Arts & Culture Grants & Awards Overview

Deadline:

Award Title:

For whom:

9/1/2008

John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award

For outstanding photographers.  By juror nomination only.  No applications available.

9/1/2008

Koshland Program Arts and Culture Mini-Grants

For South and West Berkeley, Bayview Hunters Point (San Francisco), Iron Triangle (Richmond) and Monument Cooridor (Concord) neighborhood arts organizations.

9/17/2008

Fund for Artists Matching Commission Grants

For San Francisco and San Mateo county arts organizations wishing to commission new work by Bay Area artists. Go to the Fund for Artists page.

10/01/2008

Fund For Artists Bay Area Documentary Fund

For individual filmmakers fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the five county Bay Area.

10/15/2008

Fund For Artists Award for Composers

Given through American Composers Forum.  For info, go to www.composersforum.org/chapters_about.cfm?oid=1407.

11/1/2008

FAITHS Arts and Culture Mini-Grants

Faith-based organizations and congregations that serve as a community hub for immigrant, refugee, and grassroots communities, while acting as a focus for cultural and artistic activity.

1/10/2009

Fund for Artists Arts Teachers Fellowships

For middle and senior high school art teachers in San Francisco county.  Go to the Fund for Artists page.

1/14/2009

Fund For Artists Awards for Choreographers

Given through World Arts West for choreographers auditioning for the SF Ethnic Dance Festival.

3/3/2009

Helen Crocker Russell Community Leadership Award

For a mature, under-recognized artist for significant contributions to bay area arts.  Public nominations accepted early in 2008.

3/26/2009

The Shenson Performing Arts Fellowships.

For outstanding pre-professional students of the performing arts.  By invited nomination only. 

3/31/2009

James D. Phelan Art Award in Literature

For one California-born writer under age 35.  Applications available at Intersection for the Arts after Feb 15, 2008.

3/31/2009

Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award.

For authors of prose or poetry.  Must be Northern California or Nevada resident under age 35.    Applications available at Intersection for the Arts after Feb 15, 2008. 

3/31/2009

Tanenbaum Award in Nonfiction

For one California-born prose writer under age 35.    Applications available at Intersection for the Arts after Feb 15, 2008. 

5/1/2009

James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography

For photographers.  Applications available in January, 2009.

5/1/2009

James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking

For printmakers.  Applications available in January, 2009.

5/2/2009

Murphy & Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowships

For Fine Arts MFA students at Bay Area Universities.  Applications announcements will be placed in the school mailboxes of MFA students by March 1, 2008.

3/31/2010

James D. Phelan Art Award in Film & Video

For film, video, and digital media artists.  Application available on The San Francisco Foundation Website after March 1, 2010.