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INDEPENDENCE ART BUILDS COMMUNITY
For INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS

Independence Art Builds Community
A series of interactive workshops and networking opportunities designed to promote artistic growth in Queens and strengthen the borough’s cultural community. Each event offers participants an opportunity to work directly with experts in the field, connect with other artists and acquire valuable knowledge and resources for the enhancement of their artistic careers.

Spring 2008 Schedule

DANCEDOC SLAM
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
An interactive peer-review workshop that provides choreographers and dancers the opportunity to present video documentation of their work for critique by experts in the field on the best ways to present to venues and companies.
Green Space, 37-24 24^th St., Long Island City
Click here for details and information on how to submit your video for review
 

QUEENS ARTS CONNECTION
Saturday, March 22, 2008, 1:00 - 7:00 p.m.
A networking event for artists and cultural groups pooling the resources of two dozen art services organizations. The day will include presentations, a slide and poetry slam, an informal reception, and one-on-one portfolio and reviews of pre-selected artists by experts.
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing
Click here for details and information on how to submit your portfolio for review


GRANT WRITING BOOT CAMP
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
An opportunity to learn valuable lessons from experienced grant writers in the private and public sectors. The panel will review pre-selected case studies submitted by participants and share insights on successful grant writing.
LaGuardia Community College, Room E-500, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City
Click here for details and information on how to submit your case study for review
 

HOW TO GET PUBLISHED
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 ­­– 9:30 p.m.
An expert panel of literary agents, publishers, and established writers discusses the dynamics of the publishing industry and offers strategic advice for literary artists. The panel will provide a critical review of pre-selected pitches from the participants.
The Creek and The Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City
Click here for details and information on how to submit your pitch for review

MEDIA: ALL ACCESS
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 1:00 ­­– 5:00 p.m.
A media fair featuring presentations and discussions with editors, reporters, and publishers from both traditional media outlets and online resources. A panel of industry professionals will review pre-selected press kits submitted by artists.
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, 29-19 24^th Ave., Astoria
Click here for details and information on how to submit your press kit for review

REGISTRATION
Admission is free. Registration is required. Space is limited.

To register, please email your name, address, telephone number, and artistic discipline to chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org  

SUBMISSIONS
A very limited number of submissions will be reviewed for DanceDoc Slam, Grant Writing Boot Camp, How to Get Published and Media:  All Access. Please submit your work as soon as possible to take advantage of this opportunity.

Mail all submissions for review to:
Art Builds Community Submissions
Queens Council on the Arts
One Forest Park at Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY 11421-1166

For more information about our workshops, please contact Chris Henderson, Art Services Director, 718 647 3377 ext. 17 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org 
 

DanceNow Queens Raw Festival
DanceNow NYC is hosting a raw festival exclusively for Queens performing artist on April 13, 2008 at the Dance Theater Workshop studios.  The raw festival studio series provides a no-tech platform for Queens-based artists to be seen by DanceNow NYC producers, advisors, and the public.  In collaboration with the Queens Council on the Arts DanceNow NYC will select 15-25 artist to perform works-in-progress.  This informal studio showing is intended principally for first time applicants and for dance makers that have never participated in DanceNow NYC’s festival.  Please click here to download application.

     

 

individual artist initiative

Announcing the 2008 Individual Artists Initiative

Letter of Intent

Application for 2008 Individual Artists Initiative

Individual Artist Initiative Guidelines and Program Description

2008 Individual Artists Initiative Recipients

2007 Individual Artist Initiative Recipients

2006 Individual Artist Initiative Recipients

2005 Individual Artist Initiative Recipients 
 

Individual Artist Initiative
By invitation only

Queens Council on the Arts realizes the important role individual artists serve as leading citizens in communities where they live and work. QCA feels there is a need to stabilize the creative citizen in the community.

QCA’s ongoing commitment to individual artists to help them develop skills needed to achieve artistic goals is realized through the Queens Community Arts Fund regrant program. QCA has added a new opportunity as a component to the regrant program, the Individual Artist Initiative (IAI).

IAI is designed to assist artists, whose artistic talents have been recognized through grants, fellowships or awards within the last five years, in the next level of development of their careers in the arts, enabling artists to take on the job of self management. Through professional development opportunities for individual artists, this program is designed to provide a structured training for artists. Individual artists will be provided with the opportunity to mentor with a professional consultant in a field in which the artist identifies as needed in building skills to successfully exist in a world that rewards business know - how and marketing expertise.

With IAI, QCA’s goal is to help artists stabilize themselves as arts professionals by developing specific skills that will support their careers in the arts. Artists are aware of the available resources but are not often able to afford the services of a one on one professional consultation in areas such as marketing. This initiative is designed to give the artists the opportunity to work one on one with a professional consultant in any area the artist feels would help develop and would impact their professional growth.

This offering is an opportunity to artists that have shown a commitment to their work, in particular, artists that have already received recognition of their artwork. This is not an award for artists just entering their field. Artists must be able to identify and build skills needed to reach career or project goals.

Through a competitive application process, individual artists will be invited to apply for this development opportunity with submission of a letter of intent one month prior to an application submission. The application will consist of a biographical information sheet, artistic statement containing a record of professional activity and achievement, a 1 page narrative explaining the need for this type of support and why this support is important at this time to the development of the applicant’s artistic career.

They will co-create a guided plan to build capacity for their artistic careers with their assigned consultant. The recipients will be provided opportunities to attend peer meetings throughout the year. At the end of the year, the awardees will be asked to evaluate the program with a brief description of the work accomplished with this award indicating impact on career development.

Applicants must
• be a Queens resident
• demonstrate commitment to this program
• not be enrolled as a full time student
• demonstrate past achievements

Criteria:
Artist of any discipline will be invited to apply
Quality of applicants work/ documentation plays a critical role in a panel meeting
Record of professional activity and achievement
How artist award will contribute to the professional growth
Importance of this support at this time to the development of the applicant’s artistic career

Funding for this program is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and JPMorgan Chase Foundation

2008 Individual Artist Initiative Recipients

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