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When you’re telling stories and building products for a community, it’s best to do that work alongside that community. That's the ethos behind Real Tone, our efforts to more accurately and beautifully represent people of color on Google Pixel 6 and in Google Photos. A key part of our work on Real Tone was our deep partnerships with image experts — including renowned photographers, cinematographers, colorists and directors — whose artistry has expanded our collective understanding of whose stories need to be told. This emphasis on community-driven storytelling is the foundation of our first Image Equity Fellowship, launching today.

The Image Equity Fellowship aims to support the next generation of image makers of color. This six-month, application-based program will award $20,000 in unrestricted funds, intimate mentorship and dedicated workshops with industry experts to each of the 20 selected early-career creators in the U.S. The creators will develop visual bodies of work that share urgent, untold stories of their communities with dignity and nuance. Fellows will also receive support from Google and our partners in exhibiting their completed projects in-person and online.

Our partners

We are partnering with three nonprofits which contribute to a more representatively diverse world of artists. Through print, online media and in-person events, Aperture connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas and with each other. For Freedoms is an artist collective that centers art and creativity as a catalyst for transformative connection and collective liberation. And FREE THE WORK’s global talent discovery community bridges the gap between opportunities and underrepresented emerging artists.

Our partners curated a selection of industry-celebrated mentors to guide the fellows: Lebanese filmmaker and photographer Ahmed Klink, American artist and 2016 Guggenheim Fellow Lyle Ashton Harris, photographer and documentarian Bee Walker and multi-hyphenate creative Mahaneela.

Applications for the Image Equity Fellowship are now open through 11:59 pm Eastern on Friday, July 18 to all early-career artists who self-identify as a person of color, are based in the U.S. and are at least 18 years old. To learn more about the Fellowship and to apply, visit the website.

This Design Trust will be a collaborative solutions space where data users, designers, writers, and multimedia creators will ideate around translating open environmental data policy opportunities into prototype designs and future narratives. We’ll build on insights from our Brain Trusts and opportunity briefs, which explore local environmental and climate planning, and more broadly instrumentalizing environmental data as a public good. I expect capacity building—with both government and communities—will be a big focus, as many of the roles, processes, and infrastructure we've been discussing in this space don't exist widely yet, if at all.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2023 Individual Artist Fellowships

Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals.

Mid Atlantic Arts administers the application submission, review, and post-award process on behalf of New Jersey State Council on the Arts through an ongoing partnership. This includes applicant notification, administration of the individual grants, and final reporting.

Application Status

APPLY NOW! Applications are currently being accepted for the 2023 program year.

Submission Deadline

Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 5PM ET

Categories Offered for the 2023 Fellowships

Choreography
Crafts
Music Composition
Photography
Poetry
Playwriting/Screenwriting
Sculpture

Guidelines

To learn more about the program and determine your eligibility, please review the Program Guidelines carefully PRIOR to submitting an application. Applications which do not adhere to all Guideline requirements are subject to disqualification.

Guidelines are available in both PDF and Word formats below.

Download the Individual Artist Fellowship Guidelines as a PDF (link opens in a new window)
Download the Individual Artist Fellowship Guidelines as an accessible Word document (click link to download)

Descargue las Pautas de becas para artistas individuales en formato PDF (el enlace se abre en una ventana nueva)
Descargue las Pautas de becas para artistas individuales como un documento de Word accesible (haga clic en el enlace para descargar)

Tenga en cuenta: las solicitudes deben enviarse en inglés.

Online Application

To access the online SmartSimple application, click the link below.

https://midatlanticarts.smartsimple.com/

Application Assistance Webinars

Mid Atlantic Arts, in coordination with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, offers application assistance webinars for prospective Fellowship applicants. Applicants will receive an overview of guideline requirements and step-by-step instructions on how to use the SmartSimple application system.

Registration is required. Individuals that register for a webinar will receive the connection information and instructions via email. To register, please follow the link listed next to your desired Webinar date.

Both webinars cover the same information. A recording of the webinar presentation will be posted below following the June 15th presentation.

Webinar #1
June 15, 2022 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Register now!

Webinar #2
June 30, 2022 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
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Auto-generated closed captioning through Zoom Webinar as well as live ASL interpretation will be provided during both webinars. For other accommodation requests, please contact fellowships@midatlanticarts.org or 410-539-6656 x 101 at least five business days prior to the webinar.

Other Application Assistance Resources

Work Sample Preparation Guide

Assists applicants with the technical requirements for audio, video, image and literary work samples and addresses many frequently asked questions.

The Work Sample Preparation Guide is available in both PDF and Word formats below.

