Of Note: MCC Artist Fellowships in Drawing & Printmaking, Poetry and Traditional Arts. Deadline: October 5, 2015
Prestigious Fellowships The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships — Fellowships of approximately $50,000 each are awarded annually to creative individuals in a variety of disciplines on the basis of achievement and exceptional promise. Learn more.
Deadline: September 18, 2015
Filmmakers Entries are now being accepted for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Learn more.
Deadline: Short Films, September 21, 2015
Deadline: Feature Films: September 28, 2015
Fellowships in the Creative Arts The Harvard University Radcliffe Institute Fellowships awards fellowships of $75,000 each, office space at the Radcliffe Institute, and access to the libraries at Harvard University. The fellowships are given annually to artists in a variety of disciplines to allow them to pursue creative projects. Fellows are expected to reside in Boston during the fellowship period, which lasts from September through May. Graduate students are not eligible to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: September 24, 2015
Greater Amherst/Pioneer Valley Writers Calling all writers in the Greater Amherst/Pioneer Valley region. Luminarium’s “Amherst Storybook Project” is in its final stage. Using artwork from local artists, the company has created 12 fanciful images for a new children’s storybook. Writers are asked to choose an image, and write a poem or short story inspired by the scene. Submissions are free. Writers may submit as many entries as they wish. Learn more about the project as a whole; view the 12 images; and to submit your writing. One submission per image will ultimately be chosen to be printed alongside the artwork in the final book, which will debut at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art on November 8th.
Deadline: September 25, 2015 (5:00 pm)
Residency Fellowships The Vermont Studio Center has announced 40+ fellowship awards for visual artists and writers. Learn more.
Deadline: October 1, 2015
Call for Science Inspired Artwork Ann Street Gallery is currently accepting submissions for science inspired artwork from artist-scientists and scientist-artists in all medium for a curated group exhibition. They are interested in contemporary artworks that blur the boundaries between the two disciplines and those that result in a fusion of art and science together. No submission fee, open to all media. Digital Submission Requirements: send up to 5 jpegs @ 72 dpi to vwalsh@annstreetgallery.org. Include on each image: artist name, title, size, medium, date for each piece.
Deadline: October 9, 2015
Call to Artists ArcWorks invites artists from Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire to submit works for consideration to the juried exhibit Artsy Autumn. Artists may submit artwork in a variety of two– and three– dimensional media for the juror’s consideration. ArcWorks’ juried exhibits are un-themed, and artists may submit artwork of any subject matter. Learn more.
Deadline: Online submission is October 9, 2015
Deadline: Hand-carried submission is Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (2pm – 7pm)
Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Applications are now being accepted for the Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship, which focuses on individuals living and/or working in Roxbury and surrounding neighborhoods. Candidates for this program may include visual artists (e.g. public artists, photographers, painters, etc), graphic designers, writers, musicians, craftspersons and artisans, etc. Learn more.
Deadline: October 16, 2015
Image credit: Actor Colin Clive, from the 1931 film Frankenstein. Original story by Mary Shelley.
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