¡AHA!: $100,000 in New Grants UAI/NYC Press Release, Application & Guidelines

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$100,000

IN NEW GRANTS

OF

AFRICAN, ASIAN, & LATINO DESCENT

CALL

FOR ARTISTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES

New York, New York, May 24, 2006

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The URBAN ARTIST INITIATIVE / NEW YORK CITY (UAI/NYC)

– comprised of the Asian

American Arts Alliance, Association of Hispanic Arts, Harlem Arts Alliance,

and Queens Council on

the Arts, in partnership with the Bronx Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts –

launches a new grants program for individual artists of color in New York City

in all disciplines.

Grants, ranging from $250 to $2,500,

will be awarded to support new works in all areas of visual, literary, and

performing arts in the creation, development, and/or completion stages. In this

pilot program, UAI/NYC will consider applications from individual artists of

color of African, Asian, and Latino descent who reside in the five boroughs of New York City. How-to-Apply Workshops are scheduled with

the partnering organizations throughout New York City, including meetings in

cooperation with the Brooklyn Arts Council and

the Council on the Arts & Humanities for

Staten Island. UAI/NYC’s goals are to: 1) provide direct

grants to artists of color throughout New

York City for new work; 2) increase the capacity of

its partner community-based arts organizations who will award these grants; and

3) develop strategies for improved

access to information for New York artists

citywide including dissemination and new technology.

UAI/NYC is a major project of the

Creative Communities program of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC)

– a ten-year national campaign to improve conditions for artists in all

disciplines, so that artists can more readily do their creative work and

contribute to community life. UAI/NYC has received major funding from LINC, The

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

For Guidelines and

Applications, please contact the individual partnering organizations, or send

your request via email to uainyc@....

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Must be postmarked by July 20, 2006. Awards will be

announced in September 2006.

HOW-TO-APPLY

WORKSHOPS

Applicants are highly

recommended to attend one of the citywide meetings listed below:

Harlem Arts Alliance

Monday, June 5,

2006, 10 a.m. to 12 noon

Theatre of Riverside Church

91 Claremont Avenue (between

West 120th and

122nd Streets)

1 block west of Broadway

New York, NY

10027

Public transportation: 1 train to 125th

Street;

nearby buses: M4, M60, M104, Bx15

RSVP: (212)

410-0030, extension 212 or

UAI@...

Council on the Arts

& Humanities

for Staten Island

Monday, June 19,

2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place

(at

the corner of Wall Street and

Richmond Terrace,

just two blocks from the Staten

Island Ferry

Terminal)

Staten Island, NY

10301

Public Transportation:

From the Staten

Island Ferry Terminal: Follow

the signs To Streets. Make a right

on Richmond

Terrace and walk two blocks to the

Ballpark and

up Wall Street.

The Staten Island Terminal is served

by the

Staten Island

Railway and the S40, S42, S44,

S46, S48, S51, S52, S61, S62, S66,

S67, S74,

S76, S78, S90, S91, S92, S94, S96

and S98

bus routes.

RSVP: (718)

447-3329 or

bjacobs@...

Brooklyn Arts Council

Tuesday, June 20,

2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Callahan Center at St.

Francis College

180 Remsen Street (Between

Clinton and Court)

Brooklyn, NY

11201

Public transportation: 2, 3, 4, 5

trains to Borough

Hall, A, C, F train to Jay

Street/Borough Hall, R

train to Court Street; nearby buses:

B25, B26,

B37, B38, B41, B45 B51, B52, B54,

B57, B61,

B67, B75, B103; S53, S79

RSVP: (718)

625-0080 or

seminars@...

Asian American Arts

Alliance and

New York Foundation for the Arts

Wednesday, June 21,

2006, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

NYFA, 155 Avenue of the Americas,

14th floor

(near Spring Street)

New York, NY

10013

Public transportation: C train to

Spring Street or

1 train to Houston Street;

nearby buses: M6, M20, M21

RSVP: (212)

941-9208, extension 3

Brooklyn Arts Council

Thursday, June 22,

2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

55 Washington Street, suite #218

(between Water and Front; alternate

entrance at

111 Front Street)

Brooklyn, NY

11201

Public transportation: A or C train

to High Street.