Download the Work Sample Preparation Guide as a PDF (link opens in a new window)
Download the Work Sample Preparation Guide as an accessible Word document (click link to download)

Quick Start Video Tutorial

Get a basic introduction to Mid Atlantic Arts’ SmartSimple application system.

Application Assistance Webinar Recording

Watch the recording of the June 15th webinar presentation.
Coming soon!

Contact Mid Atlantic Arts

If you have reviewed the guidelines and available application assistance resources and still have questions, contact Mid Atlantic Arts staff at 410-539-6656 x101 or Fellowships@midatlanticarts.org.

Support is available during regular business hours, 9:00 AM through 5:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.

Applicants receive assistance from Mid Atlantic Arts staff on a first-come, first-served basis and should be aware that demand increases significantly shortly before the deadline.

Is your organization prepared to take the next step on its DEI journey?
Compass’s DEI Cohorts are designed for nonprofit CEOs/Executive Directors who are committed to moving their organizations forward on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This fall, our cohorts will work with Jeanne J. Holmes, PhD of RiskVersity and other DEI experts to craft implementable DEI plans for their nonprofits.
As a cohort participant, you will explore how your lived experiences shape your perspective as a leader, conduct organizational assessments through a DEI lens, develop DEI priorities and metrics for success, and establish concrete goals that engage staff and board members in your nonprofit’s DEI work.
You'll also benefit from:

• 5 hours of one-on-one guidance/mentorship from a DEI expert
• A supportive peer group of fellow nonprofit CEOs/Executive Directors
• Access to other Compass resources, including our annual Sorkin Summit

Each cohort will meet for ten 90-minute Zoom sessions between August 31, 2022 and January 18, 2023. The $2,500 program fee includes all cohort sessions, one-on-one mentorship, assessment tools, and materials. Learn more about the program and application process HERE. Applications are now due on

Grants for Arts Projects is our principal grants program for organizations based in the United States. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.

Applicants may request cost share/matching grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. Designated local arts agencies eligible to subgrant may request from $10,000 to $150,000 for subgranting programs in the Local Arts Agencies discipline. A minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount is required.

Submitting an application is a multi-step process:

• Register with Login.gov, SAM and Grants.gov or renew/verify these registrations.
• Part 1: Submit to Grants.gov the “Application for Federal Domestic Assistance/Short Organization Form.” This is a brief form that will collect very basic information about your organization.
• Part 2: Complete the “Grant Application Form (GAF)” and upload items through the NEA’s Applicant Portal. This web form is where you will enter the majority of your application material (e.g., project description, timelines, budget information).

Login.gov, SAM, Grants.gov (Part 1), and the NEA’s Applicant Portal (Part 2) are separate online systems.

Instructions for Part 1 and Part 2, including application deadlines and a list of all the application questions, can be found by selecting the arts discipline that corresponds with your project (e.g., Arts Education, Music, Visual Arts, etc.) from the list at the bottom of the page

We are happy to announce that the fourth phase of funding will open on June 9, 2022. The NJACRF Phase 4 application deadline is July 19, 2022.

NJACRF was created in 2020 by a coalition of funders to ensure the strength and survival of the nonprofit arts, cultural and historical sector statewide during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this round, the Fund will provide General Operating Support grants to eligible nonprofit arts, cultural and historical organizations. Grant guidelines, eligibility criteria, and application requirements can be found on the NJACRF website.

Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:

• Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
• Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates

Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Each month FCA receives an average of 95 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 12-15 grants. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is now $1,700.

AMOUNT: Up to $3,000

Queer | Art’s Illuminations Grant for early-career Black trans women visual artists supports visual artists who are self-identified Black trans women and trans femmes. Winning artists will receive a $10,000 grant as well as additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.

As a part of their five-year initiative intended to support arts organizations rooted in communities of color as they explore strategies for achieving organizational resilience while retaining their relevance, The Wallace Foundation invites arts service organizations serving and prioritizing such arts organizations to propose research projects that answer important questions related to the arts communities they serve.

Projects should address key issues of importance to the work of the arts service organization while also providing important learnings about the field of arts organizations founded by, with, and for communities of color. Wallace invites arts service organizations to submit a proposal for one of two types of studies:

·    A research planning and implementation grant, which includes a planning period to work with a research partner followed by the subsequent execution of a research project (up to $250,000).

·    A research expansion grant, which proposes to scale up or refine an existing robust research design and implement an expanded research project (up to $500,000).

Art Fluent’s grant cycle is now open to individual artists through an international open call. The Evolution Grant will provide unrestricted funding to an individual artist with recognized artistic excellence in fine art media and a demonstrated commitment to their art.