the country and to give them the opportunity to do what they do best - to write. These are college professors, editors and auto-part store managers. They write about their childhood, Vietnam, cowboys, baseball, family, love, death."

He continues that "Those who win a fellowship often go on to become the voices for the American and human experience - with this fellowship they write novels and short stories, essays and letters that record the moments, ideas and emotions of today for readers and generations to come."

This year 1,300 American writers applied in Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, and the NEA granted a total of 45 Fellowships.

The work on the website introduces a few of their voices, including excerpts from:

• Norah Labiner's MINIATURES (a novel) which she describes as a "story of geographical dysphoria, historical responsibility and deepening water. Sometimes no details remained, but other times she could vaguely link her emotion to some throw-away instant from her past: the play of late-afternoon sunlight in the maple trees of a schoolyard, or a certain way her late husband's shadow would fall upon the wall, almost twenty years ago, when he went over finances in the evening...."

The other writers whose work is featured on the site are: Mary Allen; Karen Bender; Judy Doenges; Anthony Doerr; Paul Eggers; Paul Hendrickson; Barbara Hurd; Stephen Jones; Nicholas Montemarano; Sheila Mulligan; Michael Paterniti; Bill Roorbach; David Searcy; Kate Small; and Anthony Varallo.

"For me writing a book is an adventure, even if the book is not actually about an adventure (which it sometimes is), even if you are just sitting there in a library reading room, hiking through some thick historical passage when suddenly, unexpectedly you stumble on a tiny flower of surprising detail," Robert Sullivan writes.

Visit the site to find out more.

ARCHITECTURE/ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES

• Clifton J. Balch/Mojdeh Baratloo, Gregory Millard Fellows (New York)
• Sunil R. Bald/Yolande Daniels (New York)
• Lauren Crahan/John A. Hartmann/Troy Ostrander (aka Freecell) (Brooklyn)
• Evan J. Douglis (Brooklyn)
• Annette Dudek (New York)
• Natalie Fizer/Glenn D. Forley (New York)
• Karin Giusti (Sullivan)
• Anita Glesta (New York)
• Stanley Greenberg, Deutsche Bank Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Shih-Chieh Huang (New York)
• NArchitects, aka Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge (New York)
• Erwin Redl, Lily Auchincloss Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Richard Rosa (Tompkins)
• Nathalie Rozot (New York)

• Eun Me Ahn (New York)
• Janis I. Brenner (New York)
• Ronald K. Brown , Gregory Millard Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Diane Coburn Bruning (Westchester)
• Roxane Butterfly (New York)
• Sean Curran (New York)
• David C. Dorfman (New York)
• Keely Garfield, Harkness Foundation for Dance Fellow (New York)
• Lawrence Goldhuber (New York)
• Zvi Gotheiner (New York)
• Susan Marshall (New York)
• Yin Mei (Long Island)
• Tere R. O'Connor (New York)
• Janet Reed (Erie)
• Murray Spalding (Brooklyn)
• Elizabeth A. Streb (New York)
• Ellis E. Wood (New York)

FICTION

• Betsy Aaron (New York)
• Deborah Artman (Ulster)
• David W. Borchart (Brooklyn)
• David F. Bridel (Brooklyn)
• Elizabeth M. Chakkappan (Brooklyn)
• Patricia H. Chao (New York)
• Kyung M. Cho (New York)
• Jill K. Ciment (New York)
• John Haskell (Brooklyn)
• Mandy Keifetz (New York)
• Lisa Ko (Queens)
• Meera Nair, Gregory Millard Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Lisa Phillips (Ulster)
• James O. Purdy (Brooklyn)
• Daniel P. Scott (New York)
• Martha E. Southgate (Brooklyn)
• Joe S. Westmoreland (New York)
• Leslie D. Woodard (New York)
• Mume Yoshiwara (New York)

