The Terra Foundation for American Art actively supports projects that encourage international scholarship on American art topics, as well as scholarly projects with focused theses that explore American art in an international context.
Eligibility: The foundation only accepts proposals from institutions with United States 501(c)(3) status or the international equivalent. Grants are not made to individuals.
Academic funding is available for symposia, colloquia, and scholarly convenings on American art that take place:
In Chicago or outside the United States
In the United States that examine American art within an international context and/or include a significant number of international participants
Above deadline is for Dramatic Arts grants; the deadline is 2/1/14 for Museum/Literary Arts grants and 4/1/14 for Music grants. (Applications for Dance grants are due 10/1/14.)
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation is a private independent foundation. Its principal focus is to support the arts and cultural organizations. Organizations supported include, but are not limited to, musical performance organizations, theatre and dance companies, historical societies and museums. The overall grant making focus of the foundation is on artistic achievement in presentation or performance rather than educational enrichment or outreach.
Grants are not typically given to help meet operating budgets, and the Foundation does not generally make unrestricted grants. Rather, grants are project-oriented with the goal of funding worthwhile projects which otherwise might not receive necessary funding.
Unsolicited grant requests will be considered only for organizations in the Chicago Metropolitan area.
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation accepts both letters of inquiry (via post or email) and phone inquiries. This communication should include a brief description of the proposed project, a project budget and other projected sources of support. Grants are made only to tax-exempt organizations.
Application deadlines are as follows: January 15, 2014, for the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2014, and April 15, 2014, for the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2015.
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines:
Please see the IAC website for additional details.
Artistic Disciplines
Artists who work in the following artistic disciplines are eligible to apply for funding.
Dance
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts
Design Arts
Crafts
Photography
Media Arts (include film, video, audio, and computer art)
Literature (include creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry)
Interdisciplinary
New Performance Forms
Ethnic & Folk Arts
Note: Applications for the IA - Project Track will be accepted from creative/originating artists only (i.e. choreographers, composers, playwrights, visual artists, etc.).
