Bush Artist Fellows

The Bush Foundation recently alerted us to their email mailing list. Here is some info they sent to us. If you are a working creative person it would behoove you to check them out. They are a very suppportive Foundation of working creative people in Minnesota.

"The Bush Artist Fellows program makes awards in multiple categories that rotate on a two-year cycle. Categories for 2009 will include Performance-Based Work, Script Works, Literary Arts, Music Composition, and Performance: Traditional, Folk, and Ethnic Arts. The following are the categories for the 2008 application round:
· Visual Arts - fiber arts, painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, works on paper, book arts, mixed media, installation, etc.
· Media Arts - film, video, audio, digital, and new hybrid technologies.
· Visual Arts: Traditional, Ethnic, and Craft Materials - functional forms of traditional or contemporary craft arts.

As of June 2007, we have made two additions to the Bush Artist Fellows Core Program. The Enduring Vision Awards offers $100,000 to artists with at least 25 years experience as an artist, following the same category cycle as the Core Program. Dakota Creative Connections provides small project grants to be used for travel, study and research, artist residencies and retreats, equipment and materials, and short-term projects.

Bush Artist Fellowships provide artists with significant financial support that enables them to further their work and their contributions to their communities. Artists may use a Bush Artist Fellowship in many ways: to explore new directions, continue work already in progress, or accomplish work not financially feasible otherwise. Fellows may decide to take time for solitary work or reflection, engage in collaborative or community projects, embark on travel or research, or any other activity that contributes to their lives as artists. The Bush Artist Fellows Program is open to residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Applicants must be 25 years or older. Students enrolled in degree-granting programs are not eligible."

Their website, at http://www.bushfoundation.org, will be regularly updated with new information about the programs. If you have questions or want further information not covered on their website, please feel free to contact them at BAFInfo@bushfoundation.org mailto:BAFInfo@bushfoundation.org.