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2011 South Florida Cultural Consortium for Visual and Media Artists
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Contact Email: brandi@miamidade.gov

Entry Deadline: 11/15/10
Application Closed
Work Sample Requirements Images:10

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2011 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowships for Visual and Media Artists

GENERAL INFORMATION
The South Florida Cultural Consortium is a partnership among the local arts agencies of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties. The Consortium’s Fellowship program is intended to nurture the artistic development of eligible visual and media artists who reside in one of these counties. Fellowships are not project-based; recipients may use the Fellowships according to their individual needs.

WORKSHOPS: DEMYSTIFYING THE PROCESS
How are recipients selected and how can an applicant improve his/her chances of being noticed? Find out at one of four workshops being offered across the South Florida region. Workshops generally run one (1) hour.

BROWARD ArtServe
1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale
5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Please RSVP to 954.357.7457

MIAMI-DADE Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs
111 NW 1st Street, 6th Floor Main Conference Room
4 PM on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Please RSVP to 305.375.4634

MONROE Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center
35 East Quay Road , Truman Waterfront, Key West
2 PM on Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Please RSVP info@keysarts.com or 305.295.4369

PALM BEACH Boca Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL in Mizner Park
3 PM on October 18, 2010
Please RSVP to 561.471.1513

MARTIN Court House Cultural Center
80 E Ocean Boulevard, Stuart FL 34994
4 PM on October 21, 2010
Please RSVP to 772-287-6676

FELLOWSHIP AMOUNTS
Fellowships of $15,000 and $7,500 are awarded to selected visual and media artists from Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties. No more than two fellowships of $7,500 may be awarded in each county.

AM I ELIBIGLE?
All emerging, mid-career and established South Florida professional artists (those residing in Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe or Palm Beach Counties) are eligible to apply.

The Consortium defines a professional artist as a person who has created a recognized body of original works of art within an artistic discipline over a sustained period of time, and who is striving to achieve the highest level of professional recognition.

You may apply if you’re an artist serving as a volunteer on the boards, committees, task forces and/or similar advisory bodies of South Florida Cultural Consortium member agencies, so long as you’re not directly involved with the decision-making process for the Fellowship program.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age.
WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE?
You are not eligible if you are engaging in art work as a hobby, an employee of the participating County governments or of the South Florida Cultural Consortium’s member local arts agencies, or a non-professional student artist pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree.

REQUIREMENTS
You must have resided and worked in one of the participating five counties from October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010 and must apply from the county of your residence.

The Consortium awards the Fellowships contingent on proof of residency, which may include one or more of the following: property tax record; lease agreement; voter’s registration; or an IRS income tax return for 2009.

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE?
Applications must be received no later midnight, NOVEMBER 15, 2010. Refer to HOW DO I APPLY? for details.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Submissions will be judged by the following general criteria:
• Degree of artistic excellence
• Evidence of an established and recognized body of work over a sustained period of time
• Consistency in the submitted body of work

All samples of your work submitted for review must have been completed within the last three years prior to the application date. Failure to comply with this condition will result in disqualification.

HOW DO I APPLY?

On or before the NOVEMBER 15, 2010 deadline, visual and media artists must submit applications in digital format and online, via CaFÉ™ at https://www.callforentry.org, At this site you will find step-by-step instructions on how to register, apply and prepare your images for upload. There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system.

VISUAL ARTISTS
If you are a visual artist, once you are registered, you will be asked to provide the following:
• Contact Information
• Ten (10) digital images presenting an overview of your work
• Title, dimensions, medium and date of each work
• A resume (include exhibitions, commissions and/or educational background)
• A statement about your work
• No more than 2 support materials (newspaper reviews, catalogues, etc.) in .pdf or MS Word format (Support materials are optional)

NOTE: Visual artists who work in sound, installations and kinetic sculpture may submit a 3 minute video, audio or dynamic media file in lieu of still images to further describe their work. Artists must submit a complete CAFÉ™ application including still images representing the visual component of the work and then send the files on a DVD to the address listed in the Mailing Instructions box. Maximum length is 3 minutes total.

Include a corresponding identification sheet including artists name, title, date and media of the work. While the presentation of the work is anonymous, you should write your name on the actual DVD disc so we can identify it as yours.

MEDIA ARTISTS
If you’re a media artist, once you are registered, you will be asked to provide the following:
• Contact Information
• Ten (10) still images representing the visual component of the work. If you are unable to provide still images, you may submit “blank” images, as instructed on CAFÉ™ under the “tech tips” tab. Although the panel will not view the still images submitted by media artists, the system requires that you submit images in order to complete your application form.
• Title and date of media work
• A resume (include exhibitions, commissions and/or educational background)
• A statement about your work
• No more than 2 support materials (newspaper reviews, catalogues, etc.) in .pdf or MS Word format (Support materials are optional)

Media Artists must then send a DVD to be received no later than NOVEMBER 15, 2010 to the address listed in the Mailing Instructions box.

o Maximum length is 10 minutes total.
o Include no more than three multiple work samples.
o Please remove all credits or identification of artist from the actual work
o While the presentation of the work is anonymous, you should write your name on the actual DVD disc, so we can identify it as yours.

