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Grant Application Deadline: 26 September

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) and the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City (UAI/NYC), announce the second application cycle of a new grants program for NYC individual artists of color.

In the groundbreaking first cycle of the UAI/NYC grant program in 2006, 90 artist grants were awarded towards the development of artists’ projects in the range of $250-$2,500 for a total of $125,000.

This year, with major support provided by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, this initiative marks the second year of a cross-discipline grant program developed specially for artists who self-identify their heritage as African, Latino, Asian, or Native American, embracing as well the diversity that exists within communities of color. Fellowships of $2,000 each will be available to individual artists for their artistic and professional development.

UAI/NYC has been developed by a consortium including the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Association of Hispanic Arts, the Harlem Arts Alliance, the Queens Council on the Arts, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, working in partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Bronx Council on the Arts.

The deadline for application submission is September 26, 2007. The online application is available at http://uai.cuerate.org/ or by going to the website of any of consortium members. Applications should be submitted online.

A series of application seminars has been scheduled throughout the city by the consortium members as well as the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island, and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance to answer questions about eligibility and the application process. Artists interested in applying are encouraged to attend (see schedule below).

Four panels in Literature, Performing Arts, Media, and Visual/Interdisciplinary work will review applications and support materials. Applications are available online through the websites of the participating organizations.

UAI/NYC is part of a national effort to strengthen the infrastructure and support for artists throughout the country; it is one of the Creative Communities programs of LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity), a national network of cities which serves as a laboratory for projects effecting local and national change in the lives of artists.

UAI/NYC is one of the major projects of the Creative Communities’ program specifically addressing artists’ of color. Besides its major support from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, UAI/NYC has been supported with funds provided by LINC via the Ford Foundation, the Buddy Fund for Justice of the Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

UAI/NYC, a unique collaboration of seven arts intermediaries, creates a point of entry for artists from their specific communities, some of whom have not traditionally participated in grant and service programs for artists. Because the organizations are working as one entity, an even more powerful alliance is being shaped to include and recognize the contributions and talents of so many previously under-recognized artists.

It provides an important mechanism to begin to bring greater attention to the individual and collective needs of artists of color.

UAI/NYC 2007 Application Seminars

Wednesday, September 19th
5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NOMAA),
In conjunction with AHA and the HAA
Community Board 12
711 West 168th Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10032
RSVP: grants[at]latinoarts.org / 212-876-1242
NOMAA - 212-212-233-8955, ext. 123

Thursday, September 20th
6:00 pm
Asian American Arts Alliance/ NYFA
155 Avenue of the Americas (6th Fl)
212-941-9208