ARTIST DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS
A Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Office of Career Services (OCS)
Purpose
The guiding vision behind this program is to nurture the artistic development of promising and/or accomplished student artists and creators who, it is hoped, will one day look back on this opportunity and mark it as a significant contributor to their creative development.
Artist Development Fellowships are awarded annually by the Council on the Arts, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, to support student development in the practice of the arts. Fellowships are available to individuals for any of the following purposes:
For research and development of individual artistic projects that are crucial to the development of the artist;
For domestic or international travel in order to apprentice and/or work with individual artists, programs, and/or artistic companies; and/or
For interdisciplinary work—not necessarily work that combines art forms, but work that links the artistic/creative process to a wholly different field in a way that sheds new perspective on and/or understanding of each.
The Council on the Arts will consider other types of funding requests provided that individual artistic development is at the core of the proposal.
Eligibility
The program is open to all undergraduates currently enrolled in Harvard College. Applicants must undertake projects that will be completed prior to graduation. (The Council may occasionally make exceptions for projects that are to be undertaken immediately following graduation, although current undergraduates will be given priority consideration.)
Benefits
The number and amount of individual awards will vary each year according to available funds and project budgets. Awards will likely be in the $1,000 to $5,000 range.
Selection Criteria
Candidates must demonstrate unusual accomplishment in the arts and/or evidence of significant artistic promise. The proposed project must constitute a truly exceptional opportunity for artistic growth—principally through one or more of the three types of activity described under “Purpose”, above. The Council encourages applicants to seek project funding from other available sources in addition to this program.
While all proposals for exceptional artistic growth opportunities will be considered, the Council generally will not fund proposals supporting thesis projects, post-production work on film and video, attendance at conferences, housing costs alone, or private music lessons that could be supported through the OFA's Music Lesson Subsidy Program. Fellowships are not awarded to freshmen except in extraordinary circumstances.
Procedures
- Download the Artist Development Fellowships application and complete it according to instructions.
- Submit application materials by Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 12:00 noon to:
Fellowships Office (Room 302)
Office of Career Services
54 Dunster Street
Cambridge , MA 02138
Do not submit work samples unless requested to do so by the Council on the Arts or its representatives.
- OFA and OCS staff will do a preliminary review of these materials and may request more information from applicants. The Council on the Arts will review applications beginning in February. The Council may, at its own discretion, ask applicants to meet with its representatives to discuss an application. All applicants will be notified of the Council's funding decisions by March 15 at the latest.
Questions
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