Art Starts

Dear E-news subscribers:

Welcome to the December 6, 2012 edition of Art Starts

Deadline: January 18, 2013 for Artist Entrepreneurial Grants
Requests may be made for $250-$1000 for projects between April 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014

Deadline: February 15, 2013 for Artist Fellowships in the Performing Arts (Dance, Music & Theater)
Two fellowships will be awarded to performing artists in FY 2013

::NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS::

MetLife Foundation and the National Guild for Community Arts Education Announce Support for Creative Aging Programs     
Application Deadline: December 18, 2012

National Endowment for the Arts announces guidelines & deadline for Our Town Grants
Grant Deadline: January 14, 2013

Through Our Town, the National Endowment for the Arts will provide a limited number of grants for creative place-making projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core. 

National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
Application Deadline: February 4, 2013

After school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs sponsored by schools, museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, arts centers & community service organizations are encouraged to submit an application for this $10,000 award sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

National Endowment for the Arts announces guidelines & deadline for Creative Writing Fellowships (prose)
Application Deadline: February 28, 2013

Creative Writing Fellowships encourage the production of new work and allow writers the time and means to write. The program offers $25,000 grants to published creative writers.