Grant Funding Workshop For Artists

Broward Cultural Division Presents a Workshop

Applying for Project Grant Funding for Artists

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 12 Noon - 4:30 p.m.

At Weston Community Center 

Broward Cultural Division and the Arts Council of Greater Weston invite artists and the cultural community to a half-day workshop, Applying for Project Grant Funding for Artists to assist individual artists on preparing grant applications for project funding. The workshop will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from Noon - 4:30 p.m. at Weston Community Center, 20200 Saddle Club Road, Weston, FL 33327 (located within the Weston Community Library.) 

The workshop will be a unique training session to assist individual artists, working in all disciplines, with preparing effective proposals for "project-based" grant funding. Participants will learn how to: develop an artist's biography and artist's statement; prepare an audience profile (identify the qualities and characteristics of audiences attracted by one's art work and utilize the profile in the proposal process); create a proposal description based on the project's vision; develop a project/proposal budget (with a case study to explore the budget development process); and prepare work samples. 

The facilitator Luz Rodriguez, bilingual training coordinator at the Foundation Center, is a seasoned fundraising professional, educator and artist, who combines her artistic sensitivities with her knowledge of U.S. philanthropy to guide and inspire artists of all genres to equip them with the information and tools they need to bring their project visions to reality. Her professional development workshops for artists have been offered nationally and internationally, most recently at the Broward Cultural Division's Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Artist Space in New York and Centro Leon Cultural Center in the Dominican Republic.  

The Arts Council of Greater Weston is organized to promote the arts and cultural events, to provide planning and oversight, and to support the diverse cultural activities of the community in an effort to enhance the quality of life for all residents of the City of Weston. 

There will also be a free Artist Micro Credit Program workshop on the same day and same place at the conclusion of the workshop. The Artists' Micro Credit Program is designed to assist Broward-based practicing, professional, and emerging artists, to advance their work and careers with financing of their projects. This new "revolving-loan" program can provide assistance to eligible individual artists and arts-related businesses that may not obtain funding from conventional sources.

Applying for Project Grant Funding for Artists has a workshop fee of $25, which includes resource materials. RSVP for both workshops at www.broward.org/arts, and click on "Workshops." For more information, call Adriane Clarke, grants specialist, 954-357-7530, e-mail: aclarke@broward.org.  

"A people's art is the genesis of their freedom."

                              Claudia Jones, Founder

                               London Carnival, 1959

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