Call for Applications: Arts Writers Grant Program
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The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation's is now seeking applications, see below. For application and complete guidelines, please visit their site. Deadline is Monday June 8, 2009. (Note: Grants are only available to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and holders of 0-1 visas.)

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants in the following categories: articles; blogs; books; new and alternative media; and short-form writing. Grants range from $3,000 to $50,000 depending on the needs and scope of the project.

Designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise, as well as to create a broader audience for arts writing, the Arts Writers Grant Program aims to strengthen the field as a whole and to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts.