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Access to Artistic Excellence Application Deadlines

(Refer to the field/discipline page that is appropriate to your project for greater detail.)

Field/discipline

March 12, 2009
Notification: Nov. 2009
Support May Begin: Jan. 1, 2010

August 13, 2009
Notification: April 2010
Support May Begin: June 1, 2010

Artist Communities

ALL artist community projects

N/A

Dance

Commissions, Regional/National Tours, Home Performances, Presentations, Residencies, Services to the Field

Outreach, Preservation, Media and Technology

Design

Innovation: activities that advance, reform, or disseminate the latest design techniques including, among others, competitions, commissions, exhibitions, publications, workshops, and conferences

Stewardship: activities that protect, share, or celebrate our design heritage including, among others, historic preservation, education and outreach, exhibitions, publications, workshops, and conferences

Folk & Traditional Arts

Presentation of Living Cultural Heritage, Touring, Media

Heritage, Preservation, Outreach, Services to the Field, State or Regional Infrastructure Support

Literature

Literary Publishing

Audience Development, Professional Development

Local Arts Agencies

Services to the Field: Activities such as Marketing, Audience Development, Cultural Planning, Professional Development

Subgranting for Services Activities

Performing Arts Events/
Readings/Screenings/Broadcasts/
Visual Arts Exhibitions, Artist Residencies/Commissions, Documentation/Conservation of Public and Monumental Art

Subgranting for Programming Activities

Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television

Exhibition, Film/Video Festivals, Distribution, Preservation

Workshops/Residencies/Conferences, Facilities Access, Production, Publications, Services to the Field

Museums

Special Exhibitions, Residencies, Commissions, Public Art, Services to the Field

Conservation, Documentation, Collections, Public Programs

Music

Performances, Presentations, Commissions, Residencies, Professional Development, Services to the Field

Domestic Touring, Outreach, Recordings, Preservation, Technology

Musical Theater

Creation of New Work,
2009-10 Musical Theater Production

2010-11 Musical Theater Production, Training, Services to the Field

Opera

ALL opera projects

N/A

Presenting

Activities for Underserved Communities, Outdoor Festivals and Programs

Training for Artists, Creation, Commissioning, Touring, Presentation, Residencies, Services to Artists and Arts Organizations, Preservation

Theater

Creation of New Work,
2009-10 Theater Production

2010-11 Theater Production, Training, Services to the Field

Visual Arts

Exhibitions, Residencies, Publications, Commissions, Public Art

Conservation, Documentation, Services to the Field, Public Programs

 

 
     
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