Fellowships Available for artists

The UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance seeks applicants for its annual fellowship programs.

Program Duration: July - August, 1999

Deadline : The Complete Application Packet must be postmarked by December 1, 1998

The Center for Intercultural Performance (CIP) invites performing artists, writers and scholars from the United States and Asia to participate in the Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) Program.

This is an intensive residency program to be held on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in the summer of 1999. Consisting of two components, the APPEX Artists Fellowship Program and the APPEX Writers Fellowship Program, the joint residency places artists, writers and scholars in an interactive six-week program, providing them with a rich cross-cultural and interdisciplinary working environment. Artists will develop rigorous strategies for art-making that reflect the nuances of cultural differences; and foster meaningful ways to experiment, collaborate, and interpret artistic expression. Writers will develop their own strategies of observing, interacting, interpreting and finally writing about the activities of the artists.

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APPEX Artists Fellowship Program Duration of Workshop: July 5 - August 14, 1999

Artists from Asia and the United States will be invited to participate in a full-time six-week intensive workshop residency program at UCLA in the summer of 1999. Through daily workshop activities they will explore individual creative processes while seeking common ground for artistic and cultural exchange.

Twenty artists, ten from Asia and ten from the United States, will be invited in a highly competitive selection process.

Travel expenses, housing, meals, and a modest stipend will be provided for each Fellow.

Criteria:

• demonstrated excellence in performance and/or creative work;
• proven interest in intercultural issues as evidenced by creative;
• projects, performance, or research in music, theater, dance, puppetry and related fields;
• history of collaborative work, and of artistic productivity;
• artists at early or mid-career stage.

This project is made possible by a grant from The Ford Foundation

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APPEX Writers Fellowship Program Duration of Workshop: July 1 - August 14, 1999

UCLA's Center for Intercultural Performance invites writers from the United States and Asia to consider "intercultural performance" as an aesthetic, social and political response to the shifting cultural and political landscapes of America and Asia. The theme, "Cross-cultural Collaboration - Examining Creativity in a Performance World" draws its subject matter directly from the activities of the artist workshops.

Four Fellows will be selected - two from Asia and two from the United States. Recognizing the value of independent scholarship and the multiplicity of approaches found in Asia and America, applicants may be scholars, teachers, researchers, writers, journalists, and culture/arts advocates. We seek applicants with expertise in diverse fields such as cultural studies, dance ethnology, ethnomusicology, history, and theater. Travel expenses, housing, meals, and a modest stipend will be provided for each Fellow.

Criteria:

• experience/interest in an aspect of the performing arts, e.g. creative, technical, intercultural;
• published work in research, criticism, commentary or advocacy concerning the performing arts;
• cross-cultural or multi-cultural experience, preferably including Asia
• experience/interest in collaborative projects, learning communities, or experimental modes of enquiry
• ability to interact, work and write in an intensive environment
• strong communication skills in written and spoken English

This project is made possible by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation

You can read the guidelines and download the application from our Website http://www.arts.ucla.edu/centers/cip/cip.html

To receive an application by mail, please contact The Center for Intercultural Performance by telephone (310) 206-1335 or by E-Mail cip@arts.ucla.edu

Application Deadline:

The complete application packet must be postmarked no later than December 1, 1998. Please do not submit applications by E-Mail or fax.

Yayoi Robinson
Program Coordinator
UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance
124 Dance Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608
Telephone: (310) 206-1335 Fax: (310) 825-5152
E-Mail: cip@arts.ucla.edu
Website: http://www.arts.ucla.edu/centers/cip/cip.html

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