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From:"Creative Capital Foundation" <emaillist@creative-capital.org>
Subject:RFA Creative Capital Strategic Planning Seminars at Aljira
Date:Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:05:36 -0400
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, is pleased to invite you to
apply for a unique opportunity to invest in your artistic development.
Aljira (www.aljira.org) has entered into a partnership with Creative
Capital Foundation (www.creative-capital.org/whatwedo/pd).. We have
developed and will conduct a three-seminar program focusing on Strategic
Planning that will take place between May and November of 2004.
For the past five years, in keeping with Aljiras mission the Emerge
program has assisted artists with accomplishing their goals by offering
training in career issues. The Creative Capital Strategic Planning
Seminars are designed to deliver skill-building opportunities to diverse
communities of artists across the country. The goal of this program is to
help artists organize, plan and sustain their creative careers.
Emerge: http://aljira.org/emerge/
The Strategic Planning Seminars will introduce you to a step-by-step
process to help you identify, acquire and build skills needed to reach
goals for individual projects and/or career objectives. As you articulate
your project and career goals more clearly, you are better able to move
forward and use each successive project as a career-building catalyst.
Strategic planning also provides a framework to organize the concepts
of marketing/public relations and fundraising. The seminars will
emphasize two primary skills: the ability to communicate clearly and
effectively about your work and the ability to target appropriate
audiences and funders.
These workshops will be facilitated by professional consultants and
trained Creative Capital-funded artists, giving participants the benefit
of the consultants considerable experience in their fields and the
artists personal perspectives and experience with workshop content.
SEMINAR STRUCTURE
These seminars will take place on May 22, August 7 and November 13,
2004. They are designed over a period of time to allow participants to
practice the skills that they have learned between each seminar, build
toward greater competency, and promote reflective practice.
All applicants must commit to participating fully in all three of the seminars
The format will include lecture style presentations, interactive
group activities, and individual and two-person exercises.
Participants will be encouraged to address leaders with questions
particular to their experiences and will be given the opportunity to
discuss these questions with leaders individually and in small working
groups.
Participants will be given a workbook of handouts with practical, how-to
information.
Participants will be asked to evaluate their experiences at the end
of each seminar to assist Aljira and Creative Capital in understanding
the efficacy of the program and continue to develop and refine it.
SELECTION PROCESS
The program can accommodate only 24 artists and therefore selection
will be competitive. Applications will be reviewed by a three-member peer
panel. All applications are reviewed based on the following criteria:
Artistic merit
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Stage of career and degree of readiness for engaging in strategic planning
Potential for these seminars to have a long-term impact on your career
HOW TO APPLY
The application consists of four items:
1) Your Contact Information: Include your name, street address, city,
state, zip code, phone, fax, email.
2) Narrative: You may use up to two 8 1/2 x 11 single-sided pages.
Clearly label the top of each page with your name.
a) Describe your work as an artist. Include information about its
form and content and how you engage audiences.
b) What do you want your career to look like five year from now?
c) How do you think these seminars will help further your career?
3) Resume
4) Work Samples: Six slides and an accompanying slide identification
sheet, or a videotape cued to the portion of the work you wish the panel
to view.
DEADLINE
Your application must be in our office by April 30, 2004. We cannot
accept late applications, fax or
e-mail submissions. Applicants will be notified of selection by May 10,
2004.
SEND APPLICATIONS TO
Aljira
Strategic Planning Seminars
591 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4403
QUESTIONS
Please email Beth A. Vogel, Director of Program Development at
bvogel@aljira.org.
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