Exit at the Cadman Plaza West

stairwell towards

the rear of the train. Cross Cadman Plaza

Park

to Cadman Plaza

East. Take a left on Cadman

Plaza East, which turns into Washington Street

and continue walking under the Brooklyn Bridge

overpass, towards the river.

F train to York Street, go right onto Jay Street

then turn left on York Street, walk three blocks

on York Street and take a right on Washington

Street.; nearby buses: B25

RSVP: (718)

625-0080 or

seminars@...

Bronx Council on the

Arts

Tuesday, June 27,

2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Longwood Art

Gallery @ Hostos

450 Grand Concourse, C-190, at 149th

Street

Bronx, NY

10451

Public transportation: 2, 4, 5

trains to 149th

Street/Grand Concourse; nearby

buses: Bx1

and Bx19

RSVP: (718)

518-6728

Association of

Hispanic Arts

Thursday, June 29,

2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

161 East 106th Street (between 3rd and

Lexington Avenues)

New York, NY

10029

Public transportation: 6 train to 103rd

Street;

nearby buses: M98, M101, M102, M103,

M104

RSVP: (888)

876-1240

events@...

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HOW-TO-APPLY

WORKSHOPS

Queens Council on the

Arts

Thursday, July 6,

2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Queens Borough Hall

120-55 Queens Boulevard (near Union

Turnpike, 126th Street

and 82nd Avenue)

Room 213

Kew Gardens, NY

11424

Public transportation: E or F trains

to Union

Turnpike; nearby buses: Q10, Q10A,

Q37, Q46,

Q60, Q74

RSVP: (718)

647-3377, extension 15

Association of

Hispanic Arts

Saturday, July 8,

2006, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

161 East 106th Street (between 3rd and

Lexington Avenues)

New York, NY

10029

Public transportation: 6 train to 103rd

Street;

nearby buses: M98, M101, M102, M103,

M104

RSVP: (888)

876-1240

events@...

Harlem Arts Alliance

Monday, July 10,

2006, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

290 Lenox Avenue at 125th

Street, 2nd Floor

New York, NY

10027

Public transportation: 2 or 3 train

to 125th Street;

nearby buses: M7, M60, M100, M101,

M102,

BX15

RSVP: (212)

410-0030, extension 212

or UAI@...

Association of

Hispanic Arts and

Harlem Arts Alliance

Thursday, July 13,

2006, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Community Board 12

Serving Washington

Heights and Inwood

711 West 168th Street (west of

Broadway,

between Fort Washington

and Haven Avenues)

New York, NY

10032

Public transportation: A, C, 1

trains to 168th

Street; nearby buses: M3, M4, M5,

M100, M18,

Bx7

RSVP: (888)

876-1240 or

events@... or

, extension 212 or

UAI@...

Harlem Arts Alliance

Tuesday, July 18,

2006, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

290 Lenox Avenue at 125th

Street, 2nd Floor

New York, NY

10027

Public transportation: 2 or 3 train

to 125th Street;

nearby buses: M7, M60, M100, M101,

M102,

BX15

RSVP: (212)

410-0030, extension 212

or UAI@...

For more

information, please contact one of the participating organizations:

Asian American Arts

Alliance

Contact: Kuwabara

, extension 3

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6

p.m.

www.aaartsalliance.org

Association of

Hispanic Arts

Contact: Gutiérrez-

Office Hours: Monday to Friday

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

www.latinoarts.org

Harlem Arts Alliance

Contact: Walton

, extension 212

or UAI@...

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6

p.m.

www.harlemaa.org

Queens Council on the

Arts

Contact: Lynn Lobell

, extension 15

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9

a.m. to 5 p.m.

www.queenscouncilarts.org

For more

information on the sponsoring organizations:

Bronx Council on the

Arts

Contact: Edwin Ramoran, Longwood Art Gallery

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6

p.m.

www.bronxarts.org

New York Foundation on the Arts

Contact: Penny Dannenberg

, extension 214

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9

a.m. to 5 p.m.

www.nyfa.org

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L. Arture

Executive Director

Association of Hispanic Arts Inc.

¡AHA!

www.latinoarts.org