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COUNCIL
NOW
ACCEPTING SEPTEMBER 1 GRANT APPLICATIONS
The
Alabama State Council on the Arts will be accepting
electronic applications, through the eGRANT system, for
the September 1 deadline. Using the eGRANT system you can create, complete
and submit grant applications on line.
For the September 1 deadline, the system will open on July
1, 2010.
Please
note that both paper and eGRANT applications are due by 5
p.m. on September 1. The on-line system will
automatically close at 5 p.m. on September 1.
Please
remember that this is the last deadline for the submission
of paper applications. Beginning with FY2012, all
applications, with the exception of Folklife
Apprenticeship, will only be accepted through the eGRANT
system.
Access
to eGRANT is available at https://alabamaarts.egrant.net
There
are three steps to submitting electronically. You must first register your organization or as an
individual. Secondly, you must complete the electronic
application form and submit the data electronically to the
Council. And, third, you must print out the
Certification/Signature Page and mail it to the Council
within 3 days past the application deadline date.
Please
note that the Final Report form for organizational
projects and individual artist fellowships is also
available through the eGRANT system. The Alabama State Council on the Arts is moving
toward a paperless process for application submission,
review and reporting.
If
you have questions, please contact Barbara Edwards at
334/242-4076, ext. 227 or send an email at barbara.edwards@arts.alabama.gov
THREE
ALABAMA ARTISTS CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR KEEPSAKE BIRTH
CERTIFICATES. Art was commissioned from these artists:
Bethanne Hill, Woodie Long and Cyd
Moore. Funds
raised will provide for programs protecting children from
abuse and neglect. To learn more about this project, click
here.
To
view these colorful images, visit: www.adph.org/vitalrecords
and click on keepsake birth
certificates.
GRANTS
AWARDED AT JUNE COUNCIL MEETING
The
Council awarded ten Fellowships and five Arts and Cultural
Facilities Grants totaling $290,500 at its recent meeting in
Montgomery. For info on grants awarded,
please click
here.
REPORT
ALABAMA RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) GRANT FRAUD
OR ABUSE
As
part of an ongoing effort by the State of Alabama to
provide stakeholders with the opportunity to report the
misuse of Stimulus funds, the Recovery Office is asking
that all abuse and fraud be reported at: www.stimulus.alabama.gov
A
web form is available that allows individuals to report
any possible misuse of Stimulus funds. That form can also
be found at: http://stimulus.alabama.gov/fraud.aspx
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ALABAMA STUDENT RISES TO THE
TOP IN
NATIONAL POETRY RECITATION COMPETITION
Youssef
Biaz, a junior at Auburn High School, returned from Washington
DC, where he competed in the Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest
at the national finals. This is the 5th year that Alabama has
sent a state champion to the national finals, and the first time
an Alabama student progressed from the semi finals in Washington
DC to be a national finalist. During the semi finals, he placed
in the top nine of 53 total participants, which included
champions from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. For more information about
Poetry Out Loud in Alabama, contact Diana Green at 334-242-4076
Ext. 241 or diana.green@arts.alabama.gov
To
read about the National POE Finals,
please click
here
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For info on the AL State POE
Finals, please click
here
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Alabama Masters: Artists
and Their Work was produced
in conjunction with the Alabama
Year of the Arts, an initiative of the Alabama
Bureau of Tourism and Travel and the Alabama
State Council on the Arts.
For
teachers using the Alabama Masters book in lesson plans, please click
here.
Alabama Masters: Artists
and Their Work features
forty-two artists and is a partnership publication between the
Alabama State Council on the Arts and six major art museums in
the state. The full color paperback features an essay and images
of each artist’s work, with the goal of honoring the
individual artists and highlighting museum collections. The
selection of artists was based on guidelines determined by
the museum directors. Al Head, executive director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts
and Gail C. Andrews,
the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art,
contributed essays. Georgine
Clarke,
visual arts program manager at the Alabama State Council on the
Arts, coordinated the publication.
The National Endowment for the Arts has
funded a series of projects throughout the country under the
broad heading of American Masterpieces, and this publication is
Alabama’s contribution. It is a major step toward
compiling the state’s visual arts history, cultural fabric,
and national contributions of its artists.
The
six participating museums are Birmingham
Museum of Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Jule Collins Smith
Museum of Art at Auburn University, Mobile Museum of Art,
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and Wiregrass Museum of Art in Dothan. Featured master artists range
from turn-of-the-last-century painters John
Kelly Fitzpatrick, Anne Goldthwaite, Louise Lyons Heustis, John
Roderick Dempster MacKenzie, and Clara
Weaver Parrish to contemporary artists Kerry
James Marshall, Frank Fleming, William Christenberry, and Dale
Kennington.
