Mid Atlantic Arts

Our friends at Arts Midwest are hiring a part-time Culture Reporter!

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Applications are open for the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) 3rd Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship! This fellowship provides six $5,000 awards to support culture bearers and practitioners who research, examine, perform, develop, and document Black Appalachian storytelling traditions in the Appalachian Regional Commission designated counties of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Fellows will also receive funds to attend the "In the Tradition..." 42nd Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in October. Apply by Thursday, August 22nd at: https://lnkd.in/eRjH2wfa 📸: Fellows at the 2024 Appalachian Studies Association conference. Credit: Joel Chapman.

"By approaching the subject in their own unique ways, and working in a wide range of media, the ten artists on view in Between, Through, Across reimagine migration—and by extension, the concept of diaspora—as far more complicated than is often allowed." Read Dereck Mangus' review of Between, Through, Across, curated by National Leaders of Color Fellow Fabiola R. Delgado in Bmore Art: BmoreArt https://lnkd.in/eprgUXhx

Opportunity alert: Applications are open for Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists(DFA)! DFA supports dance and movement-based artists from across the U.S. and its territories who work at the intersection of social and embodied practices. DFA recognizes the wide variety of ways in which people engage in social transformation through dance, which often do not fit into established models of arts funding. This includes community-building and culture-bearing practices, healing and storytelling practices, activism and representational justice practices, and more. DFA will award $31,000 to at least 25 individual artists, to be used at their own discretion. Artists are invited to submit an initial application by Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 6:00pm ET. Application support and coaching are available. Find the DFA program overview and guidelines at https://lnkd.in/d9ugzAcA

Our friends at the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are hiring an Operations Specialist! This role will work with the Operations team to assist with grants administration, data collection, public assistance, and office administration. Apply by Friday, July 19 at: https://lnkd.in/e6yTDzH6

The National Mural Awards announced the 2024 winners! Huge shoutout to all winning muralists, and a special round of applause to those in the Mid Atlantic region (region two)! The winners are: National Gold: Key Detail Regional Gold: Sonny Behan Regional Silver: Jenna Morello Regional Bronze: Damien Mitchell View all 2024 National Mural Award winners at: https://lnkd.in/euCGYhZg

Happy Pride Month! This June, we celebrate the contributions of LGBTQIA+ artists from around our region. The latest Arts Spotlight features paulA neves (she/they), a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellow in prose. paulA is a writer, filmmaker, and educator whose work explores LGBTQIA identity and the Portuguese-American immigrant experience. Check out our latest blog post at: https://lnkd.in/evV9wtQU 📸: paulA neves. Courtesy of the artist.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, announced the 2024-2025 Arts Big Read grantees! The grantee organizations received $1,075,000 to support community programming centered on a book from the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read library. Programming explores the theme, "Where We Live." Congratulations, grantees! View a full list of recipients at: https://lnkd.in/gr2NERGm

Big news: Today we're proud to launch Cultural Sustainability: A WESTAF Grants and Peer Cohort Program for Arts Organizations of Color. With support from The Wallace Foundation and in partnership with our fellow US Regional Arts Organizations (USRAOs), this groundbreaking initiative aims to empower arts organizations of color by providing crucial financial support. We'll be distributing over $1 million in grants within our region, reinforcing our dedication to fostering cultural sustainability and diversity in the arts. Eligible organizations are those with operating budgets under $500,000, a rich history of at least three years in programming, and a deep commitment to serving communities of color through exceptional leadership and community service. Apply now at https://lnkd.in/gHKcv8fk and please share with anyone who may be eligible. The deadline to submit an application is Monday, July 1, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. MDT. #CulturalSustainability #WESTAF #ArtsFunding