Join us for “Dance Convening: The Health and Future of Black Dance Artists,” a gathering hosted by Black Dance Stories and 651ARTS. Secure your spot by RSVPing to blackdancestories.info@gmail.com by April 13th.
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The Strokes of Genius Fellowship (Strokes of Genius) is an open application program that provides artists, curators, journalists, and scholars with funding to develop new creative projects. Awarding six (6) fellowships annually with a $2,500 grant, feedback support from The Black Genius Foundation Staff and mentorship support from The Black Genius Brain Trust, Strokes of Genius fulfills our commitment to invest in the creativity and cultural production of Black artists and arts professionals and our dedication to nurturing the creative health of our communities. STROKES OF GENIUS SUPPORTED PROJECTS The Strokes of Genius Fellowship can be used to support the following types of projects:
READ MORE AND APPLY HERE Join us for a 10-day journey in dance, discussion & connection. Participants will be immersed in the movement world of the Birds, ANIKAYA’s Conference of the Birds ensemble, along with the histories, dances and ritual practices of Benin. DEADLINE TO APPLY April 15 Read more and apply here ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES PASS Open Call: Apply by April 18! Staten Island Arts grants for performing artists: Mertz Gilmore Dance Research Grant and the Howard Gilman Performing Residency Arts Cohort. Find out more here A commissioning program for NYC-based, early-career artists ABOUT OPEN CALL: Born out of The Shed’s commitment to act as a platform for NYC-based, early-career artists* working in a range of artistic disciplines, Open Call selects, fosters, and presents new work. The program showcases a wide, multiborough range of voices, lived experiences, and perspectives, demonstrating the multitude of ways in which artists are working today. It embraces proposals for new works in disciplines including the visual arts, theater, dance, music, performance, spoken word, literary arts, film, fashion, art and technology, new media, social practice, and public art and architecture, as well as across multiple and new disciplines. As with all Shed civic programs, we center Black, POC, people with disabilities, and other communities that have been historically excluded and most impacted by structural racism and other forms of oppression. For a list of past Open Call artists and more information about their commissions, please visit the main Open Call page. Take your work to the next level by applying to Open Call’s fourth edition. APPLY HERE PASS Open Call! for Performing artists: Apply by April 18 This residency supports the creation and development of new works in dance, music, theater, and multi-disciplinary performance. Apply HERE View this email in your browser The board and host committee invite you to The count down to The Absolute Future! at THE FEATH3R BALL Return with us to Brooklyn for a night of celebration featuring a raffle and silent auction throughout the event, hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails, and special guests 😉. Date: Saturday, March 2nd Time: 5pm-9pm Location: The Invisible Dog Art Center *subsidized artist tickets available Dress for the past, witness our present and build our future by helping us get to the eclipse and our premiere of The Absolute Future (or Death, Loneliness, and The Absolute Future of the Multiverse, or How to Cover the Sun with Mud). TICKETS If you can't join us and would still like to support the feath3r theory make sure to grab tickets to our premiere of Death, Loneliness, and The Absolute Future of the Multiverse or How to Cover the Sun with Mud on April 5th and 6th at NYU Skirball. Click here for more info! We are thrilled to announce that applications for the fourth edition of Open Call are now being accepted! Launched as part of The Shed’s inaugural-year programming, Open Call is a large-scale commissioning program that supports NYC-based, early-career artists in creating, realizing, and presenting new work across disciplines—from visual arts to live performance and everything in between. Since its inception, Open Call has been committed to serving as a platform that amplifies the voices, perspectives, and lived experiences of emerging artists. Selected by more than 50 industry leaders, the chosen projects will be supported by The Shed with a commissioning fee up to $15,000 per artist or collective and presented to the public for free in summer 2025 and in 2026. Along with access points created for each piece, these free tickets make the program accessible, welcoming, and inviting for all New Yorkers. Applications will be accepted via Submittable from Thursday, February 22 through April 4, 2024, at 6 pm. Take the opportunity and apply today to become part of the Open Call family, a community of visionaries! FIND OUT MORE HERE This year, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
Applications open on March 4, 2024 at 10AM ET. The deadline for submitting is April 4, 2024 at 4PM ET. Find out more here Grant Info Session Join a live, virtual information session on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 1:00PM ET. During this one hour Zoom information session, we will provide an overview of the application process and answer audience questions. Live captioning (CART services) and ASL interpretation will be provided. The session will be recorded and made available on our website. The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Galvan Initiatives (Galvan) are pleased to announce the launch of The Democracy Cycle, a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy. Proposals are requested for new performing arts works following that theme from artists working in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. See below for how to submit. Find out more here |
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AuthorI am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning. I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program. I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications. Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me." |