MUSIC COMPOSITION

• Eve Beglarian (New York)
• Lisa C. Bielawa (Queens)
• Bruce P. Gremo (New York)
• Jose E. Halac (New York)
• Mary Jane Leach (New York)
• Ray Leslee (New York)
• Lukas Ligeti (New York)
• Myra J. Melford (Brooklyn)
• John S. Morton (Rockland)
• Diedre L. Murray, Gregory Millard Fellow (Queens)
• Akemi Naito (New York)
• Jeff W. Raheb (Brooklyn)
• Suzzy Roche/Margaret A. Roche (New York)
• C. Bryan Rulon (New York)
• Judith L. Sainte-Croix (New York)
• David Winkler (New York)
• Randall B. Woolf (Brooklyn)

PAINTING

• Chris Anderson (New York)
• Karen D. Arm (Brooklyn)
• Jaime M. Arredondo, Gregory Millard Fellow (Queens)
• Sohyun Bae (New York)
• Pedro J. Barbeito (Brooklyn)
• Steven W. Charles (Brooklyn)
• James S. Esber (Brooklyn)
• Dan Ford (Brooklyn)
• Philip C. Frost (Renesselaer)
• Cadence Giersbach (Brooklyn)
• Ellen J. Harvey, Lily Auchincloss Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Eric D. Hongisto (Queens)
• Shigeno Ichimura (New York)
• Tricia C. Keightley (New York)
• Robin Lowe (Brooklyn)
• Matthew P. Magee (New York)
• Alison K. Moritsugu (Dutchess)
• Phyllis G. Palmer (Dutchess)
• Michael R. Rodriguez (New York)
• Lisa B. Sigal (Brooklyn)
• Carl M. Stilwell (Brooklyn)
• Steed Taylor (New York)
• Mark Dean Veca (Brooklyn)
• Amy Yoes (New York)

PHOTOGRAPHY

• Donna Alberico (Brooklyn)
• Alice Arnold (New York)
• Anthony Barboza (New York)
• Eric Baudelaire (Brooklyn)
• Angel E. Chevrestt, Gregory Millard Fellow (Bronx)
• Margaret A. Fox (Westchester)
• Gerard H. Gaskin (Queens)
• Frank Gimpaya (New York)
• Carol L. Golemboski (Tompkins)
• Simen Johan (New York)
• Nina Kuo (New York)
• Teru Kuwayama (New York)
• Ethan Levitas (New York)
• Ann Lovett (Ulster)
• Tom Martinelli (New York)
• Daniel W. Mirer, Lily Auchincloss Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Orville W. Robertson (Queens)
• Frank L. Stewart (Brooklyn)
• Laura Straus (New York)
• Penelope C. Umbrico (Brooklyn)

PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING

• Deborah Baley Brevoort (New York)
• Ayoka Chenzira (Brooklyn)
• Julia J. Cho (Brooklyn)
• Stacey D. Engels (Brooklyn)
• Carl S. Hancock-Rux, NYFA Prize Winner, (Brooklyn)
• Jasmine Y. Isobe (Westchester)
• Stephanie L. Jones (Brooklyn)
• Honour Kane (New York)
• James F. Kenney Gregory Millard Fellow (Queens)
• Dianne Ramirez (New York)
• Daniel J. Remmes (New York)
• Kym B. Richardson (New York)
• Joseph P. Ritz (Erie)
• Richard S. Rose (New York)
• Stefan C. Schaefer (Brooklyn)
• Jane Shepard (New York)
• Tonya A. Warren (Brooklyn)
• Enid T. Zentelis (New York)

VIDEO

• Irit Batsry (New York)
• Peer D. Bode (Monroe)
• Christina S. Choe (Brooklyn)
• Adam Cohen (New York)
• Todd Downing (New York)
• Slawomir Grunberg (Tioga)
• Thomas Allen Harris, Gregory Millard Fellow (Brooklyn)
• Timothy B. Hutchings (Brooklyn)
• Shaun D. Irons/Lauren E. Petty (Brooklyn)
• Matthew Marello (New York)
• Diane C. Nerwen (Brooklyn)
• Mary M. Patierno (New York)
• Pola G. Rapaport (New York)
• Lisa Robinson (New York)
• Patrick N. Smith (New York)

For more information, visit http://www.nyfa.org/artists_fellowships