Info Project Award - ArtsLink Projects

Program Description

ArtsLink Projects provides support to US artists, curators, presenters, and arts organizations undertaking projects in Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia. Applicants must be working with an artist or organization in that region and projects should be designed to benefit participants and audiences in both the US and the host country.

In 2008, applications will be accepted from individual artists, presenters, and non-profit arts organizations working in dance, music, theater and literature. ArtsLink has a cycle of alternate year deadlines according to discipline. In 2009, applications will be accepted from individual artists, curators, and non-profit arts organizations working in visual and media arts. Support is provided to:

• create new work that draws inspiration from interaction with artists and the community in the country visited;
• establish mutually beneficial exchange of ideas and expertise between artists, arts organizations, and the local community;
• pursue artistic cooperation that will enrich creative or professional development, or has potential to expand the community's access to the art of other cultures.

Examples of eligible ArtsLink Projects:

• A US choreographer collaborating with an Estonian composer on new work for an Estonian dance company
• The collaboration between a US translator and Hungarian writer on the translation and compilation of a body of poetry
• A US playwright conducting a series of workshops with members of the Slovenian theater community
• A US festival director visiting several Central European theater festivals to see work and present videos of US artists

Descriptions of past ArtsLink Projects can be found on CEC ArtsLink's website (www.cecartslink.org). To consult with ArtsLink staff or to receive information about ArtsLink, please call 212-643-1985 x22 or e-mail al@cecartslink.org

Review Criteria
The selection process is extremely competitive. Applicants should anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work and should demonstrate compelling reasons for wanting to work in the selected country. All ArtsLink applications will be evaluated by peer review panels based on the following review criteria:

• Artistic excellence and merit of the applicant's work;
• Quality and feasibility of project plan;
• Potential for interactive dialogue and benefit of proposed project to both US applicant and overseas participants;
• Project's potential to bring the benefit of the cross-cultural exchange to other artists or audiences in both the US and the international participant's country.

Eligibility
Students, scholars, administrators, critics, and amateur groups are not eligible to apply. In addition, projects focusing solely on research, or the production of an audio recording are not elegible. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. 2007 ArtsLink Projects awardees are not eligible. 2008 ArtsLink Projects awardees will not be eligible to apply again until 2010. In 2008, applications in visual and media arts are not eligible. Past ArtsLink Projects awardees who have not submitted a final report are not eligible.

Important Information
Projects involving performances, touring or participation in performing arts festivals can be supported by ArtsLink only if this activity is a component of a more comprehensive proposed project. Panelists will evaluate the quality of the project by assessing the potential for interactive dialogue.

Eligible Countries and Regions
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Award Amounts
ArtsLink Projects awards will generally range from $2,500 to $10,000 depending on the project budget. Awards will seldom cover the applicant's total project expenses.

Application Deadline and Notification
Send completed application to:

CEC ArtsLink,
435 Hudson Street,
8th Floor New York,
NY 10014.

Applications must be postmarked by January 15, 2008.
The earliest project start date is May 1, 2008.
Projects must be completed by April 30, 2009. ArtsLink Projects awards will be announced in late April 2008.

Info from www.cecartslink.org