Media artists must also include a typed identification sheet with your name across the top that also provides the following information for each segment:
o Title of work
o Date work was completed
o Length of complete work

Because film and video is often a collaborative media, we need you to indicate on the identification sheet what your specific role was per each of the work samples you’ve submitted (for example, director, screenwriter, etc). The panel gives priority to applicants credited as director of at least one submitted work sample.

Mailing Instructions for Video and Media Files Only

2011 Visual & Media Artists Fellowship Program
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
111 NW 1st Street, Suite 625
Miami, Florida 33128
Attn: Brandi Reddick

SELECTION PROCESS

Submissions are grouped by county, assigned a number upon entry into the CAFÉ system, and projected for viewing according to the sequence of their assigned numbers. A regional panel consisting of regional visual and meida arts experts reviews the submissions in the visual arts and media arts categories and forwards its recommendations to the national panel.

The regional panelists review submissions anonymously, without the use of support materials. The national panel consists of experts in the visual and media arts. The national panel reviews the recommendations from the regional panel. Support materials are provided to the national panel for their review. The national panel’s recommendations are reviewed and ratified by the South Florida Cultural Consortium.

All panelists are required to follow the conflict of interest policy established by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I’ve already won a Fellowship. May I apply again?
A moratorium of five years is imposed on recipients who received the $15,000 fellowship between 2006 and 2010 (applications submitted 2005-2009). A moratorium of three years is imposed on recipients of a $7,500 fellowship between 2008 and 2010 (applications submitted 2007-2009).

How many artists applied for 2010?
The number of visual arts applications for the 2009-2010 cycle from the Consortium counties was: Broward, 74; Martin, 5; Miami-Dade, 149; Monroe, 25; and Palm Beach 62. For media applicants, the numbers for 2009-2010 were: Broward, 1; Martin, 0; Miami-Dade, 14; Monroe, 0; and Palm Beach 0.

How many fellowships will be awarded in 2011?
The number of fellowships granted per Consortium county for the 2011 cycle depend on the panel’s decisions regarding award levels for each county (i.e., the panel can make all $15,000 awards or has the option to award two $7,500 fellowships per County) and therefore can be: three or four for Broward; five or six for Miami-Dade; and one or two for Palm Beach and one or two for the collective counties of Martin and Monroe.

Please note that funding for the fellowship program is contingent upon the approval of FY2010-2011 budgets of the individual member counties of the South Florida Cultural Consortium.

What if I need more information?

We strongly encourage you to attend one of four workshops offered this fall by the Consortium. We have tried to ensure that the application information and instructions are clear and complete. Please consult the CAFÉ Web site for information on how to prepare digital images or complete an application. For technical support, contact CAFÉ at café@westaf.org Monday through Friday between 10:30 am and 7 pm EST. For questions about eligibility and other requirements, contact Brandi Reddick at the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, brandi@miamidade.gov or 305.375.5436.





SCHEDULE AND EXHIBITION

Regional and national judging will take place in January/February 2011

Recipients will be announced in spring 2010

Awards will be presented in summer 2010

This schedule is subject to change.

The 2011 exhibition featuring the recipients’ works will take place at the
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale



THE SOUTH FLORIDA CULTURAL CONSORTIUM

Michael Spring
Chair, South Florida Cultural Consortium
Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

Mary A. Becht
Director, Broward Cultural Division

Rena Blades
President and CEO, Palm Beach County Cultural Council

Nancy Turrell
Executive Director, The Arts Council, Martin County

Elizabeth S. Young
Executive Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts










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It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation to participate in any County-sponsored program or meeting, please contact Francine Andersen 305-375-4634 culture@miamidade.gov five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service.)

The South Florida Cultural Consortium reserves the right to revise the guidelines and application form. The South Florida Cultural Consortium provides equal access and equal opportunity in services and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, color, creed, national origin or religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). The South Florida Cultural Consortium supports and advocates compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability.

This fellowship application is available on www.miamidadearts.org and is available upon request via email (culture@miamidade.gov) or on a 3.5" IBM format diskette or CD-ROM. Artists must make arrangements with grants program administrator and supply their own diskette(s). Application formats may not be altered or manipulated in any way.
The South Florida Cultural Consortium is funded in part with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, the Boards of County Commissioners of Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and Monroe Counties, and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.

LIABILITY AND TAXATION
The South Florida Cultural Consortium is not responsible for loss or damage to video tapes, audio cassettes, DVDs and support materials. Please note that fellowships are taxable as provided by federal law. Refer to IRS Publication 520, “Scholarships and Fellowships” for complete information (www.irs.ustreas.gov).

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria