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    August 2024 DreamCreative News and Opportunities

    August 12, 2024

    August 2024 DreamCreative News and Opportunities
    5:15
    Discover the latest creative industry news, grants, residencies, and fellowships to support artists, makers, dreamers, and doers. 
     
     

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    Nevada FY25 Project Grant for Artists,    Cycle B

    Open to individual artists residing in Nevada; must be 21 years or older, a non-student, and a U.S. citizen or have legal permanent resident status. Eligible projects include art exhibitions, performances, readings, concerts, the creation of art, portfolio creation, and marketing/promotional activities related to an arts project. 

    Apply Aug. 1 – Oct. 30.


     

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    Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants, Cycle 25  

    This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in urgent financial need creating in the fields of visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography.

    Apply by 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 13.


     

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    Hidden Compass Pathfinder Prize

    Multimedia storytellers, filmmakers, documentarians, and explorers are invited to apply for an $18,000 grant to fund their dream expedition and share it with the world via digital dispatches, magazine features and a short documentary film.

    Apply by 11:50 p.m. PT on Aug. 15.


     

     

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    Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA)  

    DFA awards of $31,000 will be given to at least 25 individual artists, to be used at their own discretion. Artist Fellows will have the option to participate in an emergent programming process that honors the Fellows’ choices around connection, rest, and desire.

    Apply by 6 p.m. ET on Aug. 15.


     

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    Bronx Cultural Visions Fund Grants 

    The Bronx Cultural Visions Fund (BCVF) seeks to support the development of new ideas and the production of new work in the performing arts with awards up to $10,000 for concept development or $20,000 for production. Open to Bronx-based emerging and mid-career individual artists and organizations with budgets up to $250,000.

    Submit your letter of intent by 11:59 p.m. ET on Aug. 19. 


     

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    Daniele Tamagni Grant 

    Open to photographers over the age of 18, of any nationality, with under five years of professional experience, whose work focuses on the African continent and/or its diaspora. Winner will receive a one-year scholarship to attend the Photojournalism & Documentary Photography Programme (PDP) at The Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg (ZA), a monthly stipend to support local living expenses, and the chance to showcase the body of work developed during the scholarship at Africa Foto Fair 2025 (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire).

    Apply by Aug. 20. 


     

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    Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants, Cycle 14

    This program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers in need. Applicants must demonstrate a dire financial emergency due to the loss or lack of recent/current live performance work because of circumstances outside of their control.

    Apply by 5 p.m. ET on Aug. 27. 


     

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    City of Austin Nexus Grants 

    The Nexus Grant offers $5,000 grants for new and emerging local small organizations, individual artists, and small arts businesses to produce creative public projects or provide professional support to creatives. Requires a minimum of one year of operating history in the Austin metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and over 50% of your creative production within the Austin 10-1 City Council districts or extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). 

    Apply by 7 p.m. CT on Aug. 27. 


     

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    Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation Project Grant

    Awards up to $2,500 are available for creative projects that expand materials science education projects in the community. 

    Apply by Aug. 30. 


     

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    Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Travel Fellowship 

    Recognizing the impact that travel can have on an artist’s career, two awards of $5,000 each will be distributed to artists working and residing in Texas, enabling the recipients to complete a research trip to further their artistic practice.

    Apply by 11:59 p.m. MT on Aug. 31. 


     

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    Liu Shiming Artist Grants 

    $5,000 grants support early-career visual artists with proposed projects. Applicants must meet any one of the following conditions: received a BFA or BA in studio arts between 2014 and 2022; received an MFA in visual arts between 2014 and 2022; or had their debut show (solo or group) at a gallery or juried exhibition between 2014 and 2022.

    Apply before midnight on Aug. 31. 


     

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    ZC MAG Mutual Assistance Grant for Zinesters 

    The ZC MAG Mutual Assistance grant is a $300 no-strings-attached mini-grant for and by zinesters, funded by donations or/and the sale of collaborative zines by the Zine Crisis community. The grant is awarded by random selection.

    Apply by Sept. 1