Creative Capital Foundation Grants 2004-2005

To apply submit online or download guidelines and inquiry forms at www.creative-capital.org

Inquiry Forms for Visual Arts and Film/Video will be available on our website February 16, 2004, and must be submitted by March 15, 2004. Performing Arts and Emerging Fields will be eligible to submit Inquiry Forms in 2005. If you are planning on submitting an Inquiry Form for Visual Arts or Film/Video in 2004, we strongly urge you to complete the forms online. However, if you would like to receive a copy of the
Inquiry Form in the mail, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Creative Capital postmarked before March 1, 2004 at:

Creative Capital
attn: Inquiry Form Request
65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012

On the Inquiry Form you will be asked about your project and how it, in conjunction with a Creative Capital grant, will be catalytic for your artistic and professional growth. In addition, you will need to describe the influences that inform your work and how your work takes an experimental approach to form and content. Be prepared to identify the audience(s) for your project and any possible presenting venues.

2004 Grant Calendar

February 16, 2004: Open for submission of Inquiry Form (Visual Arts and Film/Video)
March 1, 2004: Deadline to request an Inquiry Form via postal mail
March 15, 2004: Postamark (or online) deadline for Inquiry Form submission
June, 2004: Notification of artists selected to make a full application

Eligibility
Eligible for 2004 Grants:

Visual arts may include painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photo-based work, contemporary crafts, and interdisciplinary projects.

Film/video arts are all forms of film and video, including experimental documentary, animation, experimental media, non-traditional narrative in all formats, and interdisciplinary projects

Eligible for 2005 Grants:
Performing arts may include dance, music theater, experimental music performance, experimental opera, spoken word, theater/performance art, and interdisciplinary projects.

Emerging fields may include computer-based artwork, new media, audio work, interactive installations, experimental literature and interdisciplinary projects.

An artist must be:

• A U. S. citizen or a permanent legal resident
• At least 25 years old
• A working artist with at least five years of professional experience

An artist cannot be:

• An institution (If you are an artist who is a principal in a 501(c)(3) organization, you may apply as an individual artist. If you are selected for funding, the grant may be made payable to you through your organization, if you wish.)
• A full-time student in a degree-granting program or its equivalent at the time of application
• A current employee, consultant, board member, or funder of Creative Capital, or an immediate family member of such a person
• A current grantee of Creative Capital. Past grantees must wait one grant cycle to re-apply. Our grant cycles are biennial.
• Named as a principal or collaborator on more than one project per cycle

To apply submit online or download our guidelines and inquiry forms at www.creative-capital.org

Questions? Email gwangung@u.washington.edu