The
book is available for a $25 donation to the Alabama
Craft Council, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110, Montgomery, AL
36104-3721. For additional info, contact Georgine Clarke at georgine.clarke@arts.alabama.gov
Links:
http://www.800alabama.com/
http://www.arts.alabama.gov
http://www.arts.endow.gov/
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ALABAMA
AL DIA: A Report On Hispanic Cultures. For more
information about this
report, click
here
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Educational
Resources Available. For more
information, click
here
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Exhibitions |
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Alabama
Artists Gallery
The
Alabama State Council on the Arts is proud to showcase the
work
of Alabama artists in its Montgomery gallery in the RSA
Tower Hours
are Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Summer
Blossoms:
A Bouquet for Alabama
July
23 - September 3, 2010
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Floral
images are popular subjects for artists and also for viewers. At the
heart
of summer, we are
bringing work by seven artists to help capture the beauty of our
parks and gardens to brighten inside spaces. It also seems
appropriate to create this “bouquet” in honor of all those
struggling to clean our beaches and save our wildlife.
Artists
in the exhibition:
William
Colburn, Fairhope,
metal sculpture
Dori
DeCamillis, Birmingham
mixed media
Lynnette
Hesser, Wellington,
ceramic sculpture
Cam
Langley, Birmingham,
glass
Nall,
Fairhope and France,
mixed media
Mark
Singer, Florence,
oil painting on canvas
Robert
Taylor, Birmingham,
copper sculpture
Georgine Clarke, Visual
Arts Program Director, Gallery Manager, 334-242-4076, ext 250
Click
here for past exhibitions
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Statewide
Arts Education Summit October 6-8, 2010
MAKING
IT HAPPEN: Request for Presenters
Alabama’s
statewide arts education advocacy summit will take place at the
Hotel Capstone in Tuscaloosa, Alabama this October with a focus
on “Making it Happen.” In January 2011 the Merce Cunningham
Dance Company plans a legacy tour through Alabama. Cunningham,
Cage and Rauschenberg were the first improvisational
collaborators to create “Happenings” at Black Mountain
College beginning in 1930, and even in the early ‘70’s,
“Happenings” were still very much alive. A “Happening”
was an arts event (improvisational, multi-disciplinary and
non-linear) created by both performers and audience. Boundaries
disappeared and the audience became part of the art. Often
things were left to chance with no script or plot.
“Happenings” developed on the spot.
For
additional info, click
here.
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The
purpose of the Alabama Arts License Tag Grant Program is to
promote the arts in Alabama, especially arts education,
including fine arts, dance, folk arts, drama and music. A
six-person volunteer committee governs the program. Committee
members serve on a voluntary basis and one member is appointed
by each of the following organizations or individuals: the
Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Alabama Alliance
for Arts Education, the State Department of Education, the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
"Support
the Arts" License
Tag Committee
Donna
Russell, (Chairman) Montgomery
Jim
Harrison, III, Tuscaloosa
Representative
Jay Love, Montgomery
Rep.
Tommy Sherer, Jasper
Sara
Wright, Montgomery
Upcoming
License Tag
application deadline dates are:
Friday,
July 30, 2010
(for
project period August 1, 2010 -
December 31, 2010)
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Tuesday,
November 30, 2010
(for
project period Jan 1, 2011 - May 31, 2011)
PLEASE
NOTE: Applications must be received
no later than 5:00 P.M. on deadline date
to guarantee review.
Next
meeting date: August 16, 2010
(Please
note meeting date change. Grant submission date remains the same)
Alabama
State Council on the Arts Conference Room
(201
Monroe Street, Suite 110,
Montgomery, Alabama - RSA Tower Bldg.)
If
you have questions, please call (334) 242-4076, ext. 248
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For Deadline:
The committee sets a system of rolling meeting dates and
application deadlines. Please visit the websites for the Alabama
State Council on the Arts and the Alliance for Arts Education for
current deadlines.
Program
Requirements and Guidelines
* A grant may be submitted from non profit organizations with a
501 (c) (3) designation, schools or school systems. Grants
will not be considered for individuals.
* One grant request per organization up to $5,000 will be
considered per deadline.
* Only one grant per organization will be awarded per fiscal year
(October 1 - September 30)
* Projects with an arts education focus, statewide impact and/or
are creative and innovative will receive priority funding.
The three page application must be completed in its entirety.
(Cover page, grant narrative, & budget) Additional pages
will not be accepted.
On
line applications are not accepted at this time. Please
complete the forms and mail to:
Support the Arts
License Tag Committee
Attn.: Donna Russell, Chairman
201 Monroe St., Suite 110
Montgomery, AL 36130-1800
Fax: 334/240-3269
If funded, the following statement must be included in all
materials pertaining to the program/ project:
"This program/project is funded in part by the Support the
Arts License Tag Fund"
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The Alabama
Legislature has approved the issue of a new
Support the Arts auto tag. Proceeds from the sale
of the tag will be used to fund a variety of
school and community projects. Buy one the next
time you renew your auto plate or exchange your
current plate for one of the new Support the Arts
plate at your county Probate Judge's Office.
For
an application for funding your project, please click
here
If
you have already received a tag grant and need to complete a final
report form, please click
here
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