Multi-Arts Production Fund

Posted by on January 13, 2006

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Multi-Arts Production Fund Announces 2006 Program Guidelines
Deadline: February 10, 2006

A program of Creative Capital (<a href="http://www.creative-capital.org/">http://www.creative-capital.org/</a>) and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation (<a href="http://www.rockfound.org/">http://www.rockfound.org/</a>), the Multi-Arts Production Fund (<a href="http://www.mapfund.org/">http://www.mapfund.org/</a>) supports original new work in all disciplines and traditions of the live performing arts.

Every year, the fund supports up to forty-two performance-based works with awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. The goal of the fund is to assist artists who are exploring and challenging the dynamics of live performance within our changing society, thus reflecting the culture’s innovation and growing diversity. MAP seeks especially to support work that brings insight and vibrant critique to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, or tradition.

Applications for MAP support must come from U.S.-based organizations that have current nonprofit federal tax status. In addition, nonprofit artist-services organizations may apply as fiscal sponsors on behalf of unincorporated artists or ensembles. Both the organization and the artists involved in the project must have at least a two-year history of professional activity.

The MAP application requests information and work samples for at least one but no more than three Lead Artists on a given project. A Lead Artist is the generative artist on a project — choreographer, playwright, director, composer, and/or other artistic maker leading the creation of the new work. While the applicant organization must be based in the U.S. and have federal nonprofit tax status, the Lead Artist(s) may be from anywhere and does not need to be a U.S. citizen.

The MAP Fund supports only artistic projects that contain or will contain a live-performance component. Support may be applied to any phase of a project, up to and including its premiere run. MAP is especially interested in providing support to work early in its development. Eligible projects must not have premiered in or outside the U.S. before October 1, 2006.

Visit the MAP Fund Web site for complete program information and application guidelines. An online application form will be available January 2, 2006. Completed applications may be sent electronically between February 1 and February 10, 2006.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5002089/mapfund">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5002089/mapfund</a>

For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